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Paul Pogba suffers new injury, placing his future at AS Monaco in doubt

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Paul Pogba suffered a new thigh injury on Tuesday during the first day of Monaco's training camp in England, casting doubt on his future in the Principality.

[p]The 2018 French World Cup winner suffered an injury to his left thigh as [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/monaco/2PIvr8o4/"]Monaco[/a] trained at the English national football centre at St George's Park after beating [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/liverpool/lId4TMwf/"]Liverpool[/a] in a friendly on Sunday.[/p][p]The 33-year-old midfielder was only returning to group training after a long spell of right-knee problems.[/p][p][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/pogba-paul/MTNGv0hT/"]Pogba[/a] has played only one half of football for Monaco in this pre-season.[/p][embed guid="35cfb172-eb04-48d1-b20f-4686e166afe6" url="https://x.com/FabrizioRomano/status/2087256223821312192?s=20" social-type="twitter" /][p]According to several sources close to the matter, the new injury shows Pogba is some way off the level of fitness required to begin the Ligue 1 season.[/p][p]After serving 18 months of a four-year ban for doping, Pogba played just six Ligue 1 matches for Monaco last season, totalling 115 minutes on the pitch.[/p]

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