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Juventus midfielder Paul Pogba is facing a four-year ban for testing positive for testosterone.
Italy’s anti-doping council informed Pogba on Thursday that he would be suspended for four years after testing positive in September. A few weeks after his A pattern tested positive, his B pattern also tested positive for testosterone.
According to multiple reports, Pogba is expected to appeal the decision. The BBC reported that “it is understood that Pogba believes that if he took a banned substance, he did so inadvertently. “
Pogba has not played football since testing positive and the four-year ban officially dates back to the date of his positive test. The length of the suspension could well spell the end of the 30-year-old’s career at the highest levels. of football. Unless he manages to serve the ban, Pogba will be 34 when he can return.
Pogba has been one of the most outstanding players in the world and is better known for his tantalizing outlook than anything else. The French player joined Manchester United’s academy in 2009 and made his first-team debut in the 2011-12 season.
He was sold to Juventus before the following season and played for the Italian giants in the 2015–16 season. Manchester United then brought him back to the club in the summer of 2016 for a world-record payout of more than $100 million.
Pogba’s second spell at Manchester United has been tumultuous. He scored just 29 goals in 154 appearances and the club let his contract expire at the end of the 2021-22 season as it was clear Pogba was looking to return to Italy. He joined Juventus in July 2022, but two weeks later injured his knee and missed the 2022 World Cup. He made only 8 appearances in his second spell with Juventus.