Shakhtar's assistant football director Carlo Nicolini said in a comment to JuveDipendenza.net that the club could have previously signed two stars of the 2022 World Cup.
“Currently, we have a lot of difficulties in convincing players to come to Ukraine, given the difficult situation that we all know very well. For this reason, we had to try to give more importance to players from Ukraine.
Previously, we have almost closed deals for such players as Joshko Guardiol and Julián Alvarez, but, unfortunately, the negotiations are not easy for us, ”Nicolini said.