Dubai: French football star Paul Pogba delighted fans on Tuesday after his pilgrimage to Makkah went viral on social media.
The Manchester United midfielder posted a video to his 22.5 million Instagram followers as he performed Umrah ahead of the Fifa World Cup.
The post was also accompanied with the caption: “Allahu Akbar. God is the greatest.”
In the online video, which received over 3.3 million views in the last 12 hours, Pogba explained how elated he was to visit the holy site in Saudi Arabia.
“Only the person who comes here, that can understand the feeling. So I hope the people that never been here yet, they all will one day,” he said.
“This a beautiful place. I cannot explain my feeling here. Inshallah you all will come here one day. Beautiful place. Salam.”
This is not the first time that Pogba performed Umrah, as his visit in 2017 also made the rounds on social networking sites.
Ramadan Kareem 🕋🌙 Bon Ramadan #makkah #blessed pic.twitter.com/B9OaobKTU8
— Paul Pogba (@paulpogba) May 28, 2017
Last May, the footballer sent a tweet wishing everyone a "happy Ramadan" and posted several photos in front of the Kaaba, dressed in the traditional white garment.
