Chelsea all but confirm arrival of Mykhailo Mudryk in an £88m deal – but bizarrely tag him on their Instagram page, ask fans to ‘show him some love’ and release a statement on the move before it’s officially complete!
- Chelsea appear to have all but confirmed the signing of Mykhailo Mudryk
- The Blues are set to complete an £88million deal for the 22-year-old winger
- Shakhtar’s English language Twitter account stated that the move is ‘very close’
- Chelsea teased the signing on social media by quote tweeting with an eyes emoji
- The club have also changed their Instagram bio to include Mudryk’s handle
- Finally, they asked fans to ‘show love’ to Mudryk and posted a bizarre statement
Chelsea have all but confirmed the arrival of Shakhtar Donetsk winger Mykhailo Mudryk after posting a series of bizarre cryptic messages on their social media channels before the move is confirmed.
The London-based side have made a conscious effort to hijack Arsenal‘s mega-money move for the winger in recent days, and seem to be on the cusp of confirming his arrival in a whopping £88million deal.
Shakhtar have also been involved in the teasing of the news, sharing photos of the 22-year-old being given a guard of honour by his team-mates and tweeting that the club are ‘very close’ to agreeing a deal for him to leave.
Chelsea have all but confirmed the arrival of Shakhtar Donetsk winger Mykhailo Mudryk
Shakhtar Donetsk announced that a deal that will see Mudryk move to Chelsea is ‘very close’
The west London club seemingly confirmed that news that a deal is imminent by quote tweeting Shakhtar’s announcement
It only takes a glance at Chelsea’s Instagram page to notice a difference to their outlay from before, with their bio on the site deleted and replaced with Mudryk’s handle, @mmudryk10.
The Blues also asked fans to ‘show love’ to Mudryk on Instagram, posting an image of the player to their 37.2million followers.
They also changed removed their Instagram bio and replaced it with Mudryk’s handle on the social media platform
Chelsea went onto ask Blues fans to show love to the 22-year-old on…