Arsene Wenger calls for blood testing in football

Arsene Wenger has said that he would like to see footballers have their blood tested for banned substances after matches.

Players are currently required to provide urine for doping tests, but the Arsenal manager believes that blood samples would help catch cheats.

Wenger told Sky Sports News: "When you have a doping control at UEFA, they do not take blood, they take only urine. I have asked many times in Geneva [for that to be changed].

"Sometimes you have to wait for two hours after the game, so blood could be a lot quicker. We could go much deeper into control.

"I would support it. UEFA is ready to do it, but it poses some ethical problems because everyone has to accept that they will check the blood and not everybody is ready to do that."

Only one player has ever tested positive for a performance-enhancing substance following a Premier League match.