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Life as a homegrown, academy talent is never straightforward, not least at a club like Manchester United, with those who rise up into the first team often met with lofty expectations and intense scrutiny.

Early goodwill shown toward a young prospect from supporters can often be replaced by negativity, with the modern game particularly obsessed with looking further afield for new talents, rather than promoting from within.

A current example could well be Kobbie Mainoo, with the 19-year-old having enjoyed a stunning 2023/24 campaign which resulted in a call-up to England’s Euro 2024 squad. Fast forward less than a year, however, and the injury-hit teenager has become something of a forgotten man, with talk having been rife in January regarding a swift departure.

Thankfully, there have reportedly been positive talks over a new contract for the midfield maestro, with it looking as if his long-term future is set to remain at Old Trafford.

Unlike Mainoo, however, not every member of Ruben Amorim’s squad will still be at the club next term, with the Red Devils and INEOS perhaps set to face their own Trent Alexander-Arnold scenario this summer.

Man Utd's notable homegrown exits

Perhaps the worst-kept secret in football in recent months had been Alexander-Arnold’s desire to depart for Real Madrid, with the 26-year-old’s future having been the centre of heated debate in Liverpool, amid his expiring contract.

As was widely reported on Tuesday, it looks as if that long-awaited switch is finally coming close to completion, with the Englishman – who had been a product of the club’s academy – set to end his Anfield affiliation in order to make the move to Spain this summer.

Those of a United persuasion will certainly remember losing one of their own to Madrid in the not-too-distant past, with Class of 92 star David Beckham departing on a £25m deal in 2003, following a dispute with manager Sir Alex Ferguson.

Subsequent years also saw Beckham followed out the door by former youth team colleagues, Phil Neville and Nicky Butt, with the pair joining Everton and Newcastle United, respectively, amid the search for increased game time.

As those cases epitomised, not every graduate can reach the status of Ryan Giggs, Paul Scholes, and Gary Neville as a one-club man, with more recent times having also seen a raft of homegrown, academy sales at Old Trafford.

Indeed, just last summer, the new INEOS regime cashed in on Scott McTominay, with the midfielder joining Napoli on a £25m deal. Prior to that, Anthony Elanga had made the move to Nottingham Forest for £15m in 2023, while James Garner moved to Goodison for £9m in 2022.

Those deals, it must be said, appeared to be club-led amid the current PSR demands, with few having perhaps been as high profile as that of Alexander-Arnold’s impending switch – until now, that is.

Man Utd's own Alexander-Arnold situation

Much to the frustration of those on Merseyside, the playmaking full-back appears intent on severing ties with his boyhood club in search of a fresh adventure abroad, with the decision to depart on a free transfer set to be a particularly contentious one.

As far as United are concerned, the sale of Marcus Rashford this summer would prove far less controversial, considering his exile from Amorim’s ranks, although it would be a similar situation with regard to the end of his lengthy stay in Manchester.

The 27-year-old – who is currently on loan at Aston Villa – could be in line for a permanent switch to his temporary home, with the Midlands side holding a £40m option to buy at the end of the season.

How Rashford compares to PL forwards

Stat

Record (per 90)

Ranking

Non-penalty goals

0.31

Top 23%

Assists

0.23

Top 33%

Shot-creating actions

3.51

Top 44%

Pass completion

72.7%

Bottom 38%

Progressive carries

2.36

Bottom 25%

Progressive passes

2.52

Bottom 28%

Successful take-ons

1.30

Bottom 45%

Tackles

0.99

Bottom 23%

Aerial duels won

0.46

Bottom 44%

Stats via FBref

Like Alexander-Arnold, however, Rashford appears to have his eyes set further afield, with reports rife in January that the forward was intent on sealing a dream move to Barcelona, having outlined his desire for a “new challenge” back in December.

There is then a very real prospect that the £300k-per-week United man could be lining up against his England colleague in LaLiga next term, should he get his wish, with reports this month again linking the Camp Nou giants with a summer swoop.

Again, unlike Alexander-Arnold, the manner and timing of Rashford’s exit would not be controversial, but like his compatriot, he has certainly been a major talking point at United in recent years.

Much like the debate over the Liverpool man’s future potentially being in midfield, rather than at right-back, there have long been question marks over Rashford’s role as a striker or a left-winger.

