Chelsea sign Mykhailo Mudryk for £88m ready to play for Ukraine under-21s to regain form

Mikhail Mudrik wants to play for his country's under-21 team in the European Championship final to find rhythm for next season. Photo: Simon Stacpoole/Offside/Offside via Getty Images

Chelsea winger Mykhailo Mudryk is ready to play for Ukraine at the European Under-21 Championship to regain his best form for next season.

Bye it has not been confirmed if Mudryk will be in the Ukraine squad for the tournament starting on 21 June, but Chelsea backed his decision to leave the door open.

Chelsea signed Mudryk in an £88m deal in January. but the 22-year-old took time to adjust to English football and spent most of the second half of the season on the bench.

Mudrik's desire to try and regain his form and confidence with the under-21s is believed to have impressed new head coach Mauricio Pochettino and his team before the Argentine officially joins Chelsea on July 1.

The senior Ukrainian The team, which are in the same group as England, are gearing up for European Championship qualifiers against North Macedonia on Friday night and Malta next week, while Mudrik started Monday's friendly against Germany.

But despite being in the senior team, he is also still eligible to play for the under-21s in this summer's tournament in Romania and Georgia, and has made 16 caps for the under-21s in the past.

Relatively played Just a few minutes into the second half of the season at Chelsea, and Mudryk believes playing for the Ukraine under-21s this summer could help him find his rhythm at a critical moment. If he does, then Mudrik will undoubtedly become one of the main attractions of the tournament.

Mudryk has already had two weeks off after the end of the Chelsea season, with the U-21 final taking place on July 8, meaning the player will still have free time ahead of his club's US pre-season tour, even with Ukraine all the way .

Mudrik's decision to make himself available despite now being a senior international stands in contrast to Chelsea's Callum Hudson-Odoi, who chose not to play for England Under-21s after playing for the England team. Senior squad.

Chelsea may well try to sell Hudson-Odoi this summer after a disappointing loan spell at Bayer Leverkusen. Thomas Tuchel criticized his decision to not expose himself, saying «If you think about it a bit, I think it's a disappointment that he's not nominated for the first team, but at the same time, maybe he didn't have enough minutes to be nominated.» for the first team. I could see an improvement in the fact that I had a few minutes and played a leading role in the under-21 team, but he decided otherwise, so he will deal with the consequences.”