The Daily Football Briefing

Euro 2028 hosts to be announced, Rooney to Birmingham City rumours, and what now for Lionel Messi?

UEFA are set to announce the hosts for Euro 2028. Matt Slater is in Nyon, Switzerland, for the announcement and tells us what to expect from UEFA HQ. 
Is Wayne Rooney heading to Birmingham? Tom Burrows has been following the story.
And what does Lionel Messi do with no club games for the next four months?  Inter Miami can no longer make the play offs so Jeff Rueter maps out what might happen for the Argentinian over the coming months.

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