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 PAUL POGBA is being warned he must toe the line — or face the boot.
The French star was given the stark reminder by Ole Gunnar Solskjaer as the war of words with his agent Mino Raiola rumbles on.

Ole Gunnar Solskjaer has laid down the law to Paul PogbaCredit: Times Newspapers Ltd

The comments come after his agent Mino Raiola said it was all over at Man Utd for the FrenchmanCredit: Getty – Pool

The Old Trafford boss, who yesterday completed two years in charge, vowed: “I would just not stand for anyone thinking that he is bigger than Manchester United.
“No one is. Absolutely no one — and Paul knows this. It is not only for Paul. It is for all of us.”
His straight–talking stance is as much of an attack on controversial Raiola as a move to show the World Cup winner who is in charge.
Raiola infuriated Solskjaer the day before United crashed out of the Champions League to RB Leipzig earlier this month by claiming it was time Pogba left the club.

He followed that up by declaring: “I’ve said that Paul can leave in the summer because it’s hard to do deals in January.”
French midfielder Pogba’s £300,000-a-week contract expires in just 18 months.
But Solskjaer, whose side host Leeds today, has continued to talk him up, despite his posturing for a move back to Juventus or to Real Madrid.
And the United chief added: “Paul was here as a kid in the Under-18s. We signed him early on and he comes with the Manchester United DNA in him.

“He knows what we are about. United is about being in a team and Paul has always been an ambitious boy who loves playing football.
“He trains well, he never refuses to train or play, he has a good attitude.
“Of course, Paul wants to do as well as he can when he is in the team, however many minutes he is getting on the pitch.”
After last Saturday’s goalless Manchester derby, Pogba took to social media to hit out at the stick he was getting for Raiola’s comments.
He wrote: “I’ve always fought and will always fight for  Manchester United, my team-mates and the fans.
“All has been clear between the club and myself and that will never change.
‘I WANT PLAYERS WHO CAN HANDLE LIFE’
“When you don’t know what’s going on inside, don’t talk.”
But having backed their club-record £89million star consistently since he replaced Jose Mourinho two Christmases ago, Solskjaer is determined that Pogba will stay on.
And the Red Devils chief now hopes to get that message through to the French World Cup winner’s super agent Raiola.
As he prepared for today’s visit of Leeds, Solskjaer added: “I leave negotiations with agents to the club.
“In fact, I rarely speak to agents. I speak to the players — and that is the biggest thing for me.
“I need to see them eye to eye and I think it is important, the relationship between player and manager.
“I want players who can handle life as well. You can’t just go through agents.”
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GRAHAM POTTER will ask Manchester United for Dan James on loan to fire up Brighton’s survival fight.
Boss Potter worked with the Welsh flying winger at Swansea — and thinks he would be a great asset if United let him out for badly-needed game time.

Brighton are chasing Dan James – who has struggled for minutes this seasonCredit: News Group Newspapers Ltd

And James has told pals he would be happy to play for Potter again as he thrived under his style in their last spell together.
The Seagulls asked about James, 23, in the last transfer window but he opted to stay at Old Trafford.
However, his chances of starts are slim and he has the Euro 2021 finals on his horizon.
Wales want to see James playing more often and staying sharp for their campaign as he was a key part of their qualification.

Brighton, just above the drop zone, have found it hard to score lately and Potter needs extra attacking thrust.
Leeds are also long-term admirers of James, trying twice to land him before.
James has made only a handful of club appearances since the summer and often plays on the right when his preference and more effective position is the left.

James worked under Graham Potter at Swansea CityCredit: Reuters

The former Swan was a key man at Old Trafford last season, appearing 46 times in all competitions.

But he played just three times in the Premier League this time around, and hasn’t at all since October 24.
James was on the bench as the Red Devils beat Sheffield United 3-2 on Thursday night.
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INTIMATE photos of Man City ace Gabriel Jesus and former Chelsea striker Diego Costa were found in a Bible handed in at a charity shop.
Both players appeared topless with the same mystery woman in snaps unearthed last week.

