Eduardo, do Botafogo, sofre lesão no músculo posterior da coxa esquerda

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da mrbet: Eduardo realizou uma bateria de exames na tarde desta quarta-feira e ficou constatada uma lesão grave no músculo posterior da coxa esquerda. O meia ainda não tem um prazo definido para retorno aos gramados.

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Eduardo vem sendo um dos protagonistas do Glorioso nesta reta final de temporada e será um desfalque de peso. Por conta da lesão, Luís Castro precisará encontrar outras alternativas para qualificar o meio campo alvinegro nos próximos jogos.

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Além do meia,Lucas Fernandes e Saravia também estão lesionados. Porém, ambos avançaram para fase final da recuperação e devem retornar em breve.

Apesar das ausências, o Botafogo busca conquistar bons resultados nesta reta final de Brasileirão para almejar uma vaga na Libertadores. Vale lembrar que os alvinegros ocupam o 11° lugar.

The next Kane: Spurs ask about signing "phenomenal" Solanke rival on loan

da bet esporte: The last couple of years have been a real roller coaster for Tottenham Hotspur.

da dobrowin: The North Londoners have seen Ange Postecoglou take the reins and turn the club from one of the more boring teams to watch in the Premier League to arguably the most entertaining, and as things stand, they’re the third-highest scoring team in the competition this year.

What makes that fact even more remarkable is that they are so dangerous in attack despite being down in 15th place and are in the midst of an injury crisis that has seen them lose their starting number nine and second top-scorer in Dominic Solanke.

The former Bournemouth star doesn’t have much competition for a starting place in the squad, as while Richarlison is back fit, his overall record of 18 goals and nine assists in 77 games is simply not good enough.

Fortunately, recent reports have touted a forward who’d be the perfect rival for the Englishman for a move to N17 this month, a forward who has previously been compared to Harry Kane of all people.

Tottenham target Premier League striker

According to a recent report from the Daily Mail, Tottenham are one of multiple clubs interested in signing Brighton & Hove Albion’s Evan Ferguson this month.

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Alongside the Lilywhites, the report has revealed that Bournemouth, Everton, Fulham, Celtic and West Ham have all asked about signing the Irish ace on loan. The Hammers are said to hold an advantage thanks to Graham Potter managing the youngster during his time on the south coast.

While this level of competition is far from ideal, the good news, for Daniel Levy and Co at least, is that the Seagulls are reportedly happy to let the exciting striker leave the club on loan, meaning that there is minimal financial downside to securing his services for the North Londoners.

Evan Ferguson for Republic of Ireland

It looks like it could be a challenging deal to get over the line, but given Ferguson’s raw ability and sky-high potential, it’s one worth fighting for, especially as he’d be an ideal rival for Solanke and has been compared to Kane in the past.

Why Ferguson would be a dream Solanke rival

Okay, so there are several reasons why having Ferguson in the squad would be good for the team as well as Solanke, and the first is that it would give Postecoglou the chance to rest the latter.

So far this season, the former Bournemouth star has played 29 games for the Australian, 24 of which have been starts, and while he hasn’t traditionally suffered from too many major injuries in the past, he’s also not got the cleanest of records, with nine injuries keeping him out of 40 games since the start of the 18/19 campaign.

So, if the manager knows that he has a young hungry striker who was previously tipped to reach the very top in his squad, then he can start him in some of the less important matches and allow his star poacher to rest more often, which in turn should hopefully minimise the chance of him being forced to sit out.

The second reason the Irish international would be a great rival is that he’s still the same player who was blowing people away a couple of seasons ago, and in the right environment, with the right coaching, there is no reason to suspect he couldn’t get back to that sort of form.

For example, it was only in March 2023 that former Liverpool and Ireland striker John Aldridge described the then 18-year-old centre-forward as “an Irish version of Harry Kane” and then just four months later, former Spurs star Gary Lineker mooted the idea that the club should sign the young phenom “as Kane’s replacement.”

