Eduardo clinches £6m move from Arsenal to Shakhtar Donetsk
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Eduardo clinches £6m move from Arsenal to Shakhtar Donetsk as Gunners mull new move for Loic Remy
New challenge: Eduardo has signed for Shakhtar
Eduardo da Silva has completed a £6million move from Arsenal to Shakhtar Donetsk after passing a medical with the Ukrainian champions.
The Croatia striker has signed a four-year contract understood to be worth about £50,000 a week, as first revealed by Sportsmail.
Eduardo leaves the Emirates Stadium three years after joining from Dinamo Zagreb in £7.5million deal.
The 27-year-old failed to hold down a regular place with the Gunners last season as he struggled to regain form and fitness following a shocking double leg break at Birmingham City in February 2008.
He was nonetheless popular among team-mates and fans at Arsenal and there has not been a shortage of well wishers as he embarks on a new challenge.
The signing is a coup for Shakhtar, who earlier this month re-signed defender Dmytro Chyrgrynskiy from Barcelona for £12.5million before turning their attention to bringing in a quality centre forward for their Champions League campaign.