Official | Paul Pogba’s doping ban reduced from 4 years to 18 months

The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) have officially announced today their decision to reduce Paul Pogba’s (31) ban from football from 4 years to 18 months after a successful appeal from the Juventus and former Manchester United midfielder.

CAS explained they had “based [their] decision on the evidence and legal arguments made that Mr Pogba’s ingestion of DHEA, the substance for which he tested positive, was not intentional and was the result of erroneously taking a supplement prescribed to him by a medical doctor in Florida.”

The former World Cup winner will be allowed to return to training in January 2025 and will be allowed to play in competitive games from March of the same year. However, it appears as if Pogba will not continue with his current club Juventus with it being reported that he and Juventus are in negotiations over a contract termination.

It’s not yet certain where Pogba will ply his trade, however, there have been links to the MLS. The midfielder would be joining a growing cohort of his former international teammates from the 2018 World Cup-winning squad, with Hugo Lloris (37) and Olivier Giroud (38) already in the United States.

GFFN | Nick Hartland