Juventus after the exits of Arturo Vidal, Andrea Pirlo
and Carlos Tevez.
Juventus midfielder Paul Pogba has stressed that he does not
feel any extra responsibility following the departures of Arturo
Vidal, Carlos Tevez and Andrea Pirlo during the close-season.
The France international is arguably the Serie A champions' star
player after the exit of the aforementioned trio, yet he feels it is
not up to him individually to show Juventus the way, insisting it
is a team effort more than anything else.
Pogba had been struggling to find his best form in the opening
weeks of the season, but had a hand in both of Juventus' goals
as they beat Genoa 2-0 on Sunday.
"With Carlos, Arturo and Andrea we could rely on individual
moments of brilliance. Now we play more as a team," Pogba
was quoted as saying on the club's official website.
The 22-year-old took over the number 10 shirt from Tevez
following the latter's return to Boca Juniors, thus following in
the footsteps of compatriot Michel Platini, and he is determined
to honour the jersey.
"Taking on the number 10 is to follow in the footsteps of Michel
Platini and several other Juventus greats. It's very important
that I honour the shirt on the pitch, the club has shown a lot of
faith in me," he added.
"I need to keep working on my game, both in terms of build-up
play and my runs off the ball. I need to put in strong
performances both for the benefit of myself and that of the
side."
Juventus' win over Genoa was their first in Serie A this
campaign and Pogba has urged his team-mates to keep it up in
the weeks to come.
"We haven't achieved anything yet. Until today we had just one
point in the table, now we've four. We're happy with the win, but
we need to keep picking up results.
"We're just concentrating on ourselves right now. There's a long
way to go between now and May."
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