Juventus star Paul Pogba has tested positive for testosterone doping with back-up samples showing traces. The France international’s future at Juventus now looks unclear as he potentially fac…
After the results, Pogba and his team immediately demanded counter-analysis to be carried out, with the results being published on Friday.
And the results showed that the midfielder's back-up samples have also tested positive for traces of testosterone.Independent Premier League panel says Liverpool star shouldn't have been sent off at SpursHowever, the 30-year-old could submit a plea bargain that could reduce that sentence to two years.
It will have to require that he admits to the alleged doping but that it was done accidentally and not voluntarily.Pogba is currently earning £8.6m-a-year in wages in Turin and has three years left on his contract. The World Cup winner had a miserable return season at Juventus last year after joining from United on a free transfer.He managed two this season after returning to fitness before Italian anti-doping chiefs issued a provisional ban, which is automatically handed out after a positive test is returned.
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