dhe is a french national football player Pablo Pogba He could be facing the end of his career after a positive anti-doping test. The 30-year-old Juventus midfielder was suspended for four years by the responsible sports court on Thursday. Pogba tested positive for testosterone in August after a Serie A match between Juve and Udinese Calcio. Sample B confirmed the result. Pogba's team said they would “of course” challenge the verdict.

Pogba has been temporarily suspended since the beginning of September. The professional footballer also admitted that he had taken a dietary supplement whose package insert mentioned performance-enhancing substances. The Italian anti-doping court followed the prosecutor's request regarding punishment. In an initial reaction, Juventus said it had “taken note” of the decision.

Pogba won the 2018 World Cup

“The Frenchman's adventure with the Bianconeri ends, perhaps even his career,” wrote Gazzetta dello Sport shortly after the verdict was announced. The former €105 million man, 2018 World Cup champion, seems to have hit rock bottom.

For Pogba, a global player with 61 million followers on Instagram, the decline continues. In the World Cup in Russia he impressed as a dynamic and technical driver, and in the final (4-2 against Croatia) he set the course with the objective of making it 3-1. Two years earlier he was looking for a record figure of more than 100 million. Turin He moved to Manchester United. In the end, he did not live up to the high hopes of him in England.

The 81-time French international has returned to contract with the Italian record champion since last year, with whom he played from 2012 to 2016. In fact, since then he has only been on the pitch occasionally. They didn't use him in the game against Udine either, he just sat on the bench.