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Arsenal To Pay €50m To Land Brazilian Attacker?

By on August 11, 2014

Arsenal have been told they will need to pay €50m (£40m) to land Brazilian attacker Douglas Costa.

The 23-year-old is expected to leave Shakhtar Donetsk after refusing to return to Ukraine due to the on-going conflict with Russia, with the attacker one of six players who has settled in Switzerland until their futures can be resolved.

Arsenal have been strongly linked with a move with reports last week suggesting we were lining-up a bid to bring the versatile forward to the Premier League.

Costa is understood to be keen on a switch to the Emirates, however, we’ve been warned by Shakhtar CEO Sergei Palkin that the player won’t be sold unless his €50m buy-out clause is met.

Speaking to the clubs website, Palkin said:

“Everyone says that Costa’s goodbye is close, but the club has not received any proposals and his buyout clause is €50million.” source: Express

Costa joined Shakhtar for £4.7m in 2010 and has been a key player in helping the club secure five consecutive Ukrainian titles, but is there any chance Arsene Wenger would pay €50m for him?

In a word; NO. Costa is a fine player but he’s not worth anywhere near €50m and there’s simply no chance Arsene Wenger would agree to pay that kind of money for him, despite the newspaper continually linking us with a move.

While many fans would like to see another forward brought in before the end of the month, I think Arsene is far more worried about signing a centre-back and/or defensive midfielder than strengthening his attack.

No doubt if a tempting deal came up he might consider it, but €50m is NOT going to tempt the boss. So unless Shakhtar lower their demands, we won’t be seeing Costa coming to the Emirates any time soon.

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