“What is certain is that he never wanted to break a rule,” says his lawyer

Rafaela Pimenta assures: “Paul Pogba never wanted to break a rule“. The French international from Juventus Turin is provisionally suspended after a positive testosterone test on August 20, following the match between Udine and Juventus, for the first day of the Italian Championship , during which he did not come into play.

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“While waiting for the counter-analyses, we cannot have an opinion on the results. What is certain is that Paul Pogba never wanted to break a rule“, reacted this Monday evening the footballer’s lawyer, Rafaela Pimenta, to the sports management of Radio France.

In a press release, Monday September 11, the Italian Anti-Doping Agency (Nado) indicates that “The National Anti-Doping Tribunal informs that in accordance with the recommendation of the National Anti-Doping Prosecutor, it has pronounced the provisional suspension of Paul Labile Pogba“. The sanction was pronounced for “violation of Articles 2.1 and 2.2 for the presence of the following prohibited substances: testosterone metabolites“. If the second opinion of his B sample confirms the presence of testosterone metabolites, the midfielder is liable to a four-year suspension.

Paul Pogba, 30, has had a nightmarish 2022-23 season on and off the pitch; Often injured, the 2018 world champion was only able to play a handful of competitive matches, notably depriving him of the 2022 World Cup in Qatar. He was also the victim of an organized extortion attempt in which one of his brothers, Mathias, was notably involved.