Juventusโ€™ Paul Pogba handed four-year ban for doping

Juventusโ€™ Paul Pogba has been handed a four-year ban for doping and the decision has now been made.

Pogba had tested positive for testosterone after Juveโ€™s first game of the season against Udinese and was initially suspended from action. Counter-analysis was carried out and it failed to prove anything otherwise, with Pogbaโ€™s doctor friend in the United States having told the player to use a prescription which had testosterone without the Frenchmanโ€™s knowledge.

It is now official that Pogba has been banned for four years and it is a request from the anti-doping prosecutorโ€™s office, confirming that the sentence should be made official.

TuttoJuve state that this could mean that Pogbaโ€™s career can now actually end, but the sentence can still be appealed. It was initially suggested that the midfielder use the lack of intentionality in the actions as a defence and there is a chance that the appeal could yet change things.

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Kaustubh Pandey | GIFN

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