Allegri’s confession about Pogba

Follow Paul Pogba’s ordeal since his return to Juventus. Having surgery on his right knee in September, the French midfielder seemed to have recovered and was called up against Monza, but he again had problems and will be out for at least 20 days. SAyes he explained it this Saturday Massimiliano Allegricoach of the Juventino team.

“At the moment (Pogba) cannot be called.as soon as he stopped”, said Allegri on the eve of this game on Sunday, a big rivalry against Fiorentina and five days before the first leg of the Eurocopa League playoff against Nantes.

Allegri also expressed to Pogba: “I’m sorry, but this is the truth. He is working to be available again, but right now I can’t tell you when he will be back… Maybe in twenty days. We are waiting for him, I am the first, he is an important player”. The coach made it clear that the Frenchman will not be able to tie against Nantes.

Pogba, 29, has not played an official match since April, when he was still a member of Manchester United. The midfielder returned to Juventus in the summer, six years after leaving for England, and injured the lateral meniscus in his right knee in July, after the first preseason friendly. Having surgery in September, Pogba also missed the Qatar 2022 World Cup with the French team, where he was declared world champion in Russia 2018.

On January 29, Pogba was called up by Allegri for the match against Monza (which beat Juventus 2-0), but he did not play. The following week he again had discomfort, in this case in the thigh.

Allegri maintained, always about Pogba, that “he is following his normal course, he has discomfort in the meniscus, the knee needs to be repaired and for his part he is doing everything possible.

Leonardo Bonucci was out against Fiorentina (He has been inactive since December due to an adductor injury), but in principle he could play in the first leg against Nantes. Arkadiusz Milik, who had a bruised left thigh at the end of January, is not yet ready to return.