4 hours ago, Zeta said:

Bet he still manages to play more games in the next 4 years than the other MM.

Melchiot did retire quite a while ago now

I'd rather have him on the wing. At least he scored the odd big goal.

Call me a delusional .. but i still think the lad could develop... is there any news on his ban? Rio served 9 months .. he already has done 7/8..

28 minutes ago, Jangz said:

Call me a delusional .. but i still think the lad could develop... is there any news on his ban? Rio served 9 months .. he already has done 7/8..

He can surely develop no question about it, but if you are a manager you don't want to develop him.

Don't get the sympathy for this guy.

He cost 60-80m, has done eff all and is a drug cheat..

Jackson cost 30m and has contributed way more for this club and gets so much hate.

Make it make sense

12 hours ago, KonaKai Blue said:

Don't get the sympathy for this guy.

He cost 60-80m, has done eff all and is a drug cheat..

Jackson cost 30m and has contributed way more for this club and gets so much hate.

Make it make sense

That makes two of us. I think a lot of it is sympathy Muddy gets is for his country getting battered by Roman's buddy Vlad. At least Jackson is smart enough to keep banned drugs from entering his body.

13 hours ago, KonaKai Blue said:

Don't get the sympathy for this guy.

He cost 60-80m, has done eff all and is a drug cheat..

Jackson cost 30m and has contributed way more for this club and gets so much hate.

Make it make sense

Unlike with Jackson, we're not being reminded every weekend how bad he is at doing the thing he's paid to do. There's also the understanding that the performance-enhancing effect of the substance he tested positive for is debatable, and he may well have ingested it unknowingly while back in Ukraine.

Idk

the last 5 games for us he looked like a decent player skillful… could assist and shoot occasionally I remember when he saved us vs Newcastle LOL

he’s just one of them players you warm to because of his attitude and work rate but then feel sorry for the geeza because of the situation he’s been put in lol (war + drug stuff)

35 minutes ago, DiegoHavertz said:

then feel sorry for the geeza because of the situation he’s been put in lol (war + drug stuff)

Did you feel sorry for Mutu?

I mean why would you feel sorry for a bloke who knowingly took performance enhancing drugs and NEVER had an enhanced performance?

You cannot take the drugs he took by 'accident'.

The bloke was a sh*t footballer. He cost a LOT of money. He is a like some religious freak and a junkie.

€70 million (£62 million), potentially rising to €100 million (£89 million) in add-ons - i mean what a fcucking waste of money

14 hours ago, TheCeleryKing said:

You cannot take the drugs he took by 'accident'.

You absolutely can, meldonium fed to cows persists in milk for months. It is not unimaginable that it finds its way into a protein powder or supplement.

21 hours ago, TheCeleryKing said:

You cannot take the drugs he took by 'accident'.

In the modern game? Quite easily.

These players are mollycoddled remember. He’s not been blood doping, it’s just another supplement/injection he’ll have been given whilst playing.

This clearly happened on International duty where the Team Dr’s are a lot less, shall we say thorough, than the Clubs.

To Misha it’s just another painkiller etc he’d never know.

7 hours ago, SydneyChelsea said:

You absolutely can, meldonium fed to cows persists in milk for months. It is not unimaginable that it finds its way into a protein powder or supplement.

Not really. Already been debunked you would need to consume an abnormally large amount of this contaminated milk for it to show on a drug test.

The narrative that Misha is not “an intentional doper” is ridiculous. Hilarious. He took drugs and he knew about it.

Little Misha Mudryck. The biggest waste of money in the history of Chelsea Football club, he took drugs to enhance his performance and he never really had an enhanced performance.   :0(

Any time athletes take any medication, they double- and triple- and quadruple-check, because sometimes even things like cough drops and nasal sprays can be on the banned list.

Bad people didn’t inject him with naughty drugs against his will. I mean. . .seriously? Folks around here are normally a bit little sharper and aware.

45 minutes ago, TheCeleryKing said:

The narrative that Misha is not “an intentional doper” is ridiculous. Hilarious. He took drugs and he knew about it.

"Narrative"... some of us accept that it's possible he may have ingested a banned substance without knowing and are withholding judgment for that reason. I find the "narrative" that he would knowingly take a banned substance with debatable performance-enhancing benefits, which will severely impact his career if he tests positive, also quite hard to believe.

When you state "He took drugs and he knew about it" you loose all credibility with me. How the f**k can you know that?

Nobody knows how the drug, which is not totally banned worldwide and is widely used in the Ukraine got into his system. I still suspect it was slipped to him by the Ukraine medical staff, as he was on international duty, and carrying an injury at the time. it could just have easily been put into a bottle of water given to him. it was then just pure chance that his name was drawn for a drug test. by the same token he may have been self administering for some time, and stopping long enough to pass tests. we don't know, only the person responsible knows, and they whether Mudryk, or some other person, they're never going to own up.

