Shakhtar General Director Serhiy Palkin spoke about the transfer of Donetsk club player Mykhailo Mudrik to Chelsea.

\? I think so, because if there was no new owner, there would be a lot of criticism against us because of such connections.. Probably, this agreement would even be impossible,"

Recall that Roman Abramovich fell under sanctions after Russia's invasion of Ukraine and was forced to sell the London club. At the same time, the businessman will not benefit from the deal - this was the main condition for the sale of the club. The purchase of Chelsea shares amounted to about 2.5 billion pounds - all this money will be transferred to a frozen bank account and then go to charity.

The Russian billionaire has owned the club since July 2, 2003. As of 2022, Chelsea are eighth on the list of top earning clubs..

During this period, Chelsea repeatedly became the winner of the championship of England and the Champions League.

Chelsea paid the Miners 70 million euros for Mudrik, and another 30 million are spelled out in the agreement as bonuses.

The 22-year-old winger has signed an 8.5-year contract with the top club in the Premier League and will wear number 15..

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Previously, Shakhtar explained why Mudryk moved to Chelsea and not to Arsenal.