Roma’s manager is jealous of the Blues’ purchasing power and admits that the Giallorossi can’t just buy Mykhailo Mudryk for €100m.
How was everything?
The Portuguese coach once had the opportunity to take advantage of the financial strength at Stamford Bridge with two productive spells in west London, seeing him put Abramovich’s billions to good use as Premier League titles, and enjoyed domestic cup successes. Jose Mourinho is now working on a tighter budget with the Serie A club having to make the most of those already at their disposal when it comes to covering untimely injuries and suspensions.
What did Jose Mourinho say?
Roma’s head coach told reporters after using Kumbulla as a front for a banned Ibanez during Roma’s 2-0 win over Fiorentina that to get that quality they have to get the young players to grow. Benjamin Tahirovic has that quality. According to Jose Mourinho, they need a defender who can pass the ball better from defense and Marash Kumbulla is probably the one who does it best, but they need Roger Ibanez because of his pace and determination. The Portuguese believes they must find a solution, they can’t just buy Mykhailo Mudryk for €100 million!
The Blues spent £89m ($109m) on Mykhailo Mudryk away from Shakhtar Donetsk in what has been a busy January window for Chelsea, but Jose doesn’t expect much movement at the Olympic Stadium. Mourinho added that he doesn’t expect anyone to come. According to him, the director was very honest and direct, he said things in interviews that a coach usually doesn’t like to hear.
Coaches always want to hear that they have a lot of money, can buy an option a, b, c, d, build an incredible team. This is a dream. Jose worked in clubs with those kinds of virtually limitless funds. There are more and more clubs in their time that fit that profile, but that’s not their profile. He says they work, they give it all, they work with the features they have.
Part of the £89m ($109m) levy generated from the sale of the Ukrainian winger will go towards supporting Ukrainian soldiers, Shakhtar Donetsk have shown.
The Blues snapped up Mykhailo Mudryk during the January transfer window with Chelsea defeating London rivals the Gunners to a big money deal. Parting with another expensive asset provided mixed emotions for Miner when they helped mold Mykhailo into the player he is today, but they intend to put the funds received to good use, recognizing that the military’s efforts have caught up in the war against Russia.
Shakhtar’s president said in a statement on the club’s official website that, first of all, he wants to be grateful that the entire civilized world is helping Ukraine. According to Rinat Akhmetov, today they are able to talk about Ukrainian football thanks to the Ukrainian army, Ukrainians and the huge support of the entire civilized world.
Only by joining the effort will they defeat the evil that has come to their homes. Today Rinat has mixed feelings. On the one hand, he is happy for Mykhailo Mudryk and is proud of him. Akhmetov believes that Mykhailo Mudryk leads by example, showing that talent and hard work can make the impossible possible.
The President of Shakhtar is absolutely sure that all of Europe will welcome the brilliant and wonderful game of the Ukrainian winger. On the other hand, Akhmetov has never made it a secret that his dream is to win European trophies. This means that players like Mykhailo should be invited to their club for their Ukrainian championship and they should win European trophies with such players, not support them even when they play in the best clubs in the world.
Unfortunately, this is not possible now that Ukraine is waging a horrendous and unjust war waged against them by the Russian Federation. But Rinat is confident that they will win and they will play a friendly against the Blues at the Donbass Arena in Donetsk, Ukraine. Rinat Akhmetov says they should do everything they can to bring this day closer.