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Crystal Palace co-chairman Steve Browett has insisted that talented youngster Wilfried Zaha is not for sale.

The skilful attacker has been heavily linked with a move to Arsenal, who are reported to have identified the prospect as a potential replacement for Theo Walcott, who may leave north London after his contract expires next summer.

With Liverpool, Tottenham and Manchester City all linked with a move for Zaha in the press of late also, it looked as though the Championship side could lose their prize asset.

However, Browett has eased fans’ worries by stating that the Eagles would not consider selling Zaha to one of the Premier League big boys.

“I can assure you that Wilfried is not ‘for sale’,” the chief commented on a fan’s forum, published in The Guardian.

“We hope that he’ll be playing Premier League football next season. For us. Even if that doesn’t happen, he’s only 19 and still learning his trade in surroundings where he is comfortable and happy. He’s on a five-year contract and we really don’t need the money.

“The four of us bought the club so that we could enjoy watching Palace play football, not to cash in as soon as the moneybags clubs come waving their cheque books. I hope that’s clear enough.

“PS – and if he [Zaha] keeps developing the way he has so far you’ll be reading plenty more rubbish in the Sunday papers,” he concluded.

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Zaha has scored four goals in his last two games, and has represented England at under-21 level four times.

By Gareth McKnight

Frank Lampard has stated that he is starting to think about his life after he retires from professional football, and would relish the opportunity to be Chelsea’s manager.

The ageing midfielder is coming to the end of a stellar career, and has confessed that he would love to coach the side he current plays for.

“I am thinking about my coaching badges now but there is only one club I want to manage,” the England international told The Sun.

“I know it might sound a bit big-headed or selfish but I wouldn’t want to go through ‘showing myself’ with a lower club.

“Although I would never expect to walk into a position such as the Chelsea manager, this is the only club I’d want to manage.

“I’d love to have a crack at it but I’d want to do it well.

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“I wouldn’t want the supporters to forget everything I’ve tried to do as a player because I can’t manage the team,” he concluded.

By Gareth McKnight

Theo Walcott joined Everton from Arsenal during the January transfer window, and the attacker impressed for the Toffees in the second half of the campaign.

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Walcott managed over 100 goals during his time at Arsenal – including 19 during the 2016-17 season – but left the Emirates Stadium for Everton in early 2018.

The Englishman managed three goals and three assists in the Premier League after joining Everton, and certainly captured the imagination of the club’s supporters.

Last season was difficult for Everton when considering the timing of Ronald Koeman’s departure, and indeed the struggles of Sam Allardyce.

Marco Silva is now in position as head coach, however, and there is certainly a lot for the Everton supporters to be excited about entering the new season.

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Walcott knows what to say when it comes to winning over the Everton fans, and a number have been on social media paying tribute to the 29-year-old.

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Indeed, Walcott has been tipped to enjoy a strong campaign for his Merseyside club next term.

A selection of the Twitter reaction from the Everton supporters can be seen below:

West Ham are still waiting to find out the full damage done to three injured stars who had to pull out of yesterday’s win over Newcastle.

George McCartney seems to be the most serious case, after coming off with an injury to his groin. Matt Jarvis suffered a tight thigh and Yossi Benayoun injured his knee after him and Jonas Gutierrez got involved in a tackle which also sidelined him.

Sam Allardyce, following the match, said: “We don’t play until next Monday so we hope that’s enough time. George is probably the most serious because it looks like he has pulled a groin muscle.”

Ricardo Vaz Te, Alou Diarra and Jack Collyson are already out due to long-term injury, and he will surely be hoping he does not have to add three more players to the list of such serious injuries.

He said to West Ham’s official website: “The three injuries and three changes we had to make never detracted from the performance, which was even more pleasing. Obviously it’s disappointing when we get the injuries but to see three players come on and still perform was pleasing. It’s a good job we’ve got Guy Demel, Gary O’Neil and Modibo Maiga back as the bench has been lightweight recently. It shows how important substitutes are as you have to have a strong bench in this league. “

West Ham play Stoke in a Premier League clash next Monday.

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West Ham won yesterday’s game 1-0. Former Newcastle player Kevin Nolan scored the winner in the first half.

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Manchester United are primed and ready to pounce if Juventus do not take up their option to sign Douglas Costa from Bayern Munich, according to the Sun.

The 27-year-old is superior to all of Jose Mourinho’s current right-wing options and would go straight into the first team, replacing academy graduate Jesse Lingard.

What’s the story, then?

The Sun claim that Juventus, with whom Costa has just spent the season on loan, have an option to buy the Brazilian for £33m this summer but may spurn the opportunity in pursuit of spending big on an elite central midfielder.

In that event, they report that United are ready to offer Bayern, Costa’s parent club, over double the fee agreed with Juve – £79m – to bring the wideman to Old Trafford this summer.

The report also says that United and Juve’s transfer business is uncannily intertwined. Reds full-back Matteo Darmian is set to join the Italian giants, who want to secure a return for Paul Pogba.

