Chelsea tease Mykhailo Mudyrk signing after responding to Shakhtar Donetsk’s Tweet confirming talks
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Chelsea tease Mykhailo Mudyrk signing after replying to Shakhtar Donetsk’s Tweet confirming the two sides have held talks and are “very close” to an £88m move… with Arsenal now set to forfeit the deal Ukrainian winger.
Chelsea have dropped a major hint about their interest in Shakhtar Donetsk winger Mykhailo Mudryk.
Blues bosses traveled to Poland to hold talks with the Ukrainian club on Saturday about signing the 22-year-old, and it appears a deal between the two teams is now close.
Shakhtar’s official English-language Twitter account announced the negotiations in a cheep.
Shakhtar Donetsk announced that a deal that will see Mykhailo Mudryk move to Chelsea is “very close”
The west London club apparently confirmed the news that a deal is imminent citing Shakhtar’s announcement on Twitter.
FC Shakhtar Chairman Rinat Akhmetov and Chelsea co-owner Behdad Eghbali spoke today about the transfer of Mykhailo Mudryk to Chelsea FC. The parties are very close to agreeing on the transfer of the player to the club.
Chelsea’s account then tweeted the aforementioned post, adding an eye emoji seemingly confirming that a deal to sign the winger will be revealed soon.
The news comes just days after it appeared the player would be heading to north London after Arsenal submitted a third offer that could reach as much as £80m for the player.
Mudryk had previously been linked with a move to Arsenal and the club submitted three offers for the winger.
Mikel Arteta’s team was said to be Mudryk’s preferred destination, and the Spaniard sent Gunners fans into a frenzy online after he apparently confirmed that a deal to land his main goal for the January window was close. during a press conference earlier this week.
Speaking after Monday night’s FA Cup win over Oxford United, Arteta reaffirmed his desire to bring in attacking reinforcements with summer signing Gabriel Jesus still unavailable after picking up an injury on international duty in the World Cup. World.
“The problem is that we have only one striker and facing so many months until Gabby returns is not easy,” he said.
But we have to make the most of the players we have at the moment. If we can get some reinforcements, great.