THE Juventusin the words of its sporting director this Saturday (19), closed the doors to the return to the ‘Vecchia Signora’ of Frenchman Paul Pogba, whose doping suspension will end in March 2025.
The former French national team player even showed a willingness to reduce his salary to continue his career at the most successful club in Italian football, but the attempt does not seem to be paying off.
“Our position in relation to Paul is clear. Paul was a great player, but he stopped playing a long time ago”, declared Cristiano Giuntoli for the DAZN platform before Juve’s match against Lazio.
“We were forced to invest in other players during these years (of absence) and our squad is complete at the moment”, he continued.
Pogba, 31, has a contract with Juve until 2026.
His contract signed in July 2022 guarantees him an annual salary of eight million euros (R$49 million at the current rate), a salary reduced to 2 million euros per month (R$12.2 million) during the 18 months of his tenure. suspension following a positive test for dehydroepiandrosterone (DHEA) in August 2023.
The former Manchester United player was suspended for four years, a sentence reduced at the beginning of October to 18 months by the Court of Arbitration for Sport.
