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For many people who follow football, the end of a season is something of a downer, and summer is alleviated only by one thing: transfer gossip. Although many of the top teams arrange their transfer business well in advance these days, transfer windows have become entertainment in and of themselves, with pages of coverage given over to alerting us to who is signing whom, who has issued a “Come and get me” plea, and who has been made surplus to requirements by a major move.

The winter window, for its part, is often a more idiosyncratic affair. Teams who have made a less than promising start to the season will scour the world’s leagues to find a player who will help them reignite their form. Players who have been out of favour at their clubs will look for at least a loan move to get their stalled career going again. And the sense of desperation that surrounds it all is now a part of following football. This season, that window comes hot on the heels of a World Cup, which means we could be in for perhaps the most frenetic January in recent football history. Let’s look at what could be in store.

At least one relegation-threatened club will sign multiple World Cup players

When a team starts the season in shaky form, the winter window represents a final roll of the dice to try and change the picture. There is a certain degree of difficulty in pulling this off – the best players out there aren’t going to move to a team that could be playing in the lower divisions within six months. There’s a good chance that Leicester City, who are believed by almost every betting resource to be in the relegation fight already, will take the tough decision to sell either Youri Tielemans or James Maddison, or both. This will fund a squad overhaul, which is likely to see a few defenders or midfielders fresh from a few impressive games in Qatar arriving at the King Power.

Mutliple players from a “dark horse” country will get big moves

There’s next to no chance that Kylian Mbappe or Harry Kane will cash in on an impressive World Cup by changing their clubs in the middle of a potentially successful season. However, a World Cup is always a chance for players from mid-tier nations to announce themselves to a football world and its player agents. Romania’s wonderful cameo in 1994 saw Gheorghe Hagi, Dan Petrescu and Ilie Dumitrescu, among others, make big moves. Although many “lesser” national teams already have players at top clubs these days – scouting is more extensive than ever – it would be no surprise to see Ghana, for example, go on a run to the last eight and several of their players win moves off the back of it.

Someone will get a move solely on World Cup performance and it won’t go well

Harking back once more to 1994, the Golden Boot in that year’s tournament was shared by Hristo Stoichkov, who played for some of Europe’s top clubs across the decade, and Oleg Salenko, who didn’t. Salenko scored six times during the tournament, with five of them coming against an ageing Cameroon side. These exploits won him a move to Rangers, where he barely featured before moving away just as quickly to Istanbulspor. It’s always tempting to move for someone off the back of a breakout tournament, but when most of that breakout happened in one game, it might not be the smartest move.

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Tottenham Hotspur chief Daniel Levy is notoriously tough when it comes to transfer negotiations and this has benefitted the club over the years.

The Spurs chairman has overseen some big-money departures during his time in north London, including the sales of Gareth Bale, Kyle Walker, and Luka Modric among others.

He has also opened the purse strings at times to sign the likes of Christian Romero, Richarlison, Tanguy Ndombele, and Moussa Sissoko, but to name a few.

Whilst not every transfer has been perfect, he has played some blinders in the market and one player he pulled off a masterclass with was right-back Kieran Trippier.

The club reportedly snapped him up from Burnley for a fee in the region of £3.5m – thanks to a release clause in his contract with the Clarets – in the summer of 2015.

He started out as a backup option to Walker at right-back and only played 22 Premier League matches in his first two campaigns under Mauricio Pochettino.

His compatriot’s move to Manchester City in 2017 opened up a space in the starting XI and Trippier, who currently plays for Newcastle United, grasped his opportunity with both hands as he nailed down the position as his own.

The gem, who was previously dubbed “underrated” and a “warrior” by England manager Gareth Southgate, averaged a superb SofaScore rating of 7.25 in the 2017/18 campaign as he played 24 matches in the top-flight and made 3.0 tackles and interceptions per match.

He followed that up by averaging a score of 7.23 in 2018/19 and made 3.4 tackles and interceptions per game across 27 appearances in the division.

