Why Manchester United Star Paul Pogba Won't Be Moving Back To Juventus This Summer

Juventus have reportedly ruled themselves out of the race to sign Manchester United’s star Paul Pogba.

Due to the financial impacts of the coronavirus pandemic, the Serie A club has become the first Italian club to launch its own salary cap to retain the club's "financial solidity" amid the ongoing crisis caused by the deadly virus.

The new wage cap proposed by the Turin-based club will not affect the contracts that are currently running, according to Italian newspaper Corriere di Torino, Daily Mail reported. That means the likes of Gonzalo Higuain, Paulo Dybala, Aaron Ramsey and Adrien Rabiot, who all earn more than the new set limit for the 2020-21 season will continue to earn their typical salaries.

The report further stated that the new agreement will also not apply for the club’s superstar, Cristiano Ronaldo, who has been considered as an exception despite earning $640,000 per week even at the age of 35 and has two more years left on his current contract with Juventus.

Juventus were aiming to strengthen their case for the next season of the Champions League by bringing Pogba back to the Allianz Stadium to team up with Ronaldo. Had they went ahead with the deal, Pogba would have agreed to return to Italy, considering the Frenchman has been wanting to leave Man Utd for a while now.

However, Pogba earns $355,000 a week at Old Trafford and Juve’s new salary cap would more or less call off the deal as Pogba would not have accepted his wages cut by 50%, considering he is also being chased by Spanish giants, Real Madrid.

While Juventus have also wanted to sign the likes of Liverpool and PSG stars, Mohamed Salah and Kylian Mbappe respectively, the new salary bracket, in the wake of the pandemic virus, has made those deals near to impossible. While Salah pockets around $245,000 a week at Anfield, Mbappe reportedly has demanded PSG for a weekly pay of almost $736,000 to renew his current contract, which is set to expire in 2022.