Following the frustration of transfer failure, PIF are now confident that they’ll sign one of their top targets after Newcastle United reportedly submitted a fresh bid worth around £55m.
The transfers that could turn Newcastle's summer around
Those at St James’ Park first attempted to sign Bryan Mbeumo from Brentford at the start of this summer, only for reports to claim that he has picked Manchester United over anyone else. Then, the Magpies reportedly set their sights on Joao Pedro before he completed a familiar move from Brighton & Hove Albion to Chelsea. Newcastle were once again sent back to the drawing board.
In that time, however, a number of fresh targets have entered their radar while a deal to sign long-term target James Trafford looks likely to get over the line at long last this summer.
Alongside Trafford, the likes of Mohammed Kudus and Harvey Elliott have both reportedly entered Newcastle’s radar as they look to sign an attacking reinforcement. With Mbeumo likely to join Manchester United and Pedro already confirmed as a Chelsea player, Elliott and Kudus represent an ideal plan B this summer.
Mohammed Kudus celebrates for West Ham
The latter has attracted plenty of interest already this summer and could yet be on his way out of West Ham United. Elliott, meanwhile, is reportedly likely to leave Liverpool in search of more game time elsewhere this summer.
According to the most recent reports, however, it may be neither of those options that end Newcastle’s search for a winger. Instead, it could be one of their top targets to begin turning their summer fortunes around.
Newcastle submit fresh Elanga bid
According to Fabrizio Romano, Newcastle have now submitted a fresh £55m bid to sign Anthony Elanga from Nottingham Forest and PIF want the deal done “as soon as possible”. Those at St James’ Park are reportedly confident that the 22-cap Swede will become a Newcastle player and they will get their £55m offer green lit by Nottingham Forest.
If Newcastle manage to get deals over the line for both Trafford and Elanga, as is likely to be the case at this stage, then any early summer struggles will become an afterthought for Eddie Howe.
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Elanga’s arrival will particularly excite fans if the Magpies push on and welcome the winger in the coming weeks. The Forest star, who was described by Nuno Espirito Santo described as “special” last season, could form one of the deadliest front threes in the Premier League alongside Alexander Isak and Anthony Gordon.
Pakistan’s premier domestic first-class competition has undergone major overhaul
Danyal Rasool22-Oct-2024Days after the 2024-25 Quaid-e-Azam trophy was delayed, the PCB have announced the final schedule for Pakistan’s premier domestic first-class competition. The tournament will begin on October 26, with the final on December 19.In a major overhaul, the days of parsimony when it came to the number of teams have flown out of the window. This year’s QeA will see 18 teams spread out into 16 regions take part; Lahore and Karachi have two teams each. Last year, just eight teams played the tournament, with the four years prior seeing just six participants. Karachi Whites are the defending champions.”Quaid-e-Azam Trophy is the pinnacle of domestic cricket in Pakistan as it is not just a tournament but also an event that showcases the immense talent across the country and prepares them for the challenges of international cricket,” Abdullah Niazi, the director of domestic operations, said in a statement. “As always, we will continue to provide the best possible platform for players to excel and show their capabilities on the biggest stage in domestic cricket as they will be rubbing their shoulders with the best players of the country.Related
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“Earlier we demonstrated a successful Champions One-Day Cup, and are fully committed to strengthening our domestic structure. The successful execution of Quaid-e-Azam Trophy remains at the heart of this commitment.”Just days ago, though, the fate of this year’s Quaid-e-Azam Trophy was uncertain. ESPNcricinfo understands the tournament was delayed, with the domestic cricket department awaiting the chairman’s sign-off for the tournament. The QeA was tentatively scheduled to start on October 20.The start date of October 26 is considerably later than usual. Just two of the last 15 years have seen the tournament begin after this date. The PCB opted to host the Champions One-Day Cup in September, Pakistan’s only meaningfully empty window until May, pushing the first-class competition deeper into the season.This means the Quaid-e-Azam trophy starts while Pakistan’s Test season – it’s busiest this century – will already be well into the fifth of seven home games. The final begins on December 19, a week out from the first Test in South Africa on December 26. Earlier on Tuesday, Pakistan vice-captain Saud Shakeel suggested the first-class competition could be used to prepare for the tour of South Africa by attempting to replicate those conditions.”If you want to prepare for SENA [series in South Africa, England, New Zealand and Australia], you can do it during practice and first class cricket,” Shakeel said. “If there’s first-class cricket before South Africa, we could prepare those kinds of pitches there. But we should prepare pitches and conditions series-by-series, and according to the opposition.”
