Chelsea winger Mykhailo Mudryk don appeal to Court of Arbitration for Sport against di four-year ban wey Football Association give am for doping. CAS confirm say dem receive di appeal on February 25, 2026.
Di FA, Chelsea, and di player lawyers no gree comment on di matter. Mudryk bin join Chelsea from Shakhtar Donetsk for £88m for January 2023 and still get five years left for im contract.
Di positive test na for meldonium, but Mudryk believe say im sample bin contaminate when im dey for international duty with Ukraine for October 2024. FA bin provisionally suspend am for December 2024 after im fail drugs test.
For statement di same month, Mudryk tok say di failed test na complete shock and say im no do anything wrong. Chelsea launch dia own investigation after FA begin dia own, and tok say di player insist say im never knowingly use any banned substances.
Mudryk last play and score for Chelsea for 2-0 win against German side Heidenheim for Conference League for November 28, 2024. Now 16 months after im initial suspension, Mudryk still dey maintain say im innocent. Im dey keep fit by working with im own personal trainers away from Chelsea Cobham training ground.
Chelsea go allow di process to run im full course. Sky Sports News chief correspondent Kaveh Solhekol tok say di only reason we know say Mudryk don get ban na because CAS confirm say im don appeal. Di FA no gree talk anything because di process dey confidential. Chelsea and di player lawyers no dey talk too.
Mudryk na big-money signing for Chelsea. Im no play for dem for almost 18 months. Im give doping sample while im dey for international duty with Ukraine, no be for Chelsea. Di sample test positive for meldonium. FA bin provisionally suspend am for December 2024, and we find out last June say dem charge am with anti-doping violation.
Since den, no news. We no know wetin dey happen until today. If im lose di appeal, as im don dey provisionally suspend for nearly 18 months, you go tink say im no go fit play until end of 2028. That go be bitter blow for di player and for Chelsea too.
Mudryk legal team, Morgan Sports Law, dey defend am. Dis na di same firm wey work with former Manchester United midfielder Paul Pogba for im doping case, plus boxer Tyson Fury and cyclist Chris Froome. Mudryk want to return to play football dis year and dey keep fit by training for non-league Uxbridge FC with private coach and hired goalkeepers.
Chelsea decline to comment as dem dey wait for di process to run im full course. FA say dem no fit comment on ongoing case. Mudryk legal team don also contact for comment.
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