Mamadou Sakho facing YEAR ban after failing drug test against Manchester United, but will Liverpool be expelled from the Europa League?

Liverpool's French defender, Mamadou Sakho, is facing a 12-month ban for failing a drugs test last month. The Anfield club have confirmed that the French international is under UEFA investigation for breaking doping regulations following Liverpool’s Europa League victory over Manchester United last month.

Traces of a banned fat-burning substance are believed to have been detected in his sample.

Anfield chiefs – including boss Jurgen Klopp – decided to leave Sakho out of Saturday's 2-2 draw with Newcastle until the UEFA investigation is concluded after analysis of a “B” sample on Tuesday.

But Sakho, 26, faces a ban of up to two years if found guilty of any offence – although similar offences have been punished with between six and 12-month penalties.
A ban that could eventually that rule him out of France’s squad for the Euro 2016 as well as Klopp’s Red side.

In September 2013, FIFA sent out a warning to players, alerting them to the dangers of taking fat burners.
Sakho joined Liverpool the same month in an £18million deal from French principality Paris Saint-Germain.

Would the Reds get booted out of the Europa League? That is very unlikely as the rule states that at least two players have to fail the test on the same night before UEFA can implement such.

Liverpool will face ­Villarreal in the first leg of the semi-final on Thursday night.