Article by Daniel Scorpie – published Wednesday, April 9, 2025, 16:05 / Updated Wednesday, April 9, 2025 4:07 pm
Paul Pobga He offered new shocking details of the ordeal, before and after being detected positively in the doping control. The 32 -year -old French midfielder received a 4 -year suspension, but he did only 18 months, currently unemployed.
The former international, expelled from Juventus four months ago, told everything that happened to him and how much he suffered in Manchester, first, and then during the Juventus period.
“Depression, stress, physical and mental problems, injuries, suspension for doping, loneliness and suffering of a forced player to stay away from football and lawn, far from the ball, his great passion in childhood.
“I couldn't talk! There was no communication anymore”
All hidden from the family's eyes to protect him from the pain of a father and a tormented husband, ”commented GQ magazine about the nightmare recent time Paul Pogba has passed.
In the interview for the French edition, the central midfielder confesses: “I did not understand. I was a player with an important role in the team and suddenly I woke up on the bench. I could not talk, there was no communication.
I was not happy, and a footballer who is not happy cannot play well. I fell into depression, without realizing it. Because no one teaches us what depression is. Until I started to have holes in the scalp. I didn't understand why. They told me that everything is because of stress. “
Paul Pogba is the most expensive transfer in Manchester United's history, 105 million euros from Juventus in July 2016 / Photo: Imago
“They gave me the maximum punishment. They ignored my explanations!”
On March 11, the Frenchman escaped suspension, reduced to 18 months and made from August 2023, and now he can return to training and, above all, to look for a team that believes in it and allows him to return to a high level after almost three years.
“If I had taken four years from football, I would have stopped! I didn't mean to say it publicly, but that's what I thought. I didn't understand. Why? They gave me the maximum punishment, which means they didn't consider anything I told them.
At Turin, I used to take the ball and play myself. I was dealing with what I had. But I didn't want to stay in Turin. In the morning I was taking my children to the school that was right next to the training ground, what suffering and what pain in the bottom, ”says Pogba in GQ.
Paul Pogba, with a cap, and his brothers
The 2018 World Champion also gave details about the process in which he and his family were involved in the blackmail attempt from a band of criminals, of which his brother, Mathias, was a part.
“I hid everything about this blackmail. My wife did not know, neither my children. When I came home from workouts, I had to play the role of the father and the clear husband. I held everything for me. Eventually, this was exhausted inside.
“I have offers everywhere. But I will weigh my decision well”
At that time I did my best to focus on football, but it became too difficult. I had so much worry that I stopped playing. However, I tried. I knew it was the only way to make me forget about all these problems. But, indeed, what does football represent? Two hours a day? Only two hours a day to have fun.
Every time it was over, I was trying to stay in the locker room, to be with my teammates. But in the end, you have to go home. I was wondering when everything would end. Had a terrible impact on my body.
That's why I couldn't go back. The future? I have proposals. I come everywhere, not just from Europe. I want to see what suits me best. Because I am in a crucial period of my life and career. It is a decision that I will weigh. “
