A loan move may be ‘the next step’ for Celtic defender Dane Murray, according to The Daily Record’s Mark Pirie.
The lowdown
Murray came on at half time in the first leg of Celtic’s Champions League qualifier against FC Midtjylland in July after Nir Bitton was sent off, and he kept his place for the second leg.
Celtic were ultimately knocked out after extra time, and Murray hasn’t featured for Ange Postecoglou’s senior side since. His only action has come at reserve level.
Team-mate Stephen Welsh had been impressed with the 18-year-old against the Danes, hailing him as ‘fantastic, both on the ball and defensively’.
Murray could now join fellow Hoops youngsters Luca Connell, Jonathan Afolabi, Kerry McInroy and Ross Doohan out on loan.
The latest
Pirie writes that Murray will be ‘desperate’ for a first-team recall, but his chances look slim, with Carl Starfelt and Cameron Carter-Vickers seemingly the ‘current first-choice defensive pairing’.
‘A loan stint away from Glasgow’s east end’ may be the logical next move, he adds.
The verdict
While Murray wasn’t entirely convincing in the second leg against Midtjylland, it is a little surprising that he’s not even featured in the matchday squad for a league game.
He might be finding it a little dispiriting after a debut which seemed to herald a breakthrough season.
Still, a loan move that will allow to build his experience of top-flight football seems smart, particularly as Christopher Jullien’s return will only push him further down the pecking order.
In other news, Celtic tried to sign this left-back last summer.
علق حمزة الجمل المدير الفني لفريق الإسماعيلي على التعادل أمام فاركو في الدوري المصري بدون أهداف.
وقال حمزة الجمل في تصريحات عبر المؤتمر الصحفي عقب المباراة: “كنا نواجه فريقا مميزا وقويا، وحرصنا على دراسة المنافس بشكل جيد ونجحنا في الضغط عليه وأغلقنا أهم مميزات الفريق وهي الأطراف وكذلك استحوذنا على منتصف الملعب”.
وأضاف: “راض جدًا عن أداء اللاعبين اليوم خصوصًا في ظل ضغط المباريات ولدينا القدرة على التعامل مع هذا الأمر”.
طالع | روي فيتوريا يحضر مباراة فاركو والإسماعيلي
وأوضح: “نجحنا في الوصول لمرمى فاركو أكثر من مرة وكان ينقصنا ترجمة الفرص إلى أهداف، من الصعب تغيير شكل الفريق بشكل كامل، لا نملك مهاجم وليس لدينا بديلا لباهر المحمدي ووجدنا نسبة فوز الإسماعيلي في المباريات لا تتخطي 70%”.
وأشار: “اللاعبون يقدمون مستوي قويا ومميزا على الرغم من النقص العددي في أكثر من مركز والفريق يحتاج لدعم مادي ومعنوي وصفقات”.
واختتم: “الإسماعيلي يخوض المباريات بدون لاعب محترف قوي قادر على صناعة الفارق، اشتغلنا على تطوير الهجوم والدفاع بشكل جيد”.
IPL teams that have more South African players in their side, especially Bangalore, have a clear home advantage now that the tournament has been relocated to that country, coaches and players from the league have said
Nagraj Gollapudi25-Mar-2009
Ray Jennings, the coach of Royal Challengers Bangalore, which has five South Africans in the team, says his side has a definite tactical advantage•Getty Images
IPL teams that have more South African players in their side, especially Bangalore, have a clear home advantage now that the tournament has been relocated to that country, coaches and players from the league have said.Ray Jennings, the coach of Royal Challengers Bangalore, which has five South Africans in the team, the maximum in this season’s IPL, says his side has a definite tactical advantage – Jennings himself is a former South Africa coach. Darren Berry, the coach of Rajasthan Royals, the IPL champions who have three South Africans in their side, including Graeme Smith, the national captain, says the insights provided by these players would be an advantage. And Adam Gilchrist, who will lead Hershchelle Gibbs as captain of Deccan Chargers, says that local knowledge would add a new dimension to this IPL starting on April 18.”Tactically, it must be an advantage,” Jennings said. “The coaching staff is also from South Africa so the preparation would be done to perfection because we obviously know what we are doing. Our team may have more of a home base than anybody else because we have five South African players and six if you count Kevin Pietersen, the captain.”Shaun Pollock, who is coaching Mumbai Indians, admits that Bangalore has an advantage with players like Jacques Kallis, Mark Boucher and Dale Steyn in the side. “Probably Bangalore have a slight advantage as they have five South African players,” Pollock said.But Mumbai Indians, who he coaches along with Jonty Rhodes are not far behind, having signed up JP Duminy, the star allrounder, for US$ 950,000 this year. “But it doesn’t count for too much as people play in all kinds of conditions,” Pollock said. “As for Mumbai, quite a few of our Indian guys are here and that works to our advantage as they are exposed to the local conditions and that will definitely help.”Berry says Rajasthan Royals would fancy their chances, too, having players of the calibre of Smith in the side. “It is good we have a got strong South African contingent (Graeme Smith, Morne Morkel, Tyron Henderson),” he said. “It is an advantage. We are lucky that Smith, the South African captain, whose insight will help into what the conditions we can expect.”Gilchirst, who