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West Ham United are said to have declared their serious intention to sign a £60 million striker in January, with the player also planning to leave as his club decide whether to green-light a winter exit for the forward.
Julen Lopetegui wants new striker at West Ham in January
TalkSport were among the first national media outlets to report that manager Julen Lopetegui has requested new signings when the transfer window reopens, and it is believed a new No 9 is high on their agenda.
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Summer signing Niclas Fullkrug has been sidelined since September with a persistent Achilles tendon injury, with the German unable to get off the mark for his new club nor justify his price tag after a 16-goal season in all competitions for Borussia Dortmund.
Maximilian Kilman
Wolves
€47.5m
Crysencio Summerville
Leeds United
€29.3m
Niclas Fullkrug
Borussia Dortmund
€27m
Luis Guilherme
Palmeiras
€23m
Mohamadou Kante
Paris FC
Undisclosed
Aaron Wan-Bissaka
Man Utd
€18m
Wes Foderingham
Sheffield United
Free transfer
Guido Rodriguez
Real Betis
Free transfer
Jean-Clair Todibo
Nice
Loan transfer
Carlos Soler
PSG
Loan transfer
Flynn Downes
Southampton
€17.85m
James Ward-Prowse
Nottingham Forest
Loan
Maxwel Cornet
Southampton
Loan
Nayef Aguerd
Real Sociedad
Loan
Kurt Zouma
Al-Shabab
Loan
Said Benrahma
Lyon
€14.4m
Angelo Ogbonna
Watford
Free transfer
Thilo Kehrer
Monaco
€11m
Nathan Trott
FC Copenhagen
€1.5m
Ben Johnson
Ipswich Town
Free transfer
Joseph Anang
St Patrick’s Athletic
Free transfer
There are even reports that West Ham could decide to part ways with Fullkrug, which would surely make him go down as one of the Premier League’s biggest flops in recent memory, even if that tag would be harsh considering that he has no control over his Achilles issue.
That being said, GiveMeSport recently suggested that West Ham hold some regret over Fullkrug’s transfer, and this has motivated technical director Tim Steidten to explore emergency short-term alternatives.
West Ham are targeting Lyon striker Georges Mikautadze amid the Ligue 1 side’s precarious financial situation, which could yet doom them to life in Ligue 2 next season.
The Hammers could take advantage of their woes to strike a cut-price move for the Georgia international, given Lyon could be forced to sell players mid-season as they attempt to balance their books.
Meanwhile, another intriguing target linked in the last week is Brighton starlet Evan Ferguson, who is finding it difficult to break into Fabian Hurzeler’s starting XI on a regular basis this season.
West Ham declare intent to sign Evan Ferguson
According to CaughtOffside, the Republic of Ireland international is planning to leave in January, and Brighton won’t stand in his way – piquing interest from east London in the promising £60 million striker.
West Ham have “confirmed their intention” to sign Ferguson in the winter, as per the outlet’s sources, and it is believed they are the current favourites to seal a loan deal for the 20-year-old ahead of Newcastle United, Chelsea, Manchester United, Manchester City and Arsenal.
The Hammers apparently have the most concrete interest in Ferguson and want to progress on a move for the attacker, who Ian Wright called “very mature” for his age.
“When you look at him, the way he plays, his appreciation for the game, his movement and finishing both feet, good in the air and good pace, he has all the attributes at 18. Very mature in the way he plays,” said Wright in 2023, when Ferguson was just a teenager.
“All he has to do is keep doing what he is doing, and they are going to start talking about him in million terms because that striker is not allowed. You can’t find that guy to come around, who is 18, in the Premier League and at the perfect club to continue to grow.
“They aren’t going to be able to hold onto that guy if he carries on doing what he is doing. He is too good. So intelligent – for 18, it’s really, really composed finishing.
“He is fearless at 18. Can you imagine being in the Premier League at 18? You’re not under the pressure you would be under like Garnacho would be under at Manchester United – you watch the way he plays, all the top teams, the top-six teams. He can play in any of those teams. We know Brighton, at some stage, they will sell him.”
