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Patryk Klimala looks set to be closing in on a Celtic exit.

Interim manager John Kennedy admitted on Friday that the 22-year-old is days away from completing his move to MLS side New York Red Bulls.

The Hoops landed Klimala for £3.6m last January, but he has failed to make an impact in Glasgow, scoring just three times in 28 appearances.

Despite his struggles, it seems as if Celtic could be recouping all of their money on the Polish Under-21 international.

Pundit Noel Whelan, talking to Football Insider, had his say on Celtic potentially making their money back, labelling the Hoops as ‘very lucky’ to make back their initial outlay on the striker.

“For someone who’s hardly featured, to recoup the £3.5million that you paid? That’s either very good business by the board or stupidity from the people that are buying him.

“They could have got him for cheaper probably but Celtic will not complain. Surplus to requirements, no club wants to lose money on a player.

“So, all in all, I think they would probably think themselves very lucky in that position that recoups everything that they paid.”

Transfer Tavern take

We’re with Whelan in believing Celtic won’t complain about what they’ll be receiving for Klimala. His Transfermarkt value has halved during his 12 months at Celtic Park to £1.8m, but it seems as if the Hoops will be receiving double that amount from the MLS outfit.

You can understand why the 22-year-old’s valuation has dropped since his move to Parkhead. He has started just three league games during the current campaign and has failed to establish himself under either Neil Lennon or John Kennedy.

It hasn’t worked out for Klimala in Scotland, but financially it seems that Celtic won’t be making a loss on him.

In other news: Expert drops Celtic managerial claim with Monday admission, find out more here. 

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Com aproveitamento de 79% dos pontos no returno, o Palmeiras tem agora a maior distância na ponta do Brasileiro – seis pontos para o Flamengo, segundo colocado. Sem perder há 15 rodadas (dez vitórias e cinco empates), o Verdão pode decidir o título apenas com as suas partidas em casa.

Se vencer os três jogos como mandante (Inter, Botafogo e Chapecoense), o time chegará a 76 pontos, acima até dos 75 que Cuca considera necessários para ser campeão. Mesmo que seja derrotado nos outros três jogos fora, incluindo contra o ameaçado Vitória na última rodada, o Verdão obrigaria seus adversários a serem quase perfeitos.

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O Flamengo, além de torcer para que o líder tenha apenas 50% de aproveitamento nesta reta final, precisaria, no mínimo, vencer cinco jogos e empatar um. Aproveitamento altíssimo, de 88,8% dos pontos.

Atlético-MG e Santos, a oito e nove pontos do Verdão, respectivamente, precisam ser perfeitos. Vencer os seis jogos, incluindo os duelos em casa com o Palmeiras, e torcer por mais duas derrotas do líder até o fim.

Estes cenários são analisados isoladamente, já que ainda há mais dois confrontos diretos entre os rivais: Flamengo x Atlético-MG e Santos x Flamengo. Ou seja, um atrapalhará o outro nas últimas seis rodadas.

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Além disso, o Verdão é o melhor visitante do Brasileiro e perdeu cinco vezes em 32 rodadas. Seria inesperado ver o time de Cuca ser batido mais três vezes neste fim de ano, porque a última derrota foi dia 31 de julho, contra o Botafogo por 3 a 1, no primeiro turno, durante o pior momento da equipe.

– O Flamengo, que é o segundo, tem 61 pontos, disputa mais 18 pontos. Se ganhar cinco passa a ter 76 pontos, é difícil. Hoje quem que encaixou cinco ou seis vitórias em sequência? É difícil, para nós também é difícil. Por isso que calculamos hoje esse número, mas podem muito bem cair – justificou o treinador.

Após a vitória de domingo, Cuca chamou todo o elenco para uma roda no meio-campo e teve uma conversa com o grupo, como vem fazendo a cada novo triunfo. A meta: não deixar se influenciar pela euforia da torcida palmeirense nesta reta final.

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Celtic’s resounding 6-0 win this weekend will have breathed fresh life into the Bhoys and its entire staff.

It’s not often the Hoops have managed to record convincing victories this term but it was a wonderful statement from their interim boss.

What’s the word?

John Kennedy is currently in temporary charge of the Hoops and the win he engineered over Livingston on Saturday was a big message to the hierarchy.

He is by no means the favourite to become their new manager with the coach facing competition from Eddie Howe.

That being said, there have been a number of twists and turns. Frank McAvennie doesn’t think he’ll land the job because of complications regarding Fergal Harkin and Richard Hughes.

Howe wants Hughes instead of the former as his director of football which has led to Celtic considering Lucien Favre as their manager instead.

