كشفت تقارير صحفية منذ قليل أن ساوثهامبتون يسعى جاهدًا لاستعارة خدمات أحد مهاجمي ليفربول في اليوم الأخير من سوق الانتقالات الشتوي.

وستنتهي فترة الانتقالات الشتوية لهذا العام في الساعات الأولى من صباح الغد الثلاثاء.

وذكرت شبكة “سكاي سبورتس” العالمية، أن ساوثهامبتون قدم عرضًا لضم نيكو ويليامز من نادي ليفربول، ولكن الأخير رفض (لمطالعة التفاصيل من هنا).

وحسب شبكة “ذا أثلتيك” الإنجليزية، فإن الأمر لا يقتصر على هذا فقط، بل يسعى ساوثهامبتون لاستعارة اللاعب تاكومي مينامينو من ليفربول هذا اليوم.

وكان اللاعب الياباني قد انتقل إلى ليفربول في يناير الماضي قادمًا من سالزبورج.

ولم يشارك صاحب الـ26 عامًا إلا في 8 مباريات مع الريدز هذا الموسم.

وأوضحت الشبكة أن المفاوضات بين ليفربول وساوثهامبتون مستمرة، ولكن لا يوجد أي اتفاق نهائي حتى الآن.

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Wolves’ pre-season got off to the ideal start after Nuno Santo’s men won the Premier League Asia Trophy on Saturday afternoon.

The Midlands outfit defeated Newcastle 4-0 last week before then beating Manchester City in the final on penalties after the score finished 0-0.

One of the star performers was Ruben Vinagre, who after being introduced on 63 minutes proved a handful for Man City.

At one point he ghosted past a marker with a pirouette before going on to score in the penalty shoot-out too.

And his display had Wolves fans drooling over him on Twitter after the game.

One supporter tipped him to be a Ballon d’Or contender in the next ten years whilst another said he could be the catalyst for a lot of goals next season.

The 20-year-old received widespread praise as a further supporter said he’d light up the competitions he plays in. One fan simply said they were lucky to have Vinagre.

The Portuguese only started seven matches in the Premier League last term, featuring ten times as a substitute.

However, on the evidence of supporters, it appears as though they want him to play more often in 2019/20.

Here’s the best of the reaction.

Harry Kane had a season that was blighted by injury but despite that he still scored a respectable 17 goals in the Premier League.

Tottenham were surprisingly capable of clinching results without him, however, as a handful of attacking players stepped up in his absence.

Heung Min-son was unstoppable at times but when Kane returned from injury Son’s performances seemed to dip.

Sam Chippeck, who can be seen in the video above filling out his Panini Tabloid, believes that Mauricio Pochettino must find a way to get the best out of Tottenham’s front three next year.

Check out Sam’s thoughts on Kane in full in the video above.

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تحدث أيمن عبد العزيز قائد الزمالك والمدرب المساعد السابق بالجهاز الفني، عن تذبذب نتائج الفارس الأبيض في بطولة الدوري، في المباريات الأخيرة، بعد التعادل مع أسوان والخسارة أمام غزل المحلة.

وقال عبد العزيز، في تصريحات تلفزيونية: “لا يجب أن نهد الملعب بسبب خسارة مباراة، وأعاقب اللاعبين والجهاز لأن هذا يعتبر كأنني أعاقب نفسي، الأفضل هو الصمت والعمل من أجل تفادي الأخطاء الفترة المقبلة”.

وأضاف: “هذا الجيل حصد كأس الكونفدرالية والسوبر الإفريقي وكأس مصر، وخسارة مباراة ليست نهاية العالم، لو على بطولة الدوري فرأينا ليفربول فاز بالدوري بعد 30 عامًا، والزمالك قادر على حسم الدوري هذا الموسم، لأن الفريق يسير بخطى ثابتة”.

وبسؤاله عن تقييمه لـ باتشيكو المدير الفني للزمالك، أجاب عبد العزيز: “حتى الآن هو رجل ناجح جدًا، بغض النظر عن الهفوات التي تحدث، أنا ضد مهاجمته ومهاجمة اللاعبين، الناس يهاجمون زيزو ومحمود علاء جدًا، وأنا ضد ذلك، هما نفس اللاعبين اللذين كنا نشيد بهما وبتألقهما، هذا يشفع لهما هفواتهما، في النهاية على اللاعبين أن يعلموا أن التفاصيل الصغيرة هي من تحسم المباريات”. 

ووجه أيمن عبد العزيز نصيحة لمصطفى محمد من أجل النجاح في الدوري التركي، لافتا إلى أنه لا بد أن يكن صبورا ولا يستسلم.

