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Newcastle United have done some major business this summer, and their first Premier League game of the season allowed them to see their new winger, Anthony Elanga, in black and white, but they have to wait a little longer to see some of the other signings in action.

Monday’s clash with Liverpool could allow fans the opportunity to see their new defender, Malick Thiaw, and their new midfielder, Jacob Ramsey. It’s unlikely that their loanee goalkeeper, Aaron Ramsdale, will displace Nick Pope in any of the major Premier League fixtures, but fans could see him in action once Newcastle enter the domestic cups and the Champions League.

Ahead of the clash, Liverpool’s manager, Arne Slot, spoke of the attacking threat that Newcastle poses, even without Isak, and provided an injury update that will give the Magpies a confidence boost as he revealed that Jeremie Frimpong will be unavailable for the fixture.

Behind the scenes, the board are continuing to work on improving the attack that already causes concern for the Premier League-winning manager by approaching one of last season’s Champions League finalists about one of their up-and-coming talents.

Newcastle approach Inter over promising young striker

Newcastle United have “come forward” to Inter Milan to sign striker Francesco Pio Esposito. The 20-year-old has spent the last two seasons on loan at Spezia and is yet to make his Inter debut. Atalanta are also said to have approached Inter about signing Pio Esposito, while Napoli have submitted a bid worth around £38.9 million.

These reports come from Italy, via Sports Witness, and with Napoli’s bid rejected, Howe’s side are reportedly reluctant to pursue the transfer further unless Inter change their stance. The Italians are looking to move players on in the last few weeks of the window, but they would prefer to keep Pio Esposito, seeing him as a player for the future. They are more inclined to sell Mehdi Taremi, with Fulham reportedly interested in the Iranian striker.

Why Newcastle are considering a move for "terrorising" Pio Esposito

Newcastle look to be pushing to sign Brentford’s Yoanne Wissa as a replacement for Isak, but Pio Esposito would further add to their attacking depth.

The Italy under-20s star could also serve as a replacement for Callum Wilson, who left Tyneside for West Ham when his contract expired. The 33-year-old only scored once in 22 appearances for Newcastle last season, so Pio Esposito would likely be an immediate upgrade. Last season at Spezia, the youngster scored 19 Serie B goals, making him the league’s second-highest goalscorer. He was also the only teenager in the league’s top 125 goalscorers.

Italian football expert Siavoush Fallahi had previously shared on X his thoughts about the Italian youngster.

He continued: “Strong, big guy, who’ll strike if the ball falls to him. Terrorising for defenders because they’ll keep him quiet for all game but then he’ll turn up and score, useful for the team, I love that randomness of crosses into the box randomly ending at his feet. Stuff happens around him”.

If Newcastle can change Inter’s mind on selling Pio Esposito, then they will have a very talented player on their hands. Potentially, they could approach Inter to loan Pio Esposito, so the Italian side doesn’t lose him permanently, and Newcastle have a temporary replacement for Wilson.

Both teams made 300-plus totals in their opening games, so expect another run-fest on a flat surface in Rawalpindi

Firdose Moonda24-Feb-20253:05

Australia’s batters vs SA’s bowlers – who has the upper hand?

Big picture: Expect a hard-fought contestAustralia and South Africa brushed off poor pre-tournament results to record wins in their opening matches of the Champions Trophy and they meet each other with their batters in good form. Australia may be riding slightly higher after they completed the highest successful chase in tournament history – 352 – with 15 balls to spare. South Africa’s 315 for 6 against Afghanistan resulted in victory by 107 runs and put them higher on the points table thanks to a bigger net run-rate.All that, combined with expectations of a batter-friendly pitch in Rawalpindi, means the bowling attacks can expect a tough day out after already being challenged by absences in personnel. Australia are missing more than South Africa with Pat Cummins, Josh Hazlewood and Mitchell Starc all out of the tournament. But with Anrich Nortje and Gerald Coetzee also ruled out, South Africa had to look elsewhere for express pace. Still, they have five seamers and three spinners (if you include Aiden Markram) to choose from. Australia’s squad make-up is similar, and with Marnus Labuschagne turning his arm over, they have additional options. So the real point of difference may lie in selection and how the captains allocate overs to exert pressure on each other.Related

