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Marcus Bent is unsure whether Crystal Palace would have the money to be able to afford to buy West Brom attacker Matheus Pereira, who is a reported summer target.

The managerless Eagles have could lose up to 22 players at the end of the month with contracts expiring, meaning a major rebuild could be required to continue to keep the club in the Premier League.

And with wide players Andros Townsend and Jeffrey Schlupp both out of contract this summer, attacking reinforcements are going to be needed, especially with Palace looking to improve on the 41 goals they scored in the Premier League last season.

But with Palace set to be working on a tight budget once again, loan deals and free transfers are likely to be their best chance of signing players.

Having said that, Palace have shopped in the Championship in recent seasons, with Ebere Eze and Nathan Ferguson two of their more promising pieces of business, despite a serious knee injury preventing the latter from making a first-team appearance.

Pereira, who scored 12 goals in 34 appearances last term, is another second-tier player that is likely to be up for sale this summer following West Brom’s relegation, but the 25-year-old is available for £15m according to The Daily Star, via HITC, and Bent exclusively told The Transfer Tavern that could prove a barrier for Palace:

“He scored 12 goals last season, but he’s still young. Palace again with the budget, but I don’t know what kind of budget they’re going to have.

“But looking at the club and where they are, the amount of loan players they have, they’re not going to be challenging for top-10, so it’s all about players that have potential.”

The West Indies have retained the same squad of 14 players for the third and fourth Cable & Wireless One-Day Internationals in Grenada this weekend

04-May-2001The West Indies have retained the same squad of 14 players for the third and fourth Cable & Wireless One-Day Internationals in Grenada this weekend.The West Indies squad for these matches against South Africa is: Carl Hooper (captain), Chris Gayle, Leon Garrick, Shivnarine Chanderpaul, Brian Lara, Ricardo Powell, Wavell Hinds, Marlon Samuels, Ridley Jacobs, Neil McGarrell, Mervyn Dillon, Cameron Cuffy, Kerry Jeremy and Nixon McLean.

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O torcedor que for ao Allianz Parque no amistoso do Palmeiras contra a Ponte Preta, às 17h de domingo, já vai notar algumas mudanças em relação ao ano passado. A principal delas, que estará visível para todos, é o novo gramado. Já os frequentadores de camarotes e lounges da arena poderão experimentar novas opções de cardápio.

O gramado, muito criticado pelo Palmeiras em alguns momentos da última temporada, começou a ser trocado na última semana de 2016, com investimento superior a R$ 200 mil. A promessa era de que estivesse em perfeito estado no dia 5 de fevereiro, data da estreia do time no Paulistão, contra o Botafogo-SP. No amistoso contra a Ponte, marcado posteriormente, algumas imperfeições devem estar visíveis.

– Estava programado para estar 100% no dia 5 de fevereiro, mas as coisas mudam. O Palmeiras pediu para fazer o amistoso no dia 29 de janeiro. E também não contávamos com esse verão. Isso não é verão em lugar algum do mundo, não está ajudando muito. A grama vai estar pronta, mas tem a mãe natureza. Normalmente, nessa época você planta um gramado, porque tem dias de sol e fim de tarde de chuva, o que é uma condição ótima, e não precisa gastar nada, porque a natureza toma conta. Não tem estado assim, mas no dia vai estar pronta. Estávamos programando tudo para o dia 5 de fevereiro e vamos ter jogo uma semana antes. Vai estar em boas condições – diz Alexandre Costa, gerente geral da arena.

O tipo de grama não mudou:Bermuda Tifgrand. O que mudou agora foi o processo de remoção do gramado anterior antes do novo plantio. O procedimento já é considerado um sucesso pela WTorre, uma vez que o Verdão poderá iniciar a temporada em seu estádio. A grama também foi trocada de 2015 para 2016, e o primeiro jogo do clube como mandante no Paulistão do ano passado teve de ser no Pacaembu.

– Chegamos a pensar em usar a Bermuda Celebration, mas no momento usamos a Bermuda Tifgrand, porque essa estava em melhor estado para ser colhida na fazenda – prosseguiu Alexandre Costa.

