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Juventus Reaches Agreement With Pogba On 4-Year Deal

Italian Serie A giants Juventus on Tuesday reached an agreement to sign Paul Pogba on a free transfer from Manchester United.

It is understood the 29-year-old is expected to be in Turin on Saturday to sign an expected four-year deal with his former club who have made only one signing so far in the current transfer window following the acquisition of Tyrell Malasia.

Pogba is available after his Manchester United contract came to end on June 30.

The France international opened up on his United exit in his Amazon Prime documentary, named The Pogmentary, saying: “My thought process is to show Manchester (United) that they made a mistake in waiting to give me a contract.

“And to show other clubs that Manchester had made a mistake in not offering me a contract.”

United made Pogba at least two offers worth more than the existing £290,000-a-week deal that had already made him one of the best-paid players in the Premier League.

Pogba rejoined United from Juventus in the summer of 2016 for a then world-record fee of £89 million.

He struggled with injury all of last season and did not feature for United after their 4-0 defeat by Liverpool on April 9.

In total, Pogba played 26 times for United during the 2021-22 campaign, with 20 of those from the start.

Izuchukwu Okosi

Izuchukwu Okosi is a Nigerian sports and entertainment journalist with two decades of experience in the media industry having begun his media journey in 2002 as an intern at Mundial Sports International (MSI) and Africa Independent Television (AIT), owners of Daar Communications Plc. In October 2004, Okosi joined Complete Communications Limited, publishers of Complete Sports newspaper and Complete Football magazine as a reporter and later script writer for the Complete Sports studio. He worked there for 13 years until October 2017. Okosi also worked various times as Correspondent, Content creator and Editor at Sports Market International Magazine, Opera News, All Nigeria Soccer Media and Iconic Media Watch. He also undertook freelance writing gigs for some local and international organizations. Okosi is a member of the Actors Guild of Nigeria (AGN), Association of Movie Producers (AMP), Association of Voiceover Artistes of Nigeria (AVOA), Sports Writers Association of Nigeria (SWAN) and Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ). He has been part of cast in some Nollywood movies and radio dramas including Blood Money 2, Scores To Settle, Dead End 2, Another Campus Tale and Battle Line. Aside mainstream media and the entertainment industry, he has interests in scouting/unearthing of talents in the sports and creative sectors, exports business and property development.