Chelsea to host all-star charity match for Ukraine with big-name players from the Premier League and around the world

CHELSEA are set to host an all-star charity game for Ukraine, reports suggest.

Blues Co-owner Todd Boehly is said to have provisionally agreed to allow Football for Ukraine to play an American-style all-star match.

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The Evening Standard report a number of active Premier League stars are set to be involved in the match in August.

These would include Ukraine stars such as Chelsea‘s own Mykhaylo Mudryk and Arsenal‘s Oleksandr Zinchenko – the founder of Football for Ukraine.

The report stipulates the exact format of the contest is yet to be finalised.

However, there is hope the game will attract interest from the Prem and around the world.

As for the date of the game, the first two weeks of August are said to be when talks are aiming for.

This means it would likely be in pre-season ahead of the 2023/24 season kicking off on August 12.

Other Prem stars set to be involved could be Everton’s Vitaliy Mykolenko and Bournemouth’s Illya Zabarnyi.

In keeping with the theme of playing footballers from Ukraine, Brentford teenager Yehor Yarmoliuk could also be involved in the fixture.

Zinchenko’s Football for Ukraine initiative was set up with business partner Artemy Ryabov following Russia‘s invasion of Ukraine.

Chelsea, the Arsenal Foundation, Puma, Nike and Common Goal all support the charity.

Andriy Shevchenko, a legend for both Ukraine and Chelsea, is also involved in the movement.

The news comes after Chelsea agreed to face Shakhtar Donetsk in a friendly following the transfer deal for Mudryk.