Mamadou Sakho

[Tatterdemalion]

..dupe..

[Assassin]

If it wasn't on the banned list when the substance was found in his system they can't add it to the list and ban him retrospectively.

This

[cream]

Technicality??? If it's not on the banned list it's not a technicality & he's done nothing wrong

Innocent until proven guilty ...

But then again there's no smoke without fire eh?

Ban him anyway, it must be true people on here said so.

NAIL HIM UP I SAY!!! NAIL SOME SENSE INTO HIM!!!

We only want do Gooder God fearing players on our team

I think I need a lie down.

Exactly, he's either taken a banned substance or hasn't taken a banned substance, one or the other.

[Exiled_red]

why not? They might have a general prohibition against beta 2 agonists. There may just be dubiety over whether this drug is one of those.

You are bound by the rules as they were at the time not any changes that are made subsequently. I don't know how the banned substances list is defined. If there is a rule about categories of substances then that may complicate things, but the boundaries of this class of substance needs to be clear to everyone, so that they know which substances are included and which are not. If it has taken UEFA the best part of 30 days to investigate whether this substance is banned or not and they still aren't able to decide it seems that the system which they developed (or more likely adapted from elsewhere) isn't fit for purpose.

[Tatterdemalion]

You are bound by the rules as they were at the time not any changes that are made subsequently. I don't know how the banned substances list is defined. If there is a rule about categories of substances then that may complicate things, but the boundaries of this class of substance needs to be clear to everyone, so that they know which substances are included and which are not. If it has taken UEFA the best part of 30 days to investigate whether this substance is banned or not and they still aren't able to decide it seems that the system which they developed (or more likely adapted from elsewhere) isn't fit for purpose.

well, we'll find out soon enough and whether it's right or not, we ain't defining it.

[spud_gun]

UEFA immediately re-instate Sahko on the proviso that he doesn't sue them for this almighty **** up.

[Roboklopp]

What if the club chose to?

[spud_gun]

same applies to the club.

[kev776]

If what he took is not on the banned list, why did it show as a fail?

He either failed a drugs test or he didn't.

[Doc_Piptorious]

If what he took is not on the banned list, why did it show as a fail?

He either failed a drugs test or he didn't.

Maybe what he took gives a similar test result as something that is on the list leading to a false positive test result?


Regardless though, if what he took is not on the banned list then that is on UEFA, and it puts us in the position to have our player for pre season and the start of the new season.

[Paul12]

...if what he took is not on the banned list then that is on UEFA, and it puts us in the position to have our player for pre season and the start of the new season.

But not to have him available for our most important game of the 2015/16 season. Could we sue?

[The_weatherman]

But not to have him available for our most important game of the 2015/16 season. Could we sue?

Sakho is also in line to miss out on he Euros in his home country, once in a lifetime experience. Will be interesting to see how they'll approach this without leaving themselves vulnerable to a couple of lawsuits.

[kev776]

Sakho is also in line to miss out on he Euros in his home country, once in a lifetime experience. Will be interesting to see how they'll approach this without leaving themselves vulnerable to a couple of lawsuits.

Maybe that is the offer, He walks free but says nothing.

[The_weatherman]

Maybe that is the offer, He walks free but says nothing.

Could be, but if UEFA are willing to drop it, I think their case is weak so I'd be tempted to take my chances and sue the ****ers.

[cream]

Maybe that is the offer, He walks free but says nothing.

Sorry, that makes no sense at all.