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Leicester City will be fairly confident that they can adjust back to the Premier League well after the crushing blow of relegation greeted them at the end of the 2022/23 top-flight season.

Steve Cooper does have his work cut to prove to Foxes fans that he is the right man to lead them back up to the top league, having only mustered up 11 wins from 54 Premier League games as a manager to date.

Yet, he could become an instantly more likeable figure in his new surroundings by sealing some exciting signings and clearing out the deadwood.

That even includes a Foxes star who was brought to the Midlands for an eye-watering £15m sum.

Souttar's time at Leicester

The overpriced player in question is former Stoke City centre-back Harry Souttar, who left behind the Potters in 2023 for Leicester, hoping he could become a Premier League calibre star at the back.

This move just hasn't worked out whatsoever for the towering Australia international though, who has ended up amassing just 16 games in total over two full campaigns now, with ex-Foxes boss Enzo Maresca handing him just three league appearances on the way to Leicester's promotion triumph, before heading off to Chelsea.

It's been a sharp decline for a defender who had shone up and down the EFL before this big step-up to the top flight proved too much, with his reputation taking even more of a bruising in the East Midlands by Maresca freezing him out of his starting lineups.

Cooper will look to offload the Foxes dud as a result, but this could prove to be a challenge, owing to the newly promoted side no doubt wanting to recoup some of the wild £15m they splashed out on Souttar just a year ago.

There has been interest from the likes of Rangers up in Scotland previously, who must be paying close attention to his performances for Australia over his lack of club minutes, and Leicester will snap any suitor's hand off for wanting to sign their on-the-fringes defender, who is also on a hefty wage, according to Capology.

Souttar's wage at Leicester

Souttar is currently on a handsome £40k-per-week pay packet at the King Power, despite only being gifted one league start over the entire Championship season that just finished.

That means he was earning double Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall's wages last season, which will flabbergast those with connections to the recent second-tier title winners, considering Dewsbury-Hall's fantastic campaign really helped the Foxes take the division by storm.

Key players earning less than Souttar

Player

Wage

Games played last season

James Justin

£30k-per-week

49

Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall

£20k-per-week

45

Mads Hermansen

£10k-per-week

44

Stephy Mavididi

£10k-per-week

48

Abdul Fatawu

£9.5k-per-week

43

Sourced by Capology/Transfermarkt

The 25-year-old attack-minded midfielder will arguably feel the most aggrieved from the above list, with the homegrown Foxes gem accumulating 27 goals and assists from 49 total games last season, which could see him become a target for many a Premier League suitor again soon.

Despite Liverpool once being touted as his next destination and Brighton also now eyeing up a move for the midfielder, Souttar is remarkably earning double his pay packet. Cooper clearly now needs to sort out the wage bill, which could lead to the forgotten centre-back being moved on shortly.

With the likes of Dennis Praet and Kelechi Iheanacho already being released, who earned £75k-per-week and £80k-per-week respectively, Souttar could be the next to follow out of the door.

But, Leicester will be hopeful at least they can get some money back for their dud, to at least get somewhat of a happy ending out of such an uninspiring buy.

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Moeen Ali’s 33-ball 61 in vain as England fall short in last-ball finish

