Sidelined since September 2023 due to a doping suspension, <a href="http://www.time.news/juventus-draws-and-maintains-historical-taboo-of-almost-10-years-understand/" title="Juventus draws and maintains historical taboo of almost 10 years; understand”>Paul Pogba wants to return to play. In an interview with the Italian newspaper The Gazzetta dello Sport, he stated that he is even willing to take a pay cut to play at Juventus.
“I want to play for Juventus, I am ready to take a pay cut. I am willing to give up some money just to play for Juventus again. I want to go back. It will be a new Pogba: hungrier, wiser and stronger. I trained alone with the coaches this year and I am ready to return to normality in 2025. I have only one desire: to play football”, he said.
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The player has a contract with the Italian club until June 2026 and will be able to return to play in March next year.
In February of this year, the athlete was sentenced to four years for testing positive for synthetic testosterone. However, following a review of the case, the sentence was reduced to 18 months after the Court of Arbitration for Sport decided that the ingestion of the banned substance was unintentional.
Pogba was suspended preventively in September last year and admitted taking a supplement without adequate verification, despite having received professional advice.
In the interview, he also revealed that he turned down an offer from Pep Guardiola to play for Juventus.
Juventus support
The athlete also reported that he received support from Juventus fans and players during the suspension period.
“There was never a lack of love from the fans. I have not been able to contact Juve members for legal reasons. Many former players and teammates have always supported me. Cuadrado called me every two days and always made me laugh,” he said.
“Dybala helped me, I sent him a lot of messages. And then Vlahovic, McKennie, Weah, Kean… I didn’t expect so much, because we all have our own problems in our daily life”, he said.
A difficult year
“It was a very difficult year, the thing that hurt me the most was spending every day in front of the stadium and Continassa to take my children to school without being able to train or play for Juventus. lion caged At one point I wanted to leave Italy with my family because this situation hurt my heart a lot,” he said.