Leeds: Borussia Dortmund interested in Raphinha

Borussia Dortmund have been credited with an interest in Leeds star Raphinha, according to Eurosport.

The Lowdown: Raphinha’s impressive season

It’s safe to say now that the Whites struck gold with their £17m move for the Brazilian back in October.

Leeds sealed a deal on deadline day, and Raphinha was one of the standout performers under Marcelo Bielsa in an impressive first season back in the Premier League.

The 24-year-old scored six times and registered six assists in 30 league appearances, ending the campaign as Leeds’ best-rated performer, as per WhoScored.

It appears that his displays have caught the eye abroad, with the summer transfer window set to open over the next few weeks.

The Latest: Dortmund’s interest

According to Eurosport, German giants Dortmund have made tentative enquiries to sign Chelsea winger Callum Hudson-Odoi as they seek replacements in case Jadon Sancho departs.

The report adds that the former Champions League winners could explore deals for Lille’s Jonathan Ikone and Raphinha as alternatives.

Raphinha, who former Elland Road man Noel Whelan described as ‘sensational’, is under contract at Elland Road until 2024.

The Verdict: Whites should be under no pressure to sell

In our opinion, unless a mega-money offer comes in from Dortmund, the Whites should dismiss all interest in the winger.

Only five players in the Premier League registered more assists than the Brazilian last season. He started just 26 league games, so that tally could have been a lot more if he signed prior to the start of the campaign.

Leeds will be looking to improve on their 9th place finish next year, and to do that, you’d expect keeping hold of their prized assets will be crucial.

It just goes to show the impact he’s had in Yorkshire for Dortmund to show an interest, but hopefully, a deal won’t materialise.

In other news: Whites boosted in hopes of signing Emi Buendia, find out more here. 

Celtic: Gauld and Turnbull may form dream duo

If there was one positive to take from this horrendous and arduous slog of a season for Celtic, it would be David Turnbull.

The midfielder was a breath of fresh air to the Parkhead side this term, creating and scoring goals on a regular basis for the Hoops.

The Bhoys didn’t get a lot of their recruitment right last season but Turnbull has turned into Nick Hammond’s best parting gift. Celtic’s head honcho on the recruitment operations resigned in March of this year but he should take comfort from Turnbull’s progression.

After arriving from Motherwell, the 21-year-old has been nothing short of fantastic. He won Celtic’s Player of the Season award and was nominated for the Scottish Young Player gong as well. It was unsurprising, then, that Steve Clarke named him in Scotland’s squad for the upcoming European Championship.

A similar player who didn’t quite make the cut was Ryan Gauld. Once of Dundee United, he took the brave plunge of moving to Sporting Lisbon as a teenager.

Now aged 25, he has developed into a bright talent as he begins to approach his prime years. He contributed to 16 goals this term for Farense, form which has earned claims for him to move to Celtic.

If he does come back to Scotland, he could create a mouth-watering partnership with Turnbull by moving to Parkhead. The duo are capable of playing out wide or in the middle and have very similar qualities.

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There were just two goal involvements between the two promising Scottish talents, while their more intricate statistics are almost dead level as well. Throughout the 2020/21 campaign, Turnbull provided 2.2 shots and 2.7 key passes per game – in comparison, Gauld registered 2.4 shots and 2.3 key passes per outing.

The area where the Celtic target comes out on top is dribbles per game. Gauld has particularly tricky feet, something that’s been widely praised.

Hailed as a “complete” player by Farense head coach, Sergio Vieira, he also commented: “When I compare Ryan to the average Brazilian player, I think he has more.

“I know that because I coached in Brazil’s first division for three years. I can strongly say that Ryan is a top player even when compared to the best in Brazil.”

That’s some praise for a player who hails from a nation which doesn’t always produce the most technical of players.

Gauld has proven to be a trailblazer for young Scottish footballers but it’s time for him to come back to his home nation. His qualities combined with Turnbull’s could revive Celtic’s forward line.

