Was this player suspended for doping?
While we took that his delay in resuming training was due to “private” concerns, it is not so. Branco Van den Boomen was actually under a doping suspension.
Why such a decision ?
Absent when training resumed on June 23, the club, like the coach, had mentioned a “private” reason. In fact, as the report The Team, AFLD (Agency for the Fight against Doping), had suspended for a month the one who was voted best player in Ligue 2 last season. The player was found guilty on June 10 of an “anti-doping rule violation” after consuming prohibited substances such as Prednisone, Prednisolone and Terbulatine. These drugs are prescribed when a person has inflammation of the airways. However, his sanction ended on Sunday.
An administrative problem?
The president of Téfécé, Damien Comolliwhat explains to you the player has been controlled “between summer and autumn 2020”. Maître Bertrand, the Toulouse player’s lawyer explains the reason for this imbroglio: “The TUE (Therapeutic Use Exemption) request was not made in time. That’s all. Nothing was hidden. You have to remember that we were in the Covid period. The administrative side did not always follow. This is what happened. In fact, the Dutch suffers from a very specific form of respiratory condition. So he played while taking these drugs, while knowing that he could be inflicted a sanction of up to 2 years of suspension. The AFLD was therefore lenient with its sanction, moreover it was imposed on him during his leave period and the player been allowed to return to training a week earlier (July 4) than the scheduled date. The Batavian midfielder will therefore be able to return to the field now, perhaps tonight, in a preparation match against Pau (L2).