West Bromwich Albion supporters won’t have to wait too much longer to see who their beloved Baggies will play in the opening matches of the new Championship season.
Indeed, the always hotly anticipated fixture list will be released next week, with Ryan Mason hopeful that whatever selection of fixtures is thrust his side’s way, they can start the fresh second-tier campaign with a bang, instead of a whimper.
One figure that definitely won’t feature under Mason’s early tenure is Grady Diangana, with the Congolese forward reportedly edging ever closer to a Hawthorns departure, after failing to seal an extended contract this summer.
Diangana's current situation
Mason’s arrival on the scene might well have contributed to the former West Ham United man wanting to leave, knowing that the 33-year-old boss would want to stamp his mark onto proceedings from the get-go.
It is a sad severing of the ties, however, with Diangana once viewed as an electric menace donning Baggies blue and white in both the Premier League and in the EFL.
In total, the 27-year-old would collect an impressive combined tally of 48 goals and assists from 202 appearances in the West Midlands, with Diangana often having the Hawthorns masses in the palm of his hand when pulling off unbelievable finishes like the one above.
But, the output on Diangana’s end had begun to dry up – as seen in just four goals and three assists coming his way last season – with a reported reunion now on the cards for him to uproot to Valencia to link up with ex-Baggies boss Carlos Corberan to try and recapture his best.
Whilst Diangana looks forward to his possible moment in the sun in Spain, West Brom will no doubt be on the hunt for a replacement to bolster their options in attack.
West Brom's "fabulous" Diangana replacement
After all, the long-standing servant’s exit will be felt in terms of the personnel Mason can select from.
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Jed Wallace is the only other recognisable right winger in the depleted Baggies camp currently in the wake of Diangana moving on, whilst the rookie manager has even fewer faces to call upon in the number ten spot – another position that the 27-year-old was comfortable playing in – with John Swift also heading out of the building on a free transfer.
Therefore, in hunting down an immediate fix to Diangana’s exit, West Brom will need to win themselves a versatile and flexible presence who can play all over the attacking positions.
Who could that be? Well, former Derby County captain Tom Lawrence is perhaps their man. It has been reported by TEAMtalk this week that West Brom are interested in landing the now free agent forward.
Away from his ability to be adaptable making him a worthwhile candidate to replace Diangana, the 31-year-old also boasts a vast collection of goals and assists in the Championship himself, with a mighty 50 goals and 40 assists tallied up from 264 career appearances in the second-tier.
Staggeringly, that’s 42 more goal contributions than the Valencia-linked star managed during his entire Hawthorns spell, albeit from 62 fewer clashes.
LW
157
30
21
SS
57
9
9
CF
21
5
2
RW
16
2
7
AM
6
2
0
LM
3
2
1
The similarities don’t just stop here either, with Lawrence also prone to scoring an audacious strike or two during his celebrated Derby stay, much like Diangana at his Baggies peak.
His expertise in this regard even saw ex-Rams boss Gary Rowett label the entertaining Welshman as “fabulous” when the pair were together at Pride Park, as West Brom now pray he can arrive on the scene this summer and roll back the years to fire Mason and Co. to promotion.
Pulling off such a feat would make the managerial newcomer an instant icon at the Hawthorns, with Lawrence also entering into the club’s hall-of-fame no doubt by securing a promotion success Diangana could never get over the line.
