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Jorge Messi, Lionel's father and agent, met Chelsea owner Roman Abramovich on his yacht recently. This has led to stories about Chelsea potentially buying Leo, despite Jorge having met with Abramovich on several other occasions.

Quickly, here are some other reasons Jorge Messi might want to meet with Roman Abramovich.

1. It makes sense for Jorge to maintain good relationships with the chairmen of big clubs in the unlikely event that Barcelona ever turns into a tire fire of a club and Lionel has to exit as quickly as possible.

2. Because Jorge is Leo's agent, he might have some footballing business connections that are valuable to Abramovich, independent of whether or not Chelsea is able to sign Leo.

3. They might have some mutual business interests outside of soccer.

Chelsea probably wants to sign Lionel Messi if they can, but Jorge Messi meeting Abramovich is not an indication that they are very actively and aggressively seeking to do so this summer.

Goal of the day

Cristiano Ronaldo's winner for Portugal. (@HuffPostSports)

Another look at #POR Ronaldo's goal-scoring header: He probably could've dunked at the same time too #EURO2016 pic.twitter.com/zgOwwNGPfY — HuffPost Sports (@HuffPostSports) July 6, 2016

While we're here, some ballboys had the time of their lives getting photos with Ronaldo.

In the news

Orlando City has fired coach Adrian Heath. (MLS)

The English FA is pretty serious about this hiring Arsène Wenger thing. (Telegraph)

It's been known for a while, but Manchester United finally made Henrikh Mkhitaryan's signing official. (Manchester United)

Liverpool has accepted a bid from Bournemouth for Jordon Ibe. (BBC)

Argentina found 18 guys to name to an Olympic team, despite troubles doing so. (ESPN FC)

Liverpool is going to give Jürgen Klopp a contract extension. (Mirror)

You should be reading

Micah Peters on Paul Pogba preparing for a game and listening to Future. (The Ringer)

Patrick Boylan on the parallels between Euro '98 and Euro '16 in far-right politics and racism. (These Football Times)

Raphael Honigstein on Joachim Löw's big selection dilemma. (ESPN FC)

From the rumor mill

Please don't take anything in this section too seriously, for your own sanity.

Manchester City wants Leonardo Bonucci and they're willing to pay. (Guardian)

Newcastle told Spurs that Giorginio Wijnaldum will cost them £25 million. (Mirror)

Middlesbrough might convince Robin van Persie to join up. (Mail)

And they'll be rounding out their 2011 dream team with Víctor Valdés. (Telegraph)

Klopp wants to reunite with Kuba at Liverpool. (Bild)

Barcelona have been linked with Lucas Pérez of Deportivo. (AS)

Napoli look to be leading Inter in the race to sign Antonio Candreva. (Football Italia)

What happened on Wednesday

What we learned from Portugal's win over Wales.

Atlético Nacional upset São Paulo in Copa Libertadores.

What to watch on Thursday (click for listings; all times ET)

Euro 2016: France vs. Germany (3 p.m.) -- Fair warning, could be a defensive and tactical slog.

Copa Libertadores: Independiente Del Valle vs. Boca Juniors (8:45 p.m.) -- Watch the god Carlos Tevez stunt on fools.