Mykhaylo Mudryk Temporarily Suspended

Mykhaylo Mudryk has been suspended from playing at "Chelsea" due to an ambiguous test result, allegedly involving him in a scandal.

Reports indicate that winger from "Chelsea", Mykhaylo Mudryk, has followed in the footsteps of Paul Pogba, after the Ukrainian international was temporarily suspended. On Tuesday morning, it was revealed that Mudryk has been ‘provisionally suspended’ by the Football Association due to an adverse finding in a standard urine test. In a statement, "Chelsea" noted: "Chelsea Football Club can confirm that the Football Association recently contacted our player Mykhaylo Mudryk concerning an adverse finding in a routine urine test. Both the club and Mykhaylo fully support the FA’s testing programme and all our players, including Mykhaylo, are regularly tested. Mykhaylo has categorically confirmed that he has never knowingly used any banned substances. Both Mykhaylo and the club will now work with the relevant authorities to establish what has caused the adverse finding. The club will not be commenting any further."

A follow-up report from The Telegraph claims ‘Mudryk has hired the law firm responsible for helping Pogba to have his doping ban reduced from four years to 18 months after the "Chelsea" winger was provisionally suspended for failing a drugs test’. The report has also revealed the ‘banned performance-enhancing substance’ that Mudryk is accused of having in his system as meldonium. Mudryk is also facing the threat of a four-year ban, having provided a positive ‘A’ sample – believed to contain the banned performance-enhancing substance meldonium. He has been provisionally suspended by the Football Association while he and "Chelsea" await the result of a ‘B’ sample. Mudryk cannot play for "Chelsea" during his provisional suspension; he is also banned from training at the club’s Cobham base and has been set a programme to maintain his fitness. A positive doping test carries the potential punishment of a four-year ban, according to FA rules, and Mudryk is understood to have hired Morgan Sports Law to work on his case with "Chelsea" also providing support. Morgan Sports Law also represented former "Juventus" star Pogba in his appeal against a four-year doping ban which the Court of Arbitration for Sport later reduced to 18 months.

Earlier on Tuesday, Mudryk insisted this news has come as a “complete shock” as he has “not done anything wrong”. “This has come as a complete shock as I have never knowingly used any banned substances or broken any rules, and am working closely with my team to investigate how this could have happened,” Mudryk said. “I know that I have not done anything wrong and remain hopeful that I will be back on the pitch soon. I cannot say any more now due to the confidentiality of the process, but I will as soon as I can.”