Paul Pogba has joined Juventus on a free transfer from Manchester United for a second time and will be hoping to match the success of his first spell with the Serie A giants – but how did the other players that joined Juve in 2012 fare?
Pogba was 19 when he switched Manchester for Turin and quickly established himself as one of the best midfielders in world football.
Forming a brilliant midfield partnership with Andrea Pirlo, Pogba won four Serie A titles during his first spell at Juventus, plus two Coppa Italias and two Italian Supercups between 2016 and 2016.
But he was not the only player to arrive at the club that summer. We’ve taken a look at the seven other faces that joined Juve in the same window as Pogba and how they fared.
Martin Caceres
Caceres first joined Juve in 2009 on loan from Barcelona but made a permanent move to the club in the summer of 2012.
The former Uruguay international won six Serie A titles in total, also lifting three Supercoppa trophies and clinching two Coppa Italia medals.
But he aslo made headlines in 2015 after ploughing his Ferrari into a bus shelter and parked cars in Turin, earning a fine and suspension from Juventus.
Caceres played 119 times in all competitions for the Old Lady across three spells, leaving the club for the final time in 2019.
Emanuele Giaccherini
Giaccherini enjoyed a successful loan spell at Juventus in 2011-12, and starred in Italy’s run to the Euro 2012 final, before making his move from Cesena permanent.
But the midfielder only lasted another season before manager Antonio Conte sold him to Sunderland in order to raise funds.
While Giaccherini was far from a flop for Juventus, he was ultimately considered disposable.
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Lucio
Despite being of the best defenders in world football during his prime, Lucio’s time at Juventus was a colossal failure.
“Juventus? A difficult situation for me,” the defender recalled in 2020. “I didn’t want to leave Inter. I wanted to continue. There was a change of coach with the arrival of Stramaccioni. He and Marco Branca put too much pressure on me and my agent.
“I remember when I was on vacation in Brazil and every 15 minutes Branca called me, followed by others from Inter who constantly told me: ‘You have to leave, you have to find another club’. It was a difficult situation.”
Having joined Juventus, Lucio only appeared four times before his contract was cancelled by…
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