The CAS “saved” Paul Pogba and reduced to 18 months the four-year suspension for doping imposed on the French player since last February. The Juventus player was not supposed to play football again before 2028, but this new turning point changes everything. Pogba will be able to train with the Italian team from January 2025 and could play again from March. The original fine was also canceled.
own Paul Pogba He published on his social networks a photograph with his boots and an hourglass, assuming that his return to football is only a matter of time after the news announced from England on the afternoon of this Friday, October 4 .
SO, Pogba He will be able to play football again this season with Juventus. He will resume training in January and his official return to the playing fields will take place in March. He could also play again with the France team from that month. In his publication on the networks, one of the first responses he received was that of Kylian Mbappé: “Oh, sir.”
Pogba’s sanction reduced
Paul Pogbaone of the most popular footballers in Europe for years and current player of Juventus Turin, was sanctioned last February with four years of disqualification for having tested positive for testosterone during the test carried out after the match of his team in front of him. Udinese on August 20, 2023, a duel corresponding to the first day of the Italian championship.
Pogba, a World Cup winner with France in 2018, did not play a single minute in that Serie A duel but tested positive after undergoing a post-match drug test, usually carried out random manner. He Italian Anti-Doping Tribunal He passed sentence and gave the now 31-year-old French footballer a severe punishment with which he would practically no longer be able to play football, at least at a high level. Until 2027 (since the offense took place in 2023), he could not be a professional footballer.
But all that changed this Friday thanks to the CAS, which reduced this severe sanction to just 18 months. So Pogba will be able to feel like a professional player again. Football fans will be able to enjoy the Frenchman’s talent this season when titles are on the line.
