The French team has lost a very influential player in its group and its history.
The question has been tormenting observers since September: will Paul Pogba return to the pitch? Provisionally suspended for a positive test for testosterone, the 2018 world champion was suspended. Pogba received the maximum sentence of 4 years by the Italian anti-doping prosecution. A terrible decision for the star who now sees his future in the hands of the anti-doping court.
But whatever the outcome of this affair, the consequences will be serious for the French star. A termination of his contract at Juventus was mentioned by the Italian press. And in the selection, Didier Deschamps did not close the door, but he obviously reminded that his suspension would be a brake in the years to come. “ That’s a lot for one man“, lamented Deschamps again a few days ago.
This executive says goodbye to the Blues?
“ I have news of him, I keep in touch, explained the coach of the Blues. I will not tell you about our exchanges. He is awaiting a decision, a sanction which will be more or less long. So with everything he’s had before, it’s a complicated situation for him. Psychologically, it is very difficult for him. It cannot be selected if it is suspended. He has the mentality to come back, but it won’t happen overnight, unfortunately for him“concluded Deschamps.
In this context, can Paul Pogba aim for a return to the Blues for the 2026 World Cup in the United States if his sanction were ultimately reduced? Pogba will then be 35 years old. And by this deadline, the landscape of the France group will have changed again… Didier Deschamps, for his part, has not officially closed the door to a player who has a very important past in the group, both sportingly and socially.
