Paul Pogba suffers FIFTH injury since joining Juventus from Man Utd
Carlo Garganese
- 12 Mar 2023 09:50 CDT
- 3 min read
Paul Pogba’s injury hell at Juventus goes from bad to worse as he faces yet another spell on the sidelines.
Pogba sustained a muscular injury in training ahead of Juventus’ match against Sampdoria in Serie A on Sunday evening.
It is not yet clear how long Pogba will be out for but he has not been included in the Juve squad for the match versus Samp.
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It is yet another setback for the France international, who only made his second Juve debut last week in the Turin derby.
He came on as a substitute in the 4-2 win over Torino and the 1-0 loss to Roma last Sunday, before he was dropped from the squad for turning up late to a meeting before Thursday’s Europa League victory over Freiburg.
Pogba was set to return at home against Sampdoria on Sunday but is now injured yet again.
Pogba’s injury hell
Pogba has now suffered five injuries in total since returning to Juventus, missing over 40 games this season and making no starts.
In September, the 29-year-old underwent surgery for a torn meniscus that he suffered during the summer and which had not responded to conservative treatment.
He tried to recover in time for the World Cup with France but then suffered a thigh injury prior to the finals.
Pogba then suffered a number of setbacks in December and the start of January before slowly working his way back to fitness.
He was set to return at the start of February in the Coppa Italia clash against Lazio, having sat on the bench a few days earlier in the defeat to Monza.
However, Pogba picked up another injury in training before the Lazio game. This ruled him out for almost another month before he finally played against Torino.
How many injuries has Pogba had?
From the start of the 2019-20 season until now, Pogba has sustained 12 different injuries that have kept him sidelined.
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In total he has missed a whopping 124 club games due to injury or illness during that time. The number rises to almost 150 when we include national team matches.
In the 2019-20 season, Pogba made just 16 Premier League appearances after two separate ankle problems forced him to miss 40 games in all competitions that campaign.
In 2021-22, Pogba had another long stretch on the treatment table from November to February due to a hamstring injury. He then saw his Man Utd career ended in April 2022 by a calf injury.
Things have not got any better at Juventus on the injury front.
