By Amaechi Agbo

Chelsea FC have moved swiftly to hijack Arsenal’s pursuit of FC Shakhtar Donetsk’s winger, Mykhaylo Mudryk with close to €100 million bid submitted.

Chelsea board, according European Leagues transfer expert, Fabrizio Romano are in Poland trying to reach verbal agreement with Shakhtar for Mudryk and hijack the deal!

“Official bid ready close to €100m.

“Arsenal always been leading the race, in talks with Shakhtar after 3rd official bid.

“Mudryk position, now crucial,” he said.

Earlier in the day, Arsenal were in advance talk and had direct discussed with Shakhtar about add-ons structure after €70m bid plus €25m

Arsenal want to get the deal done as soon as possible and Mudryk had reportedly agreed personal terms with the EPL leaders.

Mudryk loves Arsenal as a club, but also he knows Mikel Arteta has been following him for a long time and this is a factor in his decision-making.

However, with Chelsea’s entrance into the deal and potentially ready to offer more against Arsenal’s, it remains to be seen how the transfer “war” would pan out in the coming days.