‘Hard to say it’ – France legend fears Paul Pogba’s career is over with Monaco set to tear up ex-Man Utd star’s contract

EMMANUEL PETIT fears “broken” Paul Pogba will retire once his Monaco contract has been ripped up. The Ligue 1 side are set to terminate Pogba’s deal a year early after he managed just 115 minutes of football last season. Paul Pogba made just six appearances for Monaco last season Credit: Shutterstock Editorial Emmanuel Petit fears that Pogba’s career could be over Credit: Getty The former Manchester United star, 33, has been ravaged by injuries and off-the-pitch issues since leaving Old Trafford in 2022. His four-year doping ban was reduced to 18 months on appeal, but there was a gap of well over two years between his Monaco debut last November and his last game for Juventus. Sign up for the Man United newsletter Thank you! And Pogba was unable to build any momentum due to stubborn injury problems. French World Cup winner and ex-Monaco midfielder Petit told SunSport: “This is not a secret to anyone, from the outside you can see that something is broken. His body, his mind, I have no idea. “With everything he has been through in the last few years, on and off the pitch, it takes a lot of strength, mentally, to go through it. “His body is not responding well. This is the main worry when you look at Pogba. “Where is he going to go? What is he going to do? I don’t think he even knows. “He knows his body is not there anymore. You can do whatever you want but if your body doesn’t respond to the demands of the highest level, just forget it.” Most read in Sport BEST ONLINE CASINOS – TOP SITES IN THE UK Pogba’s career has stalled since leaving Man Utd in 2022 Credit: Getty Pogba, who commanded a world record £89million fee when United re-signed him in 2016, and won the World Cup with France two years later, has been linked with a transfer to MLS. But a pre-season hamstring injury has threatened to put all moves on hold. And former Arsenal and Chelsea icon Petit admits that, if he was calling the shots at a football club, he could not bet on his countryman. He added: “Everybody knows who Pogba is, but everybody knows who Pogba is right now. “Right now, if I am in charge of a club, and it’s very hard for me to say because I am a huge fan of Paul Pogba, as a player and a person, but I would not take that gamble. “I would not give Pogba a chance to come back, because I think this is it.” *Petit was speaking to SunSport in association with Grosvenor Sport Comment now