United manchesteris Paul pogba it said on Monday it will “take legal action” after reports said it had withdrawn from international service in protest against the French president. Emmanuel macroncomments on radical Islam. According to reports in the Middle East collected by the British tabloid The Sun, World Cup winner Pogba wanted to end his international career after Macron promised to take the fight to Islamic radicals after the beheading of history professor Samuel. Paty on October 16.
“I am shocked, angry, shocked and frustrated that some ‘media’ sources are using me to make totally false headlines on the sensitive topic of current French events and adding my religion and the French national team to the pot,” Pogba posted on Instagram. “I am taking legal action against the publishers and broadcasters of this 100% false news,” he added.
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So The Sun did it again … absolutely 100% unfounded news about me is circulating, indicating things that I have never said or thought. I am dismayed, angry, shocked and frustrated, some “media” sources use me to make totally false headlines on the sensitive subject of French current events and adding my religion and the French national team to the pot. I am against each and every one of the forms of terror and violence. My religion is one of peace and love and must be respected. Unfortunately, some people from the press do not act responsibly when writing the news, they abuse their freedom of the press, they do not verify if what they write / reproduce is true, they create a chain of gossip without caring that it affects people’s lives and my lifetime. I am taking legal action against the publishers and broadcasters of this 100% fake news. In a quick thank you to The Sun, who normally doesn’t care about a thing: some of you probably went to school and will remember how your teacher said always check your sources, don’t write without making sure. But hey, it seems you did it again and on a very serious subject this time, what a shame! #fake news #AllezLesBleus @equipedefrance
Paty had shown cartoons of the Prophet Muhammad to students in a class discussion on freedom of expression at a school near Paris.
Macron’s comments sparked protests in Muslim-majority countries over the weekend, with people burning photos of Macron in Syria and setting French flags on fire in the Libyan capital, Tripoli.
Pogba won the World Cup in Russia in 2018, with Les Bleus next match in a friendly with Finland on November 11 before the Nations League meetings with Portugal and Sweden.
United’s next game is Wednesday’s Champions League group game against RB Leipzig at Old Trafford.
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