Arsenal is determined to add Mykhailo Mudryk to their squad this month and has made an improved bid for the Ukrainian talent.
The winger is also keen on the move to the Emirates, which has encouraged the Gunners to keep pushing to add him to their squad.
Their initial offer worth around £35m plus £17m in add-ons was rejected by Shakhtar Donetsk, but both clubs continue to talk and are willing to get the transfer sorted.
A report in The Daily Mail reveals the Gunners have now tabled a new bid worth around £62 million.
His present employers want as much of the fee from the transfer to be paid upfront and have previously insisted he is worth as much as Manchester City’s Jack Grealish.
It remains unclear if they accept this offer, but Arsenal will feel they have done enough to get the deal done.
Just Arsenal Opinion
Mudryk is a top talent and has done well in the Champions League, but he is still young and unproven in a top European league.
He will need time to reach his full potential, and he may even flop at the club. So it makes no sense to overpay for him in a winter transfer window.
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If they reject the offer, let’s back out like we did for Lisandro Martinez (I still believe he will flop at some point for Man Utd). I strongly believe there are players who will have Mudry’s impact for much more reasonable fees. Gakpo went to Liverpool for £45m. We’ve offered £17m more so Shakhtar should be reasonable
Sky reporting that we are willing to pay 85 million and in talks to loan felix .
We won’t pay £85m (€100m) for Mudryk. Most transfers of such magnitude never end up being justified. We won’t pay that much I can bet
He is a great player. Why not paying that much for a good player. Isn’t it the reason why we are not favorites to win any trophy bkoz we don’t have super good players. And we always cry when we have injuries because our team team has no depth like city and other big teams
This guy good for that amount arsenal offered ok.if they reject pls arsenal should go for joa felix.
This should be a take it or leave it offer. We didn’t let ourselves be mugged by Ajax and i certainly dont see it happening for a young player playing in a weak league. Despite all the hype Mudryk is still an unknown quantity, if pepe who was older and played in a much better league could flop so could mudryk.
If they refuse this offer we could back out and let mudryk take the lead. We did our part now the ball is in his hands, does he force the move and stand idly by.
Weak league is not an excuse for a great player. There were good payers from minors , like African countries . Okocha, j Cisse, Drgba to mention but a few but they did well in the so called strong leagues. Quality is Quality no matter where its coming from
He is unproven player;thus no need of paying such amaunt of money.
I will rather go all out for that Japanese guy at Brighton. He may not have all the hypes but she is an epl proven player, very skillful and fast with eyes for goal.
I believe he won’t cost much.
What kind of pple is Arsenal associated with? If Chelsea can offer good monies for Mykhailo Mudryk, why can’t we as Arsenal team. Why don’t we as Arsenal value players like every other team does. We want him when we play Tottenham.
Quality doesn’t matter where it’s coming from a lower division, good league, strong league, even in those weak leagues. Quality is quality. Not one player in our arsenal team can match that Mykhailo Mudryk
I think this won’t happen in Jan..if it was going to happen it would have happened by now. They would have agreed fee etc through back channel discussion by now