Manchester City broke the Football Association's anti-doping rules three times in less than five months in 2017.
Nandrolone is an anabolic steroid which increases the growth of certain tissues in the body and has been shown to improve the oxygen-carrying ability of blood by increasing haemoglobin and the size of red blood cells.
In the summer of 2001, Pep Guardiola left Barcelona with numerous trophies and an abysmal disciplinary record to ply his trade with Brescia in Serie A.
A few months into his stay in Italy, the Spaniard tested positive for the steroid nandrolone
Guardiola and Barcelona have strong links to people who have been implicated in doping activities.
Guardiola’s doctor at Brescia, Ramon Segura, worked as the head doctor for FC Barcelona during Pep’s reign at the club. In addition, Segura was also treating Frank DeBoer in 2001 and 2002 when the Dutchman was caught doping with the same banned substance.
I have no doubt that doping happens in football We'd be very naive to believe that football, the sport with the most to gain in terms of succeeding, is the only sport that is clean, just look at cycling and tennis.
City deliberately failed to update the FA with information regarding players' whereabouts, thereby undermining the process of random drug sampling. As for City's official excuse why players missed their tests, does any body actually believe that a club as micromanaged as City had no idea of the whereabouts of their players.
City are well known for financial doping and it would not surprise me in the slightest if Pep's team will become known for their illegal medical doping too.
Now one would expect City supporters to defend Pep of course but you can not deny the reality of historical events. As for those United supporters who think this is just rawk style fantasy, you lot really need to stop being so naive.