Arsenal have held talks with Shakhtar Donetsk over winger Mykhaylo Mudryk, sources have confirmed to 90min.
The 21-year-old is among the most in-demand forwards in Europe proper now, and Shakhtar are open to promoting their prized asset – however solely on the proper worth.
Shakhtar have publicly acknowledged that Mudryk now carries a price-tag of €100m utilizing Manchester Metropolis’s acquisition of Jack Grealish because the information for that asking worth.
“Whoever desires to signal Mudryk has to pay a giant sum of money in any other case our president won’t promote him,” Donetsk director of soccer Darijo Srna mentioned over the weekend.
“Jack Grealish was bought for greater than €100m and Mudryk’s degree isn’t decrease.”
Mudryk himself has made no secret of his curiosity in shifting. He was near becoming a member of Brentford in the summertime after which noticed a possible take care of Bayer Leverkusen collapse.
AC Milan, Juventus, Ajax and Newcastle United have all seemed intently at him too in current months, however 90min understands that Arsenal are actually seen as main the chase to land him.
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The Gunners have focused a brand new ahead throughout the January window after failing to land Raphinha in the summertime. They’re additionally eager on a midfielder and a defender, however a brand new attacker is rising as their first precedence.
Moussa Diaby, Christian Pulisic and Joao Felix have additionally been mentioned by the membership’s hierarchy, however Mudryk is the participant that they’re pushing for.
Sources near the Gunners consider Arsenal are keen to interrupt their membership file to deliver Mudryk to north London, but it surely stays to be seen if they will agree phrases with Shakhtar.