Trippier recorded the third-highest and fourth-highest average ratings within the Spurs squad in those seasons respectively and this shows that he was one of the club’s top performers during that period of time.

He was then sold to LaLiga giants Atletico Madrid for a fee in the region of £20m in the summer of 2019 and this meant that Levy raked in a profit of roughly 471% on the initial £3.5m outlay to bring him to North London from Burnley back in 2015.

Tottenham enjoyed two fantastic years of service, along with another two as a squad option before his final years, from the England international and then made an enormous profit on him to conclude his time at White Hart Lane.

From a footballing and financial point of view, it was a terrific deal from start to finish and one that Levy can look back on as a success.

تذكر مارك كوكوريلا، نجم تشيلسي، رحيله عن صفوف نادي برشلونة، وذلك قبل مواجهة الفريق الإسباني يوم غدًا الثلاثاء ضمن منافسات بطولة دوري أبطال أوروبا.

تشيلسي سوف يستضيف نظيره برشلونة يوم غدًا الثلاثاء، ضمن دوري أبطال أوروبا لحساب الجولة الخامسة من مرحلة الدوري.

ويسعى تشيلسي للفوز على برشلونة، من أجل الاستمرار في نتائجه الإيجابية والتي يعيشها رفاق كوكوريلا خلال الفترة الأخيرة.

كوكوريلا خلال المؤتمر الصحفي الخاص باللقاء، أكد أن مواجهة الغد خاصة له للغاية ولعائلته، خصوصًا وأنه لاعب سابق في برشلونة.

ويعرف كوكوريلا برشلونة جيدًا، حيث شارك الظهير الأيسر مع البلوجرانا في الفئات السنية قبل الرحيل بعد ذلك إلى خيتافي ومنه إلى برايتون وأخيرًا تشيلسي.

وقال كوكوريلا في تصريحات نقلتها إيفننج ستاندرد: ”إنها مباراة مميزة جدًا لي ولعائلتي، لدينا فرصة للعب في دوري أبطال أوروبا وهي ليلة مميزة، إنها دائمًا مباراة جيدة بين الفريقين ونأمل أن نقدم غدًا مباراة جيدة ونحصد الثلاث نقاط”.

وأضاف كوكوريلا في حديثه: “مغادرة برشلونة؟ لكل شئ سبب، أنا سعيد جدًا بمسيرتي وبلعبي الآن مع تشيلسي”.

وأوضح: “إنه أسبوع مهم، جميع اللاعبين يرغبون في خوض هذه المباريات لما فيها من شعور خاص، الجميع مركزون ويبذلون قصارى جهدهم ولدينا فرصة جيدة وعلينا أن ندرك أن برشلونة وآرسنال مباراتان كبيرتان، لكنهما لا تتجاوزان حاجز الثلاث نقاط”.

وأردف كوكوريلا: “صحيح أننا نريد الفوز بجميع الألقاب، قبل أسبوعين عندما خسرنا أمام برايتون على أرضنا، قال الجميع إننا فريق صغير وغير مستعدين، الآن فزنا والآن يقول الناس إننا قادرون على المنافسة على الألقاب”.

اقرأ أيضًا .. ماريسكا مشيدًا ببرشلونة: فريق مذهل وعلينا اللعب بتوازن غدًا

وعن كول بالمر تابع الدولي الإسباني: ”بالتأكيد، نفتقد كول لبضع مباريات وقد لعب الفريق بمستوى جيد وفاز بمباريات مهمة، كول مهم جدًا لنا ونفتقده، نحن تشيلسي ولدينا العديد من اللاعبين ذوي الجودة وعلينا أن نؤدي بشكل جيد والأهم هو الفريق”.

وعن تعرض بالمر لكسر في إصبعه واصل كوكوريلا: “بصراحة، لا أصدق [يضحك] وهذه الأمور يمكن أن تحدث، إنها مفاجأة كبيرة لنا لأنه على وشك اللعب والتدريب معنا والآن يحتاج إلى الراحة، إنها جزء من كرة القدم”.

