Shakhtar want to sign Taison

KYIV, January 11 /UKRINFORM/. FC Metalist Kharkiv's new owner, Serhiy Kurchenko, and FC Shakhtar Donetsk President Rinat Akhmetov have discussed the possible transfer of 24-year-old Metalist striker Taison Barcellos Freda to Shakhtar.

Kurchenko said this after meeting with Akhmetov, UKRINFORM reported.

"Today we reached no agreement. But given the terms of the contract and Rinat Leonidovich's wish to see this player at Shakhtar, I don't rule out that Metalist will receive a 20-million-dollar offer in the near future, and we will have to part with our nice forward," he said.

The fact is that the contract with Taison, which was signed two years ago, includes a provision on the unquestioning - regardless of the wishes of FC Metalist Kharkiv - purchase of the player if the club gets USD 20 million.

According to Kurchenko, using the funds received, Metalist plan to buy two or three new players.