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Shakhtar Donetsk CEO Sergei Palkin confirmed the Bundesliga side's offer for the 24-year-old midfielder, but insists it falls way short of the club's own valuation.
Instead, the Ukrainian outfit want one instalment of €30m (£25m) for the player, who has gone AWOL after not showing up with the rest of the Shakhtar squad for pre-season training.
His impending departure could have been helped by Shakhtar's acquisition of Brazilian Fred from SC International for €15m (£12.5m), announced by the club on Wednesday.
Palkin told Futbol: "I don't know where Mkhitaryan is now, solely his agent knows this.
http://www1.skysports.com/football/news/12...rikh-MkhitaryanToo optimistic are we?
Maybe Mkhitaryan is just a smoke screen for some other player, Christian Eriksen please!

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Liverpool and Tottenham Hotspur have joined the chase for Spanish sensation Gerard Deulofeu.
The talented wideman, 19, is among Barcelona's most promising prospects, even by recent standards.
The arrival of Brazil forward Neymar, however, has pushed him further down the Spanish champions' pecking order, and he could therefore benefit from a loan move.
Liverpool will be on alert after it was reported in L'Equipe that PSG winger Jeremy Menez is unsure whether he will extend his contract beyond 2014.
Reports four months ago in the British press claimed Brendan Rodgers was lining up a move for the French international and now he is likely to be watching with interest since the arrival of the Ligue 1 champion’s new coach Laurent Blanc.
Menez's relations with the former France international boss were strained during Euro 2012 when the player was sent off in their 2-0 defeat to Spain for bad language towards the referee. Discipline was poor throughout the competition in the French camp and Menez was one of those players who was given a ban by the French football federation. Now Blanc has replaced the departed Carlo Ancelotti, it has been speculated that the former Roma player may have to move on and therefore won’t extend his contract with the French club.
http://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/sport/footb...ur-mill-4713347Deulofeu played alongside Alberto last season, will Brendan look to bring him in too? Menez is definitely an upgrade over Downing, and with PSG possibly looking to raise funds for Rooney, anything is possible.
This post has been edited by Cloud0890: Jun 27 2013, 04:29 PM