"It's always difficult to make a prediction": Pogba and Fati still need time to help AS Monaco

Paul Pogba and Ansu Fati signed for ASM on June 28 and July 1, respectively, but neither man has yet made his debut in their new colors. For the former, it was expected after two years without playing, and the club continues to insist on caution regarding him.

Him too. "There's a very good staff, they take good care of me, " he first confided Friday evening to beIN Sports. "But there are stages, I don't want to come on the pitch and not be Paul Pogba. It's just a matter of time to be in top form."

"For Ansu, it will be sooner than for Paul"

His return could take place at the end of September or even the beginning of October, but it remains to be seen whether it will be in team training or in competition. "It's always difficult to make a prediction," admitted Adi Hütter after the friendly against Inter (1-2) on Friday evening. "The most important thing is that they are in training every day and we will bring them back at the right time." After being presented to the public at the Stade Louis-II, the French international watched the match from a box with his friends.

Ansu Fati was first in the stands and then on the bench with the substitutes, but mostly in his tracksuit again. No date has been given for the number 31's return to the pitch. "For Ansu, it will be sooner than for Paul," his coach simply said. The delay is still a question mark, however, for a player who insisted he felt "very good physically" at the time of his presentation on July 3...