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Newcastle United have offered Atalanta €30million (£25.1million) for striker Duvan Zapata, according to Duncan Castles for The Daily Record. 

The lowdown

Newcastle have already signed one striker this month in the form of Chris Wood. They activated the £25million release clause in the New Zealand frontman’s Burnley contract.

But it seems that Eddie Howe wants even more firepower at his disposal, with Zapata in the club’s sights as he enters the final 18 months of his contract in Bergamo.

Of course, Callum Wilson is out for the foreseeable future with a calf injury, and the Magpies will need all the help they can get in front of goal, having scored just 20 times in 20 top flight matches this term.

The latest

The report states that, while Atalanta are willing to sell, they want another €15million (or £12.5million) on top of Newcastle’s original offer.

Encouragingly though, Zapata is thought to be ‘open’ to joining Newcastle if a fee can be agreed.

Newcastle’s top target for the striker position is SL Benfica’s Darwin Nunez, but the Primeira Liga outfit are demanding just over £50million. ‘Sources close to the negotiations’ say Zapata is being lined up as an alternative.

He’s one of a number of ‘high-value’ targets Newcastle are working on.

The verdict

Zapata’s record is excellent. In 152 appearances for Atalanta, he’s been directly involved in 116 goals (scoring 78 and setting up 38). He’s on 12 goals and seven assists for the 21/22 season so far.

His ‘quite incredible’ performances under Gian Piero Gasperini have, in the words of football journalist Maxi Angelo, made him ‘one of the most notorious strikers in Europe’, and at 6 foot 2 with tremendous physical strength it’s not hard to see him adjusting to life in the Premier League.

If he’s willing to trade Europa League football and a Serie A top-four battle for a relegation scrap, it suggests he’s certainly up for the fight.

But there is a question mark – do Newcastle really another striker approaching their twilight years? They’ve paid a sizeable fee for Wood, and Wilson is 29, while Wood and Zapata are both 30. From that point of view, you could also ask whether this is sensible squad-building.

In other news, Luke Edwards breaks some ‘difficult’ transfer news.

يستضيف فريق ليفربول، عصر اليوم السبت، نظيره فريق برايتون وذلك في إطار منافسات بطولة الدوري الإنجليزي الممتاز.

تأتي تلك المباراة في الجولة التاسعة من بطولة الدوري الإنجليزي، موسم 2022/23، وذلك على ملعب “الأنفيلد”.

ويحتل ليفربول في الوقت الحالي المركز الثامن برصيد 9 نقاط، بعدما خاض 6 مباريات وتأجلت له مباراتين أمام ولفرهامبتون وتشيلسي.

في حين يمتلك برايتون 13 نقطة في المركز الرابع في جدول البريميرليج، وخاض نفس عدد مباريات ليفربول، وتأجلت له مباراتين أمام بورنموث وكريستال بالاس. معلق مباراة ليفربول وبرايتون

سيعلق حسن العيدروس على أحداث المباراة اليوم.

يمكنكم مطالعة مواعيد ونتائج جميع المباريات لحظة بلحظة من مركز المباريات من هنا.

Tottenham Hotspur moved into the top six in the Premier League with a win over Brentford on Thursday night, meaning Antonio Conte also maintained his unbeaten record in the top-flight.

A 12th-minute own goal from Sergi Canos and a well-taken finish from Heung-min Son sealed all three points in north London and whilst it was a vital victory, the Italian may well be concerned by the performance of Lucas Moura as he looked a little lacklustre in the final third once again.

The £22.5m-rated Brazilian winger is yet to score in the league this season and has provided just the one assist, coming against Leeds United nearly two weeks ago.

Conte has started him in every Premier League outing since arriving in N17 but he hasn’t seen any sort of substantial return from him barring that assist. It was a familiar story against the Bees.

Per SofaScore, Moura managed just one shot on target throughout the 77 minutes he was on the pitch, whilst he recorded only 15 accurate passes, in which none resulted in a key chance created.

One pass every five minutes is far from inspiring from someone who is supposed to support Son and Harry Kane in the final third and similarly, he registered just 38 touches, also losing possession 15 times.

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That means the 29-year-old gifted the ball back to the visiting team once every 2.5 touches.

‘As always he worked hard and his pressing led to opportunities but he was just lacking that decisive quality in the opposition half,’ is how football.london’s Alasdair Gold described the former PSG dynamo in his post-match ratings column, where he graded him amongst a couple of their worst performers.

That has to be of major concern to the Italian because the Lilywhites are still amongst the poorest teams in the division when it comes to attacking play, having averaged fewer shots per game (10.4) than any other team, even rock-bottom Newcastle United and Norwich City.

Elsewhere, the passenger-like Moura failed to provide an accurate cross and lost nearly 50% of his battles up against Thomas Frank’s back-three.

As a result, Conte may want to consider the Brazilian’s involvement heading into the weekend, when Spurs host the Canaries on Sunday afternoon.

AND in other news, Conte could right Daniel Levy’s ghastly £32m transfer mistake…

حقق الفريق الأول لكرة اليد رجال بالنادي الأهلي، فوزًا مهمًّا على حساب نظيره المعادي، في المباراة التي أقيمت بين الفريقين اليوم الجمعة في أولى مباريات الفريق بالموسم الجديد بمنافسات بطولة الدوري.

وأقيمت المباراة على صالة الأمير عبد الله الفيصل بمقر النادي بالجزيرة، وشهدت أداءً قويًّا من جانب الفريقين قبل أن تنتهي بفوز الأحمر بنتيجة 31 – 23.

طالع أيضًا.. أسامة الجزيري يرد عبر “بطولات” على اتهامه باستفزاز جماهير الأهلي

يذكر أن الزمالك نجح في تحقيق الفوز على غريمه التقليدي الأهلي بمباراة نهائي دوري كأس السوبر المصري.

وشارك الزمالك في الدورة المجمعة باعتباره بطلًا للدوري، فيما تواجد الأهلي باعتباره وصيفًا له، بينما لعب سبورتنج باعتباره بطلًا للكأس على حساب الفارس الأبيض.

Ramnaresh Sarwan has told his inexperienced team-mates they must be mentally strong to tackle Australia

Peter English18-Nov-2009Ramnaresh Sarwan has told his inexperienced team-mates they must be mentally strong to tackle Australia in their own backyard. Sarwan started his third Test tour Down Under with 73 on the opening day of the warm-up against Queensland, but both new openers missed out as the West Indians were dismissed for a below-par 271.Australia has been a hard place to visit for Sarwan, who has 218 runs here in six Tests, but his role has suddenly increased following the departure of Chris Gayle on Wednesday to be with his sick mother in Jamaica. The 15-man squad was already light on experience following the end of the drawn-out players’ strike and Sarwan, a former captain, has already taken on more responsibility.”We have been trying to do that, especially the senior guys like myself, Shiv [Chanderpaul] and Chris,” he said. “I don’t think nothing much will change [with Gayle’s departure], it’s important we help the younger guys as much as we can.”Nine years ago Sarwan started his first Test trip to Australia with scores of 0,0,2,1 and 0 before gaining his first half-century in the final match in Sydney. “It’s pretty tough here,” he said. “I had my first baptism here in 2000-01, but that made me mentally tough. I’ve said to the young guys you have to remain mentally tough in this part of the world. You guys play pretty hard and it will be a pretty good challenge.”Both Adrian Barath (0) and Travis Dowlin (2), the only specialist openers in the squad now Gayle has left, were dismissed by the time the score was 10 against a Queensland line-up containing two opening bowlers appearing in their maiden first-class games. “It wasn’t the type of start we wanted to get off to and we’re a bit disappointed,” Sarwan said. “But at the start the ball was doing quite a bit. Unfortunately we lost a few wickets, but myself and Shiv batted pretty well through that period, but it’s disappointing we didn’t bat through the day.”Chanderpaul made 41 before he was out pulling and Dwayne Bravo sparkled over 49 runs in 53 deliveries until he edged the legspinner Daniel Doran. Sarwan was closing in on a century after tea, but his stay ended when he was ruled caught behind to the debutant Luke Feldman.”I would have liked to have gone on and got a hundred, but nevertheless I got 73 and, most importantly, I spent some time at the crease because I haven’t played a four-day game for quite a while,” he said. “On the other hand as a team we’ll be a bit disappointed not to have scored 300.”

The newly-laid track at Feroz Shah Kotla is less than six months old with fresh soil brought from abroad and the grass yet to spread evenly along the 22 yards, making life agonising for the batsmen

Nagraj Gollapudi in Delhi09-Oct-2009The newly-laid track at Feroz Shah Kotla is less than six months old with fresh soil brought from abroad and the grass yet to spread evenly along the 22 yards. All this makes it difficult for the ball to bounce higher than your hips while rising mostly to the level between the knee and shin, thereby making life agonising for the batsmen. Yet in truth, Victoria, the foreigners, romped home with such aplomb, it almost didn’t matter.For this to happen in Twenty20 cricket, usually the batsman’s fiefdom, is unimaginable. Yet the pitch at the Kotla was the talking point today in both the games. A good statistic that could shed light on the matter: of the 26 wickets to fall on the day, half were clean bowled.”I don’t know how bad a wicket it is, but it is not an ideal wicket for a Twenty20 game because you just don’t have a chance to come back,” Gautam Gambhir, leading the Delhi Dardevils for the first time, said. That he didn’t lay the blame entirely on the low and slow nature of the pitch was a just thing to do. That was only because the opposition batsmen adapted much better to the challenging conditions.Victorian left-hander Rob Quiney followed in the footsteps of fellow countryman Simon Katich, who had proved a few hours earlier that the best way to score on such a difficult pitch was to play the waiting game. The formula worked wonders and Quiney top scored with 40. Quiney didn’t go into a shell though, playing some handsome drives including three sixes, as he took full toll of the bad deliveries, which came as gold dust in such a low-scoring affair.Having witnessed the Eagles disintegrate against the formidable New South Wales, Delhi had a clear idea about the dos and don’ts. Yet their batsmen played with an urgency that was misplaced. Though Gambhir denied that his batsmen played with doubt in their minds, the reality was, barring Gambhir and Sehwag, the Delhi batsmen lost their wickets to cross-batted heaves and pulls. They played as if they had to slay the demons in the pitch.The trouble was those demons were in their minds. In contrast, Quiney, and Katich earlier, showed more composure to pick the right balls, and the wide gaps, to make progress.”It wasn’t that bad,” Cameron White, Victoria’s captain said. “It was little bit slow and kept down but we knew we had to adapt to such conditions when we came here and we did that today.”Gambhir said Delhi fell short of the par total of 140-145, which New South Wales had successfully managed to achieve earlier in the afternoon. He felt the best remedy for playing on such a pitch was to set a realistic target and bat towards that. Fair enough, but he would agree that the batsmen in the subcontinent are a pampered lot, spoiled by the benign surfaces on offer.For decades, batsmen from the subcontinent have become adept at prospering on the flat pitches and have always found it difficult to recalibrate their games, which could be looked at as a down point. Delhi’s collective failure today highlights that negative amply.

واصل لاعبو ليفربول غزارتهم التهديفية في مباراة بورنموث الجارية الآن بين الفريقين في الدوري الإنجليزي الممتاز.

ويستضيف ملعب “آنفيلد” مباراة ليفربول وبورنموث في الدوري الإنجليزي الممتاز، بالجولة الرابعة من الريميرليج، والنتيجة تشير إلى تقدم الريدز بتسعة أهداف نظيفة.

وجاء الهدف الثامن في الدقيقة 80 بعد عرضية رائعة من اليوناني كونستانتينوس تسيميكاس إلى فابيو كارفاليو المتمركز داخل منطقة الجزاء والوافد الجديد للريدز سجل الهدف بطريقة رائعة لأصحاب الأرض. شاهد هدف فابيو كارفالهو في مرمي بورنموث

وبعد مُضي 5 دقائق فقط، تمكن لويس دياز من إدراك الهدف الثاني له في المباراة والتاسع لـ ليفربول، بعد عرضية رائعة نُفذت عن طريقة ركلة ركنية من تسيميكاس، والكولومبي دياز سجل بالرأس في شباك الضيوف. شاهد هدف لويس دياز الثاني في مرمي بورنموث

تعود من جديد موسيقى دوري أبطال أوروبا لتُعزف مع بداية موسم 2022/2023 بالبطولة الأقوى على مستوى الأندية في العالم.

دوري أبطال أوروبا ينطلق 6 سبتمبر المقبل بدور المجموعات، وينتهي ذلك الدور في 2 نوفمبر، وذلك لإقامة بطولة كأس العالم في 18 من ذلك الشهر.

ليفربول المحترف في صفوفه نجمنا المصري محمد صلاح، ووصيف بطل أوروبا الموسم الماضي بعد الهزيمة 1/0 من ريال مدريد في سان دوني، يتواجد ضمن التصنيف الثاني.

طالع أيضًا.. موعد والقناة الناقلة لقرعة دوري أبطال أوروبا 2022/23 اليوم

ويضم التصنيف الثاني كلًا من “ليفربول، تشيلسي، برشلونة، يوفنتوس، أتلتيكو مدريد، إشبيلية، لايبزيج، توتنهام”.

وبذلك، يصبح ليفربول أمام مواجهات صعبة محتملة في دور المجموعات. الخصوم المحتملين لـ ليفربول في دور المجموعات ..

قواعد دور المجموعات تمنع تواجد فريقين يتبعان لنفس الاتحاد المحلي، أي أن ليفربول لا يمكن أن يتواجد مع أي فريق إنجليزي في دور المجموعات، وكذلك ريال مدريد يتجنب مواجهة الإسبان في ذلك الدور أيضًا.

-التصنيف الأول، يُمكن لـ ليفربول أن يتواجد معه واحد من (ريال مدريد، انتراخت فرانكفورت، ميلان، بايرن ميونخ، باريس سان جيرمان، بورتو، أياكس).

-التصنيف الثالث، يمكن لـ ليفربول أن يتواجد معه واحد من (بوروسيا دورتموند، ريد بول سالزبورج، شاتار دونيتسك، نابولي، إنتر ميلان، سبورتنج لشبونة، بنفيكا، باير ليفركوزن).

-التصنيف الرابع، يمكن لـ ليفربول أن يتواجد معه واحد من (سيلتك، كلوب بروج، مارسيليا، فيكتوريا بلزن، رينجرز، كوبنهاجن، دينامو زغرب، مكابي حيفا).

-يمكن لـ ليفربول أن يتواجد مع ريال مدريد في نفس المجموعة، باعتبار النادي الملكي وبطل أوروبا في التصنيف الأول. وستكون فرصة للريدز للانتقام من الملكي الذي فاز عليه في نهائي الأبطال الموسم الماضي.

-يمكن أيضًا أن تتكرر مواجهة ميلان مثل الموسم الماضي، باعتبار روسونيري بالتصنيف الأول كبطل للدوري الإيطالي.

-ويمكن لـ ليفربول أن يتواجد مع باريس سان جيرمان في نفس المجموعة مثلما حدث في 2018، حيث يتواجد العملاق الباريسي بالتصنيف الأول كبطل للدوري الفرنسي.

-وتعد آخر الفرق القوية في التصنيف الأول، بايرن ميونخ الألماني، والذي أخرجه ليفربول في 2019 من دور الـ16، عندما حقق الريدز اللقب في ذلك الوقت.

-في التصنيف الثالث، تعد أندية بوروسيا دورتموند، وإنتر ميلان ونابولي، الأندية الأصعب على ليفربول في دور المجموعات.

-المجموعة الأصعب التي بالتأكيد يريد ليفربول تجنبها، هي التي يمكن أن تضم (ريال مدريد، وإنتر ميلان، ومارسيليا)، جميعها فرق واجهها الريدز في الموسم الماضي، وهي الأقوى في كل تصنيف هذا الموسم.

Ricky Ponting insisted he was not let down by Australia’s dramatic near miss after watching an impregnable position turn into a gut-wrenching draw

Peter English at Cardiff12-Jul-2009Ricky Ponting insisted he was not let down by Australia’s dramatic near miss after watching an impregnable position turn into a gut-wrenching draw. The tourists were speeding towards a 1-0 Ashes lead until England’s final pair of James Anderson and Monty Panesar held on for 11.3 overs, sending 11 dispirited fielders to the dressing room.Ponting was disappointed with the failure to take the final wicket but will not mope in the lead-up to the second Test at Lord’s from Thursday. “It depends how you look at it, I’m not looking at this as a let-down,” he said. “I’m disappointed that we didn’t win, but I’m not let down by the way we played. From the time we started batting there was only one team that could have won the game. From an hour left in the day’s play, everyone here thought we would do that.”The result was still in doubt 15 minutes before the scheduled end, with Australia likely to have reached the required 13 runs if only they could have knocked over that last wicket. “We gave ourselves a great opportunity, we got extremely close, but stumbled at the last hurdle,” Ponting said. “But I’m very proud of what the guys achieved. We proved a lot to ourselves.”This was the first Ashes Test for seven of Australia’s men and they dominated their more experienced rivals on a surface offering slow turn and little for the fast bowlers. Nathan Hauritz led the side with 3 for 63 from 37 overs, proving his credentials as an international spinner, and Ben Hilfenhaus also grabbed three victims, although he was the least-used of the specialists.Needing 239 to make Australia bat again, England were in desperate trouble at 159 for 7, but the resistance grew in strength when Graeme Swann joined Paul Collingwood. From there none of the wickets came easily and the visitors started to fluster before the match finished with England 252 for 9.For the final five overs Ponting used a tired Hauritz in combination with the part-time offspinner Marcus North, instead of continuing with Peter Siddle or recalling Hilfenhaus or Mitchell Johnson. The tactic didn’t work and Anderson and Panesar were able to defend or stay out of danger. “When they put North on, I thought we’ve got a good chance,” Anderson said. “Monty was playing very well and we were communicating well.””We were running a bit short of time,” Ponting said of the decisions. “Once they forged that last partnership we needed to get as many balls into their batsmen. A few other minutes were being taken up by other things. With two left-handers being in, and two offspinners being on, I thought we could create some chances.”If Andrew Strauss was in charge he would have waved to Johnson. “I could understand what [Ponting] was doing but personally I thought Mitchell Johnson would have been harder for these two to face,” he said. “Each captain sees things differently, I suppose.”Australia held on by a wicket at Old Trafford on their last visit to England, but by the next Test at Trent Bridge the hosts had re-grouped and won to take the series lead. Ponting hopes this result will galvanise his team for Lord’s.”We’ve got to realise how well we played, it will be hard for the guys to realise that over the next hour,” he said. “That’s what I’ll be saying. We just have to have a good attitude around the ground when we start training again on Tuesday.”He felt England would have the greater problems heading into Lord’s despite the strength of their late rally. “I’m not sure if they look at it like a win, they’re not 1-0 up, and they’ve been outplayed for four days,” Ponting said. “They’ll have more soul-searching and selection issues than we will.”

تلقى فريق آرسنال دفعة ثلاثية من الأخبار الجيدة قبل مواجهة نظيره فريق ليستر سيتي، في الدوري الإنجليزي الممتاز.

بدأ فريق مايكل أرتيتا، الموسم الجديد من البريميرليج، بشكل رائع بالفوز 2-0 خارج ملعبه على غريمه اللندني كريستال بالاس في المباراة التي أقيمت ليلة الجمعة الماضية.

لقد حققوا فوزًا مثيرًا للإعجاب على الرغم من فقدانهم مجموعة من النجوم الكبار.

ولكن في دفعة كبيرة قبل أول مباراة على أرضهم في الموسم يوم السبت المقبل، استأنف الثلاثي تاكيهيرو تومياسو وفابيو فييرا وإيميل سميث روي التدريبات.

تم تصويرهم جميعًا وهم يشاركون في جلسة تدريب آرسنال في لندن كولني يوم الثلاثاء.

اقرأ أيضًا.. وكيل لاعب آرسنال يجتمع بالإدارة لفسخ عقده

في حين أن تومياسو وإيميل سميث روي مفضلان لدى الجماهير، فإن أكثر ما يتطلع إليه مشجعو آرسنال هو اللاعب الجديد فابيو فييرا.

وقع فييرا مع آرسنال الشهر الماضي، قادمًا من بورتو في صفقة قد ترتفع قيمتها المالية في النهاية إلى 34 مليون جنيه إسترليني.

يُعالج البرتغالي إصابة في عظم قدمه وقد عاد لتوه إلى التدريب الكامل مع أرباب عمله الجدد.