Cristiano Ronaldo has reportedly urged Juventus midfielder Paul Pogba to signal for Saudi Professional League giants, Al-Nassr.
The 39-year-old kickstarted the floodgates by signing for the Riyadh-based membership in January 2023, however was later adopted by a number of high stars within the ensuing summer time, the likes of Neymar, Karim Benzema and Riyad Mahrez.
In response to TuttoJuve journalist Massimo Pavan, Ronaldo is now hoping to reunite with Pogba at Al-Nassr, so he’s been engaged on convincing the Frenchman to affix the Arabic membership.
The 2 superstars by no means performed collectively throughout their respective stints in Turin, however they have been teammates for a solitary season at Manchester United. This ensued when CR7 left Juventus to make his grand return to Outdated Trafford in the summertime of 2021. A 12 months later, it was Pogba’s flip to drag off a comeback and signal for the Outdated Woman as a free agent.
Nonetheless, the 31-year-old’s time second spell on the Allianz Stadium has been nothing wanting disastrous. After spending the overwhelming majority of the 2022/23 marketing campaign on the sidelines, he failed an anti-doping take a look at on the opening day of the following season.
Pogba has just lately managed to scale back his ban from 4 years to 18 months, so he’ll be eligible to play by March 2025. However whereas the midfielder had expressed his want to don the Juventus jersey as soon as once more, the membership doesn’t share his imaginative and prescient. As a substitute, Soccer Director Cristiano Giuntoli has made it clear the Bianconeri have moved on from Pogba and need to deal with their present crop.
Subsequently, the 2 events are anticipated to mutually terminate their contract earlier than the top of the 12 months, permitting the France worldwide to seek out himself a brand new membership in January.
And whereas Bacary Sagna had urged Arsenal to signal his compatriot, Pogba’s future will more than likely lie both in Arabia or the US.