Chelsea owner Todd Boehly is growing increasingly disgruntled with manager Graham Potter's progress on the pitch after a herculean investment of over £550m since last summer, and could look to evict the 47-year-old from his seat following recent revelations.

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Despite assurances that his position at the helm is not under threat, Potter has been chastened by a recent emergency board meeting to assess the perilous position Chelsea find themselves in after a woefully prolonged bout of poor form.

The Premier League club's technical director Christopher Vivell is believed to have expressed an interest in signing iconic manager Zinedine Zidane in Potter's stead, with Football Insider stating that the Blues board have indeed shifted their attention to the former Real Madrid legend.

Boehly and co acknowledge the blame for the issues cannot be solely attributed to their man, who is viewed as a long-term investment, but with no respite from the incessant troubles, a second managerial dismissal of the term might be necessary.

What would Zidane's appointment mean for Mudryk?

Chelsea have won just one of their past ten matches across all competitions; out of both domestic cup competitions and tenth in the Premier League after 23 matches - 11 points adrift of the top-four - the club are indeed in dire need of some newfound verve on the field.

And in Zidane, who has only managed at Real Madrid but enjoyed tremendous success during his tenure, the mould of manager might be readily available for an outfit steeped in silverware and engrained in a winning mentality.

Hailed as "phenomenal" by Rio Ferdinand, the 50-year-old Frenchman won three Champions League trophies and two La Liga titles from the Los Blancos dugout, also being bestowed the honour of World's Best Club Coach on consecutive occasions for his efforts.

One must only consider his coaching philosophy: superlative positional understanding, transitional fluidity and attacking emphasis on the midfielders, according to one analytical report, form the nucleus of a Zidane system, and given the likes of Enzo Fernandez and Mason Mount excelling with their offensive attributes, they could be tailor-made to flourish under his leadership.

One phenom who might find himself benefitting from the prospective arrival is £88.5m January acquisition Mykhaylo Mudryk, who has yet to register a direct contribution from his five matches in a Chelsea shirt.

Mudryk is a fleet-footed, dynamic winger, and his exploits with previous outfit Shakhtar Donetsk prove that he holds the potential to become one of Europe's most devastating attacking outlets, scoring ten goals and supplying eight assists from 18 outings this term before his transfer.

And from the aforementioned tactical report, the bulk of Madrid's goals in the Champions League, where they prosper most bountifully, came from the left flank, the area that Mudryk indeed occupies.

While Cristiano Ronaldo is the salient example of this, the five-time Ballon d'Or winner scored 112 goals from 114 outings under Zidane, the emergence of Vinicius Junior is also largely down to the "elite" - as dubbed by Yūsuf Akínpẹ̀lú - manager's nurturing, with the prodigious talent scoring 11 goals and assists apiece during the maiden phase of his career in Spain.

There is no denying that the work Potter forged at Brighton was nothing short of commendable, but taking the reins at Chelsea is a different kettle of fish, and with a manger of Zidane's ilk reportedly watching from the wings, it would be ludicrous not to seek a deal given the current state of affairs.

It might just kickstart Mudryk's time at the club, as well as an era laden in glinted silverware at Stamford Bridge.