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KYLIAN MBAPPE has lavished praise on Jurgen Klopp as speculation over the Paris St-germain striker’s future continues.
Real Madrid and Liverpool have both been linked with a move for Mbappe while PSG want him to extend his contract beyond the summer of 2022.
And as he kicks his heels after the French season was curtailed, Mbappe paid tribute to Liverpool’s remarkable Premier
League campaign – and to Klopp in particular.
The 21-year-old
World Cup winner said:
“This season Liverpool have been a machine in the Premier League. They
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TEDDY SHERINGHAM believes Paul Pogba does not have the bottle to succeed at Old Trafford – and has urged Manchester United to sell him.
Pogba has been a letdown since returning to United from Juventus in a club-record £90m deal in 2016. The Frenchman and his outspoken agent Mino Raiola have agitated for a move elsewhere in the next transfer window, with Real Madrid and Juve leading the race to sign him. And former United striker Sheringham says it could be time for him to go – because he is not a leader like Roy Keane was. Sheringham said: “They need to recruit in the right manner
confident a deal could be sealed despite controversy over Saudi Arabia’s human rights record and TV piracy.
Now it has emerged that the World Trade Organisation has ruled that the country is behind pirate streaming services, giving illegal access to events such as the Premier League and Wimbledon.
According to reports, the Premier League have received the WTO findings, which will be published next month, explaining the lengthy delay in a decision.
Worryingly for the consortium, the independent ruling finds that the Saudi government, whose Public Investment Fund is financing 80 per cent of the takeover, is behind illegal coverage.