Crystal Palace dealt Radu Dragusin blow

A major update has emerged on Crystal Palace target Radu Dragusin regarding where he wants to play his football next season. 

What’s the talk?

The Eagles have been dealt a blow in their pursuit of the Juventus centre-back as his agent Florian Manea revealed that the 19-year-old wants to stay with the Italian giants.

Manea has confirmed that Dragusin wishes to remain at Juventus despite offers to join clubs in England and Germany, telling Calcio Mercato, as transcribed by JuveFC:

“He wants to stay at Juventus, he does not want to leave. There have been offers from England and Germany, but he wants to play for Juventus. If you do your best, I believe that in the end you will get to play for Juve.

“If Dragusin does leave, it will just be on loan to get more playing time. But he wants to remain a Juventus player.”

Earlier this year, former Juventus head coach Andrea Pirlo called Dragusin an “interesting” player, telling Gazzetta dello Sport, as transcribed by TekDeeps: “Radu Dragusin did very well, he is a very interesting player who has been training with us for several months. He is a young man of perspective and has already demonstrated his qualities.”

Fans will be gutted

Crystal Palace fans must be gutted reading these quotes from Manea as they seemingly rule out the chance of Dragusin ending up at Selhurst Park this summer.

The teenager is desperate to stay at Juventus and there does not appear to be an opening to sign him permanently in the coming months, which could rule Palace out of the race for his services and provide a major blow to Steve Parish’s plans in the short and long-term for the club. Fans will surely be frustrated that they now look set to miss out on the young prospect following this update.

Whilst Manea has opened the door to a loan deal for Dragusin if Juventus have no plans to play him next season, Palace may not be able to provide him with regular game-time. At the age of 19, the Romanian is a prospect rather than an established player, and there is no way for Palace to guarantee that he will be able to start every week with the centre-back options they have at their disposal. Mamadou Sakho, James Tomkins, Martin Kelly, Chiekhou Kouyate, Gary Cahill and Scott Dann are already at the club, which could limit how much Dragusin is able to play next season if he joins the Eagles.

This would not be an issue with a permanent deal for the 1.91m (6 foot 3) beast, though. All of the aforementioned centre-back options for Palace are 31 or older and heading into the final years of their careers, whilst Dragusin is in the embryonic stages of his.

Therefore, he could be the long-term solution to Palace’s centre-back problems and has the potential to be a key player for years to come, even if it does not happen immediately. That is why a short-term loan deal would not make sense for Palace and why this news is a major blow to Parish’s pursuit of the defender.

AND in other news, Get it done: Major development emerges on £10.8m-rated beast, Palace must seal deal…

سكاي: ريال مدريد يقترب من تجديد عقد مدافعه

أكد الصحفي الإيطالي الموثوق “فابريزيو رومانو” بشبكة “سكاي سبورتس” أن نادي ريال مدريد قريب من تمديد عقد مدافعه البرازيلي إيدير ميليتاو، مؤكدًا أن تجديد عقده لا يعتمد على مدى اقتراب الألماني أنطونيو روديجر من الانتقال إلى النادي الملكي بعد نهاية عقده مع تشيلسي.

ميليتاو كان انضم إلى ريال مدريد قبل أربعة أعوام في صيف عام 2019 قادمًا من بورتو البرتغالي مقابل 50 مليون يورو، ولديه عقد ينتهي مع الملكي بعد عامين ونصف في 30 يونيو 2025.

اقرأ أيضًا.. تفاؤل بعودة هازارد لـ ريال مدريد قبل نهاية الموسم

وكتب رومانو عبر حسابه الرسمي بموقع التواصل الاجتماعي “تويتر”: “تجديد عقد إيدير ميليتاو لا يعتمد على صفقة روديجر”.

وأوضح: “ريال مدريد أعد بالفعل عرضه بشأن العقد الجديد لـ ميليتاو، وسيتم الانتهاء منه في الأسابيع المُقبلة”.

ميليتاو هذا الموسم ظهر بشكل جيد مع ريال مدريد، وبات أحد الركائز الأساسية داخل النادي الملكي، إذ خاض 44 مباراة بمُختلف المسابقات وسجل هدفين وقدم ثلاث تمريرات حاسمة.

MSK Prasad stars in strong South Zone reply at Bangalore

As if trying to make up single-handedly for his mistake in putting East Zone in, South Zone skipper MSK Prasad anchored his team’s innings on the second day of their Duleep Trophy match at Bangalore on Wednesday.

