Juventus's France midfielder Paul
Pogba said Thursday he would appeal against a potentially
career-ending four-year ban for taking testosterone, saying he
had "never taken anything".
The National Anti-doping Tribunal (TNA) handed down the ban on
the Frenchman, who turns 31 next month, after he tested positive
for "testosterone not of endogenous origin" regarding a sample
he gave after Juve's opening game of the Serie A season away at
Udinese.
"I was informed today of the decision of the National
Anti-Doping Tribunal and I believe that the verdict is wrong",
he said via social media.
"I am sad, shocked and heartbroken because everything I have
built in my career as a professional player has been taken away
from me," the iormer Man Utd player added on Instagram, "and
when I am free from legal restrictions the whole story will
become clear, but I have never knowingly or deliberately taken
any supplement that violates anti-doping rules."
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