French international from Juventus Turin Paul Pogba, who tested positive for testosterone in August 2023, was sentenced to four years of suspension by the Italian anti-doping court.
The 30-year-old midfielder tested positive in August 2023, during the match between Udinese and Juventus, counting for the first day of Serie A, in which he did not participate. Pogba was provisionally suspended on September 11, before the second opinion he had requested confirmed the presence of testosterone metabolites.
Doubts about the rest of his career
To explain this positive anti-doping test, the entourage of “La Pioche” had indicated that the testosterone metabolites would come from a food supplement prescribed by a doctor, whom the player consulted in the United States.
Pogba will appeal to the Court of Arbitration for Sport and claims to have never knowingly or deliberately taken doping products. But more than ever, a big doubt hangs over the continuation of his career, knowing that Juventus, with whom he is linked until the summer of 2026, can now terminate their contract, due to this suspension.