MOSCOW, October 6 Doping test B of the Turin football player » Juventus and the French national team Paul Pogba tested positive for the presence of a prohibited drug, reports La Gazzetta dello Sport.
The autopsy of sample B took place on Thursday, October 5, in a laboratory in Rome. The sample tested positive for testosterone. The midfielder faces a ban of two to four years.
Pogba was suspended from football in September after it was revealed he had failed a doping test. Testosterone metabolites were found in a sample taken from the 30-year-old Frenchman on August 20 after the first round match of the Italian Championship with Udinese.
Pogba managed to play two matches in Serie A this season. The French midfielder returned to » Juventus in the summer of 2022. His agreement with the team expires in June 2026. Previously, Pogba played for the Turin club from 2012 to 2016 and became the champion of Italy four times with the Bianconeri.
Pogba is the 2018 world champion with the French national team.