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Paul.S
Are we defining a drug as something which is commonly known to be banned in sport (with reference to Collymore's comments)? Is there a concern that there is a lack of information/education with regard to these issues? Lots of knee-jerk reactions in the media and on twitter, but the fact that Sakho hasn't been officially banned by anybody is an indication that there is some doubt here.
Mamadou Sakho wasn’t happy about being selected to do a drugs test at Old Trafford.
The French centre-back - one of two Liverpool players picked at random as he walked down the tunnel after the second leg of the Europa League last 16 tie - wanted to be with his jubilant team-mates in the away dressing room.
Instead he was only allowed to briefly stand in the doorway to join in the celebrations before being led by testers to the UEFA Doping Control Station down the corridor.
Dehydrated after such a frenetic night’s work, it took over an hour for Sakho to provide the two urine samples demanded of him. He was the last Liverpol player to leave Old Trafford as he belatedly boarded the team coach around 11.30pm.
If the B sample Sakho gave late that evening confirms that he took a ‘fat burner’ on UEFA’s banned list of substances then he’s facing a hefty ban.
A Liverpool career full of rich promise has been stopped in its tracks.
No wonder Klopp was fuming when informed about the failed test and the UEFA investigation at Melwood on Friday afternoon.
All Liverpool players are regularly reminded that before they take any medication or food supplements they need to consult club doctor Andrew Massey. LINK
Regardless of who may have told him to take them, if he is found guilty of having a banned substance in his test he will almost certainly be facing a facing a lengthy ban, as ultimately he is responsible. If it was given to him by a club or national team doctor that could be a mitigating factor which might reduce a ban.
I suspect the only way he could be playing at the Euros is if the hearing doesn't take place until late in the summer, and hence it is up to the French FA if they want to pick him (though I would assume they like us would make him unavailable for selection while this is hanging over him).
Unless it was the French team doctor who gave him the pills, I highly doubt he will play. There will be too much of a cloud and media circus around him. Every decent performance will be looked through the lens of suspicion. It might be better for Sakho as well as the French team for him to stay away.
Surprised with all the watching of European football, films, American tv series, poor gambling and window cleaning he has time for a passing interest in athletics.
You left out that I'm an avid gardener, got to be thorough with one-upmanship innit
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