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Arsenal could outbid a major European club in the race for a highly-rated £42 million defender, who may well replace the potentially exit-bound Jakub Kiwior.

Edu looking at signing new centre-back for Arteta

According to various reports in the last few weeks, sporting director Edu and manager Mikel Arteta have been tipped to bring in a new central defensive option ahead of a likely Premier League title challenge with Man City next season.

24-year-old now reaches agreement to leave Arsenal for La Liga giants

The Spaniards are now looking to shake hands on a deal with Edu.

ByEmilio Galantini Jun 28, 2024

Arteta is looking to make it third-time-lucky in his pursuit of the title, having lost out to City in each of their two previous challenges since 2022. The Gunners pushed Pep Guardiola's side to the final day, accumulating 89 points and scoring 91 goals, but their rivals have set an incredibly high standard to beat in recent years.

To take the squad that bit further, Edu has been targeting a new striker for Arsenal, as well as a potential new midfielder to replace the exit-bound Thomas Partey. Arsenal are believed to hold an interest in Amadou Onana, among others, with Partey attracting serious interest from the Middle East and Turkey.

However, it has also been reported that Arteta wishes to acquire an alternative to star central defensive duo Gabriel Magalhaes and William Saliba. Arsenal conceded the fewest Premier League goals of any top-flight side last season, with Gabriel and Saliba being a factor in this.

Arsenal

29

Man City

34

Liverpool

41

Everton

51

Man United/Crystal Palace

58

You could make a case that there are few options to come in if either of the pair were to be absent, though, which has led to interest in a variety of central defensive options. Arsenal have been considering a bid for Marc Guehi, with the Crystal Palace ace currently impressing for England at Euro 2024.

Elsewhere, Nottingham Forest star Murillo and Barcelona star Jules Kounde are other reported targets for Edu. A highly rated defender in Serie A who has also turned heads with some excellent displays for Italy at the Euros is Bologna star Riccardo Calafiori.

The 22-year-old was even hailed by World Cup winner Gianluca Zambrotta for his "extraordinary" performance against Albania in their opening group game.

“He played an extraordinary game, like the whole team in the first 60 minutes,” said Zambrotta.

"He played with personality, without fear, perhaps the only flaw was on the long ball where we took a risk with Donnarumma’s exit. But he showed some beautiful things.”

His performances on the biggest stage will only increase his price tag, which is already rumoured to be somewhere around the £42 million mark.

Arsenal could outbid Juventus to replace Kiwior with Calafiori

According to Tutto Juve, the Gunners present a very real danger to Juventus in the race to sign Calafiori this summer.

It is believed Arsenal see Calafiori as an ideal option to replace Kiwior, who Tutto Juve states could well leave. It is also thought that they can offer more money than Juventus and potentially outbid the Old Lady, who are counting on Calafiori's preference to remain in Italy.

The centre-back was a star under Thiago Motta at Bologna last term, with the tactician now looking to prise him away to Juventus after choosing to replace Massimiliano Allegri.

Calafiori made 30 Serie A appearances for Bologna over 2023/24, managing two goals and five assists in that time.

انتهت منافسات ملحق دور الـ16 من بطولة الدوري الأوروبي، في نظامها الجديد، لموسم 2024/25، حيث اًسدل الستار على مرحلة الإياب مساء يوم الخميس.

وانتهت مرحلة الدوري من الدوري الأوروبي، في شهر يناير الماضي، حيث تأهلت 8 فرق مباشرة إلى دور الـ16.

في حين تتنافس الفرق أصحاب المراكز بين التاسع و24 في مرحلة الملحق، على هيئة مباراتين ذهابًا وإيابًا، من أجل تحديد الفرق الثمانية الأخرى التي ستتأهل إلى الدور المقبل من البطولة.

وسيجري الاتحاد الأوروبي لكرة القدم، يويفا، اليوم الجمعة مراسم قرعة دور الـ16 من الدوري الأوروبي، إلى جانب مرحلتي ربع ونصف نهائي. نتائج مباريات ملحق دور الـ16 من الدوري الأوروبي

بودو جليمت وتفينتي:

الذهاب: فوز تفينتي 2/1.