In a fresh batch of news, McAvennie told Football Insider the latest:

“There are names pinging about all over the place up here, they don’t know who’s coming or going.

“But if Howe says no, they haven’t put all their eggs in one basket and I’m told by my sources if they have to start again, they can.”

Positive news

The Celtic hierarchy have had a habit of getting things wrong this season.

Take last summer’s recruitment for instance. They spent £4.5m on error-prone Vasilis Barkas while they also splashed out £5m on Albian Ajeti, a forward who has scored just six times since arriving from West Ham.

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Their failure to sack Neil Lennon led to protests from the Green Brigade outside of Parkhead and Dermot Desmond has been questioned in recent weeks over his role too.

He was asked whether he would sell his shares before issuing a defiant statement; he was going nowhere.

The Hoops haven’t particularly covered themselves in glory over their manager hunt either. Roy Keane was the favourite before rumours of his entrance evaporated in swift fashion.

They are now failing to get Howe through the door, either. Thus, news that they’re happy to start again and look elsewhere should come as encouraging news.

Desmond clearly has other irons in the fire and they evidently have contingency plans. The very fact that Favre is in the picture as well tells the story.

With Howe previously in advanced discussions, it looked as though they had placed all their eggs in the 43-year-old’s basket. That, however, certainly isn’t the case.

Celtic supporters should be pleased by the meticulous nature of the board. After all, a failure to appoint the right man could lead to another disastrous season chasing Rangers’ tail.

AND in other news, Sold for £2m, now worth £25.2m: Celtic will rue terrible call on “superb” £50k-p/w gem…

Darren Moore picked up his first win as Sheffield Wednesday manager on Saturday afternoon but despite all of the positives, there was one glaring downside – the performance of Adam Reach.

The versatile 28-year-old has been the epitome of inconsistency throughout his Owls career – you get moments of magic with the odd screamer thrown in there, and then you get displays like that.

This is something Reach has even admitted himself, speaking to YorkshireLive last season, he said: “My own season’s been similar to the team’s, a little bit topsy-turvy. I’ve had some good moments and some not-so-good moments.”

We certainly saw the latter this weekend, even if Wednesday ended a run of eight matches without a victory.

SofaScore graded him as the worst player on the pitch with a 5.9 ratings yet somehow, he lasted the entire duration of the match.

In that time, he lost possession a whopping 40 times, meaning he lost the ball once every two minutes and after racking up a squad-high 81 touches, it means every other touch involved him gifting possession back to Barnsley. Very, very poor.

On average, the £2.5m-rated star loses possession 13.6 times per outing, so this is rather telling on just how shocking he was on the day.

Reach was also weak in his battles, winning just five of 12 duels (42%), both on the ground and in the air. Moore is rather lucky that the in-form Tykes didn’t punish such mistakes as that left flank was clearly an area of weakness that could’ve been exploited.

In addition to that, the Owls ace was dribbled past three times – only adding to the idea that the home side should have done a lot more to damage their struggling rivals.

The rangy 6 foot 1 dynamo, who is thought to be among Wednesday’s high earners on £20k-per-week, badly let his manager down with his performance. He cannot be excused just because they finally won a game, he’ll have to improve to help ensure it wasn’t merely a fluke result in the coming weeks.

Reach was quite simply abysmal with the ball – he managed to make just 46% of his 46 passing attempts, including only five of 24 long balls finding a player in an Owls shirt, as per SofaScore.

Somehow, there were even worse returns amongst the Owls squad here, but still, this did not help Reach’s overall game.

The 28-year-old’s pathetic outing shouldn’t dent confidence going into the international break, though he will certainly need to improve if the Owls are to stand a chance of beating relegation.

AND in other news, 20 clearances: Owls colossus stole the show for Sheffield Wednesday…

أعلن المدير الفني لمنتخب الكاميرون الأول، أنطونيو كونسيساو، عن تشكيل الأسود في مواجهة إثيوبيا، في الجولة الثانية من مجموعات بطولة كأس أمم إفريقيا 2021.

وتنطلق المباراة في تمام الساعة السادسة مساءً بتوقيت القاهرة على ملعب “أوليمبي” في العاصمة “ياوندي”، بقيادة الحكم الدولي من الكونغو الديمقراطية جاك ندالا.

وكان منتخب الكاميرون قد فاز في مباراة الجولة الأولى أمام بوركينا فاسو بنتيجة 2-1 بصعوبة، وخسرت إثيوبيا أولى مبارياتها أمام الرأس الأخضر بنتيجة 1-0.