Staff Reporter03-Apr-2002As if trying to make up single-handedly for his mistake in putting East Zone in, South Zone skipper MSK Prasad anchored his team’s innings on the second day of their Duleep Trophy match at Bangalore on Wednesday.East Zone could not add too many to their total on the second morning, being bowled out for 398 in 113.3 overs. Rajiv Kumar, unbeaten overnight on 35, could add just four to his score before being run out by Hemal Watekar. His partner, Zakaria Zuffri, made 45 off 130 balls before falling as the ninth wicket of the innings.For South Zone, young offie Watekar was the most impressive, returning figures of 4-75 off 31 overs. Part-time spinner Sridharan Sriram also picked two wickets.In pursuit of East Zone’s big first-innings total, South Zone made a good start, adding 56 for the first wicket before Sriram was caught behind off Lakshmi Rattan Shukla for 34 off 48 balls. D Vinay Kumar, who along with Sriram was the star of South’s last Duleep match, fell for 23, and East Zone may have sniffed a faint chance at 92 for two.But Prasad and Hemang Badani played with elan to post 87 runs before the latter retired hurt, struck down by a back injury for 65 off just 61 balls. Badani’s innings included 10 fours and two sixes.At the close of play, Prasad was unbeaten on 93 off 185 balls, hitting 11 fours and two sixes in his knock. He was accompanied by R Vijay Bharadwaj, who was on 19 off 51 balls. South Zone had advanced to 243 for two, a good reply to East’s first-innings performance.

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Corinthians de um lado, Palmeiras do outro, e 100 anos de rivalidade entre eles. Nesta quarta-feira, às 21h45, na Arena Corinthians, Timão e Verdão fazem o primeiro encontro do ano do centenário do Dérbi – o primeiro clássico aconteceu em 6 de maio de 1917. Para esquentar o jogão, listamos 12 tópicos de Corinthians e Palmeiras para você escolher os seus preferidos. Vote abaixo!

West Brom interested in Taiwo Awoniyi

West Bromwich Albion are interested in a deal to bring Taiwo Awoniyi to The Hawthorns this summer.

What’s the talk?

That’s according to a report by Goal, who claimed that the Baggies, as well as Stoke City and Mainz, are keeping a close eye on the situation of the Liverpool centre-forward ahead of a potential move in the summer transfer window.

An earlier report by the same outlet stated that Jurgen Klopp’s side would be open to parting with the 23-year-old this summer, with the Reds valuing the Nigeria under-23 international at a figure of around £8m.

Ismael must move

Considering just how much potential Awoniyi appears to possess, it is unsurprising to learn of Valerien Ismael’s interest in the young Liverpool forward.

Indeed, while the striker is yet to make an appearance for the Reds’ first team since arriving at the club from Imperial Academy all the way back in 2015, something which is largely down to the lack of a UK work permit until this summer, the 23-year-old has impressed over a number of loan spells away from the club, particularly at Union Berlin last season.

Over his 21 Bundesliga appearances for Urs Fischer’s side in 2020/21, the £4.5m-rated man scored five goals, registered two assists and created one big chance for his teammates, as well as taking 1.4 shots and making one key pass per game.

These returns saw the Nigerian, who former team-mate Mergim Vojvoda dubbed an “excellent” player, earn a seasonal SofaScore match rating of 6.62, playing a huge part in Union securing a highly impressive seventh-placed finish in the Bundesliga as the club qualified for the inaugural UEFA Europa Conference League next season.

As such, with Ismael known to be a fan of young, exciting and hungry players – as can be seen from his signings at Barnsley – the £7,600-per-week man would very much appear to fit this bill. That leads us to believe that the transfer of Awoniyi is one the Frenchman must do everything he can to complete this summer, as the 23-year-old could go on to thrive at The Hawthorns under the new Albion manager.

In other news: Percy confirms major West Brom transfer development, Ismael will be buzzing

آرسنال يسعى لضم أوسيمين من نابولي

 كشفت تقارير صحفية إيطالية، أن نادي آرسنال الإنجليزي يسعى للتعاقد مع الدولي النيجيري فيكتور أوسيمين مهاجم نابولي خلال الصيف المقبل.

أوسيمين هذا الموسم عانى من الإصابة في وجهه والتي أبعدته حوالي 3 أشهر عن نابولي، ومع ذلك تمكن من تسجيل 16 هدفا وصنع 5 في 27 لقاء بجميع المسابقات.

