Arsenal appear to have learned from their failed pursuit of Mykhailo Mudryk as they look to finalise the signing of Declan Rice from West Ham.
Arsenal were heavily linked with Mudryk back in January, but ended up missing out on the winger to Chelsea despite both sides offering the same amount. Shakthar Donetsk's chief executive Sergei Palkin explained at the time that the main reason why Mudryk joined Chelsea instead of Arsenal was down to the structure of the deal, with Chelsea's add-ons viewed as more "achievable and realistic".
In an interview with the Athletic back in January, Palkin revealed: "Overall, it was the same. Not approximately the same — it was the same figure. The fixed part, variable part, bonuses. But if you look inside the fixed part and bonuses, it was completely different. Different time [schedule] of the payments, different kinds of bonuses.
