Mykhailo Mudryk was provisionally suspended by FA in December 2024 after failing a drug test; The positive test was for the prohibited substance meldonium; Mudryk faces a potential ban of up to four years under FA rules; Mudryk said his failed drug test was “a complete shock”
The positive test was for the prohibited substance meldonium which was administered abroad when Mudryk was not on Chelsea duty. Mudryk played for Ukraine in Albania and Georgia in November 2024.
An FA spokesperson said: “We can confirm that Mykhailo Mudryk has been charged with Anti-Doping Rule Violations alleging the presence and/or use of a prohibited substance, in terms of Regulations 3 and 4 of The FA’s Anti-Doping Regulations. As this is an ongoing case, we are not in a position to comment further at this time.”
Mudryk faces a potential ban of up to four years under FA rules.
Chelsea launched their investigation in December and said the then 23-year-old insisted he “has never knowingly used any banned substances”.
Mudryk believes his sample was contaminated, with nothing thought to have changed in his diet since he passed a UK Anti-Doping test in August.
Mudryk has not been allowed to train at Cobham and has instead been on an individual fitness program at home. He went to the Conference League final in Poland in a personal capacity, and although he was photographed wearing a Chelsea bodywarmer, he was not part of the traveling party.
FA rules dictate that a player is informed of a positive test and provisionally suspended before a decision is taken on a formal charge.
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