Lamine Yamal is not allowed to play in extra time should the Euro 2024 final head there.
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German laws prohibit Under-18s from working past 11pm on a Sunday, meaning Lamal will be breaking some serious rules should he still be on the pitch for an extra 30 minutes. The Sun reveal Spain would either have to sub the young star or face a €30,000 (£25k/$32k) fine.
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It may go against the code, but Spain will likely take the risk when it comes to keeping Yamal on the pitch. The Barcelona youngster has been one of La Roja's best players at Euro 2024 and scored a magnificent goal in the semi-final. A €30k fine will be the least of their concerns should they win in Berlin. Indeed, lawyer Jonas Warnken said a fine is unlikely to be issued.
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Yamal is now the youngest player to appear at the finals of the European Championship. As well as this, the 17-year-old is also the youngest scorer in the knockout rounds. He will be looking to create more history in the final, perhaps with a winner.
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Yamal will be looking to show up on the biggest stage of them all when Spain meet England on Sunday. The winger will be looking to mark his 17th birthday will a special present for both himself and his nation in the German capital.
West Ham United chiefs think an "outstanding" tactician is "gettable", and he's now seen as the favourite to replace David Moyes if he leaves.
Moyes' future still uncertain as West Ham contract winds down
The Scotsman has been one of their most successful managers in history, guiding the club to successive campaigns in Europe and helping them to win their first piece of major silverware since the 1980s last campaign.
West Ham working on forward with 15 goals and 14 assists this season
The Hammers failed to sign a new forward in January.
ByEmilio Galantini Mar 12, 2024
West Ham's Europa Conference League triumph in Prague will go down in the memory of every supporter as a Moyes era-defining night, and it was the perfect end to a topsy-turvy campaign where the Hammers were flirting with relegation domestically.
On paper, Moyes' achievements since he's come in have been extremely noteworthy, but there are those who believe the 60-year-old has taken West Ham as far as he possibly can.
West Ham's league finishes under Moyes
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While their European record has been sublime under the former Man United boss, West Ham's league form since the summer of 2022 has shed doubt over the suitability of Moyes long-term.
They finished 14th last season and were stuck in a battle to avoid the drop for a large portion of 2022/2023, so much so that Moyes was close to being sacked by West Ham last season as well.
The Irons boss' contract expires this summer, and it is believed that technical director Tim Steidten has been looking at potential Moyes replacements in the background at West Ham.
According to reliable club insider ExWHUemployee, while provisional talks have taken place over a new contract for Moyes, the club will wait to assess the situation before putting it on the table.
"He quite confidentially spoke to the press and said he has a contract offer and that it is him that is deliberating for now and not the club," wrote Ex.
"This story isn’t entirely what my sources had led me to believe. I think the terms and conditions of the have been discussed and are probably close to agreement. I do, however, believe that the deal has effectively been put off being completed until the end of the season when we are able to properly assess the achievements this year. I feel that this is the best decision for all parties."
Graham Potter favourite to replace David Moyes at West Ham
Football Insider, sharing an in-depth report on the managers who could succeed Moyes if he departs, have an interesting line on Graham Potter.
Indeed, according to the website, West Ham's board see Potter as "gettable" and he's currently the favourite to replace Moyes as things stand.
Out of work since being sacked by Chelsea, the 48-year-old is apparently still held in high regard, with Man City boss Pep Guardiola previously calling him "outstanding" for the job he did at Brighton.
Renato Gaúcho já é água passada no Corinthians. Após a recusa do treinador na noite da última quinta-feira (20), o Timão já definiu o seu novo alvo para a assumir o clube: o uruguaio Diego Aguirre.
A diretoria corintiana evita repetir o modelo de negociação que culminou com a contratação do técnico Vagner Mancini, demitido no último domingo (16), em outubro do ano passado. Na ocasião, o Alvinegro ficou quase um mês no mercado, após dispensar Tiago Nunes, e fechou com Mancini em uma operação que pegou muita gente de surpresa.
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Agora, o estafe do Timão tem trabalhado com alvos bem definidos e evita fazer da busca por um novo treinador uma novela.
