{"id":99265,"date":"2023-09-12T12:10:14","date_gmt":"2023-09-12T12:10:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/09\/12\/i-considered-retiring\/"},"modified":"2023-09-12T12:10:14","modified_gmt":"2023-09-12T12:10:14","slug":"i-considered-retiring","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/09\/12\/i-considered-retiring\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;I Considered Retiring&#8217; &#8211;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p><strong>Paul Pogba<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Paul Pogba has said that he considered retiring from professional football due to an alleged organised armed extortion attempt against him which involved his brother.<\/p>\n<p>Last year, an investigation was opened into allegations that Juventus and France midfielder was the target of an extortion plot by his brother Mathias and childhood friends demanding \u20ac13 million from him.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking to Al Jazeera\u2019s Generation Sport, Pogba said the case played a part in him wanting to quit football.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMoney changes people. \u2026 It can break up a family,\u201d he said. \u201cIt can create a war. Sometimes I was just by myself thinking: \u2018I don\u2019t want to have money anymore. I just don\u2019t want to play anymore. I just want to be with normal people, so they will love me for me \u2014 not for the fame, not for the money.\u2019 Sometimes it\u2019s tough.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Pogba also endured a tough spell on the pitch following his return to Juventus following his departure from Manchester United.<\/p>\n<p>The 30-year-old suffered a lot of injury problems last season and was forced to withdraw from France\u2019s World Cup squad in Qatar.<\/p>\n<p>The midfielder said he is determined to prove his critics wrong, and warned that criticism can lead to players wanting to quit the sport.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI want to make them eat their words. \u2026 I want to show them I\u2019m not weak,\u201d Pogba said. \u201cThey can talk bad about me. 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