Juventus midfielder Paul Pogba has been banned from football for four years due to a doping violation. The former Manchester United player was provisionally suspended in September after a drug test revealed elevated testosterone levels in his system.
Paul Pogba was randomly tested following Juventus’ first match of the season
France international Pogba, 30, was randomly tested following Juventus’ first match of the season on August 20.
Pogba will appeal the decision of Italy’s national anti-doping tribunal (Nado).
Nado confirmed the failed drug test in a second sample in October, and the anti-doping prosecutor’s office sought a four-year suspension.
Pogba will be unable to play until 2027, when he will be 33 years old
The ruling means Pogba will be unable to play until 2027, when he will be 33 years old, with the ban dating back to the failed test.
Pogba believes that if he did consume a prohibited substance, he did so unintentionally.
At the time of his initial suspension, Pogba’s agent, Rafaela Pimenta, stated: “What is certain is that Paul Pogba never wanted to break a rule.”
Testosterone is a hormone that increases an athlete’s endurance.
Nado stated that Pogba had broken the rules when prohibited non-endogenous testosterone metabolites were discovered in the test, and that the results were “consistent with the exogenous origin of the target compounds.”.