MYKHAILO MUDRYK was the talk of the town when he made a move to Chelsea in January that could be worth up to £89m.
But in the same corner of West London, another winger from Shakhtar Donetsk is strutting his stuff.
And many at the Ukrainian club felt he was even better than the 22-year-old Chelsea ace.
Manor Solomon is just a year older than Mudryk but kept the starlet on the bench while he started at left wing for Shakhtar.
In fact it was only when Solomon made the move to Fulham that Mudryk got his big break.
Though Mudryk did appear fleetingly in the 2021-22 season, he made just 19 appearances compared to Solomon’s 25.
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Once Solomon left, he played 18 times for Shakhtar before January netting a hugely impressive haul of ten from left wing.
Israeli star Solomon is still on the books of Shakhtar and would never have been allowed to leave at all were it not for Fifa introducing a loophole in their transfer rules following the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
To the fury of Ukrainian clubs, football’s governing body deemed that any player playing in either Russia or Ukraine would be allowed to go out on loan if they chose to do so, with Fulham taking advantage of the rule.
And he has been joined in London by stunning girlfriend Dana Voshina.
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One year his junior, she is currently studying communication and political science and has started to gather a strong Instagram following, which has just gone over 10k.
The Israeli-born student regularly shares holiday snaps and appears to be loving life in London judging by her posts.
And with Solomon having just a year left on his Shakhtar contract, and bagging five goals in 14 games for Fulham, they could yet push through a cut price deal and settle at Craven Cottage permanently.
Source: Soccer - thesun.co.uk
