Spanish footballers were subjected to doping practices says the former president of Real Sociedad Inaki Badiola, who was president of the La Liga club between 2008 and 2009, told the Spanish news website AS.com that the board of directors had struck off two doctors when they discovered payments for what were banned substances at the time. Badiola said: "In 2008 our board publicly denounced the doctors Eduardo Escobar and Antxon Gorrotxategi because in the six seasons before us (with Jose Luis Astiazaran president between 2001-05, Miguel Fuentes between 2005-07, and Juan Larzabal between 2007-8) they gave payments for medicines or products which, at the time, were classified as doping." Instead the investigation focused on the medical staff. We have not gone against the players and we do not know if all were subjected to such practices. No names were mentioned - our investigation was directed against the physicians. I think in football doping may not be as necessary as, for example, in cycling. Spanish doctor Eufemiano Fuentes is currently on trial accused of involvement in the widespread doping of professional cyclists. Fuentes has offered to name the footballers, cyclists, athletes and boxers he had worked with but the judge in the case has refused to insist that he do so.