AND in other news, Forget Postecoglou: Desmond could revive Celtic by hiring “brave” 48 y/o manager…

Palmeiras anuncia a contratação de Felipe Melo por três temporadas

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O Palmeiras, enfim, confirmou na manhã deste domingo a contratação de Felipe Melo. O volante de 33 anos de idade acertou por três temporadas, e é o sexto reforço do Palmeiras para a temporada de 2017. Antes dele, Raphael Veiga, Hyoran, Michel Bastos, Guerra e Keno haviam sido anunciados.

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-Eu fiquei realmente impressionado com o carinho da torcida. Antes mesmo de assinar, eles fizeram me sentir palmeirense. Isso faz toda a diferença – disse Felipe Melo, ao site do Palmeiras.

As bases do acordo já haviam sido adiantadas em dezembro, como o LANCE! revelou com exclusividade antes do Natal. Felipe chegou a São Paulo na terça-feira, após conseguir a liberação da Inter (ITA), e o anúncio levou um pouco mais de tempo porque dependia da chegada da assinatura da Inter de Milão. Embora o contrato seja de até o fim de 2019, os primeiros seis meses serão de empréstimo, uma manobra para facilitar nos gastos de rescisão entre jogador e o clube italiano. Felipe fez exames quarta, conheceu a Academia de Futebol e deu indícios do acordo na internet. Neste domingo, ele e o clube voltaram a trocar emojis na rede social.

-Estou realizando um sonho de voltar ao Brasil e com uma idade que me permite correr e fazer o que eu mais amo sem maiores problemas. Estou muito honrado, e agradeço a Deus por essa oportunidade, de voltar e jogar em um clube de tamanha grandeza que é o Palmeiras. É uma honra muito grande estar vestindo essa camisa – completou.

A princípio, a intenção de Felipe não era retornar ao Brasil imediatamente, mas a forma como o Palmeiras o abordou e a rapidez nas conversas acabaram convencendo o meio-campista. O alto salário recebido na Itália a princípio era o maior empecilho, só que o Verdão fez uma engenharia (R$ 350 mil fixos, acrescentando bônus por produtividade e luvas), que conseguiu convencer o ex-atleta da Seleção Brasileira, titular na Copa do Mundo de 2010.

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-Eu ganhei alguns títulos importantes no Brasil, joguei Libertadores com o Flamengo e com o Cruzeiro. No Flamengo, com 18 anos, fui titular, mas no Cruzeiro não. Hoje eu chego para disputar essa competição com um clube como o Palmeiras, que vai tentar vencer, e como um jogador importante. Todo clube que passei eu deixei minha marca por nunca deixar de disputar todas as bolas. Essa é a minha força, essa é a minha marca. Eu chego para ser mais um no Palmeiras, para ajudar e para ser ajudado – completou.

يوفنتوس: ديبالا لن يجدد عقده وسيرحل مجانًا نهاية الموسم

أكد ماوريتسيو أريفابيني قرار يوفنتوس بالتخلي عن باولو ديبالا بمجرد انتهاء عقده في نهاية هذا الموسم.

لن يوقع المهاجم الأرجنتيني البالغ من العمر 28 عامًا على عقد جديد مع اليوفي، مما يعني أن ارتباطه لمدة سبع سنوات مع البيانكونيري سيقترب من نهايته في يونيو.

وحاولت إدارة يوفنتوس التوصل إلى اتفاق مع ديبالا ووكيل أعماله بشأن التجديد، وهو الأمر الذي انتهى بالفشل في النهاية.

وقال الرئيس التنفيذي لنادي يوفنتوس ماوريتسيو أريفابيني، في تصريحات نشرتها شبكة “فوتبول إيطاليا” منذ قليل: “التغيير الأهم هو أن يوفنتوس لن يجدد عقد باولو ديبالا”.

وأضاف: “مع عمليات الشراء التي تمت في يناير، مع وصول فلاهوفيتش، لم يعد مركز باولو في قلب المشروع، لهذا السبب تم تفضيل هذا النوع من القرارات”.

