Brighton boss Roberto De Zerbi believes Arsenal target Mykhailo Mudryk is a future Ballon d’Or winner.
The 21-year-old Ukraine winger has been impressive for Shakhtar Donetsk in this season’s Champions League with five goal involvements in six games and has emerged as one of Arsenal’s top January transfer targets.
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De Zerbi coached Mudryk during his time with Shakhtar in the 2021-22 season and gave high praise when questioned about the young player, but insisted he would not be coming to Brighton.
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“Mudryk is a fantastic player but Brighton can’t buy him – I like him, just like all my ex-players I like, but Brighton can’t buy Mudryk. Arsenal, I don’t know.
“I think Mudryk can win the Ballon d’Or in the future – I know the value of Mudryk, he has the potential to win the Ballon d’Or.”
Brighton come up against Arsenal on New Year’s Eve as they look to make it four wins from their last five Premier League games but the leaders stand in their way of achieving such a result.
Arsenal have only lost one league fixture this season and will want to extend their lead at the top of the table come Saturday evening.
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De Zerbi knows the strength of their London counterparts and highlighted their strength in depth across the field, but also believes his side are improving after seeing them dismantle Southampton 3-1 a few days ago.
He continued: “The style of play for Arsenal is fantastic. They know very well what they have to do on the pitch and they have very good players.
“Gabriel and (William) Saliba are very young but they are very fast and very good with the ball, in midfield they are complete in all characteristics and up front, the attackers are fast with big ability and potential.
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