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Italian football journalist Fabrizio Romano has revealed the latest news on Manchester City’s interest in Sporting Lisbon left-back Nuno Mendes, and it seems as if Pep Guardiola is still desperate to add the teenager to his squad at the Etihad Stadium.

What’s the word?

City have regularly been linked with a move for the 19-year-old throughout the summer and Romano shared the latest on a potential transfer on his Twitter earlier this week, writing: “Manchester City are interested in signing Nuno Mendes. He’s considered a top left-back for the future – but the City board have no intention to pay the full €50m price tag to Sporting.

“Sporting are not accepting any proposal around €30m, as of today. Race still open.”

Would Mendes be a good signing?

Mendes has established himself as one of the brightest young talents in European football in recent seasons and played a huge part in Sporting’s impressive title win last season, despite only turning 19 earlier this month.

The Portuguese full-back made 29 appearances in Liga NOS, contributing one goal and one assist and averaging a superb 7.24 rating from WhoScored for his performances.

This was enough to rank him as the third-best performer in Rúben Amorim’s squad, which emphasises just how important he has become at Estádio José Alvalade, and it is no surprise that City are showing such a keen interest in him.

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Although Guardiola has the likes of Joao Cancelo, Oleksandr Zinchenko, Nathan Ake and Benjamin Mendy available to him at left-back for the 2021/22 campaign, you could argue that only Mendy is a natural in that position, which is hardly ideal given his injury issues.

Therefore, it would make a lot of sense to sign someone such as Mendes, for if he proves to be a success, he could easily nail down a starting spot at the Etihad for the next few years, which suggests that he would be well worth the investment.

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Although Romano’s update suggests that City aren’t willing to meet Sporting’s demands at the moment, this certainly seems like a transfer which could happen if negotiations progress. Considering Mendes’ obvious potential, City fans may be very excited about the prospect of the “outstanding” youngster (in the words of his former coach Diego Goncalves) joining Guardiola’s squad.

In other news… Txiki should seal Man City swoop for “extraordinary” beast, he loves Pep

كشف جابي أجبونلاهور لاعب أستون فيلا السابق أنه يتوقع فوز سون هيونج مين على محمد صلاح في جائزة الحذاء الذهبي في الدوري الإنجليزي الممتاز لموسم 2021-2022.

حقق سون أفضل موسم له أمام المرمى منذ انتقاله إلى الدوري الإنجليزي الممتاز في عام 2015، حيث سجل 21 هدفًا وقدم تسع تمريرات حاسمة في الدوري حتى الآن هذا الموسم.

سون يأتي في المركز الثاني بفارق هدف واحد خلف محمد صلاح في السباق على الحذاء الذهبي، متوجهاً إلى مباراة توتنهام الأخيرة هذا الموسم ضد نورويتش، حيث يحتاج رجال أنطونيو كونتي إلى نقطة ليحققوا المركز الرابع.

يعتقد أجبونلاهور أن يورجن كلوب مدرب ليفربول سيمنح صلاح راحة ولن يدفع به في مباراة ولفرهامبتون وفي المقابل سيشارك سون مع توتنهام في المباراة الأخيرة من الموسم.

عندما سُئل عمن يعتقد أنه سيفوز بالحذاء الذهبي، قال مهاجم أستون فيلا السابق لـ “talkSPORT”: “أعتقد سون، لأنني لا أعتقد أن صلاح سيلعب”.

اقرأ أيضًا | جوارديولا: لا يمكننا التحكم في علاقة ليفربول وجيرارد.. ويشعرون بالضغط مثلنا

مضيفًا: “مع إصابته في الفخذ، أعتقد أن كلوب سيقول له أنا لا أهتم بالحذاء الذهبي، أنا مهتم بالحصول على ثلاث نقاط وأن تكون لائقًا لنهائي دوري أبطال أوروبا (أمام ريال مدريد يوم 28 مايو الجاري)”.

وواصل: “بالنسبة لسون، يلعب توتنهام مع نورويتش خارج أرضه، مباراة رائعة وجميلة أخيرة هذا الموسم – أرى سون وتوتنهام يسجلان ثلاثة أو أربعة أو خمسة أهداف متخطين نورويتش”.

في حين أن تركيز سون في المقام الأول سيكون على مساعدة توتنهام في التأهل لدوري أبطال أوروبا، فمن المؤكد أنه سيتحول إلى سباق الحذاء الذهبي إذا تقدم فريقه بشكل مريح في الشوط الأول أمام نورويتش.

