Cesar Bottega said that the Ukrainian club was only interested in a money deal. “The Gunners offered the Ukrainian club Denilson plus an economic balance, but Shakhtar said no, because they are not interested in Denilson and would like only money,” he said to calciomercato.
Manchester United is said to be interested in the young player as well but has made no offer so far.
In the last 18 month Costa played 40 games for Shaktar scoring 10 goals. He played two seasons in Ukraine and won the Ukrainian Premier League each time.
