4. Mark Bosnich
After leaving Aston Villa things went downhill pretty quickly for Bozzie. In 2002 he failed a drugs test at Chelsea and was subsequently sacked by the club. He spent the following years in rehab for cocaine addiction before returning briefly to play again in his native Australian.
3. Jaap Stam
Staam left Man United for Lazio in 2001, but no sooner had he arrived in Italy had he found himself on the sidelines. Nandrolone was found in his bloodstream and he was slapped with a four-month ban as a result.
2. Adrian Mutu
The Romanian was tipped for big things upon his arrival at Stamford Bridge in 2003, but things took a down turn not long after and he was sacked for testing positive for cocaine. Sacked, he rebuilt his career at Fiorentina but was ordered to pay £17m to Chelsea – a fee that is still yet to be resolved.
1. Diego Maradona
He had already endured a 15-month ban in 1987 for testing positive for Cocaine, but he was caught out again, more iconically, at the World Cup in 1994, when he was lead from the pitch midway through a group game and sent home to face the music.
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