UNITED FACE SAINT-ETIENNE
No love lost as Pogba brothers eye Europa clash
Brothers Paul and Florentin Pogba face off in Thursday’s last-32 Europa League first leg at Old Trafford
London — A family football story born on the pitches of Paris’s eastern suburbs arrives at Old Trafford on Thursday as brothers Paul and Florentin Pogba face off in Thursday’s last-32 Europa League first leg. "The day has come," says elder brother Florentin, a defender with Saint-Etienne. "We’re going to face each other on the pitch, rather than on our neighbourhood mini-pitch." The two Pogbas’ lives have veered in different directions since their childhood scraps on a synthetic pitch in Roissy-en-Brie, 24km from the centre of the French capital. Paul, 23 and capped 44 times by France, is the world’s most expensive footballer following his return to Manchester United from Juventus for £89.3m. Florentin, 26, opted to represent Guinea at international level and has an estimated transfer value of €3m. Manchester United are the richest club in the world. Saint-Etienne are not even the richest club in the Auvergne-Rhone-Alpes region, where Lyon are the local powerhouse. "Even if United a...
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