عقد نيكو كوفاتش، المدير الفني لفريق بوروسيا دورتموند، مؤتمرًا صحفيًا قبل مباراة الأربعاء ضد نظيره فريق برشلونة، في بطولة دوري أبطال أوروبا.
ويستضيف ملعب “مونتجويك” مباراة الفريقين في ذهاب ربع نهائي دوري أبطال أوروبا، موسم 2024/25.
وقال كوفاتش، في تصريحاته التي نشرتها شبكة “رويترز” العالمية: “نأتي إلى هنا كفريق غير مرشح للفوز، لكن هذا لا يُسهل الأمور على منافسنا”.
وأضاف: “نحن في مرحلة صعود، لذلك أرانا الطرف الأقل حظً، ولكن هناك مباراتين، وما زال عليهم الحضور إلى دورتموند، أعتقد أن لدينا فرصًا للوصول إلى نصف النهائي”.
وواصل: “نعلم القوة الهجومية التي سنواجهها غدًا، علينا أن نتحلى بالانضباط، إنهم أقوياء للغاية داخل منطقة الجزاء وحولها، لديهم نقاط قوة كثيرة، لكن لكل خصم نقاط ضعف، ونريد استغلالها”.
وأردف: “الإفصاح عن خططنا ليس أمرًا حكيمًا، لكن لدينا فكرة، لقد جئنا إلى هنا بهدف الفوز بالمباراة”.
وفي تصريحات أخرى نشرتها صحيفة “موندو ديبورتيفو” الإسبانية، قال: “أنا وفليك نعرف بعضنا ونقدر بعضنا كأشخاص، كما نعرف آراء بعضنا بخصوص كرة القدم، لذلك لا نتوقع أي مفاجآت”.
واسترسل: “أعرف فليك جيدًا، لا أتصور أنه يحلم بالفوز بالثلاثية، إنه يريد الأهم، تقديم أداء جيد، تأقلمه مع برشلونة؟ رأيناه في بايرن ومع المنتخب الألماني يلعب بأسلوب كرة قدم هجومي وتقني للغاية، ولهذا السبب تعاقدوا معه”.
وفيما يخص إيقاف النجم لامين يامال، قال: “ماذا يمكنني أن أقول عنه؟ بالإضافة إلى ما تعرفونه، فهو لاعب ممتاز، نشأ في برشلونة ينتظره مستقبل زاهر”.
وأكد: “نعرف نقاط قوته، الأمر يتعلق بتحييدها، لن يكون الأمر سهلاً، لكن الأمر لا يتعلق بإيقاف لاعب فقط، لقد جئنا إلى هنا لتحقيق نتيجة جيدة”.
واستأنف: “كما قلت، برشلونة هو المرشح الأوفر حظًا بدون شك، ولكن بوروسيا دورتموند لعب النهائي الموسم الماضي ولم يتوقع أحد ذلك، عملنا بجد وقاتلنا من أجله، نحن واثقون من أنفسنا ومعنوياتنا مرتفعة”.
واختتم: “نحن نعلم أن برشلونة يدافع في وسط الملعب، ولدينا الكثير من السرعة، يمكننا دائمًا التسبب في المشاكل”.
كشف أشرف عبد العزيز، محامي لاعب الزمالك أحمد سيد “زيزو”، عن تفاصيل جديدة تتعلق بأزمة موكله مع إدارة القلعة البيضاء.
وقال عبد العزيز في تصريحات عبر قناة “دي إم سي”: “تواصلت وديًا مع الكابتن حسين لبيب، رئيس نادي الزمالك، للحصول على ضمانات لحماية أحمد سيد زيزو وفقًا للوائح الاتحاد الدولي لكرة القدم، لكن الرد كان صادمًا، حيث قال لي بالحرف -أنا مش مدير أمن النادي.. أنا رئيس نادي الزمالك-“.
