Mykhaylo Mudryk | Reported - Failed doping test

[WeePat]

Chelsea statement

https://www.chelseafc.com/en/news/article/club-statement-mykhailo-mudryk

 

[Rooney in Paris]

Desperate act but not even close.

He's tried it twice now. He goes on some weird WUMs.

 

[DutchSerb]

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Sharapova got busted for the same thing. He's fecked.

 

[Nickelodeon]

Antony’s having a bit of a redemption season so far. In the spirit of will smith, Take our boy’s name out of your mouth!

Done. And smacked myself on the face too.

 

[Noodle]

Terminating his contract would save us an estimated £33.8m in wages over the remainder of his contract. However, we’d need to swallow the full £47m loss on his current amortised value in one big hit. Unless the FA/UEFA gave us special dispensation for this it’d completely wreck PSR/FFP

 

[The Purley King]

Can clubs purchase insurance against this sort of thing?
Seems like someone should offer that given the huge sums of money involved.

 

[FireballXL5]

What a nobber. I'll miss his buttlerfly tattoos.

 

[fallengt]

can Chelsea terminate his contract now?
would be good for them

 

[Vault Dweller]

Sharapova got busted for the same thing. He's fecked.

Heard that too, he's definitely done if that's the case.

 

[No Love]

If that is what he plays like on PEDs, I wouldn’t want to see him off them.

 

[Bole Top]

Can clubs purchase insurance against this sort of thing?
Seems like someone should offer that given the huge sums of money involved.

Chelsea can simply take this to court if it's compensation they're after. they did the same after Mutu failed the drug test and he had to pay around 17 mill. to them.

 

[Bertie Wooster]

Terminating his contract would save us an estimated £33.8m in wages over the remainder of his contract. However, we’d need to swallow the full £47m loss on his current amortised value in one big hit. Unless the FA/UEFA gave us special dispensation for this it’d completely wreck PSR/FFP

Which they really shouldn't - otherwise they'd have to do the same to all teams wanting to save money by sacking players for a ban for things like drugs, drink, betting addictions.

Whereas the sport, and society in general, is meant to be creating an environment where, in an awareness of the importance of mental health, people should feel they can admit to addictions like that and get the help and support that they need. As most clubs are.

Of course there still needs to be a sporting punishment, otherwise the rules of the sport become null and void and everyone could just use them. But from a human aspect, players need to feel like they'll be helped and supported by the clubs to help with their addictions during the ban - rather than just sacked and sued.

 

[Lay]

Chelsea should be forced to play him

 

[rimaldo]

Terminating his contract would save us an estimated £33.8m in wages over the remainder of his contract. However, we’d need to swallow the full £47m loss on his current amortised value in one big hit. Unless the FA/UEFA gave us special dispensation for this it’d completely wreck PSR/FFP

a smackhead’s life has been completely turned upside down and you’re worried about psr!?

 

[Jezpeza]

Anyone know the crack with this?

I remember an olympic skier losing his medal for a drug test but it was traced to an olbas oil sniffy stick that had had an ingredient change.

Could it be innocuos or is it looking like some proper doping?

 

[The Purley King]

Chelsea can simply take this to court if it's compensation they're after. they did the same after Mutu failed the drug test and he had to pay around 17 mill. to them.

Chelsea fans might know better but I’m pretty sure that dragged on for years and I don’t think he’s paid anything back yet?

 

[diarm]

Anyone know the crack with this?

I remember an olympic skier losing his medal for a drug test but it was traced to an olbas oil sniffy stick that had had an ingredient change.

Could it be innocuos or is it looking like some proper doping?

He hasn’t been great, but I’d be surprised if it was crack.

 

[WeePat]

Mudryk is understood to be citing contamination and denies deliberately taking a banned substance. He had a test in August that was clear but a subsequent test returned a positive result for the banned substance. Mudryk is still waiting for the result of the B sample and is expected to make a statement today.

Mudryk is believed to claim that he has not changed anything in his routine since the August test. However, it is thought he believes that any form of contamination must have happened while he was abroad because the substance involved is not thought to be available in the UK. Chelsea have launched their own investigation but are said to be supportive of their player, who is fully cooperating with the club.

Regarding the suspension

Under FA regulations, a player can be notified of a test result and then provisionally suspended while being given the opportunity to provide an explanation before any decision regarding a charge.

The precise details of the case remain unclear but since last Friday The Times has been in correspondence with a specialist sports law firm acting for Mudryk. It has stated repeatedly that its client has not been charged with any form of doping offence.