West Bromwich Albion are battling to secure a move to bring Adam Reach to the Hawthorns this summer.

What’s the talk?

That’s according to a claim made by Alan Nixon, with The Sun journalist revealing in a post on Twitter that Albion are fighting Blackburn Rovers for the signature of the former Sheffield Wednesday midfielder, who is a free agent after leaving the Owls at the end of last season.

In response to a fan asking whether Rovers were close to signing anyone this summer, Nixon said: “[Blackburn are] still in Reach race despite the West Brom interest.”

Reach could solve problem

With Valerien Ismael often setting Barnsley up in a 3-4-2-1 formation last season, it would appear logical to assume that the Frenchman may well look to once again call upon this formation following his appointment at West Brom.

And, although Reach was playing his football for a Sheffield Wednesday side who ultimately finished bottom of the Championship last term, the 28-year-old nevertheless demonstrated he possesses a significant amount of ability, while the left midfielder’s positional versatility could also solve something of a problem for the 45-year-old Albion manager.

Indeed, over his 44 Championship appearances for the Owls last season, the £2.52m-rated man scored five goals, registered three assists and created five big chances for his teammates, as well as taking an average of 1.3 shots and making 0.8 key passes per game.

The man Tony Pulis dubbed a “top player” also impressed in a defensive capacity, making an average of 0.9 interceptions, one tackle, one clearance and winning 2.8 duels per match.

These returns saw the £23k-per-week midfielder earn a seasonal SofaScore match rating of 6.82, ranking him as Darren Moore’s sixth-best performer in the second tier of English football.

As such, it would very much appear as if Reach would be capable of doing a job for West Brom, but, the exact job he may be asked to perform is what could make the former England U20 international an extremely astute piece of business by Ismael.

Indeed, with the Frenchman stating shortly after his arrival at the club that he doesn’t “need the most expensive player or the best player” but rather the “right player for the position,” Reach looks as if he could be something of a perfect candidate for the role as the 45-year-old’s left wing-back.

And, with only Conor Townsend in the Albion squad who is a natural left-back, it would very much seem as if Ismael will require far greater depth in the position over the course of an arduous Championship campaign.

So, all of the above would lead us to believe that the signing of Reach could solve one of the manager’s big issues at The Hawthorns ahead of next season, and, with the 28-year-old being available on a free transfer, he would also represent something of a bargain.

In other news: Hatfield drops West Brom transfer claim on “complete” £12k-p/w ace, Ismael must act

MatériaMais Notícias

Em meio à paralisação dos jogos por conta da pandemia de coronavírus, o São Paulo resolveu recordar alguns dos grandes momentos do time em 2020. Dessa vez a opção foi por lembrar dos “milagres” de Tiago Volpi neste início de temporada. A TV oficial do clube escolheu seis defesas do goleiro nesses primeiros meses do ano, a maioria delas em clássicos pelo Paulistão.

Volpi, contratado em definitivo para 2020, permaneceu como titular absoluto do gol são-paulino e é considerado o arqueiro pós-Ceni que mais trouxe segurança ao torcedor, principalmente pelas defesas que tem feito desde 2019, quando chegou ao clube por empréstimo e tirou qualquer dúvida na posição. Garantir sua permanência era objetivo primordial dos dirigentes.

Não é à toa que a SPFCTV elegeu seis grandes defesas do goleiro para a torcida tricolor relembrar. Nesta temporada ele já salvou o time de resultados negativos, principalmente em clássicos contra o Palmeiras e contra o Corinthians, ambos pelo estadual, em que foi extremamente decisivo.

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Diante do Verdão, ele defendeu uma finalização de Dudu, dentro da área, e um chute de longe de Victor Luis, ambos lances que acabaram definindo o duelo, que terminou empatado em 0 a 0. Já diante do Timão, Volpi teve uma sequência de “milagres” em chutes de Boselli e depois, no fim do jogo, foi buscar uma falta de Luan, no ângulo, mantendo o 0 a 0 no placar.

As outras duas defesas escolhidas para o vídeo foram contra o Novorizontino, em que o jogo terminou empatado em 1 a 1, e contra o Santo André, em que o São Paulo acabou derrotado por 2 a 1, e poderia ter um revés pior não fosse Volpi impedido um gol certo do time do ABC, que jogava em casa.

Confira os lances descritos acima no vídeo publicado pela SPFCTV:

أعلن حسين لبيب رئيس الزمالك السابق اعتزامه الترشح لرئاسة الاتحاد المصري لكرة اليد في الانتخابات المقبلة.