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da dobrowin： O Corinthians liberou o zagueiro Murillo para viajar para a Inglaterra e acertar com o Nottingham Forest. O atleta, portanto, não foi relacionado para o duelo desta terça-feira (29) contra o Estudiantes, da Argentina, em La Plata, que marcará a volta pela fase de quartas de final da Conmebol Sul-Americana.
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da apostebet： No último domingo (27), o Timão chegou a um acordo com o clube inglês em relação à venda do defensor por 13 milhões de euros (R$ 68,9 milhões, na cotação atual), mais 3 milhões de euros (R$ 15,9 milhões) a serem recebidos em um futuro próximo, caso o jogador cumpra metas. O valor foi pelos 80% dos direitos econômicos que o clube do Parque São Jorge detinha. O jogador e seu estafe permanecem com os 20% restantes.
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O camisa 34 chegou a ser relacionado e ficou no banco de reservas no empate do Timão com o Goiás pelo Brasileirão, que aconteceu no último sábado (26). Na ocasião, as negociações com os ingleses já aconteciam, mas ainda havia detalhes para o fechamento, que ocorreu no dia seguinte.
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Murillo esteve no CT Joaquim Grava na manhã desta segunda-feira (28), mas não participou do último treinamento do elenco profissional antes das quartas de final da Sul-Americana. O jogador da base apenas se despediu de seus companheiros de equipe e também dos responsáveis por sua formação.
O zagueiro chegou ao Corinthians em 2019 para integrar o time sub-17. Antes, ele passou pela base do São Caetano, ECUS Suzano, São Bernardo e União Barbarense. A saída do atleta para o Nottingham Forest teve muito a ver com a vontade do jogador de atuar na Premier League. Antes disso, o Timão já havia recusado investidas da Fiorentina e do Napoli, ambos da Itália, pelo atleta.
England had reduced Sri Lanka to 37 for 4 after winning the toss before the visiting captain’s 70 not out
ECB Reporters Network08-Jul-2024Sri Lanka 177 for 5 (Kalupahana 70*) vs EnglandSri Lanka’s middle order fought back after England had enjoyed a profitable morning on the opening day of the first Youth Men’s Test in Wormsley.The tourists finished a rain-shortened day at 177 for 5 after the Young Lions had expertly used bowler-friendly conditions in the opening hour to claim four wickets.New-ball pair Alex French and Naavya Sharma claimed the first three wickets with catches in the slip cordon before Rocky Flintoff ran out Sharujan Shanmuganathan after a terrible mix-up left both batsmen at the non-strikers’ end.Alex Green then had Mahith Perera caught behind in the over before a second rain delay, but an unbroken sixth-wicket stand of 74 between captain Dinura Kalupahana and Diniru Abeywickramashingha hauled Sri Lanka back into the contest.With low cloud cover and a green-tinged pitch, Hamza Shaikh, captaining England Men U19s for the first time, had no hesitation in putting Sri Lanka into bat after winning the toss.Shaikh’s decision was vindicated almost immediately as Surrey’s tall right-armer French removed both openers inside the first half-hour. Freddie McCann held on to edges from Sadew Samarasinghe and Pulindu Perera at second slip.Gayana Weerasinghe flicked Sharma over the leg-side rope for six in a rare moment of attack from the tourists, but the Middlesex man had him in his next over when Noah Thain held a sharp catch to his right at first slip.Sharma was only called into the squad over the weekend and was celebrating with his teammates again soon after as Sri Lanka’s morning got worse.Shanmuganathan pushed into the off-side and set off for a single that Perera declined only after offering enough hesitation to entice his partner to commit. Flintoff needed only to lob the ball to wicketkeeper Jack Carney who removed the bails while the batsmen stared accusingly at each other.Sri Lanka were 49 for 4 when rain forced the players off for more than two hours. In a shortened middle session, Leicestershire’s Green grabbed the only wicket with his first ball of a new spell when Perera edged to Carney.After a second break the Sri Lanka batters opted to counter-punch. New batter Abeywickramasingha took the lead with six boundaries in his unbeaten 35 from 41 balls as the pressure was put back on England’s bowlers.That allowed Kalupahana time to show his class as he eased to his half-century, from 98 balls, with a boundary off Green. The captain then started to up his rate striking Farhan Ahmed over the ropes and was unbeaten on 70 when a third rain delay eventually ended play.
