I Won’t Earn A Return To The French National Team If I Don’t Play Well For Monaco – Pogba

New Monaco signing Paul Pogba has come out to say that he doesn’t expect to walk straight back into the French national team after his lengthy break. He recently had his say while speaking to the press, and fans have been reacting.

According to him, his comeback would be in stages henceforth, and the current stage he is at is performing consistently at Monaco and getting back into the groove as a footballer.

Pogba added that it is impossible to earn a recall to the French national team without performing well at your club.

His words, “Yes, of course. I spoke to [Deschamps] on the phone and he said, ‘It’s okay, you’ve signed for Monaco, you can come back whenever you want.’ No, I’m just joking. Of course, it’s the wish of every French football player to play for the French national team.

But there are stages. Today I’m at stage one. It’s about coming back and performing well. There are places to be won, you have to earn them because there’s a very large squad and a great team. And it’s also up to me to perform well and earn my place.

Absolutely! As I said, there are stages. The first stage is to get back on the pitch, to play for my team, first of all, because you can’t go to the French team without playing and performing well at club level. That’s the first stage. And then we’ll see.

It’s also possible that the coach won’t take me even if I score 30 goals this season. It’s about me first and foremost, playing, performing well, and enjoying myself. And then the French national team, that would of course be a dream and a bonus for me.”

WOW.

Paul Labile Pogba (born 15 March 1993) is a French professional footballer who plays for Serie A club Juventus and the France national team. A versatile player, he operates primarily as a central midfielder, but can be deployed as a left winger, attacking midfielder, defensive midfielder and deep-lying playmaker.

Pogba was born in Lagny-sur-Marne, Seine-et-Marne, France, to Guinean parents. He is a Muslim. He has two older brothers who are twins – Florentin Pogba and Mathias Pogba – born in Guinea, who are also footballers and play for the Guinean national team.

Florentin currently plays as a defender for ATK Mohun Bagan, while Mathias most recently played as a forward for ASM Belfort. Growing up, Pogba was a fan of Arsenal.

Primarily a central midfielder, although he is also capable of playing on the left flank, in a holding role, as a deep-lying playmaker, in a box-to-box role, or even as an attacking midfielder.