Now, that all might sound a little hyperbolic today, but at the time, it really did look like the Bettystown-born gem was going to be the next superstar striker, as in just 25 first-team appearances across the 22/23 season, totalling 1345 minutes, the “phenomenal” striker, as dubbed by teammate James Milner, scored ten goals and provided three assists.

That means he averaged a goal involvement every 1.92 games, or every 103.46 minutes as an 18-year-old, which is unbelievably impressive, and were it not for a number of unfortunate injuries, then he might well have carried that form into the following seasons.

Ferguson’s 22/23

Appearances

25

Starts

15

Minutes

1345′

Goals

10

Assists

3

Goal Involvements per Match

0.52

Minutes per Goal Involvement

103.46′

All Stats via Transfermarkt

Ultimately, Spurs need another centre-forward to genuinely rival Solanke once he’s back from his injury, and while there is an element of risk around how good Ferguson still is, it’s a risk well worth taking, as if he can recreate anything close to his form of a couple of years ago, then Postecoglou will have another extraordinary striker in his squad.

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Phil Salt sweetens Lancashire reply after Hampshire come a cropper

Will Williams, Tom Bailey share six wickets as visitors tumble to 142 all out at Southport

Paul Edwards11-Jun-2023

Tom Bailey helped limit Hampshire’s first-innings ambitions•Getty Images

It was not until early afternoon on the opening day of this match that bashful sunlight finally replaced stubborn haze but no one except Hampshire’s top order seemed put out by the tardiness. Summer arrived in these parts over two weeks ago and with it came the sweet realisation that many first-class cricketers would soon be seen on club or school grounds, much-loved venues that were already being spit and polished for a long-awaited occasion.Hampshire’s collapse to 76 for 7 sharpened the pleasure for Lancashire supporters and Phil Salt’s well-judged 76 not out deepened it, but these trombone-triumphs did not only bring happiness to home supporters. The cricket was also appreciated by neutrals from Devon and Gloucestershire, their satisfaction increased by the consonance between season and setting. Such gentle concord was noted nearly a century ago by Neville Cardus, who knew something about harmony.”When June arrives, cricket grows to splendour like a rich part of the garden in an English summertime,” wrote Cardus in (1930). “In June the game is at the crown of the year; from Little Puddleton to London the fields of village and town are white with players in hot action. Batsmen move along their processional way to centuries at Lord’s, while in a hundred hidden hamlets far and wide some crude but not inglorious Hobbs flings his bat at the ball, and either misses it or feels his body tingle as willow thwacks leather.”There was more missing than tingling on this first day and a good dollop of edging, too, as Hampshire’s batsmen struggled to cope in that early haze and on a pitch offering little more than lively bounce. Inside the first hour, Fletcha Middleton’s ugly prod at a ball from Will Williams had given Salt the first catch of what would be a memorable day for him and Joe Weatherley had driven Tom Bailey to George Bell in the gully.However, the main hatchway of the visitors’ innings did not cave in until the 20-minute spell before lunch that justified Dane Vilas’s decision to insert Hampshire. Having batted with his usual circumspection, Nick Gubbins was leg before to Jack Blatherwick for 16, although the batsman was statuesque for several seconds after seeing Neil Mallender’s raised finger, an attitude with which one could sympathise. The ball clearly pitched outside leg stump and it was unlikely that Gubbins was admiring the copper beeches behind the umpire’s head.But festering doubts were replaced by simple amazement on the point of luncheon when James Vince was bowled by a classic breakback from Williams, the delivery jagging so far off the seam that the Hampshire skipper’s adjustment appeared to widen the gap through which the ball could pass.Rather than arrest Hampshire’s decline, the match’s first interval merely postponed it. The normally adhesive and obstinate Ben Brown was cramped for room when attempting to pull a ball from Bailey and skied a catch to Josh Bohannon. Twenty minutes later, Felix Organ and Liam Dawson had also gone and had not Keith Barker shown some discrimination in making 44 off 71 balls, an already bad day for Hampshire would have assumed show-reel status. As it was, Vilas opted to call on the spin of Tom Hartley, a choice that looked dubious when Barker smacked the slow left-armer into the tennis courts but deeply wise next ball when he was bowled trying to clout him towards the balsam poplars and over the railway line.And there was a fair case that even Barker’s selective aggression was a bad portent for the visitors. For one thing, it suggested that conditions were easing; for another it showed that attacking batting might be possible, even against Hampshire’s highly-rated new-ball attack. Perhaps Salt noted these things as he adjusted to his first Championship game for nearly 13 months; perhaps he was simply looking forward to opening a red-ball innings for the first time since August 2020, when he was a Sussex cricketer. Either way, what followed in the 35 overs after tea established a dominance that Vince’s men will do well to shift and may also have laid the foundations for Lancashire’s first victory of a season that has so far featured five draws and a binbag of frustration.The galling thing for Hampshire was that Salt’s calibrated assault on their seam attack might have been ended almost at its birth. For having clipped Barker through wide mid-on for a fine boundary in the first over of the innings, Salt was immediately dropped by Middleton at second slip. As though realising this might be an enjoyable evening, the opener drove the next ball through the covers and the tone of the session was more or less set.This, though, was no reckless assault, no T20 battering. Salt may have spent much of the last year playing short-form cricket but he clearly still knows how to build an innings against seamers of the quality of Kyle Abbott or Mohammad Abbas. Given the chance to attack, Salt seized it and his approach was followed by his opening partner, George Balderson, who made 51 before being bowled by a fine ball from Dawson that spun back through the left-hander’s gate. By then, though, Lancashire were 115 for 1 and some of Hampshire’s bowling had been ragged on a day in the dirt for visitors who later admitted they had misread the pitch.Salt, by contrast, read things perfectly and so did the crowd as they relaxed into the gentle embrace of their evening’s cricket. Players like outground matches because it allows them to reconnect with the more innocent game they loved in the summers before they were paid to play cricket. But such pleasure is reciprocal. Spectators watch cricketers when the lads batted in junior games, evening encounters, perhaps, where the encouragement from the sides could be heard in the middle. That support is always present on the outgrounds and it was offered to Williams when he dismissed Middleton. Just over a year ago Williams was playing for Bridgwater at venues comparable to Trafalgar Road in the West of England Premier League and now he is not 12 months into a three-year contract with Lancashire.And they’ve travelled for this game, you know, and not only from Petersfield or Basingstoke. There are visitors from Glasgow, if you please, and one club member has taken annual leave from his job in Kuwait, partly because he wants to help out and partly because visiting the cricket club represents his best chance of seeing his family.Outground cricket attracts folk with no particular allegiance; come July it will be the same as Blackpool and Oakham, Scarborough and Cheltenham. More larks have been heard in England this summer but they share their own exultation at Trafalgar Road when Lancashire visit them. It is on such days that caring very much who wins is barely half the point.

