Mykhailo Mudryk has been handed a four-year ban by the FA after he tested positive for a banned substance in 2024, talkSPORT understands.The Chelsea star has since lodged an appeal over the decision, which has been referred to the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS).Mykhailo Mudryk has been banned from football for four yearsPAMudryk was provisionally suspended by the Football Association in December 2024 after a urine sample tested positive for the banned substance meldonium while on international duty with Ukraine.Following the provisional ban, the FA subsequently charged Mudryk in June last year following analysis of his B Sample.His suspension prevents him from training with Chelsea, and as a result he has since been renting non-league side Uxbridge’s facilities.Mudryk has always denied any wrongdoing, and has hired Morgan Sports Law to represent him – the same firm who represented Paul Pogba during his doping ban.A hearing for the 25-year-old’s appeal is yet to be sanctioned. where he is looking to have the ban fully overturned, or reduced in a worst-case scenario.This was the case for Pogba, whose four-year suspension was decreased to 18 months in October 2024.talkSPORT reporter Ben Jacobs discussed the latest on Mudryk live on air, after news broke of his FA ban.He said: “The parties are currently exchanging written submissions and a hearing is yet to be sanctioned.“Sources have subsequently told us at talkSPORT that the ban is four years and Mudryk is hoping, using the same lawyers actually as Paul Pogba, to either get vindicated by the Court of Arbitration for sport or at least in a worst case scenario have that ban reduced.”Jacobs also revealed that if Mudryk’s appeal resulted in a reduction, he could potentially return to football by the end of next season.Mudryk could be out of football until 2028 if his ban is not overturnedGettyHe added: “If, like Pogba, the ban was moved from four years to 18 months or two years, then because the provisional suspension that Mudryk has served counts towards that, he could in theory, if successful, find himself back in action ahead of next season.“But if he serves the full four-year ban because CAS uphold the FA decision then obviously his Chelsea future and maybe even his future in football becomes severely in doubt.”Breaking news. More follows…