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As solid as Newcastle United have been this season, with their latest victory over Manchester United in the Premier League another highlight, they have been caught out at times for their lack of squad depth. The injuries have continued to pile up, including Nick Pope's most recent long-term blow to hand Eddie Howe yet another headache in an attempt to balance both domestic and European action.

As things stand, the Magpies are on course to finish outside of the top four in what could reflect badly on their summer transfer window. Keen to avoid a similar mistake next season, PIF are reportedly already eyeing up reinforcements, including one particular star defender.

Newcastle transfer news

At the time, the Magpies' summer business seemed good enough to get the job done. Ever since, however, that has not proved to be the case. Sandro Tonali is at the beginning of a 10-month ban for breaching betting rules, whilst Harvey Barnes has struggled with injuries, leaving Lewis Hall and Tino Livramento to carry the torch for summer arrivals who are impressing. Having suffered several injuries to force Dan Burn out of position and into centre-back, before he was sidelined, it's clear that the Magpies need defensive reinforcements. And they could get exactly that in the form of one star player next summer.

According to Sport via Sport Witness, Newcastle are eyeing a move for Jean-Clair Todibo next summer alongside Premier League rivals Chelsea. The deal will not be cheap, however, with Nice reportedly starting their price at €50m (£42m) and demanding more from there.

It doesn't seem as though the hefty fee will put the English clubs off, with both Newcastle and Chelsea reportedly ready to meet Nice's demands if Todibo is still at the club in the summer transfer window.

Todibo has the "quality" that Newcastle need

A former Barcelona defender who is now impressing in Ligue 1, Todibo is the type of player that Newcastle should be targeting if they want to qualify for the Champions League for a second time under Howe. Todibo's stats show that he is more than capable of going stride for stride with the current backline at St James' Park too.

Player

Progressive Carries

Progressive Passes

Tackles Won

Interceptions

Jean-Clair Todibo

10

56

12

16

Sven Botman

0

9

5

4

Fabian Schar

8

51

13

13

Jamaal Lascelles

5

24

5

3

Given the numbers, it's clear that Tobido may not just come in as cover at Newcastle, but he'd be entering with a challenge for either Botman or Schar when it comes to keeping their place. It's no surprise that Nice manager Francesco Farioli was keen to sing the defender's praises amid links with a move away in the summer, saying:

“These rumours have existed since the start, so we’ve developed antibodies against them – be it the team or myself. There are a few days left – we’ll see. There is a chance that he stays, and I would be happy because he’s a quality player and he would be very hard to replace. I hope the rumours stay rumours."

تعادل فريق كرة القدم الأول بنادي ليفربول سلبيًا في مواجهة لاس بالماس، على ملعب أنفيلد، في إطار استعدادات الفريقين للموسم الجديد 2024\2025.

ليفربول يستضيف إيبسويتش تاون في الجولة الأولى من الدوري الإنجليزي الممتاز، يوم السبت المقبل، في حين يلاقي لاس بالماس نظيره إشبيلية الجمعة القادمة في أولى جولات الليجا.

طالع أيضًا.. بالفيديو | ماذا قدم محمد صلاح في مباراة ليفربول وإشبيلية الودية؟

وفاز ليفربول 4-1 على إشبيلية في وقت سابق من هذا اليوم على ملعب أنفيلد، قبل أن يستضيف لاس بالماس بالصف الثاني ويتعادل سلبيًا.

وشارك روبرتسون أساسيًا بجانب واتارو إندو وكورتيس جونز وكذلك هارفي إليوت، مع داروين نونيز وكودي جاكبو، من ضمن الفريق الأول، بالإضافة لعدد كبير من اللاعبين الشباب.

ثلاثي وسط الملعب جونز وإندو وإليوت، استمروا حتى نهاية المباراة، بالإضافة إلى كوناتي، بينما جميع اللاعبين قام آرني سلوت باستبدالهم.

