London, England – Mykhailo Mudryk don enter serious wahala as e dey suspended from playing ball for Chelsea and Ukraine after dem charge am for doping offence. Dis 24-year-old winger wey join Chelsea for January 2023 don make 73 appearances so far, but e no go fit show for any match anytime soon. Wetin really dey happen for dis situation? (No be small shaking o!)
We hear say di Football Association (FA) provisionally suspended am since December 2024 after dem find banned substance for im urine test. Dem don formally charge am since June, but di investigation still dey go on and nobody sabi wetin go happen next. Time frame for doping cases? E dey waka slow like tortoise (abeg, we fit wait how long?).
Mudryk dey work with Morgan Sports Law, dem be di same lawyers wey help Paul Pogba during him own doping wahala, plus boxer Tyson Fury and cyclist Chris Froome too. So, wetin be di matter for di matter? I sabi say Mudryk talk say he no sabi anything about di banned substance. E even post for Instagram say: ‘Dis one don shock me. I never use any banned materials or break any rules. I dey work with my team to find out wetin happen.’ (Living in denial shey?)
Di guy legal team and im close padi dem dey insist say e no intentionally take any banned product. Dem even claim say e don pass lie detector test wey una no fit verify. We also find out say e come in contact with meldonium, a drug wey fit boost stamina and respiratory ability while e dey represent Ukraine national team.
When BBC Sport ask di Ukrainian Football Association (UAF), dem no denounce anything but talk say nobody for dem side involve for di case. Dem say: ‘UAF officials no fit talk about dis matter, we no dey part of di issue.’ Wetin dey sup? (They are just trying to play safe!)
But wetin make Mudryk take di drug wey don dey banned since 2016? E don be matter wey dey get people worried. E even get some high-profile cases wey don happen before, like Maria Sharapova wey fail drug test back in 2016 after dem find meldonium for im sample. Na now we get di whole Ukraine national team dey struggle for World Cup qualification for 2026, and dem feel di absence of Mudryk. Dis wan dey vex dem for Ukraine! (No Mudryk, no party!)
Shakhtar Donetsk, im former club, dey fear dem go loss €30 million (£26 million) in extra payments if things no change, but dem CEO Sergei Palkin don talk say di club no dey focus on money but on Mudryk as a human being. He say na compassion wey dey lead dem: ‘We feel so sorry for him. We know say he dey 100% innocent.’ (Aww, so mushy!)
Despite di wahala, Mudryk don still dey move around. Him don make some public appearances, even meet supporters, but di matter be say e no fit play or train with di team for now. E dey train with private coach and im camp dey sure say e dey do im best to maintain fitness. Meanwhile, Chelsea dey monitor wetin dey go on, but dem go wait till di outcome of di case to comment.
If dem find say he break di rules, dem fit ban am for up to four years o! Dey keep everything confidential, so nobody knows di stage wey di case dey or di final outcome. If dem find am guilty, e fit appeal and di whole thing fit drag like wetin we dey see for other doping cases.
As we dey follow dis gist, we go still dey wait to see how Mudryk go return to di pitch. Fans fit need patient gree for long run before dem see him again.
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