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I remember Alex Ferguson raging at Rio Ferdinand's ban, and complaining about drug testing in general. As Bash mentioned, a variety of football teams have been whispered to be connected with Fuentes, including Barca, Athletico Madrid and the German national team, but of course only the cyclists involved have been named.
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Guardian (14.9.15) "Doping is a problem for all sports, not just athletics"
I was interested by this statement: "It feels odd, at least, for us not to be at least a tiny bit suspicious when footballers are able to perform far more high intensity sprints than ever before."
In the context of the article I feel that the writer, Sean Ingle, is hinting that footballers are using EPO. I have assumed for some time that this is the case, and I also assume that professional sports writers are aware of this.
What interests me here is that this looks like a breaking of the 'omerta' surrouding footballers' drug use. Perhaps I just don't get out enough, what do others think?