Juventus coach Massimiliano Allegri said on Friday that it was "unlikely" that French international Paul Pogba would play again with the "old lady" before the Qatar World Cup 2022.
The "Duke" player has not worn the Juventus shirt due to a knee injury since his return to "Calcio" this summer, while his team has only 5 matches left before the global football wedding, which begins on the 20th of next month and continues until December 18.
Allegri confirmed - in a press conference he held before his team's match against Lecce on Saturday in the 12th stage of the league - that "(Federico) Chiesa and Pogba are not in the group. There is no chance of them being on Wednesday's list (against Paris Saint-Germain in the Champions League). And there is a 99% chance that they will not be available against Inter (Sunday 6 next month)."
"If they come back, which is unlikely, they will be available against Verona and Lazio (stages 14 and 15)."
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No date has been set for the resumption of the activity of the world champion French midfielder, who will start defending his title in Qatar against Australia on November 22.
And Didier Deschamps, coach of the "Rooster", said that "the only thing that is certain is that I will not call up a player who is unable to play at the beginning of the competition", hoping that Pogba will be able to "play before the world championship" because "he suffers from a lack of comparison with others."
The French team also suffered another setback, as doubts swirled around its French defender, Raphael Varane, who injured his thigh, and in turn will not play any match with his Manchester United team before the start of the World Cup, according to what his Dutch coach Erik Ten Hag announced last Wednesday.
Deschamps will announce his final squad for the Qatar World Cup on November 9.