Juventus crashed out of the Champions League earlier than Paul Pogba may even play a recreation for the membership.
Pogba is but to even play a single minute since his return to the Serie A aspect after a reasonably acrimonious exit from Manchester United.
He left the Purple Devils on a free switch after operating down his contract.
Now the 29-year-old is possibly on a collision course to assembly his former membership subsequent 12 months.
Juve made an exit from the Champions League group levels as they misplaced a 4-3 thriller to Benfica on Tuesday night time, a recreation that was bizarrely played without goal line technology.
It meant Benfica secured a spot within the knockout levels, with the Italian aspect struggling their first group stage exit since 2013/14.
It was additionally the primary time that they had ever misplaced 4 group stage matches in a single season, with nonetheless one recreation left to play.
They’ll now drop right down to the Europa League, until Juve lose to PSG subsequent week and Maccabi Haifa get a degree in opposition to Benfica.
The Serie A giants will enter at the round of 32 stage, with the winners of the Europa League groups going straight through to the last 16.
The teams who end up second will face those Champions League teams who finish third in their groups.
As it stands, Manchester United are second in their group and are four points behind leaders Real Sociedad.
Those knockout stages will be played next year after the World Cup, when Pogba is certain to be back fit.
He needed surgery on a torn meniscus and has only recently returned to training.
