MONACO: Paul Pogba has signed a two-year deal with Ligue 1 side Monaco to return to football after a near two-year absence, the club announced on Saturday.

The 2018 World Cup winner has made only 12 appearances across the last three seasons due to injuries, an 18-month doping ban and an extortion case in which he was the victim.

Pogba failed a drugs test in August 2023 after a match for Juventus and hasbeenfree toreturnto football since March,although his contract at the Italian giants had been terminated last year.

The midfielder will now play club football in Ligue 1 for the first time in his professional career.

`I am determined to get back on the pitch, mentally ready, physically ready, it`s just a matter of time,` the 32-yearold told French television last weekend.

Pogba played in the Le Havre youth team before signing for Manchester United in 2009.-AFP