PARIS (FRANCE) – Paul Pogba as an actor. The 31-year-old France and Juventus midfielder starred this afternoon in the stands of the Parc des Princes for the presentation of the film ‘Quatre Zeros,’ due out in transalpine theaters on October 23. The 2018 world champion took advantage of the promotion of the feature film to respond to ‘L’Équipe’ about the reduction of his suspension for doping by the Court of Arbitration for Sport, which will allow him to return to competition next March. The Tas justified its decision by emphasizing that the intake of DHEA, a steroid hormone that was the cause of the positivity detected at the end of the league match between Udinese and Juventus on August 20, 2023, was not intentional. The beginning of a rebirth for the player currently under contract with the Juventus club. When the Tas reduced his sentence from 4 years to 18 months on October 4, “I was really happy. I had done nothing so why should they have given me four years? I will be able to go back to what I love most.” Next March, then, will be the start of a new career, a new life: “It’s like I’ve been given another chance, I’ve been given back something that was taken from me,” adds the former Manchester United man, “It’s a new perspective on life. March is tomorrow, it will come quickly. It’s something I’m looking forward to.” His friend Patrice Evra has already told RMC that he will call Mehdi Benatia, the sporting director of Marseille, moreover coached by Italian De Zerbi. A prospect he does not take too seriously: “I take it as a laugh because he is Uncle Pat, he said it jokingly. I’m still under contract so it’s not credible. The possibility of coming to play in Ligue 1? I’m in a club, I’m just thinking about coming back and getting out of this situation. Of course, you don’t know what tomorrow will bring, so never say never.” The 2026 World Cup is still far from his mind: “My goal is mainly to get fit again because I haven’t played for so long. That’s right, to find the field again. There are other players in the French team, it’s not because Paul Pogba, who won a World Cup, will come back that the others will sit. There are players who are doing well with their clubs, who are playing well, it will be up to me to come back and play.” His performance in ‘Quatre Zeros’ has already been seen by the Blues and Pogba has received, on the subject, a few messages: “Marcus (Thuram, ed.) wrote me, he laughed. With the coach (Didier Deschamps, ed.) we also exchanged a message because we had a mutual acquaintance in the film. He also told me that I seemed to have a good laugh.” Deschamps was one of those who supported him during these months, “Of course we kept in touch. He is someone who has always been there, who has always supported me, even before this situation. I am very grateful to him,” Pogba concluded.
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Pogba “March is tomorrow, the first goal is to get in shape”
