Chelsea 'very close' to completing deal for Mudryk

Chelsea are “very close” to completing a deal for Shakhtar Donetsk striker Mykhailo Mudryk, the Ukraine club accounted on Saturday.

“FC Shakhtar president Rinat Akhmetov and Chelsea co-owner Behdad Eghbali discussed Mykhailo Mudryk’s transfer to Chelsea FC today,” tweeted Shakhtar.

“Parties are very close to agreeing on player’s transfer to the club.”

Mudryk, who is 22 years old, has scored seven goals this season in the Ukraine championship.

British media say that the deal for the international player from Ukraine would be worth about 100 million euros over a seven-year period.

At the moment, Chelsea is struggling in the Premier League and is in 10th place.

They lost to Fulham by a score of 2-1 on Thursday. This was their seventh loss in their last 10 games in all leagues.

In a statement, Chelsea said that they were “talking about terms” with Shakhtar.

“Should a deal be agreed between the two clubs then the Ukrainian international, who can operate as a winger or a forward, will discuss personal terms with the Blues ahead of a permanent transfer,” the statement added.