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West Brom striker Roman Bednar is pictured brazenly buying a 420 bag of COCAINE and CANNABIS from a drug dealer. | News | News Of The World
A PREMIER League soccer star is caught preparing for his club's relegation battle . . . by scoring a £420 bag of COCAINE and CANNABIS from a drug dealer.
West Brom striker Roman Bednar is pictured brazenly buying drugs from a peddler in a Merc outside his home only hours after playing in his side's win against Wigan last weekend.
Just three days later - as the team was in training for today's crunch clash against Liverpool - his fiancée took delivery of MORE drugs as the same men drove up to Bednar's home again.
Last night when we confronted the 26-year-old Czech international with our damning evidence he sneered: "Yeah, so?" and claimed it was for a friend. He added: "It wasn't for me."
But as the seriousness of what he had done sank in, he gulped: "I am f****d."
Our revelations will infuriate West Brom fans praying their bottom-of-the-table team avoid the drop into the Championship. And they will shock football chiefs desperate to keep drugs out of the game.
Astonishingly, £18,000-a-week goal ace Bednar set the first deal up with a text to his dealer around 7pm last Saturday AS HE LEFT the club's Hawthorns ground following his team's 3-1 victory.
Shortly after he arrived back at his £500,000 home, a Mercedes SL500 AMG coupé slowly pulled up outside.
Within minutes, the 6ft 3in tall striker - who scored 17 goals in just 22 games last season to fire West Brom into the Premier League - strolled up to the driver's window. He pulled out a wad of notes and leaned in.
The driver, who was accompanied by another man, said it was the correct amount which a source later confirmed was £420 - £400 for FIVE GRAMS of cocaine and an extra £20 for cannabis. That's a party-size amount of cocaine enough for about 70 LINES.
Bednar was given the bag of drugs. He made no attempt to hide the illegal transaction - and he didn't seem in a hurry to dash back to his house to avoid the prying eyes of neighbours.
He even chatted about going away on holiday at the end of the season. The dealer asked whether he would be wanting some more of the "same good one" in the future, pointing at the drugs. Bednar said he would be interested.
Then he sauntered back into his semi-detached home in Sutton Coldfield as his suppliers sped away.
Brazen
The dealer later told us: "Even we couldn't believe how brazen he was just walking out into the street in daylight. We would expect him to be more discreet. A lot of footballers live in the area and he is well known. We normally charge around £40 a gram of cocaine - but for Roman we charge up to £60, sometimes £80 a gram, because basically he can afford it and doesn't complain."
Then on Tuesday it was the turn of Bednar's dark-haired girlfriend Deniz Askinova to emerge from the house in a quiet surburban road and pick up another stash of drugs.
Following the same pattern as the previous deal, the pushers pulled up in the same car.
Like the soccer star lover she has dated for several years, Deniz - in her mid-20s - greeted the dealers with a friendly smile and produced £360 in a roll of notes. She handed it to the driver through the door in exchange for another bag of drugs.
Bednar is a hero and role model to fans of West Brom, nicknamed The Baggies. He signed from Scottish Premier club Hearts for £2.3 million and played a major part in Albion's promotion while also helping them reach the FA Cup semi finals.
Last night he told our reporter: "I have had three f****** drugs tests, in a year, I was clean. I am clean."
His girlfriend insisted: "Roman is not like that. I understand how someone can believe he bought it for himself. But he didn't."
It is unknown whether Bednar has ever undergone any doping tests. But his purchase from the dealers alone could lead to a lengthy ban. A source told us last night: "What he did is madness.
"He has shamed the game. There is no place for such behaviour. He has let the fans down who pay good money to watch him every week."
Later last night Bednar's agent made frantic calls to try and stop the News of the World from running the story.
Addict
Eliot Bantil, of Sport Invest, said: "You and I know the damage this can do the player's career is phenomenal. It will kill it in England. This could cost him seven figures. It is going to cost him pretty much his career."
"I am absolutely shocked that he has been stupid enough to get involved in this. He is completely screwing his life. I don't expect it from a professional footballer. I know how serious this is."
Soccer authorities - along with other sports governing bodies - have introduced new measures to clamp down on the use of illegal drugs. Players have to be available for random testing for one hour every day. In 2003 Rio Ferdinand famously missed a drugs test at Man United's training ground and was banned for eight months. Now footballers who miss three tests in 18 months without good reason may be banned for up to two years.
Cocaine can be detected in urine tests up to three days after being taken - but cases of soccer stars caught using drugs are rare.
One high profile case was former Chelsea star Adrian Mutu who was sacked after he tested positive for cocaine in the 2003-2004 season. Goalkeeper Mark Bosnich was also sacked by Chelsea in 2002 for failing a drugs test and later confessed to being a cocaine addict.
In November 1994, former Arsenal ace Paul Merson put his career on the line when he admitted being a cocaine addict.
The Football Association arranged for a rehabilitation programme and he returned to the Arsenal team in February 1995
Bednar's exposure adds to a week of shame for football with Spurs and England defender Ledley King spending a night in the cells after allegedly assaulting a nightclub doorman.
