Where is Manor Solomon headed? Sergei Palkin, the chief executive of Shakhtar Donetsk – the Israeli's team from which he was loaned to Fulham last season following FIFA sanctions – is threatening a lawsuit against Tottenham if they try to add the midfielder for free.
Practices have shown interest in the 23-year-old, who suspended his contract at Shakhtar and moved to the Premier League. Solomon has one more year left on his contract in Ukraine and, as mentioned, Palkin does not accept that Solomon will run away from his hands.
"I contacted Solomon and his agent and invited him back to our club," Palkin told ESPN. "I told him 'you'll play all the games in the Champions League, you'll be in the starting line-up' but he doesn't want to come back and I believe he will stay in England.
🚨Shakhtar Donetsk chief executive Sergei Palkin has threatened to SUR Tottenham Hotspur they try to sign winger Manor Solomon on a free transfer. Spurs have been linked with a move for the 23-year-old.
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"Where he'll go, I don't know. Anyway, if it's Tottenham, we'll go to court. Can you imagine that we pay a lot of money for this player and Tottenham get him for free? It's not fair to our club. We will definitely go to court and we will fight for ourselves."
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"We want these clubs, who get rich at Shakhtar's expense, to be obliged to pay compensation. These clubs need to understand what they are doing when they decide to sign our players," said the Shakhtar boss.
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