30/05/2026
🔵🧨 EXCL | Chelsea's legal and commercial teams have begun formal work on Mykhailo Mudryk's contract termination process — and it is proving more complex than anyone anticipated.
The doping ban means Chelsea cannot simply terminate on standard grounds. The contract, worth enormous sums, contains specific clauses around prohibited substance violations that require a precise legal pathway to activate.
Sources describe the internal process as "months away from resolution at minimum." In the meantime:
· Mudryk remains technically a Chelsea player
· He receives a portion of his wages
· He is not permitted to train with the first team
He exists in a contractual limbo that nobody at Stamford Bridge designed for.
The estimated net cost to Chelsea of the entire Mudryk saga — signing fee, wages paid (including during the ban), and potential termination settlement — is already approaching £100M.
The most expensive mistake in the club's modern history. 💀