World Cup
Shakhtar was about to buy two players who became the discoveries of the 2022 World Cup.
Carlo Nicolini, Shakhtar’s assistant director of football, said the Pitmen are currently having serious problems attracting new players, and also mentioned that Donetsk club is close to signing contracts with Argentine defender Julian Alvarez and Croatian defender Joshko Guardiol before. Discoveries of the 2022 World Cup in Qatar.
“Of course, we are having a lot of difficulty convincing players to come to Ukraine, given the difficult situation we all know very well right now. Therefore, we had to give more importance to Ukrainian players. “We’ve almost completed deals with names like Joshko Guardiol and Julián Alvarez before, but unfortunately the negotiations are not easy for us,” he said.
Let us remind you that at the end of last year, the press repeatedly reported on Shakhtar’s interest in Julián Alvarez. Pitmen was ready to pay 20m euros for the striker but eventually moved from River Plate to Manchester City in January 2022 and then to the 2022 World Cup in which Argentina was champion with 4 goals. Goal in 7 games.
Source: Sport UA
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