Recruited this winter for 100 million euros (bonus included) from Shakhtar Donetsk, winger Mykhaylo Mudryk made his debut with Chelsea on Saturday against Liverpool (0-0) in the Premier League. And in just 35 minutes, the Ukrainian has already given the first shivers.
Mykhaylo Mudryk in Chelsea colors
100 million euros. This is the XXL investment, bonus included, from Chelsea to recruit winger Mykhaylo Mudryk from Shakhtar Donetsk on this winter transfer window.
A colossal amount, especially for a young talent of 22 who has experienced very little at a high European level, with only good performances this season in the Champions League (3 goals and 2 assists in 6 games).
Mudryk, promising first steps
Inevitably, his great debut with the Blues aroused enormous curiosity. Launched in the 55th minute of the Premier League shock against Liverpool (0-0) on Saturday, the Ukrainian international quickly put aging James Milner through hell. Quick, technical and provocative, Mudryk even came close to scoring his first goal for the Londoners following a small number in the box between three defenders… before finding Alisson’s side netting.
It was really good, judged his coach Graham Potter facing the media. He’s only been with us for two days and he’s only going to get better with time and automation. There have already been promising signals. He knows how to find the goal, his quality of dribbling is very high. He will get the supporters up from their seats. In the meantime, the Krasnohrad native has already given chills to the Reds and manager Jrgen Klopp, who quickly released Milner, who was warned with a yellow, to avoid a sending-off.
Gerrard sees Robben
In any case, Mudryk did not give the impression of being pressured by the price of his transfer. And in 35 minutes, his first steps even raised expectations around him. Like the very positive words of a Liverpool legend, Steven Gerrard. He looks like a great player, some of his moves today were exceptional. He reminded me a bit of Arjen Robben. If I were a Chelsea fan, I’d be very excited for what’s next. I feel like Chelsea hit the jackpot with that Mudryk. He made a superb start in the second half, judged the Englishman for BT Sport. After all, Chelsea pulled out the checkbook for a wonderkid sold as a future Ballon d’Or by Shakhtar for years…
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