Paul Pogba: Inside Story of How a Tennis Game in Monte Carlo Led to Frenchman's Juventus Return

• Pogba rejoined Juventus on a free transfer after his contract at Manchester United came to an end
• The Frenchman’s representative has now revealed how the idea to re-sign the midfielder came about
• Rafaela Pimenta revealed it all went down from a casual conversation in Monte Carlo

Paul Pogba’s representative Rafaela Pimenta has come up with an interesting account on how Juventus decided it would be a good idea to re-sign the Frenchman.

Pogba’s comeback has not been fairytale by any stretch, as his return to Turin has been hampered by injury and controversy involving his own brother.

It however did not take away from the fact that Juventus were able to pull off a spectacular transfer from Manchester United for Pogba, who they sold to the Red Devils for a record fee in 2016.

According to Pogba’s representative Rafaela Pimenta, the whole idea to have the 2018 World Cup winner come back to Juventus was down to a random conversation involving the late Mino Raiola and Juventus bosses.

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As reported in Sky Sports Italia, the Juventus chiefs had gone to Monte-Carlo Masters to watch tennis and ended up having a meeting with Raiola at his office.

“Juventus had not come to Monte Carlo to talk about Paul.,” Pimenta explained as quoted on Football Italia.

“They had come to watch the tennis tournament. Then they came by the office to ask how Mino was doing. We said hello, and when we were there, this idea came up to call Paul and talk to him a bit and see how he would see the idea of coming back to Juve.”

Since his return, Pogba is yet to make a competitive appearance for The Old Lady.

He is however expected to be fit enough to play one or two games before the World Cup.

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Juventus boss Massimiliano Allegri has seen Pogba as well as attacker Federico Chiesa come a long way in making recoveries from injury, but insists the two are not match fit.

The absence of the two players has seen Juventus struggle both domestically and in the Champions League, where they face a real possibility of exiting in the group stages.