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River Plate’s defensive midfielder Leonardo Ponzio is a transfer target for Tottenham Hotspur, according to Sky Sports News.

Ponzio has spent the most-part of his career bouncing between River Plate and Zaragoza, being part of the latter club’s 2009 promotion back into the Spanish top flight. The midfielder only recently rejoined River Plate in January 2012 but could be on his way to the Premier League in the coming transfer window.

The Argentine international, capped seven times for his country, has been in good form for La Banda this season, and recently scored the equaliser during a derby clash with Boca Juniors which ended 2-2. It is believed Spurs scouts were at the match to watch the midfielder’s progress on the request of Andre Villas-Boas.

“I knew that some people came to watch me in the match against Boca and I think in another game too,” 30-year-old Ponzio told reporters.

“Nobody spoke with me about a possible transfer or real interest. Anyway, regarding my future, I am very comfortable where I am and I feel respect. I would like to take advantage of this moment.”

When quizzed on a move to White Hart Lane, the Argentinean replied: “What comes for my career from now on will be analysed. At my age I have to analyse everything with my family.

“It’s not a year yet since I came back from Spain. Therefore, if an offer arrives, River and me will have to analyse it,” he added.

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“I am at a good personal moment and I have to keep on going on in that way. I would like to have the chance to play for the national team again, so I have to keep on doing well at River.”

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West Ham United appointed Manuel Pellegrini as their new manager on Tuesday, and he is already making plans in terms of recruitment this summer as he looks to take the club back into the top half of the Premier League table next season.

The 64-year-old has wasted no time in outlining how many players he is looking to add to his squad before the transfer window slams shut on August 9 – two days before the new campaign starts – with co-owner David Sullivan having the opportunity to go from zero to hero if he delivers these three new additions.

Speaking to whufc.com, the former Manchester City boss said: “I am sure that, with the players we have in this moment in the squad, and bringing maybe another four or five players in, we are going to have a strong team.”

It was clear to see that the east London outfit underperformed last term as they flirted with relegation despite bringing the likes of Pablo Zabaleta, Marko Arnautovic and Javier Hernandez to the London Stadium, and the Chilean seems determined to ensure they don’t find themselves in a similar situation again.

The Mirror suggests that he could be given £75m to spend, and he will already have identified the positions and players that he wants to strengthen, as well as perhaps the individuals that are surplus to requirements.

Here are the acquisitions that would perfectly meet Pellegrini’s request for four or five new signings…

West Ham switched between loanee Joe Hart and Adrian this season with both making mistakes during the campaign, and the former unlikely to return to the London Stadium, Pellegrini will surely be looking to bring a new goalkeeper to the club.

The 64-year-old may well want a stopper that is going to be an undoubted number one rather than competing with Adrian, and Jack Butland could be the perfect answer.

The England international enjoyed another impressive Premier League campaign despite Stoke City’s relegation to the Championship, and he could be available for a slightly reduced fee as a result – something that will please the east London club.

With Jose Fonte leaving for China in February, James Collins set to go when his contract expires next month and doubts over the future of Winston Reid after he has been hampered by injury in recent seasons, one of Pellegrini’s priorities will surely be to bring a new centre-back to the London Stadium.

The ideal candidate may well be Tarkowski, who was brilliant for Burnley this term as they finished seventh to qualify for the Europa League, while his impressive defensive displays and his aerial ability also saw him receive his first England cap back in March.

While Pablo Zabaleta was one of West Ham’s more impressive and consistent performers this season, it is clear to see that the east London outfit need to start looking to the future with the Argentine turning 34 at the start of 2019.

The ideal long-term successor for him at right-back may well be Fredericks, who will be playing in the Championship play-off final at Wembley on Saturday.

Even if the Cottagers do go up the 25-year-old, who is good defensively but also loves to get up and down the pitch, may move on as his contract is due to expire next month, meaning the Irons could get him on a free.

While West Ham have been linked with tall and strong defensive midfielders like William Carvalho and Leander Dendoncker in the past, Pellegrini may have a slightly different plan this summer.

The 64-year-old may choose to put faith in the likes of Cheikhou Kouyate and Pedro Obiang from a physical point of view in the middle of the park, and bring in a more mobile central midfielder who is able to bring the ball forward and take on opponents instead.

