Borussia: Henrikh Mkhitaryan moves to Manchester UnitedJuly 2, 2016 - 15:56 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Borussia Dortmund on Saturday, July 2 confirmed that the club and midfielder Henrikh Mkhitaryan will go their separate ways this summer. Following an intensive round of discussions, BVB accepted the Armenian international's wish to join Manchester United next season, the Bundesliga club said in a Facebook post. "Based on a completely new situation, this transfer was a difficult trade-off for us,” explained Borussia Dortmund CEO Hans-Joachim Watzke. “Manchester made us a very attractive offer. Had we refused it, the player would have left us on a free transfer in 2017 and we would only have delayed the matter of a replacement for a year." Top stories Armenian gymnast, Olympic bronze medalist Artur Davtyan has reached the finals of the World Cup. Gor Manvelyan has denied reports alleging that he has expressed a desire to one day play for the French national team. Roma midfielder Henrikh Mkhitaryan is not considering FC Spartak Moscow as his next haven, according to fresh reports. 10 Armenian lifters will compete in the 2021 World Championships scheduled to be held from 7 to 17 December in Tashkent. Partner news | Russia clarifying reports on Baku’s alleged arms supply to Ukraine Russia says is carefully working to verify reports about alleged arms supplies from Azerbaijan to Ukraine Russia warns Armenia against “falling into West’s trap” Zakharova maintained, however, that anything that will benefit the people of Armenia can only be welcomed. CSTO: Armenia has not participated in secretariat’s work recently Recently Armenia has not participated in the work of the secretariat of the CSTO, Imangali Tasmagambetov said. Meeting with U.S., EU not against third parties, says Armenia The meeting scheduled for April 5 is dedicated to strengthening of the Armenia-EU-US cooperation, Yerevan added. |