The participation of the French midfielder Paul Pogba with his national team at the Qatar 2022 World Cup has become complicated, after having this time reported a new thigh injury, which will postpone his return to the stadiums with his team, Juventus, according to several Italians. average.
Pogba will be absent from training for 10 days, that is, until the French coach Didier Deschamps announces the squad of world champions for the Qatar World Cup, which will start on the 20th of next month, which makes his presence with the “roosters” “very difficult, especially since he hasn’t played an official match for six months. .
Pogba recently resumed group practice with his old new team, Juventus, with whom he hasn’t played official matches since returning to him this summer from Manchester United on a free transfer.
Juventus has not specified a date for the return of the 29-year-old Frenchman, winner of the 2018 World Cup with his national team.
At a time when the Italian media were talking about the possibility of seeing him again on the pitch towards the end of this month or the beginning of November, the coach of the “old lady” Massimiliano Allegri ruled out on Friday that Pogba will play any game with the giant. Turin before the World Cup in Qatar.
Deschamps told AFP on Tuesday that: “The only certain thing is that I will not call a player who is unable to play at the start of the tournament.” But he kept the door open with the hope that Pogba can play before the World Cup because he suffers from a lack of respect for the others.
Deschamps, who lost the services of Chelsea midfielder N’Golo Conte through injury, will announce his squad for the final on November 9, with the first match of the 22 against Australia, before meeting Denmark on the 26 and Tunisia. on 30.
Pogba found himself forced to undergo surgery to remove the cartilage in his right knee after refusing to use it in early August, preferring conservative treatment without giving the desired result.
In a statement to the newspaper “Totosport”, Professor Roberto Rossi, head of the Moreziano Hospital in Turin, revealed that the worsening of the 2018 world champion’s injury forced him to operate surgery, adding: the meniscus was got worse and when the player tried to force himself to run, he got injured. Occlusion in the knee joint.
