Manchester United and England defender Rio Ferdinand.
Rio Ferdinand
Thursday, 23 October 2003.
The FA will today continue its evaluation of all information gathered concerning Rio Ferdinand's failure to comply with a drugs test...
In the interests of all parties concerned and football in general, The FA will proceed through all of the facts with due diligence before making any decision as to what further steps within the process may be.
Therefore, we will not be setting any deadlines as to when The FA will make any announcement concerning their decision on reviewing the evidence.
We have no plans to make any further comment until this stage of the process is concluded.