وكان الاتحاد الدولي لكرة اليد قد كلف لجنة مؤقتة برئاسة محمد الأمين لإدارة الاتحاد المصري في الفترة الحالية.

وقال حسين لبيب أثناء استضافته ببرنامج “اللعيب” المذاع على قناة “إم بي سي مصر”: “أنوى الترشح لانتخابات اتحاد كرة اليد حينما يتم تحديد موعدها”.

طالع أيضًا.. حسين لبيب: تتويج الزمالك بـ دوري اليد يؤكد أنه القلعة الرياضية الأكبر عربيًا وإفريقيًا

وواصل: “أبارك للنادي الأهلي على فوزه ببطولة السوبر الإفريقي لكرة اليد، وبالنسبة لي الزمالك أكبر قلعة رياضية في مصر، وهو ملك الصالات”.

وعن السبب في عدم ترشحه لانتخابات الزمالك رد قائلًا: “عندما جئت بتكليف من وزير الشباب والرياضة، اتفقت معه منذ أول يوم أني سأتولى المسؤولية لمدة 6 أشهر وبعد ذلك سأرحل”.

وتابع: “حاولنا واجتهدنا خلال 184 يوما فترة تواجدنا بالنادي، واتخذت قراري منذ أول يوم لي بأني لن أترشح في هذه الدورة”.

وأردف: “أكن كل الاحترام لكل رؤساء نادي الزمالك بداية من حلمي زمورا حتى المجلس الحالي برئاسة مرتضى منصور”.

وأضاف: “عندما دخلنا نادي الزمالك، دفعنا للاعبي كرة القدم 20% من مستحقاتهم خلال 6 أشهر وسددنا 60% من المستحقات المتأخرة”.

واختتم: “سددنا من قضايا الزمالك 14 مليون جنيه وللجهات الحكومية 18 مليون جنيه”.

MatériaMais Notícias

Em meio à pausa do futebol brasileiro por conta da pandemia do coronavírus, o Palmeiras usou seu Twitter para lembrar uma vitória histórica há exatos 21 anos. Em 7 de abril de 1997, durante a campanha do título da Libertadores de 1999, o Verdão venceu o paraguaio Cerro Porteño, de virada, por 2 a 1, no Palestra Itália, classificando-se para as oitavas de final da competição.

O Verdão chegou ao último jogo da fase de grupos correndo risco de eliminação, mesmo com o formato em que três dos quatro clubes da chave se classificavam para as oitavas de final. O Palmeiras dividia a segunda colocação com o Cerro, ambos com sete pontos, o Corinthians liderava com nove e o Olimpia, com cinco, sonhava com a vaga. Neste cenário, caso perdesse, o time de Felipão precisaria torcer para que o Corinthians, já classificado e planejando poupar titulares, não fosse derrotado pelo Olimpia, em jogo que ocorreria dois dias depois, no Pacaembu.

O Cerro abriu o placar com quatro minutos do segundo tempo com um golaço do atacante brasileiro Gauchinho. Aos 15 minutos, Arce cobrou escanteio, Cléber ajeitou de cabeça quase da linha de fundo e Junior Baiano, na outra trave, testou, com a bola ainda batendo na cabeça de um zagueiro do Cerro, tirando qualquer chance de defesa do goleiro. Aos 19, em cobrança de falta perto da meia-lua, Zinho rolou e Arce encheu o pé, contando com um desvio na barreira para virar: 2 a 1, e classificação como segundo colocado do grupo.

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Veja a publicação do Palmeiras lembrando a vitória de exatos 21 anos atrás:

Na campanha da @LibertadoresBR de 1999, vencemos o Cerro Porteño no Palestra Italia e garantimos a classificação para o mata-mata! Quando? Neste mesmo dia de #AbrilAlviverde 🎥

📅 07/04/1999
🏆 Palmeiras 2×1 Cerro Porteño
⚽ Júnior Baiano e Arce#AvantiPalestra pic.twitter.com/2L3TcpvxOk

— SE Palmeiras (de 🏡) (@Palmeiras) April 7, 2020

Confira a ficha técnica da partida disputada em 7 de abril de 1999:

FICHA TÉCNICA
PALMEIRAS 2 X 1 CERRO PORTEÑO
Local: Palestra Itália, São Paulo (SP)
Data-Hora:7/4/1999
Árbitro: José Luiz da Rosa (URU)
Público: 12.652 pagantes
Cartões amarelos: Cléber, Júnior e Rogério (PAL),Héctor Blancoe Gavilán(CER)
Cartões vermelhos:Gómez (CER)
Gols: Gauchinho (4’/2ºT) (0-1), Júnior Baiano (15’/2ºT) (1-1) e Arce (19’/2ºT) (2-1)

PALMEIRAS: Marcos; Arce, Júnior Baiano, Cléber e Júnior; César Sampaio (Evair), Galeano (Rogério),Zinho e Jackson; Paulo Nunes e Oséas (Alex). Técnico: Luiz Felipe Scolari.