has Gibbs to bank on for Deccan Chargers, admits that local knowledge provides a definite edge. “Obviously some local knowledge always helps,” he said. “But it would be interesting to see various team make-ups coming under close scrutiny now that the venue has changed with different conditions and different circumstances to what everyone was planning for in India. It does add a new dimension.”However, the players and coaches admitted that adaptability would be a key factor on South African pitches, irrespective of whether teams have South African players or not.”South African conditions will present a different set of circumstances than India and with that we have the flexibility in our squad to alter what type of player we will take,” Berry said. “You must have players who can adapt to different conditions. We have that but there were some teams last year in the IPL that didn’t have players who could adapt. Perhaps bowling will have a bigger impact in South Africa as they could benefit from the bounce and carry the pitches offer there.”Pollock agrees but adds that spinners may have a crucial role to play over the next two months. “Yes, definitely,” he said. “If you look at the records during the Twenty20 World Cup guys like Harbhajan Singh and Daniel Vettori did well so I have no doubt spinners will have a role to play.”As for the South African players, they are just happy to be playing at home after almost 18 months on the road, including gruelling tours to England and Australia. “From a personal point of view, it’s fantastic that we don’t have to leave the country again,” Dale Steyn said. “We have spent so much time on the road over the last two years, and to have the Champions Trophy and now the IPL at home will be great for all of us. It feels like we are forever going overseas, and it will be nice to spend more time with family and friends.”
Além de toda comoção envolvendo o técnico Abel Braga, o Maracanã foi palco de uma importante vitória do Fluminense no sábado. Contra o Atlético-GO, o Tricolor pôs fim ao jejum de sete jogos sem vencer como mandante – cinco no Maracanã – no Brasileiro, chegou aos 25 pontos e encostou outra vez no G-6.
Autor de um dos gols do triunfo por 3 a 1, Wellington Silva valorizou o resultado contra o lanterna, que, apesar da posição, fez jogo duro no Rio de Janeiro.
– Estávamos precisando dos três pontos. Estávamos em situação difícil. Sabemos nossa responsabilidade. O time deles sabíamos que seria difícil. Não é porque está em último que seria fácil. Deram trabalho ao Grêmio – afirmou o camisa 11.
Desde a morte de João Pedro, filho mais novo de Abel Braga, o elenco tem demonstrado apoio ao técnico, comparecendo ao velório, por exemplo e dando seu carinho ao comandante. A torcida também fez sua parte e Wellington Silva ressaltou a admiração do grupo por Abelão.
– Agradecemos ao nosso torcedor. Com todos juntos, é assim. É nosso paizão. Está num momento difícil. Desde que aconteceu, estivemos do lado dele. Desde seu primeiro dia, sempre nos tratou com carinho e respeito e será assim sempre. Estamos juntos – finalizou Wellington Silva.
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Phil Russell’s status at the Kingsmead ground is unique – the much-respected curator is probably the only person involved with the IPL and its bitter rival, the ICL. Russell, who was the ICL’s curator last season, is currently an advisor on the ground pre
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Phil Russell, the Kingsmead curator, is the only person involved with the IPL and its bitter rival, the ICL•ESPNcricinfo Ltd
Phil Russell’s status at the Kingsmead ground is unique – the much-respected curator is probably the only person involved with the IPL and its bitter rival, the ICL. Russell, who was the ICL’s curator last season, is currently an advisor on the ground preparations at Kingsmead for the IPL tournament.The antipathy of the Indian board – which owns the IPL – towards the ICL is famous: it has adopted a heavy-handed approach to players, officials, groundsmen and scorers, even commentators, involved with the unofficial league. It has even sought to influence other boards to adopt a similar stance. Somehow, Russell has slipped under the radar.He entered into the reckoning when the ground’s assistant curator was posted to Newlands to get that ground ready in time for the tournament and the Natal board sought someone with experience to fill the gap. Russell has been associated with the Kingsmead stadium for two decades and coached the Natal team, including Kevin Pietersen, for two years.Then came the ICL. “He has been with us for the last two years,” Kiran More, a member of the ICL’s executive board, said. This year, too, we have asked him to come during July-August to take a look at the grounds and get them in shape for the November season.”Russell isn’t the only ICL connection – the overhead sky cameras the IPL is using this season was used by the ICL in its last season. The camera – which slides on a cable approximately 40 feet above the centre pitch – is owned by the same company that loaned it to the ICL.
