Overview
- Paul Pogba signed a free two-year contract with AS Monaco on June 28, marking his return to professional football following an 18-month doping suspension.
- The Court of Arbitration for Sport reduced his initial four-year ban for testing positive for DHEA to 18 months, clearing him to play in March 2025.
- Juventus mutually terminated Pogba’s contract in November 2024 after his second spell in Turin was derailed by injuries and off-field controversies.
- Monaco, which finished third in Ligue 1 last season and will play in next season’s Champions League, represents Pogba’s first professional venture in France’s top flight.
- The 2018 World Cup winner has expressed determination to regain match fitness and stake a claim for a French national team recall ahead of the 2026 World Cup.