CERRO PORTEÑO: Aceval; Recalde, Héctor Blanco, Peralta e Toledo; Gavilán, Gómez, Jorge Campos(Núñez) e Alvarenga; Mauro Caballero (Fernández) e Gauchinho (Aguilera). Técnico: Carlos Baez.

Tottenham Hotspur are interested in a move for Lyon midfielder Houssem Aouar as their summer recruitment drive intensifies [Daily Express].

The Lowdown: Spurs get busy ahead of 2021/22

Looking towards 2021/22, Lilywhites fans will be desperate to see how newly appointed manager Nuno Espirito Santo adapts to life in North London.

Making inroads in the transfer market, the Lilywhites are reportedly close to agreeing a deal to sign Bologna centre-back Takehiro Tomiyasu [Football 365].

But could Spurs now be set to make progress in the pursuit of another rumoured target following the latest reports?

The Latest: Spurs keen on moving for Aouar

Presently, the north Londoners are said to be keen on making a move for 23-year-old Aouar [Daily Express], while they are also keeping an eye on Lille’s Renato Sanches.

He is rumoured to be available for around £20 million, and is keen to move on to pastures new this summer.

Aouar has also been extensively linked with a switch to divisional rivals Arsenal and also Liverpool in recent times.

The Verdict: Signing Aouar would be an astute piece of business by Tottenham Hotspur

The France international would bring some much-needed impetus from midfield to the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium.

In 2020/21, the playmaker backed this up by registering 12 goal contributions in 33 games for his current employers; eight goals and four assists [Transfermarkt].

Impressing with his offensive output from midfield, Aouar was a constant threat, producing an average of 2.3 shots on goal per match across the campaign [WhoScored].

Fitting into Nuno’s high-octane style of counter-attacking football, his propensity to move the ball effectively shone through as he achieved an 86% passing accuracy across the season [WhoScored].

Once labelled as “incredible” by Manchester City boss Pep Guardiola, following an excellent display against the Blues for Lyon in the Champions League, he should be a priority target for the Spurs hierarchy [Sky Sports].

In other news, Tottenham Hotspur have enquired about a Serie A ace.

طالب المدرب البرتغالي جيسفالدوا فيريرا، المدير الفني لفريق الكرة الأول بنادي الزمالك شريط تسجيلي لمباراة الفريق الأخيرة أمام إنبي.

ويأتي ذلك من أجل مشاهدتها مع اللاعبين في مران غدٍ وشرح الأخطاء للاعبين.

فيريرا: أتمنى أن يتعلم لاعبو الزمالك من درس إنبي.. ومباراة ليست للنسيان

ومن المقرر أن يتم عرض تقييم كل لاعب وفق التقرير الذي يعده دانيال جونزاليس محلل الأداء الخاص بالمباراة.

يذكر، أن الزمالك قد تعثر أمام إنبي بخسارة بهدفين دون رد في مباراة الجولة الثامنة عشر، التي أقيمت على ملعب استاد القاهرة مساء أمس الثلاثاء.

England captain Nasser Hussain admitted that everyone had underestimated Sri Lanka and that there was a lot of hard work ahead of his team for the rest of the Test series

