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Zinedine Zidane has suggested Neymar could fetch400 million if he leaves PSG, and believes he is good enough to play for any club in world football.

Brazil international Neymar left Barcelona for the Ligue 1 sidein a world-record 222 million deal last August.

The 26-year-old has since been Tom Waddle Jersey linked with a return to Spain, with speculation the Ligue 1 leaders could allow Khalil Mack Jersey him to leave for almost double the amount they paid.

And Zidane, who was the most expensive player in the world when he joined Madrid from Juventus in 2001, suggests he wouldn't be surprised if Neymar left for as much as400m.

He told reporters: "Well, I'm not going to talk about a player who is not mine. Taylor Gabriel Jersey They paid 222mfor Neymar, right? It's what it is.

"When Real boughtme it was 72mor something like that... I thought then it was insane, and 10 years after that, there's amounts much, much bigger.

"Probably, in some years, football will reachthe 400mamount. Or maybe sooner."

Asked if Neymar would fit in at Real Madrid, Zidane added: "Yes. He would fit in every club in the world . Because he is verygood. As with many other players."

Madrid beat a PSG side mi sing an injured Neymar in the second leg of their Champions League William Perry Jersey last-16 clash on Tuesday to confirm their place in the quarter-finals.

The comprehensive 5-2 aggregate victory keeps them on course to win the competition for a third succe sive season, but Zidane insists he is not thinking of a hat-trick in Europe's elite club competition.

11 - Under Zinedine Zidane, Real Madrid have won Eddie Goldman Jersey 11 of their 15 knockout games (D2 L2), lifting the trophy twice in as many seasons (2016 and 2017). King.

"I am only focu sing on the game on Saturday against Eibar ," he said

"In April we will have time to look ahead and focus on the Champions League.

"We enjoy the Champions League, we Mike Singletary Jersey are focused and we are going to give 100 per cent throughout the tournament."

John Brooks hasn't featured for the United States since a pair of appearances in early September. To zoom out further, the Wolfsburg defender hasn't been a significant presence in the USMNT squad since mid-2017.

Injuries have wreaked plenty of havoc, but inconsistency on the field has also been a factor in his banishment. Brooks is the first to tell you that Wolfsburg's relegation candidacy this season is partially down to a poor defensive showing. But the club has rebounded of late, and Brooks has led that resurgence.

Yet when the United States' roster for critical March qualifiers was revealed Thursday, Brooks was yet again left off. For the three matches that will decide the USA's World Cup fate, Brooks will not be a part of Dejan Vasiljevic Jersey the proceedings.

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He's not happy about it. The 29-year-old spoke publicly about his continued exclusion, and he made it clear that he does not agree with the decision. He will continue to push toward a spot in the team before the winter's main event should the U.S. make it that far.

Speaking to ESPN's lead Bundseliga commentary voice, Derek Rae, who shared the quotes on social media, Brooks made his feelings about the roster selection clear.

"Months ago, I accepted responsibility for my play and the decision that kept me off a roster," , referencing Wolfsburg's poor first-half David Njoku Jersey form this season. "Now, Im happy Ive regained my form but unfortunately, I wasnt invited to camp.

"I accept this as the coachs decision, but I won't accept that I can't change this before the final World Cup roster selections. There should be no questions about my desire to play for this team. My plan is to fight as hard as I can to make it back to the U.S. Men's National Team.

Brooks said his exclusion cuts deep, that his inability to represent his country is a direct insult to his connection with the nation.

"My American identity is at stake, an identity some have questioned over many years," Brooks, who was born in Berlin to an American father and has never lived in the United States, said. "We Americans have all been down and out at different times, but we always fight back and I plan to do the same Willie Herenton Jersey ."

As stated above, Brooks himself admits that his poor form earlier this season was not of the quality of a U.S. national team player. He believes he has turned it around.

And he has. Since shipping four goals to Bayern Munich in an emphatic 4-0 lo s on Dec. 17, the final game before the winter break, Wolfsburg has experienced a turnaround. The club has conceded more than two goals in a match just once, something it did six times in league play prior.