Flamengo finaliza preparação e está definido para enfrentar o Corinthians

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da bet7: O Flamengo está pronto para a decisão da Copa do Brasil. Na manhã desta terça, no Ninho do Urubu, Dorival Júnior comandou a última atividade com grupo completo visando ao jogo desta quarta, contra o Corinthians, no Maracanã. O time está definido com uma mudança em relação à ida – 0 a 0 em São Paulo: Vidal no lugar de João Gomes.

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da bet nacional: + Flamengo x Corinthians: bastidores quentes na decisão da Copa

Com o volante suspenso, pelo terceiro cartão amarelo, a entrada de Vidal já era esperada desde a última semana, tanto que o chileno foi preservado do jogo com Atlético-MG, do final de semana, pelo Brasileirão, com os demais titulares. Assim, Dorival Júnior mandará a campo a seguinte escalação: Santos; Rodinei, David Luiz, Léo Pereira e Filipe Luís; Thiago Maia, Vidal, Everton Ribeiro e Arrascaeta; Gabigol e Pedro.

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Com o empate sem gols no jogo de ida, na Neo Química Arena, a Copa do Brasil será decidida nesta quarta, às 21h45, no Maracanã. Quem vencer entre Flamengo e Corinthians será o campeão, enquanto uma nova igualdade levará a decisão para os pênaltis.

