Paul Pogba will leave Juventus by mutual agreement at the end of the month, after having his four-year ban for failing an anti-doping test reduced to 18 months in October.
That decision came after an appeal at the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) and meant the 31-year-old French midfielder would have been allowed to resume training with Juventus in January, having already served 13 months of the ban.
Pogba’s successful appeal at the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) meant he was eligible to make his playing return in March having already served 13 months of the original ban.
However Juventus and Pogba have agreed to cancel the remainder of the contract, which was due to run until June 2026.
A Juventus statement statement confirmed that Pogba’s contract would be officially ended on November 30 and “wished Paul all the best for his future professional future.”
Pogba was suspended from all football-related activity in February this year after testosterone was detected in a test carried out by Italy’s national anti-doping tribunal (NADO).
The central midfielder’s last competitive appearance came as a substitute in Juventus’ 1-1 draw against Empoli in September 2023.
After seeing his ban reduced on appeal, Pogba said he was “willing to give up money” to play for the club again.
“I would just like to be on the pitch, any pitch,” Pogba said after the verdict. “I am still the same player with a different hunger, more motivated and more hungry. I will appreciate the game more than before because the game has been taken away from me. I realise how important it is for me.”
The Athletic previously reported that sources close to Pogba say he wants to continue playing at the highest level, which would indicate remaining in Europe and signing for a team competing in the Champions League.
Pogba made just nine appearances for Juventus after rejoining the club from Manchester United in the summer of 2022.
The former Le Havre youth product began his senior playing career at United having joined the club’s academy as a teenager. He moved to Juventus in 2016 on a free transfer and went on to win four successive Serie A titles during a decorated first spell in Turin.
United paid a then world-record €110million (£93.2m) transfer fee in 2016 to bring him back to Old Trafford, where he won the League Cup and Europa League.
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