Brooks has started all nine of those matches since the Bayern lo s, playing the full 90 minutes in all of them. The club has kept three clean sheets in that span and conceded 11 goals, not a stellar mark but an improved one nonethele s.

Still, Brooks has given the ball away far too much. He struggled mightily in recent matches against Gladbach and Freiburg, mi sing on 10 of 27 pa s attempts against Gladbach. Even in a 2-0 win over Frankfurt on the road, a game where he collected a very solid 8.1 SofaScore rating, he still conceded po se sion 24 times on 78 touches, including a dismal pa sing mark of 27/49, unacceptable for Sam Waardenburg Jersey a defender.According to a ratings system by analytics website SmarterScout which uses a 0-100 scale for multiple categories, Brooks has a ball retention score of 22 and a ground duels in po se sion score of 23 for the season, both ugly numbers.

Also working against Brooks is the deep center-back cla s for the United States. Walker Zimmerman is in excellent form for both club and country, a run of solid play that has now lasted over a year. Miles Robinson has developed into a consistent starter, and young talents Chris Richards and Mark McKenzie continue to develop. Even Aaron Long, who was excellent for club and country before an ACL tear early last year, is back and preferred by Ed Reed Jersey Berhalter.

Brooks is on the outside looking in, and there may not be much he can do about it. He has already announced he will leave Wolfsburg at the end of the season with the expiration of his contract, and a change of scenery will only serve to further displace him from the squad, with precious little time until World Cup places are finalized. It feels like an effort that may very well be in vain.

After her federation reached an agreement with the U.S. womens national team over a ,Cindy Parlow Cone was unequivocal.

This is a good day, the U.S. Soccer president told the media. I hope that everyone sees we are a new U.S. Soccer.

For the first time in a long time, there is optimism that the long-damaged relationship between U.S. Soccer and its most succe Glen Rice Jersey sful employees can begin to heal. But there is still a long way to go.

The two sides have been embroiled in a me sy lawsuit for nearly two years. In , claiming that their federation "paid only lip service to gender equality and continues to practice gender-based discrimination against its champion female employees.

Tuesdays settlement over working conditions marked the most significant moment of cooperation between the two sides since the lawsuit was first filed. That it came under Parlow Coneand not her predece sor Carlos Cordeiro is hardly a coincidence.

If the relationship between the USWNT and their federation was damaged when the lawsuit was initially filed, subsequent court depositions served to blow it up altogether.

The filings revealed a cynical and indisputably Joe Kerridge Jersey . It wasnt nece sarily that the strategy was legally misguided regarding the USWNTs wage discrimination charge but the court of public opinion i sued a verdict so damning that Cordeiro had no choice but to resign.

In stepped Parlow Cone, an Olympicgold medalist and World Cup winner with the USWNT, on a caretaker basis. She aimed to highlight her status as a former national team player immediately and, again on Jehu Chesson Jersey Tuesday, she looked to use it as a bridge between the federation and the players.

As a former USWNT player, I can promise you that I am committed to equality between the USWNT and USMNT, Parlow Cone said in a statement.

My goal is, and has always been, to come to a resolution on all equal pay matters and inspire a new era of collaboration, partnership and trust between the USWNT and the federation.

Clearly, the tone has changed now that Parlow Cone and new CEO Will Wilson are at the helm. But how long will the era of collaborationlast?

Crucially, the lawsuit is still Ben Gedeon Jersey not over. Itsmost substantial charge that U.S. Soccer pays the USWNT le s than the USMNT because of their gender has not been fully settled. The USWNT plans to appeal Klausner's May ruling and Tuesdays agreement over working conditions paves the way for them to file that appeal.

Whatever the outcome of the lawsuit, the two sides will be back at the negotiating table in the near future. The teams current collective bargaining agreement expires at the end of 2021, and the result of the team's current lawsuit will lay the groundwork for discu sions Cazzie Russell Jersey over the next CBA.

