كشف المدير الفني ليوفنتوس، ماسيميليانو أليجري أنه سيفرض عقوبه على لاعبه البرازيلي آرثر ميلو، وأوضح السبب وراء ذلك.

انضم البرازيلي إلى يوفنتوس من برشلونة في صيف 2020 مقابل 76 مليون يورو، ومع ذلك، لم يكن أبدًا لاعبًا أساسيًا للبيانكونيري، حيث لعب 40 مباراة فقط في جميع المسابقات مع السيدة العجوز.

وقع ميلو مع يوفنتوس عندما كان ماوريسيو ساري مسؤولاً عن تدريب الفريق، لكن عندما وصل في أغسطس، كان مدرب لاتسيو الحالي قد رحل بالفعل، وكان أندريا بيرلو قد حل بديلاً له.

لعب آرثر 32 مباراة تحت قيادة بيرلو لكنه غاب عن المباريات القليلة الأولى من الموسم الحالي بعد خضوعه لعملية جراحية في يوليو.

لعب البرازيلي ثماني مباريات فقط في جميع المسابقات تحت قيادة أليجري هذا الموسم وسيغيب عن مباراة الغد ضد فينيسيا لأنه تأخر عن جلسة التدريب هذا الصباح، لذلك قرر أليجري معاقبته.

وقال أليجري في المؤتمر الصحفي الخاص بالمباراة: “كان آرثر سيئ الحظ هذا الصباح، لقد تأخر، لذلك لن يتم استدعائه”.

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وأضاف: “التأخر في اليوم السابق للمباراة ليس أمرًا جيدًا، لذلك لن يسافر مع الفريق، هذه الأشياء تحدث، سيعود إلى التدريبات ابتداء من الثلاثاء”.

ليست هذه المرة الأولى التي يثير فيها البرازيلي الجدل، في أبريل، كان أحد اللاعبين الثلاثة الذين أوقفهم يوفنتوس لحضور حفل خاص في منزل ويستون ماكيني وباولو ديبالا.

لقد انتهكوا حظر التجول على الصعيد الوطني الذي كان ساريًا بسبب فيروس كورونا، لذلك تم تغريم اللاعبين الثلاثة واستبعادهم من مباراة الديربي ضد تورينو.

ينتهي عقد آرثر في يونيو 2025، لكن يوفنتوس سيجد صعوبة في بيعه لأن أي بيع أقل من 50 مليون يورو سيعني خسارة رأسمالية للبيانكونيري.

ومن المقرر أن يعقد يوفنتوس اجتماعًا مع وكيل آرثر لمناقشة مستقبله في النادي قريبًا.

After a scare in the FA Cup fourth round against Cheltenham Town at the weekend, Manchester City were eventually able to progress thanks to a late flurry of goals.

However, the performance may be a cause for concern for Pep Guardiola, as those on the fringes of his squad arguably failed to perform against League Two opposition.

Therefore, it seems likely that the Spanish manager will make plenty of changes for the trip to West Brom on Tuesday night, where a win could take the Citizens to the top of the Premier League table.

Here’s how Football FanCast expects Guardiola to line his side up against the Baggies, with nine changes from the team that beat Cheltenham…

Ederson returns in goal with Zack Steffen having seemingly established himself as Manchester City’s cup goalkeeper with another appearance against Cheltenham Town last weekend.

Guardiola will likely rotate his entire defence, with John Stones and Ruben Dias resuming their partnership at centre-back, whilst Joao Cancelo and Oleksandr Zinchenko come in for Eric Garcia and Benjamin Mendy at full-back.

Phil Foden is one of just two City players to keep his place, and he drops into midfield to fill the void left by Kevin De Bruyne, who misses out through injury, with Rodri and Ilkay Gundogan providing the more defensive duties in midfield.