Following on from their brutal 5-0 win over Watford in their latest Premier League match over the weekend, Liverpool are now back in European action with a clash against Atletico Madrid on Tuesday evening.
Ahead of the match against Diego Simeone’s side, Reds manager Jurgen Klopp revealed in his press conference prior to the match that midfielder Curtis Jones will not be available to play in the match alongside Thiago Alcantara and Harvey Elliott through injury, leaving the German with limited midfield options.
With this in mind, here’s how we feel Liverpool will line up against Atletico, who beat the Merseyside club twice in the Championship last 16 round of the competition in the 2019/20 season.
Big changes
Now that goalkeeper Alisson Becker will be back available for selection after missing the Watford match due to his recent involvement with Brazil, we feel that Klopp will put him back in the side against the Spanish club despite Caoimhin Kelleher managing to keep a clean sheet in Alisson’s absence at the weekend.
In defence, we think that the back four that played against Watford with Trent Alexander-Arnold, Joel Matip, Virgil van Dijk and Andy Robertson will all keep their places in the team to try and subdue Atletico’s attacking force.
For the midfield, in a similar situation to Alisson, Liverpool will have Fabinho back available to play after his time away with Brazil. With this in mind, we can see Klopp making the most out of the available midfield options he has at the moment by putting the holding player in the starting XI, replacing £120k-per-week earner Naby Keita who played the full 90 minutes against the Hornets.
Even though Liverpool have a big Premier League match at the weekend against Manchester United, we think the Reds boss isn’t likely to drop any of the front three attacking players that started against Watford for their midweek game, with the trio of Sadio Mane, Roberto Firmino and Mohamed Salah managing to get on the scoresheet.
Also, taking into account how Atletico have only managed to concede six goals in their opening eight La Liga games of the season, we think Liverpool will have to go with their strongest attacking line-up to get a positive result in midweek.
Whether Klopp goes with this exact starting XI against Atletico or not, we feel that they will still be going out to secure a win to keep their unbeaten run this season going ahead of their next league match at Old Trafford.
In other news: 3 goals in 6 apps: Liverpool have future star in “exceptional” 18 y/o, he’s “fearless” – opinion
وجه أسطورة هولندا، رود خوليت، نصيحة إلى مواطنه ومدرب مانشستر يونايتد، إريك تين هاج، من أجل النجاح في إنجلترا مع بداية مسيرته بعيدًا عن أياكس أمستردام.
وانتقل تين هاج لتدريب مانشستر يونايتد في مهمة شاقة للغاية، بعد الخسارة في أولى مبارياته في بطولة الدوري الإنجليزي الممتاز أمام برايتون في الأسبوع الماضي.
اقرأ ايضًا.. ليفربول يرد بتغريدة مثيرة بعد مركز محمد صلاح في قائمة أفضل لاعب بأوروبا
وتحدث خوليت عن وجهة نظره في تصريحات نقلتها صحيفة “موندو ديبورتيفو” الكتالونية، وقال: “هناك العديد من المشاكل في مانشستر يونايتد، اعتقد أنهم فقدوا فرصة تغيير أسلوبهم”.
وأضاف: “الفريق يعيش على الماضي، يتحدثون كثيرًا عن إنجازات التسعينات وبداية الألفية”.
وتابع: “إذا جاء تين هاج إلى إنجلترا بنفس عقليته الهولندية مع أياكس، ستكون مهمته صعبة للغاية، عليه أن يعرف كيفية التأقلم، عليه أن يعرف كيف يفوز، فالفرق لا تفوز هنا فقط فنيًا، ولكن أيضًا الجميع يحتاج القوة والطاقة والطموح”.
وواصل تصريحاته: “لقد أقالوا مورينيو في وقت مبكر جدًا، لأنه فاز بلقب عندما كان لديه لاعبون دون المستوى، الآن يريدون المنافسة مع ليفربول ومانشستر سيتي وتشيلسي، لم يعد مانشستر يونايتد الفريق الذي يصعب التغلب عليه، عليهم تغيير عقليتهم”.
وعن رونالدو: “شعوري أنه نادم على العودة إلى مانشستر يونايتد، لم يقل ذلك، لكني أعتقد أنه يشعر بذلك، لقد توقع أن يكون الأداء أفضل، لذلك أعتقد أنه سيغير آراء الجميع عن الفريق، سيعطي كريستيانو كل ما لديه لصالح هذا النادي وهو قادر على ذلك”.
