Polissia coach: "The UPL hasn't seen half of Mudryk's talent yet"

Former Arsenal, Oleksandriya, Desna and other Ukrainian clubs player Andrii Hitchenko, who is now a member of the Polissia coaching staff, expressed his opinion on Chelsea midfielder Mykhailo Mudryk.

- You have found perhaps the most talented team-mate in your entire career at Desna...

- Are you talking about Mudryk?

- Was he too loud?

- No, no, why not. He is a great talent footballer. Of course, it would be interesting to play with him and against him now - when he has matured even more, rejected even more elements of children's and youth football ...

- Do you remember any moments when Desna beat the football egoism out of the future star?

- We had a very good team. If they made any comments, they were constructive, not "pokes". I think Misha paid attention to a lot of things. Now he plays more for the team. He refrains more from playing for himself in favour of general actions. In general, of course, he has everything ahead of him. I think the Premier League hasn't seen half of Mudryk's talent yet. He is a very gifted footballer.

Artur Valerko