Chelsea target Arsen Zakharyan has revealed his hope that Dynamo Moscow will grant him a move to Stamford Bridge ‘soon’.
Zakharyan, 19, has long been viewed as one of the finest young talents in his home country of Russia.
The starlet is a versatile midfielder who can operate anywhere across the middle of the park, but largely excels in a more attack-minded role.
This comes with Zakharyan in possession of a whole host of stellar attacking traits.
Such talents saw the Russian, already capped on four occasions by his country, rack up a head-turning seven goals and eight assists across 29 league appearances in the 2021/22 campaign.
And this has since been followed by a further trio of direct goal contributions thus far this season.
In fact, late last week, it was revealed that the Blues had gone as far as to table an opening offer for the 19-year-old.
.@ChelseaFC have sent a bid for top talent Arsen #Zacharjan. Agent Rafaela Pimenta working on the deal. 🔵🌟🇷🇺 #CFC #Chelsea #transfers @SkySport @SkySports
— Gianluca Di Marzio (@DiMarzio) August 25, 2022
And though, evidently, Chelsea’s efforts to land Zakharyan ultimately came up short, the player himself has made clear his hope that a deal will in the end be struck.
Speaking to the media on Sunday, the Russian sensation was drawn on his recent Stamford Bridge links.
And Zakharyan was not shy in admitting that he ‘accepted’ Chelsea’s proposal without a 2nd thought.
In turn, the midfield standout ‘hopes everything will be done soon’, potentially as early as the opening of the winter transfer window:
Arsen Zakharyan: “There was an offer from Chelsea, but it was impossible to complete a transfer. Of course, I accepted – how can I reject that?”. 🔵 #CFC
“I hope everything will be done soon… maybe in January”, he added to @sportsru. pic.twitter.com/kzpPiDWE1Z
— Fabrizio Romano (@FabrizioRomano) September 4, 2022
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