While his return to competition will still have to wait several weeks, Paul Pogba flew to Saudi Arabia.
Paul Pogba’s big return will wait. At the beginning of the month, Adi Hütter, the now ex-coach of Monaco, nevertheless confided in counting on the French world champion for the trip to Angers on Saturday, on behalf of the 8e day of Ligue 1. “I hope he will be in the group,” he slipped, hoping “play for 15 or 20 minutes. »
Alas, the former Turin player will not be on the trip to Angers on Saturday, nor even in the next three or four matches of the Principality club, which will then host Tottenham in the Champions League then Toulouse in the championship. The fault lies in a small injury to the right thigh.
“ We thought he would be available for the next match, this is no longer the case. announced the club’s general director Thiago Scuro during the press conference presenting coach Sébastien Pocognoli. According to ASM, the native of Lagny-sur-Marne was the victim of a “muscle alert in the quadriceps of the right thigh” and this new unavailability risks being counted in weeks.
Paul Pogba reunited with N’Golo Kanté
“Paul had a little problem that will cost him at least two more weeks, to pursue Dark. This is the first negative episode since we started the process with him. Since he hasn’t been in business for a long time, it could happen. It’s not the end of the world. We just delayed his return so he could be better prepared. »
And to digest this setback, Paul Pogba headed for the Gulf. And after a visit to Dubai, where he notably met Khabib Nurmagomedov, the Monegasque went to Saudi Arabia where he found N’Golo Kanté, not hesitating to make fun of his minimalist clothing style in a video published on social networks…
