Manchester United target Kevin Strootman could be on his way out of PSV after the Dutch club have made a move to replace the midfielder, according to talkSPORT.
Rumours surfaced earlier this year that Sir Alex Ferguson was interested in 22 year old Strootman after impressive displays for both club and country. However, these reports were quashed by PSV, stating that the player is neither ready or available for a move to Old Trafford.
However, reports in Holland are suggesting that the youngster could be on his way to the Premier League after Eindhoven publicised their interest in Elfsborg midfielder Oscar Hiljemark.
While it is thought that the Dutch giants will attempt to rebuff any incoming bids for Strootman this January, a £14 million offer may convince them to part with one of their star players.
Sir Alex Ferguson is keen to bolster his midfield this winter, after choosing to focus on improving other areas of the team over summer. It is thought that Robin Van Persie and Alexander Buttner joining the club, may entice compatriot Strootman to move to Old Trafford.
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AC Milan are also said to be interested in the Dutch star. However, PSV will not entertain any offers until their target, Hiljemark is part of the squad at the Philips Arena.
Arsenal said goodbye to long-serving manager Arsene Wenger on Sunday, winning 1-0 away to Huddersfield Town in the English Premier League.
On an emotional day for the club, the Frenchman managed to secure one last victory, ending the Gunners’ dire away record in the top-flight since the turn of the year.
Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang’s goal in the 38th minute was enough for all three points.
While the win was welcomed by supporters, the performance was a reminder for some that there’s many players in the squad they’d love to get rid of this summer.
One of those is Danny Welbeck, who appeared from the bench to replace the goalscorer in the 67th minute.
He was largely ineffective in his time on the pitch and fans are pretty fed up with him, with plenty looking for the club to perhaps get rid of him this summer, or at least sign an upgrade.
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England maintained the surprisingly strong start to their World Cup campaign on Sunday by obliterating Panama 6-1, dispensing of the Central American nation in clinical and dominant fashion.
It took just eight minutes to open the scoring as John Stones headed home a Kieran Trippier corner and the centre-half would double his tally just before half-time, latching onto the rebound as Manchester City team-mate Raheem Sterling attempted to apply the finishing touch to an incredibly well-worked free kick routine.
In between, Jesse Lingard won a penalty which Harry Kane calmly converted and the Manchester United star surged on from midfield soon after, this time linking up with Sterling before curling the ball beyond Panama’s helpless goalkeeper from the edge of the box.
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As Kane bagged another from the spot, England went into the interval more than comfortable at five goals up. The second half was far less resounding though, Kane completing his hat-trick by inadvertently deflecting a wayward Ruben Loftus-Cheek shot into the net and Panama unexpectedly ruining Jordan Pickford’s clean sheet with the simplest of goals from a free kick.
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Nonetheless, just as the result confirmed England’s qualification for the knockout stages, the performance has elevated the level of optimism heading into their final group game with Belgium – a shootout for top spot in Group G and a vital chance to show Gareth Southgate’s side can put in a similarly impressive display against considerably superior opposition.
But, England fans, who was your Man of the Match from Sunday’s emphatic win? Was it hat-trick hero Kane, the ever-lively Lingard, brace-bagger Stones or someone else? Let us know by taking below and giving each player involved a performance rating out of ten…
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The bi-annual circus that is the transfer deadline day has rolled into town once more, with the football world a dizzying flurry of last-minute activity. Jim White, the ubiquitous master of ceremonies and patron saint of deadline day oversees proceedings for the umpteenth time, whisking us off on a whirlwind adventure to the training grounds of the football league to bring us news of the latest comings-and-goings, with the now-mandatory pit-stop at Harry Redknapp’s car window along the way.
One destination which is conspicuously absent from this year’s itinerary, at the time of writing at least, seems to be Arsenal’s London Colney training ground. On the most hectic day of the transfer window Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger appears more concerned with philanthropy than wheeling and dealing, having decided to attend a charity match in Rome organised by Javier Zanetti and the Pope for disadvantaged children in Argentina. While almost every other manager will be sat at his desk, phone glued to ear and dusting off the fax machine (which for some unfathomable reason seems to be the communication device of choice on deadline day, the equivalent of walking into a bike shop and asking for a penny farthing), Wenger seems happy to let the day’s cataclysmically hyperbolic events pass him by. One can almost imagine the Frenchman reacting to news of Falcao’s move to Manchester United, a bona fide deadline day coup, with nothing more than an indifferent Gallic shrug as he basks in the sunshine of Rome in the company of His Holiness and the equally venerable Zanetti.
