Paul Pogba's wife has hit back at claims the Frenchman should retire, with injuries striking again as his Monaco contract is poised to be ripped up. The former Manchester United midfielder has been plagued by injuries during pre-season, and multiple reports in France claim his agents are in talks with the Ligue 1 club over a mutual termination.
Monaco contract termination
That comes at Monaco's request, with his move to the principality not working out as he or the club would have desired. Pogba had been attempting to get his career back on track after spending time away due to a doping ban. He had been earning just £44,000-a-week at the Ligue 1 side, and some fans have claimed Pogba's body can no longer hold up and he should hang up his boots.
Wife's defence
Zulay, 33, who married Pogba in 2017, fired back by reminding his doubters of his achievements: "For all the people saying Paul should retire or he came back to football for the money, let me make this clear, the only one who knows when he will retire is God. And for the ones who say he came back for the money, trust me we are very good with money, thank God."
"Social media accepts everything. People can sit behind a screen and say whatever they want, insult someone, question their intentions and forget that there is an actual human being on the other side."
"For those questioning what he has left to prove, let me remind you he achieved the dream every footballer in the world grows up chasing, dreaming to have. He won the World Cup for his country."
Career struggles
Pogba's spell away from football means he has fallen out of the France picture, and he has never been able to regularly showcase the form that 10 years ago prompted United to make him the world's most expensive footballer at the time. The Frenchman thrived during his first spell at Juventus and was poised to become one of the best players on the planet.
However, his return to Manchester did not work out, and he was regularly criticised for a lack of positional awareness, despite moments of brilliance. He returned to Juventus on a free, but his doping ban scuppered his hopes of getting back to his best. Last season, he played just six times for Monaco.
