Mykhailo Mudryk runs the touchline against Gent. Mykhailo Mudryk runs the touchline against Gent. (Photo by Mike Hewitt/Getty Images)
The big news today is unfortunately all about Chelsea winger Mykhailo Mudryk, and it is not positive in the slightest. In fact, it’s terrible news.
Whatever happens now, people are going to make their own minds up about Mudryk and what has happened here. I struggle to see a way back for him now at Chelsea regardless of what happens now.
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Mudryk is going to fight his corner and claim that he has not knowingly taken any banned substance, despite now being suspended after finding one in recent doping tests.
The Chelsea winger has been going through a rough period in his career, not being able to break into Chelsea’s starting Xl on a regular basis. There’s also been concerns about his maturity, something that Chelsea have apparently swept under the rug.
But the people close to Mudryk on on the defensive now and are willing to fight his cause.
Mudryk set up?
Not a good situation for Mudryk at all
Surely not? That would be absolutely crazy. But it is the claim now being made by a source who spoke to The Athletic. In fact, multiple sources apparently.
They reported on Tuesday morning that multiple sources have told them on Monday that Mykhailo Mudryk intends to defend his position, with the player’s stance explained by people familiar with the case to be that he did not intentionally take the substance and that there is a suspicion of sabotage, although The Athletic has not been able to independently verify that claim.
A suspicion of sabotage, so a set up situation. That’s not cool at all. Unfortunately though, this is surely just going to be one of those situations where we will never learn the truth about and will have the player’s side claiming one thing but unable to prove anything.
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