This Thursday (29), Juventus midfielder Paul Pogba got a four-year suspension for doping by Italy’s national anti-doping tribunal.
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The midfielder was subjected to random tests after Juventus’ first game of the season on August 20 and was provisionally suspended in September after a drugs test detected high levels of testosterone in his system.
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Italy’s national anti-doping tribunal confirmed the positive test on a second sample in October, and a four-year suspension was requested by the anti-doping prosecutor’s office. Following the news that the court had accepted the request, Pogba published a statement on his Instagram account.
“I have today been informed of the Tribunale Nazionale Antidoping’s decision and believe that the verdict is incorrect. I am sad, shocked and heartbroken that everything I have built in my professional playing career has been taken away from me”, wrote Pogba.
“When I am free of legal restrictions, the full story will become clear,” he said, adding that he would appeal to the Court of Arbitration for Sport. With the suspension, Pogba will not be able to play until 2027, when he will be 34, and the ban is retroactive to the date of the failed test.