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O Botafogo já tem um princípio de acordo pela renovação do contrato do zagueiro Bastos. A informação, dada em primeira mão pelo jornalista Matheus Medeiros, foi confirmada pelo Lance! Com contrato até o fim de 2024, o jogador já tinha uma cláusula de renovação automática até 2025.

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Agora, o Glorioso já trabalha para que o acordo seja ampliado até 2027. O novo contrato seria válido até 2026, com possibilidade de renovação por mais uma temporada.

No Botafogo desde 2023, Bastos atuou em 46 partidas com a camisa do Alvinegro, marcando quatro gols. Atualmente, o zagueiro defende a seleção da Angola nas Eliminatórias Africanas.

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ودع روي هودجسون مدرب كريستال بالاس، النادي الإنجليزي، بعد خسارة الأمس أمام آرسنال في بطولة الدوري الإنجليزي الممتاز.

وخسر كريستال بالاس على أرضه بثلاثة أهداف لهدف، في الجولة السابعة والثلاثين. أهداف مباراة آرسنال وكريستال بالاس

وسينتهي موسم كريستال بالاس يوم الأحد المقبل أمام ليفربول، لتكون المباراة الأخيرة لـ هودجسون في مسيرته التدريبية، حيث قرر الاعتزال.

وحرص هودجسون على توديع الجماهير التي تواجدت في ملعب مباراة الأمس، بعد قرار عودتهم بشكل جزئي إلى الملاعب.

وقال هودجسون في تصريحات نشرتها شبكة “بي بي سي” العالمية: “أشعر بخيبة أمل لأننا لم نحقق نتيجة أفضل الليلة، كنا الأفضل في الشوط الثاني”.

وأضاف: “كنا نرغب كثيرًا في إنهاء الموسم هنا بنتيجة جيدة وجعل جماهيرنا أكثر سعادة قليلًا، كان من الرائع رؤيتهم مرة أخرى، الضجيج الذي أحدثوه والدعم الذي قدموه كان من الدرجة الأولى وحفز اللاعبين”.

وواصل: “كان تدريب هذا النادي امتيازًا حقيقيًا بالنسبة لي، لقد أنعم الله على بمجموعة من اللاعبين المتحمسين، كنا قريبين جدًا من الفوز الليلة”.

وتابع: “سأفتقد الجميع، سأفتقد كرة القدم، لقد كانت رحلة رائعة بالنسبة لي وقد استمتعت حقًا بالسنوات الأربع الماضية، أعلم أنني سأغادر النادي في مكان جيد للغاية، وسنشاهد الكثير من كرة القدم الجيدة في الدوري الموسم المقبل”.

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According to The Star, Sheffield Wednesday goalkeeper Cameron Dawson is attracting interest from a host of Championship clubs as well as Scottish Premier League side Rangers.

Owls boss Garry Monk may have to act quickly or else he will be staring down the barrel at a huge mistake.

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What’s the word?

The report suggests that Derby County, Blackburn Rovers and Preston North End are all monitoring the 24-year-old’s situation ahead of a potential divisional switch.

Dawson’s contract runs out at the end of the season, so these clubs may be able to get him on a cut-rate deal in January or on a free transfer in the summer.

The boyhood Wednesday fan could be torn over a decision in the near future, but his hand may well be forced if he wants to progress his career as he is currently only number two behind Keiren Westwood.

He made his debut back in 2016 when coming on as a substitute against Brighton in the Championship and has since featured 44 times for the Owls, keeping 15 clean sheets, per Transfermarkt.

Former manager Jos Luhukay named him first-choice shot-stopper over Westwood last season before the Dutchman was sacked in December.

Big mistake

Monk may well be caught in two minds about this situation as it is only his backup goalkeeper after all.

However, when called upon, Dawson has more than stepped up to the mark, so much so that it was probably unfair to drop him on Westwood’s return to the side.

This season, the 6 foot 4 colossus has managed to keep four clean sheets in five appearances, three of which coming in the Championship.

It is reasonable to suggest that Dawson is good enough to be a first-choice in the English second-tier, and if Monk doesn’t give him the game time he needs at this stage of his career, then he will have to look elsewhere.

And that would be a significant error because their Irish number one isn’t getting any younger at 35.

Dawson is primed to be his replacement, so maybe it is time to start putting that plan in motion by offering him a new contract and some more time between the sticks.

The Owls can’t afford to risk not to.

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As quoted by Sky Sports, Manchester United manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer has raved over his side’s “exhilarating, attacking football” in their win over Brighton on Sunday.

What did he say?

The Red Devils produced a commanding display at Old Trafford to dispatch Graham Potter’s men 3-1, with the side registering an impressive 21 total shots on goal, with 11 of them on target.

And, speaking after the match, Solskjaer couldn’t contain his delight at his team’s performance going forward, and insisted they should have won by a much larger margin.

He said: “It was a great performance and we should have won by a bigger distance. We attacked superbly – it was exhilarating, attacking football. The boys were so quick and we created chances. We scored three but it should have been six or seven, especially in the second half.

