Testing positive for the doping substance DHEA during a Serie A match with Juventus and suspended for four years last February, Paul Pogba saw his sanction reduced from four years to 18 months. A reduction confirmed by the Court of Arbitration for Sport, while the midfielder will be able to return to training with the Bianconeri in January 2025 and his return to the field would then be for March 2025. For the first time, the French international has talked about his future.
In an interview given to The Teamwhere he assures that he “didn’t do anything so why should they give me four years?”Paul Pogba will therefore return to the field next March and assures that it is a second chance, a second wind for his career, at 31 years old. “I’m in a club, I was just thinking about coming back already and getting out of this situation”added La Pioche, while the Italian press assured that Juventus wanted to part ways with its heavy contract to make more room for young people in Thiago Motta’s project.
Paul Pogba open to a return to Ligue 1
Asked about his future and in particular the OM rumor, which quickly gained momentum, the 2018 World Champion assures that he is “still under contract so it’s not credible (…) I’m in a club, I was just thinking about coming back and getting out of this situation”. While ensuring that he is open to a future in Ligue 1: “We don’t know what tomorrow will bring. I don’t have to say no.”he added, before mentioning the France team.
While remaining cautious, explaining that his objective is above all to get back in shape, after a suspension which has lasted since last February. “It’s just that, getting back on the pitch. There are players in the French team. It’s not because Paul Pogba who won the World Cup will come back that the others will sit down.finished Paul Pogba, ensuring that Didier Deschamps had always supported him. The bianconero midfielder still has a few months to return to form.
