The 24-year-old winger was granted a work permit yesterday and is due to travel to England today.
And, though he may not start, he should certainly be in the squad which has had a bit too youthful look about it in the last few games.
As promising prospetcs as they might be, Jose Baxter, James Wallace and Shane Duffy ae unlikely to change games when they come off the bench.
So the addition of Bilyaletdinov, two weeks before we expected, is a definite boost ahead of what many will consider a must win game, if only for confidence.
In other news it's Hull away in the third round of the Carling Cup and the game will take place on either Tuesday22nd or Wednesday 23rd September.
And, something I never mentioned yesterday as I was nowhere near a computer, is that Everton have a tough looking group in the Europa Cup draw with recent Champions League qualifiers Benfica and AEK Athens making up two of the three teams we'll face home and away.
The other is the relatively unknown BATE Borisov.
The dates for those games are as follows....
Thursday 17 September 2009 – AEK Athens (h)
Thursday 1 October 2009 – Bate Borisov (a)
Thursday 22 October 2009 – Benfica (a)
Thursday 5 November 2009 – Benfica (h)
Wednesday 2 December 2009 – AEK Athens (a)
Thursday 17 December 2009 – Bate Borisov (h)