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9th July 2016
04:25pm BST

The alleged use of a banned fat-burner also cost him his place in France's Euro 2016 squad. Manager Didier Deschamps was forced to plan for the tournament without Sakho, in spite of key injuries to fellow defenders Raphael Varane and Jeremy Mathieu.
By the time the Anfield man's provisional 30-day suspension had ended, Deschamps felt it was unfair on the players he had picked in Sakho's absence to reinstall him to the squad. As he explained at the time:
"Seriously [bring back Sakho]? No. Or I have no respect for the players I selected. When I decided [on the squad] there was no evidence that the outcome would be positive, even if it needed confirmation."Now that Uefa have formally dropped all charges against the player and admitted that he did nothing wrong - the substance found in the defender's system was not on WADA’s banned list - Sakho is reportedly considering legal action. It won't bring back the last two months of the 26-year-old's career, but it would at least force Uefa to reconsider their current procedures.

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