While Mudryk is seemingly staying positive, many of Chelsea’s fans are feeling anything but that right now. The dust is still settling from the sacking of head coach Enzo Maresca following a fallout with the club’s hierarchy. While Strasbourg’s Liam Rosenior is the favourite to succeed the Italian in the Stamford Bridge dugout, interim manager Calum McFarlane is doing his best to keep a lid on things at the Blues ahead of facing Manchester City at the Etihad on Sunday.
He told reporters in the wake of Maresca’s dismissal: “It’s been a crazy 24 hours, a whirlwind as you can imagine, but also really enjoyable and exciting. I can only be positive about it. There’s a really good culture at the club, in terms of the support from the first team, the directors, everyone seems interested. There’s always a bit of an academy presence there [at U21s matches]. In all honesty, it’s exactly the same as it always has been. We’re all here for the same reason. Training was great today, there was a really good energy. You don’t know what to expect, really, but the energy and enthusiasm was exceptional today. They were really focused, driven and hungry. We have a massive game on Sunday. Reece [James] has been brilliant, he has been a real leader in the group and helped the staff and players to get ready for Sunday.”