Prajapati leads Oman's batting charge to stun Ireland

Dockrell’s unbeaten and career-best 91 goes in vain for Ireland

Ashish Pant19-Jun-20231:35

Aqib: Best feeling when you beat Test-playing nation convincingly

On just the second day of the World Cup Qualifier, Oman brought about the first upset of the tournament by chasing down 282 against much-fancied Ireland with five wickets in hand and 11 balls to spare in Bulawayo.Kashyap Prajapati, Aqib Ilyas and captain Zeeshan Maqsood all scored crucial fifties as Oman went about the chase with utmost professionalism. At no point did they look hurried, they stitched partnerships at every corner and registered a historic maiden ODI win against a Full Member nation to spark off delirious scenes in the dugout .That Ireland reached 281 was down to George Dockrell’s career-best 89-ball 91 after Oman’s spinners had the Ireland batters on a leash in the middle overs.Sent in to bat, the new opening pair of Andy McBrine and Paul Stirling hit their straps immediately, adding 51 runs in nine overs. With the 9am start, there was a lot of movement on offer for the fast bowlers, but the Oman quicks Fayyaz Butt and Bilal Khan failed to capitalise and gave away too many freebies.Kashyap Prajapati scored a free-flowing 72•ICC/Getty Images

However, almost against the run of play, Ireland lost both openers off consecutive balls. Having just nailed a pull the previous ball off Bilal, Stirling went for the same shot to a similar ball. The difference being a fielder had just moved to deep backward square leg and Stirling toe-ended his pull straight down his throat. The very next ball, McBrine picked out mid-off to an innocuous short ball outside off.Things got worse for Ireland, with captain Andrew Balbirnie falling for a 19-ball 7 as they lost 3 for 18 in seven overs. It was a trial by spin for Ireland, with the trio of Maqsood, Ayaan Khan and Jay Odedra tying them up.Lorcan Tucker was cleaned up by Ayaan, but Dockrell and Harry Tector added 79 runs for the fifth wicket. Tector fell after his fifty, but Dockrell took the innings deep. He helped Ireland slam 86 runs off the final ten overs. But the fact that they faced 157 dot balls in their innings was always going to haunt them.At no stage did Oman look out of depth in the chase. The bright sunshine did make things easier for batters, but the nervelessness with which Oman got about the chase was a sight to behold.Mark Adair got the ball to hoop around up top, and had Jatinder Singh edging to second slip. Prajapati and Ilyas, however, made sure the required run rate never got out of hand. They kept the good balls out and capitalised on the loose ones. Ilyas targeted Graham Hume by slamming him for three successive fours in the seventh over. The duo added 94 runs off 88 balls for the second wicket before Ilyas top-edged Dockrell to short fine leg.Maqsood came in at No. 4 and added a 63-run stand with Prajapati and then a 56-run partnership with Mohammad Nadeem. At no point did the required rate go above six an over as the Oman batters got the boundaries regularly and rotated the strike brilliantly.Maqsood reached his fifty off 58 balls and while he fell soon after, there were no flutters in the Oman camp. Nadeem (46 not out), Ayaan (21) and Shoaib Khan (19) all played their part as Oman cantered home.

موعد مباراة الزمالك والشمس الودية اليوم

يخوض الفريق الأول لكرة القدم بنادي الزمالك مساء اليوم، السبت 19 يوليو، ثاني مبارياته الودية ضمن معسكره المغلق بالعاصمة الإدارية، حيث يلتقي فريق الشمس في إطار برنامج الإعداد للموسم الكروي الجديد.

وكان الزمالك قد استهل مبارياته الودية بتحقيق فوز معنوي على فريق رع بهدف دون رد، في اللقاء الذي جمعهما أمس الجمعة على ملعب نادي النادي، وشهد إشراك عدد من الصفقات الجديدة في التشكيل الأساسي، ضمن خطة الجهاز الفني للوقوف على مستوى العناصر المنضمة حديثًا.

