Pogba: the physical form, Allegri's thoughts, the contract

The feeling is that even in this championship it will be difficult to be able to count 100% on the French champion. But the Juve coach has understood that he will have to use him as a wildcard, no longer a fixed point. And a meeting with Pimenta is scheduled for September...

Pogba says it's a pleasure. For those who are not familiar with social media, it means that he publishes one photo after another on Instagram : images that convey positivity, from him smiling in optimistic poses to a video in which he meets children who are excited by being able to meet him.

The fact itself could take its time, but in reality it has its own value: it means that the Octopus's mood turns decidedly serene.

Pogba, just fatigue: Juve breathes a sigh of relief Not a little, given that after his last outing in Empoli he had set off the alarm sirens again in the Juventus home: a pain - like a twinge - in the adductor. And so, immediately after the match, Allegri tainted the satisfaction of the three points with the regret of this new injury to the Frenchman. Which, however, the instrumental tests carried out the following day had classified as mild fatigue. Nothing more: no muscle injuries. Only an increase in fatigue which led the muscle to trigger the painful symptoms felt by the transalpine champion. Juventus and France: Rabiot and Pogba, heads and tails for Allegri and Deschamps

Juventus, Pogba already available for Lazio?

So the alarm has subsided to the point that, even if informally, a fair amount of optimism continues to leak from the Juventus world that they can even have him called up for the next match. The one that the Bianconeri will play in a sold-out stadium on Saturday next week against Lazio, at 3pm. Of course, Polpo's situation will have to be monitored "day by day", even more so due to his recent "history" linked to injuries, but at the moment the trend continues to be positive. This week therapy and gym are on the menu, next week he will return to work on the pitch. And having him available, as demonstrated by the two half-hour segments he played against Bologna and Empoli, gives a significant added value to Allegri's team.Vlahovic , only to have the goal disallowed due to a few centimeters offside by the Serbian attacker.

Pogba, Massimiliano Allegri's wildcard

This Pogba can make the difference even almost when he's standing still, in a championship like ours where the opponents who experience the match with maximum intensity can be counted on one hand. In Europe it would obviously be different but, as we know, the problem does not arise at Continassa this season. And Allegri has realized that this year too Pogba will be able to represent a wild card, to be used as needed perhaps in the most delicate moment, but he will hardly be able to return to being the pivot on which to base and entrust one's hopes to raise the average level of the game Juventus player.

Juventus, meeting with Rafaela Pimenta to talk about Pogba

So after last year in which he almost never played, here is the second in which the minutes are destined to increase, although still marginal compared to what would be expected from a champion like him who, not surprisingly, managed to secure a contract in black and white until 2026 for a fixed 8 million euros plus bonuses that allow him to reach double figures. It is no coincidence that a meeting between the technical director Cristiano Giuntoli and Rafaela Pimenta, Polpo's Brazilian agent, is scheduled for this month of September to verify the possibility of remodulating the fixed part with the variable one in light of the numerous injuries he has suffered due to problems who can be defined as close relatives of the decision to postpone, in July 2022, the operation on the meniscus that broke during training in the American tourney,