It was September 11th last year when European football was shocked to hear the news that Paul Pogba faced draconian punishment and a suspension that could practically end his career due to the use of banned substances. It seems that this will indeed happen, as Italian media report that the Frenchman has been handed the maximum four-year ban from football! Turning 31 in two weeks, it’s hard to believe that a return to elite football would be possible when the sanction expires, as Pogba will already be well into his fourth decade.At 30 years old, Paul Pogba has been banned for four years for using a performance-enhancing drug.His career by numbers so far:◉ 514 games◉ 84 goals◉ 10x club trophies◉ 1x World Cup◉ 1x Nations League◎ 2013 Golden Boy◎ 2015 FIFPro World 11◎ 2018 World Cup Young… pic.twitter.com/xxbKa7EesG— Squawka (@Squawka) February 29, 2024 After such news, the first and foremost impression is that a potentially brilliant career has been squandered. Since 2018, when he was one of the key players in France’s journey to the World Cup throne, it seemed that he was on the right path of becoming a football legend by the time he finishes his career. However, despite having good seasons at Old Trafford, he proved to be a failure for Manchester United. Upon his return to Juventus, where he previously enjoyed success, a meniscus injury limited him during the 2022/23 season, and now, it seems, a doping test at the beginning of the current season has ended his career. It turned out he tested positive for synthetic testosterone.If this goes through – Pogba is done and gonePogba testing the entire house in order to avoid banPaul Pogba underwent doping testing on August 20th, 2023, after the first round of Serie A and the away game against Udinese. It was a match where the former Manchester United signing, worth 105 million euros, found himself on the bench. In the meantime, Pogba came off the bench against Bologna and Empoli in the second and third rounds, and the 28 minutes at the Carlo Castellani stadium might be remembered as the last in the professional career of once one of the greatest talents on the planet. Meanwhile, Europe was rocked by a doping scandal, and Pogba was sidelined from the first team and reduced to a minimum wage of 2,000 euros. If there were any assumptions that he might receive a lighter sentence of two years, they were dismissed by the anti-doping prosecutor’s request. Even with a lesser penalty, a potential return to the field was questioned, and it currently seems like an impossible mission.##NAJAVA_MECA_7910239##