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Victory will not guarantee either team progression to the semi-finals but will leave the winner primed to top the group, so expect a contest that lives up to its billing, especially if the last one was anything to go by. In 2023, at the ODI World Cup semi-final, South Africa were restricted to an under-par total of 212 but had Australia seven down in the 48th when the winning runs were scored. That game had the tension of a low-scoring thriller. This one is likely to have the fireworks of a run fest.Whatever happens, given these two sides routinely bring out the most competitive streaks in each other, this will be one of the tournament’s showpiece matches in front of what is expected to be a sell-out crowd.Form guideAustralia: WLLLL
South Africa: WLLLL4:16

Carey: We know South Africa are a great team

In the spotlight: Nathan Ellis and Rassie van der DussenIn a match where 707 runs were scored in 97.3 overs, conceding less than six runs an over was simply outstanding. That’s what Nathan Ellis did for Australia against England, where his ten overs cost just 51 runs in a display of immense control and maturity in just his tenth ODI. Ellis is unusual in that at 5′ 9″ he isn’t as tall as we’d expect a fast bowler to be and relies on consistency and variety rather than pace to make an impact. While he may not be an outright attacking bowler, in a tournament where restricting batting sides in the middle overs has already proven to be important, how he performs in that phase could be decisive in Australia’s campaign.Part of a powerful and in-form batting order, Rassie van der Dussen has the third-best ODI batting average of all time for South Africa and is among their most consistent performers despite a recent dip, and he may have started to feel the pressure of competition for his place. His 46-ball 52 against Afghanistan was his first half-century in 11 innings. South Africa are choosing between Ryan Rickelton, Tony de Zorzi and van der Dussen for two of three top-order spots and also have Tristan Stubbs on the bench, so van der Dussen will want to do all he can to keep proving his worth.Team news: Heinrich Klassen to have fitness testAustralia don’t have reason to change things and Alex Carey suggested the XI would remain as is. They may consider a switch in their attack, and swap out one of their two left-arm quicks – Spencer Johnson and Ben Dwarshuis – for Sean Abbott.Australia: (possible): 1 Matthew Short, 2 Travis Head, 3 Steven Smith (capt), 4 Marnus Labuschagne, 5 Josh Inglis (wk), 6 Alex Carey, 7 Glenn Maxwell, 8 Ben Dwarshuis, 9 Nathan Ellis, 10 Adam Zampa, 11 Spencer JohnsonHeinrich Klaasen missed South Africa’s opener against Afghanistan because of an elbow niggle and will have a fitness test to assess his availability for this match. If Klaasen is fit, South Africa are likely to change their opening combination to make room for him in the middle order, which would mean leaving de Zorzi out after Rickelton made himself undroppable with his century against Afghanistan. South Africa seem content to play one specialist spinner and have the option of four quicks, which could leave Tabraiz Shamsi on the bench again.South Africa (possible): 1 Temba Bavuma (capt), 2 Ryan Rickelton, 3 Rassie van der Dussen, 4 Aiden Markram, 5 Heinrich Klaasen (wk), 6 David Miller, 7 Wiaan Mulder, 8 Marco Jansen, 9 Keshav Maharaj, 10 Kagiso Rabada, 11 Lungi Ngidi4:00