In any case, an exit has become almost inevitable in truth, not least since he was left out of the Manchester Derby back in December.

That appeared to be the latest sign of his woes, having also been punished by former boss Erik ten Hag last season, following a trip to Belfast ahead of the FA Cup clash with Newport County. As journalist Liam Canning put it, he had become a “major major problem”.

After the highs of scoring 30 goals in 2022/23, just 15 goals have followed in the last 18 months or so, with the decision to move him on to Villa Park marking the beginning of a sad end to his Red Devils association.

When a likely move does occur this summer, Rashford will be able to look back on five major trophies, and 138 goals for the club in all competitions. ‘Trent’, meanwhile, will have chalked up well over 80 assists and collected his own gamut of silverware.

For differing reasons, these two local heroes will be moving on this summer, with both players perhaps feeling a fresh start is needed. For both men, this is not the way most thought it would end.

As they say, ‘you either die a hero or live long enough to see yourself become the villain’…

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Posts ByRobbie Walls Mar 25, 2025

Veteran spinner answers England SOS to take on Australia after two years out

Matt Roller07-Jun-20231:38

Is Moeen Ali actually an upgrade on Jack Leach?

Moeen Ali has reversed his retirement from Test cricket and been added to England’s Ashes squad after answering an SOS call from the team’s management.Moeen confirmed to ESPNcricinfo on Monday night that he had been asked to consider a potential call-up following an injury to Jack Leach, who went for scans after England’s 10-wicket win over Ireland at Lord’s which revealed a lower-back stress fracture.He held discussions with Ben Stokes, Brendon McCullum and Rob Key – England’s captain, coach and managing director respectively – and the ECB announced on Wednesday morning that Moeen has agreed to return to Test cricket. He has been added to England’s squad for the first two Ashes Tests at Edgbaston and Lord’s.”We reached out to Mo early this week about returning to Test cricket,” Key said. “Having had a couple of days to reflect, Mo is excited to join the squad and play Test cricket again.”His vast experience, along with his all-round ability, will benefit our Ashes campaign. We wish Mo and the rest of the squad well for the Ashes campaign.”The other main contenders to fill the vacancy created by Leach’s injury were Rehan Ahmed and Will Jacks – who both took Test five-wicket hauls in Pakistan in December – and Liam Dawson, who represented a like-for-like replacement as a left-arm spinner.Moeen has not played a first-class match in nearly two years•AFP/Getty Images

Moeen has not played a first-class match since his retirement from Test cricket, which he announced in September 2021 after England’s series against India. He told ESPNcricinfo at the time that he had struggled to “get in the zone” during that series, saying: “I just felt like I wasn’t in it.”He has won the T20 World Cup with England and two IPL titles with Chennai Super Kings since his retirement, and has represented various franchises around the world in between his international commitments. He has also returned to Warwickshire, his home county, and spent the last week captaining their Vitality Blast side.But since McCullum and Stokes took over a year ago, Moeen has become increasingly open to the idea of returning to Test cricket. He said last summer that he would “love” to play under the new regime: “They are both very aggressive and I think I would suit their cricket a bit more.”He gave serious consideration to a return for England’s December tour to Pakistan after discussions with McCullum, but eventually opted against due to the prospect of spending more time away from his family during a busy winter of white-ball cricket.Related

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England’s squad will report to Birmingham on Tuesday and have three training days before the start of the series at Edgbaston on June 16. The venue is Moeen’s home ground, but he has not played a red-ball game there since the first Test of the 2019 Ashes, when he took 3 for 172 in the match and was then dropped.Moeen will likely bat at No. 8 if selected but is not a certain starter at this stage. Spinners often play a peripheral role at Edgbaston – only three wickets have fallen to spin in three County Championship games at the venue this season – and with Stokes’ fitness to bowl still unclear, England may be tempted to field an all-seam attack supplemented by Joe Root’s offbreaks.He has struggled against Australia in the past, with 20 wickets at an average of 64.65, though those figures include a gruelling 2017-18 tour in which England’s dearth of spin resources saw him play all five Tests despite ripping his spinning finger open on the seam of the ball early in the tour.

While Trent Alexander-Arnold’s name is dominating the news at the moment, it’s important to remember that he’s not the only Liverpool player expected to leave this summer.

