EXCLUSIVE: Paul Pogba will NOT quit the French football in retaliation to statements by French president Emmanuel Macron alleging that Islam was the source of international terrorism

Daily Mail | October 26, 2020

Paul Pogba is NOT quitting international football as a retaliation to statements by French president Emmanuel Macron alleging that Islam was the source of international terrorism.

According to various Middle Eastern news sources, the Manchester United star - who is a Muslim - 'resigned' after the comments made by Macron in a highly-controversial speech on Friday.

But Sportsmail understands Pogba has no intentions of quitting the France international team.

Paul Pogba reportedly quit playing for France over president Emmanuel Macron's comments over fighting Islamic separatism - but Sportsmail understands that this is not his intention

Pogba, a convert to Islam, posted this picture of him visiting Mecca on Instagram in 2019

Pogba is pictured with Macron (second left) after France won the World Cup in 2018; the president's recent comments, in which he said 'we should attack Islamist separatism', were criticised by some for allegedly stigmatising France's Muslim population

Macron's comments came in the wake of the death of French teacher Samuel Paty (pictured), who was beheaded after showing schoolchildren a cartoon of the prophet Muhammad during a lesson

Macron’s comments came after French teacher Samuel Paty, 47, was murdered on his way home from the junior high school he taught in Conflans-Sainte-Honorine, 40 kilometres northwest of Paris.