Desde o início da busca por um novo técnico, uma opção estrangeira foi vista como inviável, mas não descartada por completo. No entanto, Diego Aguirre já trabalhou no Brasil e não demandaria um grande período de adaptação em relação a calendário, filosofia e formas de trabalho.
Nomes brasileiros como Dorival Júnior, que está no mercado e se encaixaria nos padrões financeiros do Corinthians, e Fábio Carille, que está em fim de contrato no Al-Ittihad, não possuem boa aceitação da torcida, por isso não foram contatados pelo clube do Parque São Jorge.
With Pieter Seelaar and Fred Klaassen also contributing handsomely, they wrapped up their fourth straight win over Ireland at ICC T20 tournaments
The Report by Peter Della Penna in Dubai01-Nov-2019
Ryan ten Doeschate flicks through midwicket•Peter Della Penna
Ever since that magical night in Sylhet in 2014, Ireland have never been able to find an answer to break the Netherlands stranglehold over them at ICC T20 tournaments. The Dutch made sure that impressive streak continued on Friday afternoon with a 21-run win at Dubai International Stadium. Netherlands now await the winner of the second semi-final between Papua New Guinea and Namibia to find out who they will play for the tournament title on Saturday night.Ryan ten Doeschate and Roelof van der Merwe tag-teamed with a crucial 56-run stand across the final five overs of the first innings. Van der Merwe then provided another key spark in the field, getting the opening duo of Kevin O’Brien and Paul Stirling in consecutive overs, coming on straight after the Powerplay, before Fred Klaassen struck a pair of key blows off consecutive deliveries in the 13th over to derail the Ireland chase, triggering a collapse from 84 for 2 to lose 7 for 24.Ireland captain Gary Wilson chose to send Netherlands in on what he later described as a spongy wicket that had been watered significantly with four matches to come on it over the next two days. His bowlers backed up the decision over the initial three-quarters of the innings as the Dutch maneuvered methodically to 102 for 4.Craig Young tied down the Dutch in the Powerplay, getting Max O’Dowd edging to backward point in the fourth before bowling Colin Ackermann with a yorker in the sixth to make it 27 for 2. Pieter Seelaar grafted with Ben Cooper in an effort to push the innings along but the pair struggled to generate momentum. Seelaar gloved a short ball from Boyd Rankin through to Wilson for 21 off 22 balls in the 12th before Cooper was caught on the crease to a skiddy topspinner from Gareth Delany to be bowled for 37 on the last ball of the 15th.At that stage, Netherlands had only scored seven boundaries. But they more than doubled that across the final quarter of the innings through the experienced County duo of ten Doeschate and van der Merwe. The pair punished Ireland as well for some sloppy fielding across the final stages that contributed to their rally as ten Doeschate drove over long-on and pulled over midwicket for a pair of sixes off Young to spoil his figures at the end of a 19-run 19th over. Another 11 came off the 20th to push the Dutch past 150.Ireland’s chase benefited from some equally haphazard fielding from the Dutch early in the replay. Both Stirling and O’Brien were put down off Klaassen on 22 and 10 respectively in the fifth over. O’Brien rubbed salt into the wound in the sixth with two boundaries off Paul van Meekeren.But van der Merwe cemented his case for Man of the Match at the conclusion of the Powerplay when he induced a false drive from O’Brien to long-off at the end of the seventh. He was on a hat-trick after striking with an arm ball to start the ninth that defeated Stirling’s attempted cut to knock back off stump. Still, Ireland had a solid platform at 57 for 2 and Delany confidently charged van der Merwe to drive straight for six in the 11th.After being luckless in the Powerplay, Klaassen returned in the 13th to begin dismantling the Irish middle order. A cutter produced a miscue by Delany to long-on before Andy Balbirnie went too far across his stumps trying to paddle the left-arm quick through fine leg and instead was bowled behind his legs with a leg-stump yorker.Seelaar capitalised on Klaassen’s double-strike by bowling Wilson to end the 14th before he became the third Dutch bowler to be on a hat-trick in the match when he claimed Mark Adair and Harry Tector off consecutive balls in the 16th, both caught slogging on the boundary. From 82 for 2, Ireland were suddenly out of the game at 95 for 7.Van Meekeren and Brandon Glover took a tail-end wicket each to make it 108 for 9 before George Dockrell and Boyd Rankin gave a cosmetic adjustment to the scorecard with an unbroken 29-run stand. The result is now the fourth ICC T20 tournament in a row in which Netherlands have beaten Ireland. It includes wins in the opening rounds of the T20 World Cup in 2014 and 2016 plus the T20 World Cup Qualifier semi-final at Malahide in 2015.
