“Football loses an extraordinary player,” laments Allegri after Pogba’s positive test

2023-10-07 21:37:57

Juventus coach, Max Allegri speaks to the press after the French international tested positive for testosterone.

«Football loses an extraordinary player», Judged Juventus Turin coach Massimiliano Allegri on Saturday, the day after the confirmation of Paul Pogba’s positive doping test. “On a human level, this displeases me a lot, because I am close to the boy“, declared Allegri after his team’s victory in the Turin derby against Torino (2-0). “Football loses an extraordinary player who was different from all the others», continued the Italian technician while the Italian anti-doping authorities will now begin investigating the Pogba case.

The 2018 world champion, who tested positive for testosterone, on the sidelines of the match on the first day of the Italian Championship in which he did not participate, is liable to a four-year suspension, which can be reduced to two years. if non-intentionality is demonstrated. To explain the presence of testosterone metabolites in his samples, Pogba should cite the use of a food supplement prescribed by an American doctor. “Let’s wait for the sanctionunderlined Allegri. This saddens us all, we hope the best for him, because on a psychological level it must not be easy for him».

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Juve’s biggest salary

Since the announcement of his positive doping test on September 11, Pogba, 30, has no longer had access to the Juve training center. Returning to Turin in July 2022 after six seasons at Manchester United, Pogba was with eight million euros per year the highest salary in the Piedmont squad. The club has stopped paying him this salary provided for in his contract which expires in 2026. It will now pay him the minimum salary provided for by the collective agreement for Italian professional players which is 42,500 euros per year.