Former Manchester United midfielder, Paul Pogba has reportedly been handed a four-year ban from football after his failure to scale though a drugs test last August.
It was gathered that the 30-year-old tested positive for testosterone after Juventus’s first game of the season against Udinese and was given a major punishment by an anti-doping prosecutor’s office in Italy on Thursday 29 February 2024.Â
Meanwhile, Pogba’s lawyers had rejected a plea deal and hoped to get their client a lighter sentence after claiming that he had accidentally ingested the substance that caused the positive test.
The prosecution did not believe Pogba’s defence, and he has now been given a ban that could potentially end his career.
The French footballer who will clock 31 next month, is likely not going to be able to return to the pitch until he is almost 35.Â
Pogba, who was once the most expensive footballer in the world, returned to Old Trafford in 2016 after coming through the club’s academy before thriving at Juventus, with United paying the Italian giants £89m for his services.
He won the World Cup with France two years later, netting a goal in the final against Croatia, but struggled to hit the same heights at United.
Pogba left the 13-time Premier League champions on a free transfer for the second time in 2022 to go back to Juventus as he aimed to revive his career.
