Manchester United
star Paul Pogba said he is eager to return from a lengthy spell on the
sidelines when football resumes following the coronavirus pandemic.
The World Cup
winner has been limited to just eight appearances for United this season after
battling a nagging ankle injury.
“I’m already
training and touching the ball,” Pogba, who hasn’t played since December 26,
told the United Podcast.
“I’ve been
frustrated, a long time ago. Now I’m almost there, so I’m just thinking about
getting back and training fully with the team and everything.”
“You think bad but
I’ve never had something like this in my career, so I always take it in a good
way. It makes me more hungry to come back and do well. And, yeah, it just shows
me as well how much I love football.”
Pogba’s agent Mino
Raiola has hinted the 27-year-old could leave Old Trafford if he is unhappy at
the end of the season.
However, the
Premier League has been put on hold indefinitely due to the spread of the
deadly virus.
“You have to be
very patient because, well my injury, I don’t know if people really know what
happened,” Pogba added.
“So I had a foot
injury, which came in the game against Southampton. It was early this season
and so I carried this for a long time, training and trying to be playing with
it. After I stopped, I found I had a fracture.
“I had a cast on
it, a plaster-cast, so it went very well but too well. The bone got bigger and
so, when I came back again, I played those two games against Watford and
Newcastle, I could feel something again.
“So I had to have
an operation and now here I am. I don’t feel anything and, hopefully, I’ll be
back very soon.”