طالع أيضًا.. أول تعليق من محمد النني على فوز آرسنال أمام مانشستر يونايتد

صحيفة “لاجازيتا ديلو سبورت” الإيطالية، كشفت عن اهتمام كبير من آرسنال بضم اللاعب، ويريدون التعاقد معه بأي ثمن، ولكن حتى الآن لا يوجد أي تحرك رسمي.

آرسنال الآن يقترب أكثر من أي وقتٍ مضى من التأهل إلى دوري أبطال أوروبا الموسم المقبل، وأصبح مصيره في يده قبل نهاية الدوري الإنجليزي.

وأشارت إلى أن إدارة نابولي برئاسة دي لورينتيس، لن تعارض رحيل اللاعب النيجيري الأغلى في تاريخ النادي الإيطالي، الذي انضم في 2020 مقابل 75 مليون يورو.

Lehmann says Ponting the man to steer Australia higher

Veteran batsman Darren Lehmann expects Ricky Ponting to steer Australian one-day cricket to a higher level after shining in South Africa during his first series as national captain.

Michael Crutcher08-Apr-2002Veteran batsman Darren Lehmann expects Ricky Ponting to steer Australian one-day cricket to a higher level after shining in South Africa during his first series as national captain.Ponting will end the series unbeaten if Australia wins the seventh match in Cape Town tomorrow night but his reputation as an aggressive captain has been cemented just three weeks after taking over from benchmark leader Steve Waugh.With Lehmann as a valuable on-field adviser, Ponting and vice-captain Adam Gilchrist have sparked one of Australia’s most impressive series in recent years.”He’s going to be a very good captain for Australia,” Lehmann said.”Who knows where he’ll be in 12 or 18 months? He’s developing into a bloody good captain.”Even from the Test series (last month) to here he has really stepped up his game. Maybe he was that sort of guy who needed those leadership roles.”Selectors harvested Ponting’s leadership skills at the right time because the Tasmanian had become a fixture in Australian Test and one-day teams with little formal responsibility.But he has developed the same ruthless and demanding signs that Waugh showed during his reign, even admitting his bowlers will be “embarrassed” by SouthAfrica’s massive 3-326 during Saturday’s match in Port Elizabeth.It was a straight answer from a captain who enjoys the full support of his players despite replacing one of Australian cricket’s favourite leaders.Ponting heads the Australian run tally with 282 runs from six matches, including 92 from 106 balls in the record-breaking run chase of 7-330 on Saturday.But Lehmann’s reputation has climbed alongside Ponting after he became the middle-order replacement for Waugh.Lehmann made 91 from 94 balls during a 183-run partnership with Ponting, becoming one of the “finds” of the tour despite his years of experience.Aged 32, and with 75 one-day international matches, Lehmann’s worth was well-known across the cricketing world but he has never seemed more important than during this tour, becoming an on-field general behind Ponting and Gilchrist.Ponting has rated Lehmann one of his most valuable players just three months after the left hander was deemed not good enough to play for Australia.”He’s one of the best one-day players in the world – I don’t think there’s any doubt about that,” Ponting said.”He loves playing cricket and being part of a successful team and it’s good for the young blokes to see that sort of thing, knowing they can come into the team and be themselves.”It’s important to have different characters around the team and he’s obviously a character and he enjoys himself.”He moves around his crease and changes the bowlers’ thinking process and it’s great that we have someone like him and Michael Bevan in our middle order toreally control an innings or a game for us.”The Australians will start short-priced favourites at Newlands without any argument from the South African fans, who are changing their view of the tourists.The home fans were originally depressed at the Proteas’ miserable Test and one-day performances against Australia this summer, but the visitors have earned a reputation as perhaps the best team to visit South Africa in the post-apartheid era.The Australians will fly out of Johannesburg for home on Wednesday having established themselves as the early favourites for the World Cup in Africa nextFebruary.

Vira-casaca? Relembre jogadores que atuaram no Flamengo e Fluminense

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O clássico entre Flamengo e Fluminense, que será realizado no próximo domingo, marca a disputa pela Taça Guanabara. Entre os tradicionais clubes, diversos jogadores fizeram parte das equipes, alguns com grandes conquistas em ambos. Relembre atletas que jogaram com a camisa finalistas.

Wellington Silva chegou ao Flamengo em 2011, participou de 19 jogos e não marcou gols. No ano seguinte, o lateral enviou uma carta ao Flamengo dizendo que não pretendia seguir no clube e se transferiu para o Fluminense.

