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The authoritative British media "Sunday Times" exposed an inside story on the front page on October 10: a number of Premier League players are suspected of using banned drugs in violation of regulations. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

A working British doctor named Mark Bonner revealed to reporters that he had used banned drugs on as many as 100 British athletes, including many Premier League stars, including Chelsea and Arsenal.

The Sunday Times said that when they first met, Boehner admitted that drugs have become a part of sports, and said: "How can players in their 30s fight with 18-year-olds on the pitch if they don't take drugs?" ”

In fact, stimulants, illegal drugs...... A demon cursed and hated, but haunted by the world of competitive sports.

Subsequently, an ESPN reporter who has not been verified by his real name, Daniel Ainsworth, also revealed the specific names of these players, including Arsenal star Thierry Henry, Vieira, Bergkamp and others, but considering that he has not been verified by his real name, the names of these stars have yet to be confirmed.

The doctor, Mark Boehner, who previously worked in a private practice in London, has left his job.

In an interview with The Sunday Times, he revealed the shocking story to the outside world. Over the past two years, he has been approached by as many as 100 British athletes across a wide range of sports, including cricketers, boxers, cyclists and Premier League players.

So, which players from Premier League clubs have been implicated in the banned drug scandal?

Mark Bonner named Arsenal and Chelsea, and the doctor said he had given the players steroids and banned drugs such as EPO (erythropoietin).

At the request of reporters, Mark Bonner also introduced himself to one of his contacts in the Premier League, who is Arsenal's head of health, with whom he said he was working with him to "do business" with players.

The players gave them a lot of money, and Mark Boehner, who got the money, injected the players with banned drugs as requested.

Although Mark Bona refused to provide the names of specific players due to the doctor's professional requirements, he made a point of pointing out that several of Arsenal's players who took banned drugs were from the Italian league.

Players from Serie A?

Henry and Bergkamp naturally come to mind, the former being French, the latter Dutch.

Rumors of banned drugs in French players are not something that has only recently been revealed.

In fact, in 1998, some reporters and fans questioned that the French team that won the World Cup that year was not "clean", and FIFA and reporters just did not have first-hand strong evidence at that time.

A year later, in 1999, Dugarry of the French team was confirmed by the drug testing department to have taken "nandrolone".

After 2001, Jean-Pierre Paclet, then the French team doctor at the time, published a new book in which he revealed that on the eve of the 1998 World Cup, "the blood tests of several French players were abnormal. Among them is Zinedine Zidane. ”

In his book, Packett wrote: "I suspect that these players have a physical problem, and they must have used special medications. I'm very worried about the team going into a scandal, especially considering that some of the players are playing in Serie A – there are hardly any clean clubs there. ”

Paraclet's words were directed at Zidane, who was playing for Juventus in Serie A at the time. It was in the summer of 2001 that Zinedine Zidane moved to Real Madrid for a record price. However, the eyes of suspicion are still pointed at Juventus.

It's no secret in football that Serie A teams are caught up in a drug scandal. Zinedine Zidane and Davies are not alone, as in 1998, before the 2001 outbreak of drug banning, there were already accusations of drug use by Juventus players.

And about the Dutch players taking banned drugs, it is the breaking point that the recent football news has focused on.

As recently as 2001, a series of drug scandals erupted in Dutch football. After a match against Udinese in March 2001, Dutch midfielder Davies tested positive for doping and was subsequently confirmed to have taken the banned drug Nandrolone. This became a big scandal for Juventus FC; In the same month, after the UEFA Cup match against Celta, Dutch star Frank de Boer, who plays for Barcelona, was also found to have taken nandrolone during a doping test, and the doping scandal spread to Spain.

In Arthur's previous life, in the same year, Stam, who had just joined Lazio, was also found to have taken nandrolone and was banned for 5 months.

After being named by Mark Boehner, Arsenal and Chelsea are deeply involved in the banned drug scandal, especially Arsenal, which has become a super team in the Premier League in the past two years, has been pushed to the forefront.

