How did Paul Pogba DESTROY his career? | Oh My Goal

Paul Pogba was sarcastic when pronouncing these words in an interview. This was stated by the Frenchman. What people thought every time something minor went wrong in his

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. Fast forward to today. And now that he really finds himself in a world of trouble, what he said in the past perfectly describes the reality of his current situation. But who would have thought that Paul Pogba, once the world's most expensive player and a World Cup-winning superstar, would become the ultimate wasted talent? Paul Pogba knew better than anyone that his entire

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was on a knife's edge when he was randomly selected for a doping test on August 20, 2023.

The verdict has been dropped and Pogba's return to football seems incredibly unlikely. . Which begs the question: was Pogba's reaction to a random doping test when he was in Manchester before telling his fate? Paul Pogba was born on March 15, 1993 in Roseann, a suburb of Paris. His parents, Fosu and Swan Angelo, were Guinean and lived in Conakry before Paul was born. Exhausted by poverty, the public would eventually join millions of other African families who moved to Europe in the early 1990s. It was Fosu-Mensah who first arrived in France and a few months later joined him. Paul's parents had a single ambition, a better life, not necessarily for themselves, but at least for their children.

Paul was his third child after his older twin brothers, Florentino and Marcus. Figures so influential that they would soon inspire Paul and push him further into the abyss. In the case of Matías. But let's not get ahead of ourselves. Not on the best terms before his reunion in France. The former's one-year-old relationship worsened over time and broke down completely when Paul was just two years old. No matter how you look at it, Paul was destined to experience a difficult childhood. Luckily for Paul and his siblings, his mother was very harsh while he was growing up in the Reynosa neighborhood in Rosy on.

Almost anything could go wrong for the brothers, as they were literally surrounded by violent gang activity and bad neighborhood influences. He feared for his children. He had taken many risks just to get to France and had left everything behind, including his own past, just to give them a better chance to succeed in life. The always burning question on his mind was: How was he going to keep his children away from all those problems? The question was complicated, but the answer was simple Football. Football was the only solution to keep the boys on the right path. Although 17, let's see each other and Paul didn't necessarily feel that way at first.

You knew that the beautiful game could be his golden ticket. Foster and the year were separated. But Yeo wanted his children's father to know everything related to his children's future. Pleasantly surprised by the mothers' decision to help their children pursue a career in football. Something clicked in Forster's mind and he instantly became more attached to the family. And the reason behind his mental change was his own experience. First, he had to give up his dream of becoming a soccer player himself. So, as soon as he heard that the children were trying their hand at the game, he supported them too.

Just like you, if not more. This is how the Pogba brothers' football journey began and in a very short time everyone knew which of the three would really succeed. Paul was already exposed to the game thanks to his brothers, but it was playing with kids his age that made him fall in love with the game from the age of six to give him more chances for success in soccer. You decided to homeschool Paul. Football had officially become his life. His first soccer team was us, Rosey Embry and his coach Sam Bootsie would remember how he basically played with his opponents.

Everyone knew it was time for Paul to level up. And so he did it. And then some as young as two years old. Paul's talents would take him from the USOC to La Alba and then to a European giant. In his second season with La Alva. Pogba was already the captain of his team and had guided them to the end of the national under-16 championship, only to narrowly lose the title to Lance. But it mattered little, because that season turned Pogba into a national phenomenon. He had his first call-up to a French international team through the French under-16 team.

The national team was going to be the place that would somehow become the safe zone for Pogba, protecting him anyway for most of his future problems. , despite the fact that it appeared on the radar of all European clubs, said the media's president Jean-Pierre Lavelle. He didn't mind because the club Pogba and his family had a non-solicitation agreement in place since 2006 and would keep Pogba at the club for two more years. At least that's what Lavelle hoped. So, when Pogba announced that he would join the Manchester United Academy in 2009, Lavelle was sad, but not exactly surprised because to him, the reason why things had turned out the way they did was clear.

This was one of Paul Pogba's first signs, and he doesn't have such a conventional way of doing business. Of course, he was still a minor and the main motivators behind his movements were people around him and not his own desires. After Pogba's arrival at United from Alaba and the Red Devils became embroiled in a legal battle, the French club accused United of stealing his talent by offering very large sums of money to the player's parents. In the end, United were cleared of any wrongdoing by a FIFA-appointed judge, who ultimately officially made Pogba's decision. The transfer saga validated several things at the time.

