Shakhtar Donetsk are set to sign Atletico Mineiro winger Alisson (19), according to a report from **[L’Équipe](https://www.lequipe.fr/Football/Actualites/Mercato-le-chakhtior-donetsk-recrute-encore-un-jeune-bresilien/1545324).** The Brazilian was the subject of a failed approach from Leicester City during the January transfer window.
Shakhtar Donetsk have a tradition of recruiting from Brazil and that tradition looks set to be perpetuated by the arrival of Alisson from Atletico Mineiro. **L’Équipe** understands that the Atletico Mineiro academy product will join the Ukrainian club for a €14m fee. This impending deal comes just one month after Shakhtar Donetsk signed another Brazilian, Fluminese’s Kaua Elias (18) for a €19m fee.
Alisson could have gone to Leicester City during the January transfer window. As per **L’Équipe,** the Premier League club made a concrete approach to sign the Brazil U20 international but without any success. As a result, the young Brazilian, who has three goals and one assist in 43 appearances since making his first-team breakthrough, is now set for a big-money move to Shakhtar.
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