Admirable though his participation in the charity event may be, one can’t help but feel that Wenger is repeating the same mistake he seems to have made for the past two seasons – a failure to sign a world-class striker. Since Robin van Persie’s departure to Manchester United two years ago, Wenger has obstinately decided to persist with Olivier Giroud as the club’s only recognised – and proven – out-and-out centre forward. Much of the criticism Giroud receives is unwarranted; the 16 league goals he scored last season is a respectable return for a striker who cost a modest £9.6 million. However at 27 years of age Giroud will never be a world-beater and Wenger surely cannot believe that the Gunners can realistically rely on his goals to fire them to the Premier League title. A club with genuine title ambitions need a striker who is expected to score at least 20 goals a season, or at the very least a striking partner who can be trusted to share goalscoring responsibilities. As it stands, Giroud’s competition comes in the form of the hardworking yet ultimately anodyne Yaya Sanogo, whose four goals against Benfica in a pre-season friendly indicate a false dawn rather than the emergence of a genuine goal machine, judging by his early-season performances.
The paucity of Arsenal’s striking options stretches further back than Giroud and Sanogo. The last world-class striker on the Gunners’ books, Robin van Persie, would never have been seriously threatened by the goalscoring exploits of perennial narcissist Nicklas Bendtner. Van Persie’s goals-per-game record in his last few seasons at the Emirates was highly impressive, however his history of injuries meant that Arsenal were constantly flirting with the possibility of losing their only decent forward.
Though Wenger has added world-class attacking talent to his squad this summer in the form of Alexis Sanchez, the Chilean is no striker in the traditional sense, and nor is the recuperating Theo Walcott. The duo will certainly contribute with their fair share of goals, but they are unlikely to become prolific as van Persie was in his Arsenal heyday – neither player has scored more than 20 league goals in one season.
The news that Olivier Giroud is to face a lengthy spell on the sidelines due to injury leaves the Gunners with no fully-fledged centre forward for the remainder of the calendar year. With Wenger once again refusing to increase his attacking options before the football world is left in a state of transfer paralysis for another four months, this case of déjà-vu may yet be the hardest one for Arsenal fans to swallow.
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كشفت صحيفة “فوتو سبور” التركية عن وجود عرض تركي مجنون من أجل التعاقد مع جناح الفريق الأول لكرة القدم بنادي الزمالك، أحمد سيد زيزو، في الميركاتو الصيفي.
وأفاد التقرير أن نادي بشكتاش المنافس في بطولة الدوري التركي قد التقى بوكيل زيزو في الأيام الماضية من أجل تقديم عرض لضم اللاعب في إسطنبول.
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وعرض بشكتاش على وكيل زيزو مميزات كبيرة لمحاولة إقناع اللاعب بالرحيل عن الزمالك من بينها تقديم راتب سنوي أعلى مما يحصل عليه في مصر، مستغلًا أزمة سابقة مع المدرب، خوان كارلوس أوسوريو، الذي استبعده من إحدى مباريات الفريق بالفترة الماضية.
كما سيمنح بشكتاش فرصة لزيزو باللعب في البطولات الأوروبية، حيث تأهل إلى دوري المؤتمر بعد احتلاله المركز الثالث في ترتيب الدوري التركي.
ولكن في النهاية، كان زيزو مترددًا في دراسة العرض المقدم من بشكتاش، وعندما التقى إدارة الزمالك كان الرد هو الرفض للتفريط في اللاعب.
Se eram gols que faltavam para Gabriel Jesus retomar a confiança atuando pela Seleção Brasileira, agora não falta mais. Em apenas 18 minutos em campo contra a República Tcheca – entrou no lugar de Philippe Coutinho na etapa final -, o atacante balançou as redes duas vezes, garantindo a vitória do Brasil, de virada, por 3 a 1.