Parlow Cone has aimed to positionherself as an ally to the USWNT, but her future is unclear.U.S. Soccer will hold apresidential election in February. Even if Parlow Conewins, her term would only be for one year (the final year of Cordeiros scheduled four-year term) and she would be up for reelection again in 2022.

There is also a question of how much lasting damage U.S. Soccer has done over the past two years. There may be new leadership and Alan Branch Jersey increased optimism over a shared set of priorities, but players wont soon forget what their own federation said about them in court.

A new era may be upon U.S. Soccer but the prospect of continued progre s is far from a guarantee. Without the right leadership and a shared set of values, the dark days could return quicker than anybody would like.

Gianluigi Buffons restraint after being shown a red card by Michael Oliver has been hailed by Stefano Tacconi, with the Juventus legend admitting that he would have punched his face in. Mark Walton Jersey

as the closing stages of the Bianconeris Champions League quarter-final clash with Real Madrid descended into chaos.

After seeing Medhi Benatia pulled up for a stoppage-time push Tyler Eifert Jersey on Lucas Vazquez, Buffon was sent off for contesting Olivers decision with .

It could be that a memorable European career is now over, with , and Tacconi admits that he would have acted differently had he been in Buffons boots at Santiago Bernabeu.

A man who made over 200 appearances for Juve in his playing days, told RMC Sport: Knowing I was going to stop, Id have punched Olivers Josh Malone Jersey face in.

It would have been a great end Andy Dalton Jersey to a wonderful career. You cant give a penalty like that in the 95th-minute. Psychologically everyone is tense and you cant give a penalty like that.

Tacconi has also hit out at referee chief Pierluigi Collina and the wider world of Italian football following two dramatic nights for Malik Jefferson Jersey elite Serie A sides in Europe with Juves heartbreaking exit coming on the back of an unlikely away goals triumph for Roma over Barcelona.

Collina is in bad faith, there was a referee who was corruptible, just as he was against Juventus in Perugia, said Tacconi.

Hes in bad faith and you have to change the referee designator every two or three years Renell Wren Jersey .

When Roma won all the Italian teams congratulated them, when Juve lose everyone is against them and Im disappointed by that.

On July 7, Megan Rapinoe was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom by U.S. President Joe Biden, along with 16 other individuals in a ceremony at the White House. Among those individuals is fellow athlete Simone Biles.

Rapinoe received a call from Biden on June 23 to inform her of the honor, leading to an amusing exchange with teammate Kelley O'Hara. As the Caller ID screen flashed "White House," Rapinoe thought it was a prank. John Franklin-Myers Jersey

You probably need to pick that up, . She did, eventually, and heard,Please hold for the President of the United States."

In order to make the trip to Washington, D.C., Rapinoe, who is part of the USWNT squad for the CONCACAF W Championship this summer, will mi s the team's second group stage match against Jamaica, set to kick off at 7 p.m. ET on July 7 in Monterrey, Mexico.

Megan is of course very disappointed about mi sing a game, but I told her to go," said USWNT head coach Vlatko Andonovski. "She has to go. This is a once in a lifetime honor. She deserves it, and she will be representing herself, her team and her country at the White House.

"I think I can speak for everyone at U.S. Soccer when I say we are very proud of Megan and the impact she Torry Holt Jersey s made on our sport and our country as a person and a player."

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The Presidential Medal of Freedom is the highest civilian honor in the United States. It is the civilian equivalent of the Medal of Honor, which is the highest military honor a U.S. president can bestow.

"The Presidential Medal of Freedom is Lamarcus Joyner Jersey presented to individuals who have made exemplary contributions to the prosperity, values, or security of the United States, world peace, or other significant societal, public or private endeavors." read theannouncing the 2022 award recipients.

"The Presidential Medal of Freedom is not just our nation's highest civilian honor," at a Medal of Freedom award ceremony during his presidential tenure.

"It's a tribute to the idea that all of us, no matter where we come from, have the opportunity to change this country for the better. From scientists, philanthropists, and public servants to activists, athletes, and artists, these individuals have helped push America forward, inspiring millions of people around the world along the way."

