Juventus and France midfielder, Paul Pogba has been provisionally suspended from playing football due to an alleged anti-doping offence. The suspension was handed down by Italys national anti-doping tribunal on Monday after Pogba returned a test with elevated levels of testosterone following Juventus 3-0 victory over Udinese on August 20. France international Pogba, 30, was an unused substitute but was selected at random for post-match drug testing. If found guilty of doping, he could face a
ban of between two and four years. The tribunal said Pogba had violated anti-doping rules when they found the prohibited substance non-endogenous
testosterone metabolites. Juventus said in a statement: "Juventus
Football Club announces that today, 11 September 2023, the footballer Paul Labile Pogba received a precautionary suspension order from the National Anti-Doping Tribunal following the results of tests carried out on 20 August, 2023. " The
club reserves the right to consider the next procedural steps." Nado said Pogba had violated anti-doping rules when they found the prohibited substance "non-endogenous testosterone metabolites" and the results were "consistent with the exogenous origin of the target compounds. Pogba has three days to produce a counter-analysis of the result to Nado. Juventus re-signed Pogba on a four-year deal in July 2022 after the
player ran down his contract at Manchester United and left as a free agent. However, Pogba's return to Turin has been beset by persistent injury problems which also saw him miss last year's
World Cup in Qatar. Pogba has played a combined total of 51 minutes as a substitute this season in games with Bologna and Empoli. Last season he managed 108 minutes over six Serie A games, three brief appearances and one assist in the
Europa League, and 11 minutes in the Coppa Italia - a total of 162 minutes and no goals
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