Though Arne Slot’s side are heading toward the Premier League title, there’s little question that the Reds need to make a series of changes to challenge across the biggest fronts in the years to come.

There aren’t many Redmen who need to leave this summer, but you’d have to say that Darwin Nunez is one of them.

Darwin Nunez has reached the end

When Nunez arrived at Liverpool in the balmy summer of 2022, anticipation was rife. Nearly three years on, there’s an overwhelming sense of resignation as Nunez reaches the end of his time at Anfield.

Across 136 appearances, the 25-year-old has scored 40 goals and provided 24 assists, which isn’t a bad tally unto itself, but when considering £85m was forked out for Nunez’s signature, it makes for grim reading.

Moreover, he’s missed 53 big chances in the Premier League since his debut, a staggering number, made worse by the fact he’s only bagged 25 goals in the division, as per Sofascore.

Having come close to leaving for Al-Nassr in the Saudi Pro League in January, the £140k-per-week striker’s day may be done sooner rather than later, especially with Liverpool getting ready to sign a new number nine.

Nunez’s day is done, sadly. However, he’s not the only member of Slot’s frontline who’s in the firing line this summer.

Slot must cash in on struggling Liverpool star

As Liverpool settle into the Slot era, it’s time for changes to be made. Federico Chiesa is the only player to be welcomed through Anfield’s gates so far, and he was a cut-price, low-risk addition at that.

Nunez has been reduced to a bit-part role this year and patently needs a change of scenery to scramble back into the limelight, but he’s not the only one toiling.

Indeed, Mohamed Salah can only carry so much, and Diogo Jota’s long-standing injury issues appear to have finally caught up with him, for he has endured a torrid run of form over the past several months.

The Portugal international, 28, is typically an elite-standard marksman, breathtaking in the consistency of his finishing. But his skill has deserted him. In fact, Jota has gone 11 matches in all competitions without scoring a single goal.

Below, take a look at Liverpool’s highest earners in a table which excludes the ‘big three’ who are all out of contract this summer.

Liverpool – Top Earners 2024/25*

Rank

Player

Age

Salary

1.

Andy Robertson

31

£160k-per-week

2.

Alisson Becker

32

£150k-per-week

2=

Alexis Mac Allister

26

£150k-per-week

2=

Ryan Gravenberch

22

£150k-per-week

2=

Federico Chiesa

27

£150k-per-week

6.

Darwin Nunez

25

£140k-per-week

6=

Diogo Jota

28

£140k-per-week

*Excluding Salah, Van Dijk, Alexander-Arnold

Data via Capology

Nestled at the bottom, Jota and Nunez. The former has been a staple of Liverpool’s journey over the past several years, signing from Wolverhampton Wanderers for £45m in 2020, right after Premier League and Champions League titles had been conquered.

Earning £140k per week, Jota has actually raked in over £30m – and cost £75m in total – since joining Liverpool and while he’s deserved his pay packet, it’s not exactly small. If he can no longer produce the goods to his former level, it becomes unjustifiable.

Indeed, Sky Germany reported at the start of the month that Jota has been made expendable by FSG, joining Nunez on that list. BBC Sport analyst Raj Chohan has acknowledged Jota has a “deadly” strike, but that it has sadly abandoned him right now.

Though it seems improbable that Liverpool will make sweeping changes across the frontline, selling Nunez and Jota would free up ample room for investment, perhaps freshening the ranks with two additions who could fire Slot’s project even further into the ascendancy.

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Posts 1 ByAngus Sinclair Mar 28, 2025

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O elenco do Botafogo passou por mudanças. Foram dez chegadas na janela de transferências, que se encerrou nesta segunda-feira. O técnico Luís Castro, que bateu na tecla da necessidade de reforços durante alguns jogos da temporada, recebeu nomes para o elenco.

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Agora, contando com jogadores que podem ir e vir do time sub-23 de acordo com a necessidade, o plantel conta com 39 peças. Vale ressaltar que o número ainda pode diminuir: a janela europeia ainda está aberta – Barreto, por exemplo, tem conversas para defender o RWD Molenbeek, clube de John Textor na Bélgica.

O LANCE!mostra todas as opções que o treinador Luís Castro conta no clube de General Severiano.

