PAUL POGBA is closing in on his own silverware this season.
And the Manchester United ace got within touching distance of another title when he hooked up with Chris Eubank Jr last night.
Pogba’s United are in the EFL Cup final where they will be favourites to beat Southampton.
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And he was spotted with Eubank Jr at a Drake gig in Leeds as part of the Canadian hip hop star’s global tour.
Proud Eubank Jr was parading his belt after getting the better of Renold Quinlan on Saturday to rip the IBO world super-middleweight crown from Aussie.
He was still sporting a shiner from the fight as he posed with Drake as well as fellow artists Young Thug and Kendrick Lamar.
Eubank Jr is plotting to make his first world title defence against American Daniel Jacobs – who beat cancer to become a ring star.
The 27-year-old immediately laid out his intentions to take on the best in the business after his win over Quinlan, calling out Gennady Golovkin, James DeGale and Billy Joe Saunders for big fights.
But instead he is now likely to defend his crown for the first time against lesser-known Jacobs – who himself is next on the list for Golovkin.
Jacobs and Golovkin clash on March 18, but no matter the result it has emerged that the American is now at the top of the list of the Eubank camp as the next opponent.
The 29-year-old from Brooklyn has made a remarkable rise in the sport after being forced to take 18 months out while he fought cancer.
Jacobs was hospitalised in New York while he battled to overcome osteosarcoma, a rare form of bone cancer.
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But since his return to the ring in 2012 he has gone on to win his ten fights and changed his nickname from the Golden Child to Miracle Man.
The former WBO middleweight champion has a record of 29 knockouts in his 32 victories with just one loss – a fifth round stoppage by Dimtry Pirog.
And while all the hype is about going after Golovkin, Eubank is likely to play it safe as he gradually steps up in class by going for Jacobs instead.
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