Raheem Sterling comes in for Ferran Torres on the left-wing, with Bernardo Silva replacing Riyad Mahrez on the right, with the Portugal international having finally found his shooting boots in recent weeks following his goal against Aston Villa.

Gabriel Jesus keeps his place up front after his winning goal at the weekend, but the Brazilian can not afford to be so wasteful against Sam Allardyce’s side on Tuesday night.

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As Celtic’s Albian Ajeti claimed a ball from Scott Brown, turned his man and then buried an opportunity last Tuesday, he looked every bit a £4.5m player.

Truth be told, that’s very rarely been the case for the striker since he signed from West Ham last summer.

Though, just as he finds his shooting boots again, he’s been ruled out of this weekend’s clash by the dreaded Scottish FA.

Ajeti felt contact from Kilmarnock goalkeeper Colin Doyle and went down inside the area. Odsonne Edouard stepped up and slammed home the resulting spot-kick. However, the Scottish FA have now retrospectively banned the Swiss striker after a panel watched back the footage.

They believe that the forward conned referee Kevin Clancy in the way he fell to the ground. Celtic sources are reportedly astonished by the turn of events and for Neil Lennon, he is also aggrieved.

He reacted to the news by saying: “The keeper has made contact, he has gone down, the referee has given a penalty. I don’t see any simulation. Simulation is where there is no contact. There is obvious contact, you can see that quite clearly.”

The Hoops have appealed against the ban and will fight his cause in a hearing next Monday. However, he will miss their clash with Motherwell this afternoon.

It leaves Lennon with quite the dilemma. Ajeti earned a rare start on Tuesday and took it with hands. He was particularly lively and not only did he win the penalty, but he scored a tremendous fourth for Celtic.

Thus, it will represent a hefty blow for the Bhoys as they strive to bridge the gap to Rangers. The manager will now have to decide whether to bring Leigh Griffiths back into the fray or play Edouard up top on his own.

Lennon has fluttered between both systems in recent weeks. Griffiths and Edouard struck up a solid partnership in the 2-0 win over Hamilton – both scoring – but the former played just 45 minutes when they suffered defeat to St Mirren.

The Scot was on the bench when Celtic beat Killie but didn’t play any part in the game. Whether he returns to the starting XI is firmly in Lennon’s hands. He now has a big decision to make.

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After slipping to a 2-1 defeat to Manchester United in the Premier League, Aston Villa welcome Liverpool in the FA Cup third round on Friday night.

Dean Smith’s side of course thrashed the Reds 7-2 in league action earlier this season, and will of course take a lot of confidence from that performance into the game.

But with it being a cup competition, the Villa boss may choose to ring the changes, and one man who he should consider giving almost a last chance to, is Keinan Davis.

The young striker has been linked with a move away from Villa Park in recent weeks, and with Ollie Watkins and Wesley ahead of him in the pecking order, opportunities for first-team football are likely to be limited for a player who’s shown virtually nothing all season.

The chance to start from the off against Jurgen Klopp’s side on Friday would give Davis a final opportunity to try and impress Smith and stake a claim to remain at the club for the rest of the season.

Clearly Villa feel like he’s still got a bit of potential in him, and the 22-year-old has got plenty of time to grow and develop, with Jack Grealish even touting how good he can become.

He said: “He’s so, so strong. He’s one of the best hold up players I’ve actually played with and that includes the likes of (Christian) Benteke. He is unbelievable.

“The only thing that he needs to add to his game is his end product and he knows that he needs to improve on that. But I can’t give him enough credit for how good he is just in the game, holding the ball up, his dribbling for a big fellow.”

With the January transfer window open, Johan Lange and co will have to make a decision on Davis’ future fairly soon, and so the game against Liverpool could well be last chance saloon for the centre-forward dubbed a “throwback” by Smith.

