Mykhailo Mudryk Chelsea transfer 'regret' as agent slammed over deal

The 22-year-old has struggled during his nine months at Chelsea so far since snubbing Arsenal for the Blues

Former Chelsea defender William Gallas has claimed that Mykhailo Mudryk should blame his agent for his 'failed' move to Chelsea.

The Ukrainian international joined the Blues in January on an eight-and-a-half-year deal from Shakhtar Donetsk for a fee of €70m (£62m) but has since struggled to make a consistent impact on his side.

But current manager Mauricio Pochettino is happy with the youngster, claiming that he'll get better with time and that he has hope Mudryk will show his true potential in the near future.

"He has enormous quality and talent, it's only time for him to settle better with the team and find a way to perform in the way that we expect."

However, ex-Blues star Gallas believes that Mudryk shouldn't have gone to Stamford Bridge in the first place and that his proposed move to Arsenal would've been far better for him before Chelsea hijacked the deal.

"Last season I said Mudryk was going to regret signing for Chelsea because I thought Arsenal was the club for him to express himself. I don’t know if it was his choice, the choice of his agent to go to Chelsea, or maybe Shahktar’s choice," Gallas told Gambling Zone.

"I saw him at the beginning of the season and he was looking good, and I thought he was going to have a great season but I don’t know what has happened, why he is always on the bench and why he doesn’t get the opportunities.

"I feel sad for the players when they are in that situation. Right now, if you are talking about Mudryk, his agent didn’t take the right decision in bringing him to Chelsea. Most of the players who joined Chelsea were ready to play and if it was difficult at the beginning they