Paul Pogba assures fans 'I'm still alive guys' after old video of his 'sarcastic comments' bizarrely sparks death hoax, months on from his four-year anti-doping ban from football A 2023 video of Paul Pogba recently went viral and was taken out of context After a bizarre death hoax, Pogba told fans: 'I'm still alive guys don't worry' Pogba is currently banned from football after failing a drugs test last year By Robert Summerscales Published: 12:41 BST, 27 June 2024 | Updated: 12:52 BST, 27 June 2024 e-mail View comments Paul Pogba has assured fans that he is 'still alive' after an old video of the former Manchester United midfielder went viral and sparked a bizarre death hoax. The footage was from an interview with Al Jazeera in 2023 - before Pogba failed a drugs test - in which he discussed the harsh scrutiny facing elite footballers. Pogba said: 'Look at people like Cristiano Ronaldo or Leo Messi .

They always have to prove again that they are Cristiano and Messi, after everything that they've done. Football is very beautiful but it is cruel. People can forget you the next day.

You can do something great then the next day you are nobody. 'People are waiting for you, to say "he's done, his career is finished", so many things, like I'm over, I'm dead, Paul Pogba doesn't exist anymore.' The last nine words of that quote were taken out of context and shared around social media earlier this week.

A short clip of Paul Pogba's interview with Al Jazeera from last year recently went.