Chelsea winger Mykhailo Mudryk has been handed the maximum punishment of a four-year ban from the Football Association for anti-doping violations – and is now appealing with the Court of Arbitration for Sport.
The 25-year-old Ukrainian logged his appeal against the FA on February 25. It is understood a hearing has yet to be scheduled.
Mudryk has not appeared for Chelsea since November 28, 2024 in a Conference League win over Heidenheim in which he scored prior to his provisional suspension.
Chelsea signed the attacker for £88million from Shakhtar Donetsk in 2023, and he is under contract until 2030 with a club option to extend for a further year.
In a statement, a CAS spokesperson said that they could ‘confirm that he is appealing against the imposed period of ineligibility of four years’.
Both Chelsea and Mudryk’s representatives were contacted for comment by Daily Mail Sport.
Mudryk has long maintained his innocence and has continued to train individually in the hope of returning. That has included renting the pitch of non-League club Uxbridge.
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Mykhailo Mudryk is facing four years of a ban from football – but will appeal to CAS
