Paul Pogba ambaye atatimiza umri wa miaka 31 mwezi Machi mwaka huu amefungiwa kutojihusisha na soka kwa miaka minne kutokana na matumizi ya dawa za kusisimua misuli. Mpaka adhabu yake iishe atakuwa ametimiza umri wa miaka 35, umri ambao wachezaji wengi wanatundika daluga.
Mchezaji huyo mwenye umri wa miaka 30 alipimwa na kukutwa na testosterone baada ya mechi ya kwanza ya Juventus msimu huu dhidi ya Udinese, na alipewa adhabu yake kali na ofisi ya mwendesha mashitaka wa kupambana na dawa za kusisimua misuli nchini Italia siku ya Alhamisi
Mawakili wa Pogba walikuwa wamekataa ombi lao na walitarajia mteja wao apewe adhabu nyepesi baada ya kudai kuwa alikula kimakosa kitu kilichosababisha kipimo hicho.
Hata hivyo, upande wa mashtaka haukuamini utetezi wa Pogba, na sasa amepewa marufuku ambayo inaweza kukatisha kazi yake.
Pogba atafikisha umri wa miaka 31 mwezi ujao, kumaanisha kuwa hataweza kurejea uwanjani hadi atakapofikisha miaka 35 hivi.
Former Manchester United midfielder Paul Pogba has reportedly been handed a four-year ban from football after failing a drugs test last August.
The 30-year-old tested positive for testosterone after Juventus's first game of the season against Udinese, and was given his hefty punishment by an anti-doping prosecutor's office in Italy on Thursday, as reported by La Repubblica.
Pogba's lawyers had rejected a plea deal and hoped to get their client a lighter sentence after claiming that he had accidentally ingested the substance that caused the positive test.
However, the prosecution did not believe Pogba's defence, and he has now been given a ban that could potentially end his career.
Pogba will turn 31 next month, meaning he would not be able to return to the pitch until he is almost 35.