Category: Europe

Paul Pogba’s agent named his company after Jerry Maguire

The undisputed king of this transfer window is agent Mino Raiola. He represents three of Man United’s four signings (Zlatan Ibrahimovic, Henrikh Mkhitaryan, and Paul Pogba), including the largest deal in the history of football. And the name of the Dutch firm raking in his cut of all this action? Maguire Tax & Legal. As in the 1996 Tom Cruise film about a sports agent.

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Real Madrid players soak Zidane during his post-UEFA Super Cup press conference

Without Cristiano Ronaldo or Gareth Bale, Real Madrid beat 10-man Sevilla 3-2 in extra time to win the UEFA Super Cup, making Zidane one of just four men to win the European Cup and the Super Cup as both a player and a manager (the others: Johan Cruyff, Carlo Ancelotti, Pep Guardiola). After lifting yet another trophy, a group of Real Madrid players invaded Zidane’s press conference and gave him an unexpected shower.

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Dirk Nowitzki does a Simone Zaza impression during charity match

Some time has passed since Simone Zaza’s cartoonish penalty in Italy’s shootout loss to Germany in the Euro 2016 semifinals, but German NBA star Dirk Nowitzki isn’t going let him forget it. During a charity match in Mainz, Germany, Nowitzki replicated Zaza’s high-stepping run-up and crap shot, then laughed at Zaza’s endless pain.

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European football falls victim to Pokemon Go epidemic

If you see professional footballers running around the pitch while staring at their phones during matches this season, it’s because they’re playing Pokemon Go — a mobile game that has pretty much usurped pornography as the most popular thing on the internet in just a matter of days since its release.

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Red Bull Salzburg player wears Red Bull Leipzig shirt during Champions League qualifier

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Oh, the problems of modern football. Red Bull Salzburg played a Champions League qualifier against Latvian champs FK Liepaja and defender Andreas Ulmer was caught wearing a Red Bull Leipzig shirt. If you’re wondering how this could go unnoticed before it ended up on Ulmer’s back, let’s compare the two shirts.

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