Nesta quinta-feira, os jornalistas puderam ver o estado atual do gramado. A metade do campo que fica mais próxima do Gol Sul aparenta estar em perfeitas condições. A outra metade, onde a incidência de sol é menor, não parece estar totalmente fixada. A construtora explicou que alguns procedimentos que ainda serão feitos até domingo vão melhorar o aspecto do terreno

As portas da arena foram abertas nesta tarde porque a GSH (Gourmet Sports Hospitality) fez um evento para apresentar o novo cardápio dos camarotes e lounges do Allianz Parque, com 14 criações do chef alemão Werner Rotzinger. Os donos dos espaços podem escolher qual o menu preferido para cada jogo ou show. A empresa cuida da alimentação desses espaços desde a inauguração do estádio, em outubro de 2014, e calcula já ter servido mais de 240 mil refeições, entre jogos e shows.

Outras alterações serão feitas ao longo dos meses para adequar o estádio ao padrão Fifa, algo prometido pela WTorre quando o contrato com o Verdão foi assinado, mas que segundo o entendimento da câmara de arbitragem da Fundação Getúlio Vargas, responsável por analisar diversos pontos de desentendimento entre as partes, não foi cumprido.

– Nós vamos apresentar agora as alterações e o prazo para fazê-las e ver se realmente é necessário. O estádio está 98% dentro do padrão Fifa. Há umas questões de detalhe menor que podem ser corrigidas rapidamente. Nós vamos agora apresentar os projetos e o timing para corrigir. Vai haver uma decisão conjunta se vale a pena ou não fazer, porque às vezes é perder tempo e dinheiro – concluiu o gerente.

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Tottenham Hotspur’s Ben Davies is a potential left-back target for Napoli, according to Ciro Venerato.

RAI journalist Venerato dropped the news while speaking on Radio Kiss Kiss (via Napoli Magazine).

The lowdown

Davies, who has been with Spurs since 2014 when he joined from Swansea, made 14 Premier League starts last season.

Sergio Reguilon, a summer signing from Real Madrid, was favoured in the left-back position.

The Welshman, who has helped his country progress to the Round of 16 at the European Championships, still has three years left on his Spurs contract.

His sale could net Spurs a healthy fee, given that contract situation and Transfermarkt valuing him at £14.4million.

The latest

Venerato reports that Chelsea’s Emerson Palmieri remains Napoli’s primary left-back target.

But if they fail to land the Italian, they are expected to turn their attention to Davies.

Napoli are tipped to use their ‘good relations’ with Fabio Paratici, Tottenham’s new director of football, to ‘snatch’ the 28-year-old.

The verdict

Spurs shouldn’t sell Davies because of his versatility. He played as a centre-back on six occasions last season and is well suited to the role on the left of a three. In fact, the Euro 2020 star can play anywhere on the left side of defence from centre-back to left-midfield, making him tailor-made for Paratici.

Paratici’s preference is thought to be a back three system, so much so he ‘changed course’ in negotiations with Paulo Fonseca when he learned of the Portuguese’s intention to play 4-2-3-1.

It would make little sense to sell a ready-made option for this new shape, even if a reasonable bid arrived, especially while the Lilywhites do not even know who their new manager will be – a boss who is on the same page as Paratici will surely see the benefit in keeping the versatile Davies around.

In other news, Spurs have struck an agreement with this Liga NOS outfit.

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Alejandro Guerra teve seu nome publicado no BID nesta segunda e agora pode ser inscrito pelo Palmeiras no Paulistão. Ele ficou fora da primeira rodada porque ainda não havia tirado o visto de trabalho.

O jogador preencherá a última vaga restante na lista de inscritos do clube para a primeira fase do Estadual e é candidato a substituir o lesionado Tchê Tchê contra o Ituano, domingo.

Eleito o melhor jogador da Libertadores do ano passado, da qual saiu campeão com o colombiano Atlético Nacional, o meia venezuelano já está bem fisicamente para ser utilizado. Nesta segunda, ele jogou todo o jogo-treino contra o Santo André.