وشهدت المباراة سيطرة ليفربول على الكرة وإهدار العديد من الفرص عن طريق داروين نونيز.

وتعتبر هذه هي المباراة الأخيرة للريدز قبل ملاقاة إيبسويتش تاون يوم السبت المقبل، في موسم جديد هو الأول لـ آرني سلوت المدر بالهولندي مع الفريق.

The team’s plan for their main threat is from out of the box: an article that suggested Kohli is susceptible to deliveries pitched on a full length and seaming into him

Melinda Farrell in Adelaide03-Dec-20182:31

How can Australia tackle the Kohli threat?

Australia are exploring a data-driven, high-risk, high-reward tactic to negate Virat Kohli in the upcoming four-Test series that begins in Adelaide on Thursday.The India captain’s peerless form heading into the series and the challenge of breaking through his formidable defence makes him the most valuable scalp in the visiting side and data produced by Cricviz may have unearthed the most likely method for capturing his wicket.A recent article by Cricviz writer Ben Jones, which analysed Kohli’s batting, caught the eye of some members of the Australian camp, including Justin Langer. The head coach distributed the article among his players before they arrived in Adelaide and ESPNcricinfo understands it has been discussed in a team meeting to establish bowling plans to each Indian batsman.Teams and coaching staff typically use a range of analytics resources and video along with personal experiences and observations to formulate their plans and, while Australia’s final plans for Kohli will ultimately be decided over the next few days – and adapted as the Test and series unfolds – the fact that such an article has even been thrown into the mix shows they are willing to search far and wide while considering ideas from outside the established brains trust.The basic premise of the theory put forward by Jones is that Kohli is most vulnerable to fuller deliveries that deviate in towards the right-hander off the seam. In the eight Tests Kohli has played away from home this year, in South Africa and England, he has been dismissed significantly more often when bowlers have pitched the ball up. Cricviz figures show Kohli averages 46.28 against full deliveries compared to 66.33 against good length balls and 69.33 when facing short-pitched bowling.Virat Kohli strikes a pose during a photo session before the Test series against Australia•Getty Images

The caveat to the approach of bowling full – and it is a significant one – is that it leaves Australia’s bowlers open to the risk of leaking runs; Kohli is brutal in punishing balls that stray a fraction onto his pads.A theory is, of course, only as good as its execution and if Australia do adopt this tactic to the India captain it may be a question of the bowlers holding their collective nerve, particularly if he starts scoring freely. Speaking in Adelaide, Josh Hazlewood acknowledged there was a balancing act in containing Kohli while trying to remove him.”It’s a good point,” said Hazlewood. “He’s one of those guys who can score pretty freely, a number of the guys can in this Indian side, but sometimes those risks bring the most rewards as well. It’s just about weighing that up and assessing how long we stay at each plan for. Wemight stay at it for 20 balls or 80 balls, depending on how we feel, and it’s about adapting once we’re on the field.”Kohli’s wicket also falls more often to deliveries that deviate more due to seam rather than swing. This factor could play to the strengths of Australia’s fast bowlers using the Kookaburra ball more than it did to England’s bowlers, who tend to exploit the more swing-friendly elements of the Dukes ball.Kohli has often countered the threat of the moving ball by batting outside his crease, even against those as quick as Mitchell Starc. In the 2014-15 series, when he made 692 runs in eight innings, including four centuries, ESPNcricinfo data logged him facing 142 deliveries that were of a full length. He was dismissed only twice.Bounce is a key factor in Australia as well, although former Australia players Ian Chappell and Jason Gillespie have warned the current set not to overdo the short-ball tactic.So, if Australia’s seamers do find success using full-length in-nippers to arguably the world’s most dangerous Test batsmen, it could go some way to swinging (or seaming) the series in their favour.

