Returning from their visit to Lyon, the Frenchman and the Bianconeri have focused on the less drastic option for the injured knee
Paul Pogba he decided not to have surgery on his right knee. After the consultation in Lyon, the French and the Juve they opted for conservative therapy. In this way, the midfielder would have to stay out for five weeks before being able to return to Allegri’s disposal. Calendar in hand, Pogba could return for Juventus-Salernitana or Monza-Juventus scheduled around mid-September. According to the recovery program, the first three weeks should be reserved for rehabilitation work between the gym, swimming pool and physiotherapy, the following two when returning to the field with personalized workouts.
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Pogba joined Professor Bertrand Cottet-Sonnery, the knee luminary who operated on Zlatan Ibrahimovic last May, and then returned to Turin slightly limping and with a slightly tight smile. The injury to the lateral meniscus of the right knee is resolved with an operation and involves a stop from 2 to 5 months, depending on the type of operation with which the intervention is carried out. From the first consultation in the USA, where Juventus were at the time of the Frenchman’s injury, it was possible to operate immediately to suture the meniscus and have ample guarantees to recover the knee at 95% with a stop from 3 to 5 months, jeopardizing the presence at the World Cup in Qatar. The other option for Pogba was meniscectomy, or the arthroscopic removal of the injured piece of meniscus which is likely to be less decisive, but would keep him away from the field for a couple of months at most. In the end, however, he focused on the third option: conservative therapy, despite the risk of not being decisive.
The French midfielder, returned to the Juve this summer to be released after 6 seasons at Manchester United, with a rich contract from 10 million (8 plus 2 bonus)he stopped a few days after the arrival of the team in the United States. During a workout, Pogba he felt a pain in his right knee and the tests carried out in California showed the lesion to the lateral meniscus.
EVEN MCKENNIE OUT, IT’S MIDFIELD EMERGENCY
Weston McKennie is forced to stop due to the injury to his left shoulder (capsular injury), he will not return to Allegri’s disposal for a month, missing at least the first four league games against Sassuolo, Sampdoria, Rome and Spezia and probably also the one with Fiorentina on 3 September in Florence. With the disqualification of Rabiot, it becomes complicated for the Juventus coach to set up the midfield for his debut with Sassuolo.
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