Agar: Australia’s bowlers need to control middle overs better

Pitch and conditionsBefore this tournament, Rawalpindi had not hosted ODIs since April 2023, when Pakistan and New Zealand made scores of 288, 291, 336 and 337 in two matches. South Africa’s captain Temba Bavuma and Carey said they expected another high-scoring encounter on what should be a flat surface. Bavuma also revealed that South Africa noted significant dew during a training session at the venue over the weekend and both he and Carey expected chasing to be easier than defending a target. The weather will be cooler than in Karachi or Lahore with a high of just 17 degrees, and there is some drizzle forecast in the afternoon which could impact the match.Stats and trivia Australia’s chase of 352 against England was their second-highest successful chase in ODIs. In that game, Josh Inglis became the fourth Australian men’s cricketer to complete a hundred in all formats, after Aaron Finch, Glenn Maxwell and David Warner. Since 2016, South Africa have batted first 12 times against Australia in ODIs and lost only two of those matches. The most recent of these defeats was the semi-final of the 2023 ODI World Cup. Travis Head has scored 62 runs off 55 balls off Kagiso Rabada in ODIs and been dismissed by him three times. Against Lungi Ngidi, however, he’s scored only 15 off 25 balls for two dismissals. Klaasen has scored 121 runs off 89 balls from Adam Zampa in ODIs and been dismissed twice by him.Quotes”We probably don’t want to chase 350 too many more times but our bowlers will learn a lot from that hit out.”
“We’re quite bullish about our chances. Even though in the [preceding] tri-series, we didn’t have all our guys, it still was an opportunity for us to get whatever intel that we can on the conditions and share that information with all the other guys who came in. Confidence is good. We’re quite optimistic about our chances and how far we can go in this competition.”

At Tottenham Hotspur, there’s never a dull moment. The last year has been so chaotic that you could probably divide it up into a trilogy of films.

Spurs crashed and burned in the Premier League but they were red hot in Europe, winning the Europa League.

“Season three is always better than season two”, barked Ange Postecoglou during the trophy celebrations back in London. Sadly for the craggy-faced Aussie, he didn’t last long enough to see season three.

He was killed off, not literally, by the producers, in this case Daniel Levy. The Spurs boss sacked Postecoglou and replaced him with Thomas Frank who has enjoyed and endured a rollercoaster first transfer window at the helm.

Eberechi Eze and Morgan Gibbs-White? No problem, the Lilywhites have landed one of Europe’s most exciting young playmakers in the form of Xavi Simons. Spurs also have six points from nine to start the new campaign too. Not bad indeed.

Yet, drama is never too far away when Tottenham Hotspur are involved; their Champions League squad list showcased that.

Spurs' Champions League squad list for the 2025 league phase

All the usual faces made Tottenham’s squad list for the league phase of their Champions League adventure.

New signings in the form of Simons and Mohammed Kudus made the cut but sadly for James Maddison, the club’s long-term injury absentee, there was no place.

The England international will be out for a long time and won’t be seen again until 2026 after damaging his ACL.

However, there were some notable absentees. Yves Bissouma, who was excluded from the UEFA Super Cup squad for being late by Frank, looks as though he’s set to leave the club in the not-too-distant future and his omission from the squad list only cemented that.

Also missing from the squad were Kota Takai, Radu Dragusin and Dejan Kulusevski, who joins Maddison on the treatment table currently.

The most high-profile exclusion was Mathys Tel. The Frenchman has long been seen as one of the most exciting young players in Europe. He’s only 20 and has the world at his feet, but it doesn’t look as though he’s impressed Frank a great deal.

Tel spent the back end of the 2024/25 campaign on loan in north London but only scored two goals in 13 Premier League outings. Still, that was enough to convince Levy and Co to splash out and sign the former Bayern Munich prodigy on a permanent deal.

Spurs spent £30m on the youngster and to think he won’t see a minute of Champions League football, at least during the league phase, is incredibly damning.

It remains to be seen how much action Tel sees domestically. He has only featured for a total of 19 minutes across the opening three games of the season and is alright fighting a battle to remain in Frank’s plans.

It looks like a big waste of £30m already, particularly when Spurs have a number of exciting starlets on their books.

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The Hotspur Way academy has produced a number of supremely talented players in recent years, not least Mikey Moore.

