The French midfielder of Juventus Turin, Paul Pogba, has been sanctioned with a four-year suspension for having tested positive for testosterone on August 20 in the Udinese-Juventus match, which confirms the request of the Italian Anti-Doping Prosecutor’s Office. (I SWIM). The footballer, world champion in 2018 with France, tested positive once more in the counter-analysis, which was carried out in September, and remained provisionally suspended while the NADO investigated the facts. Although there was speculation that the defense of Pogba, who turns 31 in March and has a contract with the Turin team until June 2026, had reached an agreement to avoid the process, the acceptance of the sentence requested by the prosecution leaves in the air the career of a footballer who returned to Italy in 2022 from Manchester United.
In the counteranalysis, the French midfielder tested positive for a new substance, called Dhea, or dehydroepiandrosterone, also known as the “hormone of youth,” local media reported. The revelation of Pogba’s use of the most commonly found steroid hormone in the human body, a classic contaminant in dozens of anti-aging and body-building products, changed the defense landscape and sparked the complaint over a tainted supplement. On September 11, Pogba’s positive test for testosterone was confirmed in a test carried out on August 20 in the match between the Turin team and Udinese, which the midfielder experienced from the bench. Immediately, that same day, the National Anti-Doping Tribunal decreed his suspension, attributing to him the violation of codes 2.1 and 2.1 of the Sports Rules that sanction the use and even attempted consumption of prohibited substances.