da dobrowin： O São Paulo entra em campo para enfrentar o Cuiabá, às 18h30 (de Brasília) deste sábado (22), na capital mato-grossense, peloCampeonato Brasileiro. Para o duelo, o objetivo da equipe de Dorival Júnior é evidente: manter a boa fase. O Tricolor ocupa a quarta colocação na classificação, com 25 pontos. Uma combinação de resultados pode levar o clube do Morumbi à vice-liderança.
O Tricolor não perde há seis jogos. No período foram cinco vitórias e um empate, sequência inferior apenas à alcançada por Dorival em sua chegada, no início da principal competição nacional.
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Para o duelo no Mato Grosso, o São Paulo vive o dilema de escalar força máxima desde o início ou optar por uma formação mista, buscando preservar suas principais peças de olho no confronto de terça-feira (25), às 21h30 (de Brasília), no jogo de ida da semifinal da Copa do Brasil contra o rival Corinthians, em Itaquera.
Alguns desfalques são certos para o jogo. O atacante David está suspenso, enquanto o lateral-direito Rafinha foi liberado por diretoria e comissão técnica para participar de um evento na Alemanha do Bayern de Munique onde será homenageado. Em compensação o treinador contou com retornos importantes de mais nomes que estavam entregues ao departamento médico: o zagueiro Beraldo e o meia Talles Costa voltam a ser relacionados após se recuperarem.
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Data e hora: 22/7/2023 (sábado), às 18h30 (de Brasília) Local: Arena Pantanal, em Cuiabá (MT) Árbitro: Bruno Mota Correia (RJ) Auxiliares: Thiago Henrique Neto Correa Farinha (RJ) e Victor Hugo Imazu dos Santos (PR) VAR: Rodrigo Nunes de Sa (Fifa-RJ) Transmissão: Premiere e em tempo real pelo Lance!
CUIABÁ Walter; Matheus Alexandre, Marllon, Alan Empereur e Rikelme; Raniele, Deenílson e Fernando Sobral; Clayson, Deyverson e Jonathan Cafú Técnico: António Oliveira
SUSPENSO: Pablo Ceppelini
PENDURADOS: Denílson e Jonathan Cafú
SÃO PAULO Rafael; Nathan (Raí Ramos), Arboleda (Matheus Belém), Diego Costa (Beraldo) e Caio (Welington); Pablo Maia, Alisson (Luan) e Nestor (Michel Araujo); Juan (Alexandre Pato), Luciano e Calleri (Erison) Técnico: Dorival Júnior
DESFALQUES: Galoppo (cirurgia no joelho esquerdo), Igor Vinícius (transição após cirurgia no púbis), Alan Franco (dores na perna direita), Gabriel Neves (fraturas nas costelas), Moreira (aprimoram forma física) e Rafinha (liberado por questões particulares)
SUSPENSO: David
PENDURADOS: Alan Franco, Rafinha, Raí Ramos, Caio, Patryck, Alisson, Rodriguinho, Wellington Rato, Michel Araújo, Luciano, Calleri e Marcos Paulo
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Glasgow Rangers are on the lookout for a permanent manager heading into the 2025/26 season.
With the 49ers Enterprises takeover edging towards completion, they will be keen on securing a high-profile name to take the club forward.
Nathan Patterson, Steven Gerrard
Steven Gerrard is a name that has been linked with a return to Ibrox, but perhaps Marco Rose would be the best option for the Gers.
