Argentine striker Papu Gomez attributed his failure in a doping test to a cough syrup his son was drinking, after his Italian football team Monza announced that it would ban the World Cup-winning player for two years.
The club said in a statement on Friday that the International Football Association (FIFA) suspended the player after the substance terbutaline, which helps treat respiratory crises, was found in his sample.
But Gomez said on Instagram yesterday, Sunday, "I have never used steroids and had no intention of even using them."
He said that the presence of terbutaline in his body came as a result of him receiving a dose "by mistake and without intention or intention of my child's cough syrup."
He added that "the use of terbutaline for medication is permissible for professional athletes" and that it "does not improve performance in any way in football."
It was found that Gomez (35 years old) took the banned substance terbutaline during a sample conducted on him in October 2022 when he was a player for Spanish club Sevilla.
Gomez is the only player who won the World Cup with the Argentine national team in the Qatar World Cup late last year, and he was not called up to the team again this year.
Source: Agencies
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