وقال: “ليس كافيًا الفوز بمباراتين ثم التراجع قليلًا، علينا أن نحافظ دائمًا على أفضل مستوياتنا إذا أردنا المنافسة على الألقاب الكبيرة”.

وعن مدرب تشيلسي، إنزو ماريسكا أضاف كوكوريلا: “هذا المدرب يحبذ الأفكار المختلفة، لدينا تشكيلات مختلفة ويجب علينا التكيف، أعتقد أن مركزي المفضل هو الظهير الأيسر لكنني سعيد باللعب في مركز متقدم والوصول إلى منطقة الجزاء، أنا سعيد بهذا، فالأداء يختلف من أسبوع لآخر”.

وعن موهبة تشيلسي، إستيفاو ويليان أوضح كوكوريلا في حديثه: “بالنسبة له لم تكن مباراة بالميراس ضد تشيلسي في كأس العالم للأندية سهلة، لأنه كان بحاجة إلى الركض كثيرًا وكنا نضغط عليهم، كان دائمًا يطلب الكرة وأتيحت له فرصة التسجيل، هو يلعب بابتسامة ويتمتع بطاقة منتعشة”.

وعن مواجهة نجم برشلونة، لامين يامال، اختتم كوكوريلا: ”من الصعب اللعب ضد مثل هؤلاء اللاعبين، لأنهم يمتلكون موهبة خاصة وجودة عالية، إنها ليست مباراة لامين يامال ضد كوكوريلا، إنها مباراة كبيرة ونحتاج لخوض مباراة كبيرة”.

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Nicolás Larcamón concedeu entrevista coletiva – em uma espécie de zona mista improvisada da Arena MRV – após a vitória do Cruzeiro sobre o Atlético-MG por 2 a 0, neste sábado (3). O técnico argentino elogiou a atuação do time e o triunfo sobre o rival, mas mantém os pés no chão.

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– Da maneira que se ganhou, sendo parte da construção como time, o time jogou muito pelo jogo, com consistência, mas é parte do processo. Temos que sustentar a humildade principalmente. Agora não é positivo se tomar atitude de perder humildade. É só um grande triunfo. Para a torcida é importante, mas para a gente é só um grande passo – afirmou Larcamón.

– A humildade, a convicção. O time jogou bem no segundo tempo, foi dominante, em campo foi o que vimos trabalhando. Um jogo com tudo contra. Tudo era para o rival. Minha equipe principalmente teve humildade e muita convicção do que sabe fazer – completou o treinador do Cruzeiro.

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Foi um jogo que foi muito consistente na performance, contra um grande rival, tem grandes jogadores, um excelente treinador. Mas foi um jogo inteligente, consistente. Soubemos dar os golpes nos momentos importantes do jogo. Não perdemos o controle do jogo. Isso é importante pra gente – finalizou, em conversa breve com a imprensa após a vitória do Cruzeiro sobre o Atlético-MG neste sábado (3)

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Will Jacks’ offspin, pace bowlers’ yorkers restricted SRH before the hosts cruised home

