Premier football ace tests positive for cocaine as Channel 4 plans to name and shame dozens of players who have used drugs

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A top Premier League footballer who tested positive for cocaine is set to be named tonight in a Channel 4 investigation into drug use among soccer stars.

The player, who will be exposed in the channel's Dispatches, completed a ‘multi-million-pound’ transfer without the buying club knowing he had tested positive for cocaine.

The sportsman is among dozens of English professional footballers who will be named and shamed for failing out-of-competition drug tests that have never been made public by the FA.

The FA will wait to see the programme before responding but last night Wembley officials were understood to be disappointed because they consider their testing to be more extensive than in any other sport in the country.