وواصل: “كانت المعايير مختلفة، لقد تحدثت عنها بالفعل، ولم يشكك أحد في قدرة باولو، كانت هناك اعتبارات يجب أن تؤخذ حول المشاركة والمدة والاعتبارات المالية”.

اقرأ أيضًا.. وكيل جورجينيو يلمح لاقترابه من الانتقال إلى يوفنتوس

واستكمل: “كانت لدينا خياراتنا في يناير، ووصلنا إلى هنا، كان من السهل على يوفنتوس تقديم عرض منخفض، لكنه كان سيشكل عدم احترام تجاه باولو، تم اتخاذ القرار، كان اجتماع اليوم وديًا وواضحًا ومحترمًا”.

لدى ديبالا البالغ من العمر 28 عامًا الآن بضعة أشهر للتخطيط لمستقبله قبل رحيله في يونيو.

لقد ارتبط ارتباطًا وثيقًا بالانتقال إلى إنتر ميلان، ولكن لا يمكن استبعاد الانتقال إلى إسبانيا أو إنجلترا أيضًا، حيث ورد أن أندية مثل برشلونة وتوتنهام حريصة أيضًا على توقيعه.

سجل ديبالا 13 هدفًا وقدم ستة تمريرات حاسمة في 29 مباراة عبر جميع المسابقات حتى الآن هذا الموسم.

Strydom dashes KwaZulu-Natal's hopes

With a little help from a rampant Vasbert Drakes and a stubborn IanMitchell, Border captain Pieter Strydom all but ended KwaZulu-Natal’s hopes of victory in their Supersport Series encounter on Sunday and at the same time, the home side’s

MWP10-Dec-2000With a little help from a rampant Vasbert Drakes and a stubborn IanMitchell, Border captain Pieter Strydom all but ended KwaZulu-Natal’s hopes of victory in their Supersport Series encounter on Sunday and at the same time, the home side’s aspirations of reaching the Super Eight stage of the competition.After Border had been reduced to 128 for five early on Sunday morning,Strydom stepped up to make 80 off just 127 balls, including 11 fours. He featured in a sixth-wicket stand of 111 with Mitchell (31) and ultimately saw to it that Border compiled a first innings total of 321 and a lead of 68. Goolam Bodi, brought on to bowl his left-arm wrist-spin late in the innings, wrapped up the tail with four for 34.Then Strydom took two wickets late in the day with his slow left-armers, following up an early three-wicket burst by champion Barbadian fast bowler Drakes, to have the Dolphins staggering on 117 for five at the close, a lead of just 49.Appropriately, considering Strydom’s contribution, opposite number DaleBenkenstein again proved the mainstay of his team’s innings, finishingunbeaten on 56 to follow up his 86 in the home side’s first innings total of 253 for seven declared.Along with the vastly experienced Errol Stewart, his partner at the close, who is on seven, Benkenstein will have to hold it together for his side on the last day if defeat is to be avoided, let alone a victory contemplated.Strydom finished with two for 22 off 11 overs and Drakes with three for 20 off his 10.

Still miles to go for East Zone

East Zone still need 72 to take the first innings lead over Central Zone at the end of the second day’s play of the Vijay Hazare Trophy Under-16 tournament match at the RSI Grounds in Bangalore on Monday

