Mykhailo Mudryk was one of the sought-after wingers in the winter transfer. He was close to joining Arsenal until Chelsea snapped him from the Gunners in a record €100 million deal from Shakhtar Donetsk.
The 22-year-old has struggled since joining Chelsea but showed a glimpse of his ability during his Premier League debut against Liverpool. He was dropped to the bench in Chelsea’s 1-0 defeat to Southampton.
Darijo Srna, Shakhtar Donetsk’s director of Football, has revealed that Chelsea’s run of poor form has partially contributed to Mykhailo Mudryk’s poor form. Still, he insisted he would be a hit at Chelsea.
What did Darijo Srna say?
He told Football Ramble podcast: “Don’t worry about Mykhailo Mudryk. You will enjoy watching him. Like in the first game he played against Liverpool, where he came into the side, this is 35 percent of Mykhailo Mudryk.
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“Mykhailo cannot play alone. The whole of Chelsea is not in a good mood. They are not playing amazing Football, and they don’t have good results, but they have a lot of new players, and they need time. Sometimes you don’t have time. That’s the problem, but Mykhailo, don’t worry, Chelsea fans.
Mykhailo will bring a lot of happiness to Chelsea fans.
“Mykhailo is a person who thinks just about Football. He thinks just about Football. He goes to sleep with the ball and wakes up with the ball, and this is the key to his success.
“I was so sad when he decided to go to Chelsea. I said to him, ‘Mykhailo, can you say with us a bit more, we need you’, but he said, ‘no, Darijo, it’s time to go’. We respect that.”
Revealing the reason behind Shakhtar Donetsk’s decision to Sell him to Chelsea instead of Arsenal, He added: “Everything is so simple – the market decides the price, not me and, of course, our president.
“Mykhailo Mudryk is, for me, one of the best three players in Europe in his position after Kylian Mbappe and Vinicius Jr. The next one is Mykhailo Mudryuk.
“If somebody wants to buy a player from Shakhtar, they must respect the club, the player, and the president because we know how to sell players, and we know how to buy players.
“Mykhailo Mudryk is from our academy, amazing kid, amazing boy, amazing player, unfortunately at Chelsea now it’s not a good mood, and Mykhailo as well, but Mykhailo has all the qualities to be one of the best players in the Premier League in the next couple of months, in the next couple of years.
“Regarding the transfer, firstly the price was €100 million, €70m plus €30m. Arsenal also was fully in love with Mudryk, but Chelsea showed that they are more concrete and more ready to buy him.
“With respect to Arsenal, in the end it was the decision of Mykhailo Mudryk because Chelsea paid what we want, we made an agreement with Chelsea and he said, ‘yes I want to go to Chelsea’.”
