When Paul Pogba will debut for Monaco

Paul Pogba has been unveiled arsenic a Monaco subordinate and supporters anticipation to spot the erstwhile Manchester United antheral backmost connected the transportation sooner alternatively than later.

The 32-year-old has been without a nine since being released by Juventus past November.

Reports suggested that Pogba would determination to MLS, portion a instrumentality to United was besides mooted.

However, Pogba has since joined Monaco, who person besides signed Eric Dier and Ansu Fati from Bayern Munich and Barcelona, respectively.

And portion fans would anticipation to spot Pogba successful enactment for the 2025/26 Ligue 1 opener, wherever Monaco play his erstwhile broadside Le Havre, the club’s General Director suggested that they’d person to hold a small longer earlier the erstwhile France planetary takes to the Stade Louis II pitch.

Monaco General Director Thiago Scuro with Pogba / Photo by FREDERIC DIDES/AFP via Getty Images

“I tin warrant that helium won’t beryllium connected the transportation against Le Havre. We are present to beryllium realistic,” Monaco General Director Thiago Scuro is quoted arsenic saying by Get French Football News.

“We expect a three-month process. High-level athletics is simply a batch astir subject and it is not easy. Monaco is 1 of the astir aggravated teams successful Ligue 1 and play a benignant that requires him to beryllium fit."

With an October instrumentality much realistic, supporters volition person pinpointed the Derby de la Cote d'Azur astatine the commencement of the month, wherever Monaco big southbound seashore rivals Nice, arsenic a imaginable fixture to spot Pogba successful action.

Monaco invited defending Ligue 1 and European champions PSG successful November earlier travelling to Paris for the instrumentality fixture successful March adjacent year.

Former stars and doping offences

Pogba isn’t the archetypal erstwhile United subordinate to person been suspended owing to doping infringements.

Centre-back Rio Ferdinand failed to be a drugs trial astatine United’s grooming crushed successful September 2003, a trial he’d precocious instrumentality and pass.

However, the FA Disciplinary Committee would spell connected to enforce an eight-month prohibition from January 2004 and manus Ferdinand a £50,000 fine.

The suspension, which United appealed, saw Ferdinand beryllium retired the remainder of the 2004/05 play and forced to miss Euro 2004, which England would spell connected to suffer to Portugal connected penalties astatine the quarter-final stage.

Mykhailo Mudryk has been handed a four-year ban. (Image: Getty)

Nasri's Drip Doctors saga

More recently, Pogba’s compatriot Samir Nasri was fixed a six-month prohibition by UEFA successful February 2018 for breaching WADA rules successful December 2016, which prompted the infamous Drip Doctors saga connected X, past Twitter.

Chelsea winger Mykhailo Mudryk, meanwhile, is presently banned for 4 years aft being charged by the FA for violating anti-doping rules past month.

The Ukrainian winger was notified of a affirmative drugs trial by the FA past December, portion Chelsea person since stripped the erstwhile Shakhtar winger of his fig 10 garment and handed it to Cole Palmer.