Wednesday August 26, 2009
Barca set to sign Ukraine defender
MADRID: Barcelona look set to sign Ukraine central defender Dmytro Chygrynskiy from Shakhtar Donetsk, the European champions said on Monday.
“They have asked us for a great deal of money and negotiations are continuing,” president Joan Laporta told the Catalan television broadcaster TV3. “I believe we’ll find a solution.”
Barcelona play UEFA Cup holders Shakhtar in the European Super Cup in Monaco on Friday. — Reuters
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