وأضاف: “كنت أسعى لإيجاد حل يحفظ حقوق اللاعب ويطمئنه قبل ذهابه للنادي، لكننا لم نصل لاتفاق”.
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وأكمل:” زيزو لن يتواجد في جلسة التحقيق غدًا السبت، لأنه لم يتلق أي إخطاء بموعد تلك الجلسة، ولا نتعامل مع أي بيانات عبر الحسابات الرسمية للنادي”.
وواصل: “الإخطار الوحيد الذي وصل كان بتغيب اللاعب عن التدريبات منذ يوم الخميس الماضي، وأن الأمر تم إحالته لمجلس الإدارة لاتخاذ القرار المناسب”.
وفيما يخص الجانب المالي، أكد عبد العزيز أن اللاعب يطالب بالحصول على مستحقات مالية متأخرة تبلغ قيمتها 73 مليون جنيه، مؤكدًا في الوقت نفسه احترامه لنادي الزمالك، وأن زيزو لا يمانع العودة للنادي حال توفير المناخ الآمن والمناسب له.
Arsenal made sure their draw with Fulham on Sunday afternoon was not the start of a poor run with a comfortable win over AS Monaco in the Champions League last night.
Mikel Arteta’s side weren’t at their very best, but a clinical showing from Bukayo Saka and some professional performances from much of the team saw them pick up all three points and all but guarantee their progress to the next round.
However, while most of the Gunners’ team could pat themselves on the back for a job well done, a few flattered to deceive.
In fact, one of the players was so poor and has been for some time now that he could be turning into another Mesut Ozil-esque situation for the manager.
Mesut Ozil's Arsenal career
When it comes to memorable Arsenal transfers over the years, there are few, if any, that top Ozil’s move to the Emirates on deadline day 2013.
The German international joined the club from Spanish giants Real Madrid for a club record £42.4m and immediately hit the ground running, providing an assist for Olivier Giroud in his first game away to Sunderland.
Over the next few seasons, the “fantastic” sensation, as dubbed by Ian Wright, proved to be worth every penny as he wowed fans and rivals alike with his mercurial ability to find practically anyone anywhere on the pitch with a single sublime pass.
The former Schalke gem racked up a brilliant tally of 44 goals and 75 assists in 254 appearances for the club and played a significant role in three of the four FA Cup triumphs while he was in North London, but things did not end well.
After he signed a mammoth £350k-per-week contract in early 2018, his performances began to drop, and by the time Arteta was appointed manager in December 2019, it was clear that his lack of intensity and effort off the ball meant he had no future in N5.
However, due to his rapid decline and lofty wages, it was a nightmare to move him on, and the club eventually had to cancel his contract entirely so that he could move to Turkish giants Fenerbahçe.
In all, while Ozil was an arguably world-class talent for much of his Arsenal career, his form fell off a cliff in the later years, and he became an incredibly expensive burden, which could be happening to a player in the squad today.
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The Arsenal player who could be Arteta's new Ozil
So, to get straight to the point, the player in question is the incredibly gifted Gabriel Jesus, and there are two key reasons why.
The first is that, like Ozil, the former Manchester City star hit the ground running following his £45m transfer in the 22/23 season, racking up an impressive tally of five goals and providing five assists in 16 league games prior to the World Cup break, equating to an average of a goal involvement every 1.6 games.
However, the Brazilian international suffered a severe knee injury in Qatar and had to undergo surgery, which kept him out of action until mid-March, after which he looked notably less nimble and generally less of a threat.
Last season wasn’t dreadful for the Sao Paulo-born forward, but eight goals and eight assists in 36 appearances was not enough to stop Kai Havertz from taking his place as the team’s starting number nine, and based on his performances this season, it doesn’t look like he’s ever going to get it back.
In 19 appearances, the “frustrating” striker, as dubbed by Micah Richards, has scored one goal and provided two assists.
