Zidane Has A Better Chance Of Earning A France Recall Than Pogba – Frank Leboeuf

Paul Pogba has a five per cent chance of earning a French national team recall from Didier Deschamps, Frank Leboeuf has said. He recently revealed that Pogba has virtually no chance of making France’s World Cup squad, and fans have been reacting.

According to him, Zinedine Zidane stands as much chance of getting the nod as Pogba does at this point, even though Deschamps likes the former MUFC player.

Leboeuf added that the other players who have shown their consistency thus far will be very hard to displace.

His words, “Didier Deschamps really likes Paul Pogba. If Paul can come back to his best, which I doubt because it is complicated after such a long time without playing football – you can train but playing games is different, sorry. He has to go back.

He is over 30 and there are other players who have shown their consistency. It’s going to be hard for Didier Deschamps to say ‘okay, I take him’. He maybe wants to take N’Golo Kante already. N’Golo Kante and Paul Pogba… why don’t you call [Antoine] Griezmann as well and call [Zinedine] Zidane! It’s going to be hard. I give him a five per cent chance because I want to be nice, but for me it is over.

That will depend on him. I have no doubt that he wants it and that it’s a goal in his mind. He has steps to take, and the next one, after these long weeks of separate training, will be when he puts on the Monaco shirt and steps onto the pitch.

He wants it, and if I say yes, Pogba’s return is possible, but if I say no, I’ll look like a fool, and that’s not going to work either. All I wish for him is to get through this first step in more than two-and-a-half years. That alone will be a huge joy and happiness for him.”

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.