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How Paul Pogba came through a tough 18-month doping ban and an extortion plot from his BROTHER as he prepares to return - including training with Man Utd stars and bizarre workout partners

There are some footballers who just seem to be incapable of blending into the background and doing things the simple way.

Ronaldinho and Neymar are great examples - showmen first and foremost. There is a hint of that in Rayan Cherki, too, while Mario Balotelli perhaps took that a step too far, though he was one of the great mavericks nonetheless.

There have been all sorts of entertainers, from the controversial to the creative genius, but there haven't been many who have been more inextricably blockbuster than Paul Pogba.

From his meteoric rise at United, to starring at Juventus as a prodigious talent, complete with Puskas-worthy goals, extravagant trims and endless showreels of cross-field passes - it's as if the phrase 'no half-measures' was created with his career in mind.