Mario Balotelli’s agent could make £3million from Henrikh Mkhitaryan’s transfer

Armenian national football team Ukraine’s FC Shakhtar Donetsk midfielder Henrikh Mkhitaryan has switched agents in a bid to secure a summer move to Liverpool, according to reports. 

Mkhitaryan has signed with Italian super-agent Mino Raiola, as the summer transfer window edges ever closer, with the 24-year-old keen to secure a transfer out of Ukraine.

 Raiola has developed a reputation for brokering big-money transfer deals and has contacts at many of Europe’s biggest clubs.

But it is Raiola’s close relationship with Liverpool that is of interest to Mkhitaryan, and the Armenian international is keen to secure a switch to Anfield after making them his number one priority. 

It is thought that Liverpool boss Brendan Rodgers is also keen on doing business, as the player has enjoyed his best campaign yet for Shakhtar, scoring 24 goals in 34 matches.Mkhitaryan is likely to cost upwards of £15million and, if successful in getting his client a move, Raiola stands to pick up a cool £3million on top of that, Metro reports.

To note, FC Shakhtar Donetsk, however, is asking for around 40 million euros for Henrikh Mkhitaryan’s transfer.

Mino Raiola is also the agent of Italian national team and Milan striker Mario Balotelli, and Swedish national squad and France’s Paris Saint-Germain (PSG) striker Zlatan Ibrahimović.