تعرف أيضًا.. القنوات الناقلة لمباراة الكاميرون وإثيوبيا اليوم في كأس أمم إفريقيا

#ECHOSDELATANIERE 🇨🇲🦁

⚽🔥 #MATCHDAY

Voici les XI #LionsIndomptables qui débuteront le match. #CANTOTALENERGIES2021#Ethiopie 🇪🇹 🆚 🇨🇲 #Cameroun

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🏟️ Olembe Stadium#GoLions#LetsRoarTogether#AllezLesLions pic.twitter.com/ldAaP5WQvt — Les Lions Indomptables Officiel (@LIndomptables) January 13, 2022

تشكيل الكاميرون أمام إثيوبيا اليوم

حراسة المرمى: أندريه أونانا.

الدفاع: توهو تولو، مايكل نجاديو، كاستيليتو، فاي كولينز.

الوسط: كارل توكو إيكامبي، زامبو إنجيسا، مارتن هونجالا، مومي نجاماليو.

الهجوم: فينسنت أبو بكر، إيريك تشوبو موتينج.

Plenty of Crystal Palace fans have been reacting to the club’s reported interest in Wolves’ Dion Sanderson on social media.

According to Football Insider, the Eagles, along with Huddersfield Town, have joined Sheffield United in the race to sign the 21-year-old.

Sanderson is currently out on loan in the North East with Sunderland, becoming a regular under new manager Lee Johnson at the Stadium of Light in recent months.

His contract at Molineux expires in just over 12 months time, with the report claiming Sanderson could cost just £2m in the summer window.

The Englishman, who has tuned out on 22 occasions for the Eagles, is thought to be open to a move away, should his current employers decide to cash in the upcoming window.

Palace fans react

@cpfc_xtra shared Football Insider’s report on Twitter on Wednesday morning. This is what these Palace supporters had to say in reply to the transfer update, with one describing the defender as a ‘baller’.

“he would surely choose us right?”

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“He’s a baller, probably got one of the big 6 after him”

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“would be too big of a step, we would be perfect”

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“well you’d like to think he’d choose us considering the other two and Sunderland will likely all be in the championship next season and if Wolves have any sense then the next step will be to loan him to a premier league team. #CPFC”

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“All the big clubs after him, what does that tell you. Just need West Brom and Newcastle to join the party now.”

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“Versatile, physical, young, confident, cheap, fairly available and home-grown… ticks plenty of boxes for Palace. Can’t see any huge risk here”

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In other news: Many Palace fans plead with current star as transfer comments emerge, find out more here. 

Lots of Derby County fans have flocked to a tweet from The Athletic’s Derby correspondent Ryan Conway, which shared Rams manager Wayne Rooney’s revelation that Krystian Bielik has torn his right ACL for a second time. 

The injury came during the East Midlands club’s 1-0 win over Bristol City on 30th January, however, the extent of the injury has only been confirmed more recently.

As explained in an article that Conway has written for The Athletic, Bielik tore his ACL last January too while playing with the Rams’ U23s to build up his fitness.  

In this report, the journalist explained that the 23-year-old’s absence will be a significant blow for the relegation-battling side – something fans are well aware of anyway. 

After Conway relayed Rooney’s confirmation of Bielik’s injury on Twitter, lots of Derby supporters flocked to his post. 

So, how have these Derby County fans been reacting to this news? 

This news has crushed many Rams supporters, who are understandably devastated for Bielik.

“Life is so unfair sometimes. I hope he finds the strength to recover a second time. Damn!”

Credit: @PonusHoribilus

“When you think your night can’t get any worse #dcfcfans”

Credit: @Reece2_dcfc

“This sums up the season!”

Credit: @TheLukeBeck

“What a night.”

Credit: @AshChapman94

“Relegation confirmed”

Credit: @RESH__B

“Devastating.”

Credit: @BMinion25

“The news we were all fearing. Gutted for him and as proved tonight will be a massive miss.”

Credit: @rjohnsondcfc

In other news, Conway has dropped a damning Derby takeover claim.

West Brom have sanctioned the temporary departure of Rekeem Harper this week…

What’s the word?

The out-of-favour midfielder has joined Championship outfit Birmingham City on loan until the end of the season, following in the footsteps of former Baggies attacker Jonathan Leko, who made a permanent switch in the summer.

Harper signed a new three-year deal upon Slaven Bilic’s arrival at the Hawthorns in the summer of 2019 despite reported interest from European giants Liverpool and Juventus among others.

Last chance saloon

The 20-year-old academy graduate has struggled for game time since making his debut in 2017, which was also the year of his first and only other loan spell away from the Midlands club.

Which means for the past two to three seasons, he’s pretty much been restricted to U23s football, even despite being earmarked as a future star by many former Albion manager – if those transfer links weren’t anything to go by above.