The England youth international is currently on loan at Rangers, where he started the Old Firm derby last Sunday, and will look to get a season of regular senior football under his belt.

Moore has already played 21 times for the Spurs first team, scoring once, and was notably compared to Neymar by Maddison after a European tie last campaign.

With so much hype surrounding Moore, it’s easy to forget about Will Lankshear, a forward with immense potential, someone who played a hand in 2024/25’s Europa League success.

During that run to the final, Lankshear appeared in three games, even scoring in the 3-2 defeat against Galatasaray in November 2024.

Lankshear career to date

Club/level

Games

Goals

Spurs U21

35

26

West Brom

11

0

Spurs first team

6

1

Oxford Utd

5

2

Spurs U18

5

4

Sheff Utd U18

2

0

Stats via Transfermarkt.

While he later endured a pretty awful goalless 11 games on loan at West Brom, he’s in form early on at Oxford United in the Championship.

To date, Lankshear’s loan in the second tier has been a roaring success, scoring twice in his four league outings.

This is set to be a significant campaign for the 20-year-old who has a genuine chance of making it at Spurs if he has a good campaign in 2025/26.

Richarlison’s stay in the capital has been hit and miss, absent for a number of games through injury. £65m man Dominic Solanke hasn’t always enjoyed the best of times either. He’s not played a single minute this term, courtesy of injury.

Thus, an opening could emerge for Lankshear, one that could really hammer the final nail in Tel’s coffin.

A good season, one where he regularly scores goals, will surely earn him game time at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium and it could come further at the expense of Tel.

Described by one scout within the game as “a Harry Kane regen”, his playstyle and stature has already garnered similarities to the club’s top scorer.

The scorer of 26 goals in 35 games at U21 for Spurs, Lilywhites reporter Alasdair Gold is another to sing his praises, giving the young attacker a glowing endorsement back in February 2024: “He’s a very talented young player, he’s got a long way to go, but he’s got a little bit of the Kane physique about him.”

High praise indeed. Tel better watch out if Lankshear continues to develop at a quick rate.

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أعلنت رابطة الدوري الإنجليزي الممتاز هوية الحكم الذي سيتولى إدارة مباراة فريقي ليفربول ومانشستر يونايتد، في قمة منافسات الجولة المقبلة، يوم الأحد 12 أكتوبر الجاري.

ويستضيف ملعب “الأنفيلد” مباراة فريقي ليفربول ومانشستر يونايتد، في الجولة الثامنة من الدوري الإنجليزي، موسم 2025/26.

ويحتل ليفربول المركز الثاني في جدول الدوري الإنجليزي برصيد 15 نقطة، بينما يمتلك مانشستر يونايتد 10 نقاط في المركز العاشر.

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وحسبما نُشر، سيكون مايكل أوليفر حكم الساحة في مباراة ليفربول ومانشستر يونايتد، على أن يعاونه ستيوارت بيرت وتيم وود، وسيكون الحكم الرابع دارين إنجلاند، في حين أن حكم تقنية الفيديو جيمس بيل.

وسبق أن قاد مايكل أوليفر مباراة ليفربول ومانشستر يونايتد، 6 مرات، حيث كان سجل الريدز سيئًا ليفشل في تحقيق أي فوز على الشياطين الحمر تحت مسؤولية ذلك الحكم.

وفاز مانشستر يونايتد في مباراتين على ليفربول، بصافرة أوليفر، بينما سيطر التعادل على مبارياتهما مع الحكم نفسه 4 مرات.

وكانت آخر مباراة بين ليفربول ومانشستر يونايتد، تحت قيادة الحكم مايكل أوليفر، في يناير الماضي في الدوري الإنجليزي حيث تعادلا بهدفين لمثليهما.

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2023 não tem sido um bom ano para Yuri Alberto no Corinthians. O centroavante ficou dez jogos sem marcar e igualou novamente seu maior jejum de gols no clube após a derrota por 3 a 0 diante do Independiente del Valle, pela Libertadores.