طالع أيضا.. الصحافة التركية عن الظهور الأول لـ مصطفى محمد: أصبح في مصاف هاجي ودروجبا وفالكاو!

وانتقل مصطفى محمد إلى فريق جالطة سراي على سبيل الإعارة لمدة موسم ونصف من الزمالك، بمقابل 2 مليون دولار، ويحق للنادي شراء اللاعب نهائيا إذا دفع 4 مليون دولار آخرين قبل 31 ديسمبر المقبل.

وأوضح عبد العزيز: “مصطفى محمد لا بد أن يتمتع بالجلد ويكون صبورًا، لأن الدوري التركي مختلف تمامًا، مسابقة تعتمد على القوة البدنية، وعلى اللاعب أن يصبر ويتحمل القوة المفرطة في المراقبة، لو استسلم بسرعة سيجد الأمور صعبة بالنسبة له”.

وتابع: “جالطة سراي ناد كبير له سمعة في أوروبا، ومدربهم دائما يتم النظر إليه لأنه تولى تدريب أندية كبيرة، وإن شاء الله مصطفى يتعلم منه كثيرا”.

وأضاف: “مصطفى لا بد أن يعمل جيدًا على إنهاء الهجمة، هو مميز في ضربات الرأس، ولكن يعاني من إنهاء الفرص في منطقة الـ18، عندما كنت أدربه كنت أقول له لا تسدد أمام المرمى بقوة”.

واختتم: “جمهور الزمالك تعلم أن مصطفى ابن النادي، ويعلمون أنه صغير السن وكان يريد أن يحترف، والدك لن يعاقبك إذا رحلت وعدت من جديد، الجماهير ستظل تسانده لأنه يمثل اسم الزمالك”. شاهد ملخص لمسات مصطفى محمد في مباراة جالطة سراي وباشاك شهير

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Lots of Manchester United fans have taken to Twitter to react after The Times reported that the club have progressed in negotiations with Lille over the transfer of Nicolas Pepe.

The Ivory Coast international starred for Lille last term as they finished runners-up in Ligue 1 behind Paris Saint-Germain, scoring 22 goals and recording 11 assists in the process.

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The 6 foot forward is also of interest to other Premier League sides in Everton, Liverpool and Arsenal, although United appear to be the ones making the most progress in negotiations.

The move is said to be dependent on whether the Red Devils can offload Romelu Lukaku to Inter Milan – the Italians are yet to meet United’s asking price for the Belgium international.

Pepe flopped at the Africa Cup of Nations this summer with no goals or assists in three outings, but his form from last season means he is amongst Europe’s hottest properties in the market right now.

Let’s see what the United fans on Twitter have been saying about the news…

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This article is part of Football FanCast’s In Numbers series, which takes a statistical look at performances, season-long form and reported transfer targets…

In a fairly uncharacteristic moment from Idrissa Gueye, the Everton man was the hero for his country thanks to a bright piece of attacking play.

You wouldn’t associate the 29-year-old with any form of goalscoring instinct seeing as he failed to find the back of the net in 33 Premier League appearances last term, but he came up trumps for Senegal against Benin to send them into the Africa Cup of Nations semi-finals.

Significantly, this wasn’t just a one-off burst of attacking intent from Gueye – he has been far more productive in the final third for his country in just a handful of games this summer than he was at Everton all last season.

The former Aston Villa man had just two assists to show for his efforts last term, whereas he has already grabbed a goal and an assist in four games at AFCON and matched his entire tally for goal involvements from 2018/19.

What’s different? For Senegal, Gueye plays in a midfield three, whereas he plays in a two alongside Andre Gomes for the Toffees.

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In Aliou Cissé’s 4-3-3 system, the 5 foot 9 midfielder seems to be afforded more freedom going forward, as he has Stoke ace Badou Ndiaye and Henri Saivet alongside him to help out defensively – at Everton, he has to do the bulk of the work alone as Gomes isn’t as focused on the defensive side of the game – his 1.4 tackles per game compared to Gueye’s 4.3 in the league last term proves that.

However, Marco Silva can take a look at Gueye’s impressive attacking performances for Senegal this summer and take solace in the fact that he too can use a three-man midfield and get a different type of performance from Gueye.

The former Hull man could throw in Morgan Schneiderlin or Tom Davies alongside Gueye and Gomes for games where he feels he needs to take it to the opposition a bit more than usual, and he can take comfort in seeing just how effective the Senegal international is at getting forward when he has more help in midfield.

Silva may not want to change too much too soon, but Gueye’s versatile performances prove that the Toffees boss has new options available to him if he wants to use them.

