With De Ligt and Vlahovic he will be the highest paid and one of the pillars of the reconstruction
He went to see the Miami Heat (game-5 of the East Finals with Boston), goes out with Blaise Matuidi, runs on the treadmill looking at the ocean. Paul Pogba is not the classic unemployed looking for a new job: his contract with Manchester United is about to expire, but the Frenchman does not seem to be devoured by the anxiety to sign a new contract for the next seasons. He is on vacation, not being among the squads for the next matches with the French national team (the after-effects of the calf problem) and rightly enjoys the moment. The midfielder made his decision, choosing to retrace the path that had already led him once to Turin: now it is only a question of waiting for his agents, Rafaela Pimenta in the lead, to warn him that everything is fine, that he is can submit for signature.
Floors
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There is probably a meeting missing, but there is already a basis for agreement: at the moment the date of the last meeting is not fixed, but on both fronts the question is lived with serenity. The new marriage between the French midfielder and Juventus will take place, to the legitimate satisfaction of both. Since they parted, Paul has never found the level seen in Turin (except at the Russian World Cup, but with France); Juve no longer had a midfielder capable of reaching 10 goals this season. For this reason, when the possibility of finding the Octopus in black and white became more real, the two sides came together: the former Manchester player seems to want to give up higher salaries elsewhere, Agnelli’s club has allocated an important investment for his engagement, not planned and not really in line with the projects of the new management.
Exception
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However, Pogba is worth an exception, because he can help restore shape to a midfield that in recent years has struggled to find convincing interpreters as well as definitive form. And because he brings with him great experience and natural leadership. Pogba will return and be at the center of Juventus: the club should guarantee him a salary of 7.5 million, the current salary cap, plus bonuses based on performance. The weight of the three-year contract will be mitigated, gross, by the Growth Decree, but will immediately make him one of the three highest paid in the team. De Ligt in defense, Paul in midfield and Vlahovic in attack will be the pillars on which Juventus of the future will be built. The Dutchman remains the highest paid, but the probable lowering of the clause is a signal that a departure, in the event of a major offer, is contemplated. Pogba, 54 million followers on Instagram alone, will be the face and image of the new Juventus.
Leader
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Not only that, in addition to the technical baggage that the midfielder will bring with him from Manchester and will dust off in Turin, his entry into a dressing room that has lost an important reference such as Chiellini will also be important in team chemistry. Pogba, behind Bonucci, with Cuadrado, will in all likelihood become one of the reference figures for the new generations of bianconeri: at Juventus he has already been able to triumph, with France he has built up a status of “winner” also at an international level. In the first Turin adventure he had been an apprentice and aspiring champion, in the second he will have to build a leading role.
May 28, 2022 (change May 28, 2022 | 08:23)
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