{"id":8513,"date":"2026-04-29T19:17:37","date_gmt":"2026-04-29T19:17:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news678.top\/?p=8513"},"modified":"2026-04-29T19:17:37","modified_gmt":"2026-04-29T19:17:37","slug":"chelsea-winger-mykhailo-mudryk-responds-to-four-year-ban-for-failed-drugs-test-football","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news678.top\/?p=8513","title":{"rendered":"Chelsea winger Mykhailo Mudryk responds to four-year ban for failed drugs test | Football"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Mykhailo Mudryk has been banned for four years by the FA (PA Wire)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Chelsea winger Mykhailo Mudryk will submit an appeal to the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) over his four-year ban for a failed drugs test.<\/p>\n

The 25-year-old was charged with anti-doping rule violations by the Football Association in June last year after a sample taken in 2024 produced an adverse finding for the prohibited substance meldonium, which can increase respiratory capacity and stamina.<\/p>\n

Mudryk said that the failed drugs test came as a \u2018complete shock\u2019 as he had never knowingly used a banned substance.<\/p>\n

The Ukraine international, who\u00a0Chelsea signed in an \u00a389 million deal\u00a0from Shakhtar Donetsk in January 2023, has not played for Chelsea since November 2024.<\/p>\n

CAS has confirmed it has received an appeal by Mudryk against the FA\u2019s ruling, filed on February 25, 2026.<\/p>\n

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Mykhailo Mudryk has not played for Chelsea since November 2024 (Getty)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The statement from CAs added: \u2018The parties are currently exchanging written submissions, and a hearing is yet to be scheduled.\u2019<\/p>\n

The FA has never disclosed details of the case or confirmed the length of Mudryk\u2019s suspension.<\/p>\n

Mudryk has been aiming to return to football and has been training individually with the help of a private coach at non-league side Uxbridge FC.<\/p>\n

Speaking this week, Shakhtar Donetsk CEO, Serhii Palkin, backed Mudryk to return and revealed the Ukranian side stand to lose \u20ac30m (\u00a326m) if the winger is sidelined.<\/p>\n

\u2018We have \u20ac30 million [of] bonuses in his contract and if he is not playing, if Chelsea [are] not reaching results, we are losing \u20ac30m. That\u2019s a big financial impact for us,\u2019 Palkin said.<\/p>\n

\u2018Therefore, everybody believes that this story will finish as soon as possible with positive results and Mudryk will return to playing. Otherwise, we will be in a position to lose \u20ac30m.<\/p>\n

\u2018I know Mudryk as a player and a person. I believe he will return and he will start playing. I know this because I\u2019ve never met this kind of guy before in my life. He\u2019s a very hard worker. And he will prove he\u2019s in a position to play and bring results to team.<\/p>\n

\u2018But as I understand at this moment, everybody is waiting for the court\u2019s decision, and we don\u2019t have any information about when this will take place and when the final decision will be issued. Therefore, everybody is waiting for information.\u2019<\/p>\n

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