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Reliable club insider @ExWHUemployee revealed on Twitter that the Chilean manager wants younger players with pace, and Red Bull Salzburg’s Haidara would certainly fit the bill after the 20-year-old impressed and helped his side reach the semi-finals of the Europa League.

Following on from that news about young players with pace, Pellegrini may well look to be reunited with a player he handed a Manchester City debut to.

The 64-year-old was manager when the club signed Fulham starlet Roberts, who has spent the previous two-and-a-half seasons on loan with Celtic.

The diminutive winger may well be on the move again this summer, and the 21-year-old would certainly add some pace and excitement to a West Ham frontline already containing Marko Arnautovic, Manuel Lanzini and Javier Hernandez.

Do you agree, West Ham fans? Let us know below.

Manchester United have been offered Marco Verratti plus cash for Paul Pogba this summer, according to The Sun.

What’s the story, then?

The Sun report that have taken a chance and enquired about the availability of United’s club-record signing, who is currently at the World Cup with his native France.

They also claim that Verratti was on the verge of signing a new contract worth £9m per year but the French champions are now willing to listen to offers – including cash only ones – for the Italian international.

They add that there is no indication as yet of whether United are willing to let Pogba leave this summer.

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It is becoming increasingly clear that Mourinho thought he was getting a Michael Essien-style midfielder in Pogba, who lacks the positional discipline to play in a midfield duo, preferring to play further forward instead.

The issue is recouping the bumper transfer fee United paid for the French international and using it efficiently to sign a replacement, but that would be eradicated by a swap deal for Verratti.

If PSG are willing to give United some cash as well, then the deal would be even sweeter; allowing Pogba to return to France, ending his awkward marriage of convenience with Mourinho and procuring an elite replacement in one swoop.

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Tottenham boss Andre Villas-Boas is already under a degree of pressure, just three games into the new Premier League season, but the club’s chairman Daniel Levy needs the former Chelsea manager’s long-term vision, as they continue to recover from the short-term approach of predecessor Harry Redknapp.

The media, by and large, do not like Villas-Boas very much, which increases this sort of fictional pressure from outside; he doesn’t win friends easily, he has a cold demeanour and he doesn’t indulge journalists with quote after usable quote like Redknapp used to.

The fact that during transfer deadline day, I heard the Sky Sports News journalist by the name of Gary actually mutter the words “we’ve had none of when Harry was manager, driving in, winding down his window and telling us who would be leaving and who might be coming in. We miss him” says it all really. This self-serving attitude pollutes the media when objectively judging managers.

There’s also the club’s new style of play which the Portuguese manager is trying to implement which will take time to gel. Villas-Boas wants his side to press much higher up the pitch and win the ball back early, while under Redknapp, it was simply a team-sheet with the players names on it and they were told to go out and play.

A poor start to the season has already seen many ex-pros trying to play amateur psychologists, claiming that the likes of Gareth Bale and Aaron Lennon are already ‘not playing for their new manager’ and that they ‘don’t like all the tactical work’. Former players now who say things like this are often the sort of players themselves that didn’t like tactical work, you see, they don’t understand it all that well, so they believe that they are speaking on behalf of every professional footballer, which whenever this happens, they end up only speaking for themselves.

The deadline day scramble and the way that the club missed out on Joao Moutinho as Luka Modric’s replacement will have also hurt Villas-Boas’ plans and the fault lays squarely at the door of Daniel Levy, and the club appear to have strangely prioritised securing the signature of Hugo Lloris instead.

Out went Rafael van der Vaart on deadline day too, as he returned to Hamburg, confirming his status as a luxury player, and he simply didn’t fit the side’s new style, seemingly either far too unfit, lazy or both to fit into it, even if he still has a wand of a left foot.

Emmanuel Adebayor, the focal point of their attack last term to the tune of 17 goals and 12 assists, is still in the process of getting match fit after dragging his heels during negotiations and the team have been forced to field their only senior striker, Jermaine Defoe – a player that doesn’t suit playing as a long front-man and is far too easily pushed off the ball.

At the back, Ledley King has retired, Younes Kaboul has been ruled out for three months with injury and Jan Vertonghen is new to the league, while just in front of them, Scott Parker has been ruled out through injury so far and he was a mainstay in the side Right through the spine of the side there has been change, some forced upon Villas-Boas, others he’s made as he looks to tinker with the side and stamp his own authority on their style, making them more disciplined in the process.