The German is among one of the favourites to land the coveted role. If he does move to Glasgow, there are at least four high-profile players that both the club and he must shift from the wage bill this summer.
A fresh start is needed all across the park, starting with Jack Butland in the sticks…
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Jack Butland
Jack Butland
The Englishman’s mistake against Celtic in the Scottish Cup final last season has been the catalyst for a poor season at Ibrox.
The £25k-per-week goalkeeper has made a slew of mistakes throughout the season, while conceding 48 goals and keeping just 14 clean sheets across 42 matches in all competitions.
Rose could cash in on the player in the summer as he looks to recruit someone who is at their peak.
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James Tavernier
The captain, who earns £30k-per-week, is currently heading into the final year of his contract at Ibrox.
That comes amid a poor individual season, which has seen Tavernier register only 17 goal involvements, a far cry from the 36 he recorded last term.
A new direction is needed at Ibrox, and with the Englishman turning 34 in October, surely now is the time for the club to sell him and move on.
James Tavernier’s stats at Rangers since joining
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Games
Goals
Assists
2023/24
58
24
12
2022/23
55
18
10
2021/22
58
18
17
2020/21
46
19
16
2019/20
46
3
16
2018/19
57
17
20
2017/18
46
9
9
2016/17
44
2
7
2015/16
50
15
23
Via Transfermarkt
After yet another campaign that will end without a trophy, Tavernier’s influence is significantly on the wane. That much is certain.
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Kieran Dowell
Glasgow Rangers midfielder Kieran Dowell.
Michael Beale signed Dowell in the summer of 2023 as his contract expired with Norwich City, but he made only 17 appearances for the club in his maiden season.
It became clear he wasn’t at the required level to take the Light Blues to the next level and after 16 games this term, the £16k-per-week midfielder joined Birmingham City on a loan deal.
Ten goal involvements across 22 matches proves Dowell has found his level and the Midlands side could look at signing the Englishman on a permanent basis this summer.
This is a move Rose will surely sanction, allowing him funds to strengthen his squad.
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Ben Davies
Ben Davies
Davies is another player who spent time on loan with Birmingham City this season. After two fairly underwhelming seasons at Ibrox, Philippe Clement sent him on loan to League One last summer. The £27k-per-week defender, like Dowell, appears to have found his level during his temporary stay.
The centre-back has won 70% of his total duels in the third tier this season, along with averaging 6.2 clearances and making 1.1 tackles per game.
Following their promotion, the Blues might want to keep Davies at the club permanently and this is something Rangers must look at pushing through.
He doesn’t seem like a player who would thrive under Rose, and freeing up his massive wages would certainly help the German in the transfer window.
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Celtic centre-forward Adam Idah added another goal to his tally for the season in the 1-1 draw with the club’s city rivals away from home in the Scottish Premiership last time out.
The Ireland international has now scored 18 goals in all competitions for the Hoops in his first full season at the club, following his permanent move from Norwich City last summer.
Idah may, however, hope to earn more minutes in the Premiership under Brendan Rodgers next term, because he has only started 17 of his 32 appearances in the division so far this year.
He has found himself behind Daizen Maeda in the pecking order at times, whilst he was often behind Kyogo Furuhashi in the first half of the 2024/25 campaign.
That was before the Japan international left to sign for Rennes in the January transfer window for a reported fee of £10m, leaving Maeda and Idah to battle it out for a starting spot.
Celtic will be hoping that Idah becomes a success and fulfills his potential at Parkhead as they look for their best centre-forward signing since Odsonne Edouard.
Celtic's top scorers since Odsonne Edouard left
The Scottish giants smashed their transfer record to sign the French centre-forward from Paris Saint-Germain for a reported fee of £9m in the summer of 2018, after an initial loan spell at Parkhead.
Edouard went on to score at least 22 goals in each of his three full seasons as a permanent Celtic star, which shows that he provided a consistent threat at the top end of the pitch.
