Paul Pogba, the French midfielder for Juve, tested positive for testosterone in August 2023, and suspended since September 11, has just received a four-year suspension. The maximum sentence.
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“ We received the court notification this morning “, a source within Juventus told AFP, saying “ take note » of the court decision. The latter followed the prosecution’s requisitions against the 30-year-old midfielder, world champion in 2018 with the Blues, the maximum penalty according to the World Anti-Doping Code.
Pogba, 30, tested positive in August 2023, during the match between Udinese and Juventus, counting for the first day of the Italian Championship, in which he did not participate.
The midfielder, whose 2022-23 season was disrupted by injuries and extra-sporting problems, was provisionally suspended on September 11, before the second opinion he had requested confirmed less than one month later the presence of testosterone metabolites.
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To explain this positive doping control, those around “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.
Testosterone, the hormone of fertility and male sexuality, promotes muscle development.
The French international will appeal his four-year suspension for doping according to his entourage. “ Of course he will appeal “, told AFP a relative of the 2018 world champion, who tested positive for testosterone in August 2023 and suspended by the Italian anti-doping court.
Pogba will be 31 years old on March 15, and 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 the contract, due to this suspension , in particular to save on salary.
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