The Australia quick took 6 for 35 as the visitors overcame some late resistance from South Australia
The Report by Andrew McGlashan04-Nov-2019Josh Hazlewood found his groove ahead of the Test summer with a first-class career-best 6 for 35 as New South Wales secured a hard-fought 96-run victory over South Australia to consolidate their position at the top of the Sheffield Shield table.Chasing 298, and having started the final day one down, South Australia fell to 7 for 107 as Hazlewood, Trent Copeland and Nathan Lyon chipped away during the first half of the day.However, an eighth-wicket stand of 94 in 18 overs between Tom Cooper (77) and Chadd Sayers (47), who added good runs to his 13-wicket match haul, gave South Australia a glimmer of an unlikely fightback as they got the requirement into double figures. But Hazlewood settled New South Wales nerves with his fifth wicket and the final three fell for no runs in 14 balls.It hadn’t taken them long to make inroads to the chase in the morning, with Copeland removing nightwatchman Nick Winter and Hazlewood having Henry Hunt caught behind off a top-edged hook in the first half-hour.Travis Head moved briskly to 29 on the back of his first-innings century but was then undone by Lyon as he edged a drive to slip where Copeland took a smart catch. After a 40-run stand between Cooper and Callum Ferguson, three wickets fell for 20 runs with Hazlewood and Copeland doing the damage.Sayers chanced his arm as he and Cooper took the attack back to New South Wales but just as they threatened to make things interesting, Sayers top-edged a pull to deep square-leg where Matthew Gilkes held a well-judged catch.In the next over, Copeland halted Cooper’s excellent innings via an inside edge, leaving Hazlewood to end the match when he bowled Luke Robins for a duck to surpass his previous best of 6 for 50, which came in the 2014 Sheffield Shield final against Western Australia.
Mikel Arteta could look towards bringing a striker to Arsenal in order to bolster their attacking ranks.
Arsenal's attack in numbers this season
Arsenal find themselves in a three-horse race for this season's Premier League title. The Gunners are currently leading the way and find themselves on 64 points, one ahead of third-placed Manchester City. Liverpool are second but only by goal difference, as the Reds have also mustered a total of 64 points.
Arteta's men's next top flight game will come against Pep Guardiola's squad and will likely be their most important game of the season to date.
In order to come out the other side still leading the way, their attack will have to be on top form, which, for the majority of the season thus far, it has been. The Gunners have scored the most goals of any team in the Premier League despite not having a natural number nine at the club as a regular starter.
The North London club have instead relied on the likes of Kai Havertz and Gabriel Jesus (when fit) to lead their line, while star-boys Bukayo Saka and Gabriel Martenelli have once again caught the eye this season.
As per Transfermarkt, the duo have managed to score a total of 24 goals and assist their teammates on 20 occasions so far this term. Although these two have been the stand-outs for Arteta, the likes of Leandro Trossard and even Eddie Nketiah have also been among the goals.
Despite their performances, as with all football teams, they are always looking to improve. And, with a natural clinical number nine up front, it feels as if they would be near impossible to stop, leading Edu Gaspar to look at a certified "game changer" to add to the squad this summer.
How "game changer" could help bolster Arsenal's attacking ranks
Erling Haaland is without doubt one of the best strikers in the world. Despite being sidelined for a large chunk of the 2023/24 campaign, the Norway international still finds himself leading the Premier League top scorers chart.