Keeping wicket and opening the batting in Test cricket has been, arguably, the toughest juggling act in the history of the game, but Alyssa Healy is adamant that she wants to do the job again in the women’s Ashes Test starting on Thursday in Canberra.Healy has opened in her last two Test matches, but her returns across the four innings have given a clear indication of how difficult the task of opening and keeping is in the longest format. She made 58 in her first Test innings as an opener in the 2019 Ashes but it was the first innings of the match, giving her the chance to start fresh. She then kept 107 overs before walking straight back out to bat, and made 13 in the second innings.Related
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In her last Test, against India earlier this summer, Australia fielded first and Healy kept for 145 overs before walking out to bat under lights against the pink ball. She made 29 from 66 deliveries and then made just 6 in the fourth innings after keeping for 37 more overs in the third innings of the match.”There’s obviously ongoing chats about it,” Healy said. “I think the approach we took in that last Test match we played was we’ll see how we go. I mean, if things don’t quite go to plan, we’re out in the field for an extended period of time and I am feeling fatigued then we make that call on the fly and maybe I don’t open the batting. But I’m always going to stick my hand up and say I’m ready to go and ready to contribute whether that be at the top of the order or with the gloves, so I’m sure it will be okay.”Hopefully, we get the full four days in and I’m out there for all four days. I look forward to that challenge and test my body, physically and mentally. The chats are being had but at this point in time, considering it’s such a one-off event for us, I want to be involved as much as I can.”Only five wicketkeepers in the history of women’s Test cricket have averaged more than 30 while opening the batting, with England’s Betty Snowball the only one to average more than 40. Snowball is the only women’s player to make 400 runs in the dual role, averaging 66.57 with one century and three half-centuries.Betty Snowball keeping during England’s tour of Australia and New Zealand in 1934-35•National Library of Australia
Only six wicketkeepers in the history of men’s Test cricket have made more than 400 runs opening the batting with India’s Budhi Kunderan the only one of those to average more than 40 (43.46).Healy has had remarkable success opening the batting in the shorter formats and suggested that it remained, to her mind, the best place to bat in in Test cricket too.”I still think opening the batting is the best time to bat in any format,” Healy said. “It’s going to be a little bit tricky, obviously with the new red ball, but I’m looking forward to the opportunity and the challenge that the England attack are going to throw at us.”Healy was keen for some time in the middle coming off one of her leanest WBBL campaigns. In her last nine matches, including in the WBBL, the WNCL and the first T20I against England, she has only reached double-figures four times and passed 20 once, scoring 51 for NSW against Victoria.But Healy does have a history of coming off lean spells and delivering on the big stage, having starred in the 2020 T20 World Cup after a horror spell in the lead-in.”I’m actually a little bit quietly excited about the opportunities of some slightly longer-format cricket, obviously the Test match and then the one-dayers leading into a World Cup,” Healy said. “I feel like everything’s back where it should be for me at the crease, and whilst it may or may not have looked like it in the first T20, I feel like I’m in a really good place with my batting again.”So I’m really excited for the opportunity to spend a bit of time out in the middle and, hopefully, get my team into a really good position to win whether it be a Test match or a one-dayer.”The identity of Healy’s opening partner remained a mystery, with Beth Mooney pushing to be fit to play despite fracturing her jaw last week. Rachael Haynes has also put her hand up to open, after having missed the Test against India because of a hamstring injury.”Absolutely no idea. We haven’t even had that discussion yet. We were just trying to get through these T20s. I don’t know the chat around Moons, I’m not really sure where they’re at with her, whether or not she’s playing, not going to play, likely to play, so I can’t really answer that question,” Healy said. “But I’ve got no doubt that we’ve got a lot of coverage here and obviously with the Aussie A squad around, someone would come in and do a really good job. Whoever it might be, I’ll just welcome them to the crease like I did Meg [Lanning] the other night.”
أصدر نادي أوساسونا بيانًا رسميًا اليوم الجمعة، يفيد خلاله التقدم بشكوى ضد برشلونة، عقب المباراة التي جمعتهما أمس الخميس في بطولة الدوري الإسباني.
والتقى برشلونة وأوساسونا في مباراة مؤجلة من الجولة السابعة والعشرين، أسفرت عن فوز البارسا بثلاثية دون رد.
بحسب أوساسونا، شهدت المباراة مخالفة بسبب مشاركة إينيجو مارتينيز مدافع برشلونة، رغم استبعاد الاتحاد الإسباني للاعب من منتخب إسبانيا بسبب الإصابة خلال التوقف الدولي.
وبحسب قواعد “فيفا” يجب أن تنقضي فترة خمسة أيام على إصابة اللاعب بعد المباراة الأخيرة في فترة التوقف الدولي.
اقرأ أيضًا | رسميًا | برشلونة يعلن إصابة داني أولمو ومدة غيابه
وجاء بيان أوساسونا على النحو التالي:
“تقدم نادي أوساسونا اليوم باستئناف إلى لجنة المسابقات في الاتحاد الإسباني لكرة القدم بشأن سوء إدارة فريق برشلونة في مباراة الليلة الماضية على ملعب لويس كومبانيس.