Staff Reporter05-Feb-2001East Zone still need 72 to take the first innings lead over Central Zone at the end of the second day’s play of the Vijay Hazare Trophy Under-16 tournament match at the RSI Grounds in Bangalore on Monday. In reply to Central Zone’s 270, East Zone were 199 for 5.East did not have a happy beginning to their first innings as they lost opener Ajay Gorai (10) in the fifth over with the score on 15. Ajith Singh (22) joined M Biswas (77) and both the batsmen forged a 59 run second wicket partnership before the lefthanded Singh was sent back by SK Shukla in the 31st over. Singh was out caught by A Alam off Shukla. New batsman A Iqbal (1) lasted only for six balls and was dismissed caught by SK Shukla in the first slip off Praveen Gupta.Biswas then steadied the ship with a 61 run fourth wicket with SP Priyadarshan (41). Priyadarshan looked set for a long innings was bowled by A Yadav in the 57th over. Rakesh Mohanty joined Biswas and the pair added 49 runs for the fifth wicket before the well settled Biswas fell to A Yadav giving SK Shukla his second catch of the innings at first slip. During a 288 minute stay at the crease Biswas faced 206 balls and hit eleven fours. Rakesh Mohanty (31) and Bignesh Mohanty (5) were manning the crease for East Zone.Earlier, the Central Zone innings was prolonged for a further 12.1 overs. Gaurav Tikkas (78) in the company of Devendra Singh (9) added 29 more runs for the last wicket to take the score to 270. Tikkas was the last batsman to be dismissed when he gave a return catch to Rakesh Mohanty. A Iqbal (4 for 37) and Rakesh Mohanty (3 for 53) were the pick of the East attack.

بطولات يكشف تفاصيل اجتماع وزير الرياضة واتحاد الكرة بشأن مصير كيروش

انتهى تعاقد المدرب البرتغالي كارلوس كيروش المدير الفني لمنتخب مصر الأول، مع اتحاد الكرة بفشل الفريق القومي في الصعود لكأس العالم قطر 2022.

وكان منتخب مصر قد نال خسارته على يد السنغال في مباراة الجولة الأخيرة من تصفيات المونديال، بعد التعادل في النتيجة ذهابًا وإيابًا واللجوء لركلات الترجيح.

خاص | بالصور والفيديوهات.. اتحاد الكرة يجهز لتقديم شكوى جديدة ضد السنغال

ويكشف “بطولات” في الرصد التالي، كيفية تفكير اتحاد الكرة برئاسة جمال علام في ملف المدير الفني الجديد لمنتخب مصر، وموقف كيروش.

ناقش مسؤولو اتحاد الكرة اليوم بشكل ودي ملف المدير الفني الجديد لمنتخب مصر.

وطُرح خلال المناقشة فكرة استمرار كارلوس كيروش كمدير فني للمنتخب وتجديد الثقة فيه.

ونالت فكرة استمرار كيروش ترحيب وزير الشباب والرياضة أشرف صبحي وجمال علام رئيس الاتحاد.

بينما كان هناك انقسام بين أعضاء المجلس على استمرار البرتغالي، وإسناد المهمة لمدير فني جديد خلال الفترة المقبلة.

ومن المقرر أن يعقد اتحاد الكرة اجتماعًا خلال اليومين المقبلين لحسم مسألة المدير الفني للمنتخب، سواء بتجديد الثقة في كيروش أو الاستعانة بمدير فني جديد، إذ يسعى مسؤولو الجبلاية لحسم هذا الملف في أسرع وقت.

تجدر الإشارة إلى أن كيروش أعلن بعد مباراة السنغال رحيله عن الفريق بتصريحه خلال المؤتمر الصحفي، قائلًا: “حان وقت تسليم الراية”.

Fulham: Parker attracting summer interest

Fulham manager Scott Parker is attracting interest from one of the Cottagers’ Championship rivals this summer.

What’s the talk?

That’s according to a report by The Sun, who claim that the Bournemouth hierarchy are contemplating parting company with their incumbent manager, Jonathan Woodgate, in the coming months, with Parker lined up as a potential replacement for the 41-year-old.

It is reported that the Bournemouth bosses are far from happy with Woodgate’s failure to achieve promotion through the play-offs, with the Fulham manager seen as an alternative who could go one better than the former Leeds United defender at the Vitality Stadium next term.

Khan must not allow Parker’s exit

Despite Fulham’s relegation from the Premier League last season, Parker has demonstrated in his time at Craven Cottage that he is more than deserving enough to have a shot at getting the Cottagers back to the top flight of English football next term.

Over his 105 fixtures in charge of the club, the 40-year-old has overseen 37 victories, 25 draws and 43 losses, picking up an average of 1.3 points per game – a decent record considering he took over an all-but-relegated Fulham side in the club’s 2018/19 Premier League campaign.

