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da bwin： Whilst Arne Slot’s reign has got off to a fine start, concerns over Mohamed Salah’s Liverpool future has reportedly seen the Reds turn towards one of the most exciting wingers in European football.

Liverpool transfer news

da bwin： The Reds have barely skipped a beat under their new manager, but that’s not to say it was an easy summer in the build-up to Slot’s first campaign in charge. Those at Anfield left their business late and failed to sign a defensive midfielder for the second consecutive summer after Martin Zubimendi reportedly turned down the chance to complete a move in favour of staying loyal to boyhood club Real Sociedad.

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Posts 1 ByAngus Sinclair Sep 27, 2024

Whilst Ryan Gravenberch has since emerged to take that role with both hands and arguably make a claim to be Liverpool’s player of the season so far, other problems are beginning to mount on Merseyside. As things stand, Virgil van Dijk, Mohamed Salah and Trent Alexander-Arnold are all set to leave Liverpool at the end of the season.

Despite all three players’ contracts coming to an end and none of the trio suggesting that they would like to leave, fresh offers are yet to be confirmed, as Salah revealed when speaking about his situation after the Reds beat Manchester United earlier this season.

However, in the event of the Egyptian’s exit, it seems as though those at Anfield have a plan in place. According to reports in Spain, Liverpool chiefs are now determined to sign Nico Williams if Salah does leave next summer.

The Athletic Bilbao winger, who has also reportedly attracted the attention of Manchester United and Barcelona, is one of the best wingers in European football, as highlighted by his recent role in Span’s Euro 2024 triumph.

"Superb" Williams one of few who could replace Salah

Replacing Salah is a near-impossible job, that much is clear. The Anfield legend may even go down as the greatest winger that the Premier League has ever seen, having picked up three Golden Boots and won everything there is to win in English football during his time at Liverpool. So when he does leave, be that next summer or in years to come, Liverpool have the toughest of tasks on their hands. But that’s when Williams could come in.

A player yet to reach his peak, the £167,000-a-week star is already proving himself on the biggest stage, having scored the opening goal against England as Spain set course for Euro 2024 victory a few months ago. Praised for his “superb” performance against Barcelona earlier this year by Football Talent Scout’s Jacek Kulig, Willams is arguably one of the few who are talented enough to fill Liverpool’s eventual Salah void.

After scoring eight goals and recording a staggering 19 assists last season, it is clear that Williams is destined for the top, which could yet feature a move to Anfield to replace Salah.

“There’s only one explanation: we batted poorly. After batting well in the first innings in Durban, we couldn’t repeat it”

Mohammad Isam11-Apr-2022

Bangladesh’s captain Mominul Haque has admitted that his team has been out of sorts ever since the first innings of the Durban Test, which the visitors lost by 220 runs. Bangladesh’s poor form with the bat continued into the second Test as well, as they were bowled out for 80 in the fourth innings in Gqeberha, their second sub-100 score in the series. For the second straight game, Bangladesh capitulated against spin, losing all 10 of their wickets to Keshav Maharaj and Simon Harmer.”There’s only one explanation: we batted poorly,” Mominul said. “We couldn’t play team-wise. After batting well in the first innings in Durban, we couldn’t repeat it again in the Test series. Batting by session, batting for time, these things went missing. You have to play well in every session. We have to improve a lot. We are not the No. 1 team in the world. But we are still at the same place before the (Mt Maunganui) win.”Related

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Mominul claimed that Bangladesh don’t play spin well, even though it is quite well known that the players are born and bred in spinning tracks. The only difference between the pitches in Bangladesh and those in South Africa during this series was the bounce.”Everyone knows we don’t play spin well, except one or two of us. We have to improve our square-of-the-wicket shots. (Yasir Ali) Rabbi and I shouldn’t have tried to play those shots over the top. It would have been better had we tried to play it square of the wicket. The better option was to play it along the ground.”There is a fundamental difference between wickets here and the sub-continent. In our conditions, one can use sidespin. Here, it doesn’t really work. Here, overspin is useful. Our bowlers are more used to sidespin. One has to go through a lot of technical changes for overspin. There’s also the difference between domestic and international level.”Mominul said that Bangladesh couldn’t afford to play with five bowlers, mainly because they usually want to have seven batters in their line-up at all times.”Do we ever play with five bowlers? It is tough for us to play five bowlers. Our batting gets weakened. We are a lower-ranked team. We are not the No. 1 team in the world. When we can be a No. 4 or 5 ranked team, we can play with five bowlers. I think this is logical.”