Goleiros: Douglas Borges,Gatito Fernández, Igo Gabriel* e Lucas Perri;
Laterais-direito: Daniel Borges, Rafael e Renzo Saravia;
​Laterais-esquerdo: Carlinhos, DG*, Fernando Marçal e Hugo
​Zagueiros: Adryelson, Joel Carli, Kanu, Lucas Mezenga*, Philipe Sampaio e Victor Cuesta;
​Volantes: Barreto, Danilo Barbosa, Del Piage, Kayque, Luís Oyama, Patrick de Paula e Tchê Tchê;
Meias: Eduardo, Gabriel Pires, Jacob Montes, Lucas Fernandes e Lucas Piazon;
Pontas-direito: Gustavo Sauer e Vinícius Lopes;
Pontas-esquerdo: Diego Gonçalves, Jeffinho, Luís Henrique, e Victor Sá;
Atacantes: Erison, Junior Santos, Matheus Nascimento e Tiquinho Soares

* Podem ser chamados pelo time sub-23 eventualmente

كشفت تقارير صحفية أن نادي بايرن ميونخ الألماني، يضع عينه على أحد لاعبي فريق ليفربول الإنجليزي، تمهيدا للتعاقد معه خلال الفترة المقبلة.

ويسعى بايرن ميونخ لتدعيم صفوف الفريق، آملاً في حصد مزيد من الألقاب خلال موسمه القادم تحت قيادة مدربه كومباني.

وبحسب ما ذكر الصحفي فلوريان بليتنبرج بـ “سكاي ألمانيا”، يرى بايرن ميونخ صفقة مناسبة في ليفربول، حيث يرغب الفريق الألماني في التعاقد مع الكولومبي لويس دياز، خلال سوق الانتقالات الصيفي الجاري.

بايرن ميونخ يريد تدعيم مركز الجناح الأيسر، وجمع النادي جميع المعلومات المتعلقة بدياز، البالغ من العمر 28 عامًا، ولكن لم تُجرَ أي محادثات مع ليفربول حتى الآن.

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دياز قد يغادر ليفربول إذا تلقى عرضًا مناسبًا، بالإضافة إلى ذلك، يبحث ليفربول أيضًا عن جناح جديد، ومن جانبه يواصل بايرن ميونخ تقييم المزيد من الخيارات، ودياز الآن على قائمة اهتمامات النادي الألماني.

وارتبط لويس دياز بمغادرة الفريق الإنجليزي، مع وجود اهتمام من جانب برشلونة الإسباني وكذلك النصر السعودي، حيث يسعى كلاهما لتعزيز الهجوم.

وسبق وأوضحت تقارير أن دياز يميل لفكرة اللعب لبرشلونة، باعتباره فريق طفولته المفضل كما صرح والده من قبل.

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Sempre no limite. Assim vem sendo escrita a história do São Paulo nas copas do Brasil e Sul-Americana, em que a equipe está na semifinal após passar fortes emoções. Os pênaltis desta vez não vieram no empate em 2 a 2 com o América-MG, nesta quinta-feira (18), no Independência, mas foi o suficiente para selar a classificação. E nos vestiários o técnico Rogério Ceni enalteceu o orgulho pelo momento do clube e a comunhão com a torcida, que lotou o seu setor no estádio mineiro e foi o destaque .

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-Acho que é motivo de orgulho o time estar em duas semifinais, e a presença da torcida aqui acho que tinha mais, porque ouvi mais a torcida do São Paulo do que a do América, que é bonita também. Sabemos que a torcida é nosso combustível, faz festa no Morumbi e hoje foi fundamental, e hoje quando mais precisávamos, no final, não pararam de cantar um minuto. Acho que ele estão orgulhosos. Por um período muito triste por tudo que foi feito, eles veem jogadores com paixão. A torcida viu um time colocar o São Paulo na final do Paulistão, semifinal da Copa do Brasil e Sul-Americana.

Ceni destacou também o espírito de luta do Tricolor, que vem superando as adversidades enfrentadas nos mata-matas.

-O São Paulo é um time que não se entrega, luta até o final. É um time que aprendeu. Às vezes falam que o zagueiro tem que jogar, e o atacante marcar. O zagueiro tem que defender e jogar. O atacante fazer gol e ter seu papel na marcação. Eu não conheço o futebol de outro jeito. Esses caras, dentro das dificuldades.

