“Completely misinterpreted” – Vuskovic on HSV doctor accusations | OneFootball

Yesterday, Wednesday, new reports regarding Mario Vuskovic’s doping ban caused a stir. Vuskovic has now spoken out himself.

Among other things, the joint investigation by NDR and BR claimed that the Croatian suspected the Hamburg team doctors, led by Prof. Dr. Götz Weltsch, of injecting him with EPO, which ultimately led to the doping case and the associated ban. “The claim that I suspected the HSV team doctors is simply not true. The quoted email is taken out of context and completely misinterpreted—whether intentionally or unintentionally, I really don’t know,” he explained to Bild.

“In the same email, it even explicitly states that I believed the team doctors,” Vuskovic reaffirmed his position. In that explosive email, the central defender contacted a Norwegian doping expert who was supposed to help him prove his innocence. The now 24-year-old did suggest the possibility that the HSV medical team could have been responsible for the EPO in his body, as he had received intravenous vitamin injections for months.

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The HSV doctors immediately rejected the allegations. Even before the associated four-part podcast was published, they had submitted a sworn statement denying any wrongdoing and at the same time threatened legal action. Vuskovic, on the other hand, made it clear that “immediately after the doping allegations were made against me, I, together with my lawyers, looked into all possible causes for such a test result.”

“I even had myself medically examined in the hospital because I thought I was seriously ill, as I have never used banned substances in my entire life. After all, this was and is about my career, my great passion, my whole life,” he explained. Accordingly, the lawyers “checked all medical treatments in detail from the period before the doping test.” However, there were no indications or suspicions of the use of EPO in the course of medical treatments.

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“In addition, several independent scientists have confirmed that the sample in question was negative, which further supports everything I have said from the very beginning,” Vuskovic continued. His ban will last until November 2026, before he is allowed to return to the field. According to NDR, a much earlier comeback would have been possible if the older brother of the currently outstanding Luka Vuskovic at HSV had cooperated with NADA.

Instead, he continued to assert his innocence. According to the report, this was also due to a possible deal with the club, whereby the injections administered by the doctors would no longer play a role, and Vuskovic would receive a new contract after the ban expired. “The ongoing support for Mario Vuskovic is based on the serious doubts about the validity of the doping finding,” emphasized HSV, which will likely have to deal with the issue even more intensively in the near future.

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