Shakhtar seal Douglas coup

Brazilian agrees Ukrainian switch

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Shakhtar seal Douglas coup

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Shakhtar Donetsk have swooped to sign Brazilian starlet Douglas Costa.

The highly-rated 19-year-old, who was previously a target for Manchester United, has agreed a deal with the Ukrainian giants.

Shakhtar, who have a history of signing players from Brazil and already have seven in their squad, have paid more than £5million to Gremio to land Douglas.

Douglas admits the whole deal has happened quickly and been a shock to him.

"I was not expecting it," he said. "I only thought of Gremio.

"Today I think about Donetsk and I'm extremely happy.

"That's two times they tried to sign me. I do not know if this is the right time to leave but I mostly thought about my family."

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