Details of former Man United player Paul Pogba's suspension confirmed after positive drugs test

Paul Pogba has been provisionally suspended after testing positive for a banned substance - Italy's national anti-doping (NADO Italia) tribunal has announced.

The former Manchester United midfielder - who had two spells with the Premier League giants after progressing through their famed Academy system - tested positive for elevated levels of testosterone while playing for Italian outfit Juventus in their Serie A fixture with Udinese on August 20. Juventus won that meeting 3-0.

Pogba, who played 233 games for United - scoring 39 goals and 51 assists - was an unused substitute for Juventus on that date. However, the World Cup winner did feature in follow-up matches vs Bologna and Empoli - totting up 52 minutes in two cameo appearances from the substitutes bench.

A statement from NADO read: "In acceptance of the instance proposed by the National Anti-doping Prosecutor, it has provided for the provisional suspension of the athlete Paul Labile Pogba (FIGC) for the violation of articles 2.1, 2.2 ; prohibited substance detected: Non-endogenous testosterone metabolites (The GC/c/IRMS results are consistent with the exogenous origin of the target compounds)."

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The statement followed several reports on Monday afternoon that 91-cap France international Pogba, 30, was said to have been found to have elevated levels of the hormone (testosterone) in random checks that were carried out after the Serie A opener between Juventus and Udinese.

A second test sample will now be checked before Pogba can be said to have failed the doping test. If that sample is clear, the entire test will be