Paul Pogba in tears after suffering injury in first Juventus start of the season

Paul Pogba was reduced to tears after hobbling off with yet another injury in his first start of the season for Juventus.

The French midfielder has endured an injury-plagued 2022/23 campaign at Juve – his first season back at the club since re-joining as a free agent last summer – managing just 151 minutes of competitive football.

Pogba’s been forced to miss time due to a myriad of injuries, the biggest being a knee injury which the midfielder was eventually forced to have surgery on after initially opting against going under the knife.

After an impressive cameo in the Europa League on Thursday, Pogba made is first start of the season for La Vecchia Signora on Sunday evening against Cremonese. After just 24 minutes of play however, the former Manchester United man went down with an injury and was eventually forced off the pitch in tears.

Speaking to DAZN after the eventual Juventus win, manager Massimiliano Allegri revealed that Pogba had suffered a quadricep injury but backed the 30-year-old to bounce back like he usually does.

“We are all disappointed, especially as he was doing very well,” Allegri said. “It’s sad as he made so many sacrifices to recover, now has to stop again after feeling that pain in the quadricep.

“Paul is a grown man, he has broad shoulders and can get over this too. It’s only natural there are risks after barely playing for a year and when making the first start, that is going to increase the probability of getting hurt. He was doing well, we are sad, but will wait for him.”

Pogba was seen hobbling into the J Medical centre on Monday morning ahead of tests, with the club expected to announce the extent of the injury later in the day.