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West Ham United have been charged with a breach of anti-doping rules, the Football Association have announced.

West Ham are alleged to have “failed to ensure its ‘club whereabouts’ information was accurate on three occasions within 12 months,” according to an FA statement. The club have until 27 February to respond.

In a statement, West Ham insisted the investigation does not involve an offence by a player. A spokesman said: “The breach relates to administrative oversights on the FA’s whereabouts system, for example a player’s address had been registered and the house number digits transposed, and the club will be responding to the FA in due course.

“We would like to make it clear that the breach is a club administrative matter and does not concern any of our players.”