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Entre as derrotas contra Botafogo e Del Valle, o centroavante acertou apenas três finalizações no alvo e duas na trave, além de ter ficado seis vezes em impedimento nos dez jogos disputados. Não bastasse a falta de gols, ele errou uma das penalidades na disputa contra o Atlético-MG, nas oitavas de final da Copa do Brasil.

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Seja no 4-4-2 ou no 3-5-2 de Vanderlei Luxemburgo, o Timão vem adotando postura mais defensiva nas partidas, e Yuri Alberto fica isolado como homem de referência na frente, perdendo no pivô para os zagueiros adversários.

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Porém, Yuri vem desempenhando papel tático importante com Luxa, ajudando na pressão no campo de ataque. Nos últimos jogos, ele ganhou 39 duelos (pelo chão ou no alto), segundo o SofaScore.

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Desde o empate com o Fortaleza – última vez que Yuri Alberto balançou as redes – a única contribuição em gol do camisa 9 foi na vitória contra o Fluminense, quando ele deu uma assistência para um dos gols de Róger Guedes. Ao todo, o centroavante possui cinco passes para gols na temporada, e só está atrás de Fagner.

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Caso “passe em branco” contra o Cuiabá, Yuri Alberto irá chegar ao 11° jogo sem marcar, sendo seu maior jejum de gols no Corinthians.

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Apenas detalhes de ordem burocrática separam o Grêmio de fazer a devida oficialização da chegada do atacante argentino naturalizado paraguaio Juan Manuel Iturbe. O clube anunciou o acordo verbal entre as partes. Agora, o próximo passo é a realização dos exames médicos e a posterior assinatura de contrato.

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O vínculo de Iturbe com o Grêmio irá até dezembro. Existe a previsão de prolongamento automático por mais uma temporada.

Caso a negociação seja sacramentada, esta será não somente a primeira vez que o jogador de 30 anos de idade jogará no futebol brasileiro, mas também significaria seu retorno para a América do Sul depois do equivalente a uma década.

Revelado no Sportivo Trinidense, Iturbe foi contratado para reforçar a base do Cerro Porteño, clube onde se profissionalizou e foi negociado em 2011 com o Porto. Porém, o primeiro empréstimo realizado pelos portugueses para maior ganho de experiência do jogador foi o River Plate, em 2013. Foram 17 partidas e três gols marcados.

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Depois disso, o paraguaio rodou por alguns clubes do futebol europeu (Hellas Verona, Roma, Bournemouth, Torino e Aris, seu último clube), além do México, país onde registrou passagens por Tijuana, Pumas e Pachuca.

Arsenal are preparing to return to action against Nottingham Forest this weekend, but an intriguing transfer story has now come to light courtesy of reliable journalist Fabrizio Romano.

Mikel Arteta’s side and Forest, now managed by former Spurs boss Ange Postecoglou, are the first Premier League sides back on the field in this Saturday’s lunchtime kick off.

Only a win will do for Arsenal, who lost their first game of the season against current English champions Liverpool prior to the international break, and they’ll be hoping to upset Postecoglou’s debut game in the Forest dugout with a convincing Emirates Stadium display.

Sporting director Andrea Berta did his all to back Arteta in the transfer market, splashing over £250 million on the signings of Kepa Arrizabalaga, Martin Zubimendi, Christian Norgaard, Noni Madueke, Cristhian Mosquera, Viktor Gyokeres, Eberechi Eze and Piero Hincapie, so there are no excuses for Arsenal now.

Arsenal’s confirmed summer signings

Price tag

Kepa Arrizabalaga

£5m

Martin Zubimendi

£60m

Christian Norgaard

£15m

Noni Madueke

£52m

Cristhian Mosquera

£13m

Viktor Gyokeres

£55m

Eberechi Eze

£67.5m

Piero Hincapie

Loan

The pressure is truly on for Arsenal to finally win their first Premier League title in over 20 years, following three consecutive campaigns finishing second behind Man City and Liverpool.

