LONDON: Chelsea appear to have hijacked Arsenal in agreeing the purchase of Ukraine winger Mykhailo Mudryk from Shakhtar Donetsk.

Mudryk will travel to London shortly to undergo a medical and sign a seven-year contract.

The fee is believed to be €70m up front with an additional €30m in add-ons for Chelsea’s fifth recruit of the January window.

They have already paid an £11m loan fee to bring kin Joao Felix from Atletico Madrid on a six-month loan deal though he endured a debut to forget as he was sent off in defeat to Fulham.

Benoît Badiashile, David Fofana and Andrey Santos have also made the switch to Stamford Bridge this month.

The news will come as a blow to Premier League leaders Arsenal, who had made Mudryk their No1 target for the winter window.

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