Arsenal boss is adamant over blood tests.
Anyone who is found doping should have their contract terminated, according to the Arsenal boss.
After the recent Russia scandal, the age old debate about testing in football has reared it’s ugly head again. Arsene Wenger has maintained his stance to bring testing in. Other sports such as Cycling has also been victim to doping as athletes enhance their performances.
“I’m not satisfied with the level of testing because I believe blood tests should be done,” he said. “If you want to go into a bit more sophistication you have to do blood checks. Urine checks are superficial and not deep enough to say absolutely sure that we have no doping problem in football.
“I think no [we don’t have a problem] and I wish no but on the other hand, can you have 740 football players at a World Cup and come out with zero alert on any doping? It’s a little bit surprising. I hope it is true but I think to be completely sure about it, you want to go into deeper tests
“Look, you have to come to the facts,” he said. “There are two reasons why a player is doped. First, on personal initiative. That means he hides to his club that he doped because he’s scared to lose his place, because he wants to impress, because he has an individual or personal reason to enhance his performance. Or it is organised by the club to dope some players and enhance the performances because they are not ready or not good enough or because they have a special competition.
“ In most cases, I think, you have to make the player feel responsible for the club as well.”
Arsene Wenger made the comments due to a player from Dinamo Zagreb failing a drug test earlier this season. Wenger has questioned whether the current roles are up to scratch.
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