الإياب: فوز بودو جليمت 5/2.

ستيوا بوخارست وباوك:

الذهاب: فوز ستيوا بوخارست 2/1.

الإياب: فوز ستيوا بوخارست 2/0.

ألكمار وجالطة سراي:

الذهاب: فوز ألكمار 4/1.

الإياب: تعادل 2/2.

روما وبورتو:

الذهاب: تعادل 1/1.

الإياب: فوز روما 3/2.

سانت جيلواز وأياكس:

الذهاب: فوز أياكس 2/0.

الإياب: فوز سانت جيلواز 2/1.

فناربخشة وأندرلخت:

الذهاب: فوز فناربخشة 3/0.

الإياب: تعادل 2/2.

ريال سوسيداد وميتيلاند:

الذهاب: فوز ريال سوسيداد 2/1.

الإياب: فوز ريال سوسيداد 5/2.

فيرينكفاروس وفيكتوريا بلزن:

الذهاب: فوز فيرنكفاروس 1/0.

الإياب: فوز فيكتوريا بلزن 3/0. الفرق المتأهلة مباشرة لدور الـ16 من الدوري الأوروبي

لاتسيو، أتلتيك بلباو، مانشستر يونايتد، توتنهام هوتسبير، آينتراخت فرانكفورت، ليون، أولمبياكوس، جلاسكو رينجرز. الفرق المتأهلة من ملحق دور الـ16 في الدوري الأوروبي

بودو جليمت.

ستيوا بوخارست.

ألكمار.

روما.

أياكس أمستردام.

ريال سوسيداد.

فيكتوريا بلزن.

فناربخشة.

Glasgow Rangers head coach Danny Rohl has confirmed that winger Oliver Antman is expected to be out of action for around eight weeks after he suffered a muscle injury in recent days.

The Finland international, signed from Go Ahead Eagles in the summer, started on the right wing against Falkirk on Sunday, and is now set to be out until 2026.

Antman is not the only Rangers player who will be unavailable during the festive period, though, as a couple of players are set to go to the African Cup of Nations with their respective countries.

Rohl is expecting Nasser Djiga and Mohamed Diomande to be unavailable whilst they play in the tournament, which means that there will be several positions that will need to be filled in the coming games.

With these absences, on top of the likes of Mikey Moore, Derek Cornelius, and John Souttar being out with injuries, some of the lesser-seen members of the squad may need to step up.

As unpopular as it may be, Kieran Dowell is one of the players who could step up and benefit from the lack of options available to the manager before the January window opens.

Why Danny Rohl should give Kieran Dowell a chance

After being subbed on in a 1-1 draw with Dundee under Russell Martin, a section of the Gers support, but not all of them, booed the English attacking midfielder’s introduction to the game.

Commenting on the incident, Martin said: “That surprised me. I’m not on any social media or anything like that, so I don’t really know what the narrative is around Kieran. I don’t think it helps him, I don’t think it helps the rest of the guys. That’s how I feel about it really.”

Dowell has not played a league match since that draw with Dundee in August, due to injury, but he recently played for the club’s U19s alongside Dujon Sterling and Clinton Nsiala as he looks to return to full fitness.

Given the reaction to his last league outing for Rangers, playing the left-footed midfielder may not go down as a popular decision with some fans, but the Gers look set to be in a position where it could be needs-must with the players due to be unavailable.

Appearances

19

Goals

5

Big chances created

9

Key passes per game

1.5

Assists

4

It is also worth remembering that Dowell, as shown in the table above, shone out on loan at Birmingham City in League One in the second half of the 2024/25 campaign, which shows that he is capable of being productive in the right environment.

Unfortunately, as evidenced by a return of two goals and three assists in 38 appearances for the club, the Englishman has not found that environment at Ibrox yet.

