Jakub Świerczok was disqualified by the Asian Football Confederation in 2022 after a prohibited substance was found in his system. The four-year disqualification applied worldwide. – I declare that I have never used any illegal doping substances – when at that time he was only suspected of using doping.
Jakub Świerczok informed in a statement after the announcement of the disqualification that the positive result of sample A was caused by the intake of a dietary supplement that was contaminated with trimetazidine, a chemical compound used in medicines for ischemic heart disease. “I have been deprived of the right to a fair trial before a competent body and I will appeal to the Court of Arbitration for Sport in Lausanne.”
Świerczok’s disqualification is over. And he can play in the Premier League again
The portal informs that Jakub Świerczok’s appeal to the Court of Arbitration for Sport in Lausanne (CAS) has had the intended effect and the disqualification no longer applies. The Polish striker can return to football and leave the Japanese Nagoya Grampus at the same time, but he receives inquiries from other clubs playing in the local league. “We entered” says that Jakub Świerczok can also return to the league, where the transfer window is open until February 22.
The Polish representative is very interested in Zagłębie Lubin, which is looking for an experienced striker who could immediately become an important figure of the team in the second part of the season. If Jakub Świerczok does not take advantage of the offer of clubs from the Japanese league, his transfer to Zagłębie is very likely. This would also mean the re-cooperation of Świerczok with Waldemar Fornalik – previously, the gentlemen worked together at Piast Gliwice in 2020-2021.
Jakub Świerczok already played for Zag³êbie Lubin in the first part of the 17/18 season, when he scored 17 goals in 25 games and left in January 2018 for PLN 850,000. euro to Ludogorets Razgrad. Previously, he played for clubs such as Polonia Bytom, FC Kaiserslautern, Zawisza Bydgoszcz, Górnik Łęczna and GKS Tychy. Zagłębie Lubin is in 15th place with 20 points and is only three points ahead of the relegation zone.
Source: Sport.PL
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