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Friday Kickoff: Pogba, Neymar and more

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New Manchester United coach Jose Mourinho is reportedly desperate to acquire one of France’s biggest stars, while Paris Saint-Germain is preparing a massive bid for a Barcelona attacker.

Mourinho is said to be using Matteo Darmian as trade bait in order to bring Juventus and France midfielder Paul Pogba to the Red Devils. (REPORT)

PSG is currently seeking a high-profile replacement for Zlatan Ibrahimovic in the attack, and Brazilian forward Neymar is being linked as the guy to do the job. The Ligue 1 side is reportedly willing to meet Barcelona’s estimated $172 million release clause. (REPORT)

England defender John Stones has reportedly turned down a lucrative contract with Barcelona after agent Paul Martin met with the Blaugrana last week. (REPORT)

Manchester United is reportedly interested in 19-year-old Swiss forward Breel Embolo from FC Basel. Embolo has been called up to Switzerland ahead of Euro 2016, giving the youngster the opportunity to shine on Europe’s biggest stage. (REPORT)

Two people were arrested during a fight in Marseille as groups of English and Russian fans gathered outside a pub ahead of Euro 2016. (REPORT)

Michael Carrick will return to Manchester United for at least one more year after signing an extension with the Red Devils on Thursday. (REPORT)

Coming off of an impressive season, which features 15 goals, Sunderland has agreed to terms with Jermain Defoe over a new contract that will keep the Englishman at the Stadium of Light for at least three more seasons. (REPORT)

THURSDAY REWIND

Former U.S. Men’s National Team star Landon Donovan will reportedly take a consultant role with Premier League side Swansea City, while also accepting a minority stake in the team. (REPORT)

U.S. defender Ventura Alvarado is reportedly seeking a move to MLS despite receiving interest from Liga MX club Tigres. (REPORT)

Mexico advanced to the quarterfinals on Thursday with a 2-0 win over Jamaica. (REPORT)

Fellow Group C side Venezuela also qualified for the last eight after pulling off their second consecutive upset by defeating Uruguay 1-0. (REPORT)

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  1. Football is a business so sell him, no doubt about it, for $172M USD. They would be insane to turn down such a huge sum of money.

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    • I’m always curious how much revenue a player like Neymar brings into a club on marketing and merchandise sales and TV packages/club related ventures alone.

      As ridiculous of a fee is that may seem to be I imagine they’d recoup a significant amount of that on Neymar’s “image” alone in a fairly short period of time – which also means I could see Barcelona not justifying the sale because of this.

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