Juve evaluates, he says no – Corriere.it

More than a trivial pre-season, Paul Pogba’s summer it resembles an NBA Summer League, despite the guaranteed large contract (8 million euros per season, plus two bonuses): the Frenchman must prove himself – and, above all, convince Juve – that he can still be on the pitch, around its levels. Game ergo sum. Because after last season’s case, full of injuries, Hamlet’s doubts about the operation and family stories, being there would already be a good starting point. That’s why he had already started smoothing out his muscles in Florida, continuing at Continassa, where he showed up a week early.

After all, the path was agreed with the Juventus medical staff and the trainers: it is better to avoid a too abrupt return to the group, with the prospect of being able to then have him play playing time during the American tour, from 22 July to early August, between training sessions and ( three) friendly. uit is also Paul’s will, shared with entourage and friends: come back early, to work and sweat, putting everything that happened last season behind you. All summed up by the clips relaunched on black and white social media: him banging in the gym, between weights, machinery and rope. In short, mobility exercises against obstacles, lateral stabilization and repetitions of explosive power. With a certainty, like a movie: I’m ready.

There is therefore patience, for the work he is doing, but also impatience, for when he will be ready. obvious, and understandable, that Madame wants some certainty from her most talented knight; the one who, alone, could trace her destiny. As we also saw in the few glimpses of last season (10 appearances for 172 minutes): a few touches of class and the idea of ​​thoughtful football, a practice not very common in the team. The club therefore took note of potential offers from Saudi Arabia, which Pogba did not take into consideration. Even if yesterday, at Continassa, the number ten had a chat with his agent, Rafaela Pimenta. Per: at the moment the Middle East is not even an option, in fact, so focused on his return with Juve. For the hunt for yet another revenge: I chose Juve because the club that made me push further and because I didn’t get the love I received here in Manchester, he repeated to a weekly across the Alps, as soon as the championship ended. At Juve, and at Cristiano Giuntoli, all that remains is to observe and wait, without being able to exclude anything, from here to the stoppage of the transfer market. Waiting for the star, the first step would be to have a footballer back: rather than deciding the challenges, playing them with comforting continuity.