Premier League top scorers so far
Erling Haaland
18
Ollie Watkins
16
Mohamed Salah
15
Dominic Solanke
15
Jarrod Bowen
14
Data via Premierleague.com
Victor Gyokeres has been compared to the 23-year-old Man City star by his former manager Tony Mowbray, who said: "I don’t want to say he should test himself in the Premier League but who is like him in the Premier League at the moment? Too fast, too strong and too big, you would suggest Haaland is like that."
Labelled a "game changer" during his time in England, it's no surprise that Arsenal are 'ready to offer' £85 million for the 25-year-old. That is according to MilanLive.it, summarised by Sport Witness, who claim that AC Milan 'will face a challenge' from Arsenal in regard to acquiring his services this summer.
The report goes on to say that Arteta himself has 'decisively landed' on the Sweden international to lead his attacking line. Sporting broke their transfer record last summer to acquire the services of the striker from Coventry for a fee in the region of £20.5m.
He has since repaid their investment tenfold as the 25-year-old has played a total of 38 games and has managed to contribute to a total of 46 goals during that time. With a return like that, it's no surprise to see Arsenal vying for his transfer this summer.
Fenerbache forward Dusan Tadic has raved over a "great talent" who he says is the "future of Chelsea".
Chelsea's policy of buying younger players
A reoccurring theme of Chelsea's transfer policy since Clearlake Capital's takeover in 2022 has been the acquisition of younger players.
Chelsea have done a tonne of leg work to convince star to join them
The Blues have been working behind-closed-doors.
ByEmilio Galantini Mar 16, 2024
According to recent reports, chairman Todd Boehly and co are planning to sign two players in each position under the age of 23 over the next few years, with Chelsea already bringing in a plethora of young stars.
Manager Mauricio Pochettino, however, has previously suggested this could be a problem – as he doesn't want to end up picking the youngest team in England.
“I am not picking the team because they are young,” said Pochettino.
“I don’t want to be the coach that picks the youngest team in England. We are a young team, but we have a good balance. We have players like Thiago Silva, 39, Raheem Sterling, [Christopher] Nkunku, 26, or [Axel] Disasi.
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“The problem is not that the players are so young. The problem is that the team is young. With 16 or 17 players that have arrived new from the beginning of the season, you need to build a team. At the moment, maybe it’s not so good. If not, we could be in another position. It’s obvious.”
Of the many young Chelsea crop to join in the last 12 months, 24-year-old goalkeeper Djordje Petrovic has been regularly called upon this season after making the move to Stamford Bridge from New England Revolution last summer.
The Serbian has filled in for Robert Sanchez lately, with many arguably not expecting the shot-stopper to gain that much in terms of league minutes over 2023/2024.
Dusan Tadic says Petrovic is "the future of Chelsea"
Speaking to London News Online, former Southampton star Tadic has backed Petrovic for greatness in the Chelsea net – heaping praise on his compatriot.
“Dorde is a great goalkeeper and a great talent and it’s very nice to see him play for Chelsea," said Tadic.
“I saw immediately in training what a great goalkeeper he is. He’s [also] a very good guy and professional. Actually I am not surprised [to see him play at Chelsea] because in the past we were also looking at him for Ajax. And I remember they asked me about him.
“He was on the list of all the top clubs and if he’s Chelsea number one now is no coincidence. I think he can keep his place [following Sanchez’s return] because once goalkeepers take their chance they don’t give it away to nobody.
“I trust him, he’ll do that. He’s the future of Chelsea. Milinkovic-Savic did very well, we have Dorde, we have Svilar and Rajkovic, so many good goalkeepers.It’s nice for Serbia to have more and more options.”
As seems to be the case more often than not for Chelsea in recent times, the club seem to be failing to live up to their high standards as one of England's so-called 'Big-Six.'
The west London club have spent record fees on both permanent and temporary transfers since Todd Boehly took over from former owner, Roman Abramovich.
Despite splashing out over £1b on players since his takeover, it seems as if Chelsea have found themselves worse off than when Abramovich was their owner – far from the outcome that Boehly would have wanted when he bought the Blues over 18 months ago.
