This could be a bombshell.
The Sunday Times are set to feature a story on alleged doping the Premier League.
While no details of the story have been released yet, as of Saturday evening, tweets revealing the story were enough to send Twitter into a flurry of speculation.
Jonathan Calvert, an investigative journalist, and insight editor for The Times, broke the news.
The #dopingscandal has widened to include Premier League footballers. Read more in @thesundaytimes @Arbuthnott @DavidCollinsST
— Jonathan Calvert (@JCalvertST) April 2, 2016
investigation reveals 150 sportsmen have been prescribed performance enhancing drugs (front page) #dopingscandal @Arbuthnott @JCalvertST
— David Collins (@DavidCollinsST) April 2, 2016
British sport’s dirty secret. Exclusive #dopingscandal revelations in tomorrow’s @thesundaytimes. @JCalvertST @DavidCollinsST
— George Arbuthnott (@Arbuthnott) April 2, 2016
At this stage, any doping story won’t be of too much surprise to sports fans, but this is the first time teams or players in England’s top flight have been alleged to have been involved.
We’ll keep you posted as this story develops.
*Updated.
Here’s the front page of tomorrow’s Sunday Times: