Report: Emery now tells Monchi to step in and get Aston Villa signing done

Aston Villa manager Unai Emery has reportedly told the club's President of Football Operations, Monchi, to work his magic and get a deal done for a "dazzling" attacking player this summer.

Aston Villa transfer news

The Villans have a huge few weeks ahead of them in the Premier League, with themselves and Tottenham battling it out for the fourth remaining Champions League spot. Qualifying for Europe's biggest club competition would be a massive achievement by Emery and his players, and immediately improve their chances of signing top-quality players in the summer transfer window.

According to a recent update, Villa are a "serious threat" in the battle to sign Bologna striker Joshua Zirkzee at the end of the season, battling with the likes of AC Milan and Inter Milan for his signature. The Dutchman is enjoying a good season, bagging 11 goals and four assists in Serie A.

Bologna striker Joshua Zirkzee

The Midlands side have also been linked with a summer move for Leeds United star Crysencio Summerville, who has arguably been one of the most influential players in his side's Championship promotion push in 2023/24, registering 28 goal contributions (19 goals and nine assists) in the league. Should the Whites fail to earn promotion, he is expected to leave the club.

Since signing a new deal as Villa manager, Emery has reportedly asked the club to sign Villarreal midfiedler Alex Baena, and it seems that isn't his only request.

Emery looks to Monchi to strike deal

According to a new report from Estadio Deportivo [via Sport Witness], Emery also wants Monchi to get a deal for Nico Williams over the line.

In the report, is claimed that the manager "has twice tried to convince the player and has been rejected on both occasions", and the Villa boss has now "entrusted Monchi with a mission" to snap him up before the beginning of next season.

Spain forward Nico Williams.

At this point, it would be a disappointment not to see Williams in a Villa shirt next season, considering what a big target he appears to be for Emery. There is an understandable reason for him wanting to snap up the 21-year-old, considering he has already become such an important player for Bilbao, chipping in with eight assists in 24 La Liga starts this season and being lauded as "dazzling" by football talent scout Jacek Kulig.

Nico Williams' La Liga stats this season

Total

Appearances

26

Starts

24

Goals

3

Assists

8

Dribbles per game

2.8

Shots per game

1.7

Key passes per game

1.5

Williams is also now a 13-cap and two-goal Spain international, showing that he is a growing force at international level, and given the fact that he is still only 21, there should be so much more brilliance to come in the approaching years.

Monchi has gained a reputation for his "genius" in the transfer market throughout his career, including at Sevilla and Villa, and if he secures the signing of Williams he will be worth his weight in gold once again.

Em busca de sua primeira vitória no Brasileirão, São Paulo recebe o Red Bull Bragantino, líder do campeonato

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O São Paulo tem um adversário difícil pela frente no Brasileirão. Ainda sem vencer no torneio, e atualmente na zona de rebaixamento, o Tricolor recebe o líder do campeonato, Red Bull Bragantino, neste domingo (4), às 18h15, no Morumbi, pela nona rodada da competição.

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Após oito rodadas do Brasileirão, o São Paulo tem o pior início de campeonato de sua história. O Tricolor nunca começou uma competição sem vencer nenhum dos primeiros oito jogos disputados.

Até o momento, o time soma apenas cinco dos 24 pontos já disputados no torneio. Ao todo, a equipe acumula três derrotas e cinco empates, marcando quatro gols, sendo um dos piores ataques da competição ao lado de Grêmio, Cuiabá e Sport, e sofrendo nove gols em oito jogos.

Do outro lado, um time embalado. Com cinco vitórias e três empates, o Red Bull Bragantino é o único time invicto na competição. Líder e com 18 pontos conquistados, a equipe é líder do campeonato e vive um ótimo momento.

Enfrentando um time em um momento totalmente diferente e precisando da vitória, o São Paulo deve vir a campo com força total. O time deve ser escalado da seguinte maneira: Volpi; Bruno Alves, Miranda (Diego Costa) e Léo; Daniel Alves, Luan, Liziero, Benítez e Reinaldo; Rigoni e Eder.

A bola rola para São Paulo e Red Bull Bragantino a partir das 18h15 deste domingo (4), no Morumbi.

مسار يتوج ببرونزية دوري أبطال إفريقيا للسيدات في إنجاز تاريخي

حقق فريق مسار اف سي إنجازًا استثنائيًا بفوزه بالميدالية البرونزية لبطولة دوري أبطال إفريقيا للسيدات، بعد تفوقه على فريق إيدو كوينز النيجيري بركلات الترجيح في مباراة تحديد المركز الثالث التي أُقيمت اليوم الجمعة على ملعب بن محمد العبدي بمدينة الجديدة المغربية.

وانتهى الوقت الأصلي للمباراة بالتعادل السلبي، قبل أن يحسم مسار المواجهة بنتيجة 4-3 في ركلات الترجيح، ليتوج بميدالية تاريخية في أولى مشاركاته في البطولة القارية.

واصل الفريق تحقيق الإنجازات، حيث حصد لقب كأس مصر للسيدات في موسم 2022-2023، ثم توج بثنائية الدوري والكأس في الموسم الماضي 2023-2024.

تأهل الفريق إلى تصفيات منطقة شمال إفريقيا المؤهلة لدوري أبطال إفريقيا للسيدات بصفته بطل الدوري المصري الممتاز للسيدات 2023-2024، واحتل المركز الثاني في التصفيات ليحجز مقعده في النهائيات للمرة الأولى في تاريخه، برفقة الجيش الملكي المغربي المستضيف.

في نهائيات البطولة، حقق فريق مسار انتصارًا تاريخيًا على حامل اللقب وبطل إفريقيا مرتين، ماميلودي صن داونز الجنوب إفريقي، بهدف نظيف، كما تعادل مع فريق إيدو كوينز النيجيري دون أهداف، قبل أن يفوز على البنك التجاري الإثيوبي بنتيجة 2-1، ليبلغ دور نصف النهائي، في إنجاز هو الأول من نوعه في تاريخ المشاركات المصرية بدوري أبطال إفريقيا للسيدات.

وفي نصف النهائي، خسر مسار بصعوبة أمام الجيش الملكي المغربي بنتيجة 2-1، لكنه عاد بقوة ليحصد الميدالية البرونزية بعد تغلبه على إيدو كوينز النيجيري بركلات الترجيح. 

رافينها بعد هزيمة برشلونة: أنا غاضب وإذا تحدثت سأتعرض لعقوبة

أعرب البرازيلي رافينها لاعب برشلونة الإسباني، عن غضبه من أحداث محددة بعد هزيمة فريقه أمام لاس بالماس، اليوم السبت.

وتعرض برشلونة للهزيمة بهدفين مقابل هدف في منافسات بطولة الدوري الإسباني، وسجل رافينها هدفًا.

وقال رافينها في تصريحات نشرتها صحيفة “ماركا” الإسبانية: “لقد كنا سيئين في المباراة، علينا أن نراجع ما نفعله من أخطاء لكي نحاول التحسن والفوز بالمباريات”.

وأضاف: “لقد انخفض المستوى عما كنا نقدمه، وهذا يجعل المباريات أكثر صعوبة علينا، يجب أن نواصل العمل على تحسين أدائنا، علينا أن نغير هذا الوضع ونعود للفوز مجددًا في الليجا”.

اقرأ أيضًا | فليك بعد خسارة برشلونة من لاس بالماس: الحفاظ على الشباك أصبح أكثر صعوبة

واستطرد بشأن هدفه: “لا يهمني الهدف، كان يهمني الفوز، لم نفز وأنا غير راضٍ عن المباراة، هل أنا غاضب؟ نعم”.

وعن إضاعة الوقت من جانب لاعبي لاس بالماس، شدد رافينها: “لا أريد التحدث لأنهم قد يستخدمون كلامي ضدّي ويعاقبونني”.

وأتم: “لكن في الشوط الثاني، تم لعب 30 دقيقة فقط بدلًا من الـ45 دقيقة المحددة، هم يعرفون ما يفعلون أفضل مني”.

Giuliano chega para ajudar o Corinthians, mas está longe de resolver todos os problemas

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Sem o time jogar, o torcedor do Corinthians viveu uma semana de felicidade, com rumores sobre reforços e a confirmação de um deles, o meia Giuliano. Mas foi só o time voltar a atuar no último sábado que a realidade bateu na porta novamente: derrota de virada para o Atlético-MG, que vive ouro patamar na tabela do Brasileirão. Diante disso, uma lição foi aprendida: a nova contratação vai ajudar demais a equipe, porem ainda há muito a melhorar.

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Com um primeiro tempo bastante honesto, em que conseguiu segurar o Atlético-MG e neutralizar as suas forças, além de marcar um gol em contra-ataque, o Timão parecia caminhar para uma vitória importante e que daria moral para jogadores e comissão técnica, mas a volta para o segundo tempo foi muito abaixo do esperado e o Galo passou pro cima dos corintianos.

É muito evidente que os valores individuais do time mineiro são superiores aos do Corinthians, mas ficou bastante claro que o elenco e o time também o são. Mesmo poupando jogadores e em meio a uma disputa contra o Boca Juniors pela Libertadores, o Atlético-MG dominou completamente o adversário na etapa final e acabou virando o jogo com um extra classe como é Hulk.

Engana-se, porém, quem pensa que Giuliano pode fazer como Hulk e ser a diferença corintiana daqui para frente. Posso ser desmentido pelos fatos vindouros, mas o atleticano só consegue ter esse poder de decisão porque o restante do time lhe dá suporte e é muito bem treinado por Cuca. Hoje, nem o elenco do Timão, nem o seu treinador têm condições de fazer algo do tipo.

Há problemas na criatividade que Giuliano pode resolver. Há problemas em dividir com Gustavo Mosquito a dependência ofensiva, que o novo reforço também pode solucionar, mas ainda temos outros importantes fatores e setores que precisam ser corrigidos e que o meia não vai poder contribuir, como a dificuldade de manter resultados e a pegada em dois tempos.

Além disso, é bastante notório que alguns jogadores importantes não estão em suas melhores fases, seja na defesa, no meio ou no ataque. As opções no banco de reservas são limitadas no sentido de mudar algo em uma partida, o nível não se mantém e na maioria das vezes cai. Somente Giuliano não vai conseguir solucionar essas questões pelo fato de ser um atleta acima da média.

Por fim, o sucesso também depende do trabalho da comissão técnica e de como ela vai utilizar o novo reforço. Se depender do crivo da torcida neste momento, as críticas serão grande e isso é um fator a ser levado em consideração nessa análise. A confiança da diretoria no treinador precisa estar em dia, com respaldo necessário e noção de que Giuliano não é o salvador.

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5/10 Rangers man must follow Lundstram out the door after Old Firm display

Glasgow Rangers’ Premiership title hopes are all but over after yet another Old Firm defeat this afternoon.

In a game that they needed to win to stand any chance of winning a first league title in three years, the Light Blues suffered a 2-1 defeat to Celtic at Parkhead.

Conceding two goals during the first half was always going to present an uphill task and things didn’t get much better when John Lundstram was sent off.

The Englishman may have arguably played his final Old Firm clash as his stupidity suggests Philippe Clement would be wise to leave him out of the Scottish Cup final in two weeks.

John Lundstram's performance in numbers vs Celtic

The midfielder has entered into the final few weeks of his current contract and following this abject display, it could be curtains for him at Ibrox.

During his brief time on the field, Lundstram only won three of his ten contested duels, succeeded with just one of his three dribble attempts, lost possession seven times and even scored an own goal in what was a display well below par.

John Lundstram's stats vs Celtic

Accurate passes

16/20

Touches

30

Total duels (won)

10 (3)

Possession lost

7

Tackles

0

Via Sofascore

The midfield battle was key to both sides, yet Rangers struggled to control the game and this was due to Lundstram. With minutes to go before the interval, he lunged wildly into Alistair Johnston and received a red card to summarise his performance.

He might not be the only one who could’ve played their final game for the Gers this afternoon either…

Borna Barisic’s statistics vs Celtic

The Croatian was chosen ahead of Ridvan Yilmaz on the left side of defence, yet it was clearly a poor call by the manager, despite the Turk just returning from injury last week.

Barisic failed to offer anything meaningful going forward, delivering just one accurate cross, making one key pass and creating zero big chances, warranting his 5/10 match rating from Glasgow World.

Defensively, he was even worse. The 31-year-old not only lost possession nine times during his hour-long stint on the pitch, but he also won just one duel, committed a foul and failed to make either a single tackle or interception.

So often a key member of the starting XI, the previous few months have seen the defender endure a dismal end to his spell in Glasgow, and the Old Firm display this afternoon certainly looks like the final nail in the coffin – with just a matter of weeks left on his existing deal.

Time and time again, Barisic and Lundstram have let the club down when it matters most. With a win required at Parkhead in order to turn the tide of this title race, the duo were anonymous.

Borna Barisic

Clement will hopefully be glad to see the back of them when the summer transfer window rolls around, especially as he can free up some of the wage bill by releasing them when their contracts expire.

It will mark the end of an era, yet the truth is, the pair, alongside a few others this season, haven’t been good enough.

Bon voyage to both.

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'It has been tough transitioning back just as a player' – Jason Holder

“Performances haven’t been there as I would’ve liked, but I’m not too disheartened. I know my ability.”

Nagraj Gollapudi10-Apr-2020

Kieron Pollard and Jason Holder celebrate•BCCI

Jason Holder has admitted that it was “tough” for him to “transition” back to being a player in the ODI side after Cricket West Indies replaced him with Kieron Pollard as the white-ball captain last September. Although Holder remains the Test captain, his performances in ODI cricket post the 2019 World Cup have weakened, which he said also had to do with him batting lower down the order where he didn’t have enough time to settle before making an impact.”To be quite honest, it has been tough transitioning back just as a player,” Holder told the Cricket Collective podcast on TalkSPORT last week. “In hindsight, it has been tough trying to understand how to get back in as just a player.”CWI had stated that one of the reasons behind Pollard’s appointment as the white-ball captain was to improve West Indies’ performances in limited-overs cricket, especially in ODIs where West Indies had finished ninth in the ten-team World Cup last year. But Holder was caught unawares by the timing of CWI’s decision.Holder was just getting ready to lead the Barbados Tridents in the 2019 CPL when he was told of the news. “Yeah, it was an interesting time for me. I had found out earlier in the tournament that we have moved as one-day international captain. For me, it was just trying to win it [the CPL].”Holder succeded, as the Tridents won the CPL with the captain finishing as the joint-third highest wicket-taker in the tournament.However, Holder was failing to create a similar impact with the ball for West Indies. Since the World Cup, Holder has picked up just seven wickets in ten innings at an average of 69.85 and a strike rate of 75.4. Since Pollard became the captain, Holder has picked up six wickets in eight ODIs at 66.16 with a strike rate of 75. These numbers pale in comparison to his career stats: overall, he has 136 wickets from 111 innings at an average of 36.38 and a strike rate of 39.3.”Performances obviously haven’t been there as I would’ve probably liked, but I’m not too disheartened,” Holder said. “I don’t beat myself up. I don’t get too worried because I know my ability. I know what I can produce. I just know that an innings is around the corner, a bowling effort is around the corner.”Phil Simmons and Jason Holder won the CPL together with Barbados Tridents•Randy Brooks – CPL T20 / Getty