 

[rimaldo]

should of holidayed in the uk then

 

[Orc]

If that is what he plays like on PEDs, I wouldn’t want to see him off them.

These drugs aren’t like a magic pill that gives players superhuman skills or abilities. They help with recovery and stamina. So yes, an unfair advantage but it’s not like they turn a shit player who can’t dribble a football into Messi.

 

[Bole Top]

Chelsea fans might know better but I’m pretty sure that dragged on for years and I don’t think he’s paid anything back yet?

possibly true, but the point is, every possible court rejected his case and sided with the clubs suing him. the fact it was cocaine probably makes all the difference though. they might go easy in this case.

 

[Woodzy]

I think, by default, Chelsea players should now all be tested because it can be the only thing that explains why they are suddenly no longer trash.

But let them win the league first please, and no taking backsies.

 

[red_de_pologne]

if Chelsea can now terminate his contract.. oh man what a get out of jail card

 

[cj_sparky]

We should definitely be awarded the points from our clash against Chelsea, we lead 1-0 when Mudryk came on and minutes later the ball went through his legs impacting Onana's view when Caicedo made it 1-1.

 

[duffer]

if Chelsea can now terminate his contract.. oh man what a get out of jail card.

Not at all. His wages are not particularly high and we'd lose any chance of getting any money from a transfer/loan fee, that's before you even look at the FFP implications.

Chelsea absolutely wouldn't want to terminate his contract.

 

[horsechoker]

Seems very convenient that it's the highly paid unwanted players that are getting caught. Are we going to see Rodri or Vinicius fail a doping test?

 

[T00lsh3d]

Seems very convenient that it's the highly paid unwanted players that are getting caught. Are we going to see Rodri or Vinicius fail a doping test?

Just wait for Rashford to get done

 

[MaMa given red]

Not at all. His wages are not particularly high and we'd lose any chance of getting any money from a transfer/loan fee, that's before you even look at the FFP implications.

Chelsea absolutely wouldn't want to terminate his contract.

How many teams do you think are going to be interested in buying or loaning a banned player?

 

[duffer]

Seems very convenient that it's the highly paid unwanted players that are getting caught. Are we going to see Rodri or Vinicius fail a doping test?

Convenient for who? Not Chelsea, that's for certain.

It he had been signed on a free transfer then maybe.

 

[duffer]

How many teams do you think are going to be interested in buying or loaning a banned player?

Once his ban is over, plenty.

There's examples of players who have served doping bans being bought for good money.

 

[NotChatGPT]

Once his ban is over, plenty.

There's examples of players who have served doping bans being bought for good money.

When that specific player is Mudryk?

 

[MaMa given red]

Once his ban is over, plenty.

There's examples of players who have served doping bans being bought for good money.

Were any of those players as unproven as Mudryk though?

He's on 100k a week and has looked way out his depth at this level. If he gets a four year ban he'll be 28 before he is playing again. Which clubs would be interested in that?

 

[Rajiztar]

Chelsea are looking to sign adeyemi rumour surfaced last week made no sense to me at that time. But not anymore.

 

[duffer]

Were any of those players as unproven as Mudryk though?

He's on 100k a week and has looked way out his depth at this level. If he gets a four year ban he'll be 28 before he is playing again. Which clubs would be interested in that?

Fred was banned for a doping offence when he was playing in the Ukrainian league. Like all players who get done, he didn't serve the maximum 4 years and it didn't stop him getting a move to one of the biggest clubs in the world.


No player has ever served a 4 year ban for a 1st offense. It's kinda pointless to assume he'll be the first.

 

[Gio]

Anyone know the crack with this?

I remember an olympic skier losing his medal for a drug test but it was traced to an olbas oil sniffy stick that had had an ingredient change.

Could it be innocuos or is it looking like some proper doping?

There have been a lot of positives for this in Eastern Europe. He assumes responsibility for anything in his body and he'd have to mount a very compelling explanation to get out of it.

This is from 2016, but shows it was being used for performance benefit.

https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2016/mar/09/maria-sharapova-meldonium-banned-drug-wada

 

[GoonerBear]

Hopefully this rules out the possibility of Arteta or the club seeing Mudryk as their next 'Save Me' project.

The last thing we need is another attempt at that.

 

[Florida Man]

You say Mykhaylo. And I say Mykgoodbye.

…my work here is done.

 

[El-Manos]

I thought them drugs were meant to enhance your performance ?

 

[Josep Dowling]

Convenient way for Chelsea to terminate his contract. Just so happened to be an underperforming, expensive dud.

 

[sglowrider]

I can't imagine what he would he would be like if he wasn't on those PEDs!