{"id":954,"date":"2026-08-11T18:19:20","date_gmt":"2026-08-11T18:19:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/footballars.xyz\/?p=954"},"modified":"2026-08-11T18:19:20","modified_gmt":"2026-08-11T18:19:20","slug":"he-only-had-16-touches-but-mykhailo-mudryk-wont-forget-his-last-trip-to-fulham","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/footballars.xyz\/?p=954","title":{"rendered":"He only had 16 touches, but Mykhailo Mudryk won&#8217;t forget his last trip to Fulham"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"post-380609\">\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>There is no guarantee that Mykhailo Mudryk will still be at Chelsea after the transfer window closes.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thechelseachronicle.com\/throwbacks\/what-frank-lampard-once-said-about-mykhailo-mudryks-finishing-as-coventry-city-eye-loan\/\">Mudryk could join Coventry City<\/a> or another <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thechelseachronicle.com\/tag\/premier-league\/\">Premier League<\/a> club on loan, which would really benefit the winger.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-grvmedia-grv-video GRVMultiVideo\"\/>\n<p>After missing nearly two years of football, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thechelseachronicle.com\/tag\/mykhailo-mudryk\/\">Mudryk<\/a> needs to play regularly in the new season and get his development back on track.<\/p>\n<p>However, if the plan is for Mudryk to remain at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thechelseachronicle.com\/club\/stadium\/\">Stamford Bridge<\/a>, the 25-year-old will be looking forward to the trip to Fulham.<strong> <\/strong>He has fond memories playing at Craven Cottage.<\/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=\"c94ab9ae-36f6-48c2-b0b7-8d560c32bd21\" 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<p><h3 class=\"grv-talking-point__title\">Mykhailo Mudryk is back available for Chelsea!<\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"grv-talking-point__embed\">\n<p>What should the future hold for Misha?<\/p>\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\/07\/THREE-LINE-breaking-news-819x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-379260\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn1.thechelseachronicle.com\/uploads\/17\/2026\/07\/THREE-LINE-breaking-news-819x1024.jpg 819w, https:\/\/cdn1.thechelseachronicle.com\/uploads\/17\/2026\/07\/THREE-LINE-breaking-news-240x300.jpg 240w, https:\/\/cdn1.thechelseachronicle.com\/uploads\/17\/2026\/07\/THREE-LINE-breaking-news-768x960.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn1.thechelseachronicle.com\/uploads\/17\/2026\/07\/THREE-LINE-breaking-news-912x1140.jpg 912w, https:\/\/cdn1.thechelseachronicle.com\/uploads\/17\/2026\/07\/THREE-LINE-breaking-news-600x750.jpg 600w, https:\/\/cdn1.thechelseachronicle.com\/uploads\/17\/2026\/07\/THREE-LINE-breaking-news.jpg 1080w\"\/><\/div>\n<\/figure><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-mykhailo-mudryk-scored-his-first-ever-goal-for-chelsea-at-craven-cottage\">Mykhailo Mudryk scored his first-ever goal for Chelsea at Craven Cottage<\/h2>\n<p>In his last and only appearance at Craven Cottage, Mudryk played just 45 minutes. However, it was a first half he will never forget after scoring against Fulham.<\/p>\n<p>That was his first-ever goal for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thechelseachronicle.com\/club\/\">Chelsea<\/a> following his move from Shakhtar Donetsk.<\/p>\n<p>According to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sofascore.com\/football\/match\/fulham-chelsea\/NsT#id:11352640,tab:lineups\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Sofascore<\/a>, Mudryk only had 16 touches of the ball on the night before being substituted at half-time because of an injury. But after scoring for the first time in a blue shirt, that would not have mattered to the Ukrainian.<\/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-1703165937-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"Mykhailo Mudryk of Chelsea celebrates\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn1.thechelseachronicle.com\/uploads\/17\/2026\/08\/GettyImages-1703165937-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cdn1.thechelseachronicle.com\/uploads\/17\/2026\/08\/GettyImages-1703165937-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cdn1.thechelseachronicle.com\/uploads\/17\/2026\/08\/GettyImages-1703165937-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn1.thechelseachronicle.com\/uploads\/17\/2026\/08\/GettyImages-1703165937-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/cdn1.thechelseachronicle.com\/uploads\/17\/2026\/08\/GettyImages-1703165937-1140x760.jpg 1140w, https:\/\/cdn1.thechelseachronicle.com\/uploads\/17\/2026\/08\/GettyImages-1703165937-750x500.jpg 750w\"\/><\/div><figcaption title=\"LONDON, ENGLAND - OCTOBER 2: Mykhailo Mudryk of Chelsea celebrates their first goal during the Premier League match between Fulham FC and Chelsea FC at Craven Cottage on October 2, 2023 in London, England. (Photo by Jacques Feeney\/Offside\/Offside via Getty Images)\">Photo by Jacques Feeney\/Offside\/Offside via Getty Images<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Even if Mudryk does remain at Chelsea, it is unlikely that he will be able to make a similar impact to that again.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thechelseachronicle.com\/tag\/xabi-alonso\/\">Xabi Alonso<\/a> is likely to go with Morgan Rogers for the left-wing position when Chelsea take on Fulham on 24 August, while he also has Jamie Gittens and Geovany Quenda as alternatives.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-mykhailo-mudryk-s-record-in-the-premier-league\">Mykhailo Mudryk\u2019s record in the Premier League<\/h2>\n<p>Should Mudryk remain at Chelsea or join another Premier League club on loan, he will be desperate to improve his record in the division.<\/p>\n<p>Since signing for Chelsea in 2023, Mudryk has only scored five goals in 53 appearances. He has not managed to register too many assists either, recording just four.<\/p>\n<p>With that in mind, the Ukraine international will probably want to stay in England and prove himself. But <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thechelseachronicle.com\/columnist\/the-perfect-loan-destination-for-mykhailo-mudryk-as-chelsea-star-returns-from-ban\/\">Strasbourg could also be a good loan for Mudryk<\/a> as he looks to get his career going again.<\/p>\n<div class=\"see-more-wrapper lazy see-more-open see-more-blank extra-content\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.thechelseachronicle.com\/throwbacks\/he-only-had-16-touches-but-mykhailo-mudryk-wont-forget-his-last-trip-to-fulham\/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:'He only had 16 touches, but Mykhailo Mudryk won&#8217;t forget his last trip to Fulham',content_category:'Throwbacks',content_ids:[380609,\"mykhailo-mudryk\"],content_type:'post',});},3000);}}<\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thechelseachronicle.com\/throwbacks\/he-only-had-16-touches-but-mykhailo-mudryk-wont-forget-his-last-trip-to-fulham\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Add as preferred source on Google There is no guarantee that Mykhailo Mudryk will still&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":955,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pagelayer_contact_templates":[],"_pagelayer_content":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-954","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\/954","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=954"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/footballars.xyz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/954\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/footballars.xyz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/955"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/footballars.xyz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=954"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/footballars.xyz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=954"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/footballars.xyz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=954"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}