“These four hours were longer than two years,” says Paul Pogba (32) as he prepared to put pen to paper on a two-year deal at AS Monaco.
The Frenchman’s last professional appearance was nearly two years ago. Following a match for Juventus, against Empoli in September 2023, he was provisionally suspended for a doping offence. After that suspension was confirmed, he was kept away from the pitch for 18 months.
In that time, Pogba has not only had to deal with the mental aspect of an enforced period of absence, but there was also the extortion case involving his own brother. The Frenchman, who has been permitted to return to football since March, has previously stated his “hunger” to return, not only to club football, but also to the France team.
Signing for Monaco is step one, and the former Manchester United and Juventus midfielder showed his nerves ahead of signing the deal. “Even with my experience, so long as I haven’t put on the shirt, the shorts.. I have clammy hands! It is a positive stress. It’s as if you’re signing a youth contract, you’re leaving your family to go to the training centre. That’s what I’m feeling a bit,” he told Monaco’s club channel.
At Monaco’s performance centre in La Turbie, he told CEO Thiago Scuro, “These were the longest two hours of my life!”
The tears flowed as Pogba signed his deal, putting an end to a mentally and emotionally difficult two-year period for the midfielder, who could make his Monaco debut against his formative club, Le Havre AC, on the opening day of the Ligue 1 season.
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💔 "She Left Me When the Fame Ended..." — Paul Pogba Opens Up 😢 In an emotional and brutally honest revelation, football star Paul Pogba has shared the painful truth about what life has been like since his 4-year ban from football. > 🗣️ “My wife abandoned me when I was banned from football and lost my fame. She was only there for the money and fame.” Pogba revealed that once he was no longer the spotlight superstar, his circle vanished. No more invites. No more calls. No more love. > “People stopped inviting me to events. My wife left. That’s when I saw who really loved me — and who was just there for the benefits.” 🥀 Heartbreaking but eye-opening. Pogba says he's now at peace and finally sees through the fake love: > “My phone doesn’t ring with fake friends anymore. I now know I’m on my own.” 💡 Moral Lesson: Not everyone around you is for you. Some people are just there for what you have. When the lights go off, the real ones stay.
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Welcome back big poul
jotdemptuz
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welcome back bro poul, may be upon 🙏
Odogwo
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good luck Pogba