West Brom refused to comment on Bednar last night until the club has held an internal inquiry.
A PREMIER League soccer star is caught preparing for his club's relegation battle . . . by scoring a £420 bag of COCAINE and CANNABIS from a drug dealer.
West Brom striker Roman Bednar is pictured brazenly buying drugs from a peddler in a Merc outside his home only hours after playing in his side's win against Wigan last weekend.
Just three days later - as the team was in training for today's crunch clash against Liverpool - his fiancée took delivery of MORE drugs as the same men drove up to Bednar's home again.
Last night when we confronted the 26-year-old Czech international with our damning evidence he sneered: "Yeah, so?" and claimed it was for a friend. He added: "It wasn't for me."
But as the seriousness of what he had done sank in, he gulped: "I am f****d."
Our revelations will infuriate West Brom fans praying their bottom-of-the-table team avoid the drop into the Championship. And they will shock football chiefs desperate to keep drugs out of the game.
Astonishingly, £18,000-a-week goal ace Bednar set the first deal up with a text to his dealer around 7pm last Saturday AS HE LEFT the club's Hawthorns ground following his team's 3-1 victory.
Shortly after he arrived back at his £500,000 home, a Mercedes SL500 AMG coupé slowly pulled up outside.
Within minutes, the 6ft 3in tall striker - who scored 17 goals in just 22 games last season to fire West Brom into the Premier League - strolled up to the driver's window. He pulled out a wad of notes and leaned in.
The driver, who was accompanied by another man, said it was the correct amount which a source later confirmed was £420 - £400 for FIVE GRAMS of cocaine and an extra £20 for cannabis. That's a party-size amount of cocaine enough for about 70 LINES.
Bednar was given the bag of drugs. He made no attempt to hide the illegal transaction - and he didn't seem in a hurry to dash back to his house to avoid the prying eyes of neighbours.
He even chatted about going away on holiday at the end of the season. The dealer asked whether he would be wanting some more of the "same good one" in the future, pointing at the drugs. Bednar said he would be interested.
Then he sauntered back into his semi-detached home in Sutton Coldfield as his suppliers sped away.
Brazen
The dealer later told us: "Even we couldn't believe how brazen he was just walking out into the street in daylight. We would expect him to be more discreet. A lot of footballers live in the area and he is well known. We normally charge around £40 a gram of cocaine - but for Roman we charge up to £60, sometimes £80 a gram, because basically he can afford it and doesn't complain."
Then on Tuesday it was the turn of Bednar's dark-haired girlfriend Deniz Askinova to emerge from the house in a quiet surburban road and pick up another stash of drugs.
Following the same pattern as the previous deal, the pushers pulled up in the same car.
Like the soccer star lover she has dated for several years, Deniz - in her mid-20s - greeted the dealers with a friendly smile and produced £360 in a roll of notes. She handed it to the driver through the door in exchange for another bag of drugs.
Bednar is a hero and role model to fans of West Brom, nicknamed The Baggies. He signed from Scottish Premier club Hearts for £2.3 million and played a major part in Albion's promotion while also helping them reach the FA Cup semi finals.
Last night he told our reporter: "I have had three f****** drugs tests, in a year, I was clean. I am clean."
His girlfriend insisted: "Roman is not like that. I understand how someone can believe he bought it for himself. But he didn't."
It is unknown whether Bednar has ever undergone any doping tests. But his purchase from the dealers alone could lead to a lengthy ban. A source told us last night: "What he did is madness.
"He has shamed the game. There is no place for such behaviour. He has let the fans down who pay good money to watch him every week."
Later last night Bednar's agent made frantic calls to try and stop the News of the World from running the story.
Addict
Eliot Bantil, of Sport Invest, said: "You and I know the damage this can do the player's career is phenomenal. It will kill it in England. This could cost him seven figures. It is going to cost him pretty much his career."
"I am absolutely shocked that he has been stupid enough to get involved in this. He is completely screwing his life. I don't expect it from a professional footballer. I know how serious this is."
Soccer authorities - along with other sports governing bodies - have introduced new measures to clamp down on the use of illegal drugs. Players have to be available for random testing for one hour every day. In 2003 Rio Ferdinand famously missed a drugs test at Man United's training ground and was banned for eight months. Now footballers who miss three tests in 18 months without good reason may be banned for up to two years.
Cocaine can be detected in urine tests up to three days after being taken - but cases of soccer stars caught using drugs are rare.
One high profile case was former Chelsea star Adrian Mutu who was sacked after he tested positive for cocaine in the 2003-2004 season. Goalkeeper Mark Bosnich was also sacked by Chelsea in 2002 for failing a drugs test and later confessed to being a cocaine addict.
In November 1994, former Arsenal ace Paul Merson put his career on the line when he admitted being a cocaine addict.
The Football Association arranged for a rehabilitation programme and he returned to the Arsenal team in February 1995
Bednar's exposure adds to a week of shame for football with Spurs and England defender Ledley King spending a night in the cells after allegedly assaulting a nightclub doorman.
West Brom refused to comment on Bednar last night until the club has held an internal inquiry.
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