Source: Team_Talk
Jimmy: I didn't know Kyle had gone
Calderwood confirmed Kyle had been given permission on Tuesday to join the Russian club's pre-season training camp in Turkey, but revealed he had received a phonecall from the Scotland international to say he was not going.The Killie boss then found out through the media that the 28-year-old had flown out on Wednesday before playing in a trial match on Thursday.Kyle was due to arrive back in Scotland on Friday evening and may be left out of the squad for Saturday's SPL game at Hibernian.A nonplussed Calderwood said: "We gave him permission to go on Tuesday and that got called off."The next thing we hear, he went on Wednesday."We'll have a look and see, have a talk to him and see exactly what's happened and take it from there."The outspoken Kyle was disciplined by Killie for comments made in the media earlier this year about the club and chairman Michael Johnston.He is out of contract in the summer and is free to speak to other teams.He could even join Spartak immediately as the Russian Premier League, which kicks off next weekend, does not operate under the standard transfer window.Calderwood revealed how Spartak's approach for Kyle emerged earlier this week."It all came through agents that they were interested in Kevin," he said."They said they would like to see him, I spoke to Kevin about it and he was quite interested."The fee that was supposed to be involved, it seemed set in stone."It was a good one for everybody."I don't know exactly what's happened; I'll need to hear from Kevin exactly how it's gone and then we'll take it from there."Kyle looks unlikely to earn a move to Spartak before the end of the season after failing to impress in their 3-0 friendly win over Zhemchuzhina Sochi.Assistant coach Kazbek Nakhushev, who confirmed the club's interest in the forward earlier this week, said they "are not ready to make a decision".Kyle said he enjoyed the experience and was open minded about his future.He was reported earlier this week to have snubbed a move to a city which the Foreign Office warns is at risk of terrorist attack, with Westerners particularly vulnerable to kidnap threats.Calderwood insisted that although Killie agreed a transfer fee for Kyle, they had not ruled out keeping him and extending his contract.But he added: "It's not on the table at this moment in time."Kilmarnock's seven-match unbeaten run ended with a 1-0 defeat at Motherwell last weekend but Saturday's opponents Hibs are on a run of five games without a win.Warning of the attacking threat of John Hughes' side, Calderwood said: "Their confidence won't be sky high but if they get a goal in the first minute then it's a different matter."We were on a good run and we let it go last week, so hopefully we can bounce back." Hibernian v Kilmarnock. Click here to bet.