Financial expert Stefan Borson explained what the consequences might be for the Ukrainian winger of London’s Chelsea, Mykhailo Mudryk, after his likely suspension due to doping found in his body.
Mykhailo Mudryk“This is somewhat different from the Mutu case because that involved cocaine. From what we can understand, this is a performance-enhancing stimulant. I think it’s possible that they could sue. It’s unlikely, but possible.
Remember that big money is at stake here. If he is banned for a large part of his career, Chelsea’s losses from this deal will be incredibly huge.
They will likely lose the entire amount of his transfer fee, but also a certain amount of salary. So we’re talking about losses for Chelsea that will really exceed 50 million pounds sterling.
There are many grounds for thought, but Mudryk will not have 50 million pounds sterling to pay them. He might have some 20 million pounds sterling. But I don’t know if they are going to bankrupt him.
Chelsea has done this before with Mutu and is one of the few clubs that have sued a player for a very significant amount of money. It seems they won something like 17 million euros back then, if I remember correctly.
That was a long time ago, but they won. I don’t know if they got that money back; I never checked if they actually got it back. Probably not. But they can sue Mudryk. Probably, it won’t happen, but it’s possible,” quoted Borson by the Telegram channel “100 minutes of EPL,” referring to Football Insider.
