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Mudryk loan future emerges: Strasbourg favourite, Coventry in mix

Chelsea are ready to sanction a loan move for Mykhailo Mudryk following his return from a doping ban, with Strasbourg emerging as his most likely destination ahead of interest from Coventry City.

MW
·12 Aug·2 min read
Coventry planning ambitious move for rapid Chelsea attacker as Alonso makes transfer decision
Coventry planning ambitious move for rapid Chelsea attacker as Alonso makes transfer decisionPhotograph: Wikimedia Commons

Mykhailo Mudryk is likely to complete a loan move to Strasbourg after Chelsea held talks about his long-term future at the club.

The 25-year-old has been cleared of any wrongdoing following an appeal against an initial four-year ban for breaching anti-doping rules, which has ruled him out since December 2024. He has now made his return to senior football, and featuted under Xabi Alonso during Chelsea's 1-0 defeat to Juventus last week as he was given the platform to prove his fitness.

Chelsea boss Xabi Alonso is ready to sanction a loan move for Mykhaylo Mudryk after the winger’s return to football, with Coventry City among the sides interested in a deal, per reports.

The report claims that Chelsea are now ‘open to loan offers’ for the lightning-quick attacker, with newly-promoted Coventry ‘one of three Premier League clubs’ interested in signing him. Chelsea are able to send more than one player on loan to the French side following Genesis Antwi and Filip Jorgensen’s moves.

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