Jesus’ Arsenal career
Season
22/23
23/24
24/25
Appearances
33
36
19
Minutes
2347′
1910′
684′
Goals
11
8
1
Assists
7
8
2
Goal Involvements per Match
0.54
0.44
0.15
Minutes per Goal Involvement
130.38′
119.37′
228′
All Stats via Transfermarkt
Moreover, last night perfectly encapsulates why he’s becoming an issue for the manager.
While he provided the assist for Saka’s opener, the 27-year-old was also incredibly wasteful in front of goal, missing two big chances and taking just 23 touches, which more than justified the 5/10 match rating he received from journalist Kaya Kaynak.
So, like the German superstar, Jesus has gone from an essential member of the first team to someone unable to meaningfully contribute at all, and on top of that, he also costs the club a fortune, thanks to the enormous £265k-per-week contract he agreed to in 2022.
Lastly, it also seems like it will be a serious challenge to move the former City ace on in 2025, as his wages, injury history, and dreadful form do not make him a desirable proposition to the sort of clubs he’d be happy to join.
Ultimately, Jesus is an undeniably talented footballer, but like Ozil before him, he’s hit the end of the road at Arsenal, and at this point, it looks like the best option for all parties would be to move him on – if that is even possible.
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The talented attacker has been poor for Arsenal in recent weeks.
Mesmo depois de oficializadas as contratações de dois reforços para o setor ofensivo da equipe (casos de Dentinho e Matheus Peixoto), o Ceará parece enxergar como necessário o retorno de um nome com história recente bastante positiva no Vozão: Thiago Galhardo.
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Segundo informação que foi veiculada pelo ‘Diário do Nordeste’, a equipe de Porangabussu mantem contato com o empresário do jogador, Flávio Trivella, especulando a chance de avançar em negociações junto ao atleta que está por empréstimo do Internacional no Celta de Vigo-ESP.
No entanto, o avanço da sondagem para uma efetiva proposta feita para o clube gaúcho dependerá da possibilidade dos espanhóis optarem por renovar o acordo com o atacante de 32 anos, que tem 25 partidas e números bastante tímidos: um gol e uma assistência. Caso isso aconteça, o Vozão reconhece que não teria condições de brigar pela repatriação do atacante.
Apesar das estatísticas não serem tão animadoras, Trivella fala com otimismo sobre a ideia do seu agenciado seguir no futebol europeu:
-O Thiago chegou no Ceará, foi muito feliz e virou um caso de amor. Todo dia tem mensagem da torcida, tem amizade com Robinson, então a gente conversa sobre isso sim. Eu tenho certeza que ele ainda vai vestir a camisa do Ceará (na carreira). Agora, hoje, tem o empréstimo até junho (no Celta), com chance de compra. Há esse contrato na Europa, ele voltou a ser titular no Celta, o time pode querer contar com ele, a gente torce por isso, e tem um prazo (para resposta), o contrato no Inter é até dezembro. Se isso não acontecer, seria necessário acerto entre Ceará e Inter depois. O Galhardo gosta do Ceará – comentou.
Com a camisa do Alvinegro, Thiago Galhardo disputou 34 partidas e foi peça vital na salvação do rebaixamento no Campeonato Brasileiro em 2019 com seus 12 gols e uma assistência. Desempenho esse, aliás, que chamou justamente a atenção do Internacional para sua posterior contratação pelo clube de Porto Alegre.
