Chelsea winger Mykhailo Mudryk has been provisionally suspended by the Football Association following an “adverse finding in a routine urine test.”
The Premier League club confirmed on Tuesday that the FA had contacted Mudryk regarding the result. The 23-year-old insists he has “never knowingly used any banned substances.”
In a statement on social media, Mudryk expressed shock, saying, “This has come as a complete shock… I have not done anything wrong and am working closely with my team to investigate how this could have happened.”
Chelsea’s official statement read: “Chelsea Football Club can confirm the Football Association recently contacted our player Mykhailo Mudryk concerning an adverse finding in a routine urine test. Both the club and Mykhailo fully support The FA’s testing programme, and all our players, including Mykhailo, are regularly tested. Mykhailo has categorically confirmed that he has never knowingly used any banned substances. Both Mykhailo and the club will work with the relevant authorities to determine the cause of the adverse finding. The club will not be commenting further.”
Mudryk joined Chelsea in January 2023 from Shakhtar Donetsk in a deal worth £88.5m.
