{"id":1520,"date":"2026-08-18T15:30:47","date_gmt":"2026-08-18T15:30:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/footballars.xyz\/?p=1520"},"modified":"2026-08-18T15:30:47","modified_gmt":"2026-08-18T15:30:47","slug":"why-chelsea-want-mykhailo-mudryk-to-join-frank-lampard-at-coventry-city","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/footballars.xyz\/?p=1520","title":{"rendered":"Why Chelsea want Mykhailo Mudryk to join Frank Lampard at Coventry City"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"post-381676\">\n<div class=\"article-follow\">\n<div class=\"article-sharing google-follow\"> <a class=\"fw\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/preferences\/source?q=thechelseachronicle.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\"> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"28\" height=\"28\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thechelseachronicle.com\/wp-content\/themes\/grv-media\/img\/google-discover.svg\" alt=\"\"\/> <span>Add as preferred source on Google<\/span> <\/a> <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><strong>Mykhailo Mudryk could leave Chelsea on loan before the transfer window closes, with Coventry City being a possible destination for the wide man.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thechelseachronicle.com\/columnist\/chelsea-make-call-on-whether-to-sell-mykhailo-mudryk-and-its-the-correct-one\/\">Chelsea have decided that Mudryk will definitely not be sold<\/a> this summer, but they acknowledge that he needs regular game time and is unlikely to get that at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thechelseachronicle.com\/club\/stadium\/\">Stamford Bridge<\/a> this season.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-grvmedia-grv-video GRVMultiVideo\"\/>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thechelseachronicle.com\/tag\/xabi-alonso\/\">Xabi Alonso<\/a> has Morgan Rogers, Jamie Gittens, Pedro Neto and Geovany Quenda, who can all play on the left flank.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thechelseachronicle.com\/match-coverage\/xabi-alonsos-role-in-five-players-being-left-out-of-chelseas-win-vs-real-sociedad\/\">Mudryk missed Chelsea\u2019s last pre-season game<\/a> against Real Sociedad, and it now looks like he will leave the club on loan.<\/p>\n<section class=\"grv-talking-point\" data-trigger=\"vue-sidebar\" data-story-id=\"5a9c74ee-9dfb-4c17-80a3-f12c2bcadb5e\" data-story-name=\"Talk Chelsea\" data-comment-id=\"1e55d8f0-ac6c-426e-9de6-85c2a9ce9c7e\" data-story-slug=\"talk-chelsea\">\n<div class=\"grv-talking-point__inner\">\n<header class=\"grv-talking-point__header\">  <\/header>\n<div class=\"grv-talking-point__content\">\n<div class=\"grv-talking-point__cta\">\n<div class=\"grv-talking-point__title-wrap\">\n<div class=\"grv-talking-point__title-content\">\n<h3 class=\"grv-talking-point__title\">What would YOU do with the \u00a3100m Chelsea could get for Pedro Neto? \ud83e\udef5<\/h3>\n<p class=\"grv-talking-point__subtitle\">Al-Hilal are set for talks with the Blues this week!<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"grv-talking-point__embed\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\">\n<div><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"819\" height=\"1024\" loading=\"lazy\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 991px) 100vw, 800px\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn1.thechelseachronicle.com\/uploads\/17\/2026\/08\/Pedro-Neto-819x1024.png\" alt=\"Pedro Neto of Chelsea\" class=\"wp-image-381486\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn1.thechelseachronicle.com\/uploads\/17\/2026\/08\/Pedro-Neto-819x1024.png 819w, https:\/\/cdn1.thechelseachronicle.com\/uploads\/17\/2026\/08\/Pedro-Neto-240x300.png 240w, https:\/\/cdn1.thechelseachronicle.com\/uploads\/17\/2026\/08\/Pedro-Neto-768x960.png 768w, https:\/\/cdn1.thechelseachronicle.com\/uploads\/17\/2026\/08\/Pedro-Neto-912x1140.png 912w, https:\/\/cdn1.thechelseachronicle.com\/uploads\/17\/2026\/08\/Pedro-Neto-600x750.png 600w, https:\/\/cdn1.thechelseachronicle.com\/uploads\/17\/2026\/08\/Pedro-Neto.png 1080w\"\/><\/div><figcaption title=\"LONDON, ENGLAND - AUGUST 15: Pedro Neto of Chelsea greets fans as they arrive ahead of the pre-season friendly match between Chelsea and Real Sociedad  at Stamford Bridge on August 15, 2026 in London, England. (Photo by James Gill - Danehouse\/Getty Images)\">Photo by James Gill \u2013 Danehouse\/Getty Images<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p>A report from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.teamtalk.com\/coventry-city\/mudryk-transfer-news-coventry-move-chelsea-star-lampard-reunion\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">TEAMtalk<\/a> has claimed that Coventry are pushing to sign the 25-year-old for the season.<\/p>\n<p>According to the outlet, Chelsea are very open to Mudryk joining Coventry after being impressed by their style of football under <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thechelseachronicle.com\/tag\/frank-lampard\/\">Frank Lampard<\/a>. The Blues believe the Coventry Building Society Arena could be the perfect environment for Mudryk to start rebuilding his career.<\/p>\n<p>Mudryk\u2019s ban could not have come at a worse time, as the Ukrainian was finally starting to find some form at Chelsea.<\/p>\n<p>He had mostly struggled following his big-money move from Shakhtar Donetsk, but under <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thechelseachronicle.com\/tag\/enzo-maresca\/\">Enzo Maresca<\/a>, we were starting to see why the club had not given up on him.