Pogba suffers new injury setback with Monaco future now in doubt

Former France and Manchester United star Paul Pogba suffers latest injury setback, sparking rumours about his future with Monaco.Paul Pogba’s future with Monaco could be in doubt after he suffered another injury setback.The former Manchester United and Juventus midfielder suffered a new injury to his left thigh on Tuesday during the first day of Monaco’s training camp in England.Recommended Stories list of 4 itemslist 1 of 4Football superstar Cristiano Ronaldo marries long-term partner in Portugallist 2 of 4Poland says Women’s World Cup plan on course despite UEFA boycott of FIFAlist 3 of 4Bangladesh and India battle to save cricket series after political turmoillist 4 of 4Palestinian club football to restart in September after Gaza war suspensionend of listThe 2018 French World Cup winner suffered the injury as the Ligue 1 club trained at the English national football centre at St George’s Park after beating Liverpool in a friendly on Sunday.The 33-year-old midfielder was only returning to group training after a long spell of right-knee problems.Pogba has played only one half of football for Monaco in this preseason.According to several sources close to the matter, the new injury shows Pogba is some way off the level of fitness required to begin the French league season.There has been widespread speculation that Monaco have begun talks with Pogba’s representatives about buying the player out of the remainder of his contract, which is set to expire at the end of the new season.Paul Pogba was part of the France team that won the FIFA World Cup in Russia in 2018 [Darren Staples/AFP]After serving 18 months of a four-year ban for doping, Pogba played just six Ligue 1 matches for Monaco last season, totalling 115 minutes on the pitch.Pogba started his career with United in the English Premier League before the manager at the time, Sir Alex Ferguson, released the midfielder on a free transfer in 2012 after a dispute with the player’s agent.Juventus stepped in for the then 19-year-old, and he won four consecutive Serie A titles with them and reached the Champions League final before re-joining United in 2016 for a world record transfer fee at the time of $120.2m.