He could always blame his doctor and then hire that same doctor to be his team doctor when he goes into management.Whoops. That will be the SerieA sample then, presumably they will be checking the SerieB sample but that's not looking too good. Karma really can be a bitch can't it. It's a shame for him, thinking back all those years ago when I thought he was going to be a real world beater, but all the injuries, issues off the pitch and now this will overshadow the fact that he could, on his day, be pretty good at football. I'm guessing the temptation to get over the injuries and get back on the pitch with the Euros coming was too much (assuming the B sample is positive).
Maybe he can go for the Pep defence (1 in 1000 chance of error, so can't be sure).
So tragic.Ugh that MG finish. Was also the first game of the season, can’t believe how it ended.
Every single player who has ever been tested positive has been tested negative earlier in their careers. There’s always a first time. I don’t follow your logic.I refuse to believe this story. He has been randomly tested before at United and not been found with any subtances, why would he risk doping now?
I dont believe this, someone has set him up.
If this turns out to be true, I would presume it's something he started recently to try to recover from the injuries.I refuse to believe this story. He has been randomly tested before at United and not been found with any subtances, why would he risk doping now?
I dont believe this, someone has set him up.
Agreed. I genuinely feel he could have been one of the greatest midfielders of all time.Could have been a great in the game. Feels like a wasted career but then you remember he has won some incredible trophies along the way. Just never hit the heights he could have.
Zidane like ability, minus the mentality, application and attitude is how I think of him.Agreed. I genuinely feel he could have been one of the greatest midfielders of all time.
Pretty much. Genius level talent, but flawed.Zidane like ability, minus the mentality, application and attitude is how I think of him.
Spot onZidane like ability, minus the mentality, application and attitude is how I think of him.
Thats not how is works. You can escape doping with other substances, eventually things catch up or you slip up. Or maybe he started after he came to Juventus. He never recovered from injuries and felt that he was on his level so decided to dope. Thats also plausibleI refuse to believe this story. He has been randomly tested before at United and not been found with any subtances, why would he risk doping now?
I dont believe this, someone has set him up.
If he was still at united I’d be questioning why he’s playing in a Juve game Vs Udinese, the useless feckTranslation of the tweet...
PAUL #POGBA FOUND POSITIVE FOR TESTOSTERONE AFTER #UDINESEJUVENTUS LAST 20 AUGUST+++ #SerieA
haha imagine if he was still in a United shirt
Pogba was tested multiple times at United. There's even a video in which he's pulled right after the game and he's annoyed by it and says something along the lines of "again?!" - the likelihood of him doping whilst he was here is pretty slim, so it would be best not to speculate or throw aspersions about it.Thats not how is works. You can escape doping with other substances, eventually things catch up or you slip up. Or maybe he started after he came to Juventus. He never recovered from injuries and felt that he was on his level so decided to dope. Thats also plausible
He had another bad injury, it's used for recovery.I refuse to believe this story. He has been randomly tested before at United and not been found with any subtances, why would he risk doping now?
I dont believe this, someone has set him up.
Dont get me wrong, he had all the tools to be a fantastic player and I agree something missing that stopped that, but he definately didnt have the levels of abklity of Zidane, not even close.Zidane like ability, minus the mentality, application and attitude is how I think of him.
Thats not how is works. You can escape doping with other substances, eventually things catch up or you slip up. Or maybe he started after he came to Juventus. He never recovered from injuries and felt that he was on his level so decided to dope. Thats also plausible
Im saying based on his history there is no indication he would deliberately cheat.He had another bad injury, it's used for recovery.
EDIT: and before you say he's had bad injuries before, they mount up and get harder to recover from the older you get, he's no spring chicken anymore.
I remember when he fell out with Jose reading an old Conte quote from during his time at Juve saying Pogba needed to take more defensive responsibility and to stop switching off during games. Exactly the same thing Jose was trying to get out of him. He had the physique to be the second coming of Yaya Toure as a box to box. Even someone less silky and playing further forward like Lampard worked back way way harder for the team than him and put up much bigger numbers. He was prepared to play the simple fast pass to keep the play moving. Pogba couldn’t reliably run a game as a 6 and couldn’t or wouldn’t bother to get up and down like an 8. He wanted or needed a free role to pull off the odd bit of nice skill. If only he had the desire to refine his game he could have been a beast.Dont get me wrong, he had all the tools to be a fantastic player and I agree something missing that stopped that, but he definately didnt have the levels of abklity of Zidane, not even close.
One aspect I havent noticd anybody mention I wonder if had an affect on his career is Raiola as his agent? I do wonder if the arrogance, self belief and almost feeling of priveliged to be one of the best in the world, which despite his talent and a couple of his trophies.......he never was....was this fuelled by Raiolo partly? I mean we have read about wht he ssaid with Pogba during his time here and it was pretty toxic, arrogant and deluded.
People saying "oh what could have been", with this recent episode, go back to when he left us first time round and the initial plaudits he got in Serie A.
I was excited when we resigned him, got a bit carried away on the fanfare of his early promise here and how good people said he was at Juventus.......but I watched him maybe 10-15 times for Juventus in his first spell and maybe I watched the wrogn games, but he never consistently seemed great there to me.
Think in terms of performance he has been one of the most over rated players ever.I even though his infamous world cup he was maassively over hyped, was very good, but certainly not brilliant or an amazing leader after a couple of huddles.
Glad he finally left here, should have been sold long before he walked for nothing. Cost us a fortune in wages and fees, he was talented, but ZIdane abilities, never for me