Tag Futebol

Mark Guidi has dropped an update on Celtic’s bid to secure a deal to bring Jota to Parkhead on a permanent basis.

What’s the talk?

Speaking recently to The Go Radio Football Show (via Vital Celtic), the Daily Record journalist stated his belief that Celtic are comfortable concerning the situation of Jota, as Ange Postecoglou’s side have an option to purchase the 22-year-old written into the winger’s loan contract at Parkhead.

Guidi went on to state that the Portugal under-21 international also appears to be enjoying his time in Glasgow, something that the journalist believes will make it easier for the Bhoys to agree personal terms with the Benfica loanee.

Concerning Celtic’s potential signing of Jota, Guidi said: “I think Celtic will be comfortable with the Jota scenario because what we’re led to believe [is] they do have [a] first option. It’s there in black and white.

“That was part of the loan agreement – that Celtic have the first option at an agreed fee. The fee is already agreed so there’s probably no negotiation [to be had with Benfica]. The negotiation is really with the player, in terms of his individual package.

“So, in terms of financial outlay, if Celtic fancied doing A, B and C just now, and [then] leave [signing] Jota [until] the summer [they could], because they know Jota is theirs if they want him – provided they can agree personal terms.”

Fans will be buzzing

Considering just how impressive Jota has been since his arrival in Glasgow on a season-long loan deal last summer, Guidi’s reassuring words regarding the 22-year-old’s permanent switch to Parkhead are sure to have left the Hoops’ fanbase buzzing.

[snack-amp-story url=”https://www.footballfancast.com/?post_type=web-story&p=664142″ title=”Check out the latest Celtic news!”]

It is easy to see why fans would be excited for the Bhoys to secure the winger’s signing. Over his 12 Premiership outings in the current campaign, the £4.95m-rated trickster has been in astonishing form for the Hoops.

Indeed, the Portuguese forward has already scored five league goals, registered four assists and created two big chances for his teammates, as well as taking 2.8 shots and making 1.4 key passes per game.

These returns have seen the £7.1k-per-week forward average a remarkable SofaScore match rating of 7.31, ranking him as the joint seventh-best player in the Scottish top flight.

As such, should Postecoglou indeed manage to get a deal over the line for Jota this season, particularly for the reported fee of £6.5m, it would undoubtedly be a major coup for the club. Not only is the winger likely to be a continuous source of goals and creativity during spell at Parkhead, he could also become a hugely valuable asset for the Bhoys further down the line in terms of making an enormous sell-on profit.

In other news: Celtic dealt huge blow as fresh twist emerges on 24 y/o, Postecoglou will be fuming

Celtic have been dealt a huge injury blow ahead of their upcoming Scottish Premiership clash.

What’s the latest?

In recent comments cited by the Glasgow Times, Ange Postecoglou revealed that both Joe Hart and Kyogo Furuhashi missed Celtic’s 0-0 draw with St. Mirren on Wednesday evening through injury, before claiming that the duo look unlikely to be available for the Bhoys’ trip to St. Johnstone on Boxing Day.

Speaking about why the pair missed the St. Mirren game, the 56-year-old manager said: “All of them were unavailable, none of them were rested. I don’t know where that came out. I don’t rest players, if they want a rest they can have a rest when they’re 45. Everyone who wasn’t playing tonight was unavailable. Either suspended or injured so that’s the case.”

And, when asked whether they could make a return to first-team action on Sunday, Postecoglou continued: “Not sure. We’ll see, it’s unlikely that anyone will definitely come back into it. There’s a couple who might be close but we’ll see over the next couple of days how they recover.”

Postecoglou will be fuming

Considering just how important both Hart and Kyogo have been for Celtic since their respective arrivals at Parkhead this summer, the news that both players look unlikely to make a return from injury for the St. Johnstone clash is sure to have left Postecoglou fuming.

Indeed, over Kyogo’s 13 Premiership appearances, the £1.8m-rated centre-forward has scored eight goals and created four big chances for his teammates, as well as earning an average SofaScore match rating of 7.07.

Meanwhile, over Hart’s own 17 league outings, the £1.8m-rated goalkeeper has kept nine clean sheets and made an average of 1.7 saves per game, with these returns seeing the former England international average a SofaScore match rating of 6.95.

