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Mykhaylo Mudryk could be banned for as long as four years after being charged by the Football Association for doping offences as Chelsea target eight players for two positions to revamp Enzo Maresca’s attack.

Chelsea winger Mykhailo Mudryk has been charged with a violation of the Football Association (FA)’s anti-doping rules and is facing a lengthy ban from football. The Ukraine international, 24, was provisionally suspended after returning an “adverse finding in a routine urine test” in December and has not featured for the club since.