---
title: "Liverpool prepare £22m bid"
canonical: "https://www.footballtransfertavern.com/liverpool-prepare-22m-bid/"
type: "post"
language: "en-GB"
author: "Aidan McCartney"
section: "Liverpool Football Club"
published: "2013-06-04T15:45:28Z"
modified: "2013-06-04T15:45:28Z"
---

# Liverpool prepare £22m bid

![Shakhtar winger Henrikh Mkhitaryan](https://cdn.footballtransfertavern.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/Henrikh-Mkhitaryan.png)There are interested looks on the faces of Liverpool fans in the Football Transfer Tavern after [The Guardian](https://www.guardian.co.uk/football/2013/jun/03/liverpool-henrik-mkhitaryan-shakhtar-donetsk) today links the Reds with a summer move for Shakhtar Donetsk’s Henrikh Mkhitaryan who will be available for around £22 million.

The Armenian international, who scored an incredible 25 goals in the Ukrainian Premier League last season despite playing as an attacking midfielder, has been lined up for a move to Anfield after he admitted that he wanted to play for ‘one of the strongest clubs in the world’.

It is understood that Mkhitaryan would consider a move to England despite the lack of European football at Anfield and Liverpool’s owners Fenway Sports Group are prepared to give Brendan Rodgers the funds needed to bring the 25-year-old to the club.

With uncertainty remaining about Luis Suarez given a possible swoop by Spanish giants Real Madrid, Liverpool desperately need to recruit at least one more attacking option although the paper indicates that the Armenian was a key transfer target before Suarez began pushing for a move away.

The club have agreed a £15 million deal with West Ham United for outcast Andy Carroll but the transfer has now stalled after the former Newcastle man was unsure whether to sign long-term for the Hammers. This transfer impasse could affect any deal for the attacking midfielder although they do expect to complete the £7.7 million transfer of Celta Vigo forward Iago Aspas later this week.

### Can Rodgers secure the highly-coveted talent this summer? Rate this rumour below.

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