Shakhtar Director of Football Darijo Srna shared his opinion on the possible subsequent sale of Ukrainian players.
Darijo Srna. Photo: shakhtar.com- Have Ukrainian football players grown up to cost big sums?
- Of course, here are many examples at once: Matvienko, there was a proposal that the president did not agree to, Zabarny, Mikolenko - 4 football players play in England. There will be even more of them, Shakhtar still have a lot of new Mudriks, we have to wait a bit. Believe me, now all the players in all the teams in the world know. The call is already worth 10 million. If they knock on our door, then it is already 20 million. I just know our president. He is always right. I learned a lot from him. I am proud that I can learn from such a person, because there is room to grow.
There was a lot of laughter about my interview about 100 million six months ago. There was no belief that it could be sold for 100 million during the war. And if there had been no war, then it would have cost more than 120 million, this is my personal opinion.
- Mudrik went to red London, and came to blue. How did it happen?
- I think that Director Palkin gave an interview and said everything about this topic. I did not participate in negotiations with Arsenal at all, I did not communicate with anyone, I only met with Zinchenko once. We drank coffee in a friendly way, but I did not participate in the negotiations there. I was focused on Chelsea along with the director and, listen, if you wanted to buy a player, then you will have him. When our president wants to buy a footballer, we have him, that's all. Chelsea really wanted Misha, and so did the coaches.
The situation is that the president is now both happy and unhappy.
"Because they let you go?" Lost talent?
— He is a very ambitious person, Shakhtar is his family. In order for him to achieve a very big result, he must buy Mudrik, and not sell.
