I cannot recall ever hearing about a soccer player getting in trouble for PED's. Why is that? Is the testing or punishment such that they don't risk it? Or is it the other way? Turn a blind eye and count the money? Perhaps it is in the news and I just miss it. I follow football, but not nearly the level some of yall do. Anyway, whats the deal with football and PED's?

Oh there has been some

Pogba and maradona come to mind

Mudryk with Chelsea is currently in trouble I believe

Josep Guardiola when he was still playing (cleared in Italy where they are famously immune to improper influences in official proceedings because, despite links to people in the European PED scene, apparently Pep's body just normally produces high levels of a PED.)

I think it's widely accepted that majoirty uses them in one form or another, but the testing intentionally lacks rigor. They are seen as an asset to the popularity of the sport and not considered cheating with the same veracity as it is in the US.

I mean, Messi took HGH regularly as a teenager...