Mykhaylo Mudryk, a left winger for Chelsea, has grown to be the most divisive player in the team. Manager Enzo Maresca has essentially publicly buried the forward by saying that his problems are not due to a lack of confidence.
Instead, in one of the most scathing remarks a manager has ever given to a current player, Maresca hinted that Mudryk’s issue stems from a general lack of quality in his inability to reach the Chelsea standard thus far in his career, declaring categorically, “Misha is Misha.”
The amusing aspect of all the anger directed at Mudryk by supporters, Maresca, the media, and people behind closed doors at Stamford Bridge, though, is the obvious truth that Chelsea could have sold the property and averted this whole situation.
On his YouTube channel, Fabrizio Romano disclosed that Chelsea was approached by a Bundesliga team to sell Mykhaylo Mudryk, but the Blues turned down the offer since they continued to have faith in the 100 million euro acquisition’s long-term prospects.
Even though Mudryk is only 23 years old, it’s easy to forget that he was much sought after by Arsenal, Shakhtar Donetsk’s bitter rivals. In the Champions League match against Real Madrid, he also shone.
That Mudryk hasn’t shown up in the Premier League yet; he is frequently the team’s poorest player in crucial games and just passably well in the lowest-level contests, like the recent thumping of League Two team Barrow.
It’s even more intriguing that Maresca and his staff thought highly enough of Mudryk to keep him on the team this summer because he’s playing for his job every minute he takes the pitch.
The majority of Bundesliga teams that would be interested in signing Mudryk aren’t particularly wealthy, therefore Chelsea most likely turned down the offer mainly because it was so little with the original 100 million euro investment.
So, it would make sense for Chelsea to bide their time and turn down lowball offers for Mudryk in the hopes of hitting it big — or, at the very least, fetching a higher transfer fee – during a purple patch.
Mudryk’s loss is quite regrettable, as his quickness and counterattacking approach would be far more appropriate in the daring Bundesliga than in England.