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Despite Injury, Javier Pastore Is Under Pressure to Perform for PSG
- Updated: October 17, 2016
Javier Pastore is an enigma. The Paris Saint-Germain midfielder has always been a gifted talent, but since joining the Ligue 1 club, he has not quite reached the heights originally hoped.
Ahead of October’s Ligue 1 clash with AS Nancy, another chapter of his epic story emerged. It was originally reported by French newspaper Le Parisien, via RMC Sport (in French), that after continued problems with his calf, he would have to return to Madrid for special treatment, which would rule him out until 2017.
It looked like another blow in his career. This was supposed to be his season, the campaign in which he finally became a star for the capital club.
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When he joined from Palermo for €42 million in 2011, he enjoyed an excellent first season, scoring 13 times in 33 games. Then Zlatan Ibrahimovic arrived and the tactics in Paris changed, and it affected Pastore’s displays.
The Argentinian is most comfortable as a No. 10, but as the likes of Blaise Matuidi, Marco Verratti and Lucas Moura began to play in Laurent Blanc’s 4-3-3 system, Pastore found it difficult to make his mark.
Some of his best football came when Ibrahimovic was missing through injury. Able to find pockets of space, he would help PSG be at their creative best. However, he was never going to outperform the Swedish forward.
In his first four seasons, he played 130 league games, with 21 of them coming from the bench. Since December 2011, according to Transfermarkt’s records, Pastore has missed 48 games due to injury, with the most recent the sixth time calf problems have been labelled as the cause.
Le Parisien’s original article (in French) said the Argentina international would spend the rest of the week in Madrid but would return to the French capital for the rest of his treatment, with the hope he can finally be rid of his injury problems.
It was reported Pastore would have to find a way to correct his posture and wear corrective orthopaedic soles in order to protect his calves.
Quickly, the player responded to these reports on Twitter.
cette information est pas vraie !!!! toujours parler du mal, sans savoir .
