Shakhtar Donetsk have turned down an offer worth £35m from Fulham for their winger Kevin this evening, according to Fabricio Romano.
The Whites submitted an offer of around £26.2m – with another £8.75m in performance-related add-ons – for the talented Brazilian 22 year-old, but that the Ukrainian outfit turned it down. Shakhtar are seeking something closer to £40m, especially as Serie A side Napoli are known to admire the left winger and are tracking his availability.
Kevin, who joined Shakhtar from Palmeiras last January in a £13.m move, helped the Miners’ win the Ukrainian title back to back in 2023/24. He scored three goals – adding four assists – in seventeen games in that campaign before finding the net nine minutes in 35 appearances the following year, with four assists. The lively left winger was voted the club’s player of the season by the fans last month,
Kevin, who is contracted to Shakhtar until December 2028, has been in extraordinary form in Europa League qualifying this season. He scored once and made two more in a 6-0 thrashing of Ilves Tampere in the first qualifying round first leg before bagging a brace in the second round first leg win in Besiktas. He scored again in the home leg as Shakhtar set up a meeting with Greek giants Panathinaikos tonight.
It remains to be seen whether the Whites will return with an increased offer for the prodigiously talented former Brazilian youth international.
This guy is mustard…
Will we ever make an outfield signing?
YouTube not a great way to judge a player but just watched a 4 minute video and don’t think I blinked throughout.
He looks like we could replace retiring Willian with prime Willian. Let’s break the bank!
This guy is a good player whether he will come to us who knows but now at least we are looking at guality young players under Marco will nurture him and become even better
I live in hope sounds to good to be true
Just get it done. He’s not only a good player but at 22 is an investment. Just think what we could have in the next couple of years if we sign him. Not only him but, Muniz, Cuenca, Josh, Sess and Seth. Would be the envy of all the “top” clubs.
Please sell Pereira and bring in a good number 10 as he is not up to standard and ESR is still to prove himself.
We could have an exciting season and an excellent future
why do we take so bloody long getting singings done and what,s with the badge on the green away kit which i quite like
This is bewildering news, to say the least. We are (supposedly) in talks to bring back Reiss Nelson in some form -whether it is another loan deal or a permanent purchase. To my mind, that was what must be holding up the deal as things have gone very quiet for a couple of weeks.
Then we hear this about Kevin which, if true, makes the Nelson return a non-event as both are left sided wingers.
Given the option, I would have to say that this Brazilian kid is on another level to Nelson and, with the suspect hamstrings of the Arsenal player, there would always be a question mark over his return.
Once again, we can only hold our breath and wait and see because, even if Romano is spot on, there is a big difference between making an offer and actually concluding the deal.
One other valid question re our transfer dealings that really needs to be asked: How the hell can a team in a war torn country source and lure a Brazilian talent like Kevin when we can’t?
Followed Fulham for 70 plus years and have almost given up on us signing anybody, baffles me why we are so inept at this season after season.
We will pay the price because almost certain that Marco will be off, shame because we have a decent team and with a proven scorer we might have been able to achieve something good.