كشفت صحيفة “موندو ديبورتيفو” الكتالونية موقف إدارة نادي برشلونة من عودة لاعبه السابق وجناح الفريق الأول لكرة القدم بنادي إنتر ميلان، أليكسيس سانشيز، مرة أخرى إلى قلعة “كامب نو”، وصفقة جناح مانشستر سيتي، فيران توريس.

وبحسب التقرير، أعطى نادي برشلونة الأولوية لحسم صفقة فيران توريس في الميركاتو الشتوي المقبل، رغم أن المفاوضات مع مانشستر سيتي تتقدم ببطء، ولكن هناك تفاؤل من قبل العملاق الكتالوني.

يرغب برشلونة في ضم توريس في الشتاء ولكن عرضه وصل إلى 45 مليون يورو، بينما يطلب مانشستر سيتي زيادته حتى 60 مليون يورو، وهو فرق لا يمكن توفيره في الوقت الحالي.

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بينما تظل صفقة سانشيز بالنسبة لنادي برشلونة والمدرب تشافي هيرنانديز، ليست بأهمية توريس، ولكن قد يعود على سبيل الإعارة حتى يكون خير تعويض بعد اعتزال سيرجيو أجويرو.

لكن المشكلة في راتب التشيلي الدولي الكبير الذي يصل إلى 10 ملايين يورو في الموسم الواحد، وهو مبلغ قد يجعل برشلونة يصرف النظر عن الصفقة، لكنه يظل خيارًا ولكن ليس في المرتبة الأولى.

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O clássico de domingo não marcará somente o embate entre Santos e Corinthians. Estrelas do novo filme Batman vs Superman: A Origem da Justiça, os dois super-heróis também entrarão em campo. O Peixe apoiará o lado do Superman, enquanto o Timão terá a companhia do Batman.

Os uniformes das duas equipes serão personalizados com as hashtags Batman e Superman nas barras das camisetas, com os atletas antecipando o duelo que chega ao cinema no próximo dia 24 de março. Além da ação dos uniformes, o twitter do Santos e o telão da Vila Belmiro, palco do embate, também promoverão o longa.

Os valores do acordo feito entre os clubes com a Warner Bros, entretanto, foram mantidos em sigilo.

As equipes se enfrentam pela primeira vez na temporada, em duelo válido pela oitava rodada do Campeonato Paulista.

Elliot Anderson was Steve Bruce’s only positive in Saturday’s FA Cup third round defeat at Arsenal as the teenager made his Newcastle United first-team debut.

Bruce handed the 18-year-old his senior bow as an 81st-minute substitute for Joelinton at the Emirates Stadium as the tie headed for extra time, following two appearances on the bench before the turn of the year.

Anderson had been in terrific form for the Under 23s this season, netting six goals and providing one assist in eight appearances across all competitions, with his strikes split two-to-one between central and holding midfield roles.

Andy Carroll could take some credit for his performance at the Emirates but also left Bruce with plenty of question marks, having worked hard at both ends of the pitch only to squander two great chances to win it without the need for extra time.

Bruce had hinted at handing Anderson his debut in the pre-game build-up, having been impressed with what he’d seen from the youngster in training over the past few months.

“He’s been with us for six to eight weeks now, and we like what we see,” Bruce told reporters, via quotes by The Shields Gazette.

Anderson may not have to wait too long before making his first senior start, now, having impressed as a second-half substitute in Saturday’s defeat at Arsenal, where he rarely looked out of place facing a side featuring several players who earn wages in excess of £100,000-per-week.

Anderson kept his head up throughout extra time looking to inspire a rare win over Arsenal and played Jacob Murphy in behind with a cute pass down the right-flank only for David Luiz to stand in his way.

Arsenal had to swarm Anderson in the closing stages of extra time in order to see out their 2-0 third round win, but Bruce will take a great deal of comfort in how the teen talent took to the challenge of facing a confident Gunners side at their own stadium, embarrassing his teammates in the process given the big impact he made despite his relative inexperience.

