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Tuesday Kickoff: Ibrahimovic, Mourinho and more

Photo by Mike DiNovo/USA Today Sports
Photo by Mike DiNovo/USA Today Sports

While one Paris Saint-Germain star is likely on his way out at the French club, the team seemingly already has plans to retool this offseason.

Zlatan Ibrahimovic’s agent Mino Raiola has denied that Manchester United have made an offer to the outgoing Paris Saint-Germain striker, despite rumors that previously stated the striker had been offered a one-year contract by the Red Devils. (REPORT)

Former Chelsea coach Jose Mourinho is said to be in talks with PSG to fill the club’s head coaching role, despite Laurent Blanc still being under contract. (REPORT)

Real Madrid winger James Rodriguez is reportedly receiving interest from Manchester United despite heavy links to PSG. (REPORT)

Diego Costa, Fernando Torres and Juan Mata headline the names left off the Spanish national team’s provisional 25-man roster ahead of the 2016 European Championship in France. (REPORT)

Germany head coach Joachim Low announced the country’s provisional 27-man roster on Tuesday ahead of next month’s Euro competition. Among the notable names included are Thomas Muller, Mario Gotze and Mesut Ozil. (REPORT)

Leicester City head coach Claudio Ranieri has been named Manager of the Year by the League Managers Association after guiding the Foxes to their first English Premier League title in club history. (REPORT)

English Championship side Sheffield Wednesday has reached the league’s promotion playoff final at Wembley Stadium on May 28. Wednesday will face the winner of Hull City and Derby County to determine which side progresses to England’s top flight. (REPORT)

MONDAY REWIND

U.S. Men’s National Team forward Jozy Altidore is expected to miss six to eight weeks, ruling him out of next month’s Copa America Centenario. (REPORT)

After a tremendous season with Union Berlin, Bobby Wood’s move to Hamburg is a well-deserved step up for the young American forward. (REPORT)

Vancouver Whitecaps midfielder Kekuta Manneh was named SBI MLS Player of the Week after contributing to five of the team’s six goals. (REPORT)

Jurgen Klinsmann named the USMNT’s 22-man roster ahead of the team’s upcoming friendly against Puerto Rico. Young players Fafa Picault, Emerson Hyndman and Julian Green headline the squad, which consists of European and Mexican-based players. (REPORT)

Comments

  1. The USMNT is going to miss all of those half hearted shots on goal from Jozy. Lol. Not. We’re not going to miss him one bit. He’s in a bad form anyway. Hopefully klinsman is not an idiot like at the world cup and bring wondolowski

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    • While Jozy hasn’t done much at the club level since AZ there is no denying he puts the ball in the net for the Nats and he is physically imposing, does he use that to his advantage? Not always, but I have noticed improvement in his hold up play. With that said, I am ready for someone else to step up and do so consistently, to give us another option at the very least… But to not want Jozy as a part of the team in ANY fashion for the CA or another sanctioned event is ridiculous in my opinion, whether you hate him (which you clearly do) or not.

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      • I get it, he is getting better from being worse after being really good at first. You follow? We can’t continue to put him in simply based on the idea he may grow as a tournament goes on. Altidore is Adu’ing it. He thinks he’s too good to hustle and you can point to. Couple of goals here and there but we have other strikers that are just ok but have heart and grit to work tirelessly.

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