Paul Pogba received a four-year ban for doping. A conviction commented on this Thursday by Didier Deschamps.
For having tested positive for testosterone this summer, Paul Pogba received a four-year suspension this Thursday before the Italian national anti-doping court. Having been excluded from the field since September, as a preventive measure, La Pioche therefore still has three and a half years of banning to serve. Almost the end of his career at almost 31 years old.
“ I was informed today of the decision of the Tribunale Nazionale Antidoping and I believe that the verdict is incorrectreacted the Juve player in a press release. I am sad, shocked and heartbroken that everything I have built during my professional gaming career has been taken away from me. When I am free of legal restrictions, the full story will be revealed, but I have never knowingly or deliberately taken any supplements that violate anti-doping regulations. » And to announce his intention to appeal this decision, before the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS).
“A new fight” to wage
In the wake of this announcement, Didier Deschamps did not fail to speak out too. “ I don’t imagine for a single moment that Paul had the intention, the desire, to take drugs. To know him well, I know that this is not at all in his state of mindsays the national coach. Like the sentence handed down this Thursday by the Italian Anti-Doping Court, what Paul has been going through for several months is extremely hard and I obviously cannot remain indifferent to his sentence, given everything he has achieved in the selection and the relationships we have built as a French team. »
The Bayonne technician nevertheless wants to believe in another outcome, more favorable to the 2018 world champion. Her situation saddens me and I sincerely hope that she can get better. In any case, I want to believe it. There are the facts and what the two samples taken reveal. The presence of the illicit hormone is indisputable. The problem is there and Paul will have to lead a new fight to defend himself, before the Court of Arbitration for Sport and convince the judges that he did not knowingly take prohibited products. »