Bruce will even have been impressed by Anderson despite the midfielder, who signed a new long-term contract on his 18th birthday in November, winning just three of his nine combined duels with success in one of seven ground battles and each of his two aerial contests, per SofaScore.

Anderson also lost possession 11 times, yet completed 16 of his 20 passes, took 30 touches, struck one effort on Bernd Leno’s goal and attempted a dribble. He further made one successful tackle from three attempts, with the scale of the occasion clearly no issue.

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Sam Allardyce faces an uphill task to keep West Brom in the Premier League this season.

And one of their biggest problems seems to be at the back as they have leaked a whopping 39 goals in 17 matches, six more than any other top-flight team this campaign.

It surely makes defensive reinforcements an absolute priority during the January transfer window and whilst the Baggies have been linked to the likes of James Tomkins and Mamadou Sakho, it’s another mooted target they should be plumping for.

Last month, the Daily Star reporter that Albion were keen to take Manchester United outcast, Phil Jones, on loan for the remainder of the season with the Red Devils expected to pay the bulk of his £120k-per-week wages.

That would suit West Brom immensely as Big Sam is working on a very restricted financial budget – according to the Telegraph’s John Percy, ‘moves for players who will cost in excess of £2 million are rated as seriously doubtful.’

The Baggies only have one domestic loan space left, so using it on a vastly-experienced defender like Jones could make the world of sense.

Similarly, Albion have struck gold with United before when taking on Jonny Evans, who was also struggling for game time at the Premier League giants.

For £6m, the Midlands outfit got every penny back with three consistent seasons where he played at least 28 matches each campaign before they were relegated to the Championship.

Jones would certainly be shades of that very move and he’s a player that Allardyce knows very well too, which is merely another reason to why a stint at the Hawthorns is beneficial.

The 66-year-old unearthed the Englishman at Blackburn Rovers prior to his £16.5m switch to Old Trafford, even tipping him for international stardom in an interview with the Telegraph in 2011, he said:

“He is already growing into what I consider to be a leader. When he gets more experience he will be able to control his team-mates and eventually he will wear the armband for England. It’s a lot to ask of such a young man but he has the all-round outstanding ability to be a very top player.”

Now valued at just £5.4m by Transfermarkt, Jones needs to find another club as he’s only started 17 matches since the beginning of the 2018/19 season.

Despite only being 28, he has proven to be a reliable influence over 200 appearances in the big time, he’s averaged a whopping 5.3 clearances and 1.9 tackles per game during the past decade, via WhoScored, which ranks him above all of Semi Ajayi, Dara O’Shea and Branislav Ivanovic in this current Baggies squad.

Luke Dowling simply has to sanction a swoop for what could be West Brom’s next Evans.

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Marcel Brands should be bidding Everton’s millions on Brighton and Hove Albion’s Tariq Lamptey after Norwich City reportedly slapped a £35m asking price on Max Aarons.

What’s the word?

Speaking at the FT Business of Football summit, via quotes by Sky Sports, Canaries joint-majority shareholder Delia Smith confirmed the Championship side expect to sell Aarons.

This comes after reports by Sky Sports that the Carrow Road natives have informed Bundesliga giants Bayern Munich that it would take an offer worth between £30-35m to sell the 21-year-old this summer.

Bayern are believed to have scouted Aarons for the past two years and now begun talks over a deal for the England U21 international, who has been a mainstay of Daniel Farke’s side by starting all 30 of the Norfolk outfit’s second-tier fixtures to date.

Norwich are in no rush to part with the product of their academy, who has also been touted by TEAMtalk with a potential move to Everton where Carlo Ancelotti is thought to be targeting a long-term successor for Seamus Coleman.

But Smith accepts it is inevitable that Aarons follows Ben Godfrey, Jamal Lewis and James Maddison in sealing moves away from Carrow Road after a deal to join FC Barcelona on loan fell through last September.

“Max Aarons is one of the best. He is going to be one of the top footballers and it won’t be at Norwich,” she said.

