London's Chelsea have embraced Leeds United's proposal to sign Ukrainian winger Mykhailo Mudryk for the entire upcoming season.
The conclusions, confirmed by representatives of Leeds, obviously did not justify the financial status of the “Blues”. These negotiations are troubling, and, according to obvious information, the 25-river gravel itself is seriously stuck at the transition to Elland Road, having decided to spend the season between Stamford Bridge to update its playing form.
Mudrik's career was paused for 20 months due to a positive test for meldonium contamination. His disqualification has officially reached the end of his fate. Thus, the striker is actively working on updated conditioning: having taken part in the pre-season tour of Chelsea under the leadership of the new head coach Xabi Alonso, he has been substituted several times.
Before the rest of the negotiations, Mudrik made it clear that his priority was to participate in the English Premier League. This essentially reduced the chances of Italian clubs and French Strasbourg (a subsidiary of the Chelsea club under the management of the BlueCo group).
Leeds became a favorite in the fight for Ukraine due to its readiness to issue a dry lease without the right to buy. This is the ideal scenario for Londoners: the club retains complete control over the future football player, and the club takes on the payment of his salary.
This year they have been even more active in the market, having signed Harry Wilson, Tarik Muharemovich, James Trafford and Niko Elvedi.
Brentford are also showing interest in the Ukrainian footballer. Bjoli has been following Mudrik for a long time (even before his transfer from Shakhtar for? 61 million in 2023). However, this proposal transferred the option of mandatory or possible redemption to the contract, which is categorically not governed by Chelsea. Coventry City also recognized its interest, but is not the leader in the races.
Guess what, it became known earlier that Mudryk took the 33rd number from Chelsea for the 2026/27 season.