How Mudryk took a risk by joining Chelsea

Newcastle United striker Callum Wilson has said Ukraine international Mykhailo Mudryk made a risky move by joining Chelsea this January.

According to Wilson, the 22-year-old winger should have joined a smaller club that would not have spent such a sum of money to sign him.

Mudryk was unveiled at Stamford Bridge last Sunday after agreeing on an eight-and-a-half-year contract.

Arsenal were reported to be on the verge of signing him but Chelsea hijacked the move by submitting an offer worth up to £89m.

So far this season, Mudryk had scored seven times in 12 league games and three goals in the Champions League for Shakhtar before moving to Chelsea.

“It’s a tricky one because he’s obviously had to take so much into consideration,” Wilson said on the Footballer’s Football Podcast.

“It’s like you’re ultimately committing and dedicating your career to that club, so I feel it’s a tricky one really.

“I would like to go in smaller stages to see how you go and managers could change, they’re not having the best of seasons at the moment.

‘So you just don’t know, but it’s a risk he’s taken.”