Arsenal look set to
miss out on Atletico Mineiro playmaker Bernard, after Shakhtar Donetsk had a
bid accepted.
Bernard is available
for transfer this summer, with Atletico Mineiro director of football Eduardo
Maluf saying: “If there is a £22m offer, we will sell.”
And while Arsene
Wenger was tipped to wrap up a deal for the 20-year-old this summer, we look
set to miss out on the starlet’s signature.
According to reports
on the Daily Express website, Shakhtar could be set to trump us with Mineiro
president Alexandre Kalil confirming that the Ukrainian club have met their
asking price for the player Kalil said: “Things
are very advanced. The team is Shakhtar. “They offered the
value we want. If Bernard wants, he will go.”
We will be a little
disappointed to miss out, but we need a defensive midfielder and a striker
first and foremost so I would rather Wenger acquire those kind of players
rather than creative ones like Bernard.
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