Indeed, Harper has only played 42 times for the first-team, of which only 17 have come since the start of the 2019/20 campaign, per Transfermarkt.

This could well be the last chance saloon for the former England U20 international as it’s hard to envisage him breaking into Sam Allardyce’s plans if firstly, he’s not currently in them despite their ongoing struggles and relegation battle, and secondly, if he fails to hit the ground running at St Andrew’s Stadium.

After Tony Pulis first promoted him into the senior fold, then-academy coach Jimmy Shan likened his ability to Premier League great Patrick Vieira, he told reporters:

“He can be a classic box-to-box midfielder like Patrick Vieira, he can play in a two or a three. He can play holding midfield, number 10 or number eight. He really is a talent who has got a lot of potential and the good thing is he’s working hard at his game.”

Similar thoughts were echoed by ex-boss Darren Moore, who said: “He excites the fans, he’s young, energetic, fresh, he’s enjoying his game, fearless – all the components of a really good player,” and then Bilic too: “I never denied that I love him as a player – I love those kind of players, who are powerhouses but can pass the ball, that’s great.”

Evidently, he now needs to prove that talent otherwise it’s going to be another case of unfulfilled potential at West Brom, another Saido Berahino, perhaps.Aside from all the transfer controversy, the former Baggies striker was clearly an impressive prospect as he bagged 14 goals in 38 appearances during the 2014/15 Premier League season.Though, now still only 27, he finds himself trying to salvage his career over in Belgium, playing for Charleroi on loan from Zulte Waregam.If Harper isn’t careful, then he’s in grave danger of becoming the next Berahino. He must deliver at Birmingham in these next six months. Those links to Liverpool and Juventus are a mere memory for the time being.

AND in other news, Dowling must avoid Rickie Lambert 2.0 in “full-blooded” £9m-rated colossus…

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”.

اقرأ أيضًا.. بونوتشي يقارن بين يوفنتوس وليفربول ويعلق على إمكانية مواجهة باريس سان جيرمان

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.

A sublime finish from Matheus Pereira wasn’t enough for West Brom to bring any sort of returns back to the Hawthorns on Tuesday night.

Sam Allardyce’s Baggies squad were defeated 2-1 by his former club West Ham, just days after Sam picked up his first victory since he took the helm in mid-December.

Overall, Albion’s performance was satisfactory and gives them some hope towards a brighter future, but they still remain some five points from safety with the worst defensive record in the Premier League – by quite some margin.

There was no return for Grady Diangana either and his absence was really felt on that left flank, especially as he started all four games under Allardyce before injury.

He’d surely have loved to make a point to his boyhood club after they let him leave for £18m in the summer, too.

Instead, Big Sam turned to Kamil Grosicki for a third successive match in all competitions – only this time, it failed to pay dividends.

The Polish veteran has been given a lifeline at West Brom in recent weeks. In the summer, he was seconds away from sealing a move to Nottingham Forest, but as the paperwork was submitted too late, he had to remain at their Midlands rivals.

He’s also been linked with an exit during the current winter transfer window, though for now, he’s still here. But after his display in the capital, the 66-year-old may want to think again.

As per SofaScore, only one other Baggies player was given a worse rating than Grosicki’s 6.4 and he was hugely at fault for the Hammers’ opener, losing his man only for him to serve up a delightful cross for Jarrod Bowen to turn home.

Indeed both Vladimir Coufal and Bowen had the better of the 32-year-old throughout the 70 minutes he was on the pitch – the pair managed 7.2 and 6.6 ratings respectively.

Considering the £50k-per-week ace is supposed to be one of Big Sam’s main attacking outlets, he was wasteful and ineffective at left-wing – per SofaScore, he failed to provide an accurate cross from three attempts, leaving Callum Robinson to feed off very little, and won just one of seven duels (14%).

That only goes to show just how lightweight the winger was against the aforementioned Irons duo and how they constantly thwarted him at either end of the pitch. By comparison, Coufal (six) and Bowen (four) won ten times as many duels.

It now gives Allardyce plenty to think about with an encounter against Man City six days away. If Diangana isn’t fit, then someone else may need to step up to the plate.

Only one other Albion player (who has started two or more games) has recorded a worse average rating for the season than Grosicki’s 6.19 – perhaps the club ought to be looking to move him on after all, even despite once being dubbed “unplayable” by former teammate Jackson Irvine.

If Tuesday’s game is anything to go by, he may well not be cut out for the big time.

AND in other news, Baggies lightweight who lost the ball every 2.8 touches BADLY let West Brom down on Tuesday…