“People might not realise it, but sport always connects in some way,” added Frenchman Pogba. <\/p>\n
“Whether it’s football, camel racing, boxing – the foundations are similar. You need determination, you need focus, you need discipline and grit. That’s what makes champions at the end of the day.”<\/p>\n
Pogba, who became the world’s most expensive player when he joined Manchester United from Juventus in 2016 for \u00a389m, added: “Being the world’s most expensive footballer was an honour, but it also came with a lot of hard work, pressure and responsibility.<\/p>\n
“Owning the world’s most expensive camel one day would be a beautiful full-circle moment – something fun, something meaningful and something that excites me. Maybe one day we make it happen.”<\/p>\n
Al Haboob, founded by entrepreneurs Omar Almaeena and Safwan Modir, is the world’s first modern camel racing team to compete internationally.<\/p>\n
“Paul’s involvement is transformational,” said Almaeena.<\/p>\n
“His influence, leadership, and passion for cultural storytelling reflect exactly what Al Haboob stands for. This partnership is about more than racing; it is about sharing a heritage that deserves global recognition.”<\/p>\n
Pogba made his long-awaited return to professional football on 22 November after coming on as a late substitute in Monaco’s 4-1 Ligue 1 defeat by Rennes.<\/p>\n
The 2018 World Cup winner had not played since featuring for Juventus against Empoli in September 2023, following an original four-year doping ban,<\/a> that was cut to 18 months<\/a> by the Court of Arbitration for Sport (Cas).<\/p>\n Pogba maintained it was a mistake and he was given a supplement without knowing it contained a banned substance.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"“People might not realise it, but sport always connects in some way,” added Frenchman Pogba. “Whether it’s football,…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":338931,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[563],"tags":[64,63,596,85],"class_list":{"0":"post-338930","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-football","8":"tag-au","9":"tag-australia","10":"tag-football","11":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/338930","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=338930"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/338930\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/338931"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=338930"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=338930"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=338930"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}