Shakhtar Donetsk owner and president Rinat Akhmetov has donated over £20million to the Ukraine war effort after selling Mykhaylo Mudryk to Chelsea.
After being chased by Arsenal, Mudryk joined the Blues in an £87m transfer from Shakhtar over the weekend. The 22-year-old winger will earn a reported £100,000-a-week at Chelsea, who acted fast and doubled their offer to gazump the Gunners in the January transfer window.
The transfer fee is a huge reward for Shakhtar, who held out in negotiations with Arsenal to get the best price for their star player. It will come as a significant boost to the club, who have been displaced from their home in Donetsk by the war against Russia.