As such, should Celtic indeed be without the duo once again on Sunday afternoon, it would undoubtedly reduce Postecoglou’s chances of taking all three points from the fixture, with anything but a win being rather disastrous for the Hoops’ title chances this season – as Wednesday’s draw with St. Mirren left the Bhoys six points adrift of the current Premiership leaders.

In other news: Forget Bitton: £15k-p/w Celtic dud who lost 80% duels cost Ange dearly vs St. Mirren

بات الأرجنتيني رامون دياز مدرب نادي الهلال مهددًا بفقدان 4 من لاعبي فريقه حتى فترة التوقف الدولي المقبلة.

وبحسب صحيفة “الرياضية”، الرباعي ياسر الشهراني وسالم الدوسري والكولومبي جوستافو كويلار والأرجنتيني لوسيانو فييتو، لاعبو فريق الهلال، بحاجة إلى برنامج علاجي سوف يستمر حتى فترة التوقف المقبلة التي تسبق كأس العالم 2022.

ويعاني الشهراني من إصابة في العضلة الضامة بينما خضع سالم الدوسري لعملية إزالة الذائدة الدودية في إسبانيا ويعاني كويلار من إصابة في العضلة الخلفية وفييتو يعاني من إصابة في الفخذ الأيمن.

اقرأ أيضا..سالم الدوسري يصدم الهلال بمدة إصابته

الطاقم الطبي للهلال أكد للمدرب الحالي للفريق رامون دياز أن الرباعي سوف يتم عمل لهم برنامج علاجي وبدني ما يعني تضاؤل فرص مشاركتهم مع الفريق في مباريات شهر أكتوبر الحالي أمام الاتفاق والشباب والطائي.

وينتظر أن يشرف الإسباني خوان دوكي، رئيس الجهاز الطبي في الهلال على البرنامج الموضوع للاعبين مع توقعات بتعافيهم من الإصابة في منتصف نوفمبر المقبل.

يذكر أن الهلال يحتل المركز الثاني في جدول ترتيب دوري روشن برصيد 12 نقطة بفارق 3 نقاط عن الشباب المتصدر.

A Newcastle United chief has now had a meeting over the potential signing of Darwin Nunez.

The Lowdown: On fire

Nunez is certainly on fire this season, with 11 goals and two assists in 18 games in total over all competitions for Benfica, including strikes against Bayern Munich and FC Barcelona in the UEFA Champions League (Transfermarkt).

His growing reputation has also seen the striker play six times for the Uruguay national team ahead of the likes of Luis Suarez and Edinson Cavani, scoring two goals (Transfermarkt).

Nonetheless, the 22-year-old certainly has a bright future ahead of him, and may not be playing in Portugal much longer.

The Latest: Nickson meeting

As per Maisfutebol, Head of Recruitment at St. James’ Park, Steve Nickson, has now had a meeting with Benfica president Rui Costa over potentially signing Nunez, but the Portuguese giants do not want to let him go until the summer at least.

The player has a contract with them until June 2025, and has a whopping release clause worth €150m (£127.8m), although it is thought that the starting price for talks would be close to €50m (£42.6m).

The Verdict: Survival

The North East club must avoid relegation down to the Championship before they can even think about signing Nunez in the summer.

Described as an ‘incredible talent’ by sports journalist Maxi Angelo, there will no doubt be other suitors for him, especially given the fact that he has already shown his worth in the Champions League.

Nonetheless, if the Tyneside outfit can survive, then there is no reason that they cannot tempt him to move to the Premier League next summer, and he would certainly be a real signing of intent for their long-term project.

In other news, find out boost NUFC have now received in pursuit of this ‘extraordinary’ star here!

Celtic could sign Hannes Wolf on loan from Borussia Monchengladbach, according to German publication Bild. 

The lowdown

Gladbach paid £8.55m to sign the 22-year-old from RB Leipzig last summer off the back of a season-long loan. Having started 14 times in the Bundesliga under Marco Rose last season, though, he has only been selected for two league starts by new boss Adi Hutter so far in the current campaign (via WhoScored).

Wolf, who earns €20k (£17,100) per week, is primarily an attacking midfielder but can also operate on either flank and even has some experience playing as a centre-forward (via Transfermarkt).

