PAUL POGBA has denied claims he plans to quit international football.

The Manchester United star was alleged to have made the decision following bad remarks about Islam on Friday from his country’s leader Emmanuel Macron, Middle Eastern news sources made the claims.

Paul Pogba won the 2018 World Cup with France

However, neither the 27-year-old, nor the French Football Association, ever commented on the speculation.

The reports came in the wake of the beheading of teacher Samuel Paty, 47, who was attacked on his way home from the junior high school where he taught in Conflans-Sainte-Honorine, 40km northwest of Paris.

Mr Paty was awarded the French Legion d'honneur, the highest decoration bestowed by the French state, in recognition of the fact that he died for trying to explain the importance of freedom of speech.

President Emmanuel Macron described the murder as an ‘Islamic terrorist attack’ that took the life of the French teacher.

He later added: “Unity and firmness are the only answers to the monstrosity of Islamist terrorism.”

Teacher Samuel Paty was killed by an extremist

French President Emmanuel Macron pays his respects by Samuel Paty's coffin 

Calls have grown around the world for people to boycott French goods in the wake of the president's comments accusing Muslims of separatism and he pledged not to give up cartoons depicting the Prophet Muhammad.

Pogba made his international debut back in 2013 and went on to lift the 2018 World Cup in Russia.

He has won 72 caps and scored ten goals for Les Bleus.

Fance's most recent game was a 2-1 win away against Croatia, in which Pogba came off the bench.

The next international break is next month, with the reigning World champs having three games, against Finland, Portugal and Sweden.

Tributes have been paid across France to the teacher, including before the weekend's football matches