Former Pakistan allrounder echoes Eoin Morgan’s view that the format’s quickfire nature would appeal to a much wider audience

Barny Read30-Nov-2018

Former Pakistan allrounder Shahid Afridi has put his weight behind T10 cricket, saying the new format could be cricket’s gateway into the Olympics. Afridi, playing in his second season of the T10 League with the Pakhtoons, said he has been greatly encouraged by the league’s growth and sees ten-over cricket as the perfect format for introducing a wider audience to the game.”I think this is the best cricket you can introduce in the Olympic Games,” Afridi told ESPNcricinfo. “I think you can take the game there and show the world what cricket is all about. I think this is the perfect format to introduce cricket and we are all enjoying it, which is the main thing.”England’s Eoin Morgan had endorsed a similar view during the inaugural season of the T10 League last year, stating that T10 cricket was easiest on the eye.”I think T10 could be something you could potentially propose to an Olympic committee,” Morgan had told ESPNcricinfo. “When you look at the T20 game, it goes on for a little bit longer, so if you are talking about playing a role in the Olympics then you’d probably have ten teams or more and that would probably last five or six weeks. But a ten-over league could be done in about eight days which could be right.”Following shortly after ICC’s bid for a women’s cricket event at the 2022 Birmingham Commonwealth Games, Afridi’s comments could particularly add to ICC’s ambition for cricket to feature in the Olympics.The one and only time cricket took place in the Olympics was back in 1900, when Great Britain beat France to claim gold. More than 118 years on, Afridi is of the opinion that T10 might just be the key to unlocking cricket’s participation in sport’s pinnacle global event.In the meantime, Afridi said, cricket itself will benefit from T10’s existence.”It’s quick fire, a big test of bowlers. Batsmen can show their skills and I saw myself some great innings, some great skills, some great shots,” said Afridi of T10’s greatest selling points. “I think cricket will change with [T10]. Even T20 and one-day cricket will change with this cricket. I think you can take it [around the world] definitely because of the time,” Afridi said.

كشف سعد شلبي المدير التنفيذي للنادي الأهلي، موقف إدارة القلعة الحمراء، من استكمال مباريات الفريق في بطولة كأس مصر للموسم الحالي 2023-2024.

وكان اتحاد الكرة أعلن عن مواعيد مباريات دور الـ 16 من بطولة كأس مصر، في الفترة من 8 أغسطس حتى 21 من الشهر ذاته، وهو ما وجد اعتراضًا كبيرًا من قبل السويسري مارسيل كولر المدير الفني للفريق، بسبب عدم حصول اللاعبين والجهاز الفني على راحة عقب انتهاء بطولة الدوري.

وقال شلبي خلال تصريحات عبر قناة etc عبر برنامج “بوكس تو بوكس: “القرارات سوف يتم دارستها داخل قاعة مجلس إدارة النادي الأهلي، سيقوم بعرض الموضوع على الجهاز الفني، لمعرفة موقفه أيضًا، ثم نصدر القرار”.

طالع | سيد عبد الحفيظ يوجه رسالة إلى محمود الخطيب وخالد بيبو بعد تتويج الأهلي بالدوري

وأضاف: “يوجد إجهاد كبير للاعبين بعد خوض 11 مباراة في 33 يوما في الفترة الأخيرة، بدأت بوادر هذا الإجهاد في مباراة سموحة بإصابة مبكرة لـ كريم فؤاد”.

وكان الأهلي فاز على سموحة بهدف دون رد، في مباراة مؤجلة من الجولة الـ 24 من عمر بطولة الدوري المصري الممتاز.

وبهذا الفوز، حسم النادي الأهلي لقب بطولة الدوري المصري للمرة الـ 44 في تاريخه، وذلك قبل 3 جولات من نهاية المسابقة.

يذكر أن الاتحاد المصري لكرة القدم حدد موعد مباراة الأهلي وفاركو في دور الـ 16 لمنافسات كأس مصر، يوم الثلاثاء 20 أغسطس الجاري.

Renowned transfer journalist Fabrizio Romano says Arsenal have now spoke about signing an £80 million star called "similar" to Douglas Luiz.