Holder pointed out that the responsibility of leading West Indies in both Tests and ODIs, playing constant cricket across the three formats and also playing his maiden county season, for Northants, had taken a toll both physically and mentally. Holder had played 62 matches in 2019, the second-most by a West Indies player across all formats including first-class cricket, List-A and T20s.”I felt I needed the break after the India series [in December] particularly, just to refresh,” Holder said. “I had played every single series in the entire year, I played county cricket as well, and my batteries needed a little bit of a recharge. Obviously, I needed some time to go and think about how I wanted to go forward as a player and try to work out again how just to be a player as opposed to being the captain.”A cause for concern for Pollard and West Indies coach Phil Simmons was Holder’s lean form with the bat: he has scored just of 50 runs from six ODI innings after being dropped as captain. Holder has come in at No. 7 in five of those innings in contrast to his last 15 knocks as captain, when he had batted at No. 6 or higher 13 times.Holder admitted he was still adapting to batting in the lower order, which was proving to be a challenge. “Certain situations haven’t really gone my way in terms of having an extended time to bat in one-day cricket, which I feel personally has contributed to me not having that [big] score. I’m a batsman who needs a little bit of a time to get in and then flourish. And I haven’t had many opportunities to get a solid knock. There hasn’t been much Test cricket going on as well too, which helps me a lot in terms of spending time at the crease.”Holder said that he was helping Pollard wherever he could because “for me, the winner has to be the West Indies cricket regardless of who is captaining or who the administrators are.”Holder said he was in “good spirits” and things would once again “fall back” in their place for him soon. “But, again, I’m not too disheartened. I’ve done a lot of thinking, I’ve done a few technical sessions trying to work through a few things that I wanted to correct. I’m in really good spirits. I know the performances will come and I’m just being as patient as I possibly can before that happens.”I don’t think it’s long before you see me getting back to my normal self. I’m very, very confident. I don’t think it’s a question of my ability. I know my ability. It’s just performing and producing. As I said the structure and dynamics have changed and based on how things have gone, it is little to no time going in to bat. So I just have got to find ways to cope and produce in the short stints of batting at the international stage. I will work it out. I am confident it will all fall back into place.”

Goleiro João Carlos quer o Cuiabá com sequência positiva na Série A

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Um dos principais nomes do elenco do Cuiabá, o goleiro João Carlos espera intensidade máxima da equipe no duelo do próximo dia 18, contra a Chapecoense, pela Série A do Brasileirão. Segundo o jogador, a meta de todos é fazer um jogo seguro para que o Dourado conquiste os três pontos.

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– Vamos enfrentar uma equipe experiente, que tem jogadores que podem decidir. Temos que fazer um grande jogo, seguro, para sairmos com a vitória. O grupo sabe da importância deste confronto e vai com tudo para vencê-lo. Estamos muito focados nisso – afirmou João sobre o potencial da equipe.

Segundo o atleta, o desejo do elenco é iniciar uma sequência positiva.

– Vamos trabalhar muito para iniciarmos uma sequência positiva na Série A. O grupo está muito focado nisso e em melhorar sua posição na tabela de classificação da disputa – completou o goleiro sobre a fase do Dourado.

"بعد صدمة الكرة الذهبية".. آس تكشف موقف ريال مدريد من جوائز ذا بيست لأفضل لاعب في العالم

كشفت صحيفة “آس” الإسبانية موقف نادي ريال مدريد داخليًا من جوائز ذا بيست لأفضل لاعب في العالم لعام 2024 والتي أعلن عن مرشحيها في الأيام القليلة الماضي.

ويتواجد من ريال مدريد فقط بقائمة المرشحين 6 لاعبين وهم جود بيلينجهام، داني كارفاخال، توني كروس، كيليان مبابي، فيدي فالفيردي وفينيسيوس جونيور.

وبحسب التقرير فإن نادي ريال مدريد أكثر تفاؤلًا بجوائز ذا بيست عن الكرة الذهبية التي لا يزال الجميع يشعر فيها بالصدمة الكبيرة وجعلتهم لا يحضرون الحفل.

هناك شعور بأن جوائز ذا بيست أكثر انصافًا من الكرة الذهبية بسبب معايير التصويت، لأن الأخيرة تعتمد على تصويت الصحفيين المتخصصين من أول مائة دولة في تصنيف “فيفا”.

اقرأ أيضًا.. ماركا توضح موقف بيلينجهام ومبابي ودياز من مباراة ريال مدريد وخيتافي

بينما ذا بيست هناك 4 مراحل تحدد الفائز، هناك تصويت جماهيري عبر موقع “فيفا” الرسمي حتى 10 ديسمبر، كذلك اختيارات قادة المنتخبات الوطنية بجانب المدربين وأخيرًا الصحفيين المتخصصين بنسبة متساوية 25%.

ويرى نادي ريال مدريد أن تلك الجائزة ستكون بمثابة الاعتذار للجناح، فينيسيوس جونيور بعد خسارته الكرة الذهبية التي تم انتقاد معاييرها من قبل فلورنتينو بيريز رئيس الملكي أمام الجمعية العمومية للنادي.

شعور التفاؤل داخل ريال مدريد يأتي بأن كان هناك اختلاف في أكثر من عام بين الفائز بالكرة الذهبية والآخر المتوج بجائز ذا بيست مثلما حدث مع عام 2022 مع كريم بنزيما وليونيل ميسي.

ولكن الأمر ليست محسومًا كما أشارت الصحيفة إليه في ظل وجود رودري الذي إذا توج بجائزة ذا بيست سيصبح أول إسباني يحصل عليها بعد اعتمادها في عام 2016.

Scotland willing to host New Zealand and Australia behind closed doors

Cricket Scotland will wait on guidance from boards, government before making any decisions

Matt Roller28-Apr-2020

Scotland were one win away from qualifying for the 2019 World Cup•Getty Images

Scotland are willing to host their scheduled games against New Zealand and Australia behind closed doors if necessary, but will wait on guidance from those boards and government advice before making any decisions.While the fixtures are yet to be officially postponed, it looks highly unlikely that they will take place as planned, with New Zealand due to play a T20I on June 10 and an ODI on June 12, before Australia’s solitary T20I on June 29.The first leg of New Zealand’s European tour – an ODI series in the Netherlands – was postponed last week following advice from the Dutch government, while Ireland CEO Warren Deutrom told ESPNcricinfo last week that the series looked “fairly doubtful”. Australia’s T20I in Scotland was due to be played immediately before their six-match limited-overs series in England, which looks likely to be pushed towards September.”We’re planning our way through and waiting to see what happens with advice,” Gus Mackay, Cricket Scotland’s CEO, told ESPNcricinfo. “That’s all we can do at this stage. New Zealand aren’t going to Holland, and we’re just waiting to be guided by what their board says before we make any final decision.”The whole Future Tours Programme is going to be disrupted, so we don’t know what that looks like. There’s been talk in the press of Australia coming over this way in September time, and New Zealand are supposed to go to Ireland as well. We’ve got to wait and see what comes out.”ALSO READ: Ireland will be ‘as flexible as we can’ in hope summer fixtures can be salvaged – CEOScotland play their home games at The Grange in Edinburgh, and the board is making contingency plans to stage games behind closed doors at the ground if required.”We have a temporary set-up at The Grange,” Mackay said. “If we got the go-ahead to play internationals behind closed doors, it’s something we’d consider and something we would be able to do.”We do make money staging internationals, but if we had to play an international game behind closed doors it would definitely be feasible – the cost of temporary stands would be taken out of the equation.”Cricket Scotland has warned that it will lose at least £250,000 in net revenue based on its forecasting at the moment, a figure which could grow “significantly” if the whole season is wiped out. The board’s cash reserves stood at £319,272 according to its latest annual report, and a statement said that “those reserves would be very rapidly exhausted unless action is taken now”.The board has furloughed the majority of its staff, including players, through the UK government’s job retention scheme, but salaries will be topped up to 100 percent.Mackay also suggested that the ICC will do “everything in their power” to ensure that the T20 World Cup will be able to take place as planned in Australia in October and November.”It’s important from an ICC point of view that they deliver their events schedule to broadcasters and sponsors,” he said. “They’ll be doing everything in their power to make sure that it can take place.”We’ve got to be realistic as to how things pan out. We’re in constant dialogue with the ICC and we’re waiting to see what happens – they provide a lot of finance into the business, not just for us but across the sport.”The domestic cricket season in Scotland remains indefinitely suspended. A further decision will be taken only after the UK government issues further advice on a possible exit strategy from its lockdown on May 7. A meeting on the status of the Euro T20 Slam is also scheduled for that day. The tournament’s inaugural season is due to happen this summer following last year’s postponement, but its status is in doubt due to the pandemic.

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