Chelsea star Mykhailo Mudryk failed drugs test Q&A: How does the testing regime work in football? What are the penalties? How long does this take?
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Chelsea winger Mykhailo Mudryk has been provisionally suspended from football after being notified of a positive drugs test by the Football Association. The Premier League giants shared a statement on Tuesday morning, writing: 'Chelsea Football Club can confirm the Football Association recently contacted our player Mykhailo Mudryk concerning an adverse finding in a routine urine test.
![[Mudryk broke his silence on Tuesday and claimed he has 'not done anything wrong']](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/12/17/19/93113289-14202905-Mykhailo_Mudryk_is_understood_to_have_been_suspended_from_footba-a-20_1734464401163.jpg)
'Both the Club and Mykhailo fully support The FA’s testing programme and all our players, including Mykhailo, are regularly tested. Mykhailo has confirmed categorically that he has never knowingly used any banned substances. Both Mykhailo and the Club will now work with the relevant authorities to establish what has caused the adverse finding.'.
![[Mudryk showed off his frame on Instagram in a recent upload from a lift at his London home]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/12/17/19/93113203-14202905-Mudryk_showed_off_his_frame_on_Instagram_in_a_recent_upload_from-a-21_1734464409490.jpg)
Mudryk broke his silence shortly after the club's statement on social media, stating that the adverse finding had come as a 'complete shock'. Reports in Ukraine that the substance is meldonium are understood by Mail Sport to be correct. Mail Sport's Mike Keegan answers the key questions following the positive test, which has thrust Mudryk's career into uncertainty.
![[Mudryk published a statement on his Instagram account on Tuesday afternoon in response to his provisional suspension]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/12/17/19/93227291-14202905-Mudryk_published_a_statement_on_his_Instagram_account_on_Tuesday-a-22_1734464501012.jpg)
Mykhailo Mudryk has been provisionally suspended from football after a positive drugs test. HOW DOES THE TESTING REGIME WORK IN FOOTBALL?. Players are tested randomly after games and at training grounds via a similar process. At matches, four blue-bibbed sample collectors wait in the tunnel at the end of the match. They then inform two players from each side that they have been selected to be tested.
![[Mail Sport can now reveal that the banned substance meldonium is believed to be behind Mudryk's failed test with reports in Ukraine understood to be correct]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/12/17/19/93231877-14202905-Mail_Sport_can_now_reveal_that_the_banned_substance_meldonium_is-a-17_1734463899658.jpg)
