Mykhailo Mudryk - how did Chelsea hijack Arsenal’s transfer target?
The Athletic FC Podcast
The Athletic
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🗓️ 16 January 2023
⏱️ 38 minutes
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Summary
Mark Chapman is joined by The Athletic's David Ornstein & Adam Crafton to discuss the crazy chain of events that saw Mykhailo Mudryk end up at Chelsea when it looked like he was destined for Arsenal.
David details the work done behind the scenes to sign the forward at both clubs and Adam gives the perspective of the selling club having been embedded with Shakhtar Donetsk in the making of his podcast series Away From Home.
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| 0:00.0 | The Athletic. |
| 0:03.6 | So Arsenal have opened up an eight-point lead at the top of the Premier League after beating Tottenham 2-0. |
| 0:08.4 | Meanwhile, Chelsea agreed an £89 million deal for Mikhailo Mudrick and hijack Arsenal's move for the winger. |
| 0:16.9 | So how and why did the Ukrainian end up choosing Stanford Bridge and Grand Potter over a title charge with Mikhail Artetta at the Emirates? |
| 0:25.0 | I'm Mark Chapman. This is the Athletic Football podcast. |
| 0:43.1 | Mudrick on the break again goes Shaktouk. |
| 0:44.9 | Real danger for Celtic. |
| 0:45.9 | Mudrik! |
| 0:47.0 | What a goal! |
| 0:48.9 | What's a goal! |
| 0:57.0 | Mikhailo Mudrik, the man with a massive future. After Bapé, Venecius, Mudrik is the best player in this position in Europe. |
| 1:02.0 | And everyone who want to buy him, they must give a lot of money to Shorter. |
| 1:07.0 | They must respect our club and our president. |
| 1:09.0 | Chelsea are in action as we speak, but they've just announced that they have completed the signing of Mikhail Muddrich. |
| 1:15.6 | Remember, it looked like he was going to join Arsel. Arsel wanted him. He made it clear that he was keen on the move to Arsel. That one hasn't materialized. |
| 1:23.6 | Eight points clear at the top of the table, but you have lost out on a transfer target that you were heavily linked with Mertrick. |
| 1:31.3 | How disappointed are you about that? |
| 1:34.3 | I'm very proud to have the players that we have. We always want to improve the squad. |
| 1:37.3 | The club is the first one that is trying to do everything we can to improve the players, but at first well, we have to have some discipline, you know, |
| 1:45.4 | and we have to be very consistent in the targets that we want, |
| 1:49.1 | but as well, what we are able to do in each moment, |
| 1:51.5 | and we can get those players better. |
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