Sergei Palkin: "If Chelsea were managed by Abramovich, I'm not sure that a deal for Mudrik could be possible"

General Director of Shakhtar Donetsk Sergey Palkin, commenting on the transfer of club midfielder Mykhailo Mudrik to London Chelsea, said that this deal underlined the unity of Ukraine, Great Britain and the United States in the war unleashed by the Russian Federation.

“Mudrik's transfer is a symbolic deal that has shown unity between the United Kingdom, the United States and Ukraine since the start of the war last year. I will say more: if Chelsea were still managed by Roman Abramovich (Russian oligarch - ed.), I'm not sure that we could negotiate and close this deal

But now the owner of Chelsea is a guy from the USA. He is the owner of an English club, and we are from Ukraine, and we have this transfer of Mudrik. It's like a triangle - the United States and England are very supportive of us in the war, and we are very grateful to them for their support, ”talkSPORT quotes Palkin.