“He knows that. We know that. But we didn’t have any problem with Max or his parents on this particular occasion and this particular deal. Obviously, we will lose him, but that is part of our plan.”

Should Everton sign Aarons?

There’s no doubt that Everton have benefited from their £20m deal to sign Godfrey last summer, with the defender proving immensely promising in many positions and see Carlo Ancelotti back the 23-year-old to earn an England call-up.

But whether the Toffees should forge another raid on Norfolk for one of the Canaries’ bright prospects remains to be seen when the Blues’ Director of Football Brands can sign a potentially superior option in Brighton’s Lamptey.

Like Aarons, Lamptey has been linked with a potential move to Goodison Park by The Athletic, with the Blues said to be unswayed by the 21-year-old penning a new, four-and-a-half-year contract at the Amex Stadium worth £40k-per-week.

The Seagulls are not expected to stand in the Chelsea flop’s way, either, should the south coast side receive offers matching their asking price for a player signed in January 2020 for just £4m.

That price tag is likely to have risen since last summer when Lamptey was on Bayern Munich’s radar, with Sport 1 suggesting Brighton valued the right-back at €25m (£21.5m).

If both are available for similar fees, Everton may be better suited splashing out on Lamptey; who has offered the same number of goals (1) as Aarons this term but provided more assists (1) in 1,809 minutes less and in the Premier League rather than Championship, per WhoScored.

Lamptey also offers Brighton a higher number of tackles (1.5) and interceptions (1.7) per game than Aarons delivers for Norwich (0.7 tackles, 0.9 interceptions) and delivers the same number of crosses (0.9) as Ancelotti’s potential alternative target.

So, if Bayern intend to pursue Aarons, Brands should not second-guess a swoop for Lamptey as the 20-year-old – who is lauded for his “unbelievably quick” speed – can be everything Everton need in a Coleman replacement and more.

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Southampton have struggled for goals in recent weeks, with Danny Ings’ winner against Liverpool their only goal in the top-flight in their last four fixtures. Part of the problem could be due to Che Adams’ drop in form.

However, with Ings set to return to action against Arsenal this weekend after a brief period out with the current viral outbreak, his partnership with the former Birmingham City man in attack could be the catalyst for an upturn in form.

Adams started the season in an excellent fashion for the Saints, managing four goals and four assists in his opening 14 fixtures which led Ralph Hasenhuttl to suggest that:

“He’s a role model for the time we went through – from zero to hero at the moment,” following his goal in the 2-0 win against Newcastle United earlier this season that sent Southampton to the top of the Premier League.

However, he has struggled in each of his last five appearances for the South Coast club, failing to score or assist and producing disappointing all-round displays.

Whilst this is already an improvement of his goals and assist tally from last season, the young striker will be hoping that he doesn’t slip into his habits from last season, where he struggled to find the back of the net for so long.

Although he only featured as a substitute against Shrewsbury Town in the FA Cup last time out, his lack of confidence in front of goal was evident when he rounded the ‘keeper late on, before switching the ball to his right foot instead of shooting into the open net, which allowed the Shrews defender to get back and block his shot.

He has looked at his most dangerous when paired with a fully-fit Ings, so with the England international expected to feature against Arsenal on Saturday, Hasenhuttl will be hoping that the 24-year-old can rediscover his best form.

£15m man Adams has already assisted Ings twice in the Premier League this season, so it is clear that the two have a connection when starting together in Hasenhuttl’s attack.

Therefore, whilst the majority of Southampton fans will be excited for Ings’ return to action, it could be the impact he has on Adams’ performances that will be the most crucial improvement in Hasenhuttl’s side.

After some disappointing results in recent weeks, the Austrian manager will be hoping that now he has both of his first-choice strikers back available, the Saints will start to pick up better results, starting with the FA Cup fourth-round tie against Arsenal on Saturday.

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