2023-09-11 20:10:52
Juventus Turin French international Paul Pogba has been provisionally suspended after testing positive for testosterone, the Italian Anti-Doping Agency (Nado) said on Monday (September 11).
According to the Italian press, Paul Pogba was checked on August 20 after the match between Udine and Juventus, counting for the first day of the Italian Championship, during which he did not come into play. If the counter -expertise of his B sample confirms the presence of testosterone metabolites, he is liable to a four-year suspension.
Paul Pogba tested positive for doping, traces of testosterone found https://t.co/p7Vn3cgU8m
— Corriere della Sera (@Corriere) September 11, 2023
World champion in 2018 with the Blues in Russia and returned to Turin during the summer of 2022, the French international experienced a nightmarish 2022-2023 season, punctuated by a knee injury which made him mark the 2022 World Cup organized at Qatar. Threatened with extortion by a gang, he also found himself at the heart of a racketeering affair involving his own brother, Mathias.
A return to competition on August 27
Paul Pogba, 30, made his return to competition on August 27 during his team’s draw at home against Bologna (1-1) in the Italian championship. “Of course, I’m happy to have returned to the field, to be able to do again what I love above all else in the world, to feel good physically and to be able to help the team”he declared to the DAZN platform after the match.
The Frenchman came on as a substitute the following weekend during the match against Empoli, counting for the 3rd day, but finished the match diminished due to pain in his right thigh. The examinations proved reassuring.
Shortly before the announcement of his positive test, Paul Pogba assured that he had the « rage » et “the desire to play” this season, believing that his extra-sporting problems had made him ” stronger “in an interview broadcast by Al Jazeera.
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