“The character and the resilience to turn it around after those first three games shows volumes about this group,” Knight said
Valkerie Baynes03-Apr-2022Nat Sciver had carried the disappointment of scoring an unbeaten century in a losing cause against Australia throughout the World Cup. So, given the chance to put that right, she’d be damned if she was going to let it slip again.That’s how she played a remarkable innings in the final which might have left the most optimistic of England fans daring to dream and, by Meg Lanning’s own admission, made the Australia captain “nervous”. The problem was, just as in their first encounter on March 5, Sciver’s knock was only the second-best of the day.Related
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Upstaged by Alyssa Healy’s record-breaking 170 off 138 balls, Sciver’s unbeaten 148 from 121 could not stop the Australian juggernaut that succeeded in a five-year quest to take the trophy from England, winning by 71 runs after posting a mammoth total of 356 for 5.Sciver was on a hiding to nothing after England’s bowlers were toothless against Healy and fellow opener Rachael Haynes, with whom she shared a 160-run opening partnership, not to mention Beth Mooney’s rapid half-century.Then there was England’s top-order collapse that reduced the defending champions to 38 for 2 and 86 for 3, leading to the inevitability that Sciver would run out of partners, notwithstanding a fifth-wicket stand with Sophia Dunkley worth 50 and the 65 she put on for the ninth wicket with rookie offspinner Charlie Dean.”After the first match, getting so close, I guess the disappointment was something that stuck with me,” Sciver said. “Getting a century against the top-ranked team was really special as well, so it’s weird how it’s worked out, how it’s been against Australia.”With my batting over this tournament, I felt pretty confident and I’d probably not done as well as I had expected having felt that way, so it’s nice to end with a good score, but it would have been nicer to have the trophy.”Australia won their group game by 12 runs after Haynes’ 130 put England’s target of 311 just out of reach, despite Sciver’s 109 not out. And Sciver was left wondering what might have been had those two half-century stands in the final – not to mention the 48 she shared with captain Heather Knight – gone bigger.”When Charlie Dean was there, we had a really good chat,” Sciver said. “If we were there with two or three overs to spare, we knew that it would be a big ask but there would be a chance we could get over the line.”You could tell that the Australians were really keen on taking our wicket and changing the momentum again, because we did have a bit of momentum, I guess.”ESPNcricinfo Ltd
As it happened, Dunkley fell for a run-a-ball 22 and Dean for a confident 21 off 24 to Alana King and Jess Jonassen, respectively, as the Australian spinners claimed three wickets apiece.And while Healy had hoped her innings would be seen as “brave” in that she played her way, regardless of the occasion, Sciver could perhaps take some solace from the fact that she had done the same.”When you’re chasing 350-odd, there’s only really one way you can play it,” Sciver said of her boundary-laden innings that featured the only six of the match, a pull off King over deep midwicket. “When you’re chasing, the mentality of scoring runs takes care of itself. You know that you need to be out there for a long time but also pick up boundaries where you can. Luckily, that seemed to come naturally, but it just got a bit too much at the end.”Knight said it had been a “50-50″ call when she put Australia in upon winning the toss but, in hindsight, she wouldn’t have changed it.”Something Australia do really well as a batting unit is when they get a partnership together they really make it a match-defining partnership,” Knight said. “They’re really ruthless with that and they extend those big partnerships, and I think it’s something we can certainly do a little bit better as a side.”Tonight, Nat had an outstanding innings, but we have someone else with her and with the potential of chasing that score – although we let them get a few too many with the ball.”I’m very disappointed but really proud of Nat and the fight she put on to give us a chance of winning. We, unfortunately, didn’t have anyone with her to be able to really maximise two set batters. We can take a lot of pride in what we’ve done as a group, the way we fought throughout the competition to be in this position and the way we fought tonight.”Lanning was also full of praise for Sciver.”There were a few nervous moments, there’s no doubt about that,” Lanning said. “She also played an incredible innings, Nat Sciver, that was something really special, and on another day, that wins your team the game, so we always felt under the pump a little bit while she was at the crease in particular.”But we were able to get wickets at the right time – whenever they were able to build a partnership we felt like we were able to break it. Chasing that total, you have to keep going the whole time, so we knew that if we could stick to our guns and just keep it really simple, it should have been enough, but absolutely, there were some nerves there.”The key feature of England’s campaign was that they bounced back from a three-match losing streak at the start of the tournament to win their next five games and earn the right to defend their title against an Australian side building a reputation as the best in women’s cricketing history. As a result, Knight said there were “a lot of positives” to take away.”The character and the resilience in the group to turn it around after those first three games when obviously we were in a pretty tough situation shows volumes about this group and the people that we’ve got in it and the staff we’ve got as well to get here with a chance of winning,” Knight said.”In terms of things we need to do differently, it will take a little bit of time to digest what went wrong and I think also, it’s fair to say, credit to Australia they’ve outplayed us tonight.”
