Papu Gómez is in turmoil. In the afternoon, several Iberian and transalpine media revealed the Argentine world champion’s positive test in an anti-doping test, carried out last November just before the World Cup. If a two-year suspension was even mentioned, the player’s employer, Monza, confirmed the information via a press release this Friday.
“AC Monza announces that it has received today – October 20, 2023 – from FIFA, through the FIGC, notification of the first instance sentence of the Spanish Anti-Doping Commission, pronounced against the footballer Alejandro Dario Gomez. The sentence provides for a ban on all sporting activity for two years. The presence of Terbutaline was noted in the footballer’s biological samples. This is a medication taken to calm an attack of bronchospasm, in October 2022, while the footballer was registered with Sevilla FC. Positivity is the result of an unintentional assumption. AC Monza reserves the right to evaluate the next steps of the procedure”indicates the press release from the Italian club.
