The Director of Strategic Development and Communications of “Shakhtar” Yuriy Sviridov shared how the club managed to sell Mykhailo Mudryk to “Chelsea” in January 2023.
Mykhailo Mudryk“It’s such a mixture of luck and professionalism. Without luck, the club wouldn’t have sold him. It happened that we played the way we played in the Champions League — we won away against “Leipzig” 4:1, played well against “Celtic”, played well against “Real”. He caught attention as a team leader.
It’s very important when there is competition. “Arsenal” was interested in this player, and if “Arsenal” hadn’t existed, perhaps “Chelsea” wouldn’t have appeared either. And this competition between “Arsenal” and “Chelsea” contributed to what happened. But also “Chelsea” was supposed to appear with a lot of money, with investors from the USA. They had this period when they were spending money not only on us but also on other players, and they were overpaying bonuses to form a team. I think we were lucky — and it was utilized,” — said Sviridov on the Youtube channel “Active”.
