Shakhtar assistant director of football Carlo Nicolini said that the Donetsk club was close to signing Yoshko Guardiola and Julian Alvarez.

" The reason for this is a difficult situation, which everyone is well aware of.. Therefore, we had to pay more attention to the Ukrainians.

At one time, we have almost closed deals for such players as Joshko Guardiol and Julian Alvarez, but, unfortunately, negotiations are not at all easy for us,"

Recall that the Croatian Yoshko Guardiol stands for the German "

At the 2022 World Cup, the Manchester City forward played 7 matches in which he scored 4 goals and provided one assist, while the Croatian defender also played 7 matches and scored a goal in the fight for third place.

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