FOOTBALL: Paul Pogba is out of World Cup after another thigh injury hits France in Juventus training

Paul Pog­ba is out of the World Cup with a new thigh injury, his agent has revealed.

He picked up a new thigh injury in train­ing with Juven­tus and will be out for at least three weeks.

Pog­ba under­went med­icals in Turin and Pitts­burgh, and was also told he would need to recov­er from knee surgery he under­went in September.

Agent Rafaela Pimen­ta told The Tele­foot news­pa­per that he wants to be ready for the World Cup but will have to wait patiently.

“Pablo would love to be back as soon as pos­si­ble, but he has to be patient, work hard dur­ing this dif­fi­cult time and do his best to be back on the pitch for the fans and the team as soon as pos­si­ble,” she said. Hmm.

There was ear­ly hope that the knee surgery would allow him to return before the World Cup, but he will not play for Juven­tus again.

The for­mer Man­ches­ter Unit­ed left Old Traf­ford after his con­tract expired and rejoined Juven­tus this summer.

But Pog­ba tore the lat­er­al menis­cus in his right knee before mak­ing his sec­ond debut.

It was a dif­fi­cult deci­sion for him to have surgery.

And while look­ing for anoth­er solu­tion, he decid­ed to have surgery to improve his chances of qual­i­fy­ing for the World Cup.

But he has­n’t recov­ered in time, and with mul­ti­ple key stars from the 2018 World Cup win­ning side in doubt or absent, France is in turmoil.

Man­ches­ter Unit­ed’s Rafael Varane and Chelsea’s N’Go­lo Kante will also miss the com­pe­ti­tion. France’s injury list is a night­mare for the two-time champions.

Sim­i­lar­ly, Eng­land are in a des­per­ate race against time, with injuries to key play­ers such as Reece James and Kyle Walk­er feared.

James flew to Dubai to expe­dite his rehab after suf­fer­ing a knee injury on Octo­ber 11 that will take him eight weeks to heal.

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