Os dois tentos anotados nesta terça-feira fizeram com que Jesus ultrapassasse dois grandes atacantes da história na artilharia da Seleção em todos os tempos: Garrincha e Müller. Gabriel chegou aos 13 gols em 27 partidas com a Amarelinha, um a mais que o ídolo botafoguense, que atuou em 50 jogos, e o ex-são-paulino, que entrou em campo 56 vezes.
Do grupo que vem sendo convocado por Tite regularmente, apenas Neymar, com 60 bolas na rede em 96 duelos, marcou mais vezes. Philippe Coutinho também tem 13 gols, porém, em 48 jogos disputados. Firmino, que marcou o primeiro no triunfo brasileiro, agora tem 10 em 31 partidas.
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Northants will have had better days than this. They were not at their best with the ball. The fact that they are still in a strong position speaks volumes of their season to date
Vithushan Ehantharajah at Northampton28-Aug-2013 ScorecardSteven Crook added four more wickets to the five he took against Glamorgan earlier in the season•Getty Images
Northants will have had better days than this. They were not at their best with the ball and allowed Glamorgan to score 50 more than they should have. The fact that they are still in a strong position speaks volumes of their season to date – one which looks to end in promotion should they capitalise on what, by their standards, was a modest first day.At stumps, Stephen Peters could rest easy knowing his call at the start of the day was vindicated, as a green pitch played honest and true. Both he and James Middlebrook played positively in a 21 over period that saw them score at over four-an-over, with crisp drives and the odd boundary through third man, to leave them unblemished and just 156 runs behind.Northants went into the match with five seamers, inserting the opposition upon winning the toss. But Trent Copeland, in his penultimate game for the county before he heads home for a second and final time this summer, was uncharacteristically wayward, struggling for a consistent line against the left-handed opening pair of Will Bragg and Gareth Rees.Rees looked at ease, particularly against David Willey, as Glamorgan built up a good head of steam, and the only thing the home support had to cheer on was the athleticism of their keeper David Murphy, who was sent tumbling down the leg side on numerous occasions throughout the day; but even he was powerless to stop a wide short-ball from Azharullah that had the members gasping.But Northants showed that when they’re not good they can be lucky, as they demonstrated in an afternoon session that saw six wickets fall.Soon after Murray Goodwin and Chris Cooke brought up their fifty partnership for the third wicket, Cooke looked to have played a short-ball comfortably into the leg-side. Suddenly, Andrew Hall, from first slip, starts cheering and runs up to the stumps at the strikers end, pointing to a grounded bail. It turned out that as Cooke prepared for the back-foot shot, he inadvertently clipped off stump with his bat, much to the bemusement of all in the ground.Just 17 balls later, Willey was the beneficiary of further good fortune. Despite coming around the wicket and swinging the ball into the right-hander, he somehow managed to strangle Goodwin down the leg-side. He then managed to effect the same dismissal with his very next delivery – this time from over the wicket – as Glamorgan’s left-handed skipper Mark Wallace departed for a golden duck. Between the dismissal of Cooke and Wallace, only 17 runs were added.It would be wrong to say that Willey did not deserve his four wickets. His control in his second spell was exceptional and his ability to move the ball in the air and off the seam, at good pace, was exciting to watch.Credit should also go to Steven Crook, who powered through an 11-over spell from the Abington Avenue End to finish with four of his own. Along with Copeland and Azharullah, who recently put pen to paper on a new two-year deal, Crook has been one of the signings of the summer. It is no wonder Middlesex were reluctant to let him leave.You will be hard-pressed to find anyone at Middlesex who would not want him back, and even fewer who begrudge the success he has enjoyed this year.
Um início avassalador, mas um término preocupante. O Santos acabou a primeira fase do Campeonato Paulista devendo na defesa e no ataque, além de ter sido goleado pelo Botafogo-SP, por 4 a 0, na última quarta-feira, em Ribeirão Preto.
Mesmo ainda tendo um dos melhores ataques do Paulistão – está empatado com Red Bull Brasil e Ituano, todos com 19 tentos – o Santos não marca gols há três partidas. O Peixe passou em branco contra Corinthians, Novorizontino e Botafogo-SP.
Na defesa, o Alvinegro também não se encontrou na reta final. O time comandado por Jorge Sampaoli levou cinco gols nos últimos dois jogos. Além disso, terminou a primeira fase com 13 tentos sofridos em 12 partidas, média de mais de um por duelo.
