French midfielder, Paul Pogba, has said he is seriously looking forward to making a return to the football pitch.
Pogba who is currently serving a suspension from football told Sky Sport he has missed the game.
“I am still a football player. Don’t look at that stuff saying I am retiring, I am finished… I want to fight for my career, I am optimistic,” said Pogba as quoted by Italian transfer expert, Fabrizio Romano.
“I am not finished. I am training hard and I am still 100% a footballer. I can’t wait to return to the pitch.
“If you don’t see a video where I say that I am stopping with football, it’s because I am still a football player. I am still here, still positive, I have an opportunity to fight what in my view is an injustice. We’ll see, things will go better.”
The Juventus midfielder also spoke about a recent video where he he claimed to be “dead” professionally.
According to the 31-year-old, that particular production was poorly edited, with his career far from being over.
“I don’t know if you saw the whole interview, but they only put up a part of it were I hadn’t even finished speaking yet,” the former Manchester United midfielder said.
“Pogba is not finished, Pogba is here and until you see me say I’m finished, don’t worry. I still feel like a player, I am training and in these moments I must only be positive.
“I am spending a lot of time with my family, seeing my kids grow up. I am not doing what I love, which is football, but I am really eager to get back. I am so eager, I feel like a kid who wants to be a professional.”
Pogba who won the 2018 FIFA World Cup with France in Russia failed a standard doping test in August 2023, with a B sample also coming back positive.
This led to Pogba receiving a lengthy suspension from all football-related activities but he is taking his appeal against that ruling to the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS).
