Brentford midfielder Alan Judge warned over doping breach

Brentford midfielder Alan Judge has been warned over his future conduct after being found to have breached the FA's anti-doping regulations.

Judge suffers from asthma and was charged after the presence of salbutamol (gained via an asthma inhaler), above the WADA permitted threshold, was found in his system.

The 27-year-old, who denied the charge, has been issued with a reprimand and will be target tested for the next two years. 

However, the sanction set by the FA Regulatory Commission confirmed Judge had shown "No Significant Fault or Negligence". 

A Brentford statement read: "Alan Judge has been found by The FA to have committed an anti-doping violation related to his therapeutic use of an asthma inhaler and issued with a warning.

"Alan has suffered from exercise-induced asthma since he was a child and was given permission to use the inhaler.

"Following a match last August, Alan's levels of salbutamol from his inhaler use were found to be slightly above the threshold, however in mitigation, he provided a full explanation of the circumstances surrounding this.

"The FA found the case proven due to the level of salbutamol but acknowledged Alan's strong arguments in mitigation by issuing a decision which confirmed that he demonstrated "No Significant Fault or Negligence".

"The club will not be making any further comment."

Judge is currently recovering from the broken leg he suffered in April and last week posted a video on his official Twitter page showing that he was able to walk without crutches.