Paul Scholes does not believe Manchester United should make a move to bring Paul Pogba back to Old Trafford.

Pogba left United in July 2012 after opting against signing a new contract, allowing him to move to a Juventus team with whom he now enjoys a starring role

The France international has been strongly linked with a switch away from the Serie A champions, with United among the clubs linked with the midfielder.

Paris Saint-Germain are reported to have agreed an €80million fee for Pogba, and Scholes feels that fee is too steep for United to consider signing him.

I don t feel they should go back to sign Pogba for the sums being talked about having lost him for the compensation payment, Scholes wrote in his column for The Independent.

I under…

Roberto Mancini has questioned Manchester City s decision to allow Daniel Sturridge to join Chelsea when his contract expired in 2009.

Sturridge failed to agree a new deal with City, and subsequently signed for the Blues for 3.5 million pounds plus add-ons, a few months before Mancini arrived in Manchester.

He has since gone on to establish himself as a key member of the first-team squad at Stamford Bridge, and trails only Frank Lampard in the Chelsea scoring charts this season.

I asked him last year when he played for Bolton why he left Manchester City and he said he didn’t know, Mancini revealed to the Manchester Evening News.

I know Sturridge well, I have watched him many times. Given the chance I think I would have liked to have kept him, but now…

Italian champions Juventus are weighing up January bid for Benfica midfielder Bryan Cristante, according to Tuttosport.

The 22-year-old was rated as one of AC Milan’s hottest prospects when he was surprisingly allowed to join the Eagles in 2014, and he in turn struggled to make an impact at Estadio da Luz.

However, Cristante has largely impressed during the loan spell with Atalanta, scoring 3 goals in 8 Serie A games this season.

Juventus scouts appear to have been impressed with the talented central midfielder and the Bianconeri have decided to try and bring the player to Turin.

The Italian giants want Atalanta to exercise the buy-out option as Orobici would be easier to negotiate with than Benfica.

Cristante made his Italy debut in the 2018 W…

The main issue with setting the bar too high is pressure and criticism as soon as you fail to maintain the expected level of performances.

And for a perfectionist player as emotion-driven as Cristiano Ronaldo even the tiniest of dry spells will cause quite a media pressure just like this current one revolving around the Real Madrid biggest star.

Is Ronaldo really in crisis?

During the long eight seasons in Spanish capital Madrid, the Portuguese superstar Cristiano Ronaldo has established himself as prolific goal scorer who averages a goal every 6.83 shots at goal.

The 32-year-old forward has gone from strength to strength with Los Blancos, scoring at least 31 La Liga goals in six of his eight years at Santiago Bernabeu with the 2014/15 season coming as the best…

Robert Lewandowski s stunning form this year should see him crowned The Best FIFA Men s Player for 2020, according to Bayern Munich coach Hansi Flick.

The prolific Poland forward played an integral role in Bayern s treble-winning 2019-20 season, which saw them crowned champions of Europe, and is firing on all cylinders again in the new campaign.

Lewandowski faces stiff competition for the honour from the likes of holder Lionel Messi, Juventus Cristiano Ronaldo, Neymar and former team-mate Thiago Alcantara.

But Flick believes the Bayern talisman has the best case, with the stats certainly lending significant weight to that argument.

The award takes into account accomplishments between July 20, 2019 and October 7 of this year. During that time, Lewandow…

Italy under-21 international Federico Viviani has made a surprise move to Serie A club Hellas Verona.

Viviani, 23, was reportedly on the verge of joining Palermo from Roma on Monday, with suggestions he had even agreed terms.

But the midfielder has signed for Verona, the club confirmed on their website on Tuesday.

Viviani started his career at Roma, but he struggled to break into the first team.

He made six league appearances for the capital club in 2011-12 but then spent time out on loan in Serie B with Padova, Pescara and Latina.

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Yaya Toure could be set for a shock transfer from Manchester City to another of the Premier League’s big hitters,.

Manchester United, Chelsea, Arsenal and Liverpool have also been linked with a move for the 31 year old, who may be allowed to leave for around £20m as the Premier League champions look to bring in a younger option.

Since arriving in England in the summer of 2010, Ivory Coast international Toure has racked up two hundred and twelve appearances for City in all competitions, scoring sixty-one goals.

He was part of the squads that won the FA Cup in 2011, the Premier League title in both 2012 and 2014 and the League Cup final in 2014 while internationally he guided his side to victory in the Africa Cup on Nations earlier this year, winning his nin…

Former Barcelona star Rivaldo has backed Philippe Coutinho to join the Spanish champions from Liverpool.

Coutinho has blossomed into one of the Premier League s finest talents since joining from Inter for a reported £8.5milllion in January 2013.

The 24-year-old has often been linked with a move to Camp Nou, despite him being contracted to Liverpool until 2020 and a public insistence from manager Jurgen Klopp that he will not be sold.

But Rivaldo, twice a LaLiga winner with Barca, believes signing Coutinho to link up with fellow Brazil forward Neymar would be a shrewd move.

In my opinion, he s a great player and a player who knows Neymar well, he told Sky Sports. I think they are both friends – players who stand out.

I think that this transfe…

Angel di Maria will return to Real Madrid in the UEFA Champions League group stage after Paris Saint-Germain were drawn alongside the 10-time European champions in Group A.

The Argentina international left the Santiago Bernabeu in 2014 for Manchester United, but never faced Real while at Old Trafford.

He will get that opportunity in Group A after his new club were pitched against Rafael Benitez s side, with Shakhtar Donetsk and Malmo – PSG talisman Zlatan Ibrahimovic s first club – completing the group.

Manchester United s return to the group phase will see them go head to head with Eredivisie champions PSV.

Louis van Gaal s side were not involved in last season s competition, but rejoined the continental elite on Wednesday with a comprehe…

The Mail Online understands that Thomas Lemar has rejected a new contract at Monaco.

The news will be welcomed by Premier League duo Arsenal and Liverpool both of whom were linked with a move for the France international last summer.

Then, the Ligue 1 champions managed to keep hold of their man though they have been dealt a blow with the twenty-two year old turning down an offer of a new deal that would run until the summer of 2020.

Lemar moved to Monaco from Caen in the summer of 2015 and has since racked up one hundred and twelve appearances in all competitions, scoring twenty-two goals.

Nine of those goals came in the league last season as Leonardo Jardim’s side clinched the championship while internationally he has been capped eight times by Fr…