Athletic Bilbao’s Álvarez Blames Hair Loss Medicine For Provisional Doping Suspension

Athletic Bilbao’s Yeray Álvarez has been provisionally suspended owed to a grounded doping trial aft a Europa League crippled against Manchester United, pinch nan defender saying he unintentionally ingested a banned constituent successful medicine utilized to dainty hairsbreadth loss.

Álvarez said he had tested affirmative aft Bilbao’s 3-0 location conclusion successful nan semi-finals of UEFA’s second-tier nine title successful May. The Spanish broadside besides mislaid nan return limb 4-1.

The 30-year-old centre backmost was diagnosed pinch testicular crab successful 2016 and said he had been taking nan medicine arsenic portion of his curen for alopecia.

“After studying nan case, we person established that I tested affirmative because I unintentionally took a hairsbreadth nonaccomplishment prevention medicine containing a banned substance,” Álvarez said successful a societal media post connected Thursday.

“The disciplinary process is presently nether investigation and taxable to confidentiality, truthful I americium provisionally suspended and americium not authorised to make immoderate further nationalist statements.

“I would for illustration to opportunity to each of you that I very overmuch regret this business but, pinch nan support of nan club, I americium moving connected my defence successful nan belief that I will beryllium capable to return to nan section of play arsenic soon arsenic possible.”

Uefa stated they would not remark connected nan lawsuit until a last disciplinary determination had been made.

Bilbao threw their afloat support down Álvarez, who came done nan club’s younker academy and has made 257 appearances successful each competitions for nan elder team.