Paul Pogba is all over the place and we see him every day in some media, while Juventus executives are far away from the media eyes, in their offices, but they are working. They are working behind the scenes to cut ties with the Frenchman. After his four-year doping ban was reduced to 18 months, Pogba was happy as he is bound to start playing in March 2025 and started giving interviews for all media. Among others, he spoke to La Gazzetta dello Sport and Sky Sports in which he talked about the wage reduction. The problem is, Juventus didn’t authorize this interview. In fact, not only did they didn’t authorize this, but on the contrary, they want to release him, not reduce his wage.Pogba opens up: ‘People were avoiding me’Paul Pogba’s contract with Juventus runs until the summer of 2026, but Tuttosport claims that the club is trying to terminate the deal to avoid paying the 31-year-old midfielder 3,500,000 euros for just four months of football this season. During his suspension, Pogba was receiving 2,000 per month, but his official salary at Juventus is among the highest in Serie A (8,000,000 fixed, with the potential for an additional 2,000,000 in bonuses). If he returns to the pitch, Juventus would have to honor the terms of the existing contract.Pogba: ‘Finally the nightmare is over’However, the 2018 World Cup champion with France is willing to negotiate a reduction in his salary.”I’m ready to give up part of my salary just to play for Juventus again. I have only one desire—to play football,” Pogba told Gazzetta. Tuttosport claims Juventus were surprised by Paul Pogba’s interview. The Turin-based paper insists that Juventus are working to terminate the French midfielder’s contract before his return to action next year. Off course, the key word here is ‘by mutual consent’, as this means they won’t have to pay him any more bonuses, while he would be a free agent. But, they will need to negotiate that with his agent, so they were surprised to hear that from Pogba in an interview.##NAJAVA_MECA_8415004##
