Mamadou Sakho was blossoming at Liverpool before being found guilty of failing a doping test. The Frenchman was later found to have not breached any doping laws, but his relationship with Jurgen Klopp never recovered. The defender has shared his thoughts on the fall-out.
The signing of Mamadou Sakho by Liverpool was seen as a serious sign of intent by Brendan Rodgers at the time, as the £18 million acquisition of the Frenchman was a club record for a central defender at the time. As a 14-time France international, and captain of PSG , there was much optimism that the defender would be a key part of the club for many years, and help bring the first Premier League title to Anfield. However, after an up-and-down spell at Liverpool, which included a drugs ban in 2016, Sakho was eventually sent to the under-23s as his Liverpool career came to a dramatic end.
Now playing for Georgian outfit Torpedo Kutaisi – and with an interesting side-hustle away from football – the defender has opened up on his Anfield exit. Sakho's Liverpool Departure At the beginning of Jurgen Klopp's Liverpool tenure, things were looking bright for Sakho. Numerous great performances, particularly in Europe, had helped the Reds to the Europa League final, with Sakho even scoring a crucial goal during a famous comeback victory over Borussia Dortmund .
However, in April 2016, just weeks before the Europa League final, Sakho was hit with a doping ban after a drug test revealed traces of a fat-burning substan.
