Winner of the League conference and the Club World Cup, Chelsea crosses a beautiful phase under the orders of Enzo Maresca. A party to which the Ukrainian striker Mykhaïlo Mudryk (24) is not really invited. Indeed, despite his contract which runs until June 2031 with Chelsea, he has not played since Thursday, November 28 against Heidenheim (2-0). The reason? A positive meldonium control during an anti -doping test. A product for which Russian tennis player Maria Sharapova was tested positive in 2016 and which is used to treat angina and heart disease. This increases the vascularization of the heart muscle and is considered a doping agent. Suspended provisionally since December 2024, he risks up to four years of suspension, until December 2028 at the latest.
If the player tries to maintain a balance of life and a level of sporting competitiveness since his retirement, the vagueness remains intact on his case. “”We have already spent an entire season almost without Misha (Mudryk). We have tried to find solutions with certain players from the training center, such as Tyrique (George)“Said his coach Enzo Maresca last June. His case is often avoided on the side of Chelsea while waiting for a real evolution of the file to take place. His former Shakhtar Donetsk club which sold it to the Blues for 70 million euros and 30 million euros in bonuses has just left the shadows. Indeed, minors wonder about the role that the Ukrainian Federation had in this case and plan to file a complaint.
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Thus, according to the Ukrainian journalist Igor Burbas and UA Footballthe Shakhtar Donetsk plans to file a complaint against the Ukrainian Football Association (UAF) and to start legal action. The Orange and Black club will attack if it is confirmed that the player received these prohibited substances during a rally with the Ukrainian national team. The president of the Andriy Shevchenko Federation is even named as having possibly given the green light to Mykhaïlo Mudryk for taking this product.
“”Shevchenko most likely agreed to inject these stem cells to Mudryk, because Andriy himself uses them to rejuvenate his age»Even stressed Igor Burbas on his channel YouTube. With these big doubts, the Shakhtar Donetsk – which could never see the color of the entirety or part of the 30 million euros in bonuses for the transfer of Mykhaïlo Mudryk in the event of suspension – could therefore respond with a legal attack against the UAF. Everything will depend on the decision of the Arbitral Tribunal of Sport (TAS) of Lausanne which should be announced by the end of 2025.