E a festa é toda do Cuiabá. Na tarde deste sábado, em plena Arena Pantanal, o Dourado não tomou conhecimento do União Rondonópolis e voltou a derrotar o rival, agora com direito a uma goleada por 4 a 0, depois de ter vencido no primeiro jogo por 3 a 2, garantindo assim o título do Campeonato Mato-grossense de 2022.
Embalado, o time comandado por Pintado volta suas atenções para outra competição. Na próxima quinta-feira (7), fará sua estreia na CONMEBOL Sul-Americana, em casa, diante do Melgar-PER.
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CUIABÁ TEM MELHOR INÍCIO E ABRE A CONTAGEM
Fazendo valer o fator casa, a equipe do Cuiabá não quis saber de ser surpreendido e tratou de ir para cima do União. Com isso, até meados dos 15 minutos, dominava as ações em campo conseguindo criar boas chances com Rodriguinho e companhia, porém todas sem êxito.
Até que aos 16 minutos, Pepê tirou o zero do placar na Arena Pantanal. Depois de uma jogada entre Rodriguinho e Elton, o atacante mandou de letra para o meia mandar para o fundo das redes.
COLORADO TENTA O EMPATE
Em desvantagem, o time visitante acreditava que poderia buscar o tento de igualdade ainda na etapa inicial. Entretanto, com o tempo passando, pouco conseguiu produzir contra o gol de Walter, dando a deixa para a arbitragem mandar os dois times para os vestiários.
CUIABÁ FAZ MAIS TRÊS E FECHA A CONTA
Mesmo com trocas dos dois lados, o Cuiabá seguiu melhor na volta para o segundo tempo. Aos 9, foi a vez de Alesson, após Pepê roubar a bola no ataque e acionar o camisa 7 que não perdoou.
Após mais algumas mudanças de ambos os lados, o Dourado não diminuía seu ritmo. Depois de perder uma grande chance com Everton, aos 31 minutos, Marllon, depois de cobrança de escanteio de Gava, mandou de cabeça para o fundo das redes.
E tinha espaço para mais um. Aos 37, foi a vez de Valdivia, que havia entrado no lugar de Rodriguinho momentos atrás, marcar o 4º gol dos mandantes no jogo. Praticamente com o placar resolvido, apenas administrou o resultado até os minutos finais para a festa dos jogadores.
FICHA TÉCNICA Cuiabá 4×0 União Rondonópolis
Data e horário: 02/04/2022, às 16h30 (de Brasília) Local: Arena Pantanal, em Cuiabá (MT) Árbitro:Rodrigo da Fonseca Assistentes:Fábio Rubinho eFernanda Kruger
CUIABÁ: Walter; João Lucas, Marllon, Alan Empereur e Uendel (Igor Cariús, aos 40’/1ºT); Marcão Silva (Rafael Gava, no intervalo), Rivas, Pepê e Rodriguinho (Valdívia, aos 14’/2ºT); Alesson (Everton, aos 21’/2ºT) e Elton (André, aos 14’/2ºT). (Técnico: Pintado)
UNIÃO RONDONÓPOLIS: Neneca; Barão, Abdala (Gabriel Júnior, aos 12’/2ºT), Odail e Fabinho; Ruan, Peixinho (Vinícius Matheus, aos 21’/2ºT)e Giancarlo (Alex Maranhão, no intervalo); Michel (Felipe Profeta, aos 12’/2ºT), Yan e Deivisson Pikachu. (Técnico: Odil Soares)
أعرب حسن يسري، رئيس جهاز كرة اليد بنادي الزمالك، عن تعجبه من تصريحات الكرواتي ماركو ماركيس مدرب حراس مرمى الفريق، بشأن أسباب رحيله عن الجهاز الفني، مؤكدًا أن ما قيل غير دقيق ولا يعكس الحقيقة.
