Pogba’s injury HELL since leaving Man Utd goes on

Carlo Garganese

• 23 Jul 2023 15:35 BST
• 2 min read

Paul Pogba’s injury hell since leaving Manchester United continued as he is considered unlikely to be fit for the start of the season for Juventus.

Pogba has travelled to the United States for Juve’s pre-season tour but may not even play a minute on the pitch.

He is not training with the squad and is working individually on his recovery in the gym and on the exercise bike.

Juventus were scheduled to play Barcelona, Milan and Real Madrid in America, although the first of these matches was cancelled.

With the Serie A season kicking off in less than a month on August 20 away at Udinese, it is now considered unlikely that Pogba will be fit to start.

It’s just the latest setback for Pogba in what has been a nightmare return to the club from Man Utd in the summer of 2022.

Pogba injury hell at Juventus

He has been plagued by injuries since his free transfer move back to Turin.

In total, he missed 53 games for Juventus through six separate injuries in 2022-23. He made just 10 appearances, only one of them a start - and that itself lasted only 24 minutes.

In September of last year, the 29-year-old underwent surgery for a torn meniscus that he suffered during the summer and which had not responded to conservative treatment.

He had tried to recover in time for the 2022 World Cup with France but then suffered a thigh injury prior to the finals.

Pogba then suffered a number of setbacks from December onwards.

He did not make his debut off the bench until February 28 as a 21-minute substitute against Torino.

But after a 13-minute outing against Roma in his second game on March 5, Pogba suffered another injury which ruled him out for a month.

He returned to action on April 13 as a substitute in the 1-0 win over Sporting Lisbon.

He then made another six substitute appearances, ranging from five to 25 minutes of action.

Pogba got his one and only goal contribution last season as a sub in the 1-1 Europa League semi-final first-leg draw against Sevilla. Juve would lose the second leg without Pogba.

Pogba finally made his first start of the season against Cremonese in May but was injured after just 24 minutes, thus ending his season.

He has still not returned to fitness.