The Saudi Football Federation said in a statement that, after studying the latest developments in the 28-year-old winger’s case, “As a precautionary measurethe technical director (the Frenchman Hervé Renard) has decided to exclude the player from the list that will participate in the 2022 World Cup in Qatar.
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Likewise, said that instead of Al Muwallad, Nawaf al Abed, 32, has been summoned and also a player for the same club as his excluded teammate, the Saudi Al Shabab Club.
To the Muwallad tested positive in February for furosemide, a diuretic used to reduce fluid retention and to avoid detection of anabolic steroids.s, something for which he was suspended for a year and a half by the Saudi federation.
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However, the extreme he aimed to be included in the list until now, since a reduction of the sanction was being studied.
Saudi Arabia will play the soccer World Cup for the sixth time in its history and will face rivals like Argentina in the group stage.
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