At the end of 2023, the former captain of the Armenian national football team, the best football player of Armenia in 2023, Henrikh Mkhitaryan, signed a new contract with Inter Milan. It will be until June 30, 2026. “I am happy to extend my contract and continue my journey until 2026. Always ahead, “Inter”, Mkhitaryan wrote on social networks. It should be noted that on January 21, Mkhitaryan will turn 35 years old. At this age, we will sign a new contract for two years with the strongest team in the world. The extension of the contract can be considered one of the best deals in the history of Armenian football. In this season, Mkhitaryan played 22 matches, in which he scored 2 goals and 4 assists. Let’s remind that the Armenian midfielder joined the ranks of “Inter” in the summer of 2022 as a free footballer. According to the new contract of the Italian media, Mkhitaryan will receive 4 million euros per year plus bonuses. Let’s remind that in March 2022, Mkhitaryan announced that he will end his performance in the national team of Armenia. Henrikh Mkhitaryan is the best scorer of the Armenian national team, and the captain from 2015 to March 2022. The best scorer in the history of the Armenian national team with 32 goals scored in 95 matches. He was recognized as the best football player of Armenia 10 times. Mkhitaryan is the only Armenian football player who played in 3 of the top-5 leagues: Bundesliga, Premier League and Serie A. Having started his career in “Pyunik” of Yerevan, he moved to “Metalurg” of Donetsk in 2009, where he played 46 matches and scored 17 goals. In 2010, he signed a contract with Shakhtar Donetsk, one of the strongest Ukrainian clubs. The transfer amounted to 7.5 million euros. Standing out with brilliant performances, Mkhitaryan scored 44 goals in 106 matches for Shakhtar. In the summer of 2013, Henrikh Mkhitaryan moved from “Shakhtar” to “Borussia” football club in the German city of Dortmund. For his transfer, “Borussia” paid 27.5 million euros to the Ukrainian club, with which Henrich became the most expensive acquisition of the Dortmund club.
The news about Mkhitaryan’s transfer became a reason for great discussions at that time. Many media reported that “Liverpool” wants to buy Mkhitaryan, but later news also spread that the deal will not take place due to a disagreement with a third party. Mkhitaryan’s transfer could be classified as a complex transfer transaction, as the transfer rights of the footballer belonged to 3 parties: Shakhtar, Pyunik and Oleg Mkrtchyan, the owner of Donetsk Metallurg. In addition, Mkhitaryan did not want to return to “Shakhtar” in any way, and the Ukrainian club had no intention of making compromises and letting go of its leader. However, after long and mixed negotiations, “Borussia” was able to come to a common denominator regarding the transfer of the “Shakhtar” player.
Anyway, having played 141 matches in “Borussia”, Mkhitaryan became the author of 41 goals. 2016 The Armenian footballer moved to “Manchester United” with a transfer fee of 40 million euros, scoring 13 goals in 63 games. In January 2018, Mkhitaryan appeared in “Arsenal”, where he scored 9 goals in 59 games. In 2019, Mkhitaryan moved to “Roma” on loan, and signed a contract with this team last year. “Inter” is Mkhitaryan’s 8th club.
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