Arsenal's reported top January targets

Widespread media claims have shared that manager Mikel Arteta and sporting director Edu have well and truly got to work on identifying transfer targets for the winter window. Thomas Partey's injury woes and rumours that the midfielder could even depart mid-season are leading to other reports that a new midfielder is top of the Arsenal agenda next month.

An important target for the north Londoners, as stated previously, is Villa star Luiz. The Brazilian has starred under Unai Emery so far, playing all 15 of their opening Premier League games while pitching in with five goals.

Arsenal could make a bid for Luiz in January, despite Emery wanting him to stay, but Villa look set to make life difficult for Edu in his pursuit of the player (Fabrizio Romano). The Midlands side are performing exceptionally this season and are on an upward trajectory of their own, making a deal all the more difficult to do.

Meanwhile, it's also been reported that Arsenal have their eye on a new striker and could well attempt to steal away Brentford star Ivan Toney. In a boost for Arteta and co, Toney is apparently ready to leave Brentford next year after Arsenal's talks with his representatives.

Arsenal hold internal Palhinha talks

Toney may well be more attainable than Luiz at this point, especially given Villa's rumoured hard stance over selling their star midfielder. Alternative options for the 25-year-old are now being mooted, with Fulham star Joao Palhinha apparently liked by the Gunners.

The Portuguese has been incredible under Marco Silva and even attracted summer interest from Bundesliga giants Bayern Munich, who ultimately failed to take him (The Guardian).

According to Romano, Arsenal have held internal talks over signing Palhinha, with some inside the club viewing him as a pretty great option to bolster Arteta's midfield. However, there are also potential roadblocks.

“What I can confirm about Palhinha, this was around the media in recent days, is that there are also English clubs interested in Palhinha,” he told Kick (via Sport Bible).

“One of those clubs is Arsenal. It is true that Arsenal appreciate the player. There are some people at the club who consider Palhinha a very good player. It’s one of the players they discussed internally.

“There are two issues. The first one is the age, he’s not a super young player. I think next year he will be 29. Also, the price. Arsenal cannot spend that amount of money, something like £70-80 million on one more midfielder after spending the big amount of money they invested on Declan Rice.”

Joao Palhinha strengths (via WhoScored)

Tackling

Aerial duels

Palhinha has made 12 appearances for Fulham this season, scoring two goals and ranking as one of their top performers according to WhoScored. Former Fulham striker Aleksandar Mitrovic has also called the 29-year-old an "amazing, amazing" player, with Football Transfers saying he is "similar" to Luiz in playing style.

“I think this year there’s been some sensational [signings] that we have made," said Mitrovic.

“For me personally, [Joao] Palhinha is the signing of the season so far, amazing, amazing [player]. [Bernd] Leno is the signing that we made that’s amazing. The players who fit straight away and didn’t need time to adapt like before, they fit straight away."

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Em sua análise após a derrota por 2 a 1 para o Fluminense, na quarta, Rogério Ceni saiu em defesa da equipe, ressaltando o repertório apresentado pelo setor ofensivo diante dos números de finalizações e chances criadas sob seu comando. Tendo isto em vista, o LANCE!levantou os dados sobre os aspectos nas 11 partidas do treinador pelo Flamengo até o momento. Por exemplo, são 172 chutes (15,6 por jogo), das quais 33,13% têm a direção do gol adversário.

Os números foram levantados na plataforma SofaScore. Além dos 57 chutes certos, o Flamengo, nos 11 jogos sob o comando de Rogério Ceni, teve 69 finalizações para fora (40,12% do total), além de 46 finalizações travadas.

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Na visão de Rogério Ceni, o aproveitamento não passa pelas atividades no Ninho do Urubu. Segundo o técnico, finalizações são treinadas à exaustão.