The club find themselves residing in mid-table, winning just two of their last five top-flight games, with such woes largely due to the problems they have suffered in front of goal as, at the time of writing, they have only managed to score a total of 42 goals in 25 Premier League games.
Chelsea co-owner Todd Boehly
Although numerous attacking additions were made over the summer, with the likes of Cristopher Nkunku and Nicolas Jackson both joining the club, they haven't performed to the standards expected of them.
Granted, Nkunku has been injured for a total of 27 games for the Blues this season, but, after coming off the back of his most prolific domestic campaign for RB Leipzig last season, he was expected to perform better.
Jackson, on the other hand, hasn't missed any games due to injury and has almost cemented his place in Chelsea's starting Xi.
That said, he himself hasn't had the best of seasons and really needs to improve in front of goal if Chelsea wish to regain entry to the Champions League.
Nicolas Jackson's season in numbers
The 22-year-old joined the Blues in the summer for a fee worth around £31.8m and was expected to set the Premier League alight with his speed and agility.
Much like Nkunku, Jackson joined the club after his most prolific professional season with Villareal. The striker scored a total of 13 goals across all competitions and was the perfect partner for veteran, Gerard Moreno.
Throughout the 2023/24 campaign, Jackson has played a key role within the squad and has played a total of 27 games thus far. The vast majority of his goals (seven) have come in the Premier League, but almost half of those came in one game, when the attacker bagged his first Chelsea hat-trick against rivals Tottenham Hotspur.
Although he managed to slot three past a nine-man Spurs side, his performances across the rest of the season have been somewhat unconvincing.
So much so that Chelsea new boy, Cole Palmer, has been deployed as a striker this season. According to Transfermarkt, in six of the 29 games that the Manchester City academy graduate has played in this season, he has been deployed as a striker or false nine
Prior to joining the Blues, Palmer had only been used as the focal point of the attack once in his senior career, with the previous examples coming whilst he was still within the youth ranks of the Cityzens.
Although Palmer himself is having something of a breakout season, he can't be entrusted to carry Mauricio Pochettino's team on his own just yet.
Hence, why players such as Jackson need to step up and help out in attack, yet if the form of the Senegal international continues as it has been, he could well be sold in the near future.
Pochettino's side have already been linked with Victor Osimhen from Napoli as a potential future target to aid them in the attacking department.
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However, as Jackson is one of the only natural strikers at the club at this moment in time who isn't absent due to injury, Chelsea may have to look in their youth ranks to turn their fortunes around.
If they were to do this, there is one player in particular who springs to mind, who could be exactly what Chelsea are looking for.
Ronnie Stutter's record at youth level
Much like most of the top six clubs in England's top flight, Chelsea have a stellar academy and have produced plenty of Premier League talent who have gone on to have long careers in one of the world's most difficult leagues.
Players such as John Terry, Mason Mount and Reece James have all graduated from Chelsea's academy and have had strong senior careers thus far.
It now looks as if they have yet another next-level talent on their hands in Ronnie Stutter. The striker is just 19 years old and "can't stop scoring" for Chelsea's U21s, as per journalist Antonio Mango.
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The promising striker was signed by the Blues in 2019 from fellow Londoners, West Ham United, in order to try and bolster their attacking options in their youth ranks.
After coming off a solid 2021/22 campaign, in which he scored 13 goals in 16 appearances, he suffered recurring injuries which halted his growth and performances.
The youngster has played a total of 13 games for the Blues' youth side and has managed to score nine goals during that time. The eye-catching marksman has even managed to provide his team with an assist.
The 2023/24 season has been Stutter's first season with the Under-21s, and he looks to have settled right, having even managed to score on his Under-21 debut while bagging five goals in August alone.
Now, due to the recent poor form of Jackson in front of the goal, Pochettino could well look towards Stutter to provide the team with something different.
His addition to the first-team squad could help the club finally end their search for a striker. As aforementioned, many of Chelsea's senior team members have come from within, with the likes of James and Conor Gallagher being some recent examples.
If Pochettino decides to take the risk and play the forward over the likes of Jackson, he may unearth Chelsea's next gem and save the club from spending more money than what they have already done.