A Pogba was a talent worth fighting for. The guy was a baseball player and had a heart for dealing with Entourage. Keep in mind that this was even before becoming a client of Mino Raiola. Succeeding in La Havre and triumphing in Manchester were two different things. His talent had brought Pogba to United, but he was going to need more than that to leave his mark there. The old Frenchman spent most of his first two years in Manchester, moving up and down between the under-18s and reserve team. During one of his performances with the Reserves. He caught the attention of Mino Raiola, who quickly became Pogba's friend and manager.

Agent Foxy had become something too. Sir Alex Ferguson Absolutely despised. The Scot was well aware of Pogba's talent and performances, but he also had the feeling that things could get out of his hands. According to former Lille and Marseille

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keeper Pascal Ometer, who was invited to Carrington by Sir Alex himself in 2011, the legendary manager had seen it all. Despite concerns about him before the start of the 2011 12 season, Sir Alex Ferguson visited the official Manchester United website and informed the entire Red Devil fandom about the appearance of this special player. Ferguson's plan was to introduce Pogba to first-team football gradually, but where he saw slow but steady progress, Pogba saw a man who was wasting his talents behind the scenes.

Mino Raiola influenced, above all, the Frenchman's great act of faith. At 19, Pogba decided to leave United to join Juventus, a free transfer that would give the Frenchman more playing time, a new challenge and a big salary. However, it is not that big compared to what Raiola himself would earn. Sir Alex later told the media that he distrusted Reyl from the moment he met him, but that he was not only angry with the agent, but also with his client. Well, what Pogba did was totally disrespectful to United in the Scot's book. In any case, it was too late.

Paul Pogba was now a member of the Bianconeri, a fact his new team-mates will find difficult to understand. The Bianconeri had living legends in a world-class talent in the middle of the park where Pogba was supposed to play. It would be an almost impossible challenge for an established player to compete with Andrea Pirlo, Claudio Marchese and Arturo Vidal, let alone a 19-year-old who, despite his obvious talent, was significantly lacking in experience. But this particular 19-year-old was different. He was living proof of the sports saying: "If you're good enough, you're old enough." Gianluigi Buffon was worried about people watching in Manchester on a TV show called Tiki Taka.

The legendary

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keeper had this to say about Pogba. In his first season with Avensis, Pogba played more than 30 games, scored five goals, including a last-minute winner against Bologna, and became a serial champion. Andrea Pirlo, a man who knew a thing or two about football and specifically midfielders, would later recall how ridiculous he felt about Pogba's transfer. Back then no one talked about money, his agent or his ego. Pogba had set the bar enormously high in his first season, and even Juventus fans were wondering if he could maintain such high standards in the years to come. Well, not only did he do exactly that, he raised the bar even higher for both club and country in his second season.

Pogba became a machine who could play literally every position in the middle of the park. This was truly the year he became a global superstar. Midway through the season, in December 2013, Pogba's status among European football's best young talents was validated when he won the Golden Boy award, joining the likes of Wayne Rooney and Lionel Messi. The Frenchman was happy and, more importantly, ambitious. For more proof, this interview that he gave to Tuttosport demonstrates. Pogba crossed one point off his extremely ambitious list, beating City with a record 102 points and 33 wins, finishing 17 points ahead of Roma. His international career had also skyrocketed, as he had done in every previous age group.

He had become the national U-20 team's first play leader and then its captain, playing an influential role in the Blues' first U-20 World Cup victory, which made France the first nation to winning all five titles before 11 separate men's titles. . Despite a change in management in which Conte gave way to Allegri, both Pogba and events remain steadfast in their quest for dominance in Syria. The following year, Pogba was the youngest player among those nominated for the 2015 Ballon d'Or. But fans were reassured because he had just renewed his contract. Almost everything went perfectly due to the elimination against Bosnia in the Champions League and a hamstring injury that kept Pogba out for two months.

Unfortunately, this was just the beginning of his subsequent injury problems, a recurring theme throughout the rest of his career. In his fourth year at the club, Pogba wore the coveted number ten shirt and played in a much more advanced position on the pitch, sparking ongoing debate about his ideal role - something no coach, fan or expert in the world would be. able to make. find in the coming years. Except Didier Deschamps. Even though Pogba failed to win the Champions League trophy that he and his team so desired, his performances put him at the top of many clubs' transfer lists, ultimately leading to his record transfer to the Manchester United.

