Darren Bent believes that whoever is accountable for signing Mykhailo Mudryk for Chelsea must be ‘sacked’.
The Ukrainian winger arrived at Stamford Bridge greater than a 12 months in the past to a lot fanfare after the Blues beat Arsenal to his signature after striking a £90million deal with Shaktar Donetsk in January 2023.
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Nevertheless it is protected to say his time in England is but to essentially take off.
Since becoming a member of the membership, Mudryk has made 43 appearances for the Blues, albeit with simply 20 of these coming within the beginning XI.
In that point he is managed simply 4 objectives and 5 assists with little to talk of when it comes to standout shows.
Mudryk was launched from the bench within the Carabao Cup ultimate with Liverpool – a match that the Blues misplaced 1-0 with an error from him resulting in the winner.
Talking on talkSPORT Drive, Bent mentioned: “Whoever gave the inexperienced gentle for the Mudryk switch for that amount of cash deserves to be sacked. He got here on and had no influence.
“When he got here on I believed, ‘oh this could be his second’ – a giant pitch, Liverpool getting drained. His largest attribute is his tempo and he confirmed completely nothing.
“I believed Conor Gallagher was alright. Okay, he missed a obvious likelihood and hit the put up with the opposite, however he was the one one who got here near scoring a objective and providing a little bit of vitality.
“Moises Caicedo seems nothing just like the participant we noticed at Brighton. Enzo Fernandez for the cash they paid, he’s received the worst cross appreciation that I’ve ever seen.
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“Even a five-yard cross or a 10-yard cross so your teammate can management it and do one thing with it – terrible.”
Requested if a greater supervisor would get extra from them, Bent mentioned: “They’re not dangerous gamers as a result of Liverpool wished the identical gamers.
“In case you’re a Chelsea fan and also you’re watching that yesterday – I do know they wished Jorginho out, however he’d have been so significantly better in that state of affairs than Caicedo.
“What Jorginho does higher than anybody is management the tempo of the sport. Even Mateo Kovacic, they let Kovacic go to Man Metropolis – you may’t inform me that Kovacic and Jorginho aren’t higher than Caicedo and Enzo?”
Discussing if Pochettino is the person to take Chelsea ahead, Bent added: “The job that he did at Tottenham was implausible, however he had no finances. He’s now gone to Chelsea the place the finances is big and nonetheless nothing.
“I take a look at what Klopp did yesterday with the children and suppose it’s top-level administration. I take a look at what Poch did and the way in which they arrange – I nonetheless don’t know how that Chelsea are attempting to play, that’s the large factor.
“Historical past has proven that when it’s will get to the crunch time of cup finals and pushing for titles, he’s not fairly there. On that proof, you’d in all probability say no.”
