The most expensive sale in the history of Ukrainian football
January 15, 2023 is a historic day for Ukrainian football. For the first time, not just a player from the Ukrainian championship, but a football player with a Ukrainian passport was sold for a three-figure sum. For the transfer of the blue-yellow midfielder, London Chelsea will pay Shakhtar 100 million euros: 70 million as a fixed payment, 30 million in bonuses. And the transition itself broke several records.
We collected all the financial components of the largest transfer in the history of Ukrainian football.
100 million eurosthat Shakhtar received for Mudrik is almost 2.3 times more than the amount that Chelsea once paid for the transfer of Andriy Shevchenko from Milan (43.9 million euros). It was this transfer, which took place in the summer of 2006, that until Monday was the most expensive transfer in the history of Ukrainian football. Manchester City midfielder Oleksandr Zinchenko cost Arsenal 35 million euros. Borussia Dortmund and Barcelona paid Dynamo and Shakhtar 25 million euros each for the transfers of Andriy Yarmolenko and Dmitry Chygrynsky.
100 million euros – Chelsea’s second most expensive purchase in history. The London club paid more only for the transfer of Romelu Lukaku from Inter – 113 million. If we talk only about fixed payments, then Mudrik’s transfer is in the top 5. More than for the Ukrainian, the Blues, in addition to the transfer of Lukaku, paid for the transfer of Wesley Fofan (80.4 million to Leicester), also for the transfers of Kepa Arrizabalaga (Athletic) and Kai Havertz (Bayer) – 80 million euros each.
Nearly 114 million euros Chelsea have already paid for two Ukrainian players, Shevchenko and Mudryk. In the future, this amount may increase to 144 million euros.
100 million potential payout for Mudrik – the most expensive transfer to the Premier League, made in winter. 70 million guaranteed is the second transfer on this list. More than for a Ukrainian at this time of the year, only Liverpool paid for the transfer of Virgil van Dijk from Southampton.
100 million euros for the transfer of Mudrik – the fourth indicator in the Premier League. Manchester City paid more for Grealish (118 million), Chelsea for Lukaku (113 million), Manchester United paid the same amount for Pogba, and the transfer of Darwin Nunez from Benfica to Liverpool (95 million) closes the top five.
70 million guaranteed payout – the most expensive exit transfer in the history of Shakhtar. Prior to that, the Pitmen managed to sell players for 50+ million twice – Fred to Manchester United (59 million) and Alex Teixeira to Jiangsu Suning (50 million). In addition, 70 million euros is the largest amount paid by an English club for the transfer of a football player from the Ukrainian championship.
13th football player, signed by Chelsea under the new owners, was Mikhail Mudrik. The Blues’ total transfer spending on player purchases is already £421m.
7.5 years contractfor which Chelsea secured Mudrik, with the possibility of an extension for another year – the longest agreement among the existing players of the Blues.
5.2 million pounds per year (more than 100 thousand pounds a week) will be the salary of Mudrik in Chelsea. In any case, at the first stage. These are the data of British journalists. It is noteworthy that according to this indicator, the Ukrainian is only 16th in the club.
Source: Sportarena
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