The midfielder says he can be a ?big player? after years away from football due to injury, a doping ban and legal cases
By Get French Football News
Dozens of journalists from France, England and Italy are inside the auditorium of Monaco?s performance centre. The densely packed room is filled with multilingual chatter about Eric Dier and Ansu Fati, who have just been presented to the media. There is one player yet to appear: the headliner, the man who has brought reporters from far and wide to this room. Then a door opens. Paul Pogba enters.
After making his way on to the podium and settling into his chair, he speaks. ?As you saw, there were a lot of emotions,? says Pogba of the viral video in which the tears flowed as he signed his Monaco contract, bringing an end to two years in the footballing wilderness. ?It is very rare to see me cry like that, so I hope you enjoyed it,? he says with a smile. ?There were so many images that came into my mind. We know the doping story, my injury. Everything came back to me during the signing and I couldn?t hold back.?
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