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da premier bet： Após sair na frente em um jogo duro contra o Fluminense, o Palmeiras acabou sofrendo o empate já na reta final da partida e acabou conquistando apenas um ponto, o que o deixa estagnado na tabela do Brasileirão-2022. O lance que deixou o placar em 1 a 1, foi lamentado não apenas pelo torcedor, mas também pelo elenco.

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Em entrevista na zona mista do Allianz Parque após o duelo, Murilo lamentou o vacilo defensivo que a equipe teve quando tinha o resultado nas mãos. O zagueiro revelou que os jogadores já conversaram sobre isso e prometeram que não irá acontecer mais.

-Acho que no primeiro tempo o time foi bem equilibrado, a gente conseguiu manter a bola lá na frente, chegando no ataque, mas no segundo tempo a gente deu uma bobeada na transição, mas isso a gente já conversou para não acontecer mais.

-Foi um lance que não poderia acontecer, uma transição no fim do jogo, não podia acontecer, mas aconteceu, já conversamos e não vai acontecer mais – reforçou o defensor alviverde.

Murilo também ponderou sobre a atuação do árbitro Sávio Pereira Sampaio, que na visão do zagueiro acabou prejudicando o ritmo do jogo ao parar para marcar muitas faltas. Segundo ele, o time queria jogar, mas não conseguiu devido ao duelo ter ficado truncado.

-Foi um jogo em que os dois times quiseram ganhar, vai acontecer sempre, a gente sempre vai entrar para ganhar na dividida, vai acontecer o que aconteceu, mas é natural ali, o árbitro estava amarrando o jogo, a gente queria colocar a bola para rodar e o árbitro estava parando muito – declarou.

Com o empate, o Verdão conquistou apenas um ponto e tem somente seis na tabela do Brasileirão. Diante dos 15 disputados até aqui, o aproveitamento é bem baixo e deixa a equipe longe dos líderes na classificação. No entanto, Murilo afirmou que o elenco tem trabalhado muito para levar o clube para as primeiras posições.

-A gente vem trabalhando muito forte para manter a pontuação lá em cima. Isso aí é com trabalho, com dedicação, a gente vem se empenhando muito e com certeza a gente vai passar essa tranquilidade fazendo pontos fora de casa para manter o time lá em cima – concluiu o zagueiro palmeirense.

O Palmeiras agora desliga a “chavinha” do Brasileirão e foca suas atenções na Copa do Brasil, já que na próxima quarta-feira enfrenta a Juazeirense, às 19h, no Estádio do Café, em Londrina. Na primeira partida, o time de Abel Ferreira venceu por 2 a 1, na Arena Barueri, e pode se classificar para as oitavas de final com um empate.

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da luck： Chelsea through the years have been seen as a ruthless club, discarding both players and managers if things aren’t going their way.

da stake casino： A relentless pursuit for success has its casualties; youth players being sold, club legends being phased out, and elite managers having their time cut short. Chelsea would do whatever was necessary to chase instant success in the past, even if it led to some uncomfortable conversations and decisions.

This was a successful method for the Blues over the years, winning five Premier League titles, two Champions League trophies, and five FA Cups, along with two Europa League trophies, and three League Cups.

That said, they’ve not always got it right in the transfer market. Current Arsenal star Kai Havertz is a fine example of that.

Kai Havertz at Chelsea

Chelsea signed Havertz in the summer transfer window during 2020 under then-manager Frank Lampard at the time. Havertz cost Chelsea around £71m and in the process became their second most expensive signing ever behind Spanish goalkeeper Kepa Arrizabalaga.

Havertz made 139 appearances for the Blues in all competitions, scoring 32 goals, providing 12 assists, and totaling 9,022 minutes played.

This includes scoring one of the biggest goals in Chelsea’s history, with the only goal in the 2021 Champions League final, in which the Blues were victorious, beating Manchester City 1-0.

