The end of Paul Pogba's career turns into a fiasco.
For several seasons, the Frenchman has been going through an ordeal, culminating in his four-year suspension, pronounced Thursday by the Italian anti-doping court after a positive test for testosterone.
His coach at Juventus, Massimiliano Allegri, gave him his support at a press conference on Saturday.
“From a human point of view, this saddens me a lot, and especially from a footballing point of view, football is losing an extraordinary player,” regretted the Italian coach.
I had the chance to work with him, to coach him, players like him, it's really difficult to find.
Paul is a fantastic boy.
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Pogba will appeal
The Turin coach, however, did not comment on the sanction handed down by the Italian anti-doping court.
He recalled that the procedure was still ongoing.
Paul Pogba has already announced his wish to appeal to the Court of Arbitration for Sport.
Testing positive for testosterone during a match against Udinese in August, the 30-year-old midfielder (he will be 31 on March 15) denies having “knowingly or deliberately” taken this product.
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The French international (91 caps, 11 goals) also received the support of Didier Deschamps, the coach of the Blues, this Thursday: “I do not imagine for a single moment that Paul had the intention, the desire to take drugs .
To know him well, I know that this is not at all in his state of mind.
Now there are the facts and what the two samples taken reveal.
The presence of the illicit hormone is indisputable.
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