Midfielder deserves football’s understanding for the kidnapping and threats that are damaging his life and career
from Juventus for a then world-record fee of £89m. He was 23 and had already won four Serie A titles. He had been named young player of the tournament at the previous World Cup. He was a star on the rise, the sort of player who might conceivably drag United out of their post-Alex Ferguson slump.
When he scored for France to put them 3-1 up against Switzerland with 15 minutes of their Euro 2020 last-16 tie remaining, his extended celebration suggested he thought the game was done. That Switzerland then scored twice before winning on penalties was not Pogba’s fault as such, but his celebration embodied a general complacency that allowed the game to slip away from France.
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