ACCORDING to various news reports in Russia and the UK, Liverpool Football Club have agreed a fee with Ukrainian Champions, Shakhtar Donetsk, regarding the transfer of three times Armenian Footballer of the Year, Henrikh Mkhitaryan.
Russian news outlet Sports Express has reported that a fee of around £25m (€30m) has been agreed between the two clubs, and that Mkhitaryan will be unveiled as a Liverpool player within the next 72 hours, subject to a medical.
Meanwhile, FutbolTV has also reported that Mkhitaryan is set to become a Red, stating that the player will arrive in Liverpool to complete his medical, possibly on Monday, following the arrival of his agent, Italian, Mino Raiola.
Reports had been circulating in Germany over the last few days that Dortmund were keen on taking Mkhitaryan to the Bundesliga, however the reports in Bild appear to have been a re-hashing of an earlier attempt by the Champions League finalists to prize the highly rated attacking midfielder from Shakhtar, their €23m bid having been rejected some time ago. The leaked story looks to have served its purpose though, by prompting Liverpool to act decisively in hammering out a deal good enough to finally land their target.
With personal terms believed to have been, at the very least, discussed, if not already agreed, there would appear to be little remaining which could scupper the proposed deal at this late stage.
With that in mind, it seems more than likely that Henrikh Mkhitaryan will be officially unveiled as a Liverpool player by Wednesday at the very latest.
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lol sick of reading about this transfer now,we will see if he signs by wednesday,if he dose not ,i will not lose to much sleep ,he was supposed to sign last week .imo it as and always will depend on what happens with suarez
This signings a utter joke ? We don’t need him,he may decent but this happening is load of bal- s lol
Are you crazy this guy is absolute class. I bet you know very little about him.
Agree!
Allen would look class in the Russian league! Think about it.
He’s in the Ukrainian league you dope
Just get him in!
This deal is really a pain in the neck, let’s get it done for once so we know who’s next to strike!
freekin awesome !!!! what a dude LFC over the rest.either rogers or glory of the club still has it.roll on next season YNWA
BR…pls resign the former club Xabi Alonso back to the club…
he is great player…..
This transfer is now getting boring, it’s been dragging on too long. We should just forget about him and look for players with less hassle involved. For 25 million we could be getting two or three good quality players for the TEAM.
Name them. You need some exceptional players in your team and to get them you need to compete and also spend cash. Do u wanna buy a Downing always? If a passive fan like u is saying this what should those actively involved in the negotiations say? Thank goodness you don’t run Liverpool you loser. In Bredan Rodgers and Ian Ayre we trust.
Idiotic comment. Anyone trusting Rodgers n Ayre is a moron
Well said
I trust in BR, support the team…Ian Ayre now…he’s a tool
Haha downing
So is this transfer about henrikh really going happen for us lfc on 3 days
This really would be an excellent signing, if we could also get in 1 top rate centre back i fancy us making a push for the title. We don’t need to sell suarez just cut the current squad ie. shelvey, downing, spearing, coates, reina. Exciting times ahead.
Whether Suarez stays or leaves Mkhitaryan wll be signed meaning we may get Alvaro Morata plus £35m for Suarez(realistcally). 5m from shelvey, 10 from skrtel, 10 for reina, 12 for downing meaning we have about £72m to spend on the team in the next windows. Papadopoulus, and others on the way then.
Ha . Another fortune teller with no clue. Get back to FIFA12
HENO is a next Gerard, get him quickly YNWA
bring him in quickly .papa,ericksen ,sacko or wanyama…………….YWNWA!
It wud be a good signing if we cud get henrikh but more chance of it snowing £50 pound notes lol
Henrik sounds like a quality player…. who creates and scores….. BR has done well with the money he has….. He should get around £27m from Carrol, Shelvey, Spearing and the 35% sell on for Tom Ince…. If we can get £8-10m for Downing…. then we would have done well. £35m in and we have spent £48.5 approx. on Aspas, Alberto, Mingulet and Henrik whilst Toure was free…..
Next year will be make or break for BR, but I hope for something special clicks…. The signings seem well thought out unlike previous years. The shopping has been done early doors and with everyone getting in a good preseason we can get firing.
I would love to see him in a red shirt as we aproching top four finish.
Mkhitaryan be d best 4ever
Good deal 4 lfc.YNWA
What deal? Do Tottenham have scouts. It looks like they wait for us to identify a target and then they bid. Or am I the only one thinking like this?
I’ll luv to see Henrikh Mkhitaryan in liverpool cs we’ll never walk alone
I am not yet convinced that the deal has been agreed by liverpool. Pls BR, get this guy for us we’ll appreciate you including, Yilmez from Galatasaly who scored 8 goals in champions league then whethe suarez stays or goes we don’t bloody care.
Let him come. Make una stop to de make things look twisted. Liver can do them all. Make we waka de go!!!
I dey jollof your comment bro.
guy hm we all will be very happy to welcome to Anfield dis new month YNWA