He hits the target. Paul Pogba has never been so close to a return to competition. This Thursday, the French international participated for 50 minutes in a friendly match organized against the U 23 of Juventus Turin. During this time spent on the field, the midfielder gave off, according to the observers present, a favorable impression. He even offered a decisive pass to Dusan Vlahovic, whose return to competition seems just as imminent.
Consequently the presence of the French in the group called to receive Monza, this Sunday (3 p.m.), on the occasion of the 20th day of Serie A, is now possible. The decision belongs to the transalpine coach Massimiliano Allegri. Juventus, penalized with a withdrawal of fifteen points in the league by the Italian sports justice due to accounting fraud during player transfers, is impatiently awaiting its star. The “Old Lady” now points to an anonymous 10th place little in line with her standing.
Absent from the 2022 World Cup, Pogba has not yet played a single official match with the Bianconeri since his return to the foot of the Alps in the summer of 2022. He had participated, on Monday January 16, in all training with the team. first. He had already partially resumed collective training the previous week.
The 2018 world champion (91 caps) underwent surgery in early September for an injury to the lateral meniscus of his right knee. He was injured at the end of July during pre-season preparation but initially refused the operation. Aged 29, he finally had to do it a few weeks later due to chronic pain.
His last match in official competition dates back to April 19, 2022 with Manchester United against Liverpool. He must have left after 10 minutes. The staff of the Blues is closely monitoring its development in view of the first qualifying matches for Euro 2024 (June 14 – July 14) against the Netherlands and Ireland on March 24 and 27.