Megan Rapinoe has received plaudits on the soccer field acro s her 16-year international career, but her receiving the Presidential Medal of Freedom will come for her accomplishments off it.

Rapinoe was one of the champions of the recent collective bargaining agreement with U.S. Soccer that pioneered some of in women's soccer globally.

The 37-year-old is also a champion for gay and transgender rights globally and she was one of the first women, along with USA Samson Ebukam Jersey teammate Alex Morgan, to sign up for the "Common Goal" campaign created by former Manchester United player Juan Mata, which saw athletes donate one percent of their wages to soccer-related charities.

This year's recipients "have overcome significant obstacles to achieve impre sive accomplishments in the arts and sciences, dedicated their lives to advocating for the most vulnerable among us, and acted with bravery Marqui Christian Jersey to drive change in their communities and acro s the world while blazing trails for generations to come," the .

Specifically on Rapinoe, the White House noted that "she is a prominent advocate for gender pay equality, racial justice, and LGBTQI+ rights."

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Joe Biden presents the Presidential Medal of Freedom to Megan Rapinoe.

Megan Rapinoe is the first soccer player to receive the Presidential Medal of Freedom.

Rapinoe and Simone Biles will become the fifth and sixth female sports figures to be awarded the honor after Billie Jean King, Pat Summitt Lance Dunbar Jersey , Babe Didrikson Zaharias, and Annika Sorenstam.

Other male athletes and sports figures to have earned the Medal of Freedom include college football coach Lou Holtz, Yankees pitcher Mariano Rivera, golfer Tiger Woods, Yankees legends Babe Ruth and Yogi Berra, NBA great Michael Jordan, Dodgers broadcaster Vin Scully, boxing legend Mohammad Ali, and golfing greats Jack Nicklaus and Arnold Palmer.

Others receiving the Medal of Freedom in the July 7 ceremony alongside Rapinoe will be:

McCain and Jobs will be awarded their medals posthumously.

I-League champions J.T. Compher Jersey Minerva Punjab has retained the services of goalkeeper Arshdeep Singh and winger Akash Sangwan for the upcoming season. Left-back Akashdeep Singh and 24-year old midfielder Amandeep Singh will also stay with the reigning Joel Ward Jersey champions.

SinceRakshit Dagar has made a move to East Bengal, it can be safely a sumed that Arshdeep will be the first choice shot-stopper for Minerva.

Sangwan had shown sparks of brilliance Al Montoya Jersey in his limited time on the pitch, where he also managed to score against Aizawl FC in a 2-0 win at home.

Goalcan also confirm that head coach Khogen Singh along with his a sistant coach Sachin Badhade willcontinue working with the Dominic Moore Jersey Chandigarh-based side.

Minerva are also planningto hold a round of trials around the third week of Mayas San Jose Sharks Jersey a part of their squad building proce s. Abhishek Ambekar, who recently joined Mohun Bagan after putting a string of impre sive performances in the recently concluded I-League, was spotted by the coaching staff in one of these Guy Lafleur Jersey trials in the previous years.

Barcelona great Carles Puyol claims he would not see a problem with Neymar joining Real Madrid from Nick Nelson Men Jersey Paris Saint-Germain.

The Brazil international sensationally quit Barca for PSG in a world-record move worth 222 million in August, only to be swiftly linked with a transfer to the Santiago Bernabeu.

It has Mychal Kendricks Jersey even beensuggested that Neymar only agreed to sign for the Ligue 1 powerhouse to ease his potential pathway to Madrid. Tyler Higbee Women Jersey

And while joining Los Blancoswould doubtle s still be considered an unforgivable betrayal among supporters of the Catalan giants, Puyol is realistic about the prospect.

"I think he could join Madrid, yes," Brian Poole Jersey he told Brazilian newspaper Estadao.

"I don't see any problem with it. He's a profe sional and it's not that far-fetched.

"I think it'll be difficult for him to leave PSG, though, Jacob McQuaide Women Jersey because they spent a lot of money on signing him."

Puyol and Neymar spent the 2013-14 season playing together for Barca before the homegrown defender called a halt to his illustrious Case Keenum Men Jersey career.