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ويأتي هذا المعسكر، الذي انطلق يوم الثلاثاء 15 يوليو، كجزء من المرحلة الثانية من التحضير الفني والبدني، والتي تهدف إلى رفع درجة الانسجام بين اللاعبين وتنفيذ أفكار المدرب البلجيكي يانيك فيريرا قبل العودة إلى المنافسات الرسمية. موعد مباراة الزمالك والشمس الودية اليوم

تقام مباراة الزمالك والشمس اليوم السبت 19 يوليو 2025، في تمام الساعة 6 مساءً بتوقيت مصر والسعودية. القناة الناقلة لمباراة الزمالك والشمس اليوم

لم تعلن أي قناة عن إذاعة المباراة

ومن المقرر أن يختتم الزمالك مبارياته الودية خلال المعسكر بمواجهة وادي دجلة يوم الجمعة 25 يوليو، على أن يُسدل الستار على المعسكر يوم 27 من الشهر نفسه، بعد تنفيذ البرنامج التدريبي الموضوع بدقة لتحقيق أقصى استفادة فنية وبدنية من فترة الإعداد الحالية.

Ipswich Town receive 4 permanent bids to sell versatile forward in January

da spicy bet: Ipswich Town have received four permanent offers to sell a versatile forward in the January transfer window, according to a new report.

Ipswich Town transfer rumours

da luck: Kieran McKenna and the Tractor Boys completed their second winter window signing on Wednesday evening, with Jaden Philogene following Ben Godfrey through the Portman Road door.

The winger has signed on a permanent transfer from Premier League rivals Aston Villa and put pen to paper on a four-and-a-half-year deal.

Talking after completing his move, Philogene said: “I’m excited to be here and I know there are great players in the squad. I just want to play as much as possible. As a player I like to dribble and link up play and provide goals and assists. I’m looking forward to it.”

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McKenna has hinted that attention will now turn to outgoings, with a loan exit for full-back Harry Clarke a possibility. “There’s a possibility that Harry Clarke will go out on loan. Me and Harry have had those conversations. He’s an important player for us, a very good player. He played through some injury at the back end of last season and had a big surgery in the summer, so he’s missed a few months of football.

“He’s had some minutes now in the Premier League, some exposure. But of course, for his age, as a young defender, it’s important to be getting minutes regularly for his progression and his role at the club. If everything is in a good place in the squad over the next week or two from an availability point of view, then there’s a chance that Harry will go out on loan to get some regular playing time, to keep pushing with his development.”

Permanent exits for some players who are still on the books at Portman Road may also be a possibility, though. Middlesbrough have had a bid turned down for loanee George Edmundson, with Ipswich open to selling at the right piece with the defender out of contract in the summer.

Ipswich Town receive 4 bids for versatile forward

Now, another Ipswich Town player is wanted in a full-time January transfer window exit after impressing out on loan. According to The 17, four clubs have made permanent bids to sign Ipswich Town attacker Osman Foyo.

The 20-year-old has been catching the eye out on loan with Chelmsford City in the National League South which has alerted League One side Crawley Town and League Two trio AFC Wimbledon, Port Vale and Colchester United.

The report states that all our clubs have made permanent bids for Foyo and he is set to join one of the sides ‘in the next 10 days with offers lodged and talks over personal terms taking place’.

Foyo scored 12 goals and provided two assists in 21 National League South games for Chelmsford City, so it’s easy to see why he has caught the eye of a number of EFL outfits.

A versatile forward who can play on the right-wing, left-wing or as an attacking midfielder, Foyo was previously on the books of rivals Norwich City before moving to Ipswich in 2023, as per Transfermarkt.

Now, it looks as if he will depart Portman Road for good without making a single first-team appearance under McKenna.

وائل القباني يكشف كواليس ترشيح زيزو لخوض نهائي كأس مصر.. ويؤكد: شخص واحد فقط حصل على مكافأة اللقب

أكد وائل القباني، مدير الكرة السابق في نادي الزمالك، أنه كان يوجد مقترح في القلعة البيضاء لمشاركة زيزو في نهائي كأس مصر، مُشيراً إلى أنه لم يكشف أي أسرار داخل النادي، وذلك بعد رحيله.

