Shakhtar Donetsk do have a real knack of finding and uncovering world football’s future stars.
The likes of Willian, Fernandinho, Douglas Costa and Henrikh Mkhitaryan all rose to prominence with the Ukrainian outfit, and that trend has continued in recent years.
Indeed, just last year Shakhtar sold Mykhaylo Mudryk to Chelsea for massive money, and while that hasn’t quite worked out for the winger, he was still a very highly-rated player at Shakhtar.
Now, Georgiy Sudakov looks to be the next on the line of Shakhtar stars, and, as ever, he’s being linked with a move to Arsenal.
However, according to Fabrizio Romano, speaking on The Debrief, this deal may be difficult to do.
Romano says that relations between Arsenal and Shakhtar are currently strained due to the collapse of Arsenal’s pursuit of Mykhaylo Mudryk last year, so this deal may not go ahead.
Arsenal may not sign Sudakov because of Mudryk
Romano shared what he knows about the 21-year-old.
“Sudakov, Juventus were also interested. Many clubs are following this boy because he’s a special talent and Shakhtar won’t make it easy. Remember, between Shakhtar and Arsenal the situation is really tough because of the Mykhaylo Mudryk deal a year and a half ago. That was not an easy deal, Chelsea hijacked that in 24 hours, Arsenal were not happy with that story, so I’m not sure they’re prepared to invest that kind of big money no another Shakhtar player,” Romano said.
Not easy
As Romano says, this deal may not be easy for Arsenal to do.
Relations are clearly strained between these two clubs, and if there are other interested parties, these other deals may be more appealing to Shakhtar rather than having to deal with Arsenal again.
Sudakov does look like he could be a future star, but if Arsenal have to endure another Mudryk-type saga in order to sign him, he may not be worth it.
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