Manchester United announces Pogba’s departure after six years
The wait is over as the higgledy-piggledy surrounding Paul Pogba’s contract at Manchester United has finally come to an end. Earlier this morning, the Communications Department of Machester United FC stated that the French international will be leaving the club this June.
it said in a statement, “The club can announce that Paul Pogba will leave Manchester United at the end of June, upon the expiry of his contract”.
The Frenchman has enjoyed a long association with United, having joined the club’s Academy from Le Havre at age 16.
As many may recall, the young lad progressed through the ranks, first impressing in the Under-18s and then swiftly moving upwards to the Reserves.
He first drew widespread attention as part of the Youth Cup side that achieved the club’s unprecedented 10th success in 2011, playing in both legs of that year’s final against Sheffield United.
The following season, he was granted a first-team debut under Sir Alex Ferguson, in a 3-0 League Cup win away at Leeds United.
But in the summer of 2012, due to strong competition for places at Old Trafford, Pogba joined Italian giants Juventus.
But the story changed at Piedmont, over there, the lanky midfielder helped La Vecchia Signora lift four consecutive Serie A titles and a couple of Coppa Italia titles.
However, in 2016, he made the emotional decision to return to Old Trafford, in a bid to continue the nascent United career he had begun in that breakthrough season of 2011/12.
After a sublime ‘second’ debut against Southampton, where he wowed the crowd with his all-around midfield mastery, Pogba started two cup finals that would both result in the Reds lifting silverware.
First, he starred in the 2017 League Cup final against Southampton, which resulted in a 3-2 win thanks to Zlatan Ibrahimovic’s dramatic late winner. The Swede scored twice and, at full-time, Mourinho singled out both Zlatan and Paul as United’s outstanding players.
To what was seen by many as a master start, Pogba’s final season at the club started off in a hugely promising fashion, with an astonishing four assists in United’s opening-day thrashing of Leeds United, but more injury problems would ultimately derail his ambitions.
The Frenchman made just 27 appearances under Solskjaer and the Norwegian’s replacement, interim manager Ralf Rangnick, and the last of his 233 United games ended in the 10th minute of a defeat at Anfield in April 2022, with Pogba forced to leave the field due to another unfortunate knock.
But as to what’s the destination for the French man, time is our greatest reference.