As manager of Chelsea, Villas-Boas was accused of trying to change too much, too fast, but that was the remit which he was brought in under, so it’s hardly his fault that the goalposts were moved midway through the campaign. During his short tenure at White Hart Lane so far, the pace of change has been equally as dramatic, but it was certainly needed as they fell away terribly last season, finishing fourth in a three-horse race, but the same criticism has lazily been levelled at him.

Every manager always pleads time upon taking over a new club, but Redknapp only ran it last season knowing that he wanted the England job in the future; he was biding his time, waiting for an approach from the FA over the England job and their January business shows both him and Levy knew that.

Now the team has a young, forward-thinking manager willing to implement a vision for the future and stick around for quite a few years. His doubters has an agenda and those fans which booed them off the pitch against Norwich should be embarrassed of themselves.

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Rome wasn’t built in a day and the fans need to be patient, despite the cringe-worthy overkill of the word ‘project’ by many. Levy came up short on deadline day, not Villas-Boas and he needs to back his manager both on and off the pitch now and make sure that they present a united front despite the obvious early teething problems.

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كشفت تقارير صحفية إسبانية، عن غضب نادي فناربخشة من رحيل أردا جولر إلى ريال مدريد، وكانوا يريدون انضمامه إلى برشلونة خلال فترة الانتقالات الصيفية.

أردا جولر ارتبط بـ برشلونة وريال مدريد، ولكن حسب التقارير الصحفية الأخيرة، فقد أصبح اللاعب التركي أقرب من النادي الملكي.

وفي تصريحات رسمية لرئيس النادي علي كوخ، قال: “أردا جولر لن يبقى في فناربخشة، لأنه يريد الخروج وخوض تجربة جديدة”.

وخلال تقديم المدرب الجديد إسماعيل كارتال، لم يخف رئيس فناربخشة انزعاجه من اللاعب بسبب انتقاله إلى ريال مدريد، ولكن دون أن يعبر عن ذلك بشكل رسمي أو أمام الكاميرات.

صحيفة “موندو ديبورتيفو” أكدت ما سبق ذكره، وذلك بسبب أن علي كوخ، كان يريد أن يوافق على عرض برشلونة، والذي يقضي باستمرار اللاعب حتى الموسم المقبل معارًا من البلوجرانا، على عكس ريال مدريد.

وحسبما أفادت التقارير، فقد كان اتفاق برشلونة على دفع 17.5 مليون يورو وهي قيمة الشرط الجزائي في عقد جولر، على أن يستمر اللاعب مع فنربخشة لمدة موسم لتتم الصفقة في 1 يوليو 2024.

فيما نجح ريال مدريد في الاتفاق على دفع 20 مليون يورو أي أكثر من الشرط الجزائي بـ2.5 مليون يورو، وكذلك وجود بند أن فنربخشة لديه 20% من نسبة البيع مستقبلًا.

الكلمة الأخيرة كانت للاعب التركي، والذي قرر أن ينضم إلى ريال مدريد، لتحقيق حلم طفولته، وفي غضون ساعات وافق النادي على عرض بطل أوروبا التاريخي، وذلك تنفيذًا لرغبة اللاعب الذي فضل الانضمام إلى فريق كارلو أنشيلوتي.

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O Palmeiras terá no fim de semana a primeira semifinal do Campeonato Paulista e na terça-feira enfrentará o San Lorenzo (ARG), na Argentina. Por conta da agenda apertada, Luiz Felipe Scolari já avisou que poupará pelo menos três jogadores no Estadual.

– Depende da condição física. Vocês podem ver que, quando o jogo estava decidido, o Felipe Melo saiu, depois saiu o Goulart e Deyverson. Vamos manobrando de acordo com as condições que esses jogadores apresentam. Se eu tiver que tirar três, quatro ou cinco da equipe, trocar esses jogadores, não me preocupa, porque tenho jogadores de qualidade e sei que eles vão dar a resposta. Mas ainda não sei – justificou o técnico.

– Temos que esperar para ver o que vai acontecer. Não posso garantir quantos vou substituir, mas, em princípio, uns três ou quatro são certos. Isso no sábado – acrescentou.