“It’s a young team and you can see they enjoyed themselves. When you have a young team you need to get into the game quickly. We know we’re not in a position we want to be. And we’re far away from where we want to be. We have to keep on improving and challenge for the top four.”

Ruthlessness

As Solskjaer suggests, the Red Devils really could have, and perhaps should have, put the game well beyond Brighton’s side. The fact the Seagulls got it back to 2-1 at one point in the second-half will be a major concern to Solskjaer. United created enough chances to win the game quite comfortably, and will no doubt be disappointed that they didn’t really boost their goal difference on Sunday.

Ultimately, it comes down to a bit of ruthlessness in front of goal. Making the most of clear-cut opportunities, and making the opposition for their mistakes. The Red Devils currently have five wins in their last six, and if they can keep their momentum going, the confidence that their forwards currently have will soar dramatically. And that may just be the added ingredient to turn these more slender margins of victory into something much higher.

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Speaking to talkSPORT, Paul Ince has name-checked Axel Tuanzebe and Harry Maguire as two potential leaders at Manchester United.

What did he say?

The Red Devils are currently in the midst of a major rebuild, and let several high-profile players go in the summer transfer window, including the likes of Romelu Lukaku and Alexis Sanchez.

Ole Gunnar Solskjaer named much-maligned figure Ashley Young as club captain earlier in the summer, and Ince has lambasted the lack of leadership at Old Trafford.

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He said: “They look out of all sorts, they look devoid of confidence and you’re not seeing any leadership and characters. Look, you’re not going to get the teams like United had under Fergie, those days are gone. They’re gone.

“You’re not going to get your Keanes, your Robsons, your Giggses and your Scholeses – you’re not going to get that anymore. What you’ve got to get is quality into the team and find one or two leaders, likes Harry Maguire and Axel Tuanzebe, who I like. You’ve got to try and grow these leaders.

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“When we were there and the likes of Beckham, Scholes and Giggs were coming in, we taught them what they needed to be to be a Man United player, in the same way Bryan Robson and Steve Bruce taught me – these kids haven’t got that!”

Worrying

Ince’s sentiment of the club trying to “grow” their own leaders is somewhat understandable, but his two choices of Maguire and Tuanzebe are certainly eye-brow raising. The former only joined Solskjaer’s side in the summer for a fee in the region of £80m, and is barely months into his United career. The latter meanwhile, is still just 21-years-old, and spent the previous campaign on loan at Championship side Aston Villa.

For Ince to suggest those two are the individuals United may be looking to in the near future as leaders of the side, is quite puzzling. As the former Red Devils ace says himself, when he was coming through, he had Robson and Bruce to teach him the ropes. But with his two picks for now, he’s asking a duo who are still in the early stages of playing for the club to act as the sources of inspiration for their teammates.

If anything, Ince’s comments really does shine a light on just how far the Manchester side have fallen.

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Gareth Southgate announced the England squad for the upcoming Euro 2020 qualifiers against the Czech Republic and Bulgaria, and it included both Michael Keane and Jordan Pickford.

However, power rankings provided by Sky Sports seem to suggest that they were fortunate to sneak in.

The Sky Sports power rankings are based around 35 different statistics, with each position varying in points for certain achievements – for example, a striker receives less for a goal than a defender. The rankings are then presented in a leaderboard based on the number of points a player has earned.

This time around, centre-back Michael Keane has missed out to uncapped players such as Fikayo Tomori, Matthew Lowton and Dan Burn, whilst Southgate’s regular no.1 Jordan Pickford has not made the cut over uncapped keepers Dean Henderson, Aaron Ramsdale, and Three Lions regular Nick Pope.

So far this season, Keane and Pickford have played every minute of Premier League action, which has seen them concede 12 goals in six games – only Newcastle, Watford, Norwich City, and Chelsea have let in more. In the rankings, each goal conceded is worth -600 points, so it is easy to see where England’s no.1 and the defender have gone wrong this season.

Goalkeepers are awarded 350 power ranking points per save they make. Pickford has averaged just 2.4 saves per game compared to Pope’s 3.3, Ramsdale’s 3.7, and Henderson’s 3, which has subsequently helped push the Everton keeper out of the 23-man ranking.

Furthermore, keepers are awarded 100 points per catch they make and 30 per aerial battle they win. Both Pope and Henderson boast 0.7 aerial battles claimed per game, whilst Pickford averages just 0.1 per match. The Everton man is also at the bottom of the list for clearances made with averaging 0.3 each fixture – a successful clearance is worth 50 points.

As for Keane, he already sits below the majority of defenders in the power ranking based on the fact he has conceded 12 goals, which total a score of -7200 for that alone. Elsewhere, Keane has averaged just one tackle per game compared to Tomori’s three per match and James Tarkowski’s 2.1 each fixture – every tackle is worth 75 points.

