Cagliari insist Daniel Maldini did not fail drug test

PARMA, ITALY - AUGUST 22: Daniel Maldini of Cagliari Calcio competes for the ball with Enrico Delprato of Parma Calcio 1913 during the Serie A match between Parma Calcio and Cagliari Calcio at Stadio Ennio Tardini on August 22, 2026 in Parma, Italy. (Photo by Luca Amedeo Bizzarri/Getty Images)

Cagliari deny that Daniel Maldini failed a drug test after a car accident on Sunday morning: ‘All tests carried out returned negative results.’

Serie A side Cagliari say that toxicology tests undergone by their striker Maldini after a car accident on Sunday came back negative.

Official Cagliari statement on Maldini after car accident

“Cagliari Calcio announces that, following reports that emerged in the Italian media in recent hours, Daniel Maldini underwent toxicology tests. All tests carried out returned negative results,” the club said on Monday morning.

“The player will regularly join the squad this afternoon as the team resumes training ahead of their upcoming fixture.”

Maldini was involved in a car crash in Milan on Sunday morning, hours after the Serie A match between the Sardinians and Atalanta in Bergamo, in which he had scored the winner from the spot.

The 24-year-old striker had his driving licence confiscated after failing a breathalyser test. According to various sources, including Gazzetta, the Italian striker had also failed a preliminary test for drug use.

Cagliari, however, insist that checks their striker underwent after the accident returned negative.

The crash happened at Piazza Caneva in Milan at around 5:15 on Sunday morning. Maldini was driving his Porsche Carrera but reportedly failed to give way to a Volkswagen Golf.

Police and ambulances arrived at the scene, but luckily, none of the people involved reported severe injuries.