A Season That Still Hasn’t Clicked
I’ve been following football long enough to know that hype can be a dangerous thing.
It lifts players up, puts them in bright lights, and sometimes… the performances can’t keep up.
And in 2025, one name keeps coming up in conversations like this fairly or unfairly.
Mykhailo Mudryk Chelsea.
Let me say this upfront: Mudryk is not a bad player.
Not even close.
He’s fast, fearless, and has moments where you see flashes of the star he could become.
But the problem and the reason people talk about him the way they do is that the expectations around him were sky high from the moment he arrived.
It’s almost like he never got the chance to grow quietly.
The price tag.
The headlines.
The talk of him being “Chelsea’s next explosive winger.”
Everyone waited for the breakout season… and waited… and waited.
But here we are in November 2025, and the conversation hasn’t really changed.
There are games where he looks electric, then long spells where he disappears.
Moments that feel like “this is it, he’s arrived”, followed by weeks where fans wonder what went wrong again.
It’s not his fault entirely pressure this heavy would bend anyone.
And Chelsea as a team have gone through changes, tactics, injuries, uncertainty.
But football is judged on performances, and the hype around Mudryk still feels heavier than what he consistently delivers on the pitch.
That’s why many supporters and pundits not all, but many call him one of the most overrated players of this era.
Not because he lacks talent, but because the expectation has always been far ahead of the reality.
And honestly?
A part of me feels sorry for him.
You can see the effort, the willingness, the fight.
But football doesn’t always reward effort immediately.
Maybe the story isn’t finished.
Maybe the version of Mudryk everyone predicted is still coming.
But if we’re judging 2025 alone, then yes he’s the face of a hype train that hasn’t found the right track yet.
Time will tell if the tide turns.
And I hope it does.