-Tinha gente na terceira rodada do Paulistão falando que não ia dar certo. O São Paulo está numa situação muito difícil e esses jogadores estão ajudando muito o São Paulo. Uma pena não ganhar o Paulista, mas ver o São Paulo em duas semifinais em um período de colapso financeiro é motivo de orgulho – completou o comandante são-paulino.

Um dos maiores jogadores da história do Tricolor, Ceni credita a motivação por títulos do clube como combustível para se conseguir manter vivo o espírito de luta.

-A eliminação às vezes pesa demais num trabalho futuro. A cada classificação gera motivação para o próximo jogo, gera expectativa de campeão. Não há nada melhor para um jogador do que a motivação. Já enfrentamos Palmeiras, América-MG… Todos times de Série A. Na Sul-Americana, jogos duros também. O fato de gerar a expectativa de ser campeão é o melhor combustível. Acho que isso é o principal, mentalidade de ser campeão. Por mais dificuldades que tenha, a gente ainda está vivo em todas as competições.

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واصل منتخب مصر للناشئين تحت 17 عامًا، تدريباته خلال معسكره المقام حاليًا، في إطار الاستعداد لمنافسات كأس العالم في قطر.

ويستعد منتخب مصر للناشئين لخوض منافسات كأس العالم للناشئين، التي تقام خلال الفترة من 3 إلى 27 نوفمبر المقبل بمشاركة 48 منتخبًا لأول مرة في تاريخ البطولة.

وأسفرت القرعة، عن وقوع منتخب مصر تحت 17 عامًا في المجموعة الخامسة مع منتخبات إنجلترا وفنزويلا وهايتي.

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وحرص الدكتور مصطفى عزام، المدير التنفيذي للاتحاد المصري لكرة القدم، والكابتن علاء نبيل المدير الفني للاتحاد على حضور مران منتخب مصر.

وخاض لاعبو المنتخب الوطني تحت 17 عاما بقيادة أحمد الكاس، مرانا قويا استمر حوالى ساعتين شهد التركيز على بعض الجمل الفنية والتكتيكية.

ويخوض المنتخب الوطني تدريباته على فترتين صباحا ومساء، من أجل رفع معدل اللياقة البدنية للاعبين.

Allrounder feared his ship had sailed in Test cricket, now he looks locked in for the Ashes finale

Vithushan Ehantharajah11-Jul-2023It has been three years since Chris Woakes first took England over the line with the bat in a Test match. A score of 84 not out, the bulk of which came in a stand of 139 with Jos Buttler, helped chase down 277 in the fourth innings to win the first of a three-match series against Pakistan.It would be underselling the occasion to say last Sunday’s events at Headingley were a world away, as Woakes’ unbeaten 32 helped England to a target of 251 to keep the Ashes alive. The world itself was a very different place.Back in 2020, life had come to a sudden, jarring halt due to the Covid-19 pandemic. With the threat of losses for English cricket in the region of £380 million, the ECB created bio-secure bubbles at Emirates Old Trafford and the Ageas Bowl to honour their broadcast deals, subsequently limiting that figure to just over £100 million. All international and domestic fixtures in the 2020 summer were played behind closed doors, meaning the stands were empty for Woakes’ first bout of fourth-innings heroics.It felt like a microcosm of the Warwickshire allrounder’s career. As reliable a performer as he has been for England across all formats, he rarely gets the spotlight, particularly when operating in a team alongside Ben Stokes. In Leeds, however, with Stokes watching on from the home balcony having been dismissed for 13, Woakes produced a measured innings to seal victory by three wickets in the third Test against Australia, cheered on by a raucous packed house and a peak audience of 2.05 million on Sky Sports.”It literally doesn’t get any better than that, I don’t think,” Woakes said. “The feeling of that roar, the Western Terrace going mad.”Personally, in my biased opinion, it would have been better if I was doing it in front of the Hollies [at Edgbaston]. It’s pretty special. It’s pretty cool. Amazing feeling. I think you don’t hear the crowd as much out there as you do when you’re on the sides. But, it’s just special. If you could bottle that up forever and come back to it, you would.”Arriving at the crease with England’s chase on the rocks on 171 for six, Woakes initially played second fiddle to Harry Brook, who was eventually dismissed on 75. The 34-year-old then assumed the leading role with Mark Wood, as the pair finished the job with a stand of 24 from 14 balls, with Woakes striking Mitchell Starc through cover point for the winning boundary.Woakes claimed six key wickets in the course of a memorable allround performance•Getty Images

