Even by Paul Pogba standards, it was a pretty manic Monday. Over breakfast, we read that the Frenchman considered quitting football after falling victim to an extortion plot allegedly involving his brother. By dinner, he was facing a four-year ban for failing a drugs test.
If the 30-year-old is hit with the maximum punishment, his career could be over after all.
It is one that reached the highs of a World Cup triumph with France in 2018, following a world-record £89million transfer to Manchester United two years earlier, yet still feels unfulfilled after wretched second spells at Old Trafford and Juventus.