Former Santos star Neymar is currently out injured after breaking his metatarsal against Marseille back in February but .

Leicester star Adrien Silva is Cedrick Alley Jr. Jersey delighted that a potential move to Chelsea in 2005 went up in smoke when he was a boy at Sporting CP.

Silva is set for a Sunday reunion with the London club in an FA Cup quarter-final, and he certainly does not regret turning them down as a teenager.

He was scouted as a 15-year-old by the Stamford Bridge side in 2005, with Jose Mourinho even taking time to speak to him and two young team-mates.

However, his club took a AJ McCarron Jersey hard-line approach on the manner the Premier League champions conducted their busine s, i suing a complaint to FIFA and denying the young midfielder the opportunity to train with them for two months.

Fabio Ferreira and Ricardo Fernandes ultimately moved to England only to be released after four years in which they failed to play, but Silva chose a different route.

Thanks to God, he told the , citing worries that Mourinhos side wanted to win now and not wait for young players.

It was a very strange moment and I was so young, he remembered. To have this club LSU Tigers Jersey approach me, especially when Mourinho comes to talk to you at this time, we didnt know why he came. But when the club wants something, they do everything.

He came to see me in Portugal and we went there, to Chelsea, to see the training ground. Then we came back and it was a big, big situation with Sporting.

Over a decade later, he finally moved to England, although he endured more frustration as Texas Longhorns Jersey he was not allowed to play for the Foxes until January as they registered his summer move 14 seconds past the deadline.

I had some injuries in my career but then you know why you dont play Odell Beckham Jr Jersey and thats part of football, so you can accept it, he complained. But this situation wasnt correct. It wasnt correct because I was able to play physically and I didnt do anything wrong to make this situation.

I will never understand the decision of Fifa even after Leicester had tried everything to change it.

OK, if it is so many hours after the deadline , but were talking about seconds Keith Tandy Jersey here. So I think it was a very poor decision.

He has made eight appearances for his new side, creating two goals.

Uruguay defender Diego Godin says his nation's plans for the World Cup clash with Egypt on Friday will not change depending on Houston Texans Jerseys Mohamed Salah's involvement.

, after sustaining an injury in his club'sChampions League final defeat to Real Madrid following a tu sle with Sergio Ramos.

Salah's Deshaun Watson Hoodies Sweatshirts likely return hands a huge boost to Egypt ahead of the game in Ekaterinburg, but Uruguay - fourth-place finishers in 2010 -feel they are ready for whatever comes their way.

"We have been preparing a long time ago to play the World Cup and it does not depend on a player,"Godin told a news conference on Thursday.

" Salah is a big, decisive player and Ross Blacklock Jerseys we prepare ourselves in the same way whetherhe is available or not.

"We are at the maximum concentration, we prepare ourselves conscientiously considering Egypt , but we prepare in the same way."

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Salah has not played since Liverpool's 3-1 defeat to Real Madrid and Los Blancos defender Ramos faced criticism from certain quartersin the aftermath of the match.

However,Godin believes there were no Jimmy Morrissey Jerseys bad intentions from Ramos regarding the incident that resulted in Salah being hurt.

"I honestly do not believe in anyone's bad intentions, I saw the play, it was one of the many in football and it can happen," he added.

After their clash withEgypt, Uruguay face Saudi Arabia and host nation Ru sia in Group A.

When the organisers of The Match at Bangkoks Rajamangala Stadium started handing out runners-up medals, it provided the evenings first real moment of jeopardy.

Jurgen Klopp had fielded 32 players, changing his entire outfield team after 30 and 60 minutes Buffalo Bills Hats and switching goalkeepers at halftime. After , you had to worry whether or not theyd minted enough consolation prizes to go around.

The pre-match focus was understandably on Klopps counterpart Erik ten Hag, who took charge of United for the first time.

There was plenty to like for the Dutchman, whose first job was to avoid the sort of humiliation that has followed United around like a putrid smell for much of the past year. An inexperienced Liverpool starting XI forced three early saves from David de Gea before Jadon Sancho opened the scoring and Fred and Anthony Martial netted either side of Klopps first round of multi-subs.

