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It continues to be a very exciting summer at Manchester United, with a whole lot going on. The team has arrived in Los Angeles and commenced the USA portion of their preseason training activities.
There is certainly no shortage of topics to discuss today, so let’s take a spin through the latest news and notes items making the rounds on the internet on this Thursday.
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Paul Pogba gave a very passionate pregame speech ahead of France’s 4-3 round-of-16 win over Argentina in the 2018 World Cup. That speech, which heavily involved Argentine superstar Lionel Messi, is featured in a French TV documentary. The clip surfaced on Wednesday and it’s making the rounds all over the internet.
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Christian Pulisic and Borussia Dortmund begin their preseason tour of the United States when they take on Manchester City at Soldier Field in Chicago, IL, USA Friday night. Pulisic and BVB will take on a Man City side that will be missing an overwhelming majority of their stars, who are on holiday after having served long international tours of duty in the World Cup.
Tomorrow brings a press conference and training for both teams at the NFL stadium along Chicago’s lakeshore. As Pulisic is an American international, he will no doubt be a hot topic.
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Yesterday was massive in the world of all things Cristiano Ronaldo as he was officially unveiled to the public as a new Juventus player. Ronaldo underwent his medical in full view of four doctors and finalized his move away from Real Madrid. Much of the football community wondered why he made the jump to Serie A instead of Manchester United.
Previously, there had been reports of Ronaldo’s mother, Maria Dolores Aveiro, wanting her son to return to Old Trafford, but yesterday she disputed those claims.
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It promises to continue being a very exciting summer transfer window at Manchester United, with plenty of comings and goings. Who will be the next to join Fred, Diogo Dalot and Lee Grant as new arrivals this summer?
Who will be heading out the Old Trafford door? Let’s take a spin through the latest transfer rumors and gossip making the rounds on the internet today. As always, until it’s actually an officially done deal, take he rumors with a grain of salt.
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The very early leaks of the 2018-19 Manchester United home kit have now proven to be very predictive. United’s shirt supplier Adidas took down the red kit’s promotional video after it had already leaked online Monday night.
Have a watch below, as the promo video is still widely available online, despite Adidas removing it. According to some reports, this video was supposedly to debut on Thursday.
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Alexis Sanchez, one of three Manchester United players featured at the top of the team’s official Twitter account promoting their preseason exhibition tour, did not fly with the team to the United States yesterday.
The Chilean, acquired from Arsenal in the January transfer window, stayed back due to a “personal administrative issue.” Club spokespeople said that they hope Sanchez will be able to join up with the rest of the team at some point.
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It continues to be a very exciting summer at Manchester United, with a whole lot going on. While we still have a bit of time until the preseason exhibition games begin, there is certainly no shortage of topics to discuss today.
So let’s take a spin through the latest news and notes items making the rounds on the internet on this Monday.
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France won their second ever World Cup today, by a score of 4-2 over Croatia in the final and it was Manchester United midfielder Paul Pogba who ended up scoring the game winning goal. It was the perfect way to cap off what was a phenomenal tournament for Pogba, who came into the competition saying that he had ambitions of bossing the World Cup.
He did just that and his form has both quieted his seemingly never ending train of critics, and elicited praise far and wide. Overall, it makes United supporters wonder if he can carry this top class form into the 2018-19 season for United.
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It continues to be a very exciting summer at Manchester United, with a whole lot going on. While we still have a bit of time until the preseason exhibition games begin, there is no shortage of topics to discuss today.
So let’s take a spin through the latest news and notes items making the rounds on the internet on this World Cup Final day.
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Defender Daley Blind is leaving Manchester United and returning to his boyhood club Ajax in a transfer of historic proportions. According to Dutch media outlet De Telegraaf, the club will reportedly pay a transfer fee worth an initial €16m, with a sum that could rise to a maximum of €21m in add-ons, and thus make him the most expensive player ever obtained by an Eredivisie side.
De Telegraaf’s Mike Verweij reports that Blind’s deal will be for a duration of four years.
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It continues to be a very exciting summer at Manchester United, with a whole lot going on. While we still have a bit of time until the preseason exhibition games begin, there is no shortage of topics to discuss today.
So let’s take a spin through the latest news and notes items making the rounds on the internet on this Friday the 13th.
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