Since joining on a free transfer from Norwich City in 2023, the 28-year-old flop has not established himself as a key player for the Light Blues, but the injury and international call-up situation could provide him with an opportunity to finally do so under Rohl.

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One of the other reasons why Dowell could end up with a chance to revive his Gers career is that Thelo Aasgaard currently looks like an even worse signing for the Scottish giants.

Why Aasgaard makes Dowell look good for Rangers

The Gers did not have to pay a transfer fee to bring the former Everton and Norwich star to Ibrox in 2023, as his contract at Carrow Road expired, but that was not the case with Aasgaard.

Rangers reportedly splashed out a fee of £3.5m to sign the Norway international from Luton Town in the recent summer transfer window, which shows that the club had to spend significantly more money to bring him in than they did with Dowell.

Unfortunately, the Liverpool-born playmaker has not shown enough on the pitch to suggest that he was worth paying £3.5m for, as he has made Dowell look like a good player by comparison.

Aasgaard has as many red cards (one) as goals (one) for Rangers in all competitions so far this season, per Transfermarkt, with one goal and one assist in 21 appearances for Rangers.

Heart & Hand content creator David Edgar recently posted that he “would gladly never see him again”, referring to Aasgaard, and described him as a “passenger” at the end of November.

It is, unfortunately, hard to argue with the harsh criticism of the Norwegian attacking midfielder, because his performances at Scottish Premiership level make him look even less effective than Dowell.

Appearances

26

11

Starts

8

8

Goals

2

1

Key passes

20

9

Big chances created

4

0

Assists

2

1

As you can see in the table above, Aasgaard has already started as many games in the Premiership as the former Norwich man, yet has created 11 fewer chances and has yet to create a single ‘big chance’.

Dowell’s Rangers career has not been good enough to this point, as evidenced by his aforementioned goal contributions, but he also arrived on a free transfer and his creative output looks good in comparison to the club’s £3.5m signing.

That is not to say that the left-footed star should be considered a good signing or that he is the answer to Rohl’s current problems at the top end of the pitch, but it does suggest that those who jeered his introduction against Dundee earlier this season were too harsh on him.

As well as highlighting that maybe Dowell was not as bad a signing as has been made out, this also highlights how underwhelming Aasgaard has been for a player who was signed for £3.5m.

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The caveat, of course, is that the Norway international only joined in the summer and still has plenty of time left ahead of him to turn things around and prove people wrong, but the signs so far have not been encouraging.

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da prosport bet： O Sport foi rebaixado para a Série B do futebol brasileiro e agora começa a planejar o seu elenco para a temporada 2022.

+ Veja no aplicativo do LANCE! o resultado dos jogos da rodada

Se nos bastidores o Leão trabalha para segurar Hernanes, por outro lado nomes como, por exemplo, Marcão e Sander podem sair.

O principal motivo é a questão financeira. O volante e lateral-esquerdo possuem altos salários e precisariam reduzir seus ganhos.

No caso de Marcão, o meio-campista tem contrato até 31 de dezembro. Se renovar, ele vai precisar diminuir o salário.

Enquanto isso, Sander, que tem acordo até o fim de 2022, precisa entrar em acordo com a diretoria para firmar um novo salário.

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da pinnacle： A Seleção Feminina encerrou a temporada de 2021 com um título nas mãos. Com gols de Kerolin e Giovana, as comandadas de Pia Sundhage derrotaram o Chile por 2 a 0 nesta quarta-feira (1) na Arena da Amazônia, venceram o Torneio Internacional de Futebol Feminino e deixam uma boa perspectiva na preparação para a Copa América de 2022. Em jogo acirrado, marcado por observações e pelo desentrosamento natural causado devido ao “rodízio” de elenco, a equipe garantiu o 100% de aproveitamento na competição.