However, as time went on, the London outfit struggled to find the goals upfront, with Havertz being used more often as a number nine than a midfielder under Thomas Tuchel, which saw the German leave for Arsenal in 2023 for a fee of around £65m, allowing Chelsea to recoup most of what they spent on the German.

Other midfielders signed in the following years, including Atletico Madrid loanee and then World Cup winner Enzo Fernandez.

Saul struggled for game time while Fernandez has at least become a regular. That said, at a similar time they could have brought one of the game’s global superstars to the Bridge.

When Chelsea tried to sign Jude Bellingham

According to talkSPORT, Chelsea worked ‘tirelessly’ to try and tempt Jude Bellingham away from Birmingham way back when most of England’s top clubs were ready to fight for the young midfielder.

Despite putting in lots of background work, Dortmund signed Bellingham for around £25m in 2020, Chelsea then moving onto Havertz and acquired him instead.

Bellingham is regarded as one of the best players in world football now, having moved from Dortmund to Real Madrid last summer, for a whopping £88.5m initial fee, with huge add-ons, which could see the deal become worth £115m. So staggering has the English talent been in Madrid that his market value has now increased to a remarkable £152m, as per Transfermarkt.

Comparing the seasons of both players for the 2020/21 campaign, it is important to note that Bellingham was only 17 years old at this point but he still put up some phenomenal numbers, and as we all know, he has now become a truly special player.

Bellingham vs Havertz (2020/21)

Stats (per 90 mins)

Bellingham

Havertz

Goals

0.13

0.35

Assists

0.13

0.24

Progressive Carries

1.32

3.01

Progressive Passes

4.87

4.41

Shots Total

1.57

1.94

Passes into Final Third

4.15

2.15

Shot-Creating Actions

2.08

3.01

Tackles

2.75

1.37

Blocks

2.11

1.29

Interceptions

1.18

0.52

Stats taken from FBref

Back in 2020, Bellingham was in a more box-to-box role, compared to Havertz who was more of an attacking midfielder.

You can see their different qualities and roles, with the English superstar averaging better passing metrics, due to his deeper positioning and responsibility to progress the ball, as well as his extra defensive responsibilities, averaging more tackles, blocks and interceptions per 90 minutes.

Havertz had more G/A output, boasting a higher shot volume and a better progressive carry rate at the time but Bellingham has now morphed into a complete midfielder over the years, learning to use his body even better, increasing his carrying capabilities to the highest level.

He is a brilliant asset for duels due to his height and frame, but also adding more goals and assists, having scored 23 goals and provided 13 assists for Madrid last season. If Chelsea had gone all in for Bellingham, things could be very different now, that’s for sure.

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Posts ByEthan Lamb Sep 18, 2024

كشف بيب جوارديولا، المدير الفني لفريق مانشستر سيتي، عن كامل سعادته بعد الفوز القاتل في مباراة الأمس على أستون فيلا في بطولة الدوري الإنجليزي الممتاز.

واستضاف ملعب “الاتحاد” مباراة الفريقين في خضم منافسات الجولة الرابعة والثلاثين من الدوري الإنجليزي، حيث فاز مانشستر سيتي بهدفين لهدف.

وعزز مانشستر سيتي آماله في إمكانية التأهل إلى دوري أبطال أوروبا الموسم المقبل، حيث ارتفع رصيده إلى 61 نقطة في المركز الثالث، لحين خوض باقي المتنافسين مباريات تلك الجولة.

وقال جوارديولا، في تصريحات نشرتها شبكة “بي بي سي” العالمية: “أنا سعيد للغاية، لقد تأهلنا إلى نصف نهائي الكأس في آخر 5 مباريات، وننافس على التأهل إلى دوري أبطال أوروبا”.

وأضاف: “أستون فيلا فريقٌ يُقاتل حتى آخر رجل، إنه أحد أفضل الفرق في أوروبا، لقد لعبنا بشكل جيد للغاية، كنا عدوانيين في المواجهات الثنائية، وكان خط الدفاع الرباعي مذهلاً”.

وواصل: “كرة القدم مليئة بالعاطفة، بالنسبة للجماهير واللاعبين، لدينا ضغط كبير على النادي للتأهل إلى دوري أبطال أوروبا، تصرف اللاعبون بشكل لا يُصدق، نحن سعداء للغاية”.

