Papu Gomez, ban served: ready to return to action with Padova | OneFootball

Good news for Papu Gomez, who has officially served his 2-year ban for doping. The Argentine is currently under contract with Padova, with whom he signed in the summer, and can now finally return to the football fields. The former Atalanta player was suspended when he was with Monza, although the test dated back to his time in Spain, at Sevilla.

Padova, Papu Gomez's suspension is over: he can finally debut in Serie B

Our football can finally admire a player who, in recent years, has made many fans of this sport, and many fantasy football managers, fall in love. Alejandro ‘Papu’ Gomez has served the doping ban that kept him away from football for two years. After his brief stint at Monza, which ended quickly due to the suspension, the class of '88 signed with Padova this summer, a newly promoted club in Serie B, with a very ambitious project.

The day before yesterday, the second division club presented the Argentine, who stated that his goal is to return to Serie A. Despite advancing age, his ambitions remain very high. He has trained with Padova all summer despite the suspension, but his presence in the next league match against Juve Stabia is still in doubt. The former Sevilla player has, in fact, suffered a muscle discomfort and does not know if he will be available for coach Androletti for the match against the Vespe.

These were his words at the presentation conference with the new jersey: “The first months of the suspension were the hardest, I didn't know what to do, I didn't know if I should continue playing. I looked at the suspension and two years is a very long time, I didn't know what to do but slowly I turned the anger into a desire to play again.” He then concluded: “I felt alone in some circumstances despite having my family, many people disappeared, when you're a champion everyone is there, in difficult times it's not always like that. Now I try to see more of the positive side of things.”

Francesco Landi

This article was translated into English by Artificial Intelligence. You can read the original version in 🇮🇹 here.