An intimate photo of former Chelsea striker Diego Costa was found in a Bible handed in at a charity shop

Another snap showed Man City ace Gabriel Jesus shirtless with the same woman

The Bible was in one of two bags handed in by a woman to a charity shop in Marylebone, Central London.
A source said: “The pictures were instantly recognisable as Jesus and Costa – and both were with the same woman.
“They were both laughing and seemed incredibly relaxed in her company while larking around on pillows without their shirts on.
“The pictures appear to have been taken at different times.

“The charity shop normally gets jigsaws and second-hand clothes, so this was certainly a change from that.”
Two bags were handed in during May, but the snaps were not spotted until staff started sorting them last week.

One snap showed a heavily tattooed Jesus pulling a face for the camera

The Bible was in one of two bags handed in by a woman to a charity shop in Marylebone, Central LondonCredit: © David Dyson – The Sun
The source said: “A woman of Spanish or Latin appearance dropped off the bags.
“She said a friend left the UK and wanted to get rid of a few bits and pieces.

“The woman who brought the bags in has never been back so no one knew what to do with the pics.”
It is not known when the photographs were taken.
Heavily tattooed Brazilian forward Jesus, 23, joined Man City in 2017 and split from model Fernanda Queiroz earlier this year.
The devout Christian was missing from City’s squad against Southampton yesterday.
A source previously said: “Jesus decided to end the relationship to focus on his career.”

Costa played for Chelsea for three years from 2014 and is now at Atletico MadridCredit: Reuters

Brazilian forward Jesus joined Man City in 2017Credit: Getty Images – Getty

Brazilian-born Costa, 32, played for Chelsea for three years from 2014 and is now at Atletico Madrid.
He is married with two daughters and there is no suggestion he cheated on his wife.
In 2014, The Sun on Sunday revealed he was dumped by Brazilian model girlfriend Michele Zuanne after she caught him trying to bed her sister.

Jesus split from model Fernanda Queiroz earlier this yearCredit: Instagram @dejesusoficial

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JURGEN KLOPP blasted the ten clubs who rejected the use of five subs for a third time.
Aston Villa, Burnley, Crystal Palace, Fulham, Leeds, Leicester, Newcastle, Sheffield United, West Ham and Wolves all voted against five subs.

Jurgen Klopp wants the Premier League to allow each team to make five subsCredit: Alamy Live News

It means the Prem is the only top division in Europe not allowed them.
Clubs did opt to increase the number of players on the bench to nine as the row over player welfare rumbles on.
But Liverpool boss Klopp, who won the Fifa Best Coach award this week, said: “I don’t think it’s a compromise.
“Everybody knows my thoughts. Everyone knows ten clubs voted against it.

“There must be a good reason for it. Every club wants to stay in the league and some want to win the league.
“This is not about advantages or competition, only about player welfare. And they voted against it.
“Pretty much everyone else in the world has five subs but here we are pretty much the only league to do it differently.”
Chelsea boss Frank Lampard thinks he will be accused of ‘whining’ by voicing his concerns.

Frank Lampard also believes that the PL should allow more substitutionsCredit: PA:Press Association

He said: “Normally, I think the modern-day player welfare, employee welfare, comes out on top. I don’t think it quite has this time but the decision has been made and we need to carry on.
“It’s a difficult one to talk about because people think you’re whining too much. I just thought it was something that would help player welfare and it hasn’t got through.
“It’s a case of making sure that we are looking after the players and giving them the best opportunity to perform at an optimum level and not putting them at risk.
“We play two games in two days over Christmas so it would have been really beneficial for player welfare.”

Five subs gives you more options to change it again if you feel your players are tired or in danger of getting injured
Frank Lampard

Tuesday’s defeat at Wolves was Chelsea’s third game without a win.
Lamps said: “We looked tired but it was hard for me to make that last sub.
“Five subs gives you more options to change it again if you feel your  players are tired or in danger of getting injured.
“Some clubs decided it was in their better interests not to have the subs. That overrode what we felt.”
Manchester City boss Pep Guardiola added: “Some agree, some don’t. We’ll go with it.”

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SERGIO AGUERO has told Manchester City’s Premier League rivals not to count them out of the title race.
Pep Guardiola’s men have endured a tough start to the season — with their 252-goal all-time leading goalscorer on the sidelines for much of it.

