‘How can this be happening?’: Piers Morgan leads the fury from Arsenal fans after Chelsea hijack their £88m move for Mykhailo Mudryk as supporters hit out at the club for failing to land their main target
Piers Morgan has declared himself to be ‘irrationally annoyed’ after Chelsea moved to the brink of signing Arsenal’s long-term target Mykhailo Mudryk, labelling their failed pursuit as a ‘fiasco’.
The Blues have moved to hijack Arsenal‘s mega-money move for the Shakhtar Donetsk winger in recent days, and seem to be on the cusp of confirming his arrival in a whopping £88million deal.
Morgan, a vocal Arsenal fan, claimed the Premier League leaders had looked ‘weak’ after allowing their London rivals to sign the Ukrainian despite their well-publicised interest.
Chelsea have all but confirmed the arrival of Shakhtar Donetsk’s winger Mykhailo Mudryk
Arsenal fan Piers Morgan claimed the club ‘looks weak’ after missing out on Mudryk
‘How can this be happening? Ridiculous that Arsenal let this transfer saga drag on so long we’ve apparently ended up losing him,’ Morgan tweeted.
‘I’m irrationally annoyed about this Mudryk fiasco.
‘If Arsenal want to win the League this season, we can’t faff around for weeks on key targets and then get outflanked/outbid at the last minute. Looks weak.
‘We must buy another top class striker asap.’
Arsenal have been pursuing Mudryk in recent weeks as they sought to increase Mikel Arterta’s attacking options with the Gunners pursuing the Premier League title.
Arsenal fans hoped had been raised by Mikel Arteta’s reaction when asked about Mudryk
Mudryk had made it clear in recent weeks that he was very keen to move to the English club, posting himself wearing an Arsenal shirt on social media.
A move to North London had appeared on the cards after Arsenal tabled a third bid that could reach £80million for the player.
Fans had expressed optimism over his potential signing after Arteta was asked about Mudryk in a pre-North London derby press conference.
The Arsenal manager responded with a huge grin, before composing himself and replying: ‘You know we cannot talk about any other player’.
Arsenal fans have reacted angrily to missing out…