The signings of Eze and Gyokeres in particular will be vital, amid criticism surrounding Arsenal’s lack of creativity in the final third — something which was on full display at Anfield last month.

Arsenal hijacked Tottenham to sign Eze in spectacular fashion, while Gyokeres’ arrival ended the club’s long wait for a prolific striker to come through the door.

Arsenal were also briefly in talks for Real Madrid forward Rodrygo, but according to Romano, the Brazilian wasn’t the only Madrid player attracting serious interest from north London at one point.

Fabrizio Romano shares Arda Guler transfer revelation from Arsenal

Speaking on his YouTube channel, the respected reporter says that Los Blancos playmaker Arda Guler was also being seriously considered by former Arsenal director Edu Gaspar prior to Berta’s arrival.

Arsenal held internal talks over signing Guler, who was a concrete target for the Gunners before Xabi Alonso came in and started using the Turkey international starlet on a much more regular basis.

Guler has gone on to become a starter under Alonso, playing all of their La Liga matches so far, not to mention all of their matches at the Club World Cup. This has ruined all possibility of Arsenal signing the 20-year-old, but he was seriously under consideration at N5.

Guler has bagged two goals and three assists in nine starts since Alonso took charge, with the ex-Fenerbahce sensation’s Bernabeu career finally getting off the ground.

أصدر الاتحاد الإفريقي لكرة القدم “كاف” بيانًا رسميًا كشف فيه عن قائمة المدربين المرشحين للفوز بجائزة أفضل مدرب في إفريقيا لعام 2025، والتي ضمّت مجموعة من أبرز الأسماء التي حققت نجاحات لافتة خلال الموسم الحالي على المستويين القاري والدولي.

وجاء في مقدمة القائمة الكابتن حسام حسن، المدير الفني لمنتخب مصر، بعد قيادته للفراعنة إلى نهائيات كأس العالم 2026 متصدرًا مجموعته في التصفيات، في إنجاز أعاد الهيبة للكرة المصرية على الساحة الإفريقية والعالمية.

كما تواجد وليد الركراكي، المدير الفني لمنتخب المغرب الأول، ضمن أبرز المرشحين بعد مواصلته مسيرة النجاح رفقة “أسود الأطلس”، إلى جانب مواطنه محمد وهبي الذي قاد منتخب المغرب للشباب لتحقيق إنجاز تاريخي بالفوز بلقب كأس العالم للشباب لأول مرة في تاريخ الكرة العربية.

وضمّت القائمة أيضًا المدرب كرونوسلاف يوريتشيتش، المدير الفني لبيراميدز، الذي قاد الفريق لتحقيق موسم استثنائي حافل بالألقاب، أبرزها دوري أبطال إفريقيا وكأس القارات الثلاث، قبل أن يختتم العام بالتتويج بـ كأس السوبر الإفريقي على حساب نهضة بركان المغربي.

طالع أيضًا | رسميًا | قائمة المنتخبات المرشحة لجائزة الأفضل في إفريقيا.. موقف مصر المرشحون لجائزة أفضل مدرب في إفريقيا 2025

حسام حسن – مصر

كرونوسلاف يوريتشيتش – مدرب بيراميدز.

بوبستا – الرأس الأخضر

سامي الطرابلسي – تونس

روموالد راكونتوندرابي – مدغشقر

معين الشعباني – تونس

طارق السكتيوي – مدرب منتخب المغرب للمحليين.

محمد وهبي – مدرب منتخب المغرب تحت 20 عامًا

وليد الركراكي – المغرب

بابي ثياو – السنغال

ومن المقرر أن يُعلن الكاف عن الفائز بالجائزة خلال الحفل السنوي لجوائز الكاف 2025، المقرر إقامته في وقت لاحق من العام الجاري بإحدى الدول الإفريقية الكبرى، في أمسية كروية ينتظرها عشّاق اللعبة بشغف كبير.