Rio Ferdinand sends message to Ruben Amorim over re-signing Paul Pogba
Pogba is looking for a new club...
Rio Ferdinand has urged Ruben Amorim to invite Paul Pogba to train with Manchester United ‘to have a little look’ at the midfielder.
Pogba is currently a free agent after mutually agreeing to terminate his contract at Juventus last year.
The France international, who left United in the summer of 2022, was handed a doping ban in February last year, with his four-year suspension cut to 18 months after the Court of Arbitration for Sport accepted his argument that he did not intentionally ingest a banned substance.
Pogba was free to resume training with a club in January and will be eligible to play again in March.
The 31-year-old appeared to tease a possible return to Old Trafford in a cryptic social media post last month.
United signed Patrick Dorgu and Ayden Heaven during the January transfer window but with Marcus Rashford, Antony and Tyrell Malacia leaving and with Lisandro Martinez set for a long spell on the sidelines, the squad is still light.
Pogba has also been strongly linked with MLS and Saudi Arabian clubs but former United defender Ferdinand believes Amorim should at the very least take a closer look at the World Cup winner on the training pitch.
‘You’d like to think he would [be going somewhere]. Surely he’s got to go somewhere,’ Ferdinand told Rio Presents.
‘Pogba at United? I’d go come in and train with us and let’s see what you’ve got. I’d do that. I would’ve done that already. I’d say come in and get fit and let’s have a little look.
‘Stormzy could be doing a little verse for the video now.’
Stormzy was heavily involved in United’s grand unveiling of Pogba following his return to the club in 201, wearing a United shirt with ‘Pogba’ on the back in a video filmed for adidas and the club.
There are not thought to have been any talks between United and Pogba’s representatives at this stage.
With United’s current financial situation, the club focused on young, cheaper talent in January while actively looking to lighten their bloated wage bill.
A move for Pogba would be at odds with that new strategy.