Danyal Rasool01-Sep-2020

Pakistan 190 for 4 (Hafeez 86*, Haider 54, Jordan 2-29) beat England 185 for 8 (Moeen 61, Riaz 2-26) by five runsA 100-run partnership between two men two decades apart in age saw Pakistan eke out their first win of the tour on the day before they are due to return home. It denied England a sixth consecutive T20I series win, while Pakistan pick up a first away win in any format since the ODI World Cup last year. The 39-year old Mohammad Hafeez was the standout star of the win, caressing an unbeaten 52-ball 86 to power his side to 190, while a valiant fightback, spearheaded by Moeen Ali’s 33-ball 61, fell just five shy of powering England to a stunning win.It was a series that came down to the final ball, quite literally, and when Tom Curran lifted Haris Rauf for a gorgeous six over extra cover off the penultimate delivery, England needed one more such blow to seal a series win. Babar Azam panicked, while a swarm of fielders rushed to pester the fast bowler with all kinds of advice. He blocked it all out and sent down an unplayable yorker at 90mph to secure the win, the final two balls a microcosm of Pakistan on tour, and Pakistan in general. One minute down, next minute up.It was Hafeez, perhaps unfairly lumped in with Shoaib Malik as an example of the visitors’ failure to adopt modern T20 practices, who provided the ballast to get the innings back on track after a faltering start. With Moeen having removed Fakhar Zaman early, and Curran knocking Babar’s stumps back soon after, England were enjoying the perfect Powerplay. Hafeez stablised the innings while Haider Ali, with the impudence of youth, went hell for leather, but once he lofted Adil Rashid for a six over midwicket, he roared straight into top gear. Helped, at times, by England bowling to his strengths and missing their lengths, Hafeez plundered 69 off the next 34 balls to spearhead the innings, taking them to within touching distance of the total that proved just short on Sunday.Pakistan began this tour two months ago in a protective bubble, but when, on the final day, they removed the bubble-wrap off their youngest squad member, they discovered quite the player residing within. Haider began his T20I career looking like a man who knew how this format needed to be played, clearing his front leg off the second ball he faced, depositing it over cow corner. Time and again, when England appeared to set a field willing to yield a single to him in that area, he declined the deal, opting to go over the top instead. Having sat out and watched England ease to a target of 195 two days ago, he didn’t need complex statistical information to recognise a boundary would be handier than a single. Within no time, he had become the first Pakistani to score a half-century on debut, one that came in just 28 balls.Wahab Riaz gets a hug•AFP

Pakistan decided to leave out Mohammad Rizwan, so often sensational behind the stumps, in favour of Sarfaraz Ahmed, for a greater perceived ability with the bat. But while he didn’t feature in the first innings, but when a key moment arose, Sarfaraz froze. Quite literally, and somewhat inexplicably, when Shadab fooled the out-of-form Moeen to leave him stranded outside his crease, Sarfaraz failed to gather properly. Time stood still as Moeen looked back and watched helplessly, waiting to see the bails whipped off, while Sarfaraz appeared to cradle the ball, unable to get it to his hands, and then to the stumps. With England so far behind in the game, it seemed like a comedic footnote. When Moeen stormed to a half-century half an hour later, no one in green was grinning.While the defeat might sting, Moeen’s return to form may yet prove the biggest positive for England. When, in the 16th over, he hit three sixes in four balls off Shadab, expending less energy than it presumably takes most people to butter bread, the idea this was a man out of form and bereft of confidence stretched credulity. When he displayed his T20 smarts with a couple of sneakily stolen boundaries off Shaheen Afridi in the 18th, to bring England within touching distance of victory, he seemed indispensable. Now, he may well be.England’s first ten overs with the bat, though, was perhaps what cost them most dearly. With the game being played on a fresh pitch and a very short boundary on one side, the hosts would have fancied a chase of 191, but that became significantly more challenging when Afridi bowled Jonny Bairstow with a perfect outswinging yorker that took the base of the off stump with it. Dawid Malan fell trying to clear the square leg boundary, only for Fakhar Zaman to pluck it out of the air on tiptoe, but Tom Banton kept the momentum going. With his captain Eoin Morgan, he struck up the sort of partnership that might have put them back on track, notably never letting the normally economical Imad Wasim settle, spanking four fours off his first seven balls.It would all end horribly, though, with Morgan, in the form of his career, dismissed in the worst possible way. Brilliant work in the circle saw Azam cut off what should have been a boundary, and Morgan, cantering towards the other end, found himself stranded mid-pitch. It put even more pressure on Banton to ensure he went deep, but he fell five balls later to Haris Rauf, trapped in front and ruled lbw on review. It meant asking a shade too much of the lower order, even if, on a tour where social distancing dominated the conversation, England got uncomfortably close.

Lionesses goalkeeper Mary Earps has made it clear she is raring to go for the new season with Paris Saint-Germain.

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Earps swaps Man Utd for PSGKeeper preparing for new seasonLionesses stopper raring to goWHAT HAPPENED?

