Mourinho shades Chelsea after signing Mudryk

Italian side AS Roma manager, Jose Mourinho, has cast a shade at Chelsea’s €100 million (£88.5m) deal for Mykhailo Mudryk.

Recall that Chelsea reached a deal with Shakhtar Donetsk to pay £62m upfront and a further £26.5m in add-ons, as they hijacked Mudryk from Arsenal, who were leading the race to sign him.

So since American billionaire Todd Boehly took over at Stamford Bridge, Chelsea have spent about £400m on new players.

After making use of Marash Kumbulla as a replacement for the suspended Roger Ibanez during Roma’s 2-0 win over Fiorentina, Mourinho said: “We need to find a solution, we can’t just buy Mudryk for €100m!”

“I worked at clubs with those sorts of practically limitless funds. There are more and more clubs nowadays that fit that profile, but it’s not our profile. We work, we give our all, we work with the characteristics we’ve got.”

The Portuguese managed Chelsea across two spells under former owner Roman Abramovich, who was quick to pay huge transfer fees for players.