The 2022/2023 season is to be forgotten for Paul Pogba!
The footballer lived very difficult months between the numerous injuries and relapses which made him miss an incalculable number of matches. He could not participate in the World Cup in Qatar with the French team, which was nevertheless one of his main objectives and his club, Juventus Turin could not count on him. Extra-sporting stories haven’t helped the 30-year-old. “When you are not well in the head, the body follows […] All these injuries that happened, I think the basis of it all was my head.” he said in a long interview with Views. “(The body) really reacted to all these issues outside of football, on football, the thoughts, I was stressed, my body was tense. And I wanted so badly to come back fast, play and show people.”
An outing about racism that is causing a lot of ink to flow
Among the topics discussed, the father of three spoke about the racism that continues to plague football and our society.
“Yeah, yeah, but actually, we’ve already won. Black people have already won”he began before developing his thought. “We were slaves for how many years? Today, we play football. We take buses. We have cars. We are recognized all over the world. For me, it’s a victory”estimated Pickaxe. “All these people are ignorant, these are comments from ignorant people who want to touch or hurt anyone, whether it’s an athlete or outside,” he added before giving “advice”. “Me, the advice I can give to black people or even people of color, all the people who have received racist remarks is: they try to touch you and it’s the weak who do that. We have already won. Today look: you are black, you do your interview, do you think that the years when we were slaves, it would have been possible? Never!
Unfortunately, his words provoked the anger of the web and many Internet users wanted to answer him: “There are players, we understand better why they never take a stand or talk about serious subjects lol because if it’s to let go of this kind of talk it’s better to keep quiet”, “So since blacks are no longer slaves, you have to be careful rejoice and stop the fight? Mdrrr Paul stop your nonsense and get out of this American rap clip in which you are locked up there”, “He’s a big moron! But hey, he’s a footballer, you shouldn’t expect much! “, “It’s completely above ground what he says. Worthy of the argument of a schoolboy”, “What is he saying to him”, “there he is kidding at full blast”, “The next time, don’t ask him anything more”could we read in the comments!
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