Saadi Thawfeeq22-May-2002England captain Nasser Hussain admitted that everyone had underestimated Sri Lanka and that there was a lot of hard work ahead of his team for the rest of the Test series.”This game has just shown how much of hardwork we’ve got ahead of us, especially against this opposition. I think everyone’s underestimated them and they keep notching up 500s. That goes to show just how much of hard work we’ve got a head of us,” said Hussain at a press conference held at the end of the first cricket Test which ended in a draw at Lord’s here yesterday.Sri Lanka scored 555 for 8 declared and 42 for one wicket. England replied with 275 and 529 for 5 declared.”On Test wickets against these batsmen you need to put six balls in the right area all the time, and we didn’t do that. It’s got nothing to do with match practice. All our bowlers bowled more than the Sri Lankan bowlers had. One thing they didn’t do not due to lack of practice or not being ready is, they didn’t show the discipline that is needed. It was shown by the Sri Lankan side. They were bowling just outside off stump and we didn’t do that,” he said.”We have to work out how we are going to get 20 wickets on flat Test wickets like this. There is a difference on a flat wicket at Lord’s and a flat wicket in the subcontinent where you are going to get turn and the spinner gives you something to look forward to. Playing a spinner at Lord’s would have given you absolutely nothing in this game. The ball didn’t turn at all. In fact Aravinda (de Silva) was going past the outside edge more than the inside edge,” Hussain said.The England captain admitted that his team did not perform well on the first three days of the Test, but was very pleased the way they came back on the final two days.”We were fairly innocuous with the ball for two days and dropped some catches. To be 275 all out on a flat track against Sri Lanka without (Muttiah) Muralitharan was not good enough. We didn’t play particularly well on the first three days, whereas Sri Lanka did exceptionally. I think we showed a bit of character and a bit of fight on the last two days.Everything I asked for and the coach asked for and, the boys asked for themselves came right. There weren’t a great number of wicket-taking balls around but it was not easy at all because there were not many run scoring opportunities. It took real dedication and discipline from our batting. Batting with discipline on these wickets is what is all about.There was talk of pride and the players put it right,” said Hussain. Although he was pleased with England’s second innings performance Hussain said it didn’t mean that his side went to Edgbaston for the second Test starting on May 30 holding the upperhand.Hussain’s counterpart Sanath Jayasuriya said that he was happy with the overall performance of his team.”Everything went as we planned although we could not get England out a second time. If Murali was in the side it may have been different. You never know,” said Jayasuriya.”I am happy the way we played. We are going to Edgbaston with a lot of confidence. I am not surprised at our performance because all the batsmen got runs ahead of the Test series. They’ve been in good form. The only problem we had was with our bowlers who did not have much bowling practice,” he said.Jayasuriya said that he was not disappointed that Sri Lanka’s winning sequence of nine wins in a row had ended. “As long as we are doing well that is what matters,” he said.When questioned whether he was overcautious not attacking the English batsmen on the final day, Jayasuriya replied: “We had a plan not to give too many runs to England and we played according to that plan. I would have been happy if we could have won, but I don’t mind a draw”. Jayasuriya described the Lord’s pitch as the one of the best wickets he had played on. “You can keep going on and on. It is the best wicket we had got on the tour,” he said.He said he didn’t open in the Sri Lanka second innings because he had damaged ligaments in his hand, which he hurt while fielding and did not want to take a risk. He said the he would be fit for the second Test starting in nine days time.Jayasuriya said that Muralitharan would not play in the 4-day game against Glamorgan starting at Cardiff on Thursday because he is currently undergoing physiotherapy for his injured left arm. However he said that fast bowler Dilhara Fernando who has recoveredfrom a stress fracture injury in his back would play.

It was an odd day at the Bath Recreation Ground as in-between stoppages for rain and bad light, the game progressed, but not in a way that many of the patient crowd had expected.

Victor Isaacs14-Jun-2002It was an odd day at the Bath Recreation Ground as in-between stoppages for rain and bad light, the game progressed, but not in a way that many of the patient crowd had expected.Somerset soon lost their overnight savour Ian Blackwell when he fell to a sucker punch, being caught by Udal at backward point off Mascarenhas. He had played exactly the same shot the ball before which went for four.Robert Turner and Keith Dutch shared a 41-run partnership at two runs per over to show some signs of recovery but when three wickets fell in quick succession, either side of a length rain break shortly after the lunch interval, Somerset captain surprised everyone at the ground, including the Hampshire fielders by declaring, 91 runs behind.The crowd were so surprised, that some of them even booed the umpires, as they thought they had been brought off for bad light!On a wicket that had been playing tricks from the first day, with overcast conditions, some thought that the boldness of the declaration was sheer folly. However, the home side took four Hampshire wickets for just three runs, before bad light curtailed play for the day.Derek Kenway was first to go when he attempted to hook Richard Johnson’s first ball into the Bath Rugby Club, but was well caught on the boundary edge. White edged Johnson to keeper Turner and when Kendall and Laney fell off successive Matthew Bulbeck deliveries, Nic Pothas survived the hat-trick ball.Hampshire finished the day, however, still in a good position, 94 runs ahead with six wicket in hand, but will be looking for a least another 100 runs which on that Bath wicket could be enough to secure a much-needed victory.