Also, the likes of Tomori, Aaron Cresswell and Trent Alexander-Arnold have all scored in recent weeks, which awards them each 1900 points plus another 1300 for their strikes coming outside of the penalty box.

The Everton centre-back has also fallen behind on interceptions as of late, with Tomori averaging three per game, compared to Keane’s 1.4, whilst the former Burnley defender has lost all three league games since the last international break, which adds on another -900.

Understandably, three Manchester City players make the XI after their incredible win over Watford.

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However, the team is heavily based around West Ham and Leicester players too after their huge wins against Man Utd and Spurs.

Three of the back five come from those clubs, as Lukasz Fabianski, Aaron Cresswell and Caglar Soyoncu get into the team, while further up the pitch James Maddison’s winning goal earns him a spot in the midfield.

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Speaking exclusively to Football FanCast, John Hartson spoke very highly of Everton’s Gylfi Sigurdsson.

The former Wales international highlights his technical ability, which is best evidenced through his freekicks and long-range goals that have become a hallmark of his Premier League career, as one of his most outstanding qualities.

However, because of that talent he should be providing excellent service with more regularity. So far this term, Sigurdsson has not looked like matching the 14 goals and seven assists he recorded last season.

And the former Arsenal striker has suggested that his performances need to improve.

“I like Sigurdsson. At £45 million, technically he is one of the best in the Premier League.

“And maybe he should be stepping up and doing a little bit more for that type of money. That’s what you’d expect.”

Operating in the number ten role, the Iceland international will have to produce more if Everton are to achieve their ambitions for the season.

He displayed his natural talent with a fine delivery to assist Alex Iwobi against Wolves, though the fact that has only happened on one occasion supports Hartson’s view that he needs to be doing more to help the team.

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It is possible his manager is thinking along the same lines, too, leaving him out of the starting line-up in the trip to Sheffield Wednesday, with Iwobi occupying a central role and providing an assist for Everton’s second.

As a result, Sigurdsson could be left out for longer than he might expect, and such treatment could act as a warning that he needs to do more to earn a place in the team on merit.

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What does the future hold for Shkodran Mustafi and Mohamed Elneny?

If it wasn’t already clear that they were not part of manager Unai Emery’s plans after they hadn’t featured at all in the first two games of the campaign, the former Sevilla boss’ recent comments have made it absolutely crystal what he thinks of them.

The 47-year-old said, “Really, I want players to be happy here. I want players to be protagonists here. Last year, for example, with Mustafi and with Mo, when they did not play, they were not happy.

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“I spoke with them a lot of times last year and in this pre-season. I think it’s positive for them to leave and to sign for another team where they can be protagonists, they can be happy and they can continue in their careers as very big players. They are very big players.”

As such, it seems clear that the two will be leaving the Emirates Stadium before the end of the transfer window. Should they depart, it would bring an end to three years in north London for Mustafi and three-and-a-half for Elneny.

The two are not huge favourites with the club’s supporters, the Germany international in particular receiving criticism for his performances in the past. Therefore, some Gunners fans are delighted with the update, and have praised Emery for his ruthlessness and honesty.

They have taken to Twitter to share their thoughts, and you can see some of the best comments below.

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Leeds’ Managing Director Angus Kinnear has opened up on the club’s transfer window in an interview with Yorkshire Evening Post, detailing how much money they turned down for respective players over the summer.

What’s he said?

Leeds had a rather topsy-turvy transfer window that saw Kalvin Phillips sit at the centre of interest from the Premier League.

Aston Villa plotted a £14m move at one stage whilst he also caught the attention of Wolves and Bournemouth. He eventually stayed but there were departures in the form of both Pontus Jansson and Kemar Roofe.

The former started 37 times in 2018/19 whilst Roofe netted 15 times so it’s likely their exits will be felt hard.

However, Leeds turned down offers for some of their other star players, something which offers a sign of the huge ambition they have as a football club. Speaking to Yorkshire Evening Post, Kinnear said:

“If you look at the single biggest bids we’ve received for players, we’ve received over £35m worth of bids. If you take the biggest bid for Kalvin, Adam Forshaw, Luke, Pablo, there’s £35m we’ve turned down.”

Good work from Leeds

After Jansson’s sale it all seemed very doom and gloom at Elland Road. Supporters weren’t pleased with their defence and understandably so after some of their pre-season showings.

Yet, there are reasons to be positive heading into their second match of the season this weekend with Nottingham Forest.

The news that they rejected £35m worth of bids is a colossal sign of the sheer ambition they have to get back into the Premier League, even if some of their transfer business dictated that aim wasn’t there.

The majority of their business was all loan additions but in holding onto players like Phillips, Adam Forshaw, Luke Ayling and Pablo Hernandez, Leeds have set themselves up for a far greater season.

There were initial fears over financial fair play when selling Jansson but that now doesn’t appear to be as big a problem if over £30m was turned away this summer.

For Leeds, this is an indication of where they are as a team and Kinnear’s comments add extra weight to the aspirations they have.

Swatting away interest from other clubs should be hugely encouraging.