The last move that would alter the trajectory of his career from that moment on, when, leaving aside international football, everything got out of hand and Pogba's relationship with his future coach, José Mourinho, precisely the man with who was excited to work, would be an influential figure in his fall from grace. In the summer of 2016, Pogba gave football fans one of the best moments of his career by leading his team during Euro 2016. Along with Antoine Griezmann and his star, many Les Bleus came to the final. Pogba was already a star of European football at that time, but curiously he always looked even better in the colors of his country.

While some fans found the explanation in the tactical prowess of Didier Deschamps, others believed that the national team carried him more than anything because of the environment he provided for Pogba. He was surrounded by lifelong friends and Didier Deschamps himself was like a father figure to the player. A clear affection that Pogba lacked as a child due to the distance between him and his brothers and father, even though they ended up losing against Cristiano Ronaldo's Portugal in the 2016 final. Pogba's performances in the tournament help Juventus to squeeze United a little more. and after weeks of tough negotiations between United Juventus and Mino Raiola, Paul Pogba officially returned to Old Trafford.

The figure of 105 million euros made him the most expensive player in the world at that time. Upon his return, Pogba described United as the club that has a special place in his heart. The Frenchman said the Red Devils were the right place to achieve everything he hoped for in the game. Having the opportunity to work with José Mourinho was also a big factor in his decision. Moreno was also excited to have him on his team. Neither Pogba nor Moreno could have known at that moment that reality would be a very different story and that the mutual emotion they feltone for the other would later become a toxic relationship.

Already in his first game for United, Pogba's attitude on the field became a never-ending issue. His body language and defensive efforts were immediately called into question. It was almost impossible to think of Paul Pogba without that high price. Everyone at United wanted him to lead by example, and to her credit Maria protected her new signing at first, lashing out at, quote, the media Einsteins who were quick to write off the Frenchman. Pogba repaid the trust of the specials by helping them win the League Cup. Fans applauded the return of his star, but unknowingly, his star's body was deteriorating.

Another hamstring injury kept Pogba out for more than a month, but he fortunately returned when it mattered most. He won the UEFA Europa League final against Ajax after nine years. Manchester United were celebrating a continental trophy again. But who knew that the 2017 Europa League was going to be the last, the trophy that United would win for years? As fate would have it, it was also the last trophy that Paul Pogba would win in club football. Paul Pogba started his second season in Manchester in great form and scored two goals in his first two games. However, his body was giving way when another hamstring injury hit the Frenchman early in the season and kept him out for two months.

This time, though United exceeded expectations and would finish the season as runners-up behind Man City. Pogba was never free from criticism. José Mourinho would later describe United's second place finish as his greatest achievement given the dire state of the club and its player base. Like most fans, the special support for Pogba also diminished to the Frenchman's absolute displeasure. Mourinho would use Scott Mctominay in his place in crucial matches in his country's colours, although Pogba was passing every test imaginable with flying colours. There was no doubt who his family was in his camp, Pogba, as he did throughout his career, both in youth groups, and his focus was the beating heart of La Bleu .

Pogba reached the peak of his national team career in 2008. Some would even say it was his best achievement for club and country. He and his friends from Azul were crowned world champions in Russia. Pogba, dancing on his way to a World Cup at the Luzhniki Stadium, was to be one of those last happy moments on a football field the following season. Thank you. In some parts of this historic achievement, but mainly due to the unavailability of Antonio Valencia, Pogba was promoted to captaincy. However, after a series of disappointing results combined with Pogba's continued negligence in defense and his general lackadaisical attitude, Moreno would release him from his new role immediately, although both bodies denied the rumors at first.

It quickly became apparent that they could no longer stand each other. The battle of egos between the special and the most expensive player in the world, now world champion, reached its peak in December 2018. Mourinho had supposedly taken Pogba to his room and fired from both barrels. Moreno's diagnosis made a lot of noise, but it only resonated with a limited portion of the fan base. Furthermore, there wasn't much the Man United board could do. Paul Pogba was too big an investment to simply back out of, especially for just one season. After his return to the club. On top of that, his best years were still ahead of him, or so the board and many United fans thought.