وقال وائل القباني في تصريحات عبر قناة “إم بي سي مصر”: “وجهت لي دعوة من قبل نادي الزمالك بشأن تكريم الجهاز الفني والطبي، وهشام نصر تحدث معي ولكن كان عندي ظروف وكنت غير قادر على حضور التكريم”.

وتابع: “شعرت أن الناس كانت سعيدة بأنني لم يتم تكريمي، الفترة الماضية كان يوجد هجوم علي بعدما أدليت بتصريحات وقيل إنني أقول أسرار الفريق، شعرت بهجوم غريب وما قلته ليس أسرارًا”.

طالع أيضاً.. وائل القباني يعتذر لـ أيمن الرمادي.. ويؤكد: لم أكشف أسرار الزمالك

وواصل: “لم أحصل على مكافأة كأس مصر، وأبلغوني في الزمالك أنني سأحصل عليها، ما علمته الذي حصل على المكافأة هو أيمن الرمادي فقط”.

من اقترح أن يلعب زيزو نهائي كأس مصر ومن الذي اعترض؟ أجاب: “الذي أقترح أيمن الرمادي أمام الجهاز الفني وعضو مجلس الإدارة وأنا كنت متواجدًا، كان يوجد رد قاطع من هذا العضو برفض هذا الاقتراح تمامًا”.

وأوضح: “زيزو لم يكن مؤهلاً للعب مباراة نهائي كأس والوضع كان صعبًا، لأنه كان موقع للأهلي، علاقة زيزو بالجماهير كانت غير جيدة فكيف نقوم بمشاركته في مباراة نهائي كأس مصر وفي حضور الجماهير”.

وأفاد: “زيزو ظل لفترة طويلة بعيدًا ولم يشارك في المباريات، لا نأتي به في آخر مباراة ويلعب، متى نقول هو محترف ويمكن أن يلعب لو كان شارك في المباريات السابقة، لو كان لعب منذ البداية كان يشارك في النهائي، نحن أتينا على هذا الوضع وزيزو لا يشارك”.

وأردف: “زيزو لاعب مهم وكبير وعلى أعلى مستوى، لكننا توجنا بكأس مصر بدونه، عملنا في هذه الفترة على الجماعية”.

وهل حدثت مشادة بين عضو مجلس إدارة ونجم في الفريق؟ وسببها؟ أتم: “الموضوع لم يأخذ أكثر من 10 ثواني يوجد شيء وصل خطأ وتم حله فوراً”.

No.1 target: Arsenal want to sign ‘very expensive’ winger who’s like Saka

da fezbet: While there is a lot of understandable doom and gloom surrounding Arsenal this season, there is still a lot to play for.

da betway: Liverpool dropped more points in the Premier League last season, and Mikel Arteta’s side sit third in the Champions League table, primed to sail into the next round without the hassle of a play-off.

However, to give themselves the best chance of turning things around and ending the year with another trophy in the cabinet, the Gunners must bring in some more attacking reinforcements, especially given their injury situation and the likelihood that Bukayo Saka will remain out for most of the campaign.

Fortunately, recent reports have once again linked the club with an incredibly exciting winger who not only has the ability to change games but also won comparisons to Saka just last year.

Arsenal chase European champion

Reports in the last 24 hours have suggested that Arsenal are closing in on a move to sign Real Sociedad midfielder, Martin Zubimendi.

That being said, he’s not the only Euro 2024 winner and LaLiga star on the Gunners’ wishlist in 2025.

Indeed, according to a recent report from transfers expert Fabrizio Romano via GIVEMESPORT, Arsenal have maintained their strong interest in Athletic Bilbao star Nico Williams.

Romano explains that the talented winger ”is one of the most appreciated players on Arsenal’s list’ and that ‘Arteta and the management love his skills and potential.’

However, he also claims that the financial package required to sign him is ‘very expensive’ and that with wages of £169k-per-week, it could be difficult for Arsenal to bring him to the club this window, especially as other reports this month have confirmed that his £50m release clause would need to be paid upfront.

It would be a complicated and costly transfer to get over the line, but given Williams’ immense ability and potential, it’s one worth fighting for, especially as he was compared to the sensational Saka last year.

