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Paul Pogba & Antoine Griezmann Gift World Cup Winning Teammates NBA-Style Championship Rings

Manchester United midfielder Paul Pogba and Atletico Madrid striker Antoine Griezmann have bought each of their teammates an NBA-style Championship ring to commemorate France's success at the 2018 World Cup in Russia.

The duo, who are big NBA fans and have been regularly pictured alongside the great and the good from the basketball world over the years, are thought to have come up with the idea last summer.

And, after the French federation were reticent to contribute to the expense, decided to fork out the unknown sum by themselves.

Reports of the idea emerged last year, but according to Get French Football News, the gifts have now arrived as the France squad prepare to take on Moldova and Iceland in their opening two UEFA Euro 2020 qualifiers.