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CHILENAS RONDAM A ÁREA
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A técnica Pia Sundhage promoveu seis mudanças em relação à Seleção Brasileira que iniciou a goleada por 4 a 1 sobre a Venezuela (a mais significativa foi entrada de Marta como titular ao lado de Debinha). Diante do Chile, um adversário mais impetuoso, as Guerreiras lidaram nos primeiros minutos com dificuldades defensivas diante dos avanços de Rojas e Urrutia.

Urrutia levou a melhor sobre Tamires e arriscou, mas o chute foi fraco e parou nas mãos de Letícia. A atacante ainda deu trabalho para Daiane e Tainara. Logo depois, Rojas puxou contra-ataque e Lara encheu o pé, só que a bola subiu.

BRASIL BATALHA, MAS O GOL…

Após 15 minutos de pressão chilena, o Brasil foi se soltando em campo aos trancos e barrancos. Kerolin cruzou para Ary Borges, que tentou por cobertura e mandou para fora. Em seguida, Duda e Marta também se atrapalharam ao concluir.Debinha fez o cruzamento e Kerolin surgiu livre, mas cabeceou em cima de Endler.

Embora tenha melhorado o toque de bola na reta final, a Seleção continuou a penar para criar jogadas com qualidade. Marta aproveitou uma rara brecha na direita, se desvencilhou da adversária e cruzou, só que Debinha chegou atrasada. Já Antônia passou como quis pela marcação e arriscou, fazendo a bola tirar tinta da trave.

PARA EMBALAR!

Bastaram cinco minutos para a Seleção achar uma brecha para seu poderio ofensivo. Antônia abriu caminho para descida de Ary Borges. Com velocidade, a camisa 17 aproveitou um espaço deixado pela esquerda e cruzou para a área. Kerolin surgiu livre na área chilena e desviou na saída de Endler para delírio da torcida na Arena da Amazônia.

As chilenas ainda ensaiaram uma reação com Aedo. No entanto, as Guerreiras se lançaram novamente à frente. Kerolin cruzou e Debinha acabou se enrolando. Antônia ainda arriscou finalização de longe, mas a bola foi por cima da meta de Endler. As comandadas de Pia Sundhage continuaram a se impor, mas esbarravam em erros de passes.

SEM SUSTO…

Quando o ritmo da partida caiu, a técnica Pia Sundhage promoveu as entradas de Adriana e Giovana. Em seguida, o Chile voltou a assustar em uma cobrança de escanteio de Araya na qual Letícia espalmou para evitar qualquer susto. Em seguida, Tamires arriscou de longe e Endler encaixou.

GIOVANA RATIFICA O TROFÉU

O título foi sacramentado aos 36 minutos graças à perspicácia digna das Guerreiras. Giovana aproveitou a hesitação de uma defensora chilena e deu o bote. A camisa 14 chutou com calma e superou Endler aos 38.

Na reta final, Ivana Fuso tentou arrancada e Geyse chutou pelo lado de fora da rede. Mas a vitória e o título estavam confirmados, indicando uma evolução brasileira sob o comando de Pia Sundhage.

A heroic rearguard effort from Greaves, Roach, and Hope ensured West Indies salvaged a thrilling draw after slipping to 72 for 4

Shashank Kishore06-Dec-20251:01

Chase: Roach is a modern-day legend

An epic stonewall from Justin Greaves had him face more than half the deliveries of his 12-Test career in this one innings alone, as West Indies pocketed their first points in their sixth Test of the 2025-27 World Test Championship cycle in Christchurch. The 163.3 overs they eventually faced is the longest fourth-innings in Tests for West Indies in 95 years.Having played the supporting role to Shai Hope through their 196-run stand that rescued West Indies from 92 for 4 on Day 3, Greaves became the heartbeat of the innings once Hope (140) and Tevin Imlach fell in quick succession.He brought up a stunning maiden Test double ton in the penultimate over when he sliced Jacob Duffy over backward point to pocket what was to be only his second boundary in all of the final session as his colleagues stood up to give him a standing ovation.Related

