Man U signs Bundesliga Player of the Season Henrikh Mkhitaryan for £26m

Armenia's all time goalscorer Henrikh Mkhitaryan
has now officially joined Manchester United from
Borussia Dortmund on a four-year deal.
The 27 year old made 140 appearances and
scored 41 goals for Borussia Dortmund after
joining them in 2013 and last season scored 23
goals and registered an impressive 32 assists
across all competitions.Henrikh was voted
Bundesliga Player of the Season for 2015/16 in a
poll of his fellow professionals, and he was named
in the Team of the Season following votes by the
players’ union in Germany. The midfielder is
Armenia’s all-time top scorer, with 19 goals in 59
appearances since his international debut in
January 2007. Henrikh captains his national team
and has received the Armenian Footballer of the
Year award on five occasions.

Henrikh Mkhitaryan speaking to manUtd.com said:
"I am very proud to join Manchester United, this
move is a dream come true for me. I am excited
to play for a club with such an illustrious history
and hope to be part of it for a long time. I thank the
trust the club and Jose Mourinho have put in me.
Finally, I believe playing for such a great club
honours my father’s memory, and the inspiration
and drive he gave to me when I was young."
José Mourinho speaking to Man Utd.com said:
"Henrikh is a very talented footballer who has
been in such prolific form for both his club and his
country. He is a real team player with great skill,
vision and also has a good eye for goal. I am
delighted he has chosen to sign for United. I
believe he will make an impact on the team very
quickly as his style of play is suited to the Premier
League. We are all looking forward to working with
him."

“First of all, in Zlatan, we have brought in
the player who was voted the best player
in the French league and in Micki we have
brought the player voted the best player in
the Bundesliga,” Jose said.
“He was voted not by the fans, not by the
journalists but voted by fellow players and
that is what means more, I believe,
because when your fellow players choose
you it means a lot.
“Micki is a fantastic player and what I like
more is something undeniable, which is the
number of goals he scores by not being a
striker. His number of goals per season is
really high for somebody who is not a
striker and the number of assists is also
very clear. It shows his creativity, vision
and concept of collective play, and is
something I believe is really important for
a club like us.
“We try to be dominant and will, for sure,
face teams with a very defensive profile so
his capacity of acceleration of the game,
and he has a change of speed with and
without the ball, is very, very important for
a club like ours.”