Pogba suspended, risks 4-year ban for ‘failing drug test’
Paul Pogba, the Juventus star and France international, has been provisionally suspended from playing football due to an alleged anti-doping offence.
The suspension was handed down by Italy’s national anti-doping tribunal on Monday after Pogba returned a test with elevated levels of testosterone following Juventus’ 3-0 victory over Udinese on August 20.
Testosterone is a hormone that increases the endurance of athletes.
The tribunal said Pogba had violated anti-doping rules when they found the prohibited substance “non-endogenous testosterone metabolites”.
It added that the results were “consistent with the exogenous origin of the target compounds”.
“Juventus Football Club announces that today, 11 September, 2023, the footballer Paul Labile Pogba received a precautionary suspension order from the National Anti-Doping Tribunal following the results of tests carried out on 20 August, 2023,” the player’s Italian club wrote in a statement.
“The club reserves the right to consider the next procedural steps.”
The former Manchester United player has three days to produce a counter-analysis of the result to tribunal.
Pogba could face a ban of between two and four years if found guilty of doping.
The France international rejoined Juventus on a free transfer after a turbulent time at Manchester United. His return has been marred by various injuries and off-field incidences.
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