Rome (AFP)
French international midfielder Paul Pogba has returned to Juventus following 6 years in Manchester United, the Turin club announced.
The 2018 World Cup champion returned in a free deal to the club, which witnessed its most prominent achievements within the green rectangle between 2012 and 2016 following an adventure free of feelings and important titles with the “Red Devils” for 105 million euros, a record in that period.
Daily newspaper La Gazzetta dello Sport reported that Pogba, 29, will receive a salary of eight million euros per season, in addition to two million euros in bonuses.
For his part, Juve wrote in a statement, without specifying the term of the contract: “Paul returned to Turin, left as a young man, and returned following becoming an exceptional man and player.”
Pogba, who was present on Sunday at the beginning of the group exercises for the players in Turin, decided to return to the cradle from which he started and crowned with him four titles in the “Serie A”, and reached the Champions League final in 2015.
And his former club, Manchester United, announced in early June the departure of the 2018 world champion following six years in its ranks.
Pogba held the colors of Juventus for 5 years, following a first period with United, in which he graduated from the youth teams.
United returned Pogba to Old Trafford in 2016 with a world record deal at the time of 89 million pounds (112 million dollars), engineered by his agent Mino Raiola, who died last April.
His best period, though not miraculous, was with Portuguese coach Jose Mourinho when United won their last titles in 2017 by winning the European League “European League” and the English League Cup.
His physical problems led to him playing only 27 games for the team in all competitions last season, which ended in disappointment for him and for the club that failed to qualify for the Champions League.
Pogba joined the junior team at United in 2009 at the age of 16, coming from Le Havre, and won the FA Junior Cup with him, before rising to the ranks of the first team in the 2011-2012 season and leaving at the end of it to Turin. The 2018-2019 season was his best in England under Mourinho’s supervision when he scored 16 goals in 47 games.
