Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger told The Telegraph that doping is rife in football. He also he said in an interview with L’Equipe Sport and Style that he’s never ordered his players to take performance-enhancing drugs.
“I try to be faithful to the values that I find important in life and to transmit them to others,” said Wenger.
“In 30 years of my coaching career, I never got one of my players injected to be more efficient. I never gave them a product that can improve performance. It is about pride. I’ve played against a lot of teams that were not in this state of mind.”
Wenger than warned about the dangers of PEDs and about how they could be severely under-mining the integrity of the game.
“Today, we will glorify he who runs 10.1 seconds and not the one who runs in 10.2 seconds. But they all run very fast anyway,” Wenger added.
“This is very dangerous in sport. It is happening in an era where we glorify whoever wins; whatever the method and means.
“Then we realise 10 years after that the guy cheated. During that time the one who was second – he suffered and is not recognized.”
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