The latest

Wolf could leave Borussia Park on loan just six months after joining, according to Bild.

Along with Celtic, Austrian Bundesliga outfit Rapid Vienna are apparently ‘dealing with the flexible offensive all-rounder’.

The verdict

As he’s played so little this season, it’s probably best to look at 2020/21 for an indication of Wolf’s qualities, when he was directly involved in five goals (scored two, set up three) in his 32 league outings.

Data from FBRef shows that his defensive contribution is immense – he ranks in the 97th percentile for pressures per 90 minutes and the 95th for tackles.

When you consider his industry, and the reality that the Bundesliga (the fourth-best league in Europe as per UEFA’s coefficient) is a step up from the Scottish Premiership (ninth) in quality, he seems to have the potential to be a fan favourite at Celtic Park.

In other news, there has been an update on the timeline for the Reo Hatate deal

MatériaMais Notícias

Alberto Valentim chegou nesta quinta à segunda vitória em dois jogos novamente como interino do Palmeiras. Com direito até a gol de Borja, que não marcava há quase quatro meses, o Verdão jogou bem e fez 2 a 0 na Ponte Preta, no Pacaembu. O resultado solidificou o atual campeão no G4 do Brasileiro e fez a diferença para o líder Corinthians cair para nove pontos, restando nove rodadas em jogo.

Apesar do pouco tempo de trabalho, Valentim aos poucos dá sua cara ao time. Primeiro, repetindo toda a escalação que começou contra o Atlético-GO; depois, até em jogadas ensaiadas. A saída no meio-campo do início do jogo lançada ao ataque é uma herança de Cuca, mas contra a Ponte já teve um pouco de Alberto, com outro posicionamento do time.

RelacionadasBrasileirãoATUAÇÕES: Keno brilha de novo e Borja faz golaço no PacaembuBrasileirão19/10/2017BrasileirãoNúmeros da Bola: Estatísticas de Palmeiras 2×0 Ponte PretaBrasileirão19/10/2017PalmeirasCapitão, Dudu faz coro para Alberto Valentim ser efetivado no PalmeirasPalmeiras19/10/2017

Elétrico à beira do campo, o atual treinador, enquanto percorria a área técnica de um lado a outro, viu o Verdão sofrer perigo no início em jogadas de velocidade pelos lados da Macaca, comandada por Eduardo Baptista, primeiro técnico palmeirense de 2017, e sem Sheik, lesionado. Mas assim como domingo, o time foi organizado e trabalhou mais a bola.

Só que esta paciência não vinha dando o efeito esperado. Dudu teve de acelerar a cobrança de um lateral para pegar a defesa ponte-pretana desarrumada. Willian passou para Moisés, que parou em Aranha. Keno manteve a jogada viva e abriu o placar para o Verdão no Pacaembu.

Dez minutos depois, nova decisão de Valentim, colocar Borja na vaga do artilheiro Willian, que saiu com dores na coxa. Com Alberto no comando, Deyverson, antes a primeira opção de ataque com Cuca, virou a última.

O colombiano teve sua primeira chance no início da etapa final, quando chutou por cima depois de um ótimo passe de Keno. Uma nova jogada entre os dois resultou no segundo gol do Palmeiras – um golaço: após o desvio do camisa 27, Borja deu um chapéu em Aranha e tocou de cabeça para o gol. Primeiro gol do xodó palmeirense desde o dia 21 de junho.

Arouca, sem jogar desde janeiro, e Felipe Melo foram as últimas mudanças do interino, que começa a fazer o Verdão embalar.

Entre os jogadores, cresce também a vontade por sua permanência. Antes do jogo, o capitão Dudu pediu a efetivação de Valentim, enquanto Mano Menezes é o sonho da diretoria. Mas o bom início do auxiliar já coloca sombra no cruzeirense.

