LONDON — Chelsea winger Mykhailo Mudryk has been formally charged by England’s Football Association with doping violations, the governing body said Wednesday. Mudryk, who became one of Chelsea’s biggest signings when he arrived for $108 million in 2023, hasn’t played since it emerged in December that he was facing a doping investigation.

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.

Chelsea winger Mykhailo Mudryk has been charged by England's Football Association with violating anti-doping rules after failing a drugs test.Confirming the 24-year-old has been charged with the offence,