"Shakhtar are close to buying Red Star's left-back Irakli Azarovi. This was reported by journalist Fabrizio Romano on his Twitter page.
According to the source, negotiations between Shakhtar and Crvena Zvezda on the Georgian defender are at the final stage and the parties are close to a final agreement.
Interestingly, Crvena Zvezda bought Azarovi a year ago for €200,000 from Dinamo Batumi. Transfermarkt now estimates the Georgian defender's transfer at €1.5 million.
Azarovi has played 1 match for Crvena Zvezda this season.