واسترسل: “دوكو؟ إنه يستطيع خلق شئ ما بفضل سرعته، كان الأداء جيدًا حقًا، وتمكنا من تحقيق الفوز”.

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وأوضح: “الحقيقة هي أن ما يجعلك تشعر بأن الموسم جيد هو الدوري الإنجليزي، وليس دوري أبطال أوروبا، وليس كأس الاتحاد الإنجليزي، بل هو ثبات المستوى في الدوري الإنجليزي، ولم نكن كذلك، كان لدينا موسم سيء”.

وشدد: “لكن هذا وارد، أحيانًا تمر بمواسم سيئة لأسباب عديدة يعلمها الجميع، حتى النهاية نحاول الحد من الضرر، كما قلت، خضنا موسمًا سيئًا، لا يهم إذا تأهلنا إلى نهائي الكأس أو تأهلنا إلى دوري أبطال أوروبا”.

واستكمل في تصريحات أخرى نشرتها صحيفة “إندبندنت” الإنجليزية: “أعتقد أن ليفربول هو من يحسم الفوز في اللحظات الأخيرة، خاصةً مع تكرار ذلك تحت قيادة كلوب وكذلك آرسنال مع أرتيتا، لسنا معتادين على ذلك”.

وأفاد: “لذك أنا سعيد جدًا بالهدف الذي سجلناه في النهاية، لأننا كنا ننافس فريقًا مثل أستون فيلا، كنت سعيدًا جدًا، يجب أن أعترف بذلك”.

واختتم: “إذا كنت تعمل في مجال كرة القدم، فأنت تعيش خيبات الأمل، ولكن هناك دائمًا لحظات جيدة، لقد قاتل الفريق كثيرًا، وكان الأداء جيدًا، إنه فريق رائع”.

كشفت تقارير صحفية، عن رغبة يورجن كلوب المدير الفني السابق لفريق ليفربول الإنجليزي، في العودة من جديد للعمل من داخل الملعب، وسط أنباء حول خلافته لـ أنشيلوتي في ريال مدريد.

ويعمل كلوب حاليًا مدير عمليات كرة القدم في شركة “ريد بول”، وهو منصب جديد للألماني الذي اعتاد على التواجد داخل الملعب وعلى حدود المستطيل الأخضر.

وارتبط كلوب بتدريب فريق كرة القدم الأول بنادي ريال مدريد، لخلافة كارلو أنشيلوتي الذي يقترب من الرحيل، في ظل النتائج السيئة للنادي الملكي مؤخرًا.

صحيفة “Uol” البرازيلية، أكدت أن يورجن كلوب قرر العودة بداية من الموسم المقبل لكرة القدم، ويفاضل الآن بين عرضين وهما المنتخب البرازيلي وريال مدريد.

وكشفت بأن كلوب تحدث مع أحد المقربين منه، أنه لن يقبل بمغادرة شركة “ريد بول”، إلا إذا انضم للمنتخب البرازيلي أو فريق ريال مدريد.

المنتخب البرازيلي يعاني مؤخرًا، وارتبط بالتعاقد مع بيب جوارديولا وكذلك كارلو أنشيلوتي، مع تزايد أنباء رحيل جيسوس عن الهلال السعودي وتولي قيادتهم في ظل الأزمة التي يمر بها السيليساو.

المدرب الألماني، من المعروف عنه أنه رجل المشاريع طويلة الأمد، مثلما فعل مع ماينز من 2001 وحتى 2008 قبل الانضمام إلى بوروسيا دورتموند ليستمر معهم حتى 2015.

وأخيرًا، أنجح تجارب الألماني مع ليفربول في الفترة من 2015 وحتى 2024، ليرحل ويترك مكانه لـ أرني سلوت المدرب الهولندي.

راتب كلوب مع ريد بول، حسب ما أفادت الصحيفة البرازيلية، يتراوح ما بين 12 لـ14 مليون يورو سنويًا، ورحيله سيكون بمثابة مفاجأة للشركة التي كانت تنوي القيام بالعديد من المشاريع والتطوير مع المدرب الألماني.