And, having guided Fulham back to the top flight at the first time of asking in the 2019/20 season, as well as earning plaudits for installing an eye-catching brand of football in west London, if Shahid Khan were to allow one of Fulham’s potential promotion rivals to poach the promising manager this summer it would easily go down as being one of the Fulham owners’ biggest mistakes throughout his tenure at the club.

Indeed, it has been reported that Parker’s future at the club is shrouded in doubt as Khan felt let down by the manager’s comments regarding Fulham’s transfer business last season, with the owner thought to be considering pulling the trigger on Parker’s sacking this summer.

However, this would more than likely be a decision that Fulham fans would simply not forgive Khan for, as the Cottagers very much appear to be a club on the up under the former Tottenham Hotspur midfielder.

In other news: Fulham confirm transfer news on “valuable” £24k-p/w flop which will leave fans furious

VÍDEO: Flamengo e Conca evitam falar em prazos para volta do jogador aos gramados

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O chefe do departamento médico do Flamengo, o doutor Márcio Tannure, mostrou-se otimista com a recuperação do argentino no Flamengo. No entanto, o profissional evitou falar em prazo de retorno do gringo.

India XI beat Australia XI to win Siyaram's Cup

India XI beat Australia XI by 154 runs in the day/ night encounter atthe MA Chidmabaram Stadium, Chennai, on Friday to win the Siyaram’sCup

Santhosh S23-Mar-2001India XI beat Australia XI by 154 runs in the day/ night encounter atthe MA Chidmabaram Stadium, Chennai, on Friday to win the Siyaram’sCup. The match was played for the benefit of the ‘Gujarat EarthquakeVictims’. It was a noble gesture on the part of the touringAustralians and the Indian players to turn up for such an event.Most of the leading Aussie players preferred to keep out, leaving itto some select players who are touring India to join a few of theirmainstream players. Saurav Ganguly did not play in the match. RahulDravid led the Indian side which was in full attendance.In the afternoon, India XI won the toss and elected to bat. They made338/8 in their allotted 40 overs. There was hardly any competitivenature to the match as the batsmen unleashed a savage attack on thebowling, much to the thrill of the packed stadium.Sachin Tendulkar, the star attraction of the match, did not fail toentertain the big crowd. He was at the crease for just 39 minutesfacing 49 balls to knock off 93 exhilarating runs of a haplessbowling. He punctuated his explosive knock with 18 fours and 2 sixes.Local lads S Ramesh (35), Hemang Badani (55) and Robin Singh (33) toogave the crowd the opportunity to cheer their heroes. Vijay Dahiyamade an entertaining 50 with the help of six boundaries off just 32balls. The Aussie veteran Greg Matthews added colour to the festiveoccasion.An Australian run chase was never a possibility against a fullstrength Indian bowling attack. Javagal Srinath and Ajit Agarkarbowled with a lot of fire. The Australians were all out for 184 in27.1 overs. The two Australian one day specialists Darren Lehmann andMichael Bevan gave glimpses of their ability with some lusty hitting.Lehmann struck two mighty sixes and three boundaries to score 24 runsoff just nine balls. Bevan who has been in tremendous form in theAustralian domestic season, seems to have carried it with him toIndia. He delighted the crowd with some exquisitely timed boundaries,leaving the fielders watching the ball scream to the boundary. Bevanmade 58 off 35 balls with the help of 13 boundaries.Justin Langer too got cracking in the middle order. He struggledinitially against the spin of Virendra Shewag (3/19), but went on tomake 53 runs off 39 balls. He struck six boundaries and three bigsixes. The big crowd that converged at the MA Chidambaram stadium hadtheir share of fun, with some big Mexican waves going around, when theAussie batsmen got a little defensive in the middle.All the proceeds from this benefit match are to go to the GujaratRelief Fund. In another noble gesture, all district associationsaffiliated to the Tamil Nadu Cricket Association donated Rs 1.1 lakhsto the relief fund.

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