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New Zealand has been designated Middle Earth as a result of the release of the first film of the Lord of the Rings trilogy, but it is the middle ground the CLEAR Black Caps are seeking in the National Bank Series decider against England in Dunedin

Lynn McConnell25-Feb-2002New Zealand has been designated Middle Earth as a result of the release of the first film of the Lord of the Rings trilogy, but it is the middle ground the CLEAR Black Caps are seeking in the National Bank Series decider against England in Dunedin tomorrow.New Zealand have proven great starters in one-day series, both in Australia and at home this summer.England have been great finishers in India and in New Zealand.
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But the home team are looking for the recovery that will see them repeat a series victory in Dunedin, just as they did in a high-scoring contest against Pakistan last summer.However, looking to the local conditions is not likely to be sufficient on its own.New Zealand has had serious batting problems exposed, especially with Nathan Astle being taken out of the batting equation by his own fault or through decisions against him. However, all the batsmen go under the microscope tomorrow after a run of poor performances.Conditions should favour the batsmen and while batting first has to be the main consideration on such a good pitch, the fact remains that New Zealand did win after an outstanding 280-plus run chase last year.That sort of score will not be to the fore this year given the nature of the lower scores since the bouncer law came into effect, but the game still has the potential to be the highest scoring encounter of the series.New Zealand captain Stephen Fleming ruled out opening the innings as he did last year.The batsmen had been selected as openers and that was their role. Fleming’s job was to get the majority of runs on the board and said he would be doing that in the middle-order.He hinted that New Zealand would retain the same 11 as in Auckland, meaning Brendon McCullum will bat on his home ground with Ian Butler again 12th man.Fleming said the instructions for the batsmen were simple: “It’s a fine line between being aggressive and being reckless and we spent too much time in the reckless zone.”What I’m asking for, and looking for, as a batting unit is that you are getting one or two performances, or half performances but you’re getting nothing else, so it’s all or nothing. And it’s not one, two or three players, it’s one or nothing.”What we’ve got to get is contributions. If a guy is having his day you have got to get guys supporting that with 30, 40 or 50 while he goes on to get 80-100. That’s how you get the big scores and that’s when you see (Chris) Cairns, (Chris) Harris and (Andre) Adams come in and finish the innings,” he said.
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England had been bowling very well at the top of the innings and Matthew Hoggard had produced two especially impressive opening spells.”There’s a fine line between giving them respect and taking the initiative, that’s what the guys at the top and the guys through the middle have to assess,” he said.Having another dasher of a batsman in McCullum at the top of the order was a case of trying to extend the strike rate.It didn’t use many more overs, but it did require a higher risk rate.”That is what we are trying to do, create a longer period of the ability to get a strike rate,” he said.Fleming was also looking to take impetus from the Carisbrook crowd.”It’s a good crowd, a great crowd. We enjoy it, they are very loud. These are our people. It’s like Auckland. That’s why we were so disappointed. It’s the first time we’ve ever played in front of a full house in Auckland and we wanted to win desperately.”It’s the same down here. We get a good crowd, they’re very passionate about it. We just want to do well, so we will tap into that if we can and play well and get them on our side,” he said.The weather forecast is for a fine day and the perfect finale to a 15-game campaign for the CLEAR Black Caps in which the overall count is six won, eight lost, and one to play.

قال إيهاب جلال المدير الفني لفريق نادي بيراميدز إنه يشعر بالفخر الشديد لاختياره لمهمة قيادة منتخب مصر الأول خلال المرحلة المقبلة.

وأكد جلال، في تصريحات رسمية اليوم الأربعاء، صعوبة المرحلة مشيرًا إلى ثقته في الوقت ذاته في لاعبي المنتخب ورغبة مجلس إدارة اتحاد الكرة المصري، الصادقة في النهوض بالفريق وتحقيق طموحات الشعب المصري.

وشدد جلال على شكره العميق وامتنانه لكل أفراد مجلس إدارة الاتحاد برئاسة الأستاذ جمال علام على اختياره.

طالع | بيراميدز يوجه رسالة لـ إيهاب جلال بعد توليه تدريب منتخب مصر

ووجه إيهاب جلال خالص شكره وامتنانه لكل أفراد أسرة نادي بيراميدز ومجلس إدارته وممدوح عيد الرئيس التنفيذي، لدعمهم له في تولي القيادة الفنية للمنتخب رغم ضيق الوقت وارتباطات الفريق المتوالية محليًا وقاريًا.

