Massimiliano Allegri and Paul Pogba. (X)
Pogba was banned for 4 years by Italy’s anti-doping tribunal on Thursday after testing constructive for testosterone within the early weeks of this season, placing his enjoying profession below risk. Allegri added that he had despatched Pogba, who will enchantment the ban on the CAS a message of assist.
Juventus coach Massimiliano Allegri mentioned Saturday that Paul Pogba’s ban for doping violations means soccer has misplaced an “extraordinary” expertise.
Pogba was banned for 4 years by Italy’s anti-doping tribunal on Thursday after testing constructive for testosterone within the early weeks of this season, placing his enjoying profession below risk.
“It’s very sad both on a human level and for football, as we are losing an extraordinary player,” Allegri informed reporters forward of Juve’s Serie A match at Napoli on Sunday.
“I was lucky enough to work with him, coach him, and it’s very difficult to find players like him… He’s a fantastic guy.”
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Allegri added that he had despatched Pogba, who will enchantment the ban on the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS), a message of assist however wouldn’t speak any additional about an ongoing case.
France midfielder Pogba, a World Cup winner in 2018, barely featured for Juve since coming back from Manchester United in 2022 as a result of a spate of accidents and the doping ban.
Pogba’s representatives mentioned the testosterone got here from a meals complement prescribed by a health care provider he consulted within the United States.
If confirmed by CAS the ban would imply that Pogba will solely be capable of return to enjoying within the 2027/28 season, by which era he will probably be 34.
His constructive doping check got here as he was making an attempt to place behind him a tough first season again at Juve, by which he made simply 10 appearances, whereas additionally lacking France’s unsuccessful defence of the World Cup in Qatar as a result of damage.
He made two substitute appearances for Juventus firstly of this marketing campaign earlier than being suspended following his preliminary adversarial pattern which was confirmed as constructive in early October.
Meanwhile, an investigation is ongoing in France into an extortion try towards him in March 2022, by which Pogba’s older brother Mathias is without doubt one of the suspects together with childhood associates of the household.
Two intruders allegedly broke into Pogba’s house within the Paris suburbs and held him towards his will, demanding 13 million euros
(This story has not been edited by News18 employees and is printed from a syndicated information company feed – AFP)
