Juventus, during the international break, will have to try to get over the disappointment of the draw obtained against Cagliari. Thiago Motta has not given any day of rest and will have his team working at Continassa until Thursday. There will be eleven players involved with their national teams. Among these is not Teun Koopmeiners who suffered a blow to his side in Sunday’s match, which will prevent him from taking part in the Nation League double match against the Netherlands. The Dutch midfielder’s condition will be monitored in these days to try to recover him for the match against Lazio.
Pogba and Juve are working towards the termination of the contract.
Yesterday, the CAS of Lausanne reduced Paul Pogba’s doping disqualification from the initial 4 years to 18 months. The Juventus player, out of action since the start of the 2023 season, could return to training with the Old Lady in January 2025 and possibly play an official match in March. This, however, does not appear to be Juventus’ plan which, together with its lawyers, is working to terminate Pogba’s contract. The French midfielder is tied to the Bianconeri until June 2026, but in recent days he has given a mandate to his entourage to find a solution to return to playing as soon as possible. For Pogba, polls have arrived from Saudi Arabia and America. Once the contract is terminated, the midfielder will be free to choose the right project to continue his career elsewhere. Thus will Pogba’s second adventure in black and white come to an end.
Spalletti and Buffon enhance Fagioli’s qualities.
Luciano Spalletti, since the retirement of the Italian national team, had important words for Nicolò Fagioli: “Fagioli has shown that he has these ball-and-chain visions that others don’t achieve: he has clean play and the ability to go further”. Gigi Buffon, head of the Azzurri delegation, also wanted to talk about the growth of the Juventus number 21: “They are boys who are young but have already demonstrated something important, in fact in my opinion from a human point of view with the experiences they have lived it is much more strong. He’s been through difficult times, but he’s becoming a protagonist again.”