· 6 July 2025, 18:00
**Former fan-favourite Newcastle United winger Allan Saint-Maximin is in the headlines for all the wrong reasons as the 28-year-old accuses his former club of doping.**
The Frenchman left Newcastle to head to the Saudi Pro League in 2023 for around £25 million, much to the dismay of many Newcastle fans.
While Saint-Maximin is still an Al-Ahli player, he spent last season in Turkey on loan at Fenerbahce, playing under Jose Mourinho.
We knew from the start that it wouldn't be a good idea as Mourinho wouldn't be about putting up with Saint-Maximin's crap, and unsurprisingly, the pair clashed a few times throughout the last campaign.
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Allan Saint-Maximin says Fenerbache 'tried to dope' him
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However, Maxi saved the big bombshell for after he'd left the Turkish side, stating that he believed the Fenerbahce doctors tried to make him take a banned substance.
Talking on the Zack Nani podcast, Saint-Maximin revealed how there were too many negative factors around Fenerbahce that prevented them from being Champions before claiming he was told to take banned substances.
> “The reason Fenerbahce could not become champions was that the club was surrounded by factors other than football. At one point, they even tried to dope me. People do not know these things.
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> “You cannot talk about these things openly because they threaten you. If you do, they say 'we will do this and that to you'. Sometimes you find yourself in matters that go beyond football."
Allan Saint-Maximin has caused quite the storm
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The quotes have since gone viral, forcing Saint-Maximin to try and [clarify matters on X.](https://x.com/asaintmaximin/status/1941214123095671203)
> “I see that things are going all over the place on X, so I'm going to clarify what I said. I was talking about those people around the club who are ready for anything.
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> “In my case, when I was sick, they practically gave me a treatment that’s considered a doping product. I don’t know for what purpose this team of doctors did that."
Fenerbache have vehemently denied Saint-Maximin's claims that they are 'doping' their players.