Their other central midfield target is Sergej Milinkovic-Savic who is reportedly subject of interest from United also, and could raise the funds to sign a central midfielder via the sale of left-back Alex Sandro, who Mourinho is also sniffing around.

Costa is the perfect right-winger for United

United’s right wing options are currently Juan Mata – who is a number 10 bizarrely converted to a wideman despite not having the legs – Jesse Lingard, who has pace and energy but looks more comfortable through the middle and lacks consistency, or an awkward crowbarring of Alexis Sanchez, Marcus Rashford or Anthony Martial – all more comfortable operating from the left.

Costa is a better bet than all of them. He is an outstanding dribbler, capable of embarrassing even Europe’s elite defenders and would add genuine pace and width to this United setup.

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£79m is steep, and it is especially perplexing that United would go in that high when Juve have £33m agreed already but potentially the closeness of the two club’s transfer dealings can help a deal get over the line.

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Arsenal were far from down to the bare bones in their 2-1 win over Crystal Palace on Saturday, but they did make hard work of the three points. Per Mertesacker, Mesut Ozil and Lukas Podolski’s absence was coupled with the uncharacteristic sluggishness and profligacy of Santi Cazorla. Both lasting effects of this summer’s World Cup in Brazil.

It does raise concern for the coming weeks. Laurent Koscielny was not fully fit following his Achilles injury suffered in the Community Shield against Manchester City, but he saw minutes nevertheless in the opening weekend. Partnering him, because there was no other option, was Calum Chambers. The former Southampton starlet’s assured performance should not take away from the negligence of going into the start of the campaign with only one senior centre-back available.

In attack, Olivier Giroud started on the bench, also due to a lack of fitness, with Yaya Sanogo lining up through the middle and flanked by Alexis Sanchez and Cazorla. He’ll work for the team and he’ll give his all, but Sanogo, as if we need further reminding, is still not good enough for this Arsenal team. It may be a lack of attacking intelligence; does Sanogo know when to make the runs of an established centre-forward? Maybe, maybe not. But the real worry is his lack of ability to properly complement those around him.

There’s a danger of it all unravelling early. This summer has been the best for the club in many years, arguably the best in Arsene Wenger’s tenure as manager. Thus far, the buys have been either exciting or positive, and the departures haven’t forced sleepless nights. It’s the kind of transfer activity a club of Arsenal’s resources should be conducting regularly.

But the team isn’t ready, and forced selections can lead to injury. It wasn’t lost on anyone that Arsenal have only played three pre-season games ahead of the Community Shield, and that trip to New York featured less than half of the first-team regulars.

This week the team travel to Turkey to face Besiktas in their first leg effort to be included in this season’s Champions League proper. On Saturday, a tough away trip to Everton awaits.

What struck most about the win over Palace was just how poor the passing was throughout the entire team, as if none had quite woken up to the fact that the league season had begun. Had it been midway through the campaign, you’d be able to easily forget the performance. Sort of. It would be one of those that you check off as that of the mentality of (potential) champions, winning even when playing poorly.

Arsenal need reinforcements – and that’s not the reflex of years of frustration. The team are undermanned in defence, and one more central midfielder is also needed. For those who try to build it up as a necessity, though I feel it’s more of a luxury due to the numbers in the squad, another centre-forward should also be on the end-of-window shopping list.

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But ahead of all that, Arsenal need to find their fitness and rhythm, and quick. None of the top teams who played on the weekend were totally convincing, and there have been plenty of comments that the Premier League season has come too soon. But even with three points in the bag, Arsenal are still some way off where they need to be for this season.

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أوضح إيفان لو مي، وكيل فيرلاند ميندي، الظهير الأيسر لفريق ريال مدريد، موقف لاعبه من الرحيل إلى الدوري السعودي.

وقالت إذاعة “كادينا سير” الإسبانية، يوم الأحد الماضي، إنه من المقرر أن يصل عرض كبير من الدوري السعودي لضم فيرلاند ميندي، لكن حتى الآن لا يوجد شيء رسمي.

اقرأ أيضًا.. ذا أثليتك: أردا جولر يختار الانضمام إلى ريال مدريد على حساب برشلونة

وقال إيفان لو مي في تصريحات لصحيفة “ليكيب” الفرنسية: “السعودية وفيرلاند ميندي؟ لا، لا يوجد شيء، يتم الإعلان عن لاعبين جدد كل صباح هناك يمكنهم اللعب في المملكة العربية السعودية”.

وأضاف بسخرية: “قريبًا سيكون مبابي في المملكة العربية السعودية، السعودية تبحث عن كل اللاعبين، ارتباط ميندي بالرحيل إلى هناك كلام فارغ، إنه في ريال مدريد، كل شيء على ما يرام”.

ميندي انتقل إلى ريال مدريد قادمًا من أولمبيك ليون في صيف 2019 بطلب من زين الدين زيدان مقابل 48 مليون يورو، لكن لم يبد أي نادي اهتمامًا حتى الآن بضم اللاعب.

