MU is valued as the second most valuable team in the world; Abramovich closes 2 'blockbusters' for Chelsea

According to the magazineForbes, Man Utd's value increased by 12% compared to last year, to $4.11 billion. This figure makes them the second most valuable sports team. The most valuable sports team, valued at $4.77 billion, is the American football team Dallas Cowboys.

Man Utd's value has increased rapidly over the past year. Photo:Reuters

Real Madrid overtook rivals Barca to take third place on the list with a value of $4.07 billion. Barca was right behind at $4.05 billion. The New York Yankees, who topped the list last year, dropped to fifth with a value of $3.98 billion.

The 2018 World Cup has helped boost the value of football clubs this summer. Revenue from shirt sales and the attraction of new sponsors thanks to the performances of their players have helped football clubs improve their position on this list.

Seven football clubs made the top 50 most valuable sports teams. Defending champions Manchester City were the team with the highest growth rate in value in the top 50, up 19% compared to last year.

MU at risk of losing Pogba to Barca

Mundo newspaper reported that Paul Pogba is ready to leave MU, eager to wear Barca's shirt. The new director of the Catalan team, Ramon Planes, who just arrived from Gatafe 1 month ago, is said to be the key to this deal.

Pogba is reportedly eager to join Barca.

Planes is the assistant to Barca's new sporting director, Eric Abidal, and is very close to Paul Pogba's representative - big agent Mino Raiola.Sources say that last week Mino Raiol was at La Masia to discuss a number of his clients, including Paul Pogba.

MU received good news from Sanchez

Alexis Sanchez was not on the flight carrying the entire MU team to the US for their summer tour. The Chilean player was unable to get a visa to the US because he is serving a 16-month suspended sentence for tax fraud during his time playing for Barca.

However, according to information from the prestigious British newspaper The Guardian, all issues related to Sanchez's visa have been resolved and he can completely participate in the match against San Jose Earthquakes next Sunday.

Navas says goodbye to Real, making room for Courtois

On his personal page, goalkeeper Keylor Navas has just unexpectedly shared a hidden message. Navas posted a video recording all the images of the times he lifted the trophy with Real. According to many sources, this is Navas' farewell message to the Royal team. The 31-year-old goalkeeper will leave this summer to make room for Thibaut Courtois to come to Bernabeu.

According to Italian media, after appointing coach Maurizio Sarri to replace Antonio Conte, billionaire Roman Abramovich has made great efforts to strengthen his squad to create the "attacking Chelsea" he desires.

Chelsea's first signing is Sarri's former Napoli player Jorginho. According to Italian media, the Blues will continue to hunt for Serie A stars. This time, the two players they want are Gonzalo Higuain and Daniele Rugani, both from Juventus.

In a bid to speed up negotiations, Abramovich flew to Italy with his agent Fali Ramadani this week, where they met Juventus chief executive Fabio Paratici and made a €100m (£89m) offer for the pair.

Specifically, striker Higuain will cost 60 million euros while center back Rugani will cost 40 million euros. Agent Fali Ramadani has a very close relationship with Juventus and was hired by Chelsea as an intermediary in this deal.

As for Chelsea, if they get Higuain and Rugani, they will push away the disappointing stars of last season: striker Alvaro Morata, center back Gary Cahill and David Luiz.

Luis Enrique debuts at Spanish Football Federation

Luis Enrique has been officially unveiled as the new head coach of the Spanish national team. He was appointed to the position to replace interim coach Fernando Hierro. Enrique signed a 2-year contract with La Roja.

With his previous successes at Barcelona, ​​Enrique is expected to soon restore glory to Spanish football. At the 2018 World Cup, trouble broke out within Spain. Coach Lopetegui was fired immediately after the information of his "secret deal" with Real Madrid was revealed. Fernando Hierro was chosen as interim coach. Spain had a failed campaign, being eliminated in the group stage.