‘He hasn’t got a clue’ – Chelsea star slammed after performance in 2-0 defeat to Aston Villa

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Tony Cascarino has claimed Chelsea forward Mykhailo Mudryk hasn’t got a clue following his performance in Chelsea’s 2-0 defeat to Aston Villa on Saturday.

Cascarino told TalkSPORT: “They’ve got great individuals. Look at Felix, he’s a great technical player, there’s no doubt he’s got the lot. Havertz produces moments, but I don’t think he will be the long-term solution.

“Mudryk’s come in. He had a couple of chances and didn’t take them – that happens. But since he’s come he looks like he hasn’t got a clue what’s happening around him.”

But Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink, working as a pundit for Sky Sports, believes Mudryk needs time to settle.

“He needs time. It’s a bad miss, don’t get me wrong. It’s a bad, bad miss,” the Dutchman said.

“But because the boy has come in for £88m or whatever it is, it does not mean the boy is the finished article. It does not mean he isn’t going to miss chances. It’s a bad miss but you need to give him the room to fail, get up and start again.”

Speaking on Sky Sports, the former Chelsea striker continued: “It wasn’t him who decided to pay that fee. The club decided to pay the fee for him. He missed the chance, a big chance. He should have done a lot better.

“But he’s a wide player, you can see from the way he’s tried to take the chance that he’s not used to being in these types of situations. He needs to get himself into more of those situations to be comfortable with it. He needs to work on it and he needs to have the time.”