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| Arsene Wenger has been asked to explain his comments |
ARSENE WENGER has been asked to explain his comments on doping by the Football Association.
Earlier this week Wenger suggested he had come up against teams who had been 'injected'.
“I try to be faithful to the values that I find important in life and to transmit them to others," Wenger told L'Equipe Sport and Style.
"In 30 years of my coaching career, I never got one of my players injected to be more efficient.
“I never gave them a product that can improve performance. It is about pride. I've played against a lot of teams that were not in this state of mind."
In September Dinamo Zagreb midfielder Arijan Ademi failed a drugs test following their win over Arsenal.
Ademi faces a hearing on November 19 and will be subjected to disciplinary action should his B-sample also prove positive.
However, his club will face no punishment because UEFA rules dictate at least two players must be found guilty in the same season for the governing body to act.
And now, according to the Evening Standard, the FA are going to ask Wenger to explain his words further.
It is stressed that Wenger is not in trouble but the FA are taking the suggestion of drug taking seriously and hope to explore the matter.
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| Wenger claimed to have played against 'injected' teams |
An FA spokesman told Standard Sport: “The FA, in conjunction with UKAD, operates one of the most comprehensive anti-doping testing programmes in the world.
“We have exceptionally few cases of positive tests for performance-enhancing drugs, which reflects the findings from drug testing in football worldwide. All positive cases for WADA-prohibited substances are published by UKAD and the FA.
“We conduct both urine and blood drug testing both in and out of competition on a no-notice basis including at players’ homes.
“We share all relevant information with UKAD, FIFA and UEFA and are committed to ensuring the integrity of English football is maintained.
“The FA have been steroid profiling all urine samples taken from every player tested in the Football League and Premier League since January 2014, having been steroid-profiling all Premier League players in previous seasons. All samples are reviewed by UKAD.
“In addition to urine-steroid profiling, the FA have been running a blood-profiling programme in the Premier League since the 2012-13 season.
"Every blood-profiling sample is analysed by UKAD and target testing is undertaken on any unusual results.
"As with urine-testing, there have been exceptionally few unusual results in English football and none which have so far suggested a doping issue.”
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