Liverpool set to miss out on Mkhitaryan
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Liverpool set to miss out on No1 summer target Henrikh Mkhitaryan
Shakhtar Donetsk midfielder in talks with Dortmund
Armenian close to £21.5m move, according to reports
Liverpool look set to miss out on one of their prime transfer targets this summer with Henrikh Mkhitaryan likely to join Borussia Dortmund instead. The German club sent a delegation to Donetsk on Friday with the chief executive Hans-Joachim Watzke and the sporting director Michael Zorc reportedly striking a deal believed to be worth 25m (£21.5m) for the midfielder to join the Champions League runners-up.
Brendan Rodgers had earmarked the Armenian as a key recruitment this summer but it now appears that he will have to look elsewhere to strengthen his midfield. There was no news on whether the player had agreed personal terms with Dortmund but the German club have money to spend after selling Mario Götze for 37m to Bayern Munich and Watzke said recently that the club may spend up to 50m this summer.
Dortmund have already signed the defender Sokratis from Werder Bremen for around 8m and the striker Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang from St Etienne for 13m.
Liverpool have so far brought in Luis Alberto (Sevilla), Iago Aspas (Celta Vigo), Simon Mignolet (Sunderland) and Kolo Touré on a free transfer.
Shakhtar Donetsk midfielder in talks with Dortmund
Armenian close to £21.5m move, according to reports
Liverpool look set to miss out on one of their prime transfer targets this summer with Henrikh Mkhitaryan likely to join Borussia Dortmund instead. The German club sent a delegation to Donetsk on Friday with the chief executive Hans-Joachim Watzke and the sporting director Michael Zorc reportedly striking a deal believed to be worth 25m (£21.5m) for the midfielder to join the Champions League runners-up.
Brendan Rodgers had earmarked the Armenian as a key recruitment this summer but it now appears that he will have to look elsewhere to strengthen his midfield. There was no news on whether the player had agreed personal terms with Dortmund but the German club have money to spend after selling Mario Götze for 37m to Bayern Munich and Watzke said recently that the club may spend up to 50m this summer.
Dortmund have already signed the defender Sokratis from Werder Bremen for around 8m and the striker Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang from St Etienne for 13m.
Liverpool have so far brought in Luis Alberto (Sevilla), Iago Aspas (Celta Vigo), Simon Mignolet (Sunderland) and Kolo Touré on a free transfer.
