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Manchester United's victory over Newcastle United is their first in the Premier League without Bruno Fernandes since their 3-2 win over Tottenham in March 2022 — Cristiano Ronaldo scored a hat-trick to seal three points for Ralf Rangnick's side that day.

Manchester United had played six Premier League matches without Fernandes in the period between that victory over Spurs and the win over Newcastle — they lost five and drew the other.

Goallllllll ⚽🥅

Man United 1-1 Newcastle United

🚨 Barcelona are in talks with Shane Kluivert over his contract situation.

After turning 18 and playing this year for Barça B with contract due to expire in the summer, Barcelona offered the talented winger a new 3-year contract. 🔵🔴

No decision has been taken yet.

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🤝🇪🇨 Declan Rice: "I have a lot of respect for Moises Caicedo... I voted him in last year for my PFA Team Of The Year. I thought he was outstanding, he's started this year incredibly well too."

"There is a lot of comparisons but we are playing different positions.He’s a full blown 6 while I am more of a box to box number 8. Sunday is going to be an interesting game, but the most important thing is I have a lot of respect for him as a player... it's an exciting battle between us and it's one that I'll be ready for." ()

🇵🇹🏆 Bernardo Silva: "In football, I've achieved much more than I ever imagined... but I'm still missing something very important: winning a major title for Portugal. I've won two Nations Leagues, the dream that's missing is winning a European Championship or a World Cup for Portugal.... we'll fight and we'll try to make it happen at this upcoming World Cup." (Sport TV via O Jogo)

🚨🇦🇷 Pep Guardiola on recalling Claudio Echeverri: “It's a question for his beautiful agent...”. 👀

“We have an incredible appreciation about him as a player, and what happened in Leverkusen you have to ask, I don't know. His agent knows more than everyone”.

🚨🇧🇷 𝐁𝐑𝐄𝐀𝐊𝐈𝐍𝐆 | Vinicius Jr (25) told Real Madrid president Florentino Perez that he does NOT intend to renew his contract while his relationship with Xabi Alonso remains strained. It's further added that talks over an extension are stalled, reports . ✍️⛔️

🇵🇹🪄 João Neves (21) has scored 9 goals for club and country so far this season — he is also PSG's joint top scorer in Ligue 1 too. 🥇

🇦🇷✨ Papu Gomez (37) made his return to the pitch after 776 DAYS! He appeared for Serie B club Padova. ✅

In October 2023, he was banned for 2 years after testing positive for a banned substance ahead of the 2022 World Cup.

🚨🇫🇷 Paul Pogba: "Football is NOT over for me. We worked, we waited more than 2 years to come back.... Despite everything that happened, the stories outside of football, I was the one who suffered the most. I was looking forward to it. You have moments when the devil tries to talk in your head to say it's over. But there is a good God, I believe in myself. I believe in my qualities. I had done nothing, it was not my fault. I have always kept hope." ()

Paul Pogba will be included in the AS Monaco squad to face Rennes on Saturday in Brittany and the plan is for him to play a few minutes, sources told ESPN on Thursday.

Pogba has not played a single game in 26 months.

We might be POGBACK! 🔥