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SHAKHTAR MANAGER TO MIDFIELDER: LIVERPOOL OR TOTTENHAM A STEP DOWN
IBTimes.co.uk
July 2 2013
Shakhtar Donestsk manager Mircea Lucescu has urged midfielder Henrikh
Mkhitaryan to reconsider his decision to leave the club this summer.
The Armenian has attracted interest from the likes of Tottenham,
Liverpool and Borussia Dortmund but Lucescu believes that he should
only move to a club which are currently better than the Ukranian
Champions.
Shakhtar Manager to Midfielder: Liverpool or Tottenham a Step Down
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Shakhtar Donestsk manager Mircea Lucescu has urged midfielder Henrikh
Mkhitaryan to reconsider his decision to leave the club this summer.
The Armenian has attracted interest from the likes of Tottenham,
Liverpool and Borussia Dortmund but Lucescu believes that he should
only move to a club which are currently better than the Ukranian
Champions.
"We all helped him. Perhaps even more than all the rest. When he played
in the championship, I helped him to become the top scorer. If he is
to join a club that surpasses [Shakhtar], I would understand his wish,"
Lucescu told Terrikon.
The manager's comments are viable given that neither Tottenham nor
Liverpool will play in the Champions League next season and are some
distance off from challenging for the title in the Premier League.
Dortmund, in spite of coming second in the Bundesliga finished 25
points behind eventual winners Bayern Munich but managed to qualify
for the finals of the Champions League where they lost to their
Bundesliga rivals.
Mkhitaryan failed to report for training in the club's summer training
camp, fuelling rumours of the player's distress at the club. The
23-year-old was scheduled for a medical at Liverpool but the player
failed to turn up following certain ownership issues. Shakhtar have
already rejected a £19.5m bid by Dortmund and are adamant that they
won't be selling the player for anything less than £25m.
"I do not want to give comments. It's his decision, his desire. I
think he is making a big mistake. Shakhtar are a strong club. And
behind you is always 50,000 fans who will support you. We play as
a team, which is fighting for the championship each year, as well
as for the cup and for the Champions League - he has to appreciate
that. The whole team helped him to show up in the penalty area and
score," the manager explained.
"He is very well thought of. There is still time. I just encourage
him to return to the team and get to work. Nothing happened between
him and the management, between him and the other players," he added.
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IBTimes.co.uk
July 2 2013
Shakhtar Donestsk manager Mircea Lucescu has urged midfielder Henrikh
Mkhitaryan to reconsider his decision to leave the club this summer.
The Armenian has attracted interest from the likes of Tottenham,
Liverpool and Borussia Dortmund but Lucescu believes that he should
only move to a club which are currently better than the Ukranian
Champions.
Shakhtar Manager to Midfielder: Liverpool or Tottenham a Step Down
By IBTimes Staff Reporter: Subscribe to IBTimes's RSS feed | July
2, 2013 12:03 PM GMT 0 2 0 Share on emailShare on printFOLLOW IBT:
YOUR ONE-STOP NEWS SITE
Shakhtar Donestsk manager Mircea Lucescu has urged midfielder Henrikh
Mkhitaryan to reconsider his decision to leave the club this summer.
The Armenian has attracted interest from the likes of Tottenham,
Liverpool and Borussia Dortmund but Lucescu believes that he should
only move to a club which are currently better than the Ukranian
Champions.
"We all helped him. Perhaps even more than all the rest. When he played
in the championship, I helped him to become the top scorer. If he is
to join a club that surpasses [Shakhtar], I would understand his wish,"
Lucescu told Terrikon.
The manager's comments are viable given that neither Tottenham nor
Liverpool will play in the Champions League next season and are some
distance off from challenging for the title in the Premier League.
Dortmund, in spite of coming second in the Bundesliga finished 25
points behind eventual winners Bayern Munich but managed to qualify
for the finals of the Champions League where they lost to their
Bundesliga rivals.
Mkhitaryan failed to report for training in the club's summer training
camp, fuelling rumours of the player's distress at the club. The
23-year-old was scheduled for a medical at Liverpool but the player
failed to turn up following certain ownership issues. Shakhtar have
already rejected a £19.5m bid by Dortmund and are adamant that they
won't be selling the player for anything less than £25m.
"I do not want to give comments. It's his decision, his desire. I
think he is making a big mistake. Shakhtar are a strong club. And
behind you is always 50,000 fans who will support you. We play as
a team, which is fighting for the championship each year, as well
as for the cup and for the Champions League - he has to appreciate
that. The whole team helped him to show up in the penalty area and
score," the manager explained.
"He is very well thought of. There is still time. I just encourage
him to return to the team and get to work. Nothing happened between
him and the management, between him and the other players," he added.
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