The Dutch Association of Professional Footballers (VVCS) has condemned the 12-month ban given to Ajax goalkeeper Andre Onana as “disproportionate” and “incomprehensible”.
The 24-year-old was banned by UEFA for one year after failing an out-of-competition doping test in October. The test found the banned substance Furosemide in his urine sample.
Onana says he took the substance accidentally, as it had been prescribed to his wife and he thought it was aspirin. Ajax will appeal the ban, which also prevents Onana from training with the club, at the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS).