Paul Pogba faces four-year ban for failing drug test

<p>Juventus midfielder, Paul Pogba, is facing a ban of up to four years after testing positive for testosterone.</p>, <p>Pogba only returned to the Serie A side from Manchester United in July 2022.</p>, <p>However, the move has not gone as planned, as he has also struggled with injuries.</p>, <p>In the latest development, Pogba is reported to have tested positive after a league fixture against Udinese on August 20, a game in which he did not play.</p>, <p>Pogba has now been suspended by Italy’s national anti-doping tribunal on an initial precautionary basis and has three days to request a B sample.</p>, <p>The maximum suspension in such cases is four years, which includes an initial two-year ban, which can be doubled if it is proven that the substance was taken deliberately.</p>, <p>The most recent similar case in Serie A saw Atalanta’s Jose Luis Palomino banned and then absolved after having missed four months, when a positive test for the steroid clostebol was overturned by the B sample.</p>