– Uma coisa é falta de repertório, outra coisa é não finalizar. Com 19 finalizações não é falta de repertório. As bolas chegaram, bolas alçadas, tabelas, e o goleiro deles fez ótimas defesas. Treinar mais finalizações do que treinamos é impossível. Infelizmente, a bola tem teimado em não entrar – comentou Ceni após o revés no Fla-Flu, com gol sofrido nos acréscimos.

Ainda de acordo com o SofaScore, Everton Ribeiro, Arrascaeta, Bruno Henrique & Cia, nas 11 partidas com Rogério Ceni, criou 42 grandes chances, das quais converteu – ou seja, marcou gol – 12 delas, um aproveitamento de 28,57%.

As finalizações do Flamengo em 11 jogos com Rogério Ceni (via SofaScore):

172 finalizações: 57 no gol; 69 para fora; e 46 travadas
​
Percentualmente:​
33,13% das finalizações no gol
40,12% das finalizações para fora
26,74% das finalizações travadas

Em média:
15,6 finalizações/jogo
5,18 finalizações no gol/jogo
6,27 finalizações para fora/jogo
4,18 finalizações travadas/jogo

Shahid Afridi’s 25-ball 39 not out sealed an opening win for Comilla Victorians off the penultimate ball

Mohammad Isam06-Jan-2019

How the game played outShahid Afridi’s unbeaten 39 took Comilla Victorians to a four-wicket win against Sylhet Sixers. While the result was sealed off the penultimate ball – with Afridi sweeping Alok Kapali for a four through fine-leg – Victorians were in control of the 128-run chase, first through the efforts of Tamim Iqbal and, later, Afridi.Tamim had held the chase together with his 35, shepherding the side through a few early wickets, before falling in the 17th over with 31 still needed. Afridi, along with Mohammad Saifuddin, added the required runs in only 3.2 overs, with Afridi hitting five fours and two sixes in his 25-ball knock. Steven Smith, who led Victorians, had fallen in the ninth over for a 17-ball 16, out caught behind following a review.The Sixers paid the price for their sluggish batting and early wickets in the first half of their innings. The innings got a push only after Nicholas Pooran cracked five fours and two sixes in his 26-ball 41 and Pooran’s sixth-wicket stand with Alok Kapali took them past the 100-run mark. Mohammad Saifuddin, Mohammad Shahid and Mahedi Hasan took two wickets each, apart from giving away only 59 runs in their combined 10 overs.Turning points Pooran and Kapali added 55 runs for the sixth wicket after the Sixers slipped to 56 for 5 in the 12th over. With 31 runs required off 22 balls, Tamim Iqbal was run-out at the non-striker’s end after Shahid Afridi refused him a single. Taskin Ahmed conceded 15 runs from the 18th over, that included a six over cover, reducing the target to 12 off the last two overs.Star of the dayBefore partnering Afridi in the final overs, Saifuddin had contributed with the ball, with returns of 2 for 13 in three overs. He bowled two overs at the death, keeping the Sixers’ batsmen down with several slower balls, some being yorkers.The big missSixers’ captain David Warner’s innings lasted only 13 balls before he was run-out for 14 in the fifth over, after a mix-up with debutant Towhid Hridoy, which left both of them at the striker’s end. Replays, however, suggested that the third umpire may have wrongfully given Warner out instead of Hridoy, as the latter had his bat out of the crease at the striker’s end when Shoaib Malik broke the stump at the other end.Where the teams standVictorians would be pleased at having completed the opening win with their experienced squad. Sixers, on the other hand, may feel hard done by despite getting a competitive score.

Despite some initial hope following an impressive pre-season and opening-day draw with Liverpool, Chelsea are stumbling through a miserable Premier League campaign for the second year on the bounce.

The Blues finished in 12th place last season, and after 16 games this year, they find themselves in precisely the same position, only this time they have Mauricio Pochettino in charge.

The former Tottenham Hotspur manager has struggled to turn his crop of promising youngsters into a clinical team capable of winning the league, but the latest player linked to Stamford Bridge, Ivan Toney, could help him change that.