I remember the skier Alain Baxter, used to using Vicks decongestant in Britain, bought some in USA not realising that there was a single ingredient used, that was not in the British version, that meant his Bronze Olympic medal was stripped.

1 hour ago, bluedave said:

"Narrative"... some of us accept that it's possible he may have ingested a banned substance without knowing and are withholding judgment for that reason. I find the "narrative" that he would knowingly take a banned substance with debatable performance-enhancing benefits, which will severely impact his career if he tests positive, also quite hard to believe.

When you state "He took drugs and he knew about it" you loose all credibility with me. How the f**k can you know that?

Loose. Born to loose.

His story (or narrative) is that he was injected with something he did not know was naughty. He just let "them" do it. The bad men shot him up with drugs. He didn't even get an enhanced performance out of it.

It is not my credibility that is questionable here.

The Telegraph reports:

Chelsea winger Mykhailo Mudryk has been charged by the Football Association for doping offences with the player now facing a lengthy ban.

Under FA rules, Mudryk could be banned for as long as four years after providing a positive ‘A’ sample – believed to contain the banned performance-enhancing substance meldonium – last year.

Mudryk was provisionally suspended while he and Chelsea waited for the results of a B sample, and the FA have now confirmed that he has been charged.

An FA spokesperson told Telegraph Sport: “We can confirm that Mykhailo Mudryk has been charged with Anti-Doping Rule Violations alleging the presence and/or use of a prohibited substance, in terms of Regulations 3 and 4 of The FA’s Anti-Doping Regulations. As this is an ongoing case, we are not in a position to comment further at this time.”

A positive doping test carries the potential punishment of a four-year ban, under FA rules, and Mudryk hired Morgan Sports Law to work on his case with Chelsea also providing support.

Morgan Sports Law also represented former Juventus star Paul Pogba in his appeal against a four-year doping ban which the Court of Arbitration for Sport later reduced to 18 months.

Pogba terminated his contract at Juventus and is looking for a new club after his 18-month ban ended in March.

Mudryk denied knowingly breaking any rules. It is understood that the Ukraine international tested negatively in August and insists he has not changed any of his behaviour since then.

7 minutes ago, DidierDrogbalala said:

The Telegraph reports:

Chelsea winger Mykhailo Mudryk has been charged by the Football Association for doping offences with the player now facing a lengthy ban.

Under FA rules, Mudryk could be banned for as long as four years after providing a positive ‘A’ sample – believed to contain the banned performance-enhancing substance meldonium – last year.

Mudryk was provisionally suspended while he and Chelsea waited for the results of a B sample, and the FA have now confirmed that he has been charged.

An FA spokesperson told Telegraph Sport: “We can confirm that Mykhailo Mudryk has been charged with Anti-Doping Rule Violations alleging the presence and/or use of a prohibited substance, in terms of Regulations 3 and 4 of The FA’s Anti-Doping Regulations. As this is an ongoing case, we are not in a position to comment further at this time.”

A positive doping test carries the potential punishment of a four-year ban, under FA rules, and Mudryk hired Morgan Sports Law to work on his case with Chelsea also providing support.

Morgan Sports Law also represented former Juventus star Paul Pogba in his appeal against a four-year doping ban which the Court of Arbitration for Sport later reduced to 18 months.

Pogba terminated his contract at Juventus and is looking for a new club after his 18-month ban ended in March.

Mudryk denied knowingly breaking any rules. It is understood that the Ukraine international tested negatively in August and insists he has not changed any of his behaviour since then.

Sorry Mudryk but you have to go. Hard to support once proven guilty. Was excited for his signing but his journey so far with Chelsea have been mediocre at best. Best of luck

Should have left him alone when he was signing for Arsenal

Moron of the highest order. Banned for a minimum of 18 months, probably at the most important stage of his career. No time for drugs cheats.

He hardly set the world alight, but he's certainly set fire to career.

f**ks sake Mudryk

Disaster of a signing in every way possible. I mean lots of big clubs were after him but it just hasn’t worked out at all.

How many years has he got left on his contract ?

I can imagine the presser of whoever is managing us in 4 years when asked about 28 year old Mudryk coming back from his suspension. "He'll be like a new signing and will provide us with the experience we desperately need" 😄

Edited June 18, 20251 yr by yaz

5 minutes ago, yaz said:

I can imagine the presser of whoever is managing us in 4 years when asked about 28 year old Mudryk coming back from his suspension. "He'll be like a new signing and will provide us with the experience we desperately need" 😄

"He's a future Ballon D'Or Winner ... "

Club has protected him from cheating far too long, I wonder why ? 😂

Club bought Mutu in 2003 for a large amount, I was at his debut vs Leicester looked lively, missed a free kick and scored on the rebound. Got on the charlie and the rest is history, fired and club took him to court to try and recoup their losses, I believe in civil court a ruling had Mutu owing Roman 15 mill quid, wonder if he ever paid up ? 🤣

Most clubs would defo take action against him now these charges are official, most clubs are not however run by idiots

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