يعتقد النادي أن مشاركة لاعب كرة القدم إينيجو مارتينيز في مباراة الأمس انتهكت المادة 5 من الملحق الأول من لوائح الاتحاد الدولي لكرة القدم بشأن حالة اللاعبين ونقلهم، والتي تنص على أن اللاعب الذي لا ينضم إلى تشكيلة منتخب بلاده لأسباب طبية، أو يترك الفريق، لا يجوز له لعب مباريات لناديه لمدة خمسة أيام تقويمية بعد انتهاء الفترة الدولية.
أعلن الاتحاد الإسباني لكرة القدم، في 17 مارس، عبر قنواته الإعلامية، أن لاعب كرة القدم إينيجو مارتينيز تم استبعاده من تشكيلة المنتخب لأسباب طبية، وتحديدا بسبب إصابته بـالتهاب الغضروف المفصلي الداخلي في ركبته اليمنى، كما أفاد نادي برشلونة.
كما تم الإعلان في اليوم نفسه عن انسحاب اللاعبين مارك كاسادو وبريان سرقسطة من المنتخب الإسباني لأسباب طبية.
وكان سرقسطة هو الوحيد الذي انضم إلى المعسكر التدريبي للمنتخب الإسباني ليتم تقييمه من قبل خدماته الطبية.
ومن الواضح أنه، امتثالاً للوائح الاتحاد الدولي لكرة القدم المذكورة أعلاه، لم يكن أي من هؤلاء اللاعبين مؤهلاً للمشاركة في مباراة الجولة 27 من بطولة الدوري الإسباني أمس، حيث لم يتم الالتزام بالمواعيد النهائية التي حددتها اللوائح.
وبما أن الإجازة الطبية هي المبرر للانسحاب، كما أعلن الاتحاد الإسباني لكرة القدم نفسه، فإن نادي أوساسونا يفهم أن هذه الحالة لا يمكن اعتبارها حالة استثنائية من شأنها أن تجعل لوائح الاتحاد الدولي لكرة القدم غير قابلة للتطبيق.
وينظر النادي إلى إطلاق سراح جيرارد مارتن وبابلو توري وفيرمين لوبيز من التزامهم مع المنتخب الإسباني تحت 21 عامًا كقضية منفصلة، حيث لم يكن انسحابهم مبررًا بسبب طبي.
ومع ذلك، يعتقد نادي أوساسونا أن إينيجو مارتينيز، الذي غاب عن المنتخب الإسباني لأسباب طبية، لم يكن مؤهلاً للعب مباراة الأمس وفقاً للوائح الاتحاد الدولي لكرة القدم (فيفا).
وبناء على ذلك، قرر نادي أوساسونا تقديم استئناف بسبب سوء التوافق دفاعا عن حقوقه وعن نزاهة المنافسة والمساواة بين جميع المشاركين فيها.
In an international break full of positives on the injury front for Eddie Howe, Newcastle United have been handed yet another boost with one long-term absentee now in line for a return.
Barring the continued absence of Jamaal Lascelles and Sven Botman, who suffered ACL injuries last season, Newcastle are all but back to full strength ahead of their meeting with Brighton & Hove Albion fresh from the international break this weekend. This means that both Callum Wilson and Alexander Isak are in line for much-needed returns, with the former potentially making his first start of the season.
Meanwhile, Isak’s return will mark his first appearance since Newcastle’s 3-1 defeat at the hands of Fulham towards the end of September. Without the Swede, the Magpies have been without a goal from open play in 270 minutes of football in all competitions – a run that Wilson should also help to end of course.
Without a Premier League win in three games, the Brighton game suddenly has added importance as Newcastle look to get back on track. With Wilson, Isak and now one other in line for a return though, their fortunes are certainly looking up.
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Troubling times for the Magpies…
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Tom Cunningham
Oct 17, 2024
As reported by Chronicle Live, Lewis Miley has returned to Newcastle training for the first time in seven months and is in line to make his first appearance of the season in the coming weeks.
The young midfielder suffered a broken metatarsal in last season’s FA Cup quarter-final defeat against Manchester City and has faced a long road to recovery ever since. Now, seven months later, he has battled back well and will hope to put himself back in contention for Howe’s side as soon as possible.
Still just 18 years old, Newcastle will likely ease Miley back into action in a run that he’ll hope to pick up where he left off at St James’ Park.
Whilst Miley was one of the few positives to emerge from Sandro Tonali’s ill-timed suspension last season, the Magpies eventually paid the price for their failure to find other options, with their academy graduate soon suffering a long-term injury. Learning a harsh lesson, Newcastle must not rush Miley back now that he’s returned to training. After all, this is a player who could be at the heart of their midfield for years to come.