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The Brentford man could add some much-needed bite to the attack and form a lethal partnership with Cole Palmer, one of the few bright sparks in Chelsea's season.

Chelsea transfer news – Ivan Toney

According to The Guardian, Chelsea are once again set to dip into the transfer market in 2024 as Pochettino eyes a 'top striker' to help give his squad some end product, with Toney being one of the main men on his wishlist.

The Bees forward is still serving his eight-month betting ban but would be available to play again in mid-January, lining up perfectly for him to kick on at a new club.

While there is an element of risk in signing a player who hasn't played football for over half a year, Toney's 20 goals in 33 league appearances last season should go some way in quelling those concerns.

However, the most significant obstacle to this deal's completion is likely to be the price. Sky Sports has reported that Brentford will only sell their star striker should someone match their £100m valuation, which is a huge commitment, even for Todd Boehly and co.

With that said, the prospect of seeing one of the country's most clinical strikers linking up with Palmer should be enough to convince the board.

Ivan Toney could be the dream partner for Cole Palmer

There is no getting away from just how poorly the first third of the season has gone for Chelsea this year. The club are currently closer to the relegation zone than the top four, and were it not for Everton's ten-point deduction, they would be down in 13th place.

However, Palmer's arrival from Manchester City towards the end of the summer window has been the only thing fans can cling onto as the Manchester-born dynamo has already made himself arguably the team's most important player in a matter of months and at just 21 years old.

In his nine Premier League starts for the club, he has scored five goals and provided two assists for his teammates, and it would likely have been more were the players around him as clinical as Chelsea forwards are supposed to be.

When looking at the pair's underlying numbers, it becomes crystal clear that with Toney, dubbed a "monster" by Brentford boss Thomas Frank, leading the line and the "magnificent" Palmer, as described by Alan Shearer, either on the wing or behind, the Blues would be a dramatically more dangerous proposition for opposing teams.

Ivan Toney & Cole Palmer

Stats

Toney

Palmer

Goals

20

5

Assists

4

2

Non-Penalty Goals + Assists per 90

0.56

0.54

Progressive Passes per 90

2.41

7.04

Progressive Carries per 90

0.61

3.78

Shot-Creating Actions per 90

2.01

4.47

All Stats via FBref for the 2022/23 & 2023/24 Premier League Seasons

Both players produce spectacular non-penalty expected goals and assist numbers, while Palmer's progressive passing could practically gift Toney the Golden Boot alone.

Ultimately, it would require another massive investment from the Chelsea board, but with how they have spent in previous transfer windows, they simply must go again and finally secure the striker that can fire the Blues back up the table.

قاد المدير الفني فينسنت كومباني فريق بايرن ميونخ للتأهل إلى منافسات دور الـ32 من بطولة كأس ألمانيا، مساء اليوم الجمعة، على حساب فريق أولم.

وتلاقى الفريقان في خضم منافسات دور الـ64 من بطولة كأس ألمانيا، موسم 2024/25، حيث فاز بايرن ميونخ بأربعة أهداف دون رد.

كان توماس مولر قد سجل هدف بايرن ميونخ الأول، في الدقيقة 12 من عمر الشوط الأول، قبل أن يضيف الثاني في الدقيقة 14.

وقضى كينجسلي كومان على أي آمال لدى أصحاب الأرض بشأن العودة، حيث سجل الهدف الثالث في الدقيقة 79.

ودخل النجم هاري كين المباراة في الدقيقة 63، ليسجل الهدف الرابع في الدقيقة 93 من عمر المباراة.

وتُعد هذه المباراة الرسمية الأولى لـ بايرن ميونخ تحت قيادة المدرب الجديد فينسنت كومباني الذي تولى مسؤولية تدريب الفريق خلفًا لـ توماس توخيل.

ويبدأ بايرن ميونخ مشواره في الموسم الجديد من الدوري الألماني يوم 25 أغسطس الجاري ضد فولفسبورج.