Karthik Krishnaswamy17-Apr-20250:55

Bangar: Hardik was spot-on with his captaincy

Mumbai Indians (MI) won an important toss, got the best of the conditions, and made excellent use of them to run away to their third win of IPL 2025, beating Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) by four wickets. They sent SRH in on an unusually sluggish pitch at the Wankhede Stadium and restricted them to 162 for 5. They then hunted down their target with 11 balls to spare, with a bit of help from dew – though not enough to force a ball change.MI’s biggest match-winner on the day was Will Jacks, who had made a quiet start to the season, but showed all his value in his sixth match with his new team. His 26-ball 36 was an important innings, but he made an even bigger impact with his offspin, bossing his match-up against SRH’s entirely left-handed top three and finishing with 2 for 14 in three overs.Jacks’ three overs allowed MI to delay their use of their Impact Player, even though they lost their legspinner Karn Sharma – Player of the Match in their last game against Delhi Capitals – to an injury before he could bowl a ball. Not being forced to bring on a bowler as his replacement allowed MI to sub in Rohit Sharma at the start of their chase, and he gave them impetus with an early cameo. With Ryan Rickelton, Suryakumar Yadav, Tilak Varma and Hardik Pandya also contributing handily, MI never allowed SRH’s bowlers to get a sniff.For all that, though, this was a match won by MI’s bowlers. Jasprit Bumrah executed best, but their other fast bowlers also played their part in constricting SRH with a plan heavy on slower balls and yorkers on a surface where powering the ball down the ground seemed impossible at times.This was why SRH only managed to post 162, despite a 59-run opening stand from Abhishek Sharma and Travis Head, both of whom enjoyed major slices of luck along the way. That SRH got that far was down to a strong finish, with the 18th and 20th overs bringing 21 and 22 runs respectively as Heinrich Klaasen, Aniket Verma and Pat Cummins hit the only five sixes of their innings.Plenty of luck but no fluency for SRHThe first over of the match was an ominous one for MI. Deepak Chahar found Abhishek’s edge first ball only for the overhead chance to burst through Jacks’ hands at slip. Then Head flicked uppishly only for the ball to fall short of the diving Karn at midwicket.The latter event happened in the third over as well, this time off Abhishek’s bat, and this time Karn’s futile dive also gave him a split webbing. He left the field and didn’t return to bowl.2:59

Are SRH effectively out of the race for top four?

Fortune smiled on SRH again in the tenth over, when Head was caught on the square-leg boundary off a no-ball from Hardik. But the bigger story was that Head was batting on 24 off 24 at that point, struggling to time the ball on a pitch where the ball simply wouldn’t come on to the bat. Abhishek had looked a little more fluent, scoring 40 off 27 before being caught on the point boundary off Hardik in the eighth over.That wicket had come right after another ominous moment for MI, when Hardik had pulled up in his follow-through with what seemed like an injury to his left shin or ankle. He even seemed to gesture to his dugout to call for a substitute, but in the end he dusted himself off and continued bowling.Jacks attacks his match-upSRH only scored 46 in the powerplay despite not losing a wicket, and while the slow, grippy conditions played their part, MI’s bowlers also used them beautifully, with Bumrah standing out, giving away just 10 runs in his two powerplay overs.MI brought on Jacks as soon as the powerplay ended, and he immediately began finding grip and turn. After Hardik had broken the opening stand in the eighth over, Jacks struck his first blow in the ninth, turning an offbreak sharply past the flailing bat of the charging Ishan Kishan to have him stumped.Then, changing ends to bowl the 12th over, Jacks ended Head’s miserable stay, having him caught at long-off for 28 off 29 balls.Klaasen, Aniket provide strong finishHead’s dismissal – a failure to clear the straight boundary – was a theme of SRH’s innings, with all their batters struggling for power down the ground. Only four fours came from the eighth to the 15th overs, and all four were hit behind the wicket. Klaasen and Nitish Kumar Reddy batted through most of this period, putting on 31 off 33 balls.A three-run 17th over from Trent Boult, which included the wicket of Reddy, caught at long-on, left SRH 115 for 4 with 140 looking a fair distance away.5:01