Pogba ultimately emerged victorious from this battle against Mourinho and the United board. Instead, he made the easier decision to part ways with the special. Shortly after the appointment of a colleague in a social. It looked like Pogba could finally become the player every United fan imagined he would be under Solskjaer. Pogba was unleashed and recorded his best season with United with 16 goals and 11 assists. While some believe these are signs that Pogba is returning to his event, others thought these were just numbers on a page that didn't really help hide Pogba's poor performances. Everyone obsessed with United was obsessed with Pogba and how he could finally play a key role in the Red Devils' future.

Meanwhile, the Frenchman's mind was elsewhere. He did events in Tokyo. Pogba spoke openly about leaving United. Once again, Real Madrid and Juventus were already linked to Pogba, and United had reportedly rejected an official offer that would see him see the hammers. Rodríguez joins the Reds for a fee of 30 million euros. Pogba's story could be totally different if United had accepted that supposed offer, but unfortunately for him that was not the case. And from that moment until the end of his second spell at United, Pogba was trapped in a vicious cycle. In his time, he was a threat and when his body allowed it, he could still rub the name down his neck.

Although he never reached the bar, he returned to Juventus or the national team. He showed flashes of the player he once was. Unfortunately, it was never enough for the fans. Around that same time, Pogba suffered multiple hamstring injuries and his ankle became an even bigger problem, forcing him to undergo surgery, which was not going to be the last of his career. Now that we have the whole picture before our eyes, you could say that this was the beginning of the end for the Frenchman. Despite his best efforts, Pogba was never fully healthy after his ankle injury.

He returned to the field of play. Alright. But Red's last memories of him would be torrid. Missing his chances of winning his second Europa League after losing to Villarreal in 2021. Getting sent off during a five-nil thrashing by Liverpool and walking off the pitch as Old Trafford fans shouted to fuck Pogba during a match against Norwich. Unofficially ending his days in Manchester with injuries that didn't live up to expectations, mediocre performances treated like a virus weighed heavily on Pogba's shoulders, but he seemed to have been dealing with it all relatively well, at least on a surface level. .

But there was a significant difference between failing as a football player and being tested with his life and the lives of his loved ones. Whether fans believed it or not, Pogba was trying to revive his career, but his entourage was working around the clock to make matters worse. In March 2022, Pogba was back in Paris to see his family. Supposedly, Paul's brother Mathias had instructed Paul for a meeting where they would meet up with a couple of childhood friends who were once Pogba's teammates after his days at Roissy on the 19th. of March. Pogba met with said person and four other people between 27 years old. and 36 in an apartment in Paris.

But this wasn't a reunion of old teammates. The men Pogba met were armed and demanded 13 million euros from him, 1,000,000 euros for each year. Pogba spent as a professional footballer playing until that moment, fulfilling the men. Pogba wanted to send the required amount but his bank denied it. Luckily, the men in question let Pogba walk away physically unharmed. However, this was mentally damaging, to say the least. Paul Pogba's agony was doubled when he discovered it was his own brother Mathias, who was directly involved with the men, and was now a big part of the investigation. Regarding the attempted extortion.

No matter how crazy he seems. This wasn't Pogba's biggest problem when it came to his off-field problems. That same week, while he was in Manchester for the Champions League clash against Atlético Madrid, he delivered the worst fear of his life. United lost the match. The crowd couldn't care less as he played and his wife and mother of his children, Zula, watched from the stands. Thieves broke into his family's multimillion-dollar mansion in Hale, Greater Manchester and made off with some prized possessions from a safe, including Pogba's World Cup-winning medal, but also prized valuables. Getting robbed wasn't the worst part because, as Pogba himself would later reveal, when the thieves broke into his house, his children were there fast asleep.

As if his bond with the club and the city was not at its lowest point. This horrible event accelerated Pogba's imminent departure on June 1, 2022. The move that everyone had been waiting for for a long time finally happened and Paul Pogba left United again for free and rejoined Juventus, arriving in Manchester as one of the best talents in Europe and the most expensive player in the world and playing his last game with the Red Devils. As fans shouted for him to go to hell, he pushed Pogba into the abyss. The Frenchman in his historically unsuccessful Amazon Prime documentary called Documentary, revealed one of his main objectives in rejoining Juventus.

