The moment of Paul Pogba’s official return to Juventus is approaching. Since his return to Turin, the French midfielder has played less than a minute due to a lingering knee injury, the end of the rehabilitation is in sight. Coach Massimiliano Allegri reported this during a press moment towards the resumption of the season.
Pogba came to Juventus on a free transfer in 2012 and repeated that transfer step ten years later. In the meantime, Manchester United paid about 105 million euros to attract the Frenchman. Juventus have not enjoyed Pogba’s second Italian spell, who also missed the World Cup with France due to the injury.
“He is running again and his knee is not bothering him,” Allegri answered questions about his player. “If this continues for the next fifteen to twenty days, he can rejoin the group.” This means that Pogba has to miss the top match against Napoli (January 13), but that he can be used again when Juventus continues in Europe in February with an encounter against FC Nantes in the play-offs of the Europa League. The Bianconeri are currently 3rd in the Italian top flight and ten points behind Napoli.
Mohamed Ihattaren saga
In related news, The sporting future of Mohamed Ihattaren remains uncertain. Juventus is trying to accommodate him again.
Ihattaren ended up at Juventus in the summer of 2021, which took him over from PSV. It did not come to a match for the Old Lady. Sampdoria and Ajax became his temporary destinations. In both cases this resulted in a bitter disappointment.
According to La Gazzetta dello Sport, Juventus is again looking for a club that wants to offer shelter to the Ihattaren, who has returned to Turin, as a mercenary. The attacker does not have a view of playing time in Turin, making a new rental the solution to the situation of the discredited attacker.
