Paul Pogba will reportedly be allowed to train with Juventus from January after seeing his four-year drugs ban reduced to 18 months. The former Manchester United midfielder was banned from football for four years after failing a drugs test in 2023.
Pogba was provisionally suspended after a a drugs test found elevated levels of testosterone in his system. Five months later, he was hit with a four-year ban but denied any wrongdoing and pledged to challenge the ban at the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS).
According to the Daily Mail, CAS have reduced Pogba’s ban to 18 months which will allow him to return to football next year. It is said that he will be free to train in January and start playing matches in March, while his initial fine has also been set aside.
Pogba remains tied down to Juventus until 2026, having signed a four-year deal with the Italian giants upon his arrival in 2022. It was reported earlier this year that Juventus were planning to terminate his contract, but nothing came of it and he remains on their books.
The Frenchman insisted over the summer that he was ready to return to football, having been training in his own time to keep himself fit.
“Pogba isn’t finished,” he said. “Pogba is here and until you see me say that I’m finished, don’t worry. I have an incredible desire to come back, I feel like a child who wants to be professional. I train, I do everything I can to get back on the pitch.
“The latest news is I’m still a Juve player, I have the contract, but I haven’t had the opportunity to speak to the director and coach. There is silence. I think they’re waiting for the outcome of the appeal, but you have to ask them.”
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