Chelsea have taken their No 10 shirt off Mykhailo Mudryk amid his suspension from football following his failed drugs test
Mudryk, who joined Chelsea for £89m from Shakhtar Donetsk in January 2023, has not played for the Blues since November after testing positive for the banned substance meldonium.
He has now been stripped of his shirt number, with Cole Palmer taking on the famous jersey.
Chelsea confirmed the switch in a statement that did not even mention Mudryk on Thursday morning.
The statement read: ‘Chelsea can confirm Cole Palmer will move to the No.10 shirt ahead of our 2025/26 campaign, starting from the FIFA Club World Cup.
‘Palmer, who has worn the No.20 shirt since signing from Manchester City in September 2023, will make the switch ahead of our participation in the US-based tournament and could wear 10 for the first time when the Blues face Los Angeles FC in Atlanta on June 16.
‘Supporters are reminded that the full list of squad numbers for the 2025/26 season will be finalised once the summer transfer window has shut.
‘They remain subject to change until that point.’
Mudryk is expected to be assigned a new shirt number ahead of the start of next season.
Mudryk losing his shirt to Palmer is the latest update on the Ukrainian winger who travelled to Poland to cheer on his team-mates in the Conference League final last week.
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