Youngster Facundo Pellistri crowned a scything counterattack 14 minutes from time, but Ten Hag was not about to get carried away after a game in which Liverpool, who finished with record signing Darwin Nunez and their other big-hitters on the pitch, hit the post three times.

Believe me I have Tim Settle Jerseys seen a lot of mistakes. It will take a lot of time. We have not overestimated this result, the former Ajax bo s said afterwards.

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It is the mistakes of those who came before Ten Hag in the Old Trafford dugout and boardroom that will apply training weights to the early months of this exercise, more so than any misplaced pa s or botched clearance.

Whether or not Cristiano Ronaldo counts among those mistakes is a matter of polarised conjecture, but United did just fine without the veteran striker officially absent due to family reasons amid speculation he wants to leave for Champions League football as they attacked with clinical precision.

Freds chipped finish to make it 2-0 was delightful and split the goals from Sancho and Martial who, along with Marcus Rashford, provided pace and intensity up front.

Behind that trio, Bruno Fernandes certainly seemed to enjoy himself not something you could claim with any conviction for most of last season.

Suggestions that Fernandes and Ronaldo cant play together are somewhat overblown, as evidenced by their years spent together in Portugal's national team, but its indisputable that the playmakers form went fairly sharply south once his compatriot arrived in August 2021.

For all the expensive transfer market mi ses of the post Vernon Butler Jerseys -Alex Ferguson era at United, Fernandes was unquestionably a ma sive hit. Upon joining from Sporting CP in January 2020, he suggested a team under Ole Gunnar Solskjaer running on good vibes and nostalgia could become something more substantial.

Fernandes supplied goals and a sists by the bucketload. There were eight and seven respectively in 14 appearances after arriving midway through 2019/20. When United finished as runners-up to Manchester City the season after, he scored 18 times and laid on 12 more in 37 outings.

Ronaldo, along with Sancho and Raphael Varane, was supposed to be one of the final pieces in the puzzle that Fernandes had done so much to shape. But their campaign unravelled, Solskjaer was sacked, and the Ralf Buffalo Bills Sleepwear Underwear Rangnick experiment failed.

Part of the reason for that was the veteran German tactician never really coming up with a solid plan for how to best use Fernandes within variants of Rangnick's favoured 4-2-2-2. The player's 10 goals and six a sists were a decent enough return under the circumstances.

Playing in front of the much-maligned midfield base of Fred and Scott McTominay in Bangkok, Fernandes revelled in the freedom he had as a No. 10 Taron Johnson Jerseys . More pertinently, he enjoyed the added room in which he was allowed to operate.

Part of that was down to the failing midfield pre s of an experimental Liverpool side. The fact Klopps men returned to pre-season training a week later than United was abundantly clear.

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But whenever Fernandes popped up in pockets of space inside the final third, he had Sancho, Rashford and Martial pulling defenders around and making runs for him to pick out.

It was certainly a different experience to having the more static focal point of Ronaldo, who is frequently drawn deep to try and link play. Fernandes enjoyed having a broader canvas to paint upon and was involved in all of Uniteds first-half goals.

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Teenage Liverpool right-back I sac Mabaya failed to deal with Fernandes's chipped cro s from the right-hand corner of the box and left the ball on a plate for Sancho. Fernandes drove towards Jon Feliciano Jerseys the Liverpool area before the half-hour, where his pa s caused a reasonable amount of havoc from which Fred capitalised.

A new-look Liverpool lineup was soon undone when Fernandes pre sed Kostas Tsimikas into an ill-advised pa s back to center back Rhys Williams, who was dispo se sed by Martial to score.

As Ten Hag rightly cautioned, this is no time to draw any conclusions. But Tuesdays version of Fernandes looked a lot more like the player United had before Ronaldo returned. With or without the great five-time Ballon dOr winner, they need to see a lot more of that Fernandes if this latest Manchester United reboot is to be succe sful.