France midfielder Paul Pogba volition miss the World Cup successful Qatar aft failing to retrieve from genu surgery, his cause said connected Monday.
Pogba underwent an cognition successful September but his cause said that, pursuing a aesculapian review, the midfielder would not yet instrumentality to the Juventus squad oregon articulation up with France for the World Cup which takes spot from Nov. 20 to Dec. 18.
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"Following yesterday and today's aesculapian reappraisal successful Torino and Pittsburgh, it is highly achy to pass Paul Pogba volition inactive request betterment clip from his surgery," his cause Rafaela Pimenta said.
"For this reason, Paul volition not beryllium capable to articulation Juventus squad earlier the World Cup interruption nor the French National Team successful Qatar. If wishful reasoning would alteration things, Paul would beryllium playing tomorrow."
The 29-year-old has not played a azygous infinitesimal for Juventus this play since rejoining the nine from Manchester United connected a escaped transportation successful July.
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Juventus released a connection connected Monday which read: "Paul Pogba, successful airy of the caller radiological examinations performed astatine J|Medical and the consultation carried retired successful Pittsburgh by Prof. Volker Musahl connected the valuation of his knee, needs to proceed his rehabilitation program."
The quality is simply a immense setback for reigning satellite champions France who will besides beryllium without Chelsea midfielder N'Golo Kante for this year's tournament.
Pogba was 1 of France's astir influential players successful their 2018 World Cup triumph, scoring successful the last triumph implicit Croatia arsenic they won the trophy for the 2nd time.
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