Felipe defendeu o Flamengo em 2003 e 2004. Em 2005, o jogador foi ao Fluminense e no mesmo ano conquistou o título carioca da temporada. Nos dois clubes, o jogador foi campeão carioca. Em 2013, Felipe voltou ao Fluminense e encerrou sua carreira. Hoje, é treinador do Tigres.

‘Beto Cachaça’ teve duas passagens pelo Flamengo. A primeira foi entre os anos 1998 e 2000 e a segunda em 2001. No ano seguinte, o meia foi para o Fluminense e atuou no clube durante um ano. No Rubro Negro, conquistou diversos títulos estaduais. No Fluminense, foi campeão carioca em 2003.

Thiago Neves, que foi ídolo no Fluminense, chegou ao Flamengo em 2011 e se destacou na equipe e conquistou a Taça Rio e Guanabara da temporada. em 2012, o meia voltou ao Fluminense, onde ficou até 2013. Pelo Tricolor, Thiago Neves participou de 148 partidas.

Doval foi integrado ao Flamengo em 1968, conquistando mais de dez títulos com a camisa rubro negra, durante os seis anos que defendeu o clube. Em 1976, o centroavante argentino foi para o Fluminense, onde permaneceu durante dois anos. Curiosamente, Flamengo e Fluminense são os únicos clubes brasileiros por onde o jogador passou.

Renato Gaúcho, um dos maiores pontas-direita dos anos 80, teve três passagens pelo Flamengo antes de se tornar ídolo no Fluminense, nos anos 1987-1988, 1989-1990 e 1993. No Tricolor, o jogador atuou durante dois anos (1995 e 1997). Mais tarde, retornou ao Fluminense como treinador e conquistou a Copa do Brasil de 2007.

Leandro Amaral teve duas passagens pelo Fluminense. A primeira foi em 2008 e a segunda foi entre 2009 e o ínicio de 2010, quando se transferiu para o Flamengo, após se recuperar de lesão, e encerrou a carreira, depois de participar de apenas quatro jogos.

Toró jogou nos dois clubes já nas categorias de base. Como profissional, o volante iniciou carreira no Fluminense, onde permaneceu por um ano, sagrando-se Campeão Carioca em 2005. Pelo Flamengo, o jogador foi campeão da Copa do Brasil de 2006 e campeão brasileiro em 2009, sem contar os estaduais.

Carlos Alberto Torres atuou no Fluminense durante quatro anos, tendo sua passagem dividida entre 1963-1964 e 1974-1976. No ano seguinte, o atleta foi para o Flamengo. Mais tarde, Carlos Alberto se tornou técnico dos dois times e realizou conquistas importantes com as equipes, como o Campeonato Brasileiro de 1983, pelo Flamengo, e o Campeonato Carioca de 1984, no comando do Fluminense.

Conca, o recém-chegado ao Flamengo foi ídolo do Fluminense e participou da conquista do Campeonato Brasileiro de 2010. Com a camisa tricolor, o meia esteve presente em 269 jogos, entre todas as quatro passagens que teve pelo clube. Emprestado pelo Shanghai SIPG (CHI) ao Flamengo, o atleta ainda não teve sua estreias. Em processo de recuperação de lesão, Conca participa apenas dos treinos por enquanto.

Ronaldinho Gaúcho atuou no Flamengo na temporada de 2011 e foi campeão carioca pelo clube. Depois de diversos problemas com a diretoria, o atleta deixou o Rubro Negro antes da metade de 2012. O Fluminense foi o último clube que contou com Ronaldinho. Desde foi integrado ao elenco, em 2015, o meia participou de nove jogos, inclusive da Florida Cup 2016.

Romário estreou no Flamengo em 1995 e teve mais duas passagens pelo clube. Com a camisa rubro-negra o ex-atacante conquistou diversos títulos, entre eles estaduais e a Copa Mercosul. Pelo Tricolor, Romário participou de 77 jogos e marcou cerca de 48 gols.

Edmundo fez dupla com Romário no Flamengo, Fluminense e no Vasco. No Rubro Negro e no Tricolor, o atacante atuou durante apenas um ano, porém em épocas bem distintas. Em sua curta passagem pelo Flamengo, Edmundo marcou nove gols. Já no Fluminense, marcou 17.

Léo Moura atuou no Fluminense em 2004 e participou de cerca de 59 jogos com a camisa tricolor. No Flamengo, o lateral-direito teve seus anos de glória. O jogador chegou em 2005 e ficou no clube durante dez anos, onde conquistou títulos como o Campeonato Brasileiro de 2009 e a Copa do Brasil de 2006 e 2013. Além de ter se tornado ídolo da torcida.

