Juventus consider ‘terminating’ Paul Pogba contract as nightmare return continues

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Manchester United released Paul Pogba in the summer six years after he returned to Old Trafford. Considering the club record £89 million spent on him in 2016, Pogba’s return was largely underwhelming.

Pogba re-signed with former club Juventus, and it has not gone at all well.

The midfielder has not played a single match for the club, suffering an injury in pre-season, and has suffered subsequent setbacks.

He even failed to make France’s World Cup squad, and back in Italy, frustration is growing.

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Juventus consider ‘terminating’ Paul Pogba contract

Last weekend Pogba did make Juventus’ bench against Monza, a match in which the Italian giants suffered a humiliating 2-0 defeat. He was an unused substitute.

And then ahead of a potential debut in the Coppa Italia, manager Massimiliano Allegri explained, via The Mail, that Pogba would be unavailable after suffering a setback.

Now The Mail report Juventus are considering terminating Pogba’s contract, or attempting to sell him to a club in the US in the summer.

The situation is humiliating for Pogba. Speaking after his release last summer, in his Amazon documentary, he vowed to prove Manchester United wrong.

He said: “My thought process is to show Manchester (United) that they made a mistake in waiting to give me a contract.”

Pogba had rejected a contract offer from United. At this stage, we can only be thankful he chose to do so.

Injuries were part of the problem for Pogba during his time at the club. He played 30 or more Premier League games in just only one out of six seasons.

The final memory of his time at United was him limping off 10 minutes into a defeat against Liverpool. And his final seasons became marked by regular jaunts to Dubai for recovery, rather than recuperating at Carrington.

Now he is Juventus’ problem to deal with, one fewer headache for Manchester United.

There could yet be a plot twist if United draw Juventus later on in the season in the Europa League. But the chances of Pogba being fit for such a game, remain slim.