Pogback! After almost two years without playing due to an 18 -month suspension for doping, which ended in March, Paul Pogba is back. After having terminated his contract with Juventus Turin at the end of last year, the 32 -year -old French international signed up for AS Monaco for the next two seasons, until June 2027.
Guest in front of the media this Thursday for his first press conference since his arrival on the rock, Paul Pogba was notably questioned about a potential return to the French team. It must be said that the former Mancunian has not hid his desire for several months to regain his place in the tricolor selection and to compete in the 2026 World Cup.
“I had Deschamps on the phone, he said to me: 'It's good, you signed in Monaco, you come back when you want' … no I laugh “, First dropped Pogba, smiling, before responding more seriously.
Pogba: “There are places to win, but you have to deserve them”
“” It is the wish of any French football player to play in the French team. But there are steps, today I am in step 1: come back and be efficient. There are places to win, but they have to be deserved because there is a very, very large group, a beautiful team “, Enlied the” Pioche “, which has not worn the Blues jersey since March 29, 2022 against South Africa (5-0).
To report one day the jersey struck the rooster, Pogba knows that it will go through good performances with ASM. But there are necessarily questions about his physical state and his ability to regain his best level. Hope to be ready to find the competition from the first day of the championship, the weekend of August 15 against Le Havre.
“I have no specific date (concerning his return, note), but I hope to be there for Le Havre, he said.
It would be a joy. My body will tell me. He has taken a hit in recent years. I will be back when it is ready. I am ready, but I must not be too in a hurry. If it was up to me, I would be on the field tomorrow. »»