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da bet sport： Antes da sequência de boas atuações do Flamengo de Paulo Sousa, uma das deficiências do time vinha sendo a ineficiência dos volantes em meio ao rodízio do treinador. Mas, nos últimos jogos, a dupla formada por João Gomes e Thiago Maia deu liga e tem auxiliado na engrenagem rubro-negra, seja na fase defensiva ou ofensiva, como ocorreu no empate sem gols com o Palmeiras, na última quarta. E Paulo Sousa terá um dilema logo menos: e o Willian Arão?

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da betsson： Como Pablo foi contratado para ser um líderes da zaga, é natural imaginar o Flamengo com o camisa 30 entre os titulares, possivelmente em vaga hoje ocupada por Willian Arão, no lado direito da defesa.

Portanto, a dúvida é se Arão voltará a concorrer por vaga no meio ou seguirá como opção na zaga, onde tem atuado de forma sólida e sido bastante elogiado por Paulo Sousa, sobretudo, pela qualidade na saída de bola.

Aliás, impulsionado pela ótima fase de Gomes, eleito o melhor jogador da rodada passada e autor de um assistência na vitória sobre o São Paulo, Thiago Maia está em evolução e sendo fundamental na verticalização das jogadas.

– Encontrei mais um jogador que está crescendo, que dá soluções com a bola nos primeiros momentos de construção. Ele tem capacidade de melhorar cada vez mais o posicionamento e ocupação do espaço, assim como o entendimento entre ele e o João e a lateralidade. A necessidade de que a equipe tem de ter os dois, para ver o jogo para frente, também como apoio para movimentos e capacidade de articulações, saltar linhas de pressão. Podem melhorar mais nos duelos e no último terço do campo, por ver mais longe e ter mais profundidade. Mas espero que outros também possam crescer porque são posições de grande desgaste mental e físico. É uma época longa, com esse ritmo intenso como foi hoje, necessitamos de todos – salientou Paulo Sousa.

Sobre a dupla Gomes-Maia, o camisa 8 lembrou que a função de volante era a que Paulo Sousa exercia (e bem) quando era atleta e sublinhou o entrosamento que vem tendo com o Garoto do Ninho na cabeça de área.

– O Paulo foi volante, ganhou vários títulos e só temos a aprender com ele. Temos que escutá-lo. Eu aprendi muito com o João também, e ele comigo. Somos garotos, mas parece que nos transformamos dentro de campo. Fico feliz de estar atuando ao lado dele. É um moleque que vai estourar mundialmente. Espero jogar muitos anos com ele aqui, espero que não vá embora – disse Thiago Maia.

Apesar de ser canhoto, Thiago Maia tem atuado pelo lado direito do meio, enquanto Gomes, destro, pelo esquerdo. O fato de ambos estarem com o “pé trocado” é uma estratégia do Mister para otimizar os passes em profundidade, o que tem colaborado com a fluidez nas transições ofensivas.

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Thiago Maia foi o jogador em Flamengo x Palmeiras que mais acertou passes, segundo o site “Footstats”: 53. Boa parte para Everton Ribeiro (8), por exemplo. E Gomes foi, disparado, o líder de desarmes (o que tem sido uma tônica): oito.

Com boa movimentação e intensidade na marcação, os dois têm se complementado e reduzido as brechas para a concorrência. Por fora, correm Andreas Pereira e Diego Ribas, além de Arão, que tem a confiança de Paulo Sousa, mas ainda não a certeza de onde brigará por vaga quando Pablo tiver 100% quanto às condições de jogo/ritmo, o que ocorrerá a curto prazo.

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Neste final de semana, o Flamengo visita o Athletico, na Arena da Baixada. O jogo, válido pela terceira rodada do Brasileirão, será no sábado, às 16h30.

“This is where the Khawajas are from. This is my home”, he said after a century in the country of his birth

Andrew McGlashan12-Mar-2022He wasn’t going to miss out this time. With a nudge into the leg side, Usman Khawaja ran through for his 100th run. Another Test hundred, but not just any Test hundred.Having fallen three runs short of the milestone in Rawalpindi – near the city of his birth Islamabad – a few days ago, the celebrations could come in the city that his family hails from. He had four relatives in the stands in Karachi after all.”This is where the Khawajas are from. This is my home,” he told the host broadcaster. “Would have been nice to get a hundred both [ in Rawalpindi] and here, but I’ll take this one.”Related