وكان ماركيس قد أعلن، عبر حسابه الشخصي على “إنستجرام”، عن مغادرته المفاجئة للقلعة البيضاء، مقدمًا الشكر لأحد الأشخاص – الذي وصفه بمشجع الأهلي – لمساعدته في العودة إلى كرواتيا بأمان.
وأشار المدرب الكرواتي في منشوره إلى أنه سيكشف كافة تفاصيل تجربته في نادي الزمالك، فور اطمئنانه على سلامة عائلته.
وقال حسن يسري، في تصريحات تلفزيونية عبر قناة ام بي سي مصر 2: “تفاجأت بما نشره مدرب حراس كرة اليد، فقد كانت علاقته بالجهاز الفني واللاعبين جيدة جدًا، وكان يتعامل معنا بشكل محترم طوال الوقت”.
وأكمل: “قبل عيد الفطر بيوم خضنا مباراة أمام سبورتنج في الإسكندرية، ثم حصل الفريق على إجازة العيد، وبعد العودة للتدريبات لم يحضر، كما غاب عن مباراة البنك الأهلي، وعندما سألت عنه المدير الفني، أبلغني أنه طلب الرحيل لأسباب عائلية”.
وواصل: “ما تم تداوله عن وجود ترويع أو تهديد داخل الفريق غير صحيح تمامًا، ولا أعتقد أن مثل هذه الأمور يمكن أن تحدث في نادٍ كبير مثل الزمالك”.
طالع | هرب من مواجهة الأهلي.. الزمالك يكشف تفاصيل جديدة في ملف رحيل مدرب اليد المفاجئ
وزاد: “المدرب أبلغ إدارة الفريق بنيته عدم الاستمرار منذ يوم 7 أبريل، ومستحقاته المتأخرة هي لمدة شهر تقريبًا، وأي مدرب متواجد في مصر قادر أن يحصل على حقوقه بالطرق الشرعية، عنده اتحاد كرة اليد والاتحاد الدولي سيضمنان له حقوقه”.
وأردف: “أعتقد أنه له راتب شهر أو شهرين أقصى شيء لأن بداية التعاقد معه كانت في فبراير الماضي، وكل شيء كان جيدا ولكن ما حدث لا أعرف مبرره”.
وأتم: “سيكون هناك تواصل مع المدرب لمعرفة أسباب ما كتبه، وإن كان هناك أي خلاف سيتم حله بشكل ودي، لكن ما كُتب لا يعكس الواقع وجاء بطريقة غير احترافية”.
No play possible in finely poised contest at Ageas Bowl
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The Ageas Bowl groundstaff attempt to mop up on the final day•Getty Images
Rain thwarted Hampshire and Lancashire’s attempts to play out a potentially classic LV= Insurance County Championship final day.The first three days had set up the tantalising prospect of Lancashire needing 342 more runs and Hampshire requiring 10 wickets.But light rain swept over the Ageas Bowl from around 10:30am, throughout the morning and afternoon.Even with the prospect of a result evaporating, Hampshire were still keen to get onto the field to enhance their over rate – which sat at -1. But conditions never improved and umpires Rob White and Nick Cook finally confirmed the draw at 5pm to the backdrop of both sets of players kicking footballs around.Both sides claim 12 points each in their quests to win the Championship, and means Lancashire’s unbeaten run in first class cricket away at Hampshire stretches to 33 years.
