Chelsea successfully hijacked Mykhailo Mudryk's transfer by offering him over double the wages that Arsenal did and a guaranteed €70m, with the €30m add-ons based primarily on team performance.
The 22-year-old, who was announced by the Stamford Bridge club during their Premier League game with Crystal Palace on Sunday, had seemed set for north London as late as Thursday but it was always Chelsea's intention to go in big for the player, and they followed that through with offers that were simply too good to turn down.
