Arsène Wenger has been asked by the Football Association to explain his recent comments on doping, it is understood.
In a recent interview with L’Equipe Sport and Style, the Arsenal manager said he had never instructed one of his players to take a performance-enhancing substance but suggested he had come up against opposition who might have done so.
Doping is under the spotlight again this week after the World Anti-Doping Agency published its report, which accused Russia’s athletics federation of running a systematic doping programme and suggested the country should be banned from future events.
Many believe the exposure of Russia’s widespread doping culture could be merely the starting point for further revelations – with other sports expected to be studied in more depth.
Wenger has long been an advocate of making advances in drug testing and said it was a matter of personal pride to have never resorted to cheating, while claiming others might have done. “I try to be faithful to the values that I find important in life and to transmit them to others,” he said.