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Not for the first time in the series, cries of “Khawaja, Khawaja” rang around the stadium. “The fans have been great, they’ve been so supportive, I couldn’t ask for more,” he said. “I love it because you can tell they want Pakistan to win…but you can also tell they are very supportive of me.”This has been an extraordinary comeback to Test cricket which has now brought three centuries in six innings along with a 97. If ever there was a sliding-doors moment, it was Travis Head’s positive Covid-19 result before the Sydney Test which created the spot for Khawaja’s return.”It does feel right now like things are going pretty nicely, but I know the game can change pretty quickly,” he said. “I’m just enjoying the journey. I’m at a point in my career where it’s more about enjoyment than anything else. Nothing lasts forever; I understand that.”This was another supremely crafted century. It began at a reasonably high tempo as he and David Warner played aggressively against the new ball. Khawaja was on 34 off 44 balls at the first drinks break and brought up his fifty from 69 deliveries, but then reined things in with the double loss of Warner and Marnus Labuschagne. The next fifty runs would take 124 deliveries as the ball softened and Babar Azam became increasingly defensive with his tactics.When Warner was dismissed, Australia were 82 for 1 off 18 overs with the remaining 72 overs bringing 169 runs and just another 79 in a 36-over final session. However, Khawaja said they were determined not to give Pakistan anything as they tried to stop the scoreboard, having had batters fall to the leg-stump line in Rawalpindi.A batter would hope to fill their boots in conditions that have been presented across the first six days of this series – Labuschagne’s face after being run out for a duck showed the feeling of missing out – but after none of Australia’s top order could convert in the opening Test, it was important the first player with an opportunity to do so here took advantage.Unbeaten on 127 at the close, Khawaja will be eying a huge score after the loss of Steven Smith late on the first day – his wait for a century goes on after Faheem Ashraf’s spectacular slip catch – meaning Pakistan do have an opening at a middle order that remains inexperienced in these conditions.There were a few hints that this pitch may break up as the game progresses, and Khawaja expected that it would. Nauman Ali got one to spin sharply past Smith’s edge to bring a nod of approval, and Sajid Khan, during a largely disappointing display, made one grip which took a leading edge from Khawaja but landed safely.As predicted before the game, it also appeared reverse swing would be more of a factor in this contest. The most compelling passage of the opening day was when Shaheen Shah Afridi, in a spell of 4-4-0-0, and Ashraf got the ball to move before tea. And neither of them bowled again until the second new ball was taken.”It was reversing pretty big in that middle session, and just got really hard to score,” Khawaja said. “We just had to grind. Me and Smithy knew that. If we saw an opportunity to score we were looking for it, but we weren’t presented with many. They bowled well in the middle session, and then [in] that last session, the spinners went a little bit negative to the leg side.”Australia will want to go very big in this first innings – Khawaja spoke of 500 – not least because it will help debutant legspinner Mitchell Swepson to operate without too much concern of runs conceded. Khawaja’s day had started with a heartfelt speech as he presented Swepson, who he captains for Queensland, with his baggy green.He recalled being in the Australia dressing room on Swepson’s first tour in 2017 and thinking it would not be long before he played a Test only for it to eventually take five years. For Khawaja though, the opportunity to play in the country of his birth has been a much longer wait and for some time appeared may never happen. Instead, the homecoming is complete.

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Arsenal look set to be without Mikel Merino, Declan Rice and Martin Odegaard for their trip to Spurs, giving the Gunners a real selection headache.

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It is believed Arteta is planning to use Raheem Sterling as a false-nine against Tottenham, dropping Kai Havertz back into midfield, as they also sweat on Riccardo Calafiori's fitness after the defender picked up a calf injury on international duty.

While supporters anxiously wait for official injury updates ahead of Spurs, some very good news has at least come out of the club today. Indeed, widespread reports claim Arteta has just agreed a new three-year contract with Arsenal, which will keep him at the club until 2027.

The Spaniard's current deal was set to expire at the end of this season, prompting some concern over Arteta's long-term future, but Arsenal no longer have to worry about retaining their manager as they continue to work together for the foreseeable.

Arteta is rumoured to have a big say on Arsenal transfers and regularly holds internal discussions with sporting director Edu Gaspar over whom to bring in. Now that the 42-year-old has committed his future to the club, it is believed there is one player in particular very high on his wishlist.

