Shakhtar Donetsk TROLL Arsenal fans on Twitter by teasing ‘some news’ before revealing the club’s friendly match schedule in Turkey – before tweeting ‘Mudryk?’ as they toy with Gunners fans
- Shakhtar Donetsk taunted Arsenal supporters on Twitter throughout Saturday
- The Gunners are pursuing a deal for Shakhtar’s star forward Mykhailo Mudryk
- Shakhtar instead announced their mid-season friendly fixture list in Turkey
- They then tweeted ‘Mudryk?’ but to reveal he had been named Player of the Year
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Shakhtar Donetsk teased Arsenal fans several times on Twitter with deliberately anti-climactic news announcements, with the Premier League side working on a deal for Ukrainian star Mykhailo Mudryk.
Gunners supporters might have thought their side had finally made a breakthrough in negotiations for the young forward after Shakhtar claimed the club had ‘prepared some news’ on Saturday, only to announce their mid-season friendly schedule.
Mikel Arteta was left smiling after questions on Mudryk leading fans to conclude they were close to his arrival, with reports that the club will pay £50million up front with the Ukrainian outfit expected to accept less than the proposed £80m.
Shakhtar Donetsk taunted Arsenal fans on Twitter on Saturday after hinting at ‘news’ to be announced by the Ukrainian side
The Gunners will have woken up with hope of finally completing a deal for the 22-year-old, given Shakhtar’s perhaps deliberately leading tweets.
The Gunners are pursuing a deal for star forward Mykhailo Mudryk
They began with a message claiming a news announcement was imminent, writing: ‘We prepared some news for you today,’ followed by an eye emoji.
That was then followed just over an hour with: ‘Seems like it’s time to reveal the first piece…’
However, rather than the transfer deal Arsenal supporters will have been looking out for, the club sent out their fixture list with the Premier Liga side in Turkey for their mid-season winter break.
The list includes games with Austria Vienna, followed by, Slovenian clubs Koper and Maribor, Ludogorets, Sarajevo and Dinamo Tbilisi over a 20-day period starting on January 10.
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