The landing is violent for Paul Pogba. After the second opinion requested by the French midfielder from Juventus Turin and which only confirmed the presence of testosterone in the samples taken in August, the French international risks a four-year suspension, which can be reduced to two years if non-intentionality is demonstrated. It could even be limited to a few months if the use of the substance took place “outside competition and is not linked to their level of performance”.
While waiting to know in what sauce the Pioche will be eaten, Juventus, which does not exclude terminate the Frenchman’s contract, he is dismissed by his club, which now only pays him an annual salary of 42,500 euros gross, or around 3,500 euros per month. Remuneration light years away from the eight million euros net per year that he received until then in Piedmont and which made him the best paid player in the Turin squad.
Allegri speaks of a “player different from all the others”
Despite this, his coach Massimiliano Allegri had tender words for him on Saturday, on the sidelines of the Bianconeri’s victory (2-0) in the derby against Torino. “Football loses an extraordinary player who was different from all the others. On a human level, this displeases me a lot, because I am close to the boy. This saddens us all, we hope the best for him, because on a psychological level it must not be easy,” said the Italian.