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maltatoday, WEDNESDAY, 17 JUNE 2015 20 Sport SPORTTODAY FOOTBALL PSG 'leading Pogba race' Paris St Germain are leading the race to sign Juventus midfielder Paul Pogba, according to Barcelona presidential candidate Agusti Benedito THE French midfielder is ex- pected to leave Juve this summer with top European clubs, includ- ing Barcelona, Manchester City and Paris Saint Germain report- edly keen to prise the 22-year-old away from Turin. "Our people had a meeting with Pogba's entourage and it was made clear that he has an of- fer of 12million euro per season from PSG and he does not want to turn it down," Benedito said to the Spanish press. "And Juve will not sell him for less than 80mil- lion euros. "I don't discard it (his signing) but it's not a case of Pogba yes or Pogba no. "Considering those high de- mands, there are also other im- portant players out there." Barcelona will hold presidential elections on July 18 and Benedito, a Catalan businessman, is in the running to become the next Bar- ca supremo. Barca, meanwhile, cannot field any new players until January 2016 due to a transfer ban im- posed by FIFA for breaching rules on the transfer of players aged under 18. Pogba was an important mem- ber of a Juve side that won a Serie A and Coppa Italia double this season as well as reaching the fi- nal of the Champions League. The France international, who joined Juve on a free transfer from Manchester United in 2012, is under contract at the Italian champions for another four sea- sons. Paul Pogba Inzaghi replaced by Mihajlovic Filippo Inzaghi has been replaced as manager of AC Milan by Sinisa Mihajlovic after just one season in charge of the Serie A giants THE former Juventus and Milan striker endured a difficult first year in full-time management, having guided the seven-time European champions to a disap- pointing 10th-placed finish last season. Inzaghi's team won fewer Se- rie A games than any Milan side since the 2000-01 campaign - form which saw the 41-year-old end a 14-year spell with the club. "AC Milan communicate that Filippo Inzaghi has been dis- charged of his responsibilities as first team coach. The club thank him for his work," the club said in a statement on their website. Ex-Sampdoria coach Sinisa Mi- hajlovic has been named as Inza- ghi's successor, penning a two- year deal at the San Siro. The 46-year-old Mihajlovic coached Sampdoria for the past two seasons, leading the Genoa club to seventh this year. Filippo Inzaghi