Chelsea winger Mykhailo Mudryk is available to return to playing immediately after resolving his doping case with the Football Association, BBC Sport reports.
The Ukraine international, 25, has not played a competitive match since November 2024, having been provisionally suspended after returning an “adverse finding” for banned substance meldonium.
He was subsequently given the maximum four-year ban by the FA but appealed against the decision to the Court of Arbitration for Sport (Cas).
The FA said anti-doping disciplinary proceedings have now been resolved with Mudryk and he can return to competition “with immediate effect” after he accepted breaking anti-doping rules and agreed to a suspension equal to the time already served.
Mudryk said he was “grateful” to able to return to playing after “the most difficult period” of his career.
He added he expresses “deep gratitude” to everyone at Chelsea and is looking forward to the “next chapter” of his career.
Chelsea said they are looking forward to helping Mudyk “return to full fitness, back into the squad and back onto the pitch” and he will join the club’s pre-season tour.
The FA never previously disclosed details of the case, because their anti-doping programme is deemed strictly confidential.
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However, their statement on Friday confirmed Mudryk returned an adverse finding for meldonium, which can increase respiratory capacity and stamina, in an out-of-competition test on international duty with Ukraine in October 2024.
The FA said the test revealed “a low concentration” of the prohibited cardiovascular medication.
It added that changes have since been made to the World Anti-Doping Agency (Wada) technical document regarding meldonium.
The FA said the changes are “not retroactive” but noted that if Mudryk’s test was conducted today then “the concentration of meldonium in the sample would not have been reported” and no adverse finding would have been recorded.
Mudryk and the FA have now, with the agreement of Wada, resolved the appeal proceedings, leaving him able to immediately return.