Bangar: SRH need one or two batters who don’t attack all the time

But they managed to collect 47 off the last three, with Klaasen, Aniket and Cummins finally ending their sixes drought. Two of the five sixes involved exquisite skill from Klaasen and Aniket over the covers, but three came off hittable full-tosses. There were seven full-tosses in all in the last three overs, suggesting that dew may have already started setting in.One of those full-tosses, however, came from Bumrah, who bowls the most unhittable full-tosses in world cricket, and bowled Klaasen as he attempted to make room. His 19th only went for four runs, sandwiched between expensive overs from Deepak Chahar and Hardik.MI get home without major hiccupsImpact sub Rohit took his chances early on, enjoyed a bit of luck, including an edged six over deep third, and hit a couple of trademark pulled sixes off his hip to give MI early impetus. Rickelton struggled early on, got going with three successive fours off Eshan Malinga, and enjoyed a strange stroke of luck when he was caught in the covers off Zeeshan Ansari only for an umpire’s review to confirm a no-ball – for keeper Klaasen’s gloves encroaching in front of the stumps before the batter had hit the ball. But Rickelton was out soon after, miscuing a Harshal Patel slower ball to backward point.Between them, though, the openers had shaved 57 runs off MI’s target.Then Jacks and Suryakumar combined for the decisive partnership of the match, putting on 52 for the third wicket in just 29 balls. They hit four sixes and a four in three overs from legspinners Ansari and Rahul Chahar – who came on as Impact Sub, replacing Mohammed Shami who still had an over of his quota remaining – who were still finding grip off this surface but ever so often erred in line or length.By the time Cummins broke this stand, MI needed 42 at less than a run a ball. Hardik hurried them towards victory, hitting a six and three fours – including a glorious back-foot punch through wide long-on off Cummins – and they finally got home at the start of the 19th over, after a bizarre 18th that brought Malinga two wickets for just one run.

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Má fase? O São Paulo vive um período atípico desde que Dorival Júnior assumiu o posto de treinador do clube. A equipe está sem vencer há cinco jogos, com quatro derrotas e um empate. Nas próximas duas semanas, haverá duas decisões: pela Copa Sul-Americana e pela Copa do Brasil.

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Mas o que estaria por trás desta sequência negativa do Tricolor? A reportagem do Lance! levantou cinco motivos que podem explicar algumas hipóteses do que está abalando a equipe nos últimos jogos.

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> Departamento médico cheio… E desfalques importantes
O departamento médico do São Paulo tem sido um problema desde o último ano. Até o duelo contra o Atlético-MG, no último final de semana, seis jogadores estiveram ausentes – ‘pouco’, se compararmos com outros momentos da temporada em que a equipe perdeu praticamente um time inteiro por desfalques. Entre esses atletas, alguns nomes fizeram a diferença, e Gabriel Neves talvez seja o maior exemplo. O uruguaio vinha de uma ótima sequência, sendo eficiente tanto na marcação quanto na criação e estabilizando o meio-campo da equipe. No entanto, o jogador sofreu uma fratura na costela durante o duelo contra o Palmeiras, pela Copa do Brasil, que o deixou de fora nos últimos seis jogos do Tricolor. Ao analisar os resultados e os desempenhos desde a sua última partida no clássico, a diferença no meio de campo fica nítida.

> Sequência dura de jogos
De fato, o São Paulo viveu sequências intensas de jogos nos últimos tempos. No último mês, foram praticamente decisões seguidas uma após a outra. Além da classificação para as oitavas de final da Copa Sul-Americana, enfrentou os clássicos contra o Palmeiras pela Copa do Brasil, o jogo de ida contra o San Lorenzo e o jogo de ida contra o Corinthians. Tudo isso ocorreu em um intervalo de pouco mais de um mês. Além dessas partidas decisivas, o Campeonato Brasileiro continuou acontecendo – e o São Paulo lutando para se manter em uma boa posição. A carga física é significativa e o desgaste mental também é relevante, especialmente considerando que muitos desses jogos foram jogos fundamentais para a temporada do Tricolor.

> Falta de criatividade
Nos últimos jogos, o São Paulo tem se comportado de uma maneira que chama a atenção. Pode-se até considerar que o São Paulo se tornou um time de ‘toca-toca’, com muitas trocas de passes e posse de bola, mas sem criar efetivamente chances de gol. Nos últimos cinco jogos, a equipe marcou apenas dois gols (contra o Cuiabá e o Corinthians) e foi vazada sete vezes. Nomes importantes no ataque e em posições de artilharia, como Calleri, têm se apresentado pouco também. Com nove gols na temporada, a última vez em que o camisa 9 balançou as redes foi contra o Santos, no clássico disputado em 16 de julho no Morumbi.

