Chelsea manager Xabi Alonso has welcomed the return of Mykhailo Mudryk to the club but says the Ukraine international will need time to regain full fitness after serving a lengthy suspension.
Mudryk is set to rejoin Chelsea’s squad for their pre-season tour in Hong Kong after resolving his doping case with the Football Association.
The 25-year-old winger has not featured in a competitive match since November 2024 after he was provisionally suspended for returning an adverse analytical finding for the banned substance meldonium.
The FA concluded its anti-doping proceedings after Mudryk accepted breaching anti-doping rules and agreed to a suspension equivalent to the one year and eight months he had already served.
As reported by BBC Sport on Saturday, speaking after Chelsea’s 2-1 pre-season defeat to Tottenham Hotspur in Sydney on Saturday, Alonso said the club was delighted to have the winger back but cautioned that his return to action
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