Wenger calls for tougher drugs testing

Arsene Wenger is surprised by the lack of positive
drugs tests in football and wants improved testing.

Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger called for the introduction of
blood tests to stop players doping.

The Frenchman had claimed he had seen "many" teams use
performance-enhancing substances throughout his career.
Wenger said he was unhappy with the current level of testing,
expressing surprise at the lack of positive tests.

"I'm not satisfied with the level of testing because I believe
blood tests should be done," he told beIN Sports.

"If you want to go into a bit more sophistication you have to do
blood checks.

"Urine checks are superficial and not deep enough to say
absolutely sure that we have no doping problem in football.

"I think no and I wish no but on the other hand, can you have
740 football players at a World Cup and come out with zero alert
on any doping? It’s a little bit surprising.

"I hope it is true but I think to be completely sure about it, you
want to go into deeper tests."

Wenger said players should be heavily punished for doping,
calling for an immediate contract termination for those who test
positive.

"Look, you have to come to the facts," he said.

"There are two reasons why a player is doped. First, on personal
initiative. That means he hides to his club that he doped
because he’s scared to lose his place, because he wants to
impress, because he has an individual or personal reason to
enhance his performance.

"Or it is organised by the club to dope some players and
enhance the performances because they are not ready or not
good enough or because they have a special competition.

"In most cases, I think, you have to make the player feel
responsible for the club as well.

"That means, he cannot be only punished if he’s guilty of having
doped because it’s too difficult to prove that it’s a club initiative
or a personal initiative so the clubs have to be responsible for
the doping of the players individually as well and tell them
before the season starts, 'Look, for any doping control, your
contract is completely finished because the club suffers the
consequences.'"