With Paul Pogba currently suspended from all footballing activity after failing a drug test, his agent has provided the latest news on the 2018 FIFA World Cup winner.
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The 30-year-old midfielder has not played for Juventus since September following a positive doping test dating back to the Italian club's opening Serie A match of the 2023/24 campaign.
Pogba was found to have a steroid called DHEA in his system after the Bianconeri took on Udinese in August, a game the former Manchester United did not make it off the bench for.
According to Football Italia, he is at risk of being handed a significant multi-year ban from the sport, having also failed a second drug test as part of a counter-analysis in October.
This week, his agent Rafaela Pimenta said she and her team are currently putting together an appeal, and insisted she is hopeful things can be turned around.
"We're working on (an appeal) but, being a lawyer, I'm the first to believe that if something needs to be discussed on a legal level, it needs to stay there," she told The Guardian.
"But I always have hope."
Pimenta, who assumed responsibility of looking after Pogba's career following the death of Mino Raiola in 2022, also discussed her personal relationship with the midfielder.
"I will always be there for Paul. He's a part of my life and I'm grateful for the way he treated me and always gave us respect. He's a great person that has evolved so much, because I met him as a kid," she added.
"He's a father now, with three kids. So, he changed so much and he will grow more. What I like about Paul is that whenever something negative happens, he does his best to find a lesson in it."
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Pogba returned to the Old Lady as a free agent last year, but has since made only 12 appearances for Juve due to a number of injuries.
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