> Jogos fora de casa
Com recordes de público na temporada, o São Paulo jogou fora de casa três vezes nessa sequência mencionada anteriormente. Neste ano, o Tricolor jogou fora do Morumbi 22 vezes. Dessas 22 partidas, obteve nove vitórias, seis empates e sete derrotas. No entanto, enfrentou três derrotas consecutivas. Nas próximas semanas, o São Paulo ainda não terá uma sequência significativa de jogos em casa. Após a partida contra o San Lorenzo nesta quinta-feira (8), no Morumbi, a equipe já viajará no sábado (12), durante a tarde, para o Rio de Janeiro – onde enfrentará o Flamengo pelo Brasileirão.

> Desgaste mental após jogos decisivos?
Como evidenciado nos tópicos anteriores, o último mês do São Paulo não foi fácil. Além de estar envolvido em três competições e enfrentar diversos jogos fora de casa, as decisões não foram tranquilas, tampouco contra adversários fáceis. O São Paulo teve a “sorte” de ter dois clássicos decisivos na mesma competição – e ainda há um jogo de volta por acontecer contra o Corinthians, agendado para o dia 16 deste mês.

The external noise around Liverpool’s decision to sign both Hugo Ekitike and Alexander Isak this summer is curious, to say the least.

Already the volume has been cranked up as rivals look to pounce on any slight sense of a puncture to the harmony of Arne Slot’s squad, with both strikers billed as being among the best in the Premier League and indeed across Europe.

Ekitike is the understudy, but the French forward has scored five goals and laid on an assist across his first eight matches in a Liverpool shirt, starting six times.

He arrived from Eintracht Frankfurt for a hefty £69m fee, but that figure is minnowed by the record-breaking signing of Isak from Newcastle United, who, pre-season-less, has only started twice so far, scoring his first in the Carabao Cup against Southampton on Tuesday evening.

They are both in contention to take the talismanic berth from Mohamed Salah in the coming years, but then the Egyptian King hasn’t hung up his Liverpool laces just yet, and still wears the crown.

Salah's Liverpool future

In April, Salah extended his Liverpool contract, which now runs until the end of the 2026/27 campaign. In the months leading up to the joyous renewal, many thought he would leave on a free, and Virgil van Dijk too.

But Salah stays, having scored 34 goals and supplied 23 assists across all competitions last season, winning the full gamut of individual accolades and lifting the Premier League title for the second time in a Liverpool shirt.

It’s been a somewhat slow start to the season for the right winger, with his ageing legs being considered by some as a reason behind the ostensible decline.

Decline? Salah has scored three goals and provided three assists across seven matches so far this season, and he now carries less responsibility on his shoulders, with Ekitike and Isak jostling for a place in the starting line-up and thus

Even as he embraces his veteran status, Salah remains a valuable commodity on the transfer front. Indeed, according to Transfermarkt, he is still worth £44m.

Isak and Ekitike, young and rising superstars, dwarf him, but there’s another forward in Liverpool’s squad whose market price has shot up in recent times, and he’s an underrated gem for Slot, no doubt about it.

Liverpool's underrated forward

Liverpool are a team of many parts, with Slot and Richard Hughes clearly focusing on establishing greater strength in depth, so as to not only defend the Premier League title claimed last year but also challenge for the various prizes dotted about other forks in the road.

There has been plenty of talk about Ekitike playing off the left, allowing both him and Isak to work together. The former is a central striker, but his athleticism and pace lend themselves to such a role, should he be required. According to FBref, Ekitike ranks among the top 7% of strikers across Europe for progressive carries and the top 15% for shot-creating actions per 90.

But Liverpool, of course, have another who is more than competent on the left wing. In January 2023, Liverpool signed Cody Gakpo from PSV Eindhoven for an initial £35m fee.

Gakpo, 26, has chalked up 135 appearances since signing for Liverpool, scoring 42 goals and supplying 19 assists. His first term under Slot’s wing was indisputably his most productive, having posted 18 goals and seven assists across all competitions en route to the title.

