The Football organization will conduct almost 5000 drug tests next season,double the number it carried out in the 2015-16 campaign, at a cost of almost £2million, and the Daily Mail reports.
The FA pays UK Anti-Doping to carry out a meaningful number of tests beyond what UKAD would do as allotment of its 'public interest testing'.
Neither the FA nor UKAD would confirm the cost of these additional tests but it is understood that UKAD's average price for a urine test is £400,with blood and biological passport tests costing closer to £500. Almost half of these costs are associated with the collection and transport of the samples, so the unit cost can be reduced in team sports if multiple samples are collected at the same time. It is understood the FA also pays UKAD for a comprehensive drug awareness education program.
Source: tert.am