Shakhtar Donetsk attacker Mykhaylo Mudryk is reportedly pushing to join Arsenal despite transfer links to Chelsea.
Mudryk, who’s just 21, is the golden boy of Ukrainian football.
The left-winger has been ripping it up in the Ukrainian top division this season, as well as shine during the Champions League group stages in Shakhtar colours.
Calciomercato claimed this week that Chelsea do admire the speedster and would like to bring him to Stamford Bridge.
However, London rivals Arsenal seem most likely to get him at this moment in time.
Mudryk pushing to join Arsenal
According to TEAMtalk, Mudryk is actually trying to drive a move for himself to the Emirates Stadium .
It is understood he is looking to exit Shakhtar to progress his career and wants to join Premier League leaders Arsenal.
The report does say the Gunners may need to pay a club-record transfer fee to Mudryk, though. As it stands, the £72million Arsenal forked out for Nicolas Pepe in 2019 is their biggest transfer spend to date.
This sounds like it’s going to be a very difficult deal for Chelsea to pull off when you hear all the Arsenal speculation.
Described as “rapid” by Chris Sutton, Mudryk would be such an exciting addition to the Premier League with his pace, dribbling and skill.
He’s got 18 direct goal contributions in just 18 games this season, the sort of numbers Chelsea would love from any of their forward players.
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