Earps swapped Manchester United for PSG earlier this summer and now the England international is looking forward to the upcoming 2024-25 campaign. Ahead of the 31-year-old's debut for the French said, she has taken to social media to say, "Let's have it."

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Alongside a photo of herself in PSG gear, she wrote on Instagram: "Tomorrow the 24/25 season begins, let’s have it 🧡."

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Earps could make her PSG debut on Wednesday evening when they take on Juventus in the first leg of their Champions League second round qualifier match, with the second leg next Thursday. This is a chance for the 31-year-old to show she can perform at the highest level for the French giants.

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After the Juventus game, Earps – who signed a two-year deal to join the French outfit – could make her league debut for PSG away to Montpellier on Saturday, before hosting Juventus for their crucial second leg tie next week.

تستكمل اليوم الثلاثاء مباريات الجولة السادسة من بطولة دوري أبطال آسيا (النخبة) 2024-2025.

ويستضيف ملعب استاد المملكة أرينا مباراة الهلال والغرافة، ضمن منافسات الجولة السادسة من عمر مرحلة الدوري.

ويخوض فريق الهلال مباراته كتحصيل حاصل بعد حسم بطاقة الصعود لدور الـ16 رسميًا.

ويحتل فريق الهلال المركز الثاني في جدول ترتيب مجموعة غرب برصيد 13 نقطة حصدهم من 4 انتصارات وتعادل وحيد.

أما فريق الغرافة فيحتل المركز التاسع برصيد 4 نقاط حصدهم من فوز وتعادل فيما نال 3 خسائر.

وتقام مباريات مرحلة الدوري بمشاركة 24 ناديًا موزعين على منطقتي الغرب والشرق، حيث يتواجد في مجموعة الغرب كل من (الهلال السعودي- الأهلي السعودي- النصر السعودي- السد القطري- الوصل الإماراتي-الغرافة القطري- الريان القطري- استقلال طهران الإيراني- بيرسبوليس الإيراني- باختاكور الأوزبكستاني- الشرطة العراقي- والعين الإماراتي).

فيما يتنافس في المجموعة الأخرى أندية شرق آسيا، إذ تقام منافسات مرحلة الدوري في الفترة من 16 سبتمبر 2024 وحتى 19 فبراير 2025.

فيديو | السد القطري يقتنص فوزًا قاتلًا من النصر في دوري أبطال آسيا

وتُلعب المنافسات بحيث يتقابل كل فريق مع ثمانية أندية مختلفة، بواقع 4 مباريات على أرضه، و4 مباريات خارج ملعبه.

وتتأهل أفضل ثمانية فرق في كل مجموعة إلى دور الـ16 ببطولة دوري أبطال آسيا، المقرر إقامة مبارياته في شهر مارس 2025. 

وبداية من دور ربع النهائي وحتى المباراة النهائية ستقام البطولة بنظام البطولة المجمعة (التأهل من مباراة واحدة)، في المملكة العربية السعودية، وذلك خلال الفترة من 25 أبريل وحتى 4 مايو 2025. موعد مباراة الهلال والغرافة في دوري أبطال آسيا

وتنطلق مباراة الهلال والغرافة في تمام الساعة السادسة بتوقيت مصر والسابعة بتوقيت السعودية وقطر. القنوات الناقلة لمباراة الهلال والغرافة اليوم

وتذاع المباراة عبر فضائية BeIN Sports AFC، وSSC HD1. معلق مباراة الهلال والغرافة اليوم

وأسندت شبكة قنوات BeIN Sports مهمة نقل أحداث وفعاليات المباراة للمعلق عامر الخوذيري.

ويُمكنكم متابعة أحداث مباريات اليوم لحظة بلحظة من مركز المباريات من هنــــا.

Tottenham Hotspur have had mixed luck regarding transfers in recent seasons. The likes of Destiny Udogie, Micky van de Ven, Guglielmo Vicario and even James Maddison have come in and generally improved the team to varying degrees.

