Playing for Serie A side Juventus at the time when banned, the Italian anti-doping agency banned Pogba for four years. Claiming he unknowingly took the substance, Pogba appealed to the Court of Arbitration for Sport,

According to sources, he has also spoken to David Beckham, the co-owner of Inter Miami, the club located in the city where Pogba has lived with his family since November. He had also spoken to other MLS teams before D.C. United pursued their interest, sources added.

According to GiveMeSport's Tom Bogert and Ben Jacobs, D.C. United has held preliminary discussions about signing Paul Pogba during the MLS secondary transfer window, as the former France international Manchester United and Juventus star looks to return from an 18-month doping ban that expired earlier this spring.