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-getty-images-media\">\n<div><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 991px) 100vw, 800px\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn1.thechelseachronicle.com\/uploads\/17\/2026\/08\/GettyImages-2169737849-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"Mykhailo Mudryk of Chelsea interacts with Enzo Maresca\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn1.thechelseachronicle.com\/uploads\/17\/2026\/08\/GettyImages-2169737849-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cdn1.thechelseachronicle.com\/uploads\/17\/2026\/08\/GettyImages-2169737849-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cdn1.thechelseachronicle.com\/uploads\/17\/2026\/08\/GettyImages-2169737849-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn1.thechelseachronicle.com\/uploads\/17\/2026\/08\/GettyImages-2169737849-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/cdn1.thechelseachronicle.com\/uploads\/17\/2026\/08\/GettyImages-2169737849-1140x760.jpg 1140w, https:\/\/cdn1.thechelseachronicle.com\/uploads\/17\/2026\/08\/GettyImages-2169737849-750x500.jpg 750w\"\/><\/div><figcaption title=\"LONDON, ENGLAND - SEPTEMBER 01: Mykhailo Mudryk of Chelsea interacts with Enzo Maresca, Manager of Chelsea, after the Premier League match between Chelsea FC and Crystal Palace FC at Stamford Bridge on September 01, 2024 in London, England. (Photo by Alex Pantling\/Getty Images)\">Photo by Alex Pantling\/Getty Images<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thechelseachronicle.com\/throwbacks\/mykhailo-mudryks-last-game-for-chelsea-before-ban-was-simply-amazing\/\">Mudryk really shone against Heidenheim<\/a> in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thechelseachronicle.com\/tag\/uefa-conference-league\/\">Conference League<\/a>, which was his final game before being suspended.<\/p>\n<p>The Ukraine international scored one goal, created one big chance and registered two key passes. Heidenheim are not the strongest side in Europe, but it was an encouraging performance, nevertheless.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thechelseachronicle.com\/throwbacks\/what-frank-lampard-once-said-about-mykhailo-mudryks-finishing-as-coventry-city-eye-loan\/\">Lampard has spoken very highly of Mudryk<\/a> in the past after working with him during his time as Chelsea\u2019s caretaker manager. With Coventry having just been promoted, there is no doubt that Lampard would take a player of Mudryk\u2019s quality.  <\/p>\n<p>All in all, this could be a very good loan move for all parties.<\/p>\n<div class=\"see-more-wrapper lazy see-more-open see-more-blank extra-content\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.thechelseachronicle.com\/transfer-news\/why-chelsea-want-mykhailo-mudryk-to-join-frank-lampard-at-coventry-city\/none\" data-type=\"subscribe\">\n<div class=\"see-more subscribe\">\n<figure class=\"newsletter\">\n<div><svg class=\"loading\" width=\"118\" height=\"36\" viewbox=\"0 0 118 36\"><use href=\"#dots-svg\"\/><\/svg><\/p>\n<div class=\"signup\"><span class=\"hf\">Join Our Newsletter<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Receive a digest of our best Chelsea content each week direct to your mailbox<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p><script>grvLoadAnalytics = () => {(function(d,s,i){var f=d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0],j=d.createElement(s);j.async=true;j.src=\"https:\/\/www.googletagmanager.com\/gtag\/js?id=\"+i;f.parentNode.insertBefore(j,f);})(document,'script','G-E7VRWQHDP6');(function(d,s,i){if(!\/callback=in\/.test(window.location.search)){var e=d.createElement(s);var n=d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];e.type=\"text\/javascript\";e.async=true;e.src=\"https:\/\/static.chartbeat.com\/js\/chartbeat.js\";n.parentNode.insertBefore(e,n);}})(document,\"script\",\"G-E7VRWQHDP6\");(function(){let s=document.createElement(\"script\");s.async=true;s.dataset.domain=\"thechelseachronicle.com\/MFj4XQ\";s.src=\"https:\/\/api.publytics.net\/js\/script.manual.ping.min.js\";document.getElementsByTagName(\"head\")[0].appendChild(s);})();if(!\/callback=in\/.test(window.location.search)){setTimeout(function(){!function(f,b,e,v,n,t,s){if(f.fbq)return;n=f.fbq=function(){n.callMethod?n.callMethod.apply(n,arguments):n.queue.push(arguments)};if(!f._fbq)f._fbq=n;n.push=n;n.loaded=!0;n.version='2.0';n.queue=[];t=b.createElement(e);t.async=!0;t.src=v;s=b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0];s.parentNode.insertBefore(t,s)}(window,document,'script','https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/fbevents.js');fbq('init','663509325503632');fbq('track','PageView');fbq('track','ViewContent',{content_name:'Why Chelsea want Mykhailo Mudryk to join Frank Lampard at Coventry City',content_category:'Transfer News',content_ids:[381676,\"frank-lampard\",\"mykhailo-mudryk\"],content_type:'post',});},3000);}}<\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thechelseachronicle.com\/transfer-news\/why-chelsea-want-mykhailo-mudryk-to-join-frank-lampard-at-coventry-city\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Add as preferred source on Google Mykhailo Mudryk could leave Chelsea on loan before the&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1521,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pagelayer_contact_templates":[],"_pagelayer_content":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1520","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-chelsea"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/footballars.xyz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1520","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/footballars.xyz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/footballars.xyz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/footballars.xyz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/footballars.xyz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1520"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/footballars.xyz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1520\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/footballars.xyz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1521"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/footballars.xyz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1520"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/footballars.xyz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1520"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/footballars.xyz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1520"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}