Chelaea star Mykhailo Mudryk has been provisionally suspended from football and could face a FOUR-YEAR ban after failing a drugs test.
The winger, who could end up costing the Blues £88.5m, provided a positive result for an A-sample in late October.
Mudryk and Chelsea are now awaiting the result of the B-sample, which will confirm the original test if it also comes back positive.
Ukrainian outlet Tribuna claims Mudryk has tested positive for meldonium, a banned metabolic substance similar to insulin.
It can apparently allow the body to “use oxygen sparingly and quickly restore energy to prepare for new loads of physical stress.”
Meldonium is widely used in Eastern Europe and has been on the banned list of the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) since 2016.
Mudryk and Chelsea are now awaiting the result of the B-sample, which will confirm the original test if it also comes back positive.
Ukrainian outlet Tribuna claims Mudryk has tested positive for meldonium, a banned metabolic substance similar to insulin.
It can apparently allow the body to “use oxygen sparingly and quickly restore energy to prepare for new loads of physical stress.”
Meldonium is widely used in Eastern Europe and has been on the banned list of the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) since 2016.
Tennis star Maria Sharapova was banned for 15 months after testing positive for meldonium at the Australian Open that same year.
But if confirmed by the B-sample, Mudryk could face a four-year ban from football – the standard initial punishment set by WADA for the use of performance-enhancing drugs.
The 23-year-old has already been provisionally suspended by the FA after they were made aware of his initial A-sample failure.
And Mudryk released a statement on Tuesday morning insisting he has never “knowingly used any banned substance.”