O desempenho pífio na reta final da primeira fase fez o Santos cair da primeira para a terceira posição na classificação geral. Mais que isso, o Peixe terá que decidir uma vaga às semifinais contra o Red Bull Brasil, em Campinas.
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– Nossa primeira fase foi favorável no processo, mas sabendo que temos proposta nova, com muitos jovens e temos que implementar e melhorar. Sabendo que isso só se melhora com o trabalho, com essa condição. Chegamos aqui e agora temos bem claro o que temos e o que precisamos para enfrentar o que temos. E isso depende de outros fatores para sabermos o que se sucede – disse Sampaoli após o fim da partida contra o Botafogo-SP.
O Santos tem a chance de acabar com a seca de gols contra o Red Bull Brasil, neste fim de semana, no Pacaembu, pelo jogo de ida das quartas de final do torneio estadual.
Surrey have criticised the ECB’s decision to ban their captain, Gareth Batty, for two games following his altercation with Somerset’s Peter Trego during the Friend Life t20 quarter-final at The Oval
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Gareth Batty: ‘I always play the game with passion and determination’•Getty Images
Surrey have criticised the ECB’s decision to ban their captain, Gareth Batty, for two games following his altercation with Somerset’s Peter Trego during the Friend Life t20 quarter-final at The Oval. The ban means Batty will miss Finals Day on August 16.Batty, the Surrey captain, was found guilty of two level two breaches of the ECB’s code of conduction relating to “inappropriate and deliberate physical contact” and “using language or a gesture that is obscene or of a serious insulting nature”.The incident occurred when Trego was bowled by Batty and began walking back to the pavilion, which took him towards Surrey’s celebrating players. Batty was then seen to collide with Trego, whether by accident or on purpose, while also mouthing obscenities towards him.While Surrey have accepted that Batty was wrong to have used insulting language, they insist that any physical contact was accidental and feel the ECB should have convened a full disciplinary panel. That, Surrey claim, would have afforded Batty the opportunity to explain his actions and view the video footage alongside the panel and other witnesses.”Having now studied the evidence available the club does not yet understand why he has also been found guilty of a deliberate act to physically confront Trego,” Surrey’s chief executive Richard Gould said.”The video shows him veering away from the pitch with his eyes focused on the wicketkeeper when the seemingly accidental contact with Trego takes place. The ECB’s cricket discipline commission obviously viewed the matter very seriously given both the public comments on Friday and the decision to ban Gareth from Finals Day.”The club would have preferred for a full disciplinary panel to have been convened so the full facts could have been established in the most transparent manner possible, and hope that it is not too late to still do so. The club believe that there are a number of uneven mechanisms within the CDC’s processes and we will be providing the ECB with a summary of constructive observations.”Batty said: “I always play the game with passion and determination. But I sincerely apologise for the verbal exchange that took place during the quarter final. I am very disappointed that I will not be able to lead the team for FLt20 Finals Day on Saturday.”However, I find it difficult to accept the second charge and the comments which stated that I deliberately sought to confront Peter Trego in a physical manner; which I believe video footage does not support and I categorically deny. I’ve been handed a significant punishment and had some very upsetting and unfair comments made about my character.”Gerard Elias QC, the chairman of the cricket discipline commission (CDC), described Batty’s behaviour as “appalling” and said he did consider whether further action should be taken along with the immediate suspension but decided not to refer the matter to a disciplinary panel.”Plainly, he acted contrary to the spirit of the game and in a way which brings cricket into disrepute and failed to set the leadership example expected,” Elias said. “Not only was he involved in deliberately and inappropriately physically confronting a batsman he had just dismissed, he subsequently engaged in a foul-mouthed tirade at the batsman.”While Surrey feel Batty’s punishment is harsh, they hold no hope of it being overturned ahead of Finals Day.In accordance with ECB rules, Batty’s ban was actually automatic once he was reported by the umpires and the CDC. The penalty for a first level two offence is three points and the penalty for a second level two offence within 24 months is six points. Batty has therefore received a total of nine penalty points, which triggers an automatic suspension for a period of two matches. The only area of discretion for the CDC was delaying the suspension so that it covered t20 finals day.