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DORTMUND WIN RACE FOR SHAKHTAR'S MKHITARYAN
Uefa.com
July 9 2013
Published: Monday 8 July 2013, 17.58CET
Borussia Dortmund have announced the capture of FC Shakhtar Donetsk
forward Henrikh Mkhitaryan for a reported ~@25m, with the Armenia
forward set to sign a four-year deal.
A reported fee of ~@25m has been agreed with the Ukrainian champions,
with the 24-year-old Armenia captain expected to put pen to paper on a
four-year deal. "Borussia Dortmund and the player have reached a
general agreement on the financial conditions for a contract ending on
30 June 2017. Details have to be worked out," the club said in a
statement.
Dortmund CEO Hans-Joachim Watzke and sporting director Michael Zorc
travelled to Ukraine last week to thrash out the deal for the man who
will fill the boots of Mario Gotze, after his move to FC Bayern
Munchen.
Having begun his career at FC Pyunik in his homeland, Mkhitaryan left
for FC Metalurh Donetsk in 2009 and within 12 months he had crossed
the city to join Shakhtar. There he won three successive domestic
league and cup doubles, and scored 25 times in 29 Ukrainian Premier
League games in 2012/13.
The playmaker also played in every game of the club's run to the UEFA
Champions League round of 16, scoring twice, before they were knocked
out by his new employers. Mkhitaryan joins Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang
and Sokratis Papastathopoulos as Dortmund's major signings this
summer, and the club have confirmed that their ~@50m transfer kitty is
all but exhausted.
http://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/news/newsid=1969552.html
From: A. Papazian
Uefa.com
July 9 2013
Published: Monday 8 July 2013, 17.58CET
Borussia Dortmund have announced the capture of FC Shakhtar Donetsk
forward Henrikh Mkhitaryan for a reported ~@25m, with the Armenia
forward set to sign a four-year deal.
A reported fee of ~@25m has been agreed with the Ukrainian champions,
with the 24-year-old Armenia captain expected to put pen to paper on a
four-year deal. "Borussia Dortmund and the player have reached a
general agreement on the financial conditions for a contract ending on
30 June 2017. Details have to be worked out," the club said in a
statement.
Dortmund CEO Hans-Joachim Watzke and sporting director Michael Zorc
travelled to Ukraine last week to thrash out the deal for the man who
will fill the boots of Mario Gotze, after his move to FC Bayern
Munchen.
Having begun his career at FC Pyunik in his homeland, Mkhitaryan left
for FC Metalurh Donetsk in 2009 and within 12 months he had crossed
the city to join Shakhtar. There he won three successive domestic
league and cup doubles, and scored 25 times in 29 Ukrainian Premier
League games in 2012/13.
The playmaker also played in every game of the club's run to the UEFA
Champions League round of 16, scoring twice, before they were knocked
out by his new employers. Mkhitaryan joins Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang
and Sokratis Papastathopoulos as Dortmund's major signings this
summer, and the club have confirmed that their ~@50m transfer kitty is
all but exhausted.
http://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/news/newsid=1969552.html
From: A. Papazian