After England had closed the previous evening on 27 for 0 – needing another 224 for victory as the fourth day dawned – Woakes had figured any role he would play in the final act would be more akin to Jack Leach’s famous 1 not out inHeadingley’s 2019 Ashes Test, than the epic 135 not out at the other end that Stokes had scripted on that famous day. Given he played a more substantial part in proceedings, how did it feel to mimic the man himself?”I don’t know about that, I don’t know about that!” Woakes protested at the assertion his knock was akin to Stokes’ heroics. “I felt a tiny bit about how he felt at Headingley last time round.”But it’s just amazing to get over the line and beat (Australia). You are always coming into these days believing you’re going to get over the line, but they’re always going to be tight, aren’t they, regardless? You always feel like there’s going to be a twist. I felt like me and Brooky were cruising and he made an unbelievable knock to get 75 and play the way he did. But there was always a twist and I’m just delighted to get over the line.”Woakes’ first appearance in this series was also his first cap since March 2022, which he had also feared might be his last as England’s 1-0 loss away to the West Indies that followed a 4-0 Ashes defeat. Five wickets at 48.80 in the Caribbean after just six at 55.30 in Australia certainly felt like the end of the road. And though he is rated highly by Stokes who became Test captain at the start of the 2022 summer, a right knee injury which eventually required surgery that ruled him out of the entire home season looked to have set him exclusively on the white-ball path.But over the course of the winter, he would add a T20 World Cup winner’s medal to his 50-over one from 2019, along with nine more limited-overs caps in bilateral series. But his ambitions to play more Test cricket still burned bright.Related

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Woakes duly ruled himself out for the IPL to tune up with Warwickshire in the County Championship, and looked to be in line for a recall against Ireland until the England management opted to blood Worcestershire’s Josh Tongue instead. He was fully fit for the first two Ashes Tests too, but he bided his time and made a profound impression in his first outing. Along with his runs were figures of three for 73 and three for 68 in the first and second innings respectively, and not a tailender among them, as he claimed the crucial wickets of Marnus Labuschagne, Travis Head, Mitchell Marsh (twice), Usman Khawaja and Alex Carey.While he always hoped he would add to his 45 caps coming into this summer, Woakes admitted to wondering if his time was up.”It’s quite emotional actually,” he said. “You sometimes think the ship has sailed, of course you do. Especially when the team is going so well last summer and I wasn’t involved, obviously I had injuries and stuff. You do wonder whether that ship has sailed. But I made a big decision at the start of summer not to go to India and, you know, it’s days like this make that sort of decision pay off, comfortably.”Given the balance Woakes gives the side, taking some of the bowling strain off Stokes who continues to manage a chronically injured left knee, while lengthening the batting, his place in the XI for the remainder of the series seems like a no-brainer. He proved his durability, too, with 35 overs in the match at a consistent pace, and stepped up when Ollie Robinson was unable to bowl in the second innings.The fourth Test begins on July 19 and will be Woakes’ first time back to Manchester since that 2020 performance. Though he is not looking too far ahead with regards to keeping his place, he expects England to arrive believing they can continue on what would be a remarkable comeback to win the Ashes. Especially with the pressure on Australia to not let things slip having come into the third Test 2-0 up.”It’s always been there, in that dressing-room the belief is we can win 3-2,” Woakes said.”You don’t want to look too far ahead, you have to play what’s in front of you, each ball, each day, each session, each Test match as it comes. I’d imagine when you’re so close to getting something, the harder it gets, and I’m sure the Aussies will be feeling that now. Once you get so close to something, it’s actually hard to get that over the line, isn’t it?”We’ve got turn up in Manchester and put in another performance. They’re a bloody good side, they’re an extremely good side. We’re going to have to be at our best to beat them again.”

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Os jogadores do São Paulo que não foram relacionados para a derrota por 1 a 0 para o Flamengo, na quarta-feira (14), no Maracanã, resultado que eliminou o clube na semifinal da Copa do Brasil, se reapresentaram na manhã desta quinta-feira (15) para a realização de atividades no CT da Barra Funda.

