Ex-Manchester United midfielder Pogba was provisionally suspended for an anti-doping offence; if found guilty of doping, a suspension of up to four years could be handed out to Pogba; Frenchman rejoined Juve from United last summer and has made eight Serie A appearances so far
Paul Pogba will fight to clear his name, Sky Sports News understands, after the counter-analysis B sample also returned a positive result for a prohibited substance.
The 30-year-old now has to prove his innocence to avoid a lengthy ban from football – and he intends to have everything he has taken rigorously tested to find how it got into his body.
It has now emerged that DHEA was the substance discovered in both samples, which helps the body produce other hormones, such as testosterone.
After the initial positive result in September and a provisional suspension from playing, Pogba’s agent Rafaela Pimenta insisted: “Paul never wanted to break the rules.”
And Pogba has no intention of simply accepting the finding, with the player now expected to request a hearing with an independent tribunal.
