It comes after ESPN reported the Premier League giants doubted whether Juventus or Real Madrid – the clubs the France international has been most heavily linked to – could afford the 27-year-old.
Pogba came off the bench as United were knocked out of the Champions League with a 3-2 loss to RB Leipzig on Tuesday.
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Real Madrid managed to reach the last 16 to ease the pressure on head coach Zidane. However, Diario Gol reports Zidane has made it clear to Madrid president Florentino Perez he is likely to leave at the end of the season, regardless of what happens. The report says Zidane was promised the signings of Pogba, Liverpool star Sadio Mane and Rennes midfielder Eduardo Camavinga.
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Emiliano Martinez was the unsurprising star of a dramatic penalty shootout as Aston Villa edged past Lille and into the semi-final of the Europa Conference League.
The Argentina goalkeeper, who helped his country win the World Cup 18 months ago, produced some similar heroics in France, saving spot-kicks from Nabil Bentaleb and Benjamin Andre to earn a 4-3 shootout win after the quarter-final had ended 3-3 on aggregate after two legs.
There was plenty of his trademark dark arts on show as he shushed the baiting French crowd, who had not forgotten what happened in Qatar, and then caused confusion by receiving a yellow card from the referee in the middle of the shootout, having already been booked in normal time.
It happened again.
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Paris Saint-Germain remain hopeful of reopening contract talks with Kylian Mbappe and want him to win the Ballon d Or with the club, president Nasser Al-Khelaifi declared.
Al-Khelaifi also dismissed speculation that PSG want to replace head coach Mauricio Pochettino with Zinedine Zidane.
Speaking after Lionel Messi became the first player from the club to win Ballon d Or honours – largely attributed to him winning the Copa America with Argentina – Al-Khelaifi made his position known about the burning issues affecting PSG.
There have been deep worries that Mbappe will walk away on a free transfer at the end of the season, when his current deal expires. Real Madrid wanted him in the last transfer window and are expected to move again. Unless Mbappe commits to…
Besiktas have confirmed the signing of former Liverpool and Ajax winger Ryan Babel on a two-and-a-half-year contract.
The Dutchman had been searching for a new club following the expiry of a short-term contract at Deportivo La Coruna, for whom he scored four goals in 11 LaLiga appearances.
Babel s move to Besiktas represents a return to Turkey for the 30-year-old, who spent two seasons at Kasimpasa from 2013 to 2015.
The 42-cap Netherlands international scored 14 goals during that spell and will hope to rediscover that form as second-placed Besiktas chase the Super Lig title.
The defending champions are one point adrift of surprise leaders Istanbul Basaksehir after 16 matches.
Babel will be paid €1.2million during the 2016-17 season before pick…
Liverpool have joined the race to sign Belgium international Axel Witsel,.
Zenit St Petersburg were tempted to cash in in the summer but pulled the plug on a potential sale to Juventus after not having a replacement in place.
Juventus are ready to go in for the twenty-seven year old again along with the Reds and their Merseyside rivals Everton though they may wait until the end of the season with his contract expiring in June.
Witsel, who began his career with Standard Liege, moved to St Petersburg from Benfica in the summer of 2012 and has since racked up one hundred and fifty-six appearances for the club in all competitions, scoring a total of twenty-one goals.
He has been capped seventy-one times for his country and was part of the squads for bot…
Ole Gunnar Solskjaer expects Alexis Sanchez to stay at Manchester United and grasp the opportunity created by Romelu Lukaku s departure.
Lukaku left for Serie A side Inter in a deadline day move understood to be worth €80million (£73m).
United did not replace the striker, increasing the expectation for goals on Marcus Rashford, Anthony Martial and teenager Mason Greenwood.
Help could come from Sanchez if the Chile forward finds the form that has eluded since him swapping Arsenal for Old Trafford in January 2018.
The 30-year-old has scored three goals in 33 Premier League appearances for United and requires further time to regain fitness after injuring his knee at the Copa America in July.
Alexis has come in and trained well, Solskjaer said.
Thiago Silva s representative Paulo Tonietto has suggested the Brazil international could leave Paris Saint-Germain if his future is not resolved by December.
PSG risk losing the Brazil international as he continues to wait for a new contract offer for the Ligue 1 champions, his current deal due to expire at the end of the 206-17 season.
The 32-year-old is keen to stay in the French capital, but his agent has made it clear there is plenty of interest in the centre-back s services.
It is very important for everyone both for us and for PSG that everything is clear by December, Tonietto told Le Parisien.
We can imagine leaving PSG if the club have not made us an offer by then. We already have offers from three or four big teams.
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Ole Gunnar Solskjaer was proud of Manchester United for another memorable late Champions League victory over Paris Saint-Germain but said it was not the same in a sterile atmosphere.
After Anthony Martial s own goal restored parity following Bruno Fernandes first-half penalty, Marcus Rashford arrowed in an 87th-minute winner to ensure United overcame last season s finalists 2-1 in their Group H opener at the Parc des Princes on Tuesday.
United became the first team to beat PSG at home more than once in the Champions League, with Rashford having struck a stoppage-time spot-kick to secure a 3-1 win on their previous visit – a result that sent them into the 2018-19 quarter-finals on away goals.
However, with no fans in attendance in Paris on this …
Kosovo boss Bernard Challandes has dared his players to dream of producing an upset against England, who he labelled as the best team in the world.
World Cup 2018 semi-finalists England have won all three Euro 2020 qualifiers ahead of Tuesday s visit of Kosovo at St Mary s Stadium, scoring 14 goals and conceding one.
Kosovo also enter the match in good form thanks to an unbeaten 15-match run, but Challandes is fully aware of the size of the task facing his side in Southampton.
We are Kosovo and we are here against one of the best teams in the world in my opinion the best team in the world, he said at Monday s pre-match news conference.
Spirits are high in Southampton
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Tottenham s postponed Europa Conference League group game with Rennes will not be rearranged, UEFA announced on Saturday.
European football s governing body indicated a new date for the game could not be agreed upon by the two clubs, after COVID-19 cases in the Spurs camp caused a call-off on Thursday s fixture.
It remains to be seen what UEFA rules, with Tottenham having needed a win from the Rennes game to reach the knockout stage. Rennes sit top of Group G, after three wins and two draws from their five games. All other group-stage games have been completed.
In a statement, UEFA said it had been in contact with Tottenham and Rennes in an effort to find a viable solution in order to reschedule the match .
Unfortunately, despite all efforts, a solutio…