For the third straight time, Tottenham Hotspur have made a big loan acquisition around deadline day, and Roberto De Zerbi will hope that his latest chosen pick, former Chelsea and Shakhtar Donetsk left winger Mykhaylo Mudryk, turns out to be a much better punt than either Timo Werner or Randal Kolo Muani.
Last summer, Kolo Muani became the epitome of horrible for Tottenham, joining Spurs on loan on transfer deadline day at the behest of former Juventus executive Fabio Paratici, who bagged the Frenchman on loan from PSG from right under the noses of a Bianconeri side that has since overpaid for the player permanently this summer transfer window.
Kolo Muani was beyond atrocious for Tottenham, making Werner look like Harry Kane by comparison. RKM was so poor that he looked like he flat out gave up on the team. Aside from a brilliant hat trick against parent club PSG in a Champions League loss, Kolo Muani was the worst player on the pitch in pretty much every other Spurs game. He could barely shoot or create, he would jog on counters and not track back defensively, and was a hired gun mercenary of a footballer.
Mykhaylo Mudryk has to be better than Randal Kolo Muani
So when you look back at how low of a bar Randal Kolo Muani set, you really can't be too mad at Mykhaylo Mudryk, because he can't be worse than what the French striker was doing to Tottenham Hotspur last season.
There are a lot of negative things that can be said about Mudryk after how much money Chelsea wasted on his signing from Shakhtar and his ineffective displays on the left wing at Stamford Bridge, but nobody can question a lack of effort or athleticism and explosiveness from him. His technique has failed him and his decision making has been terrible, but like Timo Werner before him at Chelsea and Tottenham, at least he tries and you can see the raw tools there.
Between Kolo Muani and Mudryk, there is at least something worth cultvating with Mudryk, and while that will likely never, ever lead to him being worth the 75 million pound option to buy clause in his loan contract, it's not like Spurs have to sign him - or sign him for that much, even if they do end up wanting him. Kolo Muani gives Spurs optimism when discussing Mudryk, because at least they can picture him in the team and feel that he can't be any worse of a footballer than RKM was at N17.
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