Breaking: Chelsea player faces ban after alleged failed doping test | OneFootball

There are reports flooding the internet – coming from sources in Ukraine – that Mykhailo Mudyrk has failed a doping test.

Zorya Londonsk, a Twitter account with 16 thousand followers has Tweeted the news, quoting a Ukraine site “Tribuna.com”, which has 29 thousand. We’re awaiting confirmation from a better source. Both sites above refer only to a banned substance, so it could be recreational or performance enhancing.

The winger has apparently seen his A sample flagged and now awaits the result of the B sample. There could be severe punishment, including a ban, if he’s found guilty. The Premier League has been almost entirely clean in terms of performance-enhancing drugs, leading some to believe that they are just looking the other way most of the time.

Mudryk is known as a bit of gym rat, and puts a lot of workout related content on his social media, which is hardly a smoking gun but is an unfortunate coincidence at best.

The winger has been out of the Chelsea squad since being an unused sub against Aston Villa at the start of this month. Manager Enzo Maresca has repeatedly referred to him as being “ill,” which had started to feel suspect after more than two weeks without an update.

Mykhailo Mudryk warming up ahead of Chelsea’s game against Noah (Photo by Ryan Pierse/Getty Images)

Disaster transfer gets even worse

Mudryk has struggled since making his big money move from Shakhtar. A flash of quality on his debut has bene followed by further flashes, and there has certainly been an upwards trend this season, albeit mainly against very poor sides.

But not only does he not look like he’s worth the money we paid at the moment, he looks very doubtful to ever reach that level now.

That deal somehow becomes even worse if this news is confirmed.