The center of the attention of the transfer window goes to the principality of Monaco, while Paul Pogba (32) seems to stand up as Monaco, with Le Parisien and Foot Mercato who reports last night that the World Cup winner 2018 will sign a two -year deal in the club.
With the former Manchester United and Juventus player who arrives for the first time in his professional career in Ligue 1, former Monaco and Nice Manager Claude Puel insisted at Les Monégasques to build a team around Pogba for the coming season in an interview with L'Equipe. Hatem Ben Arfa, without a club for six months after a bitter end of his time in England, arrived in Nice in search of redemption. In a team that is completely designed around him, Ben Arfa delivered the best season of his career-17 goals, 6 assists and a fourth place Ligue 1 finish. Now Puel sees Echos from that comeback story in the upcoming arrival of Paul Pogba in Monaco. “Hatem was under performance because he had leaned too heavily on his raw capacity. In the meantime, Paul was at the top of his game to injuries and a doping ban derailed everything.” Monaco “must do the same”. The challenge for Pogba, 32, is not technical – “we don't have to learn to pass him” – but physically and psychologically. “The point is that the body suffers again. You can't hurry, but you have to stay close to the player, talk to him, guide him.” “Just like Hatem, he is a unique player, and Monaco will have to build a team around him. ASM can do things like that. I don't think it would be so easy on somewhere like Paris, now a stronger team spirit.” Gffn George Boxall