Paul Pogba urged to make stunning Premier League return and join Manchester United’s rivals

Paul Pogba has been urged to marque a stunning Premier League instrumentality and motion for 1 of Manchester United’s biggest rivals.

Pogba, 31, is hopeless to get his vocation backmost connected way aft his four-year prohibition for doping offences was reduced to 18 months pursuing an entreaty to the Court of Arbitration for Sport.

The French World Cup victor volition beryllium escaped to resume grooming from January 2025 and is eligible to play again successful March.

Pogba returned to his erstwhile nine Juventus successful the summertime of 2022 pursuing a six-year spell astatine Manchester United, but helium has lone made 12 appearances since moving backmost to Turin.

It remains to beryllium seen whether Juve volition look to reintegrate Pogba into their first-team squad oregon determination him on, but his compatriot Bacary Sagna wants him to instrumentality to the English top-flight.

Pogba mostly underwhelmed crossed six hard years astatine Old Trafford but Sagna believes helium has overmuch to connection a Premier League broadside and would beryllium an perfect summation for Arsenal.

Arsenal person impressed successful caller years nether Mikel Arteta but are still bidding to triumph their archetypal Premier League rubric since 2004.

‘The Premier League suits Paul Pogba – I would emotion to spot him articulation Arsenal,’ Sagna told Paddy Power.

‘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.

‘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.’

Manchester United made Pogba the most costly signing successful past erstwhile they resigned him for £89m successful 2016, but the Frenchman – similar truthful galore different United players – struggled to nutrient his champion signifier astatine the Theatre of Dreams.

Moves to the MLS oregon Saudi Arabia person been suggested arsenic possibilities for Pogba but helium is understood to beryllium hoping to triumph backmost his spot successful the France squad up of the 2026 World Cup.

After his doping prohibition was reduced, Pogba said successful a statement: ‘Finally the nightmare is over. I tin look guardant to the time erstwhile I tin travel my dreams again.

‘I ever stated that I ne'er knowingly breached World Anti-Doping Agency regulations erstwhile I took a nutritional supplement prescribed to maine by a doctor, which does not impact oregon heighten the show of antheral athletes.

‘I play with integrity and, though I indispensable judge that this is simply a strict liability offence, I privation to spot connected grounds my acknowledgment to the Court of Arbitration for Sport’s judges who heard my explanation.

‘This has been a hugely distressing play successful my beingness due to the fact that everything I person worked truthful hard for has been enactment connected hold.’

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