Banned from football! £100m star now targets the Olympics | OneFootball

Problems are thorny opportunities. True to this motto, a fallen PL star seems to be switching gears and is apparently aiming to compete in athletics at the next Olympic Games.

According to the Spanish 'Marca', Mykhailo Mudryk plans to swap his football cleats for sprinter spikes. The Ukrainian transferred to Chelsea in the winter of 2023 for a package worth around 100 million euros, but since June 18 of this year, he has been forced to watch from the sidelines.

Following a positive doping test, the English Football Association suspended the forward indefinitely on that day. As a result, Mudryk has apparently looked for a new occupation and found it on the track.

As reported by 'goal.com' among others, the 24-year-old is already training with his home country's sprinter team, but there are still a few hurdles ahead of him before the Olympics. First, he must meet the qualifying time set by the World Athletics Federation, which is currently 10 seconds for the 100 meters. Only then can the Ukrainian sprinter team nominate him.

His chances of being in Los Angeles in 2028 are not too bad. Right at his PL debut, Mudryk was clocked at 36.67 km/h, and according to 'Marca', the sprinter team sees great potential in him.

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