FICHA TÉCNICA
PALMEIRAS 2 X 0 PONTE PRETA

Local: Pacaembu, São Paulo (SP)
Data-Hora: 16/7/2017 – 11h
Árbitro: Leandro Bizzio Marinho (SP)
Auxiliares: Miguel Cataneo Ribeiro da Costa e Gustavo Rodrigues de Oliveira (ambos de SP)
Público/renda: 17.778 pagantes/R$ 525.802,50
Cartões amarelos: Elton, Marllon, Jeferson e Nino Paraíba (PON)
Cartões vermelhos: –
Gols: Keno (27’/1ºT) (1-0), Borja (27’/2ºT) (2-0)

PALMEIRAS: Fernando Prass; Mayke, Edu Dracena, Juninho e Egídio; Bruno, Tchê Tchê(Arouca, aos 39’/2ºT) e Moisés (Felipe Melo, aos 41’/2ºT); Keno, Dudu e Willian (Borja, aos 38’/1ºT). Técnico: Cuca.

PONTE PRETA: Aranha; Nino Paraíba, Marllon, Rodrigo e Jeferson; Elton (Jadson, Intervalo), Nadson, Jean Patrick (Felipe Saraiva, Intervalo), Claudinho(Renato Cajá, aos 30’/2ºT) e Danilo Barcelos; Lucca. Técnico: Eduardo Baptista.

MatériaMais Notícias

Ocupando a 12ª colocação na tabela do Campeonato Brasileiro, o Avaí segue lutando para conquistar o objetivo de garantir sua permanência na Série A. Apesar de estar invicto há três rodadas, o empate com o Vasco fez o Índio Condá perder duas posições e causou o início da preocupação.

Entretanto, com a pausa no torneio por conta das disputas das Eliminatórias Sul-Americanas para a Copa de 2018, o técnico Emerson Cris terá mais uma semana pela frente para acertar o time que vai entrar em campo contra o Botafogo, na próxima quarta-feira. Confiante, o lateral-direito Apodi pediu o foco da equipe para a sequência da temporada.

– O importante agora é manter os pés no chão e ter consciência do que estamos fazendo no campeonato. Evoluímos bastante nas últimas partidas e isso é bom, motiva e dá confiança para a sequência da competição. O objetivo é garantir a permanência da Chapecoense na Série A.

O jogador também destacou o trabalho que a equipe catarinense vem realizando neste processo de reconstrução e a importância de manter a Chapecoense na primeira divisão.

– Nessa reconstrução do clube o mais importante é sair deixando a Chapecoense na Série A. Aí sim terminaremos esse ano com a sensação de dever cumprido com o povo de Chapecó, com a nossa torcida e aqueles que gostam do clube – finalizou Apodi.

Durante o treino realizado nesta quarta-feira, o técnico Emerson Cris dividiu a equipe em três partes para a atividade coletiva em campo reduzido. Gripado, Reinado ficou fora do treino. Artur Moraes realizou tratamento por conta de um desconforto no ombro esquerdo e também ficou fora da atividade.

Boa notícia para o comandante alviverde é o retorno de alguns jogadores que estava no departamento médico. Além de Canteros e Seijas, que voltaram de lesão, Nadson e Guerrero já estão no processo de transição e Roberto está cada vez mais perto de ser liberado.

Canteros conseguiu realizar um bom desempenho no treino desta quarta. Atuando como homem da bola parada, deixou os Túlio de Melo e Luiz Otávio em boas condições para marcar gols após cobranças de escanteio, porém, apenas o atacante balançou as redes.

RelacionadasBrasileirãoQuantos pontos? As contas que o São Paulo deve fazer contra quedaBrasileirão04/10/2017BrasileirãoBahia demite Preto Casagrande e Brasileiro mantém média de trocasBrasileirão04/10/2017BrasileirãoMeia do Coritiba entra no top 10 dos maiores roubadores de bola do BrasileirãoBrasileirão03/10/2017

With Sunderland currently sitting in sixth place in the League One table, Lee Johnson’s side have conceded a total of 22 goals in 17 games, more than any other side above them in the table.

This could have something to do with the fact that the Black Cats currently have a number of injured defensive players such as Niall Huggins, Dennis Cirkin and Denver Hume out of action, leaving Johnson having to play the likes of Carl Winchester and Luke O’Nien in the full-back positions in recent matches.

With this in mind and the fact that the January transfer window is on the horizon, one player that the Wearside club should be looking to bring in to help ease their injury crisis is Eric Lichaj.

After being linked with a move for the full-back during the previous summer transfer window after leaving Turkish club Faith Karagumruk in January, it seems as though the club could be forced into securing the defender’s signature in this upcoming window on a free transfer as a result of their current injury worries.

