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Claim: A Facebook user claims that former Manchester United player Paul Pogba has signed a two-year deal with the former club.
Verdict: False. No credible news outlet has reported such a signing. Moreover, neither Manchester United nor the French international has approached the other for a third spell at the English club.
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French international and former Juventus and Manchester United star Paul Pogba is now a free agent after exhausting his 18-month doping ban in March 2025.
The midfielder had initially received a four-year ban on doping allegations, but his sentence was reduced after a successful appeal to the Court of Arbitration for Sports (CAS). However, the judicial proclamation also meant he would forfeit playing time, thus being without a contract with any club.
Amidst his recent return, a Facebook user, FIFA 2022 WORLD CUP QATAR updates, claims that the 32-year-old has signed a two-year contract with his former club and Premier League side, Manchester United.
“BREAKING NEWS: !! Manchester United took me as their own when others rejected me. It’s a great privilege given to me by Ruben Amorim to be here again,” Paul Pogba’s official message to fans after pending down two-year contract with Man United today…”
As of Friday, March 21, 2026, the claim has earned 8,000 likes, 554 comments, and 52 shares.
DUBAWA viewed the reactions of other Facebook users and noticed that some pointed out that there is no official statement about the new development. At the same time, some outrightly tagged it as fake.
“Any statement that is not official is a false one,” Modoulamin Jatta commented.
“Though not confirmed yet, but not entirely fake,” Opakunle Olukunle wrote.
“Fake news, and we don’t need this guy,” Tom Sibanda Dawuza dismissed.
After comments questioning the post’s authenticity, DUBAWA decided to verify the claim.
Verification
DUBAWA conducted a keyword search on Google concerning the midfielder’s alleged contract status with Manchester United and noticed that no credible news outlet (local or international) reported the development.
Manchester Evening News wrote on March 16, 2025, that the French international is “on the lookout for a new club” and has been linked to several clubs, “including a third spell at United,” but nothing official has been confirmed yet.
Transfer Market indicates that the midfielder has been “without a club” since Dec. 1, 2024, the same time he terminated his former contract with Serie A side Juventus.
Earlier in February, Yahoo! Sports reported that former player Louis Saha had urged Manchester United to sign Pogba, not just because the Premier League giants were afflicted with injuries but also because of how formidable the midfielder is.
“I would take Paul Pogba back at Manchester United in a heartbeat. It’s not only because of the squad that we have now with injuries and all that but also because of all the elements he brings as a player,” Saha said.
Treble winner Dwight Yorke had also told Manchester United to sign Pogba, stating expressly he “would give Pogba a third chance” with merit to his fantastic playing style.
However, TeamTalk reported that the English side had not moved to sign the French international and their once-beloved player.
Moreover, Manchester United has not reported the recent signing of the 32-year-old into the English club.
Conclusion
The claim is false. No reports from credible media outlets corroborate the Facebook user’s claim.