However, surprisingly, Arsenal did not arrange for several highly suspecting players in the squad to undergo medical examinations in time to prove their innocence.

In fact, in Arthur's previous life, even Arsene Wenger considered his players "not clean".

In 2004, Arsene Wenger famously said: "I suspect that some of my players who have come from abroad have taken EPO to help them perform. There are some players from Serie A who have a large number of red blood cells that exceed the average person, far exceeding the normal standard. Something like this makes you question. Maybe some clubs inject players with drugs without telling them, they tell them it's vitamins. ”

Arsenal's reaction has been criticised by many English sports media, with even major international newspapers such as The Times accusing Arsenal of being disgraceful.

In response, Arsene Wenger has repeatedly said that everyone "should at least have a chance to prove their innocence", and expressed his personal feelings: "I make this decision with my conscience, and my principle is to be able to look those athletes in the eyes after making a decision. This decision is not made to help this side or that, because justice does not look to the left and right. ”

And stars such as Henry and Bergkamp also showed that they had absolutely not taken banned drugs when they were chased and intercepted by the media, and then left in a hurry.

And a move by Blackburn Rovers has pushed other clubs such as Arsenal to the forefront.

In the list of players suspected of taking banned drugs, Blackburn Rovers also has a player on the list, which is Stam of the Dutch national team.

However, unlike Arsenal, Chelsea and other teams who were secretive, Blackburn contacted the British Doping Testing Center as soon as possible, and conducted a urine test on Stam the next day, and then the British Doping Testing Center's announcement cleared Stam.

After the outbreak of the ban scandal, the FA also immediately stated that it would take the "most stringent" measures to crack down on violations, and would launch a large-scale drug surveillance across the Premier League in a short period of time, "I want to tell those athletes who do not take banned drugs that you will be respected by others and prove that you can do better without banned drugs." ”

Originally, the Premier League set off a ban on drugs far after 2012, and the scope and influence were much smaller, but this time it was sudden, even one ring after another, and the named clubs such as Arsenal and Chelsea could only passively and inexplicably, and all of this was Arthur's handiwork.

Mark Boehner was able to come forward and testify because of the impact of receiving Arthur's anonymous large check.

ESPN reporter Daniel Ainsworth was able to break the news about the names of the players who took the banned drugs, and it was Arthur who privately snitched them via email.

The Sunday Times was able to detonate this banned drug storm on the front page, and Arthur contributed a lot through his aunt.

After that, the ban on drugs was fueled by the funding behind Arthur's American funds.

In fact, as early as when he was preparing to introduce Stam, Arthur had already begun to plan for this banned drug turmoil, he originally expected to wait until Blackburn Rovers competed for the championship next season, and then throw it out, but he didn't think that this season Mourinho would bring Blackburn to the top of the current standings, so when he returned from New York, Arthur remotely detonated this banned drug storm on Wall Street.

Arthur knew that next season's explosion of the banned drug storm would hit Arsenal even harder, and he would completely clear his suspicions, but he couldn't wait.

After the drug ban turmoil started, did it have any impact on Arsenal and other teams?

The answer is undoubtedly yes.

In the first game after the drug ban scandal, Arsenal hosted Southampton, Arsenal was like a headless fly, and Henry, Bergkamp and Vieira, who were deeply involved in drug ban rumors, were in no state, and finally lost 0:2 to the opponent in the relegation zone.

Although Wenger insisted after the game that the players were exhausted by the World Cup qualifiers, all discerning people could see how much the impact of the banned drug scandal on Arsenal was.

In such a situation, Arsenal's next opponent is Blackburn, who currently sit high at the top of the league table.

Half a month ago, many Premier League pundits thought Arsenal would break Blackburn's unbeaten streak this season, but now there is a huge question as to how Arsenal will be in form against an in-form Blackburn Rovers.

Is it Blackburn who continues to soar and throw off competitors for the time being?

Or will Arsenal win to stop the decline and clean up the negative effects of banned drugs?

On October 20th, the 10th round of the Premier League, let's wait and see!