The 33-year-old, who is currently valued at £450k according to Transfermarkt, has a total of 345 senior club appearances under his belt throughout his career, with 257 of them coming in the Championship, showing how much experience he has that he could offer Sunderland if he joins in January.

Despite predominantly playing as a right-back, Lichaj, who was previously described as “phenomenal” by Nigel Adkins during his time at Hull City, has also played a decent number of games in the left-back position, highlighting his versatility that could be a big help for Sunderland if they still have defensive injuries in the full-back positions heading into the New Year.

On that evidence, signing Lichaj on a free transfer should be at the top of Kyril Louis-Dreyfus’ priority list. With injuries aplenty, he could help the team push towards promotion by the end of the season.

In other news: Johnson must ruthlessly axe “unique” lightweight tonight, he could cost SAFC dearly – opinion

MatériaMais Notícias

A delegação do Corinthians desembarca em São Paulo no início da tarde desta quinta-feira, dia seguinte da eliminação para o Racing (ARG) na Copa Sul-Americana. Sem outra preocupação além do Campeonato Brasileiro até o fim do ano, o técnico Fábio Carille terá dois dias de treinamento em campo para montar o time que enfrenta o São Paulo no próximo domingo, pela 25ª rodada. A ideia do comandante é voltar a ter seu time considerado ideal, e as notícias do vestiário do estádio Presidente Perón, em Avellaneda, são positivas.

Expulso nos acréscimos do segundo tempo contra o Racing, Jô deixou a partida mancando e demandou cuidados dos médicos do clube logo após o apito final. Poucos minutos depois, no entanto, o camisa 7 já havia melhorado, o que deve fazer com que ele não seja desfalque diante do Tricolor. O próprio atacante, aliás, revelou os bastidores da reação corintiana à eliminação. Como o pedido de desculpas de Rodriguinho, que foi expulso apenas dois minutos depois de entrar em campo, já no segundo tempo.

-Ele pediu desculpas e disse ali no vestiário que não era a intenção dele prejudicar a gente. A gente entende, estamos juntos com ele. Claro que ficar com um a menos é ruim, mas sabemos do caráter dele e que não foi por querer – disse o atacante corintiano.

continua após a publicidadeRelacionadasCorinthians’14 finais’: como em 2015, Corinthians junta forças para garantir BrasileirãoCorinthians21/09/2017CorinthiansCorinthians é eliminado no segundo mata-mata na temporada sem perderCorinthians21/09/2017

No vestiário do Timão pós-queda, o maior sentimento foi de indignação pela arbitragem do uruguaio Leodan González, que de acordo com os jogadores brasileiros minou a partida com paralisações, inversão de faltas e interpretações equivocadas em lances importantes, o que teria, então, ocasionado o empate em 0 a 0 e a eliminação alvinegra. Entre funcionários e profissionais da comissão técnica, a impressão foi de que o Timão perdeu a chance de avançar às quartas de final da Sul-Americana ao empatar em 1 a 1 em casa, e não pela igualdade em Avellaneda.

Contra o São Paulo, o Corinthians deve ter a seguinte escalação: Cássio; Fagner, Balbuena, Pablo e Guilherme Arana; Gabriel e Maycon; Jadson, Rodriguinho e Romero; Jô.

Tudo sobre

CorinthiansFabio Carille

Shahid Afridi helped Pakistan dump the tournament favourites out of the World Twenty20 to secure a final berth

The Bulletin by George Binoy18-Jun-2009
Scorecard and ball-by-ball details
How they were out
Shahid Afridi lifted Pakistan to a defendable total with an aggressive yet methodical half-century, before bowling a spell that left the South Africans winded at Trent Bridge•AFP