And this while flitting in and out of the starting line-up. Gakpo ranked among the top 5% of positional peers in the Premier League last year for goals scored per 90.

He hasn’t started the campaign as prolifically as he might have liked, especially after notching a goal and two assists from his opening two games, blanking thereafter, but the Dutchman remains a real threat, so settled into his left-sided role for Slot.

Cody Gakpo in the Premier League

Season

Apps

Goals (assists)

25/26

5

1 (2)

24/25

35

10 (4)

23/24

35

8 (5)

22/23

21

7 (2)

Data via Sofascore

But the underlying data from his showings thus far says much of his form, creating two chances and winning 7.2 duels per game.

He might not have Salah’s potency, nor the same degree of output as Isak or Ekitike, but Gakpo offers so much to this Liverpool side, with pundit Peter Crouch even remarking last season that he had “gone up a level” since Jurgen Klopp was replaced by Slot.

It’s hardly a surprise that the £35m fee paid now looks an absolute bargain, with Gakpo recorded to boast a market price of £61m.

Whether Liverpool would actually entertain the Netherlands star’s sale for a figure so comparatively low is up for debate, but it’s certain that he would not leave for a lesser figure.

It’s worth noting that Gakpo, praised by Klopp for his “special” qualities, is of an age akin to Salah’s when the experienced superstar first alighted on Merseyside. He still has so much room for growth, and that £61m price tag is hardly a fixed point as he enters his prime.

Liverpool fans are excited for the present, but Liverpool have built a team capable of challenging in the future too. Rio Ngumoha is a testament to that, the teenage winger billed as a prodigy.

However, ousting Gakpo from his berth will take some doing, and the Dutch talent will continue to thrive in a high-flying Liverpool side over the coming years, an unsung hero.

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A CBF divulgou nesta manhã de terça-feira (4), a análise em vídeo do presidente da comissão de Arbitragem da CBF, Wilson Seneme, sobre os lances polêmicos da última rodada do Brasileirão 2023.

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O chefe do apito brasileiro admitiu que o zagueiro Zé Ivaldo deveria ter sido expulso por conduta violenta para cima do atacante Endrick, no lance que originou o pênalti para o Palmeiras logo aos três minutos de jogo entre Athletico-PR e Verdão, no último domingo.

Durante o ‘Papo de Arbitragem’, Seneme afirma que o pênalti para o Palmeiras foi muito bem dado, mas que o árbitro Jean Pierre errou na interpretação do lance, uma vez que julgou a cotovelada como um lance temerário e de disputa de bola.

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O árbitro será convidado para um período de reciclagem e deve ficar longe dos gramados pelas próximas rodadas do Brasileiro.

– A regra é muita clara em relação a isso. Quando diz que não estando o cotovelo, o braço, associado junto a uma disputa de bola, indo de encontro ao adversário imediatamente, passa a poder se interpretar como uma ação de conduta violenta. Como não seria conduta violenta? Se não tivesse força suficiente, mas ele põe o braço flexionado, faz o movimento adicional, contra a cabeça do atacante do Palmeiras. Para nós, deveria, sim, ter sido considerada a expulsão – disse Seneme.

Após assumir o erro, Seneme teve que escutar protestos da maior torcida organizada do Palmeiras, que foi até o Rio de Janeiro na manhã desta terça-feira (4), exigir mais justiça aos jogos do Verdão neste Brasileiro. O protesto aconteceu na porta da CBF e Seneme foi um dos alvos da Mancha Alviverde.

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حرص النجم ليونيل ميسي على تقديم رسالة دعم لمنتخب الأرجنتين تحت 20 عامًا بعد خسارته أمام نظيره منتخب المغرب منذ قليل في نهائي كأس العالم للشباب.

وواجه منتخب المغرب نظيره الأرجنتين في نهائي كأس العالم للشباب في تشيلي، في الساعات الأولى من صباح اليوم.

