Paul Pogba next club latest: Man Utd return, nightmare over, shock ban and Bruno Fernandes role

Paul Pogba has continued where he left off during an eventful playing career; always in the news. Despite his last professional match coming over 14 months ago - that extends to well over two years for his last start, which came at Manchester United - Pogba is never shy of being in the headlines.

Be it ahead of an anticipated return or for his footballing ban, the Frenchman has found himself constantly at the centre of attention for club and country. Now, with less than one month until the January window and a chance to find a new home, Pogba is once more a notable figure.

The 31-year-old cannot feature until March but he is, nonetheless on the lookout, for somewhere to play when the time comes. He is thought to be putting himself through the paces privately to ensure that no more time is wasted after his enforced hiatus from the game at professional level.

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Here, The Manchester Evening News has all you need to know about Pogba's ongoing search for a club and what has held him back in recent times.

In October 2023, just over one year after his return to Juventus following a free transfer exit from United - for a second time - Pogba was hit with a lengthy ban from football for testing positive following a random drugs test after a match. His second sample was then taken with it being found to have traces of a prohibited substance.

Pogba had already struggled to get to tip-top form or any sort of fitness back in Turin. He missed the 2022 World Cup in Qatar with injury and didn't start a single game for Juventus.

In March 2024, Pogba was landed with a four-year ban