Mykhaylo Mudryk: Does the returning winger have a future at Xabi Alonso's Chelsea?

By Seye Omidiora | 07 Aug 2026 18:19

The excitement was palpable when Mykhaylo Mudryk was introduced against Milan connected Wednesday, circa 20 months since his last quality against Heidenheim successful November 2024. 

Much has changed astatine Chelsea since Mudryk's doping suspension: Enzo Maresca is nary longer successful situ, Callum McFarlane has doubly been successful interim complaint and determination was a little dalliance with Liam Rosenior. 

Xabi Alonso is present successful situ astatine Stamford Bridge, and portion the Spanish manager efficaciously had sentimental thoughts astir the wide attacker's return, helium is paid to triumph games and cannot spend immoderate benignant of sentimentality. 

That world whitethorn jar with a ample fig of supporters, considering that determination has ever been an evident fondness for the erstwhile Shakhtar Donetsk star; however, the world points to the Blues needing to marque a hard telephone connected the 25-year-old. 

Here, Sports Mole considers what the aboriginal could clasp for Mudryk astatine Chelsea.

Mykhaylo Mudryk: Could winger inactive win astatine Chelsea?

Despite having genuine happiness implicit the attacker's return, it remains to beryllium seen if the winger could inactive person a vocation astatine Stamford Bridge, arsenic helium surely is astatine the backmost of the queue of wide forwards astatine the club.    

Immediately lasting retired are the raft of options successful wide areas astatine Chelsea successful total, oregon narrowing it down to his presumption only. 

In a play erstwhile Chelsea tin play astatine astir 51 matches — 38 successful the Premier League, six successful the FA Cup and 7 successful the EFL Cup — a impermanent determination distant for Mudryk could beryllium the close way for some subordinate and nine — particularly for the former, whose assurance volition not beryllium regained by playing a bit-part relation astatine the Bridge. 

The adjacent fortnight whitethorn beryllium decisive for Mudryk's contiguous future, and the overly flawed helping speedster who frustrated galore supporters remains the unsmooth diamond from 20 months ago.

Now 25, the guardant indispensable unafraid capable crippled clip distant from the nine for 2 reasons: to revive his stalled vocation and perchance gain him a instrumentality to Chelsea oregon a sale.

That, undeniably, would beryllium a win-win.