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Sign up now! Sign up now! Sign up now? Sign up now ! Today’s hot news features Juventus yawning, stretching a bit and ruling out suggestions that they are going to end Paul Pogba’s uprising at Manchester United by bringing the French midfielder back to Turin. “We love Paul Pogba, we’ve a fantastic relationship with him but we’ve never thought about his return at Juventus and we’re not going to think about it,” drawled a suit at the Italian club, before getting back to drinking a tiny cup of coffee and gesticulating furiously. Sigh. The Fiver thought the Nations League was supposed to stop this sort of thing from happening during the international break. But there you go, old habits die hard, especially when hungry hacks have been waiting in vain for word of Gabriel Jesus burning Riyad Mahrez’s clothes or José Mourinho adopting Scott McTominay. Moving on, The Fiver has spent much of the morning looking at photos of Jadon Sancho sharing a laugh with Gareth Southgate before England training. What to make of this? Is this happy-go-lucky attitude evidence that the Borussia Dortmund starlet will one day lead England to glory on the world stage? Or does it in fact signal a total lack of respect for authority? Is this evidence of the moral decay infecting the youth of today? Has Southgate lost the dressing room? Is it time to bring back Fabio Capello? But The Fiver reserves the right to change its mind if Sancho scores a hat-trick against Croatia on Friday. Only three [THREE – Fiver vidiprinter] more days to go before that game. Before then, however, we’re going to have to fill time and space one way or another. Luckily ‘Arry Redkapp went on the radio earlier to provide an update on Aston Villa’s search for a new manager. ‘Arry reckons Thierry Henry doesn’t fancy the gig and that Plain Old John Terry is the new favourite to take over from Steve Bruce. If that comes to pass, you never know, POJT might need a bit of help in the dugout from a wise old managerial sage. Although if the former Chelsea and England skipper does plan on asking ‘Arry to help out, he should move quickly. Because if this total lack of anything resembling news continues, The Fiver is going to ask ‘Arry if he’s ever thought about writing satirical teatime emails. As you can see, it’s pretty easy. You just have to know how to send an email. Join Gregg Bakowski for flamin’ hot MBM coverage of England 2-1 Australia in their women’s international friendly from 7pm BST. “How can I be happy if I don’t play, and me of all people? I am somebody who has always fought, been at the best teams in the world, won everything and who wants to continue winning at Barcelona. In the past few games I have been a bit annoyed but that is how it is” – Arturo Vidal, of all people, gets a tad funky at his playing time. Our Next Generation series returns this week for its fifth year. First up, we revisit our classes of 2014-17. And more looking. David Squires on manhunts, Mourinho and a meal for the Mag

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