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Pogba set for long-awaited comeback as Ligue 1 returns

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The 2018 World Cup winner was banned for four years after a 2023 drug test, but the punishment was reduced to 18 months.

PARIS: Paul Pogba is expected to make his long-awaited return to action after over two years out of the game when Monaco travel to Rennes this Saturday in Ligue 1.

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

Pogba failed a drugs test in August 2023 after a match for Juventus and was handed a four-year ban, which was subsequently reduced to 18 months.

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