Who is Mykhailo Mudryk? Chelsea's £88m who has been suspended from football amid positive drugs test
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Mykhailo Mudryk has been provisionally suspended from football following a positive drugs test. The Chelsea winger had missed Blues' last five matches, including the win over Brentford. Mudryk's absence was originally put down to illness with his last appearance coming against Heidenheim in the Europa Conference league where he scored for the Blues, but it would appear his absence is linked to the investigation.
![[He signed for Chelsea in an £88m deal during the January 2023 transfer window]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/12/17/10/93226755-14200719-image-a-2_1734431375325.jpg)
Talking to reporters before the 4-3 win over Spurs, Maresca said: 'The other one [to miss out] is still ill is Misha Mudryk and the rest are okay.'. At this stage, the actual drug involved is unknown. Despite his lofy price tag, Mudryk has spent much of his time with Chelsea on the peripheray so who exactly is their mercural Ukrainian talent?.
![[Mudryk showed off his frame on Instagram in a recent upload from a lift at his London home]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/12/17/10/93113203-14200719-Mudryk_showed_off_his_frame_on_Instagram_in_a_recent_upload_from-a-3_1734431447466.jpg)
Mykhailo Mudryk has been provisionally suspended from football following a positive drugs test. He signed for Chelsea in an £88m deal during the January 2023 transfer window. Mykhailo Mudryk was born in Berestyn, Kharkiv Oblast in Ukraine on January 5, 2001.
Mykhailo Mudryk began his footballing career in his native Ukraine where he started out in the Metalist Kharkiv academy. In 2014, Mudryk joined Dnipro where he quickly rose through the age groups of their academy, attracting interest from Shakhtar Donetsk.
He would go on to join Shakhtar's academy in 2016 where he would remain, eventually playing in their under-21 team during the 2018-19 season. It was during that season that he made his first team debut for the Ukrainian side, against Olimpik Donetsk in the Ukrainian Cup, he was just 17 at the time.
