Who is Paul Pogba and why has his football life come to an end?

Paul Pogba's suspension from football due to doping added further to the troubles the star football player has been experiencing recently. The thirty-year-old football player, who has been among the fastest-rising and fastest-falling names in the football world in the last decade, was dealt the final blow by the banned substance, and his football life, for which he was temporarily suspended for now, has come to an end.

Paul Pogba introduced himself to world football in Istanbul. While France became champions in the FIFA U20 World Cup hosted by Turkey in 2013, Pogba also shined by being chosen as the most valuable player of the tournament. In the tournament hosted by seven different cities, France also played the final match in Ali Sami Yen, where they played the group matches, and after the championship, the cup went to the hands of team captain Pogba.

Paul Labile Pogba (born 15 March 1993) is a French professional footballer who plays for Serie A club Juventus and the France national team. A versatile player, he operates primarily as a central midfielder, but can be deployed as a left winger, attacking midfielder, defensive midfielder and deep-lying playmaker.

After his successful first term at Juventus, he went to Manchester United for a record transfer fee of 105 million euros, scoring 39 goals and recording 51 assists in 233 matches. His second term in the Torino team was full of nightmares for the star football player. This process resulted in injuries, blackmail and eventually doping. He missed forty-three matches last season due to different injuries such as meniscus, thigh, groin, and muscle, and only appeared in the starting eleven in one match.

Last month, the football player got into trouble with his brother. Mathias Pogba shared threatening videos containing various allegations about his brother on social media. Paul Pogba filed a criminal complaint against his brother. He added to his bad luck when he failed the doping test for the match he did not play.

He was thinking of quitting

His words in the interview he gave to Al Jazeera, published hours before he was found to be doping, were what made things even more dramatic for him: "From time to time, I think 'I don't want to play football anymore, I don't want money. They should love me for who I am'."

Normally four years, less if unintentional

The banned substance "non-endogenous testosterone metabolites" was found in Pogba's body. Experts emphasized that the use of testosterone is not a common doping tool in football and said, "It is a banned substance that is generally encountered in sports that require muscle development, such as bodybuilding and weightlifting. Maybe it was not taken deliberately. It is not possible to know this at the moment. After the B sample was opened and the defense was made." "Then we will be able to find out what happened," he said.

Experts stated that the normal penalty is 4 years, but it can be lower if it is proven that there was no intention. "The athlete must also prove that there was no intention. Since it is football, the trial period is much faster than normal. However, if he argues that he was involved in another way, analysis is required and this takes time." he commented.

Juventus may terminate

The situation of Paul Pogba, who was found to have a banned substance in his body after the Udinese match on August 20 while playing for Juventus, prompted his club to take action. The Torino team discussed the situation of the football player, whose contract is valid until 2026. It has been reported that the termination of the contract of the player, who was suspended from football as a precaution by the Italian Anti-Doping Board, is on the agenda. It was stated that the prominent opinion among the black and white team was to wait for the B sample, and if the result of the second test is the same, the termination of the contract is expected to be put into effect.