Mkhitaryan signs $7.5 million contract with Shaktyor

A deal which has already been struck will and which is unprecedented in Armenia's football history will see Armenian national team player Henrikh Mkhitaryan transfer to Donetsk's Shakhtyor, Ukraine.

According to Ukrainian web site Ananlitikala.at.ua the contract has been signed for 5 years and is worth $7.5 million.

Earlier it was reported that the deal would be worth $15 million.

The transfer is expected to be officially announced today.

Mkhitaryan played in Metalurg before he left Armenia's Pyunik last year.