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**** him and his sob story. People in a lot worse position than him who got drug and addiction problems.
Boo ****ing hoo.
"Nathaniel Mendez-Laing says he wants to "leave the past behind" after serving a suspension for cocaine use."
"The Football Association (FA) has revealed the 28-year-old served a three-month ban after a positive drugs test administered on 4 July, 2020."
"The FA said the now Middlesbrough wing admitted taking cocaine "in a context unrelated to sporting performance.""
Probably the cocaine use
I don’t know where NML figured in the list of highest paid City players but it wouldn’t surprise me if getting him off the payroll to save money was the main motivation in terminating his contract. NML, of course, providing the club with cast iron means to do it. In these difficult times and no parachute payment next season there may well be more.
Not his first offence. Would also explain his absence in early part of last season. Clearly NML has had a problem. All the info is in the details of the judgement.
https://twitter.com/FAspokesperson/s...252288516?s=19
A professional athlete getting banned twice in less than a year for using recreational drugs is pretty special.