‘Rapid’: Michail Antonio says he’s never seen anyone as quick as 22-year-old Chelsea player

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Michail Antonio has claimed on ‘The Footballer’s Football Podcast’ that he has never seen a player as quick as Chelsea’s Mykhailo Mudryk.

The Blues met West Ham at the London Stadium last weekend as they look to create some sort of bond amongst their first team players following a busy January.

Mudryk was brought into the club last month as part of an unprecedented mid-season rebuild at Stamford Bridge.

His addition was joined by the likes of Enzo Fernandez, Joao Felix and Benoit Badiashile, among a host of others.

While plenty of talent came through the doors on paper, Graham Potter now faces the test of constructing an XI every week that are up to the task.

It is clear the manager believes Mudryk is already part of that. After coming off the bench for his debut, he has started every game since in both the Premier League and Champions League.

Antonio stunned at Mudryk pace

There has looked to be a bit of a struggle to get up to pace in his first few games, which may be expected given he had not played for months before he made the move to England.

However, one thing that has stood out is his pace. Antonio has claimed he hasn’t seen anything like it when he faced the Blues at the weekend.

He said: “Mudryk, very sharp. That guy is rapid. Woah. Rapid. I haven’t seen people run like that guy.”

Mudryk’s place in the team may come under more scrutiny when Christian Pulisic, or particularly Raheem Sterling return from injury.

The England international was not fit enough to travel to Germany for yesterday’s game, however is closing in on a full return after briefly being used as a substitute against Fulham.