Fabrizio Romano has revealed the shirt number Mudryk will wear for Chelsea following his mega move from Shakhtar Donetsk.
Romano wrote on Twitter shortly after Mudryk was confirmed as a new Blue to tell fans about the digits their latest signing is set to have on the back of his shit.
The 22-year-old will apparently wear the number 15 jersey, as he prepares for potentially a long life at Stamford Bridge.
This number was formerly worn by Kurt Zouma, who left for West Ham United in 2021.
Before that, the likes of Mohamed Salah, Kevin De Bruyne and Papy Djilobodji have donned this particularly jersey to little acclaim.
Victor Moses and, more definitively, Didier Drogba enjoyed more success as the number 15.
Chelsea confirmed during their Premier League fixture against Crystal Palace that the Ukrainian had signed an eight-and-a-half year deal after being sold by Shakhtar for £88m.
Todd Boehly and his team will pay £62m up front and a further £26m in add-ons.
With all the fees combined, he is Chelsea’s second most expensive signing behind Romelu Lukaku.
Boehly will hope Mudryk proves to be a better investment than Lukaku, who was sent out on loan after just one season back at the club.
Whilst the striker was signed at the latter stages of his career, the latest attacker added to Graham Potter’s squad really has the world at his feet.
He was named Shakhtar’s player of the year before jetting of to London to complete his transfer.
Mudryk scored ten times and provided eight assists in his final spell for his former employers.
These are numbers that Potter’s forwards can only dream of accumulating right now.
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