Why Mkhitaryan chose Borussia Dortmund instead of Liverpool? – Ourkop.com

“During the summer transfer window, Liverpool were heavily linked with players such as Henrikh Mkhitaryan and Diego Costa,” Ourkop writes. The website reflected on Armenian national football squad and Borussia Dortmund (Germany) midfielder Henrikh Mkhitaryan’s failed transfer to Liverpool F.C. (England). “Mkhitaryan ended up snubbing Liverpool and decided to join Borussia Dortmund whilst Costa stayed on at Atletico Madrid. Both were big names signing which could have sufficed as the marquee signings that Liverpool fans wanted in the summer.

“I was massively disappointed when we weren`t able to get a deal done for Henrikh Mkhitaryan in the summer because I felt he would have been perfect for what we needed, an extra bit of quality and real signal of intent. He has settled really well at Dortmund,” stated former Liverpool midfielder Jan Molby.

 “Henrikh Mkhitaryan would have been a great signing for Liverpool as we are desperately crying out for an attacking midfielder right now. It would have been interesting to see him play in the number 10 role behind Sturridge in Suarez in our current 3-5-2 formation. But the lure of Champions League football seemed to make him pick Dortmund instead of Liverpool and credit to him, he is doing well at the German club,” the British website writes. To note, in July, the 24-year-old Armenian international transferred from FC Shakhtar Donetsk (Ukraine) to Borussia Dortmund for €27.5 million.

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