However, on the flipside, the club have also welcomed in players such as Emerson Royal, Giovani Lo Celso, and Tanguy Ndombele, who certainly haven't raised the bar at the club.

That said, there is one signing who first looked as if he was going to belong to the first camp before quickly making his way over to the second, and as things stand, his value has plunged to be half of Timo Werner's, which is hardly a positive sign.

Therefore, it's time the club cut their losses and move on before his value craters further.

Yves Bissouma's Tottenham Career

The player in question is Mali international Yves Bissouma, who moved to Antonio Conte's Spurs in the summer of 2022 for a fee of around £25m after impressing at Brighton & Hove Albion.

Unfortunately for all involved, despite his record at the Amex, the 27-year-old's first season in north London was disastrous for a couple of reasons.

First, despite signing him in the summer, it appeared as if Conte didn't trust him. In the 28 appearances he made across all competitions in 2022/23, only 12 of them were starts.

To make things even worse, halfway through the campaign, he broke his ankle and missed 17 games for club and country.

Luckily for the Issia-born ace, the former Chelsea boss was sacked before the end of the season and replaced with Ange Postecoglou in the summer.

The Australian clearly had a higher opinion of the midfielder as he started him for the first eight league games of this year, but in the eighth game, he got himself sent off for diving, for which former player Dean Ashton slammed him as being "ridiculous."

Since then, the midfielder's performances have declined, and according to Times journalist Tom Allnutt, Ange might've finally lost faith in him.

Speaking on The Tottenham Way Podcast, the journalist said, "I've heard a couple of whispers about Bissouma that he's not the right fit for Ange in terms of his personality and his play."

In all, the former LOSC Lille ace has made 56 appearances for the Lilywhites since joining two years ago, and with how this year has gone, he's unlikely to make too many more, which has understandably impacted his value.

Bissouma's Spurs record

Appearances

56

Goals

0

Assists

0

Yellow Cards

15

Second Yellow Cards

1

Red Cards

1

All Stats via Transfermarkt

Yves Bissouma's valuation in 2024

According to the CIES Football Observatory, Bissouma is now worth just €15m, which converts to about £13m, or £12m less than the club paid to sign him in 2022.

It also means that Werner, whom the CIES Football Observatory prices at €30m – £26m – is currently twice as valuable as the former Brighton ace, even though he has scored just four goals and provided four assists in 28 appearances for Spurs and RB Leipzig this season.

That said, the German's valuation is probably helped by the fact that there are genuine rumours about him signing a permanent deal with the north Londoners in the summer, as opposed to rumours about him being axed.

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Ultimately, Bissouma was a great player for the Seagulls, but for whatever reason, it has not worked out with Tottenham. The fact that his value has already plunged so dramatically is just extra evidence that the club should be doing their best to sell him this summer before it falls even further.

Aston Villa's hopes of qualifying for the Champions League were given a huge boost as they beat Arsenal 2-0 away from home in the Premier League on Sunday.

The Villans are now sitting fourth in the division and are on course to qualify for Europe's premier cup competition, whilst they are still competing to win the Europa Conference League this season.

Whilst there is still plenty to play for domestically and in Europe before the end of the current campaign, Monchi and Unai Emery already have one eye on the upcoming summer transfer window.

The Villa duo are looking at players to bolster the squad, possibly with Champions League football in mind, and one star is said to be tempted by a move to the club.

£34m star linked with Aston Villa move

According to the printed edition of Il Mattino, via Calcio Napoli 24, Aston Villa are interested in a summer swoop for Napoli right-back Giovanni Di Lorenzo.

The report claims that the Villans are keen to bring the Italy international over to England ahead of the 2024/25 campaign and that their interest represents an 'important offer' to the defender, as Emery looks to improve his defence.

It states that the 30-year-old ace, who was linked with a move to Newcastle United last year, is considering his future in Naples and the prospect of a move to the Premier League is tempting him at this moment in time.

Il Mattino reports that Di Lorenzo is thinking very carefully about his future, with Villa now hoping to convince him to make the switch to the English top flight this summer.

