Paul Pogba He is in a lot of trouble. As expected, the worst omens came true and the French midfielder tested positive for testosterone again in the counteranalysis conducted on Thursday.
This means that the footballer of Juventus Turinwho could decide to void his contract, will be sidelined once the final extent of his punishment is known after he tested positive for an anti-doping test on August 20, after a match against Udinese.
Pogba, who has since been suspended on a precautionary basis, could now be away from the playing fields for between two and four years. The 30-year-old midfielder must now wait for the verdict of the Italian Anti-Doping Court, and after this result it is also necessary to see if Juventus and the footballer will insist on a joint line of defense.
As revealed, Pogba’s positive test for testosterone was the result of taking a drug recommended to him by the footballer’s doctor friend. A supplement that, according to Gazzetta dello Sport, was bought in the United States and the football player himself did not know that consumption could cause him a positive test because in the United States the law against doping is different from Italy.
Possible scenarios
In the latest cases of positive doping results in Serie A, the defensive line is to argue that the sample was contaminated or that the player was taking a product for therapeutic purposes. In the second argument, José Luis Palomino (Atalanta defender) was acquitted by the Italian National Anti-Doping Court. The player’s defense maintained that he used a healing ointment containing Clostebol. He was acquitted, but an appeal from the Anti-Doping Prosecutor’s Office is still pending. The case is being presented to the Court of Arbitration for Sports (CAS). As for Joao Pedro (Cagliari forward), he was initially suspended for 4 years, which was increased to 4 months in 2018 considering the argument that he used a diuretic and contaminated the sample in Brazil. It was positive in 2 controls.
Source: La Verdad
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