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LIVERPOOL FC EYE £20M MOVE FOR SHAKHTAR DONETSK'S HENRIKH MKHITARYAN
Click Liverpool, UK
June 4 2013
by Richard Buxton
Liverpool are planning a move for Shakhtar Donetsk playmaker Henrikh
Mkhitaryan.
The 24-year-old scored 25 goals in 29 appearances last season and
on the Reds' hit list as part of Brendan Rodgers's rebuild in his
efforts to secure Champions League qualification next term.
Mkhitaryan has previously been linked with Barcelona, Chelseea and
Manchester City, and would cost in excess of £20million but Liverpool
are understood to be willing to match that valuation.
But the move for the Armenian international has not been motivated by
Luis Suarez's attempts last week to engineer a move away from Anfield,
as Real Madrid and Atletico Madrid continue to circle.
Liverpool remain unwavering in their demands for the controversial
Uruguayan, who is banned for the first six games of next season,
with offers of £50million - their record fee accrued from Fernando
Torres's sale to Chelsea in January 2011 - expected to be enough to
secure his departure.
Their plans to strengthen will be boosted when Andy Carroll is
expected to complete his protracted £15million move to West Ham
United later this week. The striker had stalled on his Upton Park
switch as he considered his options but has now accepted that his
career on Merseyside is over.
Schalke defender Kyriakos Papadopoulos remains high on Liverpool's
list of priorities this summer, having already secured the signature
of City's outgoing centre-back Kolo Toure on a free transfer and
agreed a £7.7million deal with Celta Vigo for striker Iago Aspas.
http://www.clickliverpool.com/sport/liverpool-fc-news/1218972-liverpool-fc-eye-%C4%8020m-move-for-shakhtar-donetsks-henrikh-mkhitaryan.html
Click Liverpool, UK
June 4 2013
by Richard Buxton
Liverpool are planning a move for Shakhtar Donetsk playmaker Henrikh
Mkhitaryan.
The 24-year-old scored 25 goals in 29 appearances last season and
on the Reds' hit list as part of Brendan Rodgers's rebuild in his
efforts to secure Champions League qualification next term.
Mkhitaryan has previously been linked with Barcelona, Chelseea and
Manchester City, and would cost in excess of £20million but Liverpool
are understood to be willing to match that valuation.
But the move for the Armenian international has not been motivated by
Luis Suarez's attempts last week to engineer a move away from Anfield,
as Real Madrid and Atletico Madrid continue to circle.
Liverpool remain unwavering in their demands for the controversial
Uruguayan, who is banned for the first six games of next season,
with offers of £50million - their record fee accrued from Fernando
Torres's sale to Chelsea in January 2011 - expected to be enough to
secure his departure.
Their plans to strengthen will be boosted when Andy Carroll is
expected to complete his protracted £15million move to West Ham
United later this week. The striker had stalled on his Upton Park
switch as he considered his options but has now accepted that his
career on Merseyside is over.
Schalke defender Kyriakos Papadopoulos remains high on Liverpool's
list of priorities this summer, having already secured the signature
of City's outgoing centre-back Kolo Toure on a free transfer and
agreed a £7.7million deal with Celta Vigo for striker Iago Aspas.
http://www.clickliverpool.com/sport/liverpool-fc-news/1218972-liverpool-fc-eye-%C4%8020m-move-for-shakhtar-donetsks-henrikh-mkhitaryan.html