How did Mudryk fare at Chelsea?

[Getty Images] Mykhailo Mudryk joined Chelsea from Shakhtar Donetsk in 2023 for an initial £61m, having attracted interest from clubs across Europe including Arsenal. After impressing in the Champions League with Shakhtar in the first half of 2022-23, Mudryk needed time to adapt to a new country and league. He had to wait until October 2023 for his first Chelsea goal, and he ended his first full campaign at Stamford Bridge with seven goals and four assists. By the start of 2024-25, Graham Potter - who signed Mudryk - had been succeeded first by Frank Lampard, then Mauricio Pochettino and finally Enzo Maresca. Mudryk struggled for Premier League starts in the first months of Maresca's tenure, but he was making an impact in the Conference League when he underwent an out-of-competition test on international duty with Ukraine in October 2024. Mudryk was provisionally suspended after returning an "adverse finding" for banned substance meldonium. He was subsequently given the maximum four-year ban by the FA, but he appealed against the decision to the Court of Arbitration for Sport (Cas). He became free to return to competition "with immediate effect" on 31 July 2026, after the FA said anti-doping disciplinary proceedings had been resolved and Mudryk had accepted breaking anti-doping rules, also agreeing to a suspension equal to the time already served. Mudryk, who has always maintained he had "never knowingly or intentionally" taken a banned substance, said he was "grateful" to be able to return to playing after "the most difficult period" of his career. He will now restart his career at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium, 11 miles north east of where it appeared to be falling apart. Read the full article here