Chelsea coach Enzo Maresca appeared as stunned as anybody when he was instructed Mykhailo Mudryk had been noticed in Poland forward of the membership’s Convention League closing towards Actual Betis.
Mudryk, who grew to become one in every of Chelsea’s greatest signings when he arrived in a €100 million (£83m) in 2023, hasn’t performed because it emerged in December that he was going through a doping investigation.
Till now, the Ukraine winger has saved a low profile however pictures and movies on social media appeared to indicate him posing with followers Tuesday whereas sporting a jacket with the Chelsea badge.
Mudryk in polaaand 🔥🔥 pic.twitter.com/q1CwGBrMOW
— CFC Pics (@Mohxmmad) Might 27, 2025
“To be trustworthy, I simply, I do not know. He is right here, or he is coming?” Maresca mentioned, glancing round in shock when requested at his pre-game information convention what he considered Mudryk being in Wroclaw forward of Wednesday’s recreation.
“He is right here? I am comfortable for Misha [Mudryk] to be right here. I do not know, simply comfortable for Misha to be right here.”
Mudryk hasn’t posted on social media since a press release in regards to the case in December when he acknowledged an unnamed “banned substance” had been present in a pattern he had given.
“I do know that I’ve not carried out something improper and stay hopeful that I shall be again on the pitch quickly,” he posted on the time.
Neither Chelsea nor the English Soccer Affiliation have supplied any updates on the progress of the case since then.
Mudryk might be awarded a medal from the Convention League closing as a result of he performed in Chelsea’s first 4 video games of the league section, scoring three targets. He scored in his most up-to-date recreation, a 2-0 Convention League win over German membership Heidenheim on Nov. 28.
Mudryk signed an eight-and-a-half-year contract when he signed for Chelsea in Jan. 2023, protecting him on the membership till 2031.
