Juventus midfielder Paul Pogba has been provisionally suspended from playing after a drug test found elevated testosterone levels in his system.

Italy's national anti-doping tribunal (Nado) said Pogba was tested after Juve's 3-0 win at Udinese on 20 August. The 30-year-old France international, an unused substitute, was randomly selected for post-match drug testing. He could face a ban of two to four years if found guilty of doping.

Juventus said in a statement: "Juventus Football Club announces that today, 11 September 2023, the footballer Paul Labile Pogba received a preventive suspension order from the National Anti-Doping Tribunal following the results of tests carried out on 20 August 2023.

Pogba's agent, Rafaela Pimenta, said she was "awaiting the second sample and cannot have an opinion before the results".

 Nado said Pogba had violated anti-doping rules when it found the prohibited substance "non-endogenous testosterone metabolites," and the results were "consistent with the exogenous origin of the target compounds".

Testosterone is a hormone that increases the endurance of athletes.

Pogba has three days to produce a counter-analysis of the result to Nado.

Juventus re-signed Pogba on a four-year deal in July 2022 after the player ran down his contract at Manchester United and left as a free agent.

However, Pogba's return to Turin has been beset by persistent injury problems which also saw him miss last year's World Cup in Qatar.

Pogba has played a total of 51 minutes as a substitute this season in games with Bologna and Empoli.