What if this time it was the end for Paul Pogba?
The Frenchman received the required sentence in the case of his positive test for testosterone, on the sidelines of a match between Juventus and Udinese last August in which he did not participate.
At the beginning of December, the prosecution requested a 4-year suspension against him, which was therefore validated, as confirmed by AFP.
“The prosecution never believed the defense version according to which the ingestion of the substance was accidental,” explains the Italian daily La Repubblica, which was one of the first Italian media to relay the information. this Thursday.
An essential point for Pogba's lawyers, who had refused a plea bargain.
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The French international (91 caps, 11 goals) and 2018 world champion, who will celebrate his 31st birthday on March 15, played two ends of the match in September with Juve after an almost blank 2022-23 season (only 10 matches and 161 minutes on the pitch), marked by injuries and by the incredible extra-sporting affair in which he was involved.
He was suspended as a precautionary measure by his club following his positive test and has not played a single minute since September 3.
If this verdict is a hard blow, it does not (yet) mark the end for Paul Pogba, who can still appeal to the Court of Arbitration for Sport.