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According to Inter Live, Nerazzurri striker Marcus Thuram is seriously wanted by Arteta. The Frenchman has started 2024/2025 in fine form, scoring four goals over his opening three Serie A starts of the new season, following up a 23/24 campaign where he bagged 13 goals and seven assists in Serie A alone.

This form has not gone unnoticed in London, as it is claimed Arteta "dreams" of signing Thuram for Arsenal, and he is even prepared to offer striker Gabriel Jesus plus a substantial amount of money in a player-plus-cash bid.

It is unclear whether the Serie A champions would entertain such an offer, but other reports have stated that Inter value Thuram at no less than £68 million. The former Borussia Monchengladbach forward has averaged an impressive 3.7 shots at goal per 90 so far this season, and a very high match rating of 8.27 according to WhoScored.

Robin Uthappa not in Kerala squad due to injury, Sanju Samson expected to join once fit

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Indian Test wicketkeeper Wriddhiman Saha has opted out of Bengal’s Ranji Trophy squad for “personal reasons”. A Cricket Association of Bengal official confirmed this development to ESPNcricinfo but did not elaborate on what the exact reason might be.It could not be verified whether the Indian selectors or team management have had a word with Saha recently about his future and whether that prompted the 37-year old to skip the league phase of Ranji.With Rishabh Pant firmly in place as India’s first-choice wicketkeeper, Saha has been the back-up in India’s Test squads. However, given his age, and KS Bharat exhibiting excellent glove-work when he came on as a substitute during India’s home Test series against New Zealand in November-December 2021, the selectors have two keepers in their 20s to call on. Bharat, who is 28, has been a regular with India A for the past few years.Related

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In Saha’s absence, Bengal have picked Sakir Habib Gandhi and Abishek Porel as their wicketkeeping options.Meanwhile, there was another senior player missing from his team for the Ranji Trophy, with Robin Uthappa not part of the Kerala squad. It is understood that Uthappa is recovering from a hamstring injury he suffered during the Syed Mushtaq Ali T20s in December. He is expected be back to full fitness soon, but is likely to miss the league phase of the Ranji Trophy, which ends before IPL 2022 starts in late March.Uthappa, who hit match-turning knocks in the semi-final and final of IPL 2021 for defending champions Chennai Super Kings, has listed his base price at the maximum – INR 2 crore – for the IPL 2022 auction that will take place on February 12 and 13.Sanju Samson was also not named in the Kerala squad, but that is because he is undergoing rehab at the National Cricket Academy in Bangalore. The Kerala Cricket Association said in a statement that Samson was expected to join the team once his fitness was cleared.Bengal are in Elite Group B of the Ranji Trophy, with Baroda, Hyderabad and Chandigarh. They will play their matches in Cuttack.Kerala are in Elite Group A, alongside Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh and Meghalaya. Their matches will take place in Rajkot.The Ranji Trophy was not played last season because of the Covid-19 pandemic and will be held in two phases this time, before and after the IPL. It was originally scheduled to begin on January 13 but was postponed because of the third wave of infections across the country due to the covid-19 pandemic.Bengal squad: Abhimanyu Easwaran (capt), Manoj Tiwary, Sudip Chatterjee, Anustup Majumdar, Abhishek Kumar Raman, Sudip Kumar Gharami, Abishek Das, Writtick Chatterjee, Ritwik Roy Chowdhury, Abishek Porel (wk), Shahbaz Ahamed, Sayan Sekhar Mondal, Akash Deep, Ishan Porel, Mukesh Kumar, Kazi Junaid Saifi, Sakir Habib Gandhi (wk), Pradipta Pramanik, Geet Puri, Nilkantha Das, Karan Lal, Ravi KumarKerela squad: Sachin Baby (capt), Vishnu Vinod (vice-capt, wk), Anand Krishnan, Rohan Kunnumel, Vatsal Govind, Rahul P, Salman Nizar, Jalaj Saxena, Sijomon Jopseph, Akshay K C, Mithun S, Basil N P, Nideesh M D, Manu Krishnan, Basil Thampi, Fanoos F, S Sreeshanth, Varun Nayanar (wk), Vinoop Manoharan, Eden Apple Tom.