Unfortunately for Pogba, he would fail miserably in his mission to prove United wrong. After what seemed like an endless rest. Pogba was ready to make headlines for his performances, but not his body. Just ten days after joining the Bianconeri, the Frenchman was injured during pre-season training in the United States. This time it was his knee. Both the club and the player agreed on what they should do immediately. Pogba was withdrawn from the rest of the pre-season tour of the United States due to his treatment and, as for the treatment itself, Pogba knew that they did not see eye to eye.

After consulting a knee specialist in his native France, Pogba had made the decision to undergo more conservative therapy rather than undergo surgery. He would surely miss the start of the season, but that was only a small part of his problems. Shortly after his umpteenth injury. Pogba faced another problem, a recurring problem named Mathias Pogba, who warned his own brother about terrible events in a video that instantly went viral. According to Mathias Pogba, he wondered if Paul deserved his place in the French team and the honor of playing in the World Cup. If he deserved to be a starter at Juventus and if he was a trustworthy person.

Paul had allegedly paid large sums of money to a sorcerer to coerce his partner Kylian Mbappé, instantly responding to his brother's claims through his legal representatives. Pogba admitted speaking to someone claiming to be a sorcerer, but denied any attempt to curse him, the baby or any other offence. In his response, Pogba's teammates made sure everyone knew that this was a continuation of the extortion attempt from a few months earlier. The theory was good, old Paul Pogba was once again the talk of the town for all the wrong reasons, talking about how traumatic this whole experience was, Pogba said.

He no longer wanted money, he no longer wanted to play football, but he simply wanted to be a normal person. He already had a long list of terrible injuries, and the way the people around him hurt him was now at the top of that list. Unfortunately, he wasn't going to be the last either. The final nail in his coffin was not far away. After failing to get results with the conservative method he chose, Pogba was convinced that he needed to undergo surgery. Two months later, the Frenchman was deemed ready to return to training and hopefully return to fitness in due course.

However, while his right knee was healing, his right thigh had been under too much pressure and even light training was enough to seriously damage it. Pogba was going to miss the World Cup because of so many fans. Another successful run in the tournament could rekindle the fire in the Frenchman. And now he was deprived of that opportunity. In February 2023, Pogba was finally able to make his second debut for Juventus when he came on as a substitute against Torino in this area. However, this was not the stroke of luck he was looking for. In the following months, Pogba was excluded from the team for disciplinary reasons, followed by another injury.

Pogba had to wait 390 days to be in the starting eleven of a football match, and 23 minutes later he was out again. His season was over. However, Allegri still held out hope for his return. It took Pogba another three months to recover. On August 20, 2023, during the opening set events of our campaign, he would not feature in the starting eleven, but considering the circumstances, his entry into the dugout was a victory in itself. Pogba did not play a single minute that day against Udinese, but he was eligible for a random doping test, a test that Italy's national anti-doping organization NADO would later reveal came back positive.

He approached his club and admitted to having consumed a medication that was prescribed to him by a doctor and friend of his who lives and works in the United States. Juventus' response was to let Pogba know that they would not pay him his €8 million a year salary until he was cleared of doping charges. Paul continued to deny any wrongdoing and requested a B sample. Like everyoneWe know now, as does the rest of the world. That second test also came back positive. Or Pogba is a doctor friend from Miami who treated him and used the banned drug voluntarily.

In any case, the World Anti-Doping Agency rule was very clear. Pogba then took to social media after his four-year ban from football was announced. While it's definitely a sad story, Pogba now has enough time to reflect on his entire career and hopefully figure out what went wrong and why. Perhaps he will come to the conclusion that his decisions may have been more than just bad luck and have also contributed to his sadness, shock, and anguish. The Frenchman, like every football fan who has seen him at his best, will ask himself the same question. What if he chose his entourage better?

What if he initially stayed at Juventus? What would happen if he didn't fight with Marino? What is it? Well, there are about a billion ways to answer that question, but we'll let you figure out the rest yourselves. Although it may not be easy to admit, neither for Pogba nor for football fans in general, NATO's decision probably seems to be the end for the Frenchman. Does he think he will try to return to football? And more importantly, do you think he can do it? Where do you rate it? Among the icons of French football. What do you think was the biggest mistake he made in his career?

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ed his own career. Thanks, as always, for watching. And we'll see you next time.