روبرتسون: محظوظون في ليفربول.. وعلينا الفوز بكل مبارياتنا

أعرب آندي روبرتسون، لاعب فريق ليفربول عن سعادته بالفوز الذي تحقق على نيوكاسل، ضمن الجولة 35 من الدوري الإنجليزي الممتاز.

ليفربول فاز بهدف نابي كيتا في الشوط الأول، ليتصدر ترتيب الدوري الإنجليزي الممتاز مؤقتًا في انتظار مباراة مانشستر سيتي ضد ليدز يونايتد.

وقال روبرتسون في تصريحات لشبكة “BTSports” البريطانية: “لقد عمل نيوكاسل بجد، إنهم في حالة رائعة، ويتواجدون في المراكز العشرة الأولى، لذلك كنا نعلم أن الأمر سيكون صعبًا، ولحسن الحظ، تمكننا من التسجيل في الشوط الأول”.

طالع أيضًا.. جيمس ميلنر: ليفربول يتحدى الجميع في كل جبهة.. وعلينا الحفاظ على عقليتنا

وأضاف: “لا أعتقد أنه كان لديهم العديد من الفرص على مرمانا، وكان لدينا القليل أيضًا على مرماهم، لكننا في النهاية حققنا 3 نقاط”.

وأشار: “نحن محظوظون للغاية لأننا أصبحنا الآن جميعًا لائقتين، باستثناء إصابة فيرمينو، لقد أجرينا خمسة تغييرات اليوم، لكن اللاعبين الذين شاركوا قدموا مباراة رائعة”.

واختتم: “الصدارة؟ سنرى ستستمر إلى متى، لكن علينا فقط أن نفوز بمبارياتنا ولا ننظر لأي شيء آخر”.

Maher welcomes captaincy

The prospect of following in the footsteps of Queensland’s mostsuccessful captain was welcomed today by his heir, XXXX Queensland Bullsopening batsman Jimmy Maher.

Queensland Cricket20-May-2002The prospect of following in the footsteps of Queensland’s mostsuccessful captain was welcomed today by his heir, XXXX Queensland Bullsopening batsman Jimmy Maher.Maher, 28, was today named to take over from Stuart Law as the Bullscaptain for the 2002-2003 cricket season.Maher, who tasted the captaincy for the first time last season when heled the Bulls in one Pura Cup and four ING Cup games, said he was notperturbed at the prospect of replacing Law, the man in charge of allfive of Queensland’s first class championship titles.”It’s a daunting task to follow but we’ve got a great squad, with agreat set-up and system, and hopefully we can continue to do well witheverything we throw our hand at,” he told a media conference today inthe Captains’ Room at Queensland Cricket Headquarters.”It’s a huge honour to be invited to captain Queensland and one that Iam delighted to accept,” he said.”We’ve enjoyed plenty of success over the past decade thanks to a lot ofhard work by a lot of people and I’m keen to carry that on. We’ve got anew coach in Terry Oliver, some great young players coming through andso I’m confident there is plenty for us to look forward to,” he said.Maher was recommended as Law’s replacement by the Queensland selectionpanel of chairman Andrew Courtice, Dirk Tazelaar and Paul Jackson, aheadof other well-credentialed candidates such as Matthew Hayden, MartinLove, Andrew Symonds and Wade Seccombe.Maher said it was reassuring that Law would continue his playing careerwith the Bulls following his decision to stand down as captain afterguiding Queensland to their third Pura Cup title.”It will be fantastic. I know Allan Border helped Stuey in the firstcouple of years after Lawy came on board (as captain) and I’ll be usinghis experience and wisdom as much as possible,” he said.”It’s not going to be a Jimmy Maher-run show. I’m the sort of personthat will listen to a lot of people’s ideas, whether they’ve played onegame or a hundred games.”The conferral of the captaincy on Maher continues a bumper year for theNorth Queensland product, who is awaiting the birth of his first childwith wife Deb next month.Maher was the joint Pura Cup player of the year with Victoria’s BradHodge last season, won the Ian Healy Trophy as the Bulls’ player of theyear, produced his second 1000-plus run season for the Bulls in a rowand made his return to the Australian one-day team for the tour of SouthAfrica where he won man of the match awards in his first two matches.Maher was recently awarded an ACB players’ contract for 2002-2003 andwas named in the Australian squad for next month’s TOWER Super ChallengeII one-day internationals against Pakistan at Melbourne’s ColonialStadium and the Gabba on June 19.

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