🚨 Paul Pogba completes sensational return to European football
Pogba last played a competitive game for Juventus in September 2023 before receiving a four-year suspension after testing positive for dehydroepiandrosterone (DHEA).
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Pogba appealed against the length of his ban, which was reduced to 18 months, and has been free to play since March.
Despite links with Saudi Arabia and the MLS, the France international has returned to his home country to play Champions League football with the Stade Louis II side.
Monaco finished last season in third place in Ligue 1, 24 points behind runaway winners Paris Saint-Germain.
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