The South African juggernaut was brought to a screeching halt by Shahid Afridi who, with a little help from his team-mates, dumped the tournament favourites out of the World Twenty20 and secured Pakistan’s place in the final. Afridi put in an all-round performance of tremendous intensity, lifting Pakistan to a defendable total with an aggressive yet methodical half-century, before bowling a spell that left the South Africans struggling at Trent Bridge.The clinical South African side, unbeaten in the competition, were favourites going in to the semi-final and their bowlers fought admirably to restrict Pakistan to 149 when, at one stage a total of 170 seemed on the cards. With the exception of Jacques Kallis, though, their batsmen failed to give the chase any sort of direction. They were suffocated by Afridi and the offspinner Saeed Ajmal and their inability to score enough runs during the middle overs left them with too much to do against the pinpoint accuracy of Umar Gul’s yorkers.South Africa had reached 40 for 0 in the sixth over when Mohammad Aamer gave Pakistan an opening, holding a skier of Graeme Smith off his own bowling, minutes after the South African captain had been dropped by Gul.Afridi, high on confidence after his innings, came into the attack in the seventh over but was immediately driven by Herschelle Gibbs to the cover boundary. That was as bad as his evening would get. He bounced back, bowling Herschelle Gibbs with a straight and quick delivery and, an over later, he got AB de Villiers the same way. South Africa were 50 for 3 and struggling.Kallis and JP Duminy prevented the fall of any more wickets but they were unable to raise the run-rate. Afridi got the ball to turn, bounce and hurry on the batsmen and finished with 2 for 16 while Saeed Ajmal, the offspinner, was also difficult to score off because of his variations.The situation was perfect for Umar Gul to do what he does best, hit the blockhole. After an indifferent first over from the Radcliffe Road end, he ran in from the pavilion and fired in yorker after yorker. It didn’t matter who was batting, those deliveries were impossible to hit. Duminy and Kallis could not get the ball off the square. It was Ajmal who struck the decisive blow when he had Kallis caught on the long-on boundary, realistically ending South Africa’s chances. They needed 23 off the last over, a responsibility Younis Khan handed to the 17-year-old Aamer, who had bowled three overs for 15. He gave only 15 more, and sent Trent Bridge into raptures.Prime Numbers50 The number of dot balls played by South Africa in their innings. Pakistan played only 38 dots.233.33 Shahid Afridi’s strike rate against Johan Botha, whom he hit for 21 runs from 9 balls.1 The number of fours conceded by Afridi in his four-over spell. Apart from that the only scoring strokes against him were 12 singles.238 Jacques Kallis’ aggregate in the tournament, at an average of 59.50 and a strike rate of 126.59. 114Herschelle Gibbs’ tally in the tournament. In six innings, only twice did he go past 20.Pakistan coach’s Intikhab Alam had said on the eve of the game that his team would be looking to set a target of around 150. Pakistan got exactly that after an innings which followed a strangely symmetrical pattern. They dominated the first five overs, scoring 43, while South Africa fought back between overs five and ten to keep Pakistan to 68 for 2. Pakistan once again controlled the game between overs 11 and 15, reaching 120 for 3, but South Africa conceded only 29 off the last five overs.Pakistan’s early dominance was due to Akmal, who was intent on smashing the ball from the start. He cut Dale Steyn twice for four in the first over and lofted him cleanly over long-off in the third. In between, he crashed Wayne Parnell to the midwicket boundary and raced to 23 off 11 balls before top-edging a pull off Steyn to mid-on.Pakistan had raced to 47 for 2 after six overs, with Afridi pulling Jacques Kallis twice through midwicket but South Africa then cut off the boundary supply. Afridi and Shoaib Malik didn’t hit a boundary for 24 balls before Afridi slogged Roelof van der Merwe through midwicket. He cut loose against Johan Botha, making room to loft the offspinner thrice in a row to the cover boundary before unveiling a delectable late-cut to snatch 18 off the over. The 50-partnership had come up off 49 balls but Pakistan had begun to accelerate, with Afridi placing the ball into gaps consistently, plucking twos.South Africa desperately needed Afridi’s wicket and it was duly picked up by JP Duminy, who struck with his first ball. Afridi tried to slog sweep and skied the ball straight to AB de Villiers at midwicket who took a vital catch with ease. South Africa celebrated the wicket with more relief than joy.Malik had played a more subdued, anchoring role until then, but began to step up, scoring his first boundary – a sweep off van der Merwe – off his 30th ball. He soon added another, hitting Duminy over extra cover, but eventually holed out to long-off. Younis and Abdul Razzaq were the two new batsmen at the crease and Parnell and Steyn bowled with extreme accuracy to deny them loose deliveries at the death.A target of 150 appeared less than what Pakistan were on course to get when Afridi was at the crease. But Afridi the bowler ensured that it would be enough.