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O treino começou com ativações físicas no gramado. Na sequência, foram feitos trabalhos de trocas de passes, enfrentamentos de ataque contra defesa e finalizações.

Antes do encerramento, os jogadores foram divididos em dois times para trabalho técnico em campo reduzido.

Participaram do treinos como Bustos, Ferraresi e Felipe Alves, não inscritos no principal mata-mata nacional, além de Arboleda, Luan e André Anderson, que se recuperam de contusão.

Os jogadores que participaram da partida no Maracanã ganharam folga do técnico Rogério Ceni e só voltam aos trabalhos na sexta-feira (16).

– Eu pretendo dar 24 horas de descanso para eles. Depois de amanhã, preparar o jogo para o Ceará. Os que jogaram hoje fazem um treinamento mais leve na sexta. Aí no sábado a gente define o time para o jogo com o Ceará. Hoje nós viemos com todos os atletas que tínhamos a disposição, 20 jogadores de linha. Tem mais três que ficaram fora pela inscrição. Teremos que fazer um time muito competitivo. Lá é difícil de jogar e agora a gente enfrenta times que descansam a semana inteira. Isso traz uma diferença nessa parte. A opção do final de semana de ter jogado com um time novo foi para igualar, ao menos, a parte física – disse Ceni.

– Precisamos aproveitar o máximo que temos, a parte física, técnica, enquanto o Del Valle tem um jogo só agora dia 17, se não me engano, nós temos dois jogos ainda vindo puxado do dia de hoje, mas não podemos largar. Chegou um ponto que não podemos deixar de lado o Brasileiro. Vamos tentar jogar com a maior força possível, tanto contra o Ceará quanto contra o Avaí. Vamos tentar adiantar esse jogo, ter um espaçamento maior da final, que se pressupõe que pode ter prorrogação. São Paulo é o time que mais jogou no Brasil esse ano – completou Ceni.

O próximo compromisso do Tricolor será ante o Ceará, às 16h (de Brasília) de domingo (18), fora de casa, pelo Brasileirão.

Além da Sul-Americana, prioridade absoluta do ano pelas circunstâncias, o Brasileirão é um esqueleto que nunca deixou o armário tricolor. Não é para menos. A equipe está na 13ª colocação com 31 pontos, cinco de distância para a zona de rebaixamento.

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أوضح نادي إنتر ميلان الإيطالي، حقيقة ما ورد في الصحف بشأن مفاوضات نادي برشلونة الإسباني، للتعاقد مع دينزل دومفريس في السوق الصيفي الحالي.

وأفادت تقارير إسبانية قبل أيام، أن خوان لابورتا رئيس برشلونة وديكو المدير الرياضي، عقدا اجتماعًا مع خورخي مينديز وكيل اللاعبين الشهير.

مينديز كان في برشلونة ليلة تجديد عقد نجم الفريق الشاب لامين يامال، وورد أن برشلونة اجتمع معه واستعلم عن إمكانية التعاقد مع دومفريس.

ويُقال إن المدرب هانز فليك يرغب في ضم ظهير أيمن جديد ليتنافس مع جول كوندي، ومن الخيارات التي يدرسها الفريق، دينزل دومفريس.

ووفقًا لبييرو أوسيليو، المدير الرياضي لإنتر ميلان، بحسب ما أوضح موقع “فوتبول إيطاليا” لم يتواصل برشلونة بعد مع إنتر ميلان بشأن دومفريس.

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وقال عن مفاوضات برشلونة لضم دومفريس: “لا، لم نتلقَّ أي شيء منهم، ولم يكن هناك أي شيء قط، أؤكد وجود شرط جزائي، وقد وُضع في وقت عصيب، ولكن برأيي، أحسنا صنعًا في حماية إرث النادي”.

وأضاف: “جددنا عقد دومفريس في وقت كان فيه خطر حقيقي بفقدانه كلاعب حر، أؤكد لكم أن هذا الشرط أخافكم أكثر مما أخافنا، إنتر مرتاح، وهو سعيد بالبقاء”.

ويعمل برشلونة على تجديد دماء الفريق، بإبرام تعاقدات جديدة والعمل على تجديد عقود نجومه الشباب، بالإضافة لفتح الباب أمام رحيل بعض اللاعبين، استعدادًا للموسم الجديد.