NML banned for cocaine use, according to BBC.

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"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

If its good enough for queen Victoria then it's good enough for me

[Enoch Mort]

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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.

[Former Labour leader]

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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/status/1360242277252288516?s=19

[LeningradCowboy]

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A professional athlete getting banned twice in less than a year for using recreational drugs is pretty special.

[UNDERHILL1927]

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We should have retained his services following his ban.

I kind of agree but we don't know the full story, was this the final straw after many chances. Footballers have come back from much worse. Could have offered him help and support, but as I say, the club could have already done that many times

[SunderlandBluebird]

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Admitted to doing it 10pm the night before we played Bristol City in July. Also banned earlier in the season for 3 months

And people are saying we shouldn’t have sacked him.

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Should have sold him the first occasion

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I appreciate all the support I have been given throughout. I now want to leave that period of my life in the past where it belongs.

I hope he considers using his influence, when he's ready, to help others make better decisions rather than just moving on completely.

His sample showed metabolites of cocaine on 09/12/2019 (provisionally suspended on 07/02/2020, formally suspended on 21/04/2020 and 3months were backdated to provisional date) and 04/07/2020. That may help explain why club dismissed him.

[PontBlue]

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So that explains his absence from December 2019 until the suspension of football due to the pandemic.

So with two 3 month suspensions in 8 months I'm not surprised he was sacked.

However, as it was a second offence his ban may have been for much longer had Wada not moved the goalposts in January and specified a three month ban for recreational use so when the club made their decision to sack him it was highly likely he could have been banned for the remainder of his contract.

I wonder if the club are considering the Chelsea/Adrian Mutu route to get compensation for his subsequent speedy return to football.

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I wonder if the club are considering the Chelsea/Adrian Mutu route to get compensation for his subsequent speedy return to football.

They should

[Poolerblue]

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Wasn’t he sacked by Peterborough for a breach of contract??

Personally I think the club were right for sacking him..don’t think he gave them much choice

[Taunton Blue Genie]

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Admitted to doing it 10pm the night before we played Bristol City in July. Also banned earlier in the season for 3 months

And people are saying we shouldn’t have sacked him.

I find it amusing that so many posters can be so dogmatic and pass judgement about some issues when they aren't aware of the facts behind the scenes.

[2b2bdoo]

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The club were spot on.

You have to wonder if we had a big asset on a longer contract if they would have stood by him. Not to say that makes it right or wrong but I think them sacking him also has to consider his length of contract.

It's pretty pathetic he can't stay off it long enough to play a game.

[life on mars]

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Admitted to doing it 10pm the night before we played Bristol City in July. Also banned earlier in the season for 3 months

And people are saying we shouldn’t have sacked him.

People are are very strange when it comes to football , they can be accepting of poor behaviours , compared to bad behaviours in other roles in life .

[UNDERHILL1927]

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It's pretty pathetic he can't stay off it long enough to play a game.

If this were a normal member of the public with drug abuse problems I think people would be more sympathetic. Just because he's a rich footballer doesn't change the fact that addiction doesn't discriminate.