The FA have handed Chelsea attacker Mykhailo Mudryk a four-year ban, according to journalist Ben Jacobs.
Chelsea have been without the Ukrainian since December 2024, when the FA first provisionally suspended him after he tested positive for doping.
The Blues gave his number 10 shirt to Cole Palmer last June, and he was later charged with violating anti-doping rules. The 25-year-old has not played since then and has now been handed a four-year ban.
However, Mudryk’s doping case went to the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) after he filed an appeal against the FA in February 2026.
The parties have exchanged written submissions, and a hearing has yet to be scheduled.
The winger joined Chelsea from Shakhtar Donetsk in January 2023, signing an eight-and-a-half-year contract for an initial transfer fee of £62 million, potentially rising to £89m in add-ons.
Mudryk has bagged ten goals and 11 assists in 73 appearances for the Blues and may have played his last game for them.
He has been training individually since his initial suspension, and it will be intriguing to see how the situation unfolds.
The Blues have sacked two permanent managers – Enzo Maresca and Liam Rosenior – since Mudryk last played.
They are currently eighth in the Premier League table with four games to play. They are fighting for a top-five finish to secure Champions League qualification.
Chelsea play Nottingham Forest, Liverpool, Tottenham Hotspur and Sunderland in their remaining league games and will also face Manchester City in the FA Cup final next month.
