Henrikh Mkhitaryan | BVB confirm transfer

Henrikh Mkhitaryan - Do you want him for the reported €38m?


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But his sister follows Arsenal on LinkedIn?
 
I'm having a look on twitter.

Lots of people tweeting them, lots saying its in tomorrows Bild. Nothing on either Bild's twitter feed or Bild_Sport and nothing on their website.

Edit: On close inspection I'm downgrading from lots to 'literally three'.
Nice! Looks promising.
 
Yep, he is gone. Can´t see us keeping him until the contract runs out as I don´t see him performing for us in that kind of situation. If there is an acceptable offer (30+Mil. €), he will play EPL next season.

United is probably the best choice for him given the lack of quality on his positions. He will still be quite a gamble, though, as I have no idea if he will be able to perform on his current level at a bigger club with more pressure. Right now I rather tend towards him being the second big dissapointment from our camp for you guys.
 
If this is true (I have my doubts right now) I think he will be one of the signings of the window. Fantastic player from what I've seen! Really happy if we get him. He has pace, flair, and is creative. Should hopefully fit right in Mourinho's system. A front 4 of:

Ibrahimovic
Martial - Mkhitaryan - Embolo
Would be fantastic to watch :drool:
 
Yep, he is gone. Can´t see us keeping him until the contract runs out as I don´t see him performing for us in that kind of situation. If there is an acceptable offer (30+Mil. €), he will play EPL next season.

United is probably the best choice for him given the lack of quality on his positions. He will still be quite a gamble, though, as I have no idea if he will be able to perform on his current level at a bigger club with more pressure. Right now I rather tend towards him being the second big dissapointment from our camp for you guys.

Has anyone really gone on to bigger and better things from Dortmund?

Sahin - no
Kagawa - no
Gotze - no
Lewandoski - arguable
Hummels - we'll see
Gundogan - doubt it
 
Yep, he is gone. Can´t see us keeping him until the contract runs out as I don´t see him performing for us in that kind of situation. If there is an acceptable offer (30+Mil. €), he will play EPL next season.

United is probably the best choice for him given the lack of quality on his positions. He will still be quite a gamble, though, as I have no idea if he will be able to perform on his current level at a bigger club with more pressure. Right now I rather tend towards him being the second big dissapointment from our camp for you guys.
Yep i agree he's not someone like Lewandowski that you can keep him for another season.
 
Has anyone really gone on to bigger and better things from Dortmund?

Sahin - no
Kagawa - no
Gotze - no
Lewandoski - arguable
Hummels - we'll see
Gundogan - doubt it

No, it is not. He made the transition pretty smoothly and is now one of their best performers. He was maybe more impactful for us overall, but that is more down to differences in style and squad strength. He is the one who made it, but so far he is the exception. With Gündogan it will come down to fitness and for Hummels if he can accept to be lower in the squad hierachy since the time he was 19. That could be problematic for the latter as he has quite the ego.
 
What's he supposed to be worth? Couldn't be worse than Rooney at #10.
 
I'd remain sceptical, especially with an agent like Raiola making such a big statement, that he may just be driving up the price for a different club.
 
Arsenal fans on their reddit sub are not happy with the latest quotes :D

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The gist seems to be that Watzke says he still has a contract so he'll be staying at Dortmund

No, that is intepretation by the paper. The important part is that Mkhitaryan won´t sign a new contract and there was no promise (which is what Raiola stated) that we will let him go. This is simply negotiation tactics by our officials. We want a good offer. If that offer comes, he is gone.
 
The gist seems to be that Watzke says he still has a contract so he'll be staying at Dortmund

Yeah they're not hugely encouraging quotes from a transfer PoV. Says he wants to leave, that BvB don't want to sell him and he will be forced to see his contract out. Thats angerered Raiola who has accused them of bad management.
 
No, that is intepretation by the paper. The important part is that Mkhitaryan won´t sign a new contract and there was no promise (which is what Raiola stated) that we will let him go. This is simply negotiation tactics by our officials. We want a good offer. If that offer comes, he is gone.
Ah, fair enough. How much do you reckon you'll hold out for then?
 
Given how badly his first two seasons went when apparently the pressure of his fee got to him I doubt that Dortmund would refuse a good offer.

I assume something between €30-40m would do the job.

The guy comes off rather two faced if the quotes are true though. Negotiate and re-negotiate for four months, lead the club to believe that an extension is about to happen, then try to force a move after they finished most of their transfer dealings already.
 
Based on his ability and skillset I'd say he would be a very nice upgrade on the likes of Mata, Fellaini, Herrera, memphis, Lingard and obviously Young. Even if he couldn't reproduce the extremely great spells and numbers he has now had both at Shaktar and at Dortmund, he would still be a very useful player because of his pace mixed with technique and vision.

But I think if he really wants to sign for us, Mourinho will love him and he will become a monster. Henrikh really is a bit of a genius.
 
It doesn't.

Mino Raiola criticized BVB. "Micki has for months the promise of BVB that he may leave the club this summer. Dortmund has present an official offer. But now have the BVB bosses fear of their own fans. Suddenly they say to Micki, that he to go next season free transfer. This is very bad management,"

Aka the offer is not good enough.
 
Throwing more shit at the wall and hoping some sticks. No sign of any strategy yet to our targets if this is true apart from value which hasn't worked yet.
 
Throwing more shit at the wall and hoping some sticks. No sign of any strategy yet to our targets if this is true apart from value which hasn't worked yet.

Hasnt he been one of Dortmunds best players this season, has lots of pace and can play wide or through the middle? Seems like the sort of player we need to me
 
No, that is intepretation by the paper. The important part is that Mkhitaryan won´t sign a new contract and there was no promise (which is what Raiola stated) that we will let him go. This is simply negotiation tactics by our officials. We want a good offer. If that offer comes, he is gone.

Was under the impression that Der Western were close to Dortmund?
 
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