Footballers Are Not gods – Pogba

Paul Pogba, yesterday helped to launch UEFA’s new Respect campaign to promote greater inclusion, diversity and accessibility in football.

The talk of english football right now attended the #EqualGame event with a hashtag of #Equal in his hair and spoke of the importance of the campaign, which has evolved from UEFA’s ‘No to Racism’ initiative.

“It’s all about respect, all about equality everywhere in the world. We’re all equal when we play football.

“This campaign, I’m really honoured to do it. We do what we love on the pitch and that’s the message we want to give to everyone.

“Outside the pitch you’re just you, I’m just Paul, normal Paul.

“We’re human beings. We’re not gods. We’re just normal people who should respect each other because we’re all equal.

“The message we can give on the pitch and outside the pitch can help the world.”

Pogba added that he’d have the utmost respect for any player in the Premier League who came out as gay.

Asked if the Prem would provide a safe environment for a gay player, Pogba said: “That’s something that I’ve never seen but why not? It’s a human being.

“What he does in his private life has nothing to do with the player. You just have to respect him. Because he respects you, you respect him. That’s it.

“It’s all about respect. It’s all about equality everywhere in the world. We are all equal when we play football.”