After those three seasons, the 23-year-old was snapped up by Premier League side Crystal Palace in a reported deal that could rise to £18.5m, which meant that the Bhoys more than doubled their money on the striker, and it is a transfer that ranks as the fifth-highest sale in the club’s history, as per Transfermarkt.
Since Edouard moved down south in the summer of 2021, Kyogo, Idah, and Maeda have all had turns at being the main man at the top end of the pitch for goals.
24/25
Daizen Maeda
33
23/24
Kyogo Furuhashi
19
22/23
Kyogo Furuhashi
34
21/22
Kyogo Furuhashi
20
20/21
Odsonne Edouard
22
19/20
Odsonne Edouard
29
18/19
Odsonne Edouard
22
As you can see in the table above, Kyogo only scored more than 20 goals in one of his three full seasons at Parkhead before his £10m move to Rennes, which shows that he was not as consistent as Edouard, and he was sold for £8.5m less.
Maeda, meanwhile, scored just 14 goals in his first two Premiership seasons at the club before the current campaign, so he is yet to prove that his current goalscoring exploits are more than a flash in the pan.
Therefore, Celtic have not made a better striker signing than Edouard since the Frenchman’s departure, both for footballing and financial reasons, but they do have the chance to rectify that in the upcoming summer transfer window.
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According to reports in Denmark, via GlasgowWorld, Brondby are set to demand a record fee of £11.4m to allow Mathias Kvistgaarden to move on in the summer.
That would also make the centre-forward a club-record signing for the Hoops, as well as a club-record sale for Brondby, after they broke their record with an £11m move for Arne Engels from Augsburg last year.
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Football Insider reported earlier this year that the Hoops are planning to make a move for the Danish centre-forward in the summer transfer window in an attempt to bolster their options at the top end of the pitch.
The outlet added that the 23-year-old marksman is a long-term target for the Scottish giants, and that they are eyeing him up ahead of next season.
Celtic manager BrendanRodgersbefore the match
With this in mind, Celtic could land their best centre-forward signing since Edouard by pushing ahead with a deal for the young Brondby sensation in the coming months.
Why Kvistgaarden could be Celtic's best centre-forward signing since Edouard
Firstly, Kvistgaarden would come in as a young player with the potential to improve and grow in value throughout his time at Parkhead, which means that they could make a significant profit on him in the future.
Whereas Kyogo left to sign for Rennes at the age of 30 in January, which may have been why his transfer fee was £10m, rather than being closer to Edouard’s £18.5m move to Palace.
This means that Kvistgaarden would have more potential to be sold on for big money in the future than Kyogo ever had, simply because he is seven years younger than the Japanese ace.
The £11.4m-rated star, who was hailed as “absolutely sensational” by U23 scout Antonio Mango earlier this term, also has the goalscoring pedigree to potentially offer more than the Japan international did in the final third.
Appearances
35
Shots on target
40
Goals
22
Big chances missed
15
Key passes
20
Big chances created
4
Assists
5
As you can see in the table above, Kvistgaarden has scored 22 goals in all competitions for Brondby this term, which is more than Kyogo managed in two of his three full seasons in Glasgow.
This suggests that the potential is there for the Danish star to offer even more than the Rennes striker did during his time at Parkhead, if he can carry that form over to Scottish football and deliver consistently in the final third.
Former Celtic forward Odsonne Edouard
Kvistgaarden, who scored 31 goals and provided 11 assists in 45 matches for Brondby at U19 level, has shown that he can be lethal in front of goal on a regular basis, particularly at league level with 16 goals in 23 Superliga starts.
The Celtic transfer target could, therefore, be the club’s best centre-forward signing since Edouard because he has the age profile, the potential, and the goalscoring pedigree to be even better for the Hoops than Kyogo as a goalscorer and as a future asset.
