Ukrainian English footballer “Chelsea” Mikhail MudrikSuspended for doping, he decided to become an athlete and perform at the 2028 Olympics in Los Angeles as a sprinter for the Ukrainian national team. This was reported by the Spanish newspaper Marca.
According to the source, Mudrik trains with the National Race for Sprint distances under the guidance of the former Olympians.
On December 17, 2024, the Tribune portal said that in the doping A test, that Mudrik passed in October, a prohibited substance was found. At the same time, the source did not specify what substance we are talking about. Hence, Chelsea confirmed that the player failed a doping test.
Later, the Daily Mail newspaper reported that the Football Association of England (FA) temporarily suspended Mudrik since February. The last time the midfielder entered the Chelsea question on 1 December for the match of the England championship against Aston Villa (3: 0). According to publication, Chelsea studies an option in which the prohibited substance hit the body of the football player due to a contaminated food supplement. According to the Atletico portal, Meldonium was discovered in the doping test of Mudrik, who passed after the match of the Ukrainian national team. The source clarifies that according to the rules of the FA, the player is threatened by the disqualification for four years, but can be reduced due to mitigating circumstances.
Mudric 24 years old. In the season-2024/25, the midfielder spent 15 games in various tournaments, in which he was noticed by 3 clogged balls and 5 assists. In total, Chelsea includes 10 goals and 11 programs on the results of 73 games.
In Chelsea, Mudrik moved from the Ukrainian Shakhtar. The London Club paid € 70 million for the player, 30 million euros were provided as a bonus. Mudrik’s transition was the most expensive transfer to the history of Ukrainian football, the previous record belonged to the Brazilian Fred, for which the English Manchester United paid 59 million euros in 2018.