Starting 17 games for the first team last season, it’s clear that Miley has the quality to earn a place under Howe but Newcastle must not run their young talent into the ground before he even has the chance to reach his peak.
Howe will need to act with caution when it comes to the full recovery of a player destined for great things, as the Newcastle boss pointed out last season, telling reporters via The Northern Echo: “I believe there’s huge growth in every area of his game – athletically, physically, technically, tactically.
“We’ll never stand still with Lewis and will look to continually help him. But what he has got already is a brilliant brain, and that brain allowed him to play so well (against Chelsea).”
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Thiago Carpini, novo técnico do Fortaleza, foi apresentado na manhã desta segunda-feira (15). O profissional falou sobre a disputa da Série B e detalhou seu estilo de jogo.
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— A gente fala muito de Série B, mas temos todo um calendário antes da Série B. Que serve de muita importância, uma preparação muito grande para o objetivo maior, que é o retorno à Série A. Sabemos que o Fortaleza é um dos grandes, talvez até o maior da competição. E entra com esse desafio, essa missão de ser o favorito. Daqui a pouco, de ser o time a ser batido – projetou.
— Em algumas situações a gente vai precisar nos adaptar às circunstâncias da competição, mas não abrindo mão dos nossos comportamentos e do que é o DNA do Fortaleza. Principalmente nos jogos dentro de casa, enfrentei por algumas vezes. Time sempre ofensivo, vertical, que busca sempre o gol. De uma competitividade muito grande. São ideias de jogo que também acredito e espero trazer isso no meu trabalho – disse o treinador.
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O estilo de jogo de Thiago Carpini inclui uma saída de bola curta com os defensores e os volantes. A ideia é atrair o adversário e gerar mais espaços no campo de ataque, aumentando a ocorrência de boas situações ofensivas.
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Assim, é essencial ter meio-campistas com qualidade no passe. Pierre é um nome que, se ficar no Fortaleza, pode ser importante para o esquema. Matheus Pereira também oferece essas características, mas não tem permanência garantida no Leão.
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The England midfielder's future at Old Trafford really should be secure, but the same cannot be said for his Argentine team-mate
According to , Manchester United are prepared to listen to any "serious offer" for every single member of Ruben Amorim's current squad. Part-owners INEOS have taken that stance because of the Premier League's strict Profit and Sustainability Rules (PSR), which only permit maximum losses of £105 million ($129m) over a three-year period.
United have lost £313m ($385m) before tax over the last three years, but the 2021-22 season accounts for £150m ($185m) of that total, which will not be included in the next PSR assessment – per . As such, the club is confident about balancing the books in the short-term, but there is now a push for a more sustainable transfer model that will ensure they avoid the threat of points deductions for the foreseeable future.
All of this means that no one is untouchable anymore. That includes academy graduates like Kobbie Mainoo and Alejandro Garnacho, who would both generate pure profit for the club if they were transferred.
In the case of Mainoo, any sale would surely provoke a revolt from United fans. He's been the one bright spark amid one of the most miserable periods in the club's entire history. But Garnacho has lost his status a homegrown hero in recent months, and will need to make significant changes in order to preserve his career at Old Trafford.
England secure victory in final over after wobbles against spin in their chase
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Watching international cricket at Old Trafford, it’s easy sometimes to forget you aren’t in the subcontinent for the atmosphere Asian fans bring to the stadium. But it was the surface upon which England scraped to an achingly tense three-wicket victory over Pakistan which made you feel they might as well have been back playing cricket in the UAE.A whirlwind half-century from Jason Roy helped England grab the momentum in a game that went to the final few deliveries, but his wasn’t by any means the only star contribution to a thrilling contest. Adil Rashid had set up a chase of 155 for the batsmen with a career-best 4 for 35, picking off the Pakistan top three early in the first innings. At that stage, it looked below-par, but a slow burn of a classic was only just beginning to reveal its hand.The visitors, who had opted to bat first after winning the toss, appeared always off-balance, behind the par score, and under pressure, even as they got off to a solid enough start, bringing up the 50 inside the Powerplay for the loss off just Babar Azam. On a pitch that was taking more turn than any previously this series, that was more than good enough, with this never likely to be the sort of run-fest Headingley and Trent Bridge habitually play out. The boundaries, too, were larger at Old Trafford than anywhere else in this T20I series, and both sides knew anything above 170 could become tricky to run down.But once Rashid ploughed through Pakistan, they slumped into consolidation