Everton manager Frank Lampard has stated that the club’s Ukrainian player Vitalii Mykolenko is receiving “every bit of support we could possibly give him.”
Mykolenko’s native Ukraine has been invaded by Russia with the BBC now reporting that Russian forces have reached the capital city Kyiv, where the left-back played his club football with Dynamo before his January transfer to Goodison Park.
Asked how the 22-year-old was, Lampard said: “He’s ok. I’ve spoken to him, the club have spoken to him.