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Report: Arsenal must get rid of Henrikh Mkhitaryan before signing Willian

Mathew Nash

Wed 5 August 2020 7:15, UK

Arsenal’s hop𝓰es of signing Willian may hinge on the transfe🌳r progress of a current Emirates outcast, according to reports. 

Arsenal are increasingly looking like the most likely team to secure Brazil🌞ian free agent Willian this summer. 

earlier this week, the 31-year-old has rejected a two-year offer from 🐟Chelsea and is now looking to sign a three-year deal with the Gunners. 

However, Arsenal need to clear the decks first befꦗore they can secure Willian’s signature, as the Brazilian will demand a hefty wage. 

, Arsenal must first secure the exit of Henrikh Mkhitaryan befor♌e they can bring in Willian. 

The report claims that Arsenal are willing to give Willian a £130,000-a-week contract with the c✨lub but that Armenian playmaker Mkhitaryan, who is on £180,000-a-week, must leave first.

Arsenal have an initial agreemenꦯt in place with Roma, where Mkhitaryan has enjoyed a loan spell, and once that is ratified there will seemingly be room in the budget for Willia💮n. 

Coincidentally, Willian and Mkhitaryan are former team-mates at Shakhtar Donetsk, with both players leaving the Ukraini♔an club in 2013. 

Now, Arsenal are relying on Willian’s old pal to secure his Italian move so they can finally secure the signature o🥃f this long-rumoured transfer tꦡarget this summer.