Chelsea boss Enzo Maresca believes Mykhailo Mudryk didn’t knowingly take a banned complement.
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The Blues stated Tuesday they had been notified by the Soccer Affiliation of an “adverse finding” in a urine pattern offered by the 23-year-old Ukrainian winger.
Mudryk stated in an Instagram put up the outcomes of his ‘A’ pattern had come as a “complete shock” and insisted he had not deliberately taken a banned substance.
“We trust Misha,” stated Maresca on Wednesday.
“When this kind of thing happens you need to support your player in all aspects.
“Misha is a Chelsea participant, it is my responsibility to keep up a correspondence with him. Me, the membership, his team-mates, we’re all there.
“Trust means we believe Misha.”
Athletes are warned on the UK Anti-Doping web site that they face a ban of 4 years whether it is discovered a banned substance was taken deliberately.
If the violation concerned a specified substance or a contaminated product, and the athlete can reveal they’d no important fault, ineligibility might vary from two years to a reprimand, relying on the extent of fault.
Mudryk has made 15 appearances for Chelsea this season and final performed in a 2-0 win at German aspect Heidenheim within the Convention League on November 28, wherein he scored his third aim of the season.
He has not featured prior to now 5 matches in all competitions.
“I think he’s going to come back, the only thing is we don’t know when,” stated Maresca.
He added: “Any player in the world when this happens, they need support. No matter if he’s 20 or 30, no matter if he’s English or Italian or Ukrainian. When this kind of things happens, we all need support. It’s not about his age or his country.
“With Misha it’s precisely the identical. I am there to attempt to assist him in something he wants as a result of on this second it is regular that he is going need assistance from the membership, from me, from his team-mates, and we’re all there to attempt to help.”
Mudryk joined Chelsea for a reported £88.5 million from Ukrainian membership Shakhtar Donetsk in January 2023.
Maresca’s aspect are second within the Premier League and high the European Convention League desk forward of their match towards Irish membership Shamrock Rovers on Thursday.
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