Arsenal are now ensuring that they are being constantly updated on a new defender’s situation as they look to exploit a potential contract standoff, according to a fresh report.
Arsenal's defence continues evolving
Arsenal continue to upgrade in defence as they look for a first Premier League title under Mikel Arteta. The arrival of Oleksandr Zinchenko from Manchester City ousted Kieran Tierney, before the Ukrainian himself was sidelined by the arrivals of first Jurrien Timber and then Riccardo Calafiori, both of whom can play across the backline.
Now, it has emerged that Kieran Tierney will be leaving the club on a free transfer when his contract expires at the end of the season, and Zinchenko could well follow him out of the door with the left-back having started just two Premier League games this season.
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And though Arsenal fans will be more keen to see attacking reinforcements arrive at the club as opposed to more defenders, especially following the latest injury news to both Bukayo Saka and Raheem Sterling, it is clear that Arteta values his defensive lynchpins as far more important to get right than his attacking ones, having signed at least one defender in every summer transfer window since his arrival at the club.
Defenders signed by Mikel Arteta at Arsenal
Riccardo Calafiori
Jurrien Timber
Jakub Kiwior
Ben White
Takehiro Tomiyasu
Oleksandr Zinchenko
Gabriel
Nuno Tavares
Cedric Soares
Pablo Mari
Now, reports suggest that he is ready to follow up on yet another defender, with the club being consistently updated on his potential availability.
Arsenal keeping tabs on elite defender
That comes according to a report from The Boot Room, who claim that Arsenal are now demanding to be kept in the loop over the future of French international defender Theo Hernandez. The rampaging fullback is Milan’s highest ever scoring defender but has struggled since the arrival of Paulo Fonseca over the summer.
He has started 10 Serie A games but was dropped for their clash with Genoa and began their win over Hellas Verona on the bench. As it stands, the Frenchman’s £81,000 a week deal at San Siro expires in 2026, and Milan Live claim that “to date there has been no significant progress on his renewal”, meaning that “everything suggests that the left back could be sold in the next transfer window”.
Theo Hernandez
Dubbed “brilliant” by CBS reporter Marco Messina on X, the defender will have no shortage of suitors should he depart Milan, and the Boot Room claim that Arsenal “are being constantly notified” about a potential move.
The Gunners have admired the defender “for several years”, and his fall out with Paulo Fonseca has left them weighing up a potential move, though Chelsea, Manchester City and Bayern Munich are also named as potential suitors.
Hernandez would be a major upgrade on Zinchenko in an offensive sense, with the Frenchman having managed two goals and two assists already this season from fullback, adding to his nine goals and assists in last season’s Serie A campaign. No price tag is mentioned, but any move to sign the Frenchman would almost certainly be costly, with the fullback among the best in the world in his position.
While Milan may not wish to sell, they could be forced to allow him to leave if they cannot make progress on a new deal, and Arsenal now stand to profit in a major way.
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Pensando nisso, o meia-atacante Marco Túlio garante já estar focado no compromisso e agregou que a ideia de todos é fazer um grande jogo diante dos paulistas para iniciarem bem a campanha na segundona.
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– Agora é foco total no Ituano e na caminha na Série B. Temos que fazer um grande jogo para iniciarmos nossa campanha na disputa com uma vitória, com o pé direito. Isso vai ser importante para dar confiança ao grupo para a sequência da competição e da temporada – afirmou.
Na análise feita pelo jogador de 24 anos de idade que está por empréstimo do Sprorting-POR ao clube do Mutange, ele vê a equipe alagoana em condições de brigar por uma das vagas para retornar a primeira divisão em 2023:
– Vamos brigar pelo acesso. É esse o objetivo de todos aqui. Temos um ótimo grupo, competitivo e experiente. Isso é muito importante. Precisamos fazer um grande campeonato, com equilíbrio e intensidade, para chegarmos a esse objetivo.