Pogba Faces Injury Setback in Monaco Training Camp

The mood at St George’s Park turned in an instant.

In the middle of a routine passing drill, AS Monaco midfielder Paul Pogba let out a sharp cry, crumpled to the turf and stayed down. What began as another step in his long road back quickly became the latest setback in a spell that refuses to settle.

Medical staff rushed over. Two members of Monaco’s backroom team helped the 2018 World Cup winner from the pitch, his team-mates watching on, concern written all over their faces. A pre-season session designed to build rhythm and confidence instead left the club with fresh questions and an uneasy silence.

This blow comes just as Pogba had started to rejoin full group training after a troubled period ravaged by physical problems. His minutes in pre-season have been minimal, a brief appearance here and there as the club tried to manage his workload and avoid exactly this scenario.

Head coach Filipe Luís had recently spoken with optimism about finally integrating the 33-year-old into his plans, viewing Pogba’s experience and presence as a potential pillar for the coming campaign. That optimism now meets cold reality: once again, the Frenchman faces an uphill battle to regain full match fitness and any kind of continuity.

The timing could hardly be worse for Monaco. With the Ligue 1 season closing in, this stretch of work in England was meant to sharpen the squad and clarify roles. Club hierarchy had already earmarked pre-season as a decisive period in assessing Pogba’s long-term future at the club, weighing his quality against the recurring doubts over his physical condition.

Those doubts have not gone away. They have deepened.

Monaco will now wait on medical scans to determine the extent of the damage and how long Pogba might be sidelined. Until those results land, there is only an anxious pause for both player and staff, the familiar uncertainty of an injury that interrupts momentum just as it begins to build.

On the training pitch and in the planning meetings, the focus turns to midfield depth. Filipe Luís and his staff must prepare for the opening fixtures without one of their most high-profile names, reworking combinations and responsibilities while Pogba starts yet another rehabilitation process.

Whether this proves a brief scare or the start of another prolonged absence will shape not only Pogba’s season, but potentially his place in Monaco’s project. For now, the club can do little but wait, manage, and hope that this latest collapse on an English training pitch is not the moment that finally closes a chapter that never truly got going.