The midfielder has not played since August 2023 after being handed the punishment after a drugs test found elevated levels of testosterone in his system following Juventus' opening match of the Serie A season last term but has dismissed suggestions that he could call time on his playing career.

Pogba told Sky Italia: "If you haven't seen an interview of mine in which I say that I'm retiring, it means that it's not like that, because I still feel like a footballer.

"I want to fight this, for me, injustice. An interview has come out, I don't know if you've seen it all, they put something that ... I hadn't finished talking. Pogba isn't finished, Pogba is here and until you see me say that I'm finished, don't worry. I have an incredible desire to come back, I feel like a child who wants to be professional. I train, I do everything I can to get back on the pitch."

Pogba awaits a hearing date at the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) as he hopes to get the sanction reduced to a two-year ban although he has been met with "silence" from the Juventus hierarchy on the issue.

The France international said: "The latest news is I'm still a Juve player, I have the contract but I haven't had the opportunity to speak to the director and coach ... there's silence. I think they're waiting for the outcome of the appeal but you have to ask them."