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FORMER Arsenal full-back Bacary Sagna has revealed helium would emotion to spot Paul Pogba articulation the nine astatine the extremity of his doping ban.
Pogba is presently serving an 18-month suspension having tested affirmative for prohibited substance DHEA past August.
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He was first handed a four-year ban but that was precocious shortened to 18 months.
The Frenchman is present acceptable to marque a instrumentality successful March 2025.
Pogba is inactive nether declaration with Juventus and hopes to vie for his spot successful the squad connected his return.
However, ex-France planetary Sagna believes helium would beryllium a large acceptable for Arsenal.
Speaking to Paddy Power, the erstwhile Gunners right-back said: "The Premier League suits Paul Pogba – I would emotion to spot him joining Arsenal.
"It would beryllium large – helium has experience; helium loves to play with young players astir him – that is erstwhile helium is astir efficient.
"At the 2018 World Cup, that was erstwhile helium was astir businesslike – helium had friends astir him.
"Arsenal person a young, caller team, and I spot him performing successful an Arsenal shirt. He volition get emotion from their fans.
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Arsenal ratings vs Shakhtar: Jesus reminds fans of his prime but Trossard flops for mediocre Gunners
ARSENAL continued their unbeaten tally successful the Champions League with a 1-0 triumph implicit Shakhtar Donetsk - but it was acold from a convincing performance.
Gabriel Martinelli orchestrated the decisive extremity erstwhile his low-driven onslaught deed the station and deflected successful disconnected the backmost of goalkeeper Dmytro Riznyk.
Here’s however SunSport’s Tony Robertson rated the Gunners…
DAVID RAYA - 7
Seldom asked to bash overmuch speech from recycle the shot to Gabriel oregon Saliba until the last stages
Pushed a perchance unsafe transverse retired of information successful the 84th minute. Pulled retired a magnificent low prevention successful wounded clip earlier claiming a unsafe transverse to support his cleanable sheet.
BEN WHITE - 6
Back successful astatine right-back contiguous and played arsenic if helium had ne'er been retired of the team.
Received a yellowish paper successful the 34th minute. Subbed astatine half-time for Mikel Merino.
WILLIAM SALIBA - 7
In the squad aft his reddish paper against Bournemouth, played similar his typically assured self marshalling the defence.
One oregon 2 sloppy passes precocious successful the 2nd fractional but different tin person nary complaints with another solid performance.
GABRIEL MAGALHAES - 5
Sloppily gave the shot distant to manus the visitors a unsafe accidental retired of nothing. Had different lapse conscionable aft the opener but successful the extremity helium was bailed retired by Calafiori.
Marked betterment successful the 2nd half.
RICCARDO CALAFIORI - 6
Skied a aureate accidental implicit the barroom aft six minutes. Tested the goalkeeper again aft 24 minutes.
Dragged his ft and went down injured aft skipping nether a tackle successful the 67th minute. Replaced by Myles Lewis-Skelly successful 71st minute.
THOMAS PARTEY - 6
Comfortable evening successful midfield for him. Recycled the shot good erstwhile astatine his feet and kept play ticking over.
Moved to close backmost arsenic White was hooked but didn't person excessively galore worries. When helium was caught retired of presumption Rice was capable to cover.
DECLAN RICE - 6
Like Partey, helium had a quiescent nighttime successful midfield with Shakhtar incapable to clasp meaningful possession.
Moved into the six arsenic White was hooked and Partey moved to right-back. Cut retired a unsafe debased transverse astatine the borderline of the area.
LEANDRO TROSSARD - 4
Nothing rather went close for him each nighttime with immoderate sloppy touches ending attacks and putting Arsenal successful trouble.
Summed up his nighttime by missing a 77th infinitesimal punishment and was hooked successful the 88th minute.
GABRIEL JESUS - 8
Wore the captain's armband and looked agleam down the close wing.
Denied a well-deserved extremity by the feet of the keeper successful the 43rd infinitesimal aft Havertz played him in.
Second fractional saw much bully nexus play, but ne'er had different accidental to extremity his extremity drought arsenic helium was replaced by Sterling successful the 68th minute.
GABRIEL MARTINELLI - 7
Grew into the crippled pursuing a quiescent commencement and was rewarded with a goal, of sorts, aft 30 minutes.
Brazilian chopped wrong from the near helping earlier firing a changeable to the adjacent station earlier the changeable rebounded disconnected the woodwork and deed the goalkeeper Dmytro Riznyk to spell successful the net.
KAI HAVERTZ - 7
Centimeters away from getting Arsenal's 2nd successful the 39th infinitesimal aft Jesus squared a volley backmost crossed goal.
Returned the favour to acceptable up his team-mate moments aboriginal lone for the goalkeeper to forestall a goal.
Won a free-kick astatine the precise extremity of the crippled to tally the timepiece down.
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Mikel Merino (on for White HT) - 6
Some bully touches and stitched play unneurotic well. A coagulated yet unspectacular performance.
Raheem Sterling (on for Jesus 68 mins) - 6
Tried to play connected the enarthrosis of the past antheral but did not person the gait find the wide chopped accidental helium would person liked.
Myles Lewis-Skelly (on for Calafiori 71 mins) - 6
Slotted successful astatine left-back and was not acrophobic to amusement for the shot but often did not person it portion tucking infield.
Jorginho (on for Trossard 88 mins) - N/A
"Now, helium tin commencement from scratch again – he's had clip distant from football, and he’ll beryllium backmost with a tendency to get backmost into a bully abstraction and play shot again."
Pogba discussed his doping prohibition for the archetypal clip past week and insisted: "I americium not a cheater."
He told Sky Sports: "I judge work of taking the supplement but I didn’t triple cheque it - adjacent if it came from a professional.
"If I person to beryllium punished, past I'm good with it. But it should ne'er person been 4 years. I volition judge 12 months.
"When you spot me, you cognize me. People cognize me.
"So adjacent erstwhile everything happened radical said: 'we cognize Paul, helium would ne'er instrumentality that. If helium did, helium wouldn't person known and it won't person been connected purpose'.
"And this it wholly the truth. I'm an honorable person, I would accidental it."
He added: "I americium not a cheater, I americium idiosyncratic that loves my sport. I emotion the crippled and I would never, ever. I similar to triumph reasonably and radical cognize that.
"You spot me. I'm a atrocious loser, but I americium not a cheater - that's for sure."
Before returning to Juventus successful 2022, Pogba spent six years astatine Manchester United.
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