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He finished 202 not out, having faced 388 deliveries, turning an innings that began with the typical artistic flair and flamboyance into a steely knock full of purpose and grit. Greaves wore more blows on the body than he could count, batted more deliveries than he had in his career, and reined in his natural instincts with single-minded purpose and determination.His effort led to an astonishing turnaround from the first hour of the day, when West Indies stumbled to 277 for 6 in a mammoth chase of 531. A depleted New Zealand attack down to two weary frontline pacers in Zak Foulkes and Jacob Duffy, fancied their chances. But Greaves found an able ally in Kemar Roach, the 37-year-old veteran, who batted like his life depended on it in his comeback Test.Roach made 58 not out – his highest first-class score – while facing 233 deliveries himself. Astonishingly, he made just 5 off the last 104 deliveries he faced during a dramatic final two hours of play even as the sun baked down hard on an increasingly docile Hagley Oval surface. Yet that should not take away from the epic rearguard from Hope, Greaves, and Roach.The frustration of not being able to separate Greaves and Roach during the second and third sessions was evident, as New Zealand’s bowlers were ground into the dust. They would also have felt robbed when Roach appeared to have nicked Michael Bracewell to Tom Latham behind the stumps – though perhaps only having themselves to blame for burning all their reviews.Even so, it was the thinnest of spikes that made it all the more challenging for Alex Wharf, the on-field umpire, who only a few minutes earlier made a cracking decision by turning down what everyone believed was an obvious inside-edge onto the pad to the slips, again off Bracewell. Replays showed Wharf had made a terrific call.1:57

Latham: Can’t fault the effort when we were a couple of bowlers down

As admirably as Roach played, he also maximised his opportunities. On 30, he was put down by Foulkes at backward square leg when he attempted an expansive sweep off Bracewell. On 35, Blair Tickner, subbing for Matt Henry, missed a direct hit at the bowler’s end from a few yards away at short mid-on as Roach was misjudging a run.Then on 47 came the most obvious chance, when Roach attempted to loft Bracewell had him nearly hole out to mid-on. Except, Glenn Phillips, the other sub, saw Tickner looking to intercept the ball from mid-off and palm it away.With those three chances firmly behind him, Roach buckled down and offered a dead bat to anything that came his way against Bracewell. Foulkes and Duffy tried to ruffle him with the short ball from around the wicket, only for him to duck and weave.Going into the final session, it became increasingly evident West Indies weren’t going to be enticed by the prospect of chasing down the 132 runs they needed in 31 possible overs. This clarity allowed them to approach the session with dead defence being the sole primary aim, even as Greaves began to tire and suffer cramps that needed medical attention at different times.Not even the possibility of an impending double century enticed Greaves into attempting anything loose, even if Tom Latham gave him the open invitation to drive Bracewell against the turn through the covers. This wasn’t perhaps a risk not worth taking given how easily West Indies’ lower order collapsed in the first innings.But long before a draw became the only possibility, even as New Zealand tried to attack with six fielders around the bat in the final session, Hope and Greaves pocketed runs at every available opportunity as the hosts rushed through their first six overs with part-time spin in a bid to take the second new ball quickly.But even after they took it, there was hardly any assistance for the bowlers. Hope defended comfortably off a length with neither Foulkes nor Duffy consistently able to challenge the outside edge consistently. The occasional misfields, like – Rachin Ravindra letting one through his legs for four, or Will Young overrunning a throw while backing up – added to the sense of raggedness New Zealand had begun to feel.A breakthrough lifted them shortly after drinks when Duffy dug in a short ball down leg, which Hope gloved behind, only for Latham to throw himself to his left and pluck a stunner from his webbing to end a marathon. Then came a second when Imlach was trapped by a nip-backer.They may have thought then it was just a matter of time. It could’ve been had they not reprieved Roach, but those reprieves proved even more costly given they only had two fast bowlers and two part-timers available – all of them going full throttle to the limit – despite not getting much out of the surface.In the end, the manner in which West Indies earned the draw may prove far more valuable. Above all, it was a day that reminded everyone of the slow-burn magic only Test cricket could deliver.