Italy and Juventus legend Marco Tardelli unleashed his irritation with the constantly injured Paul Pogba. ‘He is a problem for the Bianconeri now, especially when he’s off skiing.’
The former Manchester United midfielder had fans drooling in anticipation when he returned to Turin as a free agent last summer, but that quickly turned into frustration and even fury.
Pogba has not played a single minute of competitive football for the Old Lady, since sustaining a meniscus injury in his knee during pre-season training in July.
“Pogba hasn’t played since April 2022, when he was still at Manchester United,” 1982 World Cup winner Tardelli told RAI programme 90 Minuto.
“He is now a problem for Juve, we don’t know when he’ll return or what he intends to do. Pogba goes off skiing while his teammates are there battling against huge issues.
“He doesn’t have knee surgery when the club asks, but only when he decides, because he’s worried about the World Cup with France.
“Now Pogba is a big problem that the Bianconeri need to resolve. This whole situation also shows how Juventus don’t have very clear ideas on their general direction.”
Max Allegri also seems to be irritated with Pogba and said in yesterday’s press conference that he has no idea when the Frenchman will be back on the field, so urges media to stop asking him.
“In my view, Allegri needs to step in here and do something, because it is not possible to have a player who is just sitting there getting paid for doing nothing,” added Tardelli.
“His behaviour towards his teammates isn’t fair either. The whole situation irritates me.”
Juventus have many other issues to deal with at the moment, not least the 15-point Serie A penalty for artificially inflating transfer fees to boost capital gains.
That sent them plummeting to mid-table and there is also the risk of further sanctions when the next stage of the investigation into both their accounting and the controversy over wages.