Chelsea coach Enzo Maresca appeared as stunned as anybody when he was advised Mykhailo Mudryk had been noticed in Poland forward of the membership’s Convention League closing towards Actual Betis.
Mudryk, who turned one among Chelsea’s largest signings when he arrived in a €100 million (£83m) in 2023, hasn’t performed because it emerged in December that he was dealing with a doping investigation.
Till now, the Ukraine winger has stored a low profile however images and movies on social media appeared to point out 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 sincere, 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 sport.
“He is right here? I am blissful for Misha [Mudryk] to be right here. I do not know, simply blissful 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 completed something fallacious and stay hopeful that I can be again on the pitch quickly,” he posted on the time.
Neither Chelsea nor the English Soccer Affiliation have offered 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 part, scoring three objectives. He scored in his most up-to-date sport, 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, retaining him on the membership till 2031.
