Ex-mentor "miners" Mircea Lucescu sure midfielder Fred will continue his career in the Premier League.
At the moment, the Romanian coach is heading the Turkish team, but before that he had 12 successful years in Shakhtar.
It was under Mircea that Fred came to the team, replacing the departed in Manchester City Fernandinho in 2013.
According to Lucescu, Fred will follow in the footsteps of his more experienced Brazilian counterpart.
"The best player of the Miner stands in the center of midfield - it's Fred".
"He will move to Manchester City, like Fernandinho before him," Mircea said. The Guardian.
Earlier possible departure of Fred from Shakhtar was confirmed by the club's general director Sergey Palkin.