Contacted by RMC Sport, Rafaela Pimenta, Paul Pogba’s agent reacted this Monday to his provisional suspension by the Italian anti-doping agency after a positive test for testosterone carried out at the end of August. She assures that the French community has never tried to cheat.
Rafaela Pimenta, Paul Pogba’s agent, reacted on RMC Sport to her provisional suspension by the Italian anti-doping agency after a positive test for testosterone carried out on August 20, after the Serie A match between Juventus and Udinese. She assures that the French midfielder did not want to break the regulations.
“Paul Pogba never wanted to break a rule”
“We are waiting for the counter-analyses and we cannot have an opinion before the results. What is certain is that Paul Pogba never wanted to break a rule,” argues his agent Rafaela Pimenta. Tested positive for testosterone by the Italian anti-doping agency, the Juventus player has three days to provide a second sample. If he also tests positive for testosterone, he could be suspended for a maximum of four years.
Pending these new analyses, Paul Pogba, who was back on the field after a long meniscus injury, is provisionally suspended. In three Serie A days, he played 52 minutes, coming on against Bologna then Empoli. A second match which he had finished diminished, victim of pain in the right thigh.
A particularly complicated year
“The National Anti-Doping Tribunal informs that in accordance with the recommendation of the National Anti-Doping Prosecutor, it has pronounced the provisional suspension of Paul Labile Pogba,” Nado said in a press release to AFP on Monday. The sanction was pronounced for “violation of articles 2.1 and 2.2 for the presence of the following prohibited substances: testosterone metabolites”, she added.
Paul Pogba is going through a particularly complicated year, often injured and the victim of an extortion attempt by an organized gang in which one of his brothers, Mathias, is notably involved. Shortly before the announcement of his positive test, the Frenchman assured that he had the “rage” and “the desire to play” this season, believing that his extra-sporting problems had made him “stronger”, in an interview broadcast by Al Jazeera.
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