Could this be the end of Paul Pogba 's football career?

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Paul Pogba rejoined Juventus on a four-year deal after his Manchester United contract expired in 2022.

The 30-year-old French midfielder won Serie A four times with the Italian giants before a then-world-record £89m transfer to United in 2016.

Since his return to Juventus, he has only played seven games, making only one start. In the current season, he has played a combined total of 51 minutes as a substitute against Bologna and Empoli.

On Monday, the 2018 FIFA World Cup winner was provisionally suspended from playing after a drug test found elevated levels of testosterone in his system. Italy’s national anti-doping tribunal (Nado) confirmed the development.

The test was conducted after Juventus’ 3-0 win at Udinese on August 20, 2023.

If found guilty of doping, he could face a ban of between two and four years. However, Pogba has three days to produce a counter-analysis of the result to Nado.

Juventus yesterday also confirmed in a statement that “Pogba received a precautionary suspension order from the National Anti-Doping Tribunal following the results of tests carried out on August 20, 2023. The club reserves the right to consider the next procedural steps.”

Mutakila Mukunsa September 12, 2023

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Mutakila Mukunsa is a budding journalist from Zambia with background in print, radio, and television. He started his career at the Zambia Daily Mail newspaper, where he was an intern on the sports desk. He currently works as a reporter for BolaNews and specializes in writing sports articles with a niche in football features.