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Paul Pogba Transfers His Sporting Riches to Startup Pitches

The French football star has been studying billionaires in his spare time — and making his own off-field investments.

Paul Pogba in Manchester, UK, on May 11. 

Paul Pogba in Manchester, UK, on May 11. 

Photographer: Carolyn Mendelsohn/Bloomberg

With his Manchester United career at an end, Paul Pogba could go anywhere this summer.

The World Cup-winning French midfielder won’t say whether he wants to play football in Paris, Madrid or Turin next, but he does have a plan for the future: “I will be investing in myself.”