Arsenal are closing in on a deal to sign Mykhaylo Mudryk from Shakhtar Donetsk for an eventual fee of up to £80m
for an eventual fee of up to £80m, meaning their long pursuit of the player is on the verge of a successful conclusion.but negotiations with the Ukrainian champions, who drive a notoriously hard bargain, have not been straightforward. Nor are they complete, with the nature of add-ons and terms of payment understood to be the biggest remaining sticking points, but the sides are within touching distance of a final fee.It is likely Arsenal will get their man before the transfer window ends.
Shakhtar’s stance has hardened further because they are in a three-way fight with Dnipro-1 and Dynamo Kyiv to win Ukraine’s Premier League and are aware of Mudryk’s value as a player who can help regain their place at Europe’s lucrative top table. But Arsenal’s persistence is close to paying off and Mudryk, who has made no secret of his desire for the move, would add significant competition across Arteta’s front line.in Mudryk but the player’s wish to join Arsenal has been an inhibiting factor.
Speaking on Friday, Arteta was characteristically tight-lipped about the prospect of imminent additions. “There is some interest in things we’d like to do to improve the team, because we are a bit short in certain areas,” he said. The Premier League leaders will certainly not have Mudryk in their ranks for Sunday’s derby against Spurs, even if negotiations are completed quickly. Arsenal hope to at least preserve their five-point lead at the top with a first win at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium and Arteta said his players were “in a different place” from the costly
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