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Um dos integrantes da seleção da primeira fase do Campeonato Paulista, o zagueiro Léo Ortiz espera dois jogos complicados contra o Santos, adversário do Red Bull Brasil nas quartas de final do torneio estadual.

A primeira partida ocorre neste sábado, às 19h, no Pacaembu, enquanto o jogo de volta acontece na terça-feira, às 20h, no Moisés Lucarelli.

– Nós sabemos muito bem que o Santos é um dos times mais fortes do Paulista. Eles provaram isso ao longo do campeonato e lideraram até as últimas rodadas. A equipe deles conta com um excelente treinador, grandes jogadores, e joga de maneira muito intensa, marcando em cima. O Zago está nos passando muitas informações para nos preparamos da melhor maneira possível porque serão dois jogos bem complicados. Respeitamos demais o Santos e todos os nossos adversáros, mas acreditamos no nosso potencial e iremos em busca da classificação – disse o zagueiro ao L!

Não foi à toa que Ortiz apareceu na seleção do torneio estadual. Ele participou de 11 dos 12 jogos do Red Bull Brasil. Além disso, realizou 12 desarmes, 68 rebatidas e teve aproveitamento de mais de 96% no índice de passes.

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– Fico feliz por estar na seleção. Eu gosto muito de estatísticas e esse reconhecimento significa que estou no caminho certo. Graças ao excelente trabalho da comissão técnica, o elenco vem fazendo um grande campeonato e todo mundo está de parabéns. Desde o meu primeiro dia aqui, me surpreendi demais com a estrutura e a mentalidade do clube, e esse desempenho em campo não é por acaso. Sabemos que o Paulista é um campeonato bem difícil, o estadual mais competitivo do país, mas provamos que podemos brigar pelo título – afirmou.

Ortiz está emprestado pelo Internacional a pedido do técnico Antônio Carlos Zago que, inclusive, subiu o jogador para o profissional do Colorado, em 2017.

O Red Bull Brasil terminou a primeira fase do Paulistão com a melhor campanha geral, com 27 pontos, quatro a mais do Santos, terceiro colocado.

يرتبط الأرجنتيني باولو ديبالا لاعب روما الإيطالي، بانتقال محتمل إلى تشيلسي الإنجليزي، الراغب في ضمه خلال سوق الانتقالات الصيفي الحالي.

وأثار تياجو سيلفا مدافع تشيلسي التكهنات حول وصول ديبالا في تصريحات سابقة، وكذلك إنزو فرنانديز، حيث أعلن كلاهما رغبتهما في وصول الأرجنتيني للفريق اللندني.

ويملك ديبالا شرطًا جزائيًا في عقده مع روما بقيمة 12 مليون يورو متاحًا للأندية خارج إيطاليا.

وبحسب صحيفة “كوريري ديلو سبورت” الإيطالية، من المنتظر أن يجتمع خورخي أنطون وكيل ديبالا، بمسؤولي روما وتحديدًا تياجو بينتو لمناقشة عقد جديد.

حصل ديبالا على 6 ملايين يورو في موسم 2022-23 بفضل الإضافات، ويشير التقرير إلى أن روما سيحتاج إلى رفع راتبه “الثابت” من 4.5 مليون يورو إلى 6 ملايين يورو في الموسم الواحد.

وحال تقديم عقد جديد لديبالا، سيعرض عليه روما التمديد حتى يونيو 2026، مع وضع شرط جزائي قدره 20 مليون يورو للأندية الإيطالية.

ولفت التقرير النظر إلى أن ديبالا قد يدرس خطوة الانتقال إلى تشيلسي، لكن العروض التي تلقاها من الدوري السعودي لا تغريه.

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Apesar da frustração causada pela reta final do último Brasileirão, o torcedor do São Paulo se despediu de 2018 com as esperanças renovadas, fruto do anúncio do retorno do meia Hernanes e da chegada do atacante Pablo, vindo do Athletico e desejado por vários clubes da Série A. Em uma tacada só, as contratações de um ídolo e de um dos principais jogadores da temporada. O mercado agressivo do Tricolor continuou na virada do ano, com atletas menos expressivos e outros que levantavam dúvidas, como o goleiro Tiago Volpi. Em menos de três meses, o castelo desmoronou. Houve queda na Libertadores, troca no comando técnico, forte oposição ao presidente Leco, protestos de torcedores e derrotas em todos os clássicos do Paulistão. E, no meio deste furacão, a dependência de Hernanes ficou cada vez maior. Ontem, o clube confirmou que a lesão na coxa esquerda sofrida contra o Palmeiras deixará o jogador fora da partida decisiva contra o São Caetano, que definirá se o São Paulo vai ao mata-mata ou se ficará 40 dias sem jogos. A reação da torcida nas redes sociais mostra o tamanho do drama atual. Hernanes era visto como fundamental para o Tricolor bater o segundo pior time do Estadual, o que coloca em xeque todo o planejamento na montagem de um elenco cada vez menos confiante e com rachas internos. O peso da ausência do Profeta diz muito sobre o tamanho do buraco que o São Paulo se enfiou.

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