Chelsea manager Enzo Maresca says helium has yet to talk to Mykhailo Mudryk since the guardant was charged with violating the Football Association's anti-doping rules but insists the subordinate retains the club's support.
Ukraine planetary Mudryk, 24, was provisionally suspended by the FA successful December aft an "adverse uncovering successful a regular urine test" and present faces a imaginable four-year ban.
Mudryk, who astatine the clip of his suspension said helium was successful "complete shock" and had "never knowingly utilized immoderate banned substances", past played for Chelsea successful November but attended the Blues' Uefa Conference League last triumph successful Poland past period successful a backstage capacity.
"Mischa is simply a Chelsea subordinate and - arsenic a Chelsea subordinate - I spot each the Chelsea players," said Maresca.
"I spoke with Mischa astatine the Conference League last successful Poland but I haven't spoken to him since.
"When I spoke to him helium was rather good, I didn't spot him disquieted oregon not good, helium was bully and good but I haven't spoken to him since that time truthful I don't cognize however helium is now."
Chelsea signed Mudryk from Shakhtar Donetsk successful January 2023 successful a woody worthy up to £89m, and helium is nether declaration astatine the nine until June 2031.
Mudryk, who cannot presently bid with the club, has scored 10 goals successful 73 appearances successful each competitions for the Blues.
Star attacker Cole Palmer has taken Mudryk's fig 10 garment and wore it for the archetypal clip successful Chelsea's 2-0 triumph implicit Los Angeles FC astatine the Club World Cup.
Speaking connected Thursday astatine the club's grooming basal astatine Subaru Park, location to MLS broadside Philadelphia Union, Palmer said helium had not yet spoken to his team-mate but "will erstwhile the clip is right".
Asked wherefore helium had wanted to deterioration the fig 10 shirt, 23-year-old Palmer said it was to emulate his footballing idols.
"I wore fig 10 each my beingness increasing up and I conscionable similar the number," helium said.
"It is an iconic number, which makes maine deliberation of Messi and Rooney."
When successful Manchester City's academy, Palmer sent a backstage connection to Belgium winger Eden Hazard, a erstwhile wearer of the fig 10 garment astatine Chelsea, but did not person a response.
Palmer said Hazard inactive hasn't replied to his connection but added: "I person met him a fewer times astatine the grooming ground. He asked maine for 1 of his shirts from his sons."
Meanwhile, Maresca said helium volition rotate "three, 4 oregon 5 players successful each game", with his squad adjacent facing Brazilian giants Flamengo astatine Lincoln Financial Field.
He added that helium expects winger Noni Madueke to stay astatine the nine contempt links to Arsenal.
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