Enzo Maresca has replaced Mauricio Pochettino in the Chelsea dugout (Photo: Getty)
Enzo Maresca can get the best out of Mykhailo Mudryk if he puts his faith in the struggling Chelsea star.
That’s according to Alan Shearer and Micah Richards who agree the winger has ‘definitely got something’ despite a poor first 18 months at Stamford Bridge.
Much was expected of Mudryk when he moved from Shakhtar Donetsk to Chelsea in January 2023 in a deal that could rise to £89million.
He was prolific in Ukraine and had attracted the interest of high-flying Arsenal but he’s looked a shadow of that player in England, recording just seven goals and four assists in 58 games for the Blues.
The 23-year-old never seemed to have Mauricio Pochettino’s trust, with only 23 of his 41 appearances last season coming from the start.
But now Mudryk has a new manager to impress in the form of Maresca and Shearer thinks the player can still come good, saying on The Rest is Football podcast: ‘There’s something in there.
‘It’s been very difficult for him at Chelsea. But I look at him and there’s something there but he needs a lot of work.’
Mykhailo Mudryk will be hoping to go far with Ukraine at Euro 2024 (Photo: Getty)
Fellow pundit Richards agreed and is hopeful that former Leicester boss Maresca will give Mudryk the chance to shine, adding: ‘He’s definitely got something.
‘He needs a manager to believe in him and he needs a run of games, even if he has three or four stinkers, that he can just build up that confidence.
‘Wingers are like that aren’t they? They need that confidence to really kick on.’
For now, Mudryk will be looking to impress at Euro 2024 with Ukraine kicking-off their tournament against Romania on Monday before taking on Slovakia and Belgium.
As well as the Chelsea star, Ukraine’s squad includes Arsenal’s Oleksandr Zinchenko, Everton left-back Vitaliy Mykolenko and Bournemouth centre-back Illya Zabarnyi.
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