Diniyar Bilyaletdinov: I’m not going to leave Everton

Everton and Russia midfielder Diniyar Bilyaletdinov said he would not consider any offers from Russia during the January transfer window and intended to stay in Liverpool and establish himself as a first team player.

«I want to stay here and prove something else. I’ve got my agent, and maybe he got something (in the summer) but I’d say not now please – don’t touch me.

«We have got a lot of players in the midfield area and the task is different for every game. We need to use more players too like Royston Drenthe, and we have a new striker. We can play with two or one. I think every manager has to choose certain players for certain games based on his vision for how the team should play.»

«I can only work and wait for the pre-match meeting – if you play or don’t play you need to be focussed even if it’s just for 10 minutes on the pitch because you can still change the game in that time,» quoted by a player Liverpool Echo.