Arsenal defender, Oleksandr Zinchenko has jokingly warned Chelsea forward Mykhaylo Mudryk that he will “rip his testicles off” if he scores against them on Saturday.
Both London clubs clash at Stamford Bridge on Saturday after the international break.
Mudryk and Zinchenko spent the international break as team-mates for Ukraine, and after Tuesday’s crucial 3-1 comeback victory over Malta – in which Mudryk scored a spectacular late goal to seal three crucial points.
“I told him, ‘If you do or attempt to do that on Saturday, I’ll rip your balls off’,” Zinchenko joked on Ukraine’s media channel after the Euro 2024 qualifier.
“But the most important thing for us was to take three points. I am very happy for him and for the national team, Mykhaylo’s goal was important because he calmed down the game a little.
“We have already had the experience of being 2-1 up and losing points in the last minutes, as happened against Kazakhstan [during World Cup qualifying in September 2021]. So this goal means a lot to us and gives us confidence. But now we all have to switch to clubs and on Saturday I already have a very important game in London waiting for me, so Mykhaylo, I’m telling you once again.”