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ByDan Emery May 8, 2025
It is now down to Celtic’s board to back Rodgers in the transfer market by splashing the cash to sign a high-quality striker in a club-record swoop for Kvistgaarden in the upcoming summer transfer window to bolster their options in the final third.
Harry Kane produced a stunning long-range strike to give Bayern Munich a two-goal lead over Flamengo in their Club World Cup round of 16 clash at the Hard Rock Stadium in Florida. The brilliant effort from outside of the box also helped Kane achieve yet another milestone as he registered 40-plus goals in a second consecutive season.
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With Bayern already 1-0 up in their round of 16 tie thanks to an Erick Pulgar own goal, Dayot Upamecano stopped a Flamengo counter-attack with a brilliant tackle as Kane won the ball. The English striker then took a few strides before finding the back of the net with a low-lying long-range shot using his supposedly weaker left foot.
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Kane went trophyless in his maiden campaign in Germany, but personally, he had an amazing journey with the Bavarian side. He scored 44 goals across all competitions in 45 appearances and provided 12 assists. Bayern won the Bundesliga title back in the 2024-25 campaign, and Kane has now reached the 40 goal mark again by scoring on his 50th appearance against Flamengo.
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Vincent Kompany's side went in at the half-time break 3-1 up thanks to a third goal from Leon Goretzka. Kane then doubled his account in the second half as Bayern ran out 4-2 winners to set up a huge quarter-final showdown with PSG.
يعاني فريق أتلتيكو مدريد من لحظة سيئة للغاية في الوقت الحالي قبل مباراته المرتقبة ضد نظيره فريق ليفربول، في إطار منافسات بطولة دوري أبطال أوروبا.
ويستضيف ملعب “الأنفيلد” مباراة فريقي ليفربول وأتلتيكو مدريد، يوم الأربعاء المقبل، في الجولة الأولى من مرحلة الدوري من دوري أبطال أوروبا، موسم 2025/26.
وحقق أتلتيكو مدريد فوزه الأول في موسم الدوري الإسباني الحالي، مساء يوم السبت، ضد خصمه فياريال بهدفين دون رد، ولكن ليلته تعكرت بسبب 4 إصابات.
البداية كانت عند نجم أتلتيكو مدريد، جوليان ألفاريز، الذي صنع هدف أتلتيكو مدريد الأول لزميله بابلو باريوس، وتم استبداله بين الشوطين، حيث ذكرت تقارير صحفية إسبانية أن ذلك جاء كإجراء احترازي بعد تعرضه لتدخل قوي من لاعب الخصم سانتياجو مورينو.
وقال دييجو سيميوني عن ذلك بعد المباراة: “دعونا نأمل ألا يكون هناك أي شئ عندما يستيقظ من النوم وتكون ساعاته الأولى بدون أي إزعاج، نأمل أن يكون في أقرب قت ممكن”.
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كما سقط روبن لو نورماند على أرض الملعب، في وقت متأخر من مباراة أتلتيكو مدريد وفياريال، وطلب استبداله، في حين خرج المدافع ديفيد هانكو بعد 7 دقائق من مشاركته كبديل، بسبب التواء في الكاحل.
وصرّح سيميوني: “لم نتحدث مع الطاقم الطبي للنادي، بشكل عام يعاني من انزعاج وكدمات والتواء في الكاحل، سنخبركم بمزيد من التفاصيل لاحقًا”.
كما ذكرت تقارير صحفية إسبانية أن نيكو جونزاليس، لاعب أتلتيكو مدريد، خرج من مباراة فياريال وهو يعاني من تشنجات عضلية.
تأتي تلك الضربات بعد استبعاد أليكس باينا وتياجو ألمادا من مباراة السبت، حيث يعاني الأول من التهاب في الزائدة الدودية خلال فترة التوقف الدولي، في حين أن الثاني سيغيب لبضعة أسابيع بسبب إصابة عضلية تعرض لها مع الأرجنتين خلال الفوز على فنزويلا هذا الشهر.