2023-09-13 00:32:44
His reaction was expected. Twenty-four hours after the announcement of Paul Pogba’s positive test for testosterone during the match on the first day of Serie A between Udinese and Juventus Turin, the national coach spoke about the situation of his 2018 world champion after the friendly match lost by the Blues in Germany (2-1) this Tuesday evening. “I’m very surprised, I don’t have the information, there are so many things falling on him that it’s difficult,” Didier Deschamps first said at the microphone of TF1. If he has already spoken with his midfielder, “DD” explained that he wanted to speak to him in more detail “in the coming days”.
Does he think that Paul Pogba could have doped voluntarily? “I can’t imagine that he knowingly took doping products,” he replies. I remember discussions with him about covid and vaccines… But the substance is there. Afterwards, knowing the why and how I don’t think he himself knows. It’s hard for him, I’ve always supported him. This new negative fact is one more for him. »
Provisionally suspended, according to the Italian anti-doping agency, Paul Pogba cannot train. He risks a maximum suspension of four years, if non-intentionality is not proven. The 91-cap international has not appeared for the national team since March 2022 and a friendly match against South Africa in Lille.
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