Paul Pogba was 'tricked' into taking the banned substance which saw him slapped with a four-year ban for doping, a former France team-mate has sensationally claimed.
Pogba was sanctioned last month, having failed a drugs test in August by testing positive for testosterone.
His lawyers claimed he had accidentally taken the substance that caused the positive test, DHEA, and he has vowed to appeal.
The 30-year-old was 'heartbroken' and Adrien Rabiot has revealed how his team-mates at Juventus are 'devastated'.
But it is the allegation that Pogba was 'tricked', made by Rio Mavuba, which is most incendiary.