How Nico Williams compares to Saka

So, before we get to some of the other reasons why Arsenal should be looking to go all out and break the bank for Williams this month, let’s examine this comparison to Saka and where it comes from.

There are a few apparent similarities between the pair, such as them both being brilliantly entertaining wingers who take on much of the attacking responsibility of their respective teams, but in this case, the comparison primarily stemmed from FBref.

It compared players in similar positions in last year’s European Championships, then created a list of the ten most comparable players for each one, and concluded that the Englishman was the ninth most similar attacking midfielder or winger to the Spaniard.

Williams & Saka

Statistics per 90

Williams

Saka

Progressive Passes

3.82

3.57

Progressive Passes Received

12.2

12.1

Passing Accuracy

81.4%

83.8%

Crosses into the Penalty Area

0.73

0.57

Live Passes

35.6

36.0

Goal-Creating Actions

0.37

0.47

Tackles

0.55

0.71

Successful Take-Ons

2.36

2.00

Aerial Duels Won

0.36

0.43

All Stats via FBref for the 2024 European Championships

We can better understand how this conclusion was reached by looking at the underlying metrics in which the pair ranked closely, including, but not limited to, non-penalty expected goals plus assists, actual assists, progressive passes and carries, ball recoveries and more, all per 90.

Lastly, and this links in with the above comparison, both wingers have taken a leading role in their national team, showing that they share a similar maturity beyond their years and an undeniable determination to win.

With that said, aside from the comparisons to their brilliant number seven, why would the Gunners want to spend so much money on the “relentless” Bilbao star, as dubbed by analyst Ben Mattinson?

Well, the simple answer is his ability to make something out of nothing and his output.

For example, since the start of last season, the 22-year-old “nightmare,” as dubbed by Mattinson, has produced a whopping 34 goal involvements in just 62 appearances, which comes out to an impressive average of a goal involvement every 1.82 games.

Ultimately, Arsenal desperately need attacking reinforcements this month, and while he will cost an arm and a leg, Williams looks like the perfect player to add to Arteta’s squad.

Arsenal submit bid for "world-class" ace who could become their own Kane

The impressive number nine could be just what Arsenal need this month.

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Com retorno de lateral, Corinthians fecha preparação para encarar o Juventude; veja provável time

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da fezbet: Na manhã desta segunda-feira (3), o Corinthians se reapresentou no CT Joaquim Grava após a vitória por 2 a 0 sobre o Cuiabá e fez o único treino preparatório para o confronto desta terça-feira, contra o Juventude, pela30ª rodada do Brasileirão.

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As grandes novidades foram as presenças de Rafael Ramos e Maycon em campo. Ambos estão em fase final da transição física e participaram do aquecimento no gramado.

No entanto, a dupla deve permanecer em São Paulopara finalizar o cronograma de recondicionamento.O lateral e o volante devem estar à disposição de Vítor Pereira no sábado (8), contra o Athletico-PR.

O planejamento da comissão técnica é que Maycon esteja 100% para o primeiro jogo da final da Copa do Brasil, contra o Flamengo, no dia 12.

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No treino desta segunda, após as atividades na academia e o aquecimento em campo, a comissão técnica corintiana promoveu exercícios de posse de bola em campo reduzido e perde pressiona para os atletas.

Arthur Sousa, artilheiro do Sub-20, participou do treinamento e pode aparecer entre os relacionados para o duelo contra o Juventude. Ele fez sua estreia no profissional durante o triunfo corintiano contra o Cuiabá, no último sábado (1).

A provável escalação do Corinthians para o duelo da30ª rodada conta com:Cássio; Robson Bambu (Fagner), Bruno Méndez (Gil), Raul Gustavo e Piton (Fábio Santos); Xavier (Roni/Cantillo), Du Queiroz (Ramiro) e Giuliano; Adson (Mosquito), Yuri Alberto e Mateus Vital (Róger Guedes).

O Corinthians viaja para Caxias do Sul no período da tarde, onde iniciará a concentração para a partida. No Brasileirão, o Timão soma 50 pontos e ocupa o 4º lugar na tabela.

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