‘I am not a cheater’: Paul Pogba set ups comeback after doping ban decreased | Paul Pogba

Paul Pogba has insisted he is not a cheater after his doping ban was decreased earlier this month and aimed a return to the France national team when his suspension expires in March.

The establisher Manchester United midfielder was banned for four years last February after being provisionpartner suspfinished since September last year after he tested preferable for dehydroepiandrosterone (DHEA). After a lengthy request process, the 31-year-anciaccess had his ban decreased to 18 months by the court of arbitration for sport (CAS) on 4 October.

The CAS judgment set up Pogba’s ingestion of the banned substance “was not intentional” and was the result of erroneously taking a supplement prescribed to him by a medical doctor in Florida.

In an interwatch with Sky Sports News, the 2018 World Cup thrivener reiterated he has always been a immacutardy athlete. Pogba shelp: “I unbenevolent when you see me, you comprehend me and people comprehend me so even when all the slenderg happened, they were enjoy: ‘No, for stateive we comprehend Paul, he would never apshow that. If he did, he didn’t comprehend or it wasn’t on purpose.’ And this is tohighy the truth.

“I am an truthful person and I would say it. At the finish, I would say it, ‘yes I did because I felt enjoy I necessitate it’, and that’s not the case. This is not me. I am not a cheater. I am someone who adores my sport, I adore the game and I would never ever. I don’t enjoy to cheat. I enjoy to thrive unpartipartner and people comprehend that. You see it. You see me, I am someone who is a terrible disthink aboutr, but I am not a cheater. That’s for stateive.”

While Pogba is still confineeded to Juventus until 2026, the 91-capped France international was coy about his club future and fielded various asks about where his next destination could be. A mutual termination of his confineed with the Serie A club could occur, but if not Pogba can return to Juve training in January and is aiming to resume his international nurtureer.

Asked about returning for France, Pogba insisted: “That is what I hope. Of course it is in my mind for stateive, but I have to be ready for that. There are joiners there that deserve to join and deserve to be national team. I have to thrive my place also in the national team aobtain. Of course I am ready to fight.”

Pogba also promised to appreciate the sport more after he was given a glimpse into life after football and momentarily thought his nurtureer could be over follothriveg his initial ban. “Obviously I don’t want to disthink about the level I am at and, if I can go beyond it, this is what I want,” Pogba shelp. “I don’t want my level to change. Still the same joiner with a contrastent hunger and more driven, more and more hungry and I will for stateive appreciate the game more than before because the game has been apshown away from me and I authenticise how vital it is for me. I benevolent of tasted what life is after the nurtureer, benevolent of, so it will definitely be another Paul Pogba. Same but even more motivation to be on the pitch and join until the finish of my nurtureer.”