'Shocking' salary Juventus offered to pay Paul Pogba; Opportunity for U19 Vietnam to enter group 3

HAGL will "transform" when V-League 2020 returns

HAGL prepared very carefully for the 2020 season by bringing quality foreign players to Pleiku Stadium, filling in their weak positions in the 2019 season. The money that HAGL spent immediately paid off.

With a quality domestic squad plus foreign players like Walsh Chevaughn Junior Hugh, Oahimijie Kelly and Memovic Damir, coach Lee Tae Hoon has turned HAGL into a very different team.

HAGL is unbeaten after the first two rounds of V-League 2020.

Coach Nguyen Van Sy of Nam Dinh commented: “With each season, HAGL's players have become more mature. This season, after the first two rounds of V-League 2020, HAGL plays differently from before, playing more diversely, not only do they control the ball but also switch very quickly from defense to counterattack.”

U19 Vietnam's chance to enter group 3

If the epidemic situation improves, the draw for the AFC U19 Championship finals from October 14 to 31 in Uzbekistan will take place on June 18 at the AFC headquarters in Kuala Lumpur.

This year's U19 Vietnam team will have to try much harder at the Asian finals. Photo: Tram Anh

+ Group 1: Host Uzbekistan, Saudi Arabia, South Korea, Qatar.

+ Group 2: Japan, Tajikistan, Australia, Indonesia.

+ Group 3: Vietnam, Iraq, Malaysia, Cambodia.

+ Group 4: Iran, Yemen, Bahrain, Laos.

With this type of seed group classification, U19 Vietnam could fall into the group of death like the same group with Korea, Japan and Iran or Saudi Arabia (or Uzbekistan), Japan (or Australia, Qatar), Iran.

V-League returns to take advantage of 5 player substitution rule

After a long period of suspension of tournaments around the world due to the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic and concerns about players losing strength due to the high competition density, FIFA allows an increase in the number of substitute players. Accordingly, teams under the old rules could only make a maximum of 3 substitutions, but now it is 5, and if playing extra time it is 6. This new rule applies to all tournaments around the world that will end before December 31, 2020, although it is not mandatory for members to apply.

V-League returns to take advantage of the rule of 5 player substitutions. Illustrative photo

Many players do not want to return to training, Premier League is in danger

The 2019/2020 Premier League is suspended indefinitely due to the Covid-19 pandemic. According to the plan, the teams are expected to return to training on May 18 to prepare for the day when the English playground can be organized again in June 2020. However, this plan of the Premier League teams is not very optimistic.

Premier League remains suspended indefinitely. Photo: Getty.

With the current situation, even if we ensure good epidemic prevention and control work and comply with regulations, it is not impossible that Premier League teams will return without their strongest squad. This is clearly a big concern for clubs as well as organizers in bringing the Premier League back to fans.

"Shocking" salary Juventus offered to pay Paul Pogba

Due to the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic, sources from England said that the Red Devils' leadership determined that Paul Pogba's price would be significantly reduced compared to the 150 million pounds they requested last summer (to keep the midfielder).

Real Madrid and Juventus are potential destinations for Paul Pogba. The Serie A champions also gave a list of 6 names for MU to choose from to include in the contract negotiations.

Juventus want to include at least one player in the Paul Pogba deal to reduce cash costs with a planned outlay of £52.7m.

Pogba must take a 50% pay cut if he returns to Juventus.

According to Corriere di Torino, Juventus will only pay Pogba a maximum salary of 151,000 pounds/week, which is only half of what the world champion is receiving at MU (290,000 pounds/week).

Pogba will certainly have to consider carefully if he wants to return to Turin, with a 50% salary reduction.