Earlier this week, FCInterNews reported that Napoli are set to demand a sizeable fee of €40m (£34m) for the Villans target, and it remains to be seen whether or not Monchi and Emery are prepared to meet that figure.

Why Aston Villa should sign Giovanni Di Lorenzo

The experienced star has been a fantastic performer for the Italian giants in the Serie A this season and could add an attacking threat to Villa's side down the right flank.

FBref lists Paris Saint-Germain dynamo Achraf Hakimi, who is a reported target for Manchester City this summer, as one of the most similar players to Di Lorenzo across the Men's Big 5 Leagues over the last 365 days, and that is due to their respective quality in the final third.

23/24 season

Giovanni Di Lorenzo (Serie A)

Achraf Hakimi (Ligue 1

Matty Cash (Premier League)

Appearances

37

22

26

Assists

4

4

1

Big chances created

6

6

6

Key passes per game

1.3

1.6

0.4

Expected Assists

4.36

3.79

2.3

As you can see in the table above, Di Lorenzo and Hakimi have both outperformed current Villa right-back Matty Cash when it comes to creating chances for teammates from a full-back position.

In fact, the Napoli star ranks within the top 7% of full-backs in the Men's Top 5 Leagues and European competitions over the last 365 days for shot-creating actions (3.30) per 90, whilst the PSG speedster ranks in the top 3% with 3.95 per 90 – illustrating their similarities on the pitch.

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These statistics suggest that the £34m-rated ace would improve Emery's attack by adding a creative threat from right-back, which is why Villa should look to get a deal over the line for the Italian whiz, who is seemingly tempted by the move.

أثار المدافع الأول لكرة القدم بنادي برشلونة، جول كوندي، غضب مدربه الألماني هانز فليك خلال الأشهر القليلة الماضية.

ويحتل برشلونة صدارة ترتيب الدوري الإسباني لكرة القدم “لاليجا”، برصيد 33 نقطة.

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وأفادت صحيفة “موندو ديبورتيفو” الإسبانية أنه على الرغم من المستوى المميز الذي يقدمه كوندي مع برشلونة هذا الموسم، لكنه يفتقر إلى الالتزام بالمواعيد مما أثار ذلك غضب مدربه الألماني.

وأضافت أن هذا السلوك أصبح متكررًا لدى المدافع الفرنسي، مما أدى إلى قيام فليك بتحذيره في ثلاث مناسبات، وقام أيضاً بإبقائه على مقاعد البدلاء في مواجهتين سابقتين.

يذكر أنه قبل ديربي كتالونيا أمام إسبانيول، تأخر كوندي عن الاجتماع التحضيري للمباراة في الفندق الخاص بالفريق، مما جعل هانز فليك يقوم باستبدال كوندي وحل هيكتور فورت بديلاً عنه لخوض المواجهة.

وتكرر هذا الأمر خلال مواجهة ديبورتيفو ألافيس حينما وصل المحاضرة التكتيكية للفريق متأخراً، وأدى ذلك إلى مشاركته في اللقاء لمدة 10 دقائق فقط.

وخلال فترة الإعداد للموسم، تلقى كوندي توبيخا علنيا من فليك بسبب تأخره عن حضور إحدى جلسات التدريب، حيث وصل بعد خروج زملائه والجهاز الفني في الموعد المحدد إلى ملعب المدينة الرياضية.

A manager who Sir Jim Ratcliffe has already spoken with is reportedly now being lined up to replace Erik ten Hag at Manchester United.

Man Utd manager rumours

The Red Devils haven’t had a successful season so far, sitting sixth in the Premier League, being knocked out of the Champions League at the group stage and failing to defend the EFL Cup.

However, United and Ten Hag are still competing in the FA Cup and are preparing to take on Coventry City in the semi-final at Wembley.

There is still something to play to salvage the season, but there has been plenty of speculation over who could possibly take over from Ten Hag ahead of Ratcliffe’s first full season as co-owner.

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Recent claims have suggested Ten Hag’s future is a 50/50 call at this moment in time, with initial talks already held with Brighton’s Roberto De Zerbi. England boss Gareth Southgate has also been linked as a candidate alongside Tottenham manager Ange Postecoglou who is another mooted option. Surprisingly, Brentford’s Thomas Frank has been named as another top target.

