Ajax jump to warm up with Onana's shirt, suspended for a year for doping

The teammates of André Onana, Ajax goalkeeper who tested positive on October 30 for taking a drug containing furosemide, have wanted to pay tribute to him in these difficult moments for him, after knowing five days ago his penalty of one year without playing. The members of the Dutch squad They have worn jerseys with their name in the Cup quarter-final preview against PSV.

According to Ajax, the goalkeeper on the morning of October 30, 2020 was generally unwell and wanted to take medication to relieve the discomfort. Unknowingly, Onana took a tablet of Lasimac, a medication that had been prescribed for his wife. This medicine contained the aforementioned furosemide, a diuretic, which was detected a posteriori in the goalkeeper's urine sample after an out-of-competition doping control.

The player issued a statement minutes after the sanction was known. “I want to clarify that everything has been the result of a human error when confusing a drug that contained a substance prohibited by the WADA with a simple aspirin. This drug was prescribed to my girlfriend, and, by mistake, I confused it with a drug for the cold because the wrappers were almost identical, which I greatly regret “. Ajax and Onana will resort to TAS.