Clausula 100 million euros! The footballer of the national team of Ukraine, who was dubbed the "new pearl", has decided on the club

Ukrainian national team midfielder Heorhiy Sudakov will sign a new contract with Shakhtar Donetsk, insider Fabrizio Romano reports on his social network X (formerly Twitter). According to the source, the agreement is valid until 2029. It will contain a clause of 100+ million euros.

For reference: a clause is a certain amount of compensation for a player, upon payment of which the club that owns the rights to the player has no right to prevent his transfer to another team.

On December 10, it was reported that Juventus was going to buy Sudakov in the winter transfer window. "The Bianconeri were allegedly ready to pay 25 million euros for the 21-year-old player of the Ukrainian national team. The Turinese were also ready to rent Sudakov with an option to buy.

This season, the Ukrainian has played in 18 matches for Shakhtar in all competitions, scoring 3 goals and making 1 assist.

In the fall of this year, Fabrizio Romano, commenting on Sudakov's debut goal in the Champions League, called Georgiy "Shakhtar's new gem".

We would like to remind you that Sudakov was born in 2002 in Bryanka, Luhansk region. In the 2018/19 season, he made his debut in the Ukrainian Youth Championship, and the following season - in the national youth championship.

He made his debut in the Ukrainian league on October 24, 2020, in a match against Vorskla Poltava (1-1). He scored his first goal for Shakhtar in the Ukrainian league on October 30, 2020, in a home match against Mariupol (4-1).

In the 2022/23 season, Sudakov played 39 matches at the club level, scoring 5 goals and providing 11 assists. He played all six matches of the 2022/23 UEFA Champions League group stage, making two assists, and was named one of the top 40 young talents of the year by UEFA.