وأشار جلال إلى أنه يعتز بكل منظومة النادي، وسعيد للغاية بالفترة التي قضاها داخل جدرانه مع إدارة محترفة ولاعبين على أعلى مستوى، متمنيًا لهم التوفيق في المرحلة المقبلة.

ونوه المدير الفني إلى أنه ما يزال يرتبط حاليًا بمهمة مع نادي بيراميدز لابد من إكمالها بأفضل صورة ممكنة، وعلى الرغم من احترامه الكامل لوسائل الإعلام ودورها، إلا أنه لن يتحدث في أي شيء يخص المنتخب ولن يدخل في أي تفاصيل، إلا بعد انتهاء مهمته مع بيراميدز بمباراتي الذهاب والإياب المهمتين أمام مازيمبي في الدور ربع النهائي من بطولة كأس الكونفدرالية الإفريقية.

ومن المقرر أن يصطدم بيراميدز بنظيره مازيمبي في مواجهتي ذهاب وإياب موعدهما السابع عشر والرابع والعشرين من أبريل الجاري، من أجل حسم بطاقة الصعود إلى نصف نهائي البطولة القارية.

يعتقد أسطورة هولندا وميلان، مارك فان باستن، أن مواطنه فيرجيل فان دايك قلب دفاع ليفربول، يمكن أن يكون لاعبًا أفضل مما هو عليه الآن.

فان دايك منذ عودته هذا الموسم من الإصابة، فهو يتألق مع ليفربول ويقود الفريق للانتصارات مباراة تلو الأخرى، بعد أن توّج بكأس الرابطة، تأهل الآن الريدز لنهائي كأس الاتحاد، وينافس على لقب الدوري بفارق نقطة واحدة عن المتصدر، بالإضافة للعب نصف نهائي دوري أبطال أوروبا.

وقال فان باستن لقناة “Ziggo Sport” الهولندية: “فان دايك مدافع عظيم ولاعب عظيم. إنه سريع، ويمكنه التحكم في الكرة بشكل جيد، ويمتلك تمريرات جيدة”.

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وأضاف: “مع ذلك أعتقد أنه لا يزال بإمكانه التحسن، خاصة في السيطرة على الكرة والتمرير القصير بسرعة، فهذا هو ما ينقصه فقط”.

وأشار: “أعتقد أنه يمكن أن يفعل أكثر من ذلك بكثير، غالبًا ما يقتصر على لعب الكرة للظهير أو الجناح، لكن يمكنه التحسن في التمرير للاعب الوسط، أو ضرب الخطوط للخصوم بتمريرات أكثر ذكاءً”.

فان دايك انضم إلى ليفربول في يناير 2018 في صفقة قياسية مقابل 75 مليون جنية إسترليني قادمًا من ساوثهامتبتون.

Guyana ensured their entry into the semi-finals of the 2002 Busta Cupwith a comprehensive innings and 42-run win over Leeward Islands athome

