JUVENTUS ARE “VERY fond” of Paul Pogba admits the club’ sporting director Fabio Paratici, but no decision has been taken on whether to move for the Manchester United midfielder.
A return to Turin has been mooted for Pogba, who used a commercial gig last week to say he feels it is time for a “new challenge” away from Manchester United.
Pogba left Juve for United in the summer of 2016, for a record-breaking fee of €100 million (£89 million), having initially joined the Italian club from United in 2012. He may now be set to tread that path a second time, and Juve would be happy to throw open their doors for a familiar face but no plans involving the 26-year-old have been pieced together as yet.
Juventus are also reported to be interested in signing another French midfielder – Adrien Rabiot of Paris Saint-Germain. Rabiot is out of contract with PSG having fallen out with the club, and is therefore available on a free transfer.
He too is yet to be officially approached by Juventus.
Sporting director Paratici told reporters when quizzed on links to the two players that “Pogba and Rabiot are two good players.
“Pogba we are very fond of, but he is a player of Manchester United.
“On Rabiot there are so many teams, we are not looking only at him.”
Juventus today unveiled Maurizio Sarri as their new manager, replacing Max Allegri. Sarri returns to Serie A following a one-year dalliance with Chelsea, having previously coached Napoli.
Oh well that is okay then.
@Gillian Scully: They were proved innocent, what about Western Athletes on TUE’s from Wada?
@Alois Irlmaier: not proved innocent, just not proved guilty. Big difference.
Is the wording relevant? They found that they hadn’t benefited from it, does that mean they didn’t do it at all or they did it and failed?
Have lost interest in Olympic sport a long time ago. Don’t trust anything I see.
Great news !
Life bans are ridiculous they are hard to maintain in real courts of law, CAS/DRA once sports rulings impinge on natural justice they are in trouble. Blanket bans are politically motivated decisions, athletes are entitled to serve a time ban. Not that it means anything any way look at the persecution of the Munster Rugby player – crazy
Lee Evans said it best. Just let them all take drugs. Do the bobsled event by running down the track in about 4.5 seconds. I’d watch That!
@David O’Brien: yep . Just have 2 seperate events juiced vs clean and have a big event after to see if clean can beat juiced naturally.
@David O’Brien: They are as they are called TUE’s once that country pays a wad of cash to the right organisation, which Russia hasn’t.
Not sufficient evidence?? The head of the lab said there overwhelming amount. Of doping lol
@Chris Finn: Is that the same head who got US citizenship for saying that the Russian athletes took drugs and was set up in his own lab in the US. Why give him his own lab??? The same man who told athletes to drink the steroids in Martinis, that was funny as steroids are injected not mixed in alcohol that can change the steroid chemically. As well as sticking bottles in and out of holes in a wall where there was never any evidence of holes in the wall… But who cares about facts… They are Russian so they must have done something bad because the US tells us what to believe…
IOC in my view trying to save face, if Russia doesn’t play by U.S. political rules dictated by their own business lobbyists the U.S. will turn the West against Russia. The US has turned the Olympics into a political battle field while Western Athletes continue with their TUE’s where asthmatics are being used to win gold medals for countries over healthy athletes. The corruption in my view just blows my mind…