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This article is part of Football FanCast’s Transfer Focus series, which provides opinion and analysis on recent transfer news…

According to a report from Italian publication La Lazio Siamo Noi, Leicester are interested in landing defender Bastos from Lazio before the window shuts.

What’s the word?

Leicester’s hand could well be forced before the transfer market closes if Harry Maguire does indeed close out a move to Manchester United.

The Foxes have done some impressive work in landing both Ayoze Perez and Youri Tielemans but they could still be faced with a potential major exit.

In preparing for that eventuality, a central defender may have to be signed. Lewis Dunk was touted with a £45m move earlier this month but they’re now being linked with a defender in Serie A.

Per La Lazio Siamo Noi, centre-back Bastos is attracting the interest of both Watford and Leicester. The report claims he could be available for between €15m-€13m (£13.7m-£11.9m).

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Cunning ploy from Rodgers

At the age of 28, adding someone like Bastos, who only started 11 times last term, might seem somewhat questionable.

However, it could be perfect for what Leicester need at the moment and it might also enable the Foxes to put in place an intriguing strategy with their defenders.

If Maguire does leave then a replacement will be needed but landing the Lazio man could be the ideal stop-gap signing.

Leicester have some top young defenders coming through at the moment but whether they’re ready to be thrust into Premier League action remains to be seen.

Filip Benkovic has come back from a loan spell at Celtic but admitted himself he’s a magnet to injuries whilst Caglar Soyuncu seems to be out of favour after playing just two times in 2018/19.

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Therefore, bringing in an experienced defender like Bastos could help to plug the gap for a year.

As a result, it can allow both Benkovic and Soyuncu to develop themselves away from the limelight before a potential route into the first team next season.

After all, the Angolan defender will come with the qualities necessary to fit in at Leicester.

He’s a good passer, achieving a success rate of 86% last term whilst making 1.2 tackles across the minimal game time he was afforded too.

This would be smart work if Leicester get a deal over the line.

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Leeds United fans on Twitter are sick and tired of the rumours linking Qatari Sports Investments with a takeover of their club.

The story once again resurfaced on Monday as Le Parisien wrote an article covering it.

It’s been well over a month since the first report linking the PSG owners to a takeover of the Yorkshire club came out, and there have been multiple conflicting reports since then.

Fans have been sent through a range of emotions, from excited to concerned, but now it just seems that they don’t really care all that much.

It’s hard for them to take any update on this saga seriously as so many different things have been reported, and the general attitude amongst the fanbase is that they just want it to be concluded one way or the other.

The QSI investment could change the course of the club forever, but despite this, it seems like supporters are sick of hearing about it.

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Here’s what the Elland Road faithful have been saying on Twitter…

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Arsenal have been handed a boost in recent days, with reports suggesting that Lucas Torreira does not want a move away from the Emirates after all.

Unai Emery will now be looking to add to his current squad ahead of the new season. Today’s Gunners transfer roundup includes an update in the pursuit of a French defender, interest in a 21-year-old Swiss and a link to a Ligue 1 ace.

Saliba deal close

According to ESPN, Arsenal are close to securing a deal for Saint-Etienne’s William Saliba. The Gunners will pay €25m (£22.3m) for the defender, with the 18-year-old to stay with Les Verts for a season on loan in an effort to continue his development.

Arsenal want Comert

The Daily Mail is reporting that Arsenal are to step up their interest in Swiss defender Eray Comert, who currently plays for FC Basel. The 21-year-old, who played 31 games in all competitions for the Swiss League runners-up last season, reportedly wants the move.

Keita Baldé of interest

AS Monaco winger Keita Baldé is on Arsenal’s radar according to Le10Mercato. The Senegalese was on loan at Inter Milan last season, but the Italian side were unwilling to pay the €34m (£30.4m) the Ligue 1 outfit wanted for the player. Arsenal are yet to make an approach but are reportedly very interested in the player who scored five times last term.

أبدى ديفيد ألابا ظهير بايرن ميونخ سعادته بعد التأهل إلى نهائي بطولة كأس العالم للأندية على حساب الأهلي المصري.

وفاز بايرن ميونخ مساء اليوم أمام الأهلي بهدفين دون رد، في مباراة نصف نهائي البطولة المُقامة حاليًا في قطر. أهداف مباراة الأهلي وبايرن ميونخ

وكتب ألابا عبر حسابه الشخصي بموقع “تويتر”: “لأننا نحب النهائيات”.

ويلتقي بايرن ميونخ مع تيجريس أونال المكسيكي في نهائي البطولة يوم الخميس المقبل.

‘Cause we love finals… pic.twitter.com/oFunJqGdqp

— David Alaba (@David_Alaba) February 8, 2021