However, it is a boss who Ratcliffe has been linked with previously who has been making waves in the media once again.

Graham Potter in line for Man Utd job with Ten Hag resigned to sack

According to The Sun’s Neil Custis, a number of Man Utd players believe that Ten Hag has resigned himself to the sack at the end of the season. It is believed that the Dutchman has changed in recent weeks, with Ratcliffe failing to give him the vote of confidence in public.

Another manager to be linked with a move to Old Trafford over the last six months has been Graham Potter. The former Chelsea boss has already spoken with Ratcliffe and recently turned down the job at Ajax, with Custis now again saying Potter is in line to take over.

The 48-year-old has now been out of work for over a year after parting ways at Stamford Bridge. He did come in for praise at the start of his Chelsea tenure from Darren Bent, who said: "What Graham Potter is doing there with the Chelsea players and the English contingent is fantastic and it bodes well for England.

“All he can do is get the players playing well, playing to his system and I still think there’s more to come. If you watch the game against Villa you have to say that they didn’t look at their best. It was two goalkeeping mistakes but they still got a result."

It was Potter’s work at Brighton that caught the eye of Chelsea, playing an attractive style of football, and you’d expect the 3-4-2-1 manager has been hard at work over the last 12 months ahead of a return to the dugout.

It looks as if a move to Old Trafford for Potter is one to keep an eye on once more, with Ratcliffe a huge fan.

Lockie Ferguson will make his return from injury for the New Zealand XI in England’s warm-up matches ahead of their T20I series.Ferguson suffered a fractured thumb at the start of the tour of Sri Lanka in August and the two practice matches at Lincoln on October 27 and 29 will give him a chance to get up to speed ahead of the T20Is.He was one of the stars of the World Cup, finishing as New Zealand’s leading wicket-taker with 21 at 19.47.”The thumb has healed well and I’m looking forward to having a hit-out at Lincoln,” he said. “While it’s obviously frustrating to be side-lined, it’s actually been good to take some time to freshen up and be able to return with plenty of motivation and energy. It’s the beginning of a really big summer of cricket and it’s exciting to be starting it against a quality England side.”Lockie Ferguson at his point of release•NurPhoto/Getty Images

He will be joined in the New Zealand XI by current internationals Colin Munro, who will captain the team, and Tim Seifert.Squad Colin Munro (capt), Katene Clarke, Josh Clarkson, Blake Coburn, Anton Devcich, Lockie Ferguson, Jake Gibson, Brett Hampton, Anaru Kitchen, Christian Leopard, Tim Seifert (wk), Anurag Verma

استطاع فريق الهلال السعودي، تسجيل الهدف الخامس بشباك نظيره العين الإماراتي، التي تجمع بينهما الآن ببطولة دوري أبطال آسيا.

ويلتقي الهلال مع العين، في إطار مواجهات الجولة الثالثة من عمر مباريات مرحلة الدوري لبطولة دوري أبطال آسيا.

وأحرز سالم الدوسري الهدف الخامس لفريقه الهلال في الدقيقة 75، من تصويبة صاروخية من خارج منطقة الجزاء سكنت الشباك.

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تقدم رينان لودي للهلال بالهدف الأول في الدقيقة 26، ثم أدرك العين التعادل في الدقيقة 39، ثم سجل سيرجي سافيتش هدف الهلال الثاني في الدقيقة 45+2.

وأحرز سالم الدوسري الهدف الثالث للهلال في الدقيقة 45+5، وعاد فريق العين ليسجل من جديد وقلص الفارق وأحرز الهدف الثاني في الدقيقة 63 عن طريق ماتيو سانابريا.

وفي الدقيقة 65 سجل سالم الدوسري الهدف الرابع للهلال، وأحرز سفيان رحيمي هدف العين الثالث، وبعد مرور 10 دقائق أضاف سالم الدوسري الهدف الخامس. هدف الهلال الخامس أمام العين في دوري أبطال آسيا