mode, which, in England, seems like a losing strategy. The irrepressible Mohammad Rizwan carried his bat and dragged his side past 150, but the fireworks Pakistan might have been banking on at the death never quite materialised. Moeen Ali played a quiet but vital support act at one end, allowing just 19 in his four, and when Roy and Jos Buttler came out to bat, the spectre of a routine, one-sided chase hung gloomily over the contest.Roy did little to alleviate that impression in a supreme assault on Shaheen Afridi first up, smashing, caressing and placing him for four fours in an over, before taking the attack to Imad Wasim and Usman Qadir. His reputation against spin bowling stands significantly rehabilitated, and soon enough, the asking rate had been brought down below seven.But England began to lose regular wickets to the spinners, and once Mohammad Hafeez was belatedly thrown into the mix, the asking rate crept back up, and Pakistan crept back into the contest. Dawid Malan struggled to keep the runs flowing, and it wasn’t until Eoin Morgan clobbered Hasan Ali at the top and tail of the 18th over that the hosts climbed back into the ascendancy. Pakistan continued to chip away with the wickets, but when Chris Jordan squeezed one into the leg side and hared back for the second, Pakistan had run out of runs to play with.Rizwan’s radiant form
When might it be fair to stop calling whatever Rizwan is doing in T20I cricket a purple patch and just accept he’s rather a good batter in the format? Months ago, most likely. He has now gone past 50 in eight innings in 2021, the joint-most in a calendar year, batting through an innings unbeaten four times: a T20I career record. On another two occasions, he was not out in a successful chase.He carried on that rich vein of form, holding Pakistan’s innings together even as England wreaked havoc at the other end. He was the one who got Pakistan’s innings up and running with successive boundaries off Saqib Mahmood in the second over and a six off the first ball of the fourth. But Rizwan, as has been the case all year, isn’t interested in cameos; he’s more into innings building and – given this this is Pakistan – innings rebuilding. After Rashid knocked both Sohaib Maqsood and Hafeez out in three balls, there was plenty of the latter in evidence.He played second fiddle to Fakhar Zaman while the left-hander stroked a breezy 24, bringing up his own half-century in 38 balls. When Zaman fell, Rizwan took control once more, and Rashid was clobbered for six off the first ball of his final over as Pakistan desperately tried to scrape to a total their bowlers would have a hope of defending. It looked as if Pakistan might have fallen just short, but with 76 off 57 Rizwan had done his best for the cause.Rashid’s record-equalling night
Rashid was instrumental in derailing Pakistan’s chase in the second T20I, and equally detrimental to their hopes of piling on the runs here. The pitch helped, of course; only one T20I has seen more overs of spin than the 26 Old Trafford witnessed, and that came in Dhaka in 2011.The googly that had a lacklustre Azam stumped was a harbinger of how much turn the surface would offer the slower bowlers, but ironically enough, the double-strike in his second over had less to do with Rashid’s guile than poor Pakistani execution. Maqsood holed out to long-on off one that was tossed up and right in his arc, with Hafeez then sending a long hop down deep square leg’s throat. But the pressure Rashid built up over his spell forced errors from the batters, and off the final ball of his spell, he got what he hadn’t yet achieved in his international career: a T20I four-for. His dismissal of Shadab Khan took the legspinner level with Stuart Broad with 65 wickets in the format, behind only Jordan.More importantly, it kept slowing Pakistan down, and in a game that went to the 40th over, that might have made all the difference.
England batter sustained a left thigh muscle injury while playing for Surrey in the Vitality Blast
George Dobell10-Jul-2021Ollie Pope is an injury doubt for the first Test of the LV= Insurance series against India after sustaining a thigh muscle injury.Pope, the 23-year-old batter, sustained the injury while playing for Surrey against Kent in the Vitality Blast on July 2. A statement from the ECB said: “Pope has been ruled out until England’s LV= Insurance Test Series against India after suffering a left thigh muscle injury.”The ECB and Surrey fitness teams will work together to deliver Pope’s rehabilitation with a focus for him to be available to return for the first Test against India.”That first Test starts on August 4 in Nottingham.While Pope has not reached 35 in his 15 most recent Test innings, he was highly likely to retain his spot in England’s Test side as he is seen as perhaps the most talented young first-class batter in the English game.His injury could open the door for a return for Dawid Malan, who has continued to impress with his temperament as much as his form with the bat in his opportunities in England’s white-ball side. Dan Lawrence could also prove a beneficiary.Pope’s injury is also likely to minimise his involvement in The Hundred. Had he been fit, he was likely to have been available for Welsh Fire’s first three fixtures. The tournament has been best with withdrawals with a host of overseas players pulling out due to the congested international schedules and complications around travel in the time of Covid.