when Paul Pogba breaks the silence

Since the announcement of his troubles (he claims to be the victim of extortion, carried out by some of his relatives, including his brother Mathias) and of a right knee operation, Paul Pogba had remained discreet. On social networks, the Juventus Turin player gave his news on Tuesday.

The drawn features, the tense smile, the world champion summed up: “It’s the Pickaxe, I hope you’re all well, because I’m fine. Thank God the operation (a selective external meniscectomy under arthroscopy) went very well. We will recover, we will come back very, very quickly. I wanted to thank you for your messages, your support. Mentally, it’s fine, despite all the worries, the injury and the other problems. We walk with our heads held high, we are never alone, the Most High with us. We’re going to hang on.»

Asked Monday, the day before Paris-Juventus Turin during the first day of the Champions League, Massimiliano Allegri, the Italian coach, had underlined annoyed: ” Paul stopped and decided to have surgery, launched the Italian coach of Juventus. I calculate that we will get him back with us in January. Whether he plays the World Cup or not is not my problem… ” Pogba, 29, has been arrested since the end of July because of a “lateral meniscus injuryof the right knee. After refusing the operation in early August, he finally resolved to do so on Monday, two and a half months before the World Cup.

The coach of the Blues Didier Deschamps will decide him at the beginning of November to complete his list of selected. Pogba (91 caps, 11 goals) has not played for selection since a demonstration against South Africa (5-0) in a friendly match on March 29. This new blow for Pogba, already disturbed by several injuries last season, comes as a family affair broke out ten days ago, against a backdrop of denunciations from the player of “extortion attempts» after a video of his older brother, Mathias, announcing to «big revelationson Paul. The Paris prosecutor’s office opened a judicial investigation on Friday.

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