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Danny Cadamarteri is believed to have pitched up at Oldham on trial.

Danny Cadamarteri is believed to have pitched up at Oldham on trial as he bids to get his career back on track following a six-month ban.

The former Everton striker, 27, was handed a half-year ban after testing positive for Ephedrine (a common decongestant but banned as a stimulant) in mid-March following a game, ironically, against Oldham.

It had looked as though he had done enough during a trial at Barnsley to earn a permanent stay at Oakwell, only for Andy Ritchie to be sacked and the move scuppered.

Cadamarteri remains determined to put his exile behind him and impress once more, at any club willing to give him a second chance in football.

"There will be managers out there thinking: 'It's drugs, so is he a bad egg?'" Cadamarteri told the Guardian.

"But I won't walk away. I've gone from being a kid who made a bang in the Premier League to someone looking for another chance.

"Once I sign for someone, they'll benefit from the backlash and a lot of clubs will be on the end of it. I will prove myself again."