Posted by Lombardo on December 8, 2023, 9:42 am, in reply to "Re: Mykolenko..."
1,000,000% this.
New country, madly unstable club, manager who signed you sacked within days of you signing and a war in your home country. It's hardly conducive for 'hitting the ground running' in the premier league.
I think he's finally shaking off the link to Benitez in people's minds, which was always unfair.