Mudryk was temporarily suspended after testing positive in a doping test and to protect himself he hired the same law firm that reduced Pogba’s disqualification.
Mykhailo Mudryk risks a sting after testing positive in an anti-doping test carried out last October: abnormal levels of the banned substance were detected meldonium, the same one that led to the two-year disqualification awarded to the tennis player Maria Sharapova in 2016. The Ukrainian continues to proclaim his innocence and for the moment he has only been stopped provisionally, but in the meantime to defend himself he chose to rely on the same law firm used by Paul Pogba in the doping case that involved him.
According to what was reported by Telegraph the Chelsea player immediately protected himself, with the support of his club, to avoid the potential four-year ban which would seriously affect his career. For this reason he took over Morgan Sports Law to work on his case, hoping to prove the innocence already declared with an official statement.
Mudryk follows in Pogba’s footsteps and relies on his lawyers
The hope is clearly not to end up with a conviction like what happened to the Frenchman. Currently Mudryk has been stopped by the FA and he will not be able to take the field during the investigation period: the player has also been banned from participating in training sessions with his Chelsea teammates and will therefore have to keep fit on his own, with differentiated sessions. The Ukrainian is trying to protect himself and for this reason he decided to rely on the same law firm that reduced Pogb’s disqualificationfrom four years to 18 months.
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Also in this case the final sentence would be four years, but before issuing the sentence we will have to wait for the results of sample B which has not yet been analyzed. The positivity was only detected from the A sample taken last October and for the moment this is enough to inflict a provisional suspension on him pending the definitive outcome and possible appeal.