Ricky Ponting has said he would be more than happy to have Andrew Symonds in his Ashes squad but conceded the selectors faced a hard call on whether they could squeeze him in
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Cricket Australia will reveal on Wednesday if Andrew Symonds, who is in South Africa for the IPL, will be part of the Ashes squad•Associated Press
Ricky Ponting has said he would be more than happy to have Andrew Symonds in his Ashes squad but conceded the selectors faced a hard call on whether they could squeeze him in. The touring party will be named at 11am (AEST) on Wednesday and there is no guarantee that Symonds, who was once a certainty in the starting XI, will be chosen.His off-field issues over the past year have led to him being stood down from the side on two occasions and he has struggled to regain his best form at first-class level. That has allowed Marcus North to capably slot into the No. 6 role, while Andrew McDonald has held down the allrounder’s position.Shane Watson and Brad Hodge will also come into contention along with Symonds, who made his latest comeback for Australia in the recent one-day series against Pakistan in the UAE. Ponting said it would be no great bombshell if Symonds was named in the squad, which is likely to feature 16 players.”I wouldn’t be surprised, he has had his share of battles over the last 12 months, obviously the well documented stuff off the field,” Ponting told AAP. “He’s worked his way back into domestic cricket pretty well and played well for us over in Abu Dhabi, Dubai.”He’s a great guy to have around a team, there is no doubt about that. Obviously the selectors are going to have some tough decisions to make in the coming hours.”Blog with Alex Brown on the Ashes squad between 10.30am and 12.30pm (AEST) on Wednesday
The versatility of summer signing Odsonne Edouard is a major bonus for Crystal Palace, according to journalist Tom Barclay.
What’s the story?
Although he is a natural striker, the 23-year-old is also comfortable playing on either flank and was deployed on the left wing during Palace’s recent draws with Arsenal and Newcastle United.
Due to Wilfried Zaha’s enforced absence through illness, the Frenchman was deployed in (and scored from) the more unfamiliar position by Patrick Vieira at the Emirates Stadium, but Barclay believes he is more than capable of fulfilling that role, claiming that he’s comfortable out wide due to his well-rounded skillset.
Referring to Edouard, Barclay told GIVEMESPORT: “He’s not a centre forward playing out of position, he can play along the forward line in all three positions. You wouldn’t play him, I don’t think, as a winger in a 4-4-2, but as an inside forward or a player who doesn’t have to defend as much, he can definitely do that.
“And that’s another great option for them. He’s got great pace, he’s obviously physical, he’s got good technical ability, and a great finish again for that goal (against Arsenal).”
Crystal Palace fans will love him
Edouard has already made a big impression at Selhurst Park following his arrival for £14m in August, bagging three goals in just six Premier League appearances.
Despite his impressive exploits on the left-hand side in recent weeks, though, the 23-year-old’s future is likely to remain through the middle, especially when Eberechi Eze returns to full fitness.
The prospect of Zaha, Edouard and Eze forming a formidable front three in south London is an exciting one for Palace fans, and they’ll surely love their new French forward for many years to come if he maintains his current form.
In other news… Journalist reveals £18m-rated Palace gem “loves” Vieira, they could form a formidable duo
كشفت تقارير صحفية ألمانية حقيقة اهتمام نادي بوروسيا دورتموند بضم النجم البرتغالي كريستيانو رونالدو من صفوف فريق مانشستر يونايتد هذا الصيف.
وأصبح مستقبل رونالدو مادة دسمة للتقارير الصحفية في موسم الانتقالات الصيفي الحالي، خاصة بعدما أبلغ مسؤولي مانشستر يونايتد برغبته في الرحيل للعب في دوري أبطال أوروبا.
ومنذ ذلك الوقت، ارتبط اسم رونالدو صاحب الـ37 عامًا بالعديد من الأندية، مثل بايرن ميونخ، باريس سان جيرمان، تشيلسي، وأتلتيكو مدريد.
ويبدو أن التكهنات ما زالت مستمرة حول مستقبل رونالدو في الأولد ترافورد، حيث ظهرت تقارير صحفية إسبانية تفيد رغبة بوروسيا دورتموند في ضمه في الميركاتو الصيفي الحالي.
اقرأ أيضًا.. رونالدو: الإعلام لا يقول سوى الأكاذيب.. والجميع سيعرف الحقيقة قريبًا
ورغم ذلك، فإن صحيفة “بيلد” الألمانية نفت ذلك الأمر، حيث وصفت تلك التقارير بكونها شائعات لا أساس لها من الصحة.
وأوضحت أنه بعد تعاقد بوروسيا دورتموند مع سبياستيان هالير من أياكس بـ31 مليون يورو، ثم إصابة اللاعب بسرطان الخصية، والتعاقد مع بديله أنتوني موديست من كولن مقابل 5 ملايين يورو، فقد استنفدت ميزانية أسود فيستفاليا.
يُقال إن رونالدو (عقد حتى عام 2023) يجمع حوالي 29 مليون يورو صافيًا سنويًا في مانشستر، وسيؤدي إلى تدمير هيكل رواتب دورتموند بالكامل.