While he has still not played with Juventus Turin, Paul Pogba has taken part in collective training.
Juventus Turin international midfielder Paul Pogba, deprived of the 2022 World Cup after undergoing meniscus surgery in early September, was able to participate in collective training on Tuesday for the first time since October, his club announced.
The Bianconeri posted on their site some photos and video of the day’s session, in which the 29-year-old appears with the ball in the middle of his teammates.
The return to competition of the 2018 world champion could take place by the end of January.
«Patience is not knowing how to wait, but knowing how to maintain a good attitude while waiting“, had philosophized at the end of December the star of the Blues in a message on Instagram.
A response to criticism from some supporters who blamed him for going to the mountains at the end of 2022 when he was still forced into tedious muscle strengthening exercises and solo races.
The return of Pogba to Turin last summer had aroused great enthusiasm among the “juventini”, delighted to see the return of a player whose first spell at the club (2012-2016) had been punctuated by four league titles. Italy in four years. But until then, the Tifosi remain unsatisfied.
Pogba was indeed injured after playing a short half-time at the end of July in a friendly. He had initially refused to be operated on before resolving to it at the beginning of September, due to recurring pain. Unable to recover in time, he then had to give up the World Cup, heartbroken.
