Armenia manager claims Mkhitaryan turned down multiple offers to hold talks

YEREVAN, MARCH 17, ARMENPRESS. The head coach of the Armenian national football team Alexander Petrakov revealed that he’s numerously attempted to contact Henrikh Mkhitaryan but the Inter Milan star refused to take part in any discussion.

“From the very first day that I’ve come to Armenia I tried to contact Henrikh Mkhitaryan. I asked the football federation, everyone, to help me contact him and speak to him personally. I even tried to contact him through former colleagues at Shakhtar Donetsk. But he turned down, saying that he’s made a decision and won’t change it,” Petrakov said at a press conference on Friday.

He added that he tried to contact the former Armenia captain through retired goalkeeper and coach Roman Berezovsky, but he again refused to talk. Petrakov said he even offered to fly to Milan to meet personally, but Mkhitaryan again refused.