Shubman Gill and Rishabh Pant could not put in big scores for their teams
Hemant Brar24-Nov-2019KL Rahul’s blazing half-century against Punjab gave Karnataka their third win in as many matches in the Super League of Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy 2019-20. Prithvi Shaw played a similar knock for Mumbai as they defeated Jharkhand in the other Group B game.Meanwhile, in Group A, Haryana beat Delhi with the help of Yuzvendra Chahal’s three-for and replaced Baroda at the top of the table. Baroda lost to Maharashtra earlier in the day.Karnataka v PunjabRahul’s unbeaten 48-ball 84 trumped Mandeep Singh’s 76 off 50 balls as Karnataka beat Punjab by seven wickets.In response to Punjab’s 163 for 6, Rahul got Karnataka off to a flyer and despite Devdutt Padikkal scoring 2 off three balls, the duo added 33 in just 2.1 overs for the first wicket. Rahul kept going for his shots and brought up his fifty off 22 balls.Along with Manish Pandey, Rahul took the side past 100 with a 60-run stand for the third wicket. Pandey fell for a 29-ball 33 but by then his side required just 25 from 29 balls, which they knocked off with 12 balls to spare.Shubman Gill, who was released from the Test side along with Rishabh Pant on Friday, managed only 11 off nine balls, as Ronit More took 4 for 27, his best T20 figures.Mumbai v JharkhandSmarting from their defeat against Tamil Nadu, Mumbai rode on Shaw’s 39-ball 64 to take down Jharkhand by five wickets.Chasing 171, Shaw targeted the arc between long-on and deep midwicket and took Mumbai to 50 in 5.2 overs. He got to his fifty off 28 balls with a straight six off left-arm spinner Sonu Singh before dragging a sweep on to his stumps.Despite Shaw’s innings, Mumbai still needed 64 from 36 balls. However, a 26-run 16th over took the game away from Jharkhand. It started with Shivam Dube hitting offspinner Utkarsh Singh for three successive sixes, and while Dube perished attempting the fourth, Siddhesh Lad smashed the fifth ball for four before collecting two off the sixth.Earlier, Kumar Deobrat struck 58 off just 30 balls with the help of eight fours and two sixes, but once he was dismissed, Mumbai didn’t let the other batsmen score freely. Jharkhand’s eventual 170 for 5 didn’t prove enough.Maharashtra v BarodaRuturaj Gaikwad, Kedar Jadhav and Azim Kazi all scored in 40s before their bowlers skittled Baroda for 98 to give Maharashtra a 67-run win.Continuing his good form, Gaikwad smashed seven fours and a six in his 27-ball 47 before he was trapped lbw by Swapnil Singh. Jadhav (47* off 42) and Azim (48* off 33) then added 87 in 61 balls in an unbroken third-wicket stand to take them to a competitive 165 for 2.Baroda’s chase never really took off. Samad Fallah dismissed Aditya Waghmode for a first-ball duck in the opening over. And when Deepak Hooda and Krunal Pandya too fell cheaply, Baroda were struggling at 37 for 3 in the seventh over.Kedar Devdhar (27 off 20) was the only one to offer some resistance but once he was run out, the rest of the batting just collapsed.Haryana v DelhiHimanshu Rana starred with 59 off 40 balls as Haryana beat Delhi by 30 runs in the north India derby.Batting first, Haryana lost their openers in the first two overs but Rana and Shivam Chauhan (47 off 31) added 105 in 66 balls for the third wicket. While they got out in back-to-back overs, the incoming batsmen kept finding the boundaries and powered the side to 181 for 6.Navdeep Saini had an uneventful return from the groin injury, conceding 21 from three overs without picking up any wicket.Bolstered by Pant’s addition, Delhi would have backed themselves to chase the target down but the wicketkeeper-batsman ended up consuming 32 balls for his 28. By the time he got out, the asking rate had gone past 13. Nitish Rana showed some fight with a 25-ball 37 but it came a too little too late. For Haryana, Chahal was the most successful bowler, registering 3 for 27, his best figures in the seven matches he has played this tournament.