Staff Reporter12-Mar-2002Guyana ensured their entry into the semi-finals of the 2002 Busta Cupwith a comprehensive innings and 42-run win over Leeward Islands athome. But their opponents, though picking up no points from theencounter, made it to the semi-finals themselves on the strength oftheir previous performances.Put in to bat, Guyana, bolstered by the return of ShivnarineChanderpaul and Carl Hooper, notched up a mammoth 442 in their firstinnings. Lennox Cush and Chanderpaul put on 253 runs for the thirdwicket, with Cush making 154 and Chanderpaul 140. The partnershipformed the foundation of a strong batting performance that included 54from Neil McGarrell.Mahendra Nagamootoo, relinquishing his captaincy role to Hooper,continued his fine performance with the ball, taking 6-71 in Leewards’reply. Only Fabian Adams at the top of the order and Runako Mortoncould even cross 50, and Leewards were bowled out for 237 in 80.2overs.Guyana afforded their opponents little respite after enforcing thefollow-on. Although Adams made yet another fifty, Leewards were bowledout for 163 in 62.5 overs. Nagamootoo took four more in this innings,but his 10-wicket match-haul was not enough to prevent the Man of theMatch award from going to Cush. McGarrell also took four wicketsLeewards’ second innings.At Trinidad, the hosts drew their match with Windward Islands, pickingup six points to Windwards’ three. Batting first, Trinidad & Tobagomade 380, a total comprised largely of Dwayne Bravo’s 122 and skipperRichard Smith’s 72. Windward Islands, however, replied positively,with Junior Murray hitting 105. The visitors conceded a lead of only40 runs, being bowled out for 340; Dinanath Ramnarine took fivewickets for Trinidad & Tobago.The second innings saw Darren Ganga at the top of the order hit 151not out, and his opening partner Imran Jan making 94 before beingdismissed. Trinidad & Tobago hit up 298/2 in 102 overs beforedeclaring and setting Windwards a target of 339. The visitors werenever going to make it, however, and the match wound down to theinevitable draw with Windwards reaching 96 for no loss in 24 overs.The match, however, gave Trinidad & Tobago the coveted semi-finalberth in the Busta Cup, where they will face off against Jamaica.Jamaica won their own match against Bangladesh ‘A’ by an innings and60 runs. Batting first, the hosts put up 368, with Wavell Hindsscoring 78, Ricardo Powell 86, and Gareth Breese 72.For Bangladesh ‘A,’ Hannan Sarkar at the top of the order hit 55 andAkram Khan a well-made 46, but none of the other batsmen could makeany significant score, and the visitors were bowled out for 166 in 70overs. Following on, they did little better, managing only 142 in 52.2overs. Darren Powell took 5-27 for Jamaica, earning the Man of theMatch award.Defending champions Barbados do not find themselves in the semi-finalsof this edition of the Busta Cup, even though they won their matchagainst West Indies ‘B’ by an innings and 263 runs. Batting first,Barbados notched up 557 in quick time, three of their batsmen makingcenturies. Skipper Sherwin Campbell hit 107, Kurt Wilkinson 135, andRyan Hinds 166. Floyd Reifer’s 54 and Courtney Browne’s 52 were almostnot needed.Suleiman Benn then took 5-87 in bowling West Indies ‘B’ out for 193.Following on, they did even worse, bowled out for 101 in 45 overs. TBest took 5-37 in the West Indies ‘B’ second innings, but the Man ofthe Match award went to Ryan Hinds for top-scoring in the firstinnings.

West Ham are said to be among the clubs interested in signing Martin Braithwaite this summer…

What’s the word?

According to Spanish outlet Sport, the Irons are one of four Premier League teams to have enquired to La Liga giants Barcelona over a potential move for the Denmark striker in this transfer window. Brighton, Burnley and newly-promoted Norwich City are the other teams mentioned by the report.

After the signings of Sergio Aguero and Memphis Depay, it seems likely that the Danish international will leave the Nou Camp and they want to recoup as much as they can of the €18m (£15m) they paid for him back in February 2020.

Avoid at all costs

It’s no secret that West Ham manager David Moyes is keen to bolster his frontline ahead of next season.

The Irons will be competing in the Europa League, which means there’s a serious potential of a 50-plus game season, and right now they aren’t well-equipped to deal with it in terms of squad depth, especially upfront.

Moyes was left with only one senior centre-forward following the departure of Sebastian Haller in January in the form of the injury-prone Michail Antonio, who is yet to start more than 24 Premier League games in a season for the club.

However, Braithwaite is far from the ideal candidate to help the Hammers next season. After all, he has struggled in England before and that wasn’t even in the top flight.

The £26m-rated forward endured a disastrous and controversial spell under Tony Pulis at Middlesbrough in the Championship, where he only bagged nine goals before he expressed his desire to leave the club.

Speaking about the incident at the time, the stern Welshman blasted the Dane’s “disrespect” for the club, claiming that he was “the highest-paid player I’ve ever worked with” and that he was an “ungrateful person,” as per Gazzette Live.

Somehow, Braithwaite has found himself at Barcelona, where he has continued to show that he’s just not good enough in front of goal, even when the likes of Lionel Messi and Antoine Griezmann are providing him support.

In 29 league appearances for the Catalan giants last season, the 5 foot 10 striker has found the net just twice, taking his career total to 93 in 401 appearances – that’s one goal every 4.3 matches.

He must be avoided at all costs by West Ham.

AND in other news, Moyes could sign West Ham’s next Ferdinand in “tremendous” £7.2m-rated “great leader”…