Suspended four years for doping, the 2018 world champion saw his sentence reduced to eighteen months. He could play again in March 2025.
What if the French team finally had some good news? It’s still very distant and hypothetical, but Paul Pogba could soon be back on the pitch. The Juventus midfielder, suspended for four years for doping, saw his sentence reduced… to eighteen months by the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) this Friday. Information revealed by foreign media, which we are able to confirm. Which would mean that the 2018 world champion could train again with Juve and officially play football again in March 2025.
At 31, Paul Pogba, who appealed to the CAS after the four-year suspension from the Italian anti-doping court, following his positive test for testosterone in August 2023, sees (finally) the end of the tunnel. “I think the verdict is incorrect,” he said on his social networks after discovering his sanction. I am sad, shocked and heartbroken that everything I have built during my professional gaming career has been taken away from me. »
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Last match with the French team? March 2022
The Frenchman (91 caps, 11 goals), admitted to not having “never knowingly or deliberately took supplements that would violate anti-doping rules.” And the former Mancunian added: “As a professional athlete, I would never do anything to enhance my performance by using banned substances and I have never disrespected or misled my fellow athletes and supporters of any of the teams I played for or against. » His last match for the French team dates back to March 2022. An eternity in football. Before possibly thinking about a return to the selection, Paul Pogba must become a professional player again.
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