وتمكن أسود الأطلس من تحقيق إنجاز تاريخي بعدما فازوا على الأرجنتين بهدفين دون رد (لمطالعة التفاصيل من هنا).

وبمجرد انتهاء المباراة، سارع النجم ليونيل ميسي إلى حسابه الشخصي بموقع إنستجرام من أجل دعم الشباب.

وكتب ميسي: “ارفعوا رؤوسكم يا شباب! لقد قدمتم بطولة رائعة، ورغم أننا كنا نتمنى جميعًا أن نراكم ترفعون الكأس، إلا أننا شعرنا بفرحة غامرة تجاه كل ما قدمتموه لنا، وفخر كبير برؤيتكم تدافعون عن ألواننا السماوية والبيضاء بقلوبكم”.

Birmingham City won’t be entering into the Championship happy to just make up the numbers as Chris Davies’ men move back up to the tricky division with a new lease of life.

Last time the Blues were in the second tier, they depressingly sunk down to League One as years of mistreatment off the pitch and dire results on it culminated in the St. Andrew’s giants finally falling off the cliff.

Now, they’re back and better than ever after a monumental 111-point haul saw them coast to the title, with plenty of new signings rumoured to be entering through the door to help them acclimatise back to the EFL’s top league.

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It’s not the most bizarre claim to suggest that Tom Wagner and Co could even go back in for former star Nathan Redmond, considering the 31-year-old has just been released by Burnley and was a breathtaking watch donning a Birmingham strip during the fledgling stages of his career.

Redmond's standout spell at Birmingham

Before the likes of Jude Bellingham put Birmingham on the footballing map as a sensational St. Andrew’s prodigy, Redmond was the original golden child developed by the West Midlands side.

The Birmingham-born ace would excite and enthral his loyal set of supporters in equal measure throughout his stint at the club, leading to Norwich City picking up the pacey winger for around the £3.2m mark in 2013.

Therefore, the temptation to bring him back for nothing must be palpable, with Redmond triumphantly rejoining to add to his sizeable tally of nine goals and 11 assists.

But, Birmingham could also set their sights elsewhere in attempting to land a gung-ho right winger in the same vein as Redmond, with one target constantly linked with a switch to the Blues causing havoc in League One, much like the 31-year-old was once capable of.

Birmingham could now sign their next Redmond

After all, it would be a major risk on Davies and Co’s end to expect their former homegrown product to be as electric as he once was on his return, considering the one-time England international’s last two seasons have been horribly plagued by injury.

Therefore, Birmingham should go all full steam ahead to try and snap up the services of Peterborough United ace and reported target Kwame Poku, with the entertaining Ghanaian perhaps the second coming of Redmond.

Whilst Redmond has only been fit enough to feature 18 times for the Clarets across those two last campaigns, Poku – on the other hand – has been ripping League One to shreds as a captivating attacker down the right flank, much like the injury-prone veteran in his prime.

Last season, Poku would tally up a hefty 23 goal contributions from just 31 games, adding to his equally impressive 20 goal contributions the campaign prior.

Poku’s numbers for Peterborough by position

Position played

Games

Goals

Assists

RW

100

25

19

AM

50

4

8

RM

19

3

5

LW

14

2

3

CF

3

0

0

LM

2

1

0

Sourced by Transfermarkt

Moreover, the 5 foot 10 forward is also capable of playing down the left wing and through the middle as a number ten like his soon-to-be free agent counterpart.

Therefore, Birmingham coming out on top to snap up the “outstanding” star – as he has been lauded by football journalist Lukman Evergreen – would be a real signing of intent, with the 23-year-old superstar also potentially linking up with the likes of Jay Stansfield and Alfie May to devastating effect.

Of course, there will be a lot of sentimentality on the end of Blues supporters regarding that possible reunion with Redmond.

But, with all of his injury issues taken into account, alongside Poku now excelling in what Redmond used to do so well, this might well be a necessary signing for Davies’ men to make in the here and now to unsettle the Championship.

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