Small Clubs Cross Fingers For World Cup Windfalls

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Sat, 05/19/2018 - 10:55pm

TORCY, France (AP) — The ideal scenario for the club where Paul Pogba played football as a kid might go something like this: The France midfielder shines so brightly at the World Cup that a money-no-object club — for argument's sake, let's say Real Madrid — decides that it cannot live without him and pays a nine-figure fee to shake him loose from Manchester United. US Torcy, the amateur club in the east Paris suburbs where Pogba's photo still hangs proudly in the canteen serving fizzy beer and fresh croissants, could then sit back and wait for a fat check from Madrid to land in its bank account. Not all the money that will change hands after the World Cup, as clubs trade players who distinguish themselves on football's biggest stage, will line the pockets of selling clubs, agents and the players themselves.Read more on NewsOK.com

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