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Liverpool fans are pissed off at reported reason why Mamadou Sakho’s suspension will be lifted

Published 16:54 28 May 2016 BST

Updated 16:56 28 May 2016 BST

Kevin Beirne
Liverpool fans are pissed off at reported reason why Mamadou Sakho’s suspension will be lifted

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When it was announced last month that Mamadou Sakho had failed a drugs test, it seemed that the Frenchman was due for a lengthy spell on the sidelines.

The Liverpool defender was given a provisional 30-day ban by Fifa after he decided not to contest the positive result, but now those 30 days have passed without further charge from the powers that be. According to French publication L'Équipe, the 26-year-old will face no ban from the situation at all. But while that sounds like good news to Liverpool fans who had feared he may miss up to two years, the French paper are claiming that Sakho will face no further suspension because the substance he was originally banned for isn't even on Fifa's list of banned substances. sakhoo2 Sakho's suspension ruled him out of the end of Liverpool's season, which included a 3-1 defeat to Sevilla in the Europa League final on May 18 - as well as being removed from FIFA 16 in the wake of the announcement. While there's no way to know if the result would have been different had the Frenchman lined out for the Reds, plenty of the Anfield faithful are still fairly ticked off that the centre-back has been punished despite seemingly doing nothing wrong. https://twitter.com/Andrew_Heaton/status/736564358172545024 https://twitter.com/LFC_NEW5/status/736547188298387458 https://twitter.com/danielstorey85/status/736559229918662657

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