Paul Pogba, who was initially banned from football for 4 years on the grounds of doping, but whose sentence was reduced to 18 months by the Court of Arbitration for Sport CAS on October 4, will return to the fields on March 10, 2025. The 31-year-old French star broke her long silence. Referring to Fenerbahçe Coach Jose Mourinho in his statement, Pogba used striking expressions.
‘WE WERE CONSTANTLY BREAKING UP AND MAKING UP’
Paul Pogba, who worked with Fenerbahçe Coach Jose Mourinho in 2016, said, “Our relationship was like a couple’s relationship. We were constantly breaking up and making up. Everything started great, he was one of the reasons why I came back to Manchester. I talked to him and he convinced me to come back. This I don’t know exactly how the relationship turned into a nightmare and a constant fight between the two of us. I didn’t fight, I didn’t start the fight, we had disagreements like every coach and player, but I respect him very much and if I saw him tomorrow, I would sit down and talk about it. We’ll have to talk.” he said.
‘I SAID I WANTED TO LEAVE’
Pogba said: “The year Mourinho left and Solskjaer came was my best season at United. But after the last game I told the manager and Woodward (United’s then chief executive) that this was my last year and I wanted to leave. I was 27 and things weren’t going the way I wanted, I had given everything but the club wasn’t progressing and I was thinking of leaving and I came back in the pre-season because I wanted to turn professional but he blocked it because I didn’t want to play for United anymore. “I had to act like that. Then the injuries came.” He continued his words by saying.
‘THEY WERE THE SUPPLEMENTS OF A PROFESSIONAL’
Pogba, along with his lawyers, insisted that he had not taken DHEA supplements for sporting purposes, and CAS agreed with him, reducing his sentence from 4 years to 18 months. Pogba said: “Taking these supplements was not a mistake, they were prescribed by a professional. My mistake was not to check with a third opinion whether it was correct or not, I take responsibility for that. But on the other hand, what do you do if you go to the doctor and he tells you that you need to take two doses a day?” made the statement.
‘WHICH TEAM WILL BUY IT IF I DON’T PLAY FOR 4 YEARS?’
“I was thinking: ‘What am I going to do?'” Pogba said. If it’s four years, you start doing calculations in your head… Four years of not playing, not training – which club would want me? Will I be fit and things like that, you create a lot of pictures in your head when you look back and see what my whole life has been like, not just the doping. , yes, I definitely gained 10 more years, gained more experience, became wiser, I would say, and it definitely made me realize that sometimes you have to be more careful about the decisions you make, because you always have to triple check until something like this happens. Everything is fine… A lot of players have coaches, physiotherapists, chefs and things like that happen, so the advice I would give to everyone is to make sure everything is recorded.” he said.
