Defender Athletic Bilbaa Yeray Alvarez is suspended for ten months due to a positive test on the forbidden substance after the semifinals of the European League against Manchester United in May, the UEFA was announced on Monday.
Player sample analysis, taken 1. May, she discovered “The presence of Kanrenonsubstances prohibited from competition and out of care in the category S5. Diuretics and camouflage agents in the WADA list of prohibited substances for 2025. year, the UEFA explained in its statement.
The suspension has begun 2. June and will be able to return to the field from 2. April 2026. The thirty-year footballer will be able to return to trainings with the team two months earlier, in accordance with the anti-dopin regulations of the European body.
UEFA in his decision admits that There was no intention on the side of the playerconsidering proven that the entry of the prohibited substance occurred due to the wrong taking of preventive medicine for the loss of his partner who contained that substance, without any doping intentionsThey said from Athletic Bilba.
Alvarez said it was took a substance as part of a hair loss treatment after the treatment of cancer. He was diagnosed with testicular cancer at the end of 2016. In the statement almost two months ago he said he had never taken the forbidden substances in his life. Athletic Bilbao promised to support it.
Athletic qualified for the Champions League after he finished last season in the fourth place in the La League. Basque in group phase 1. October play with Borussia Dortmund away.
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