“Breaking Chelsea manager Enzo Maresca was left stunned Andy Dillon, Football Reporter Published: 20:00, 27 May 2025 Updated: 20:04, 27 May 2025 MYKHAILO MUDRYK is back in a Chelsea kit again after turning up unannounced at the Conference League Final. Head coach Enzo Maresca was taken by surprise when informed the troubled Ukrainian winger had”, — write: www.thesun.co.uk
Chelsea manager Enzo Maresca was left stunned
- Andy Dillon, Football Reporter
- Published: 20:00, 27 May 2025
- Updated: 20:04, 27 May 2025
Head coach Enzo Maresca was taken by surprise when informed the troubled Ukrainian winger had popped up in Poland after months in the wilderness.
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Chelsea’s banned ace Mykhailo Mudryk turned up in full kit before the Conference League finalMudryk is currently suspended from playing after testing positive for the banned substance meldonium while on international duty in November.
But it did not stop him making his own way to Wroclaw where he was spotted by fans wearing a club tracksuit in a steakhouse. It’s believed he told them he is here to collect a medal.
Maresca appeared caught off guard when it was put to him that the £62 million wideman was in town.
He said: “To be honest, I just… Is he here or is he coming? He’s here. I’m happy for Misha to be here. I don’t know, I just said that. I’m happy for Misha to be here.”
Mudryk, 24, has played in six Conference League games this season and scored three goals – the most recent being in a league phase match at Germans Heidenheim.
The player was a marquee signing for new Chelsea owners Todd Boehly and Behdad Eghbali in January 2023 – less than a year after the Americans spent £4.25 billion buying the club.
It has not been made official whether Mudryk’s B-sample was also contaminated but he has not played for them in 2025.