The Italian Anti-Doping Prosecutor's Office (NADO) has today requested that a four-year suspension be imposed on Juventus Turin's French midfielder Paul Pogba, who tested positive for testosterone after the Udinese-Juve match on August 20.
The footballer, world champion in 2018 with his country's national team, tested positive again in the counter-analysis, which was carried out in September and remained provisionally suspended while the NADO investigated the facts.
Although there was speculation that Pogba's defense had reached an agreement to avoid the process, the Prosecutor's request makes it clear that the former Manchester United player, who returned to Juventus in 2022, will have to go to trial and be fined. long term could prematurely end his sporting career
According to several Italian media, in the counteranalysis, the French midfielder tested positive for a new substance, called Dhea, or dehydroepiandrosterone, also known as the "youth hormone."
The revelation of Pogba's use, 30, of the most commonly found steroid hormone in the human body, a classic contaminant in dozens of anti-aging and body-building products, has changed the defense landscape and prompted a lawsuit by a contaminated supplement, they explain.
On September 11, Pogba's positive test for testosterone was confirmed in a test carried out on August 20 in the match between the Turin team and Udinese, which the midfielder experienced from the bench.
Immediately, that same day, the National Anti-Doping Court decreed his suspension, attributing him to the violation of codes 2.1 and 2.1 of the Sports Rules that sanction the use and even attempted consumption of prohibited substances.