Sergio Aguero is yet to score this season – but says Man City will continue to fight for the title despite stop-start formCredit: Getty Images – Getty

City travel to in-form Southampton way back in ninth place and eight points behind leaders Liverpool.
Tuesday night’s 1-1 home draw with struggling West Brom meant they have won only five of their 12 matches so far.
And even more concerning is City — who once scored for fun — have managed just 18 goals in that time.
Aguero has played in only three of those matches as he edges his way back to fitness following knee surgery in the summer.

The 32-year-old is into the final few months of his Etihad contract and as yet nothing is agreed over his future.
If this is to be the end of a glittering decade, the man who has won four titles with City wants to make sure there is a fitting finale.
And the veteran striker, who joined the club in July 2011, has a message for those writing off his team’s season already.
He said: “I know it’s difficult because the results haven’t been good but we know every year anything can happen in the Premier League.

Aguero is a veteran of four Premier League title wins and the club’s record goalscorerCredit: Getty Images – Getty

“We always believe that we can challenge for the title. In the Premier League, you win two games and then you’re near the top.
“We need to be calm, play the same way, because Manchester City always fights for the titles. Always.”
Almost a third of the league season has passed already and Aguero has yet to register his first goal of the campaign in that competition.
Yet despite his concerns over his knee problems, he still believes he can have a big part to play in what could yet be his final year in a sky blue shirt.
He said: “Now I need time, but it’s a long season. I came back in the week, and I hope to be at my best.”
Aguero has rescued his club on countless occasions over the years — now they need him to do it again to re-ignite their flagging title challenge.
Guardiola has backed the former Atletico Madrid man and his fellow South American Gabriel Jesus by saying he will not get the chequebook out for a new centre-forward in January.
But he admits his mis-firing team are going to have to start stringing some wins together soon or their hopes of another Premier League crown will soon be gone.

Aguero has been doing his bit for charity of lateCredit: Manchester City

The Argentine has been spreading Christmas cheer to kids in hospital via Zoom
He said: “We know that we have to start to win games. If not, it will not be possible. We know it.
“There are eight teams in front of us. We have played a game less but you have to win it. So we have to start to win games in a row to be there at end.”
Despite falling well behind Jurgen Klopp’s Reds last season — finishing a massive 18 points off the champions —  Guardiola’s men were still the top goalscorers in the league with an impressive 102 goals.
So the lack of seeing the net bulge this season has been alarming for the manager, although he dismissed the idea that he might look to the transfer market to solve the problem next month.
He said: “Absolutely not. The last 32 or 33 games we played, Sergio played four or five. Not much.
“Gabriel has incredible numbers. In terms of goals to minutes since he came to the Premier League, he is one of the top three or four in history.
“But it’s not just on their shoulders. Anyone can score.
“The strikers have to defend, it is the same at the other end of the field. They all have responsibility. Everybody is involved to try and win the game.
“How do we solve it? Insist, insist and insist. There is no other way. If 25 shots against West Brom is not enough, we have to create more. We have to be positive and one day the sequence will break.”
Aguero and his team-mates took time out from their preparations to spread some festive joy among kids in Manchester this week.

I’m very happy to be here giving out some presents to children. It’s very special for me and also for the club
Sergio Aguero

The striker visited Ravensbury  Primary School to deliver some presents and also spoke with children in local hospitals over Zoom.
He said: “I’m very happy to be here giving out some presents to children. It’s very special for me and also for the club.
“Normally we go to the hospital but it’s impossible at the moment because of Covid so it’s good to be able to spend a little bit of time here with the kids at school.
“The hospital visits can be difficult, I feel very bad when I see the kids suffering, but I think ‘OK, the kids are so happy to see me’.”
The club has distributed 5,500 presents to primary school children in East Manchester and every child in the care of Manchester City Council.
A further 550 gifts have also gone to children who are currently in hospitals around the city as the festive season approaches.
The City squad also gave cash to the Royal Manchester Children’s Hospital for new equipment — boosted by a generous donation from the manager himself.

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