JazzG Of course it's less common but the difference isn't big enough for the ridiculous premium you paid for it. @Clrnc me and others were singing Cucurella's praises years ago when he was at Getafe, Brighton paid 15m or so for him and just one season later flipped him as a top 10 most expensive defender ever.
If Saliba were born William Salibury near Brighton and Hove we would've had to pay two and a half Maguires for him.
https://www.thesun.co.uk/sport/20861432/arsenal-mykhaylo-mudryk-transfer-fee-january/
Claiming deal is nearly done
Ziiiiiiip
40+20m bid rejected, per romano.
surely shouldn't take much more to get this over the line
Found the Ukranian Journo I met on twitter, think he tweeted that our offer was adequate.
Key is that he ‘only wants Arsenal’.
Assume it’s all down to finer details and structure now. Looking at our bench I can see why we want this done sooner rather than later.
Do we recon that undercut stays or goes within a few months of London life?
Way more? What is wrong with the world?
Mudryk just posted on IG story of our game.
He will force a move and it will be done soon
he's desperate to come here. can't see this not getting done
My brother is working so hard to get here. I want him here now just for that
This’ll happen.
Suspect Tielemans will too and maybe Ndicka.
Deep squad to compete on remaining fronts
Liked Romani’s post too. He’s gagging to join us
€40m plus €20m would be a great deal but suspect this offer will be rejected.
lorddulaarsenal Seriously not convinced about Tielemans.
https://theathletic.com/4038568/2022/12/27/shakhtar-donetsk-reject-arsenal-mudryk-offer/
Shakhtar Donetsk have rejected Arsenal’s initial offer worth up to €65million (£57million) for Mykhailo Mudryk.
Wonder if they weren't willing to sell at all in the summer or if he's simply improved more than we thought he would? The prices being talked about were much lower.
They wanted to sell for the right price but Elneny injury meant we changed our priorities from him to Douglas Luiz (lol).
Since then he has impressed in 6 more UCL matches so....
His profile has grown for sure, though as ever with these things it's also dependant on who's primarily after him. If Everton and Brentford are the main guys in pursuit then you're not going to demand £80m. I suspect in private they know we're not United either so will probably accept a lot lower than what they're publicly asking for.
– And the issue all the world football media is interested in: Mykhailo Mudryk's potential transfer to another championship. Is such transfer possible now or is such option not being considered at the moment?
– Negotiations are continuing. We receive offers, but they are not the ones we would like to see on our table. Now, literally in 5 minutes, I will have a phone conversation with Arsenal. We are open to negotiations, ready to exchange ideas and figures. If we will agree, then let it be so. If we will not, then let it be another time.
https://shakhtar.com/en/news/2022/december/29_news/29_sergei-palkin/
