France midfielder Paul Pogba, who is also playing in Italy, has been suspended after testing positive for testosterone, Italy’s national anti-doping (NADO Italia) tribunal said.Â
“In acceptance of the instance proposed by the National Anti-doping Prosecutor, it has provided for the provisional suspension of the athlete Paul Labile Pogba,” NADO Italia said in a statement.
According to the tribunal, they found the prohibited substance “non-endogenous testosterone metabolites”, adding that the results were “consistent with the exogenous origin of the target compounds”.
The investigation is still going on and If found guilty of doping, Pogba could be suspended for between two and four years.
The France star has been plagued with injuries since his return to Juventus.
He barely played last season due to knee and hamstring injuries as well as knee surgery which prevented him from playing for France at the World Cup in Qatar.
Apart from injury troubles, Pogba said last year he was the target of extortion attempts and threats from an organized gang, with his brother Mathias placed under formal investigation.
Paul told the Paris prosecution office that he had been the target of extortion by childhood friends since March 2022 and had paid 100,000 euros ($107,450) to that group in the spring.