Ainda não foram divulgadas as datas das semis, já que serão disputados os dois últimos duelos das quartas nesta noite. Mas a tendência é de que o Verdão, dono da melhor campanha, jogue no sábado graças à partida pela Libertadores na terça-feira.

Para o fim de semana, Weverton e Gustavo Gómez voltam após convocações, enquanto Luan deve estar liberado depois de passar o último mês tratando uma lesão muscular.

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يتواصل مسلسل نجم فريق باريس سان جيرمان، كيليان مبابي، بعدما أثار غضب مسؤولي النادي الفرنسي بقراره الأخير حول عدم تمديد عقده.

وينتهي العقد الحالي للنجم الفرنسي مع باريس سان جيرمان، في صيف 2024.

ورفض مبابي تفعيل بند التمديد في عقده مع باريس سان جيرمان، رغم الاتفاق السابق بين الطرفين، مما يعني رحيله مجانًا الموسم المقبل إذا لم يوافق على التجديد.

وتسبب ذلك الأمر في غضب إدارة باريس سان جيرمان، حيث انتشرت تكهنات حول إمكانية اضطرارها إلى طرحه للبيع هذا الصيف، بدلًا من رحيله بدون أموال نهاية الموسم القادم.

ووفقًا لصحيفة “لو باريزيان” الفرنسية، فإن باريس سان جيرمان يصر على موقفه الغاضب تجاه مبابي، والمتعلق بضرورة التجديد وإلا سيضطر إلى بيعه هذا الصيف.

وأوضحت أن أمير قطر تميم بن حمد، المالك لنادي باريس سان جيرمان، غاضب بشدة من مبابي وإصراره على عدم التجديد، ويريد بيعه في الوقت الحالي، طالما أنه لا ينوي تغيير رأيه.

وأشارت إلى أن باريس سان جيرمان يبحث بكل قوة عن كافة وسائل الضغط الممكنة على مبابي، من أجل تسريع رحيله طالما لا يود البقاء لما بعد الموسم المقبل.

اقرأ أيضًا.. باريس سان جيرمان يحدد بديل مبابي

وأفادت بأن الأمر سيمتد كذلك حتى ألتراس باريس سان جيرمان حيث ينوون إطلاق صافرات الاستهجان والاستهزاء ضد مبابي، مثلما حدث سابقًا مع ليونيل ميسي ونيمار، خاصة وأن الألتراس لديه علاقة جيدة مع مجلس الإدارة.

وإذا لم يغير مبابي رأيه، فإنه سيكون جزءًا بالتأكيد من الجولة الآسيوية للفريق في اليابان، يوم 22 يوليو، حيث من غير المحتمل أن يتم بيعه في غضون تلك الأيام.

ونشرت الصحيفة نفسها بيانًا على لسان باريس سان جيرمان، جاء به: “لا يمكننا توفير الراتب الضخم لـ مبابي ودفعه إلا عن طريق بيعه هذا الصيف، أو الالتزام بنفس الاتفاق السابق الخاص بتجديد عقده لما بعد 2024”.

ألمح البرازيلي نيمار دا سيلفا لمستقبله مع فريقه الفرنسي باريس سان جيرمان، بعد تداول أنباء مؤخرًا حول رحيل محتمل.

وينتهي عقد نيمار الحالي مع باريس سان جيرمان في يونيو 2025، وأفادت تقارير أن النادي الفرنسي بصدد بيعه للاستفادة ماليًا من ذلك، والتخلص من راتبه الكبير.

ومع ذلك، نشر نيمار عبر حسابه الرسمي على موقع التواصل الاجتماعي “threads” صورة لطائرة حيث يستعد للعودة إلى فرنسا بعد عطلة في بلاده البرازيل: “مغادرة.. موسم 2023-2024”.

اقرأ أيضًا | باريس سان جيرمان يحدد بديل مبابي

وأشار موقع “مانشستر إيفينينج نيوز” إلى أن تركيز نيمار ينصب على العودة إلى باريس سان جيرمان والاستعداد للموسم الجديد.

وسبق وظهرت تقارير في مايو مفادها أن مانشستر يونايتد أجرى اتصالات مع باريس سان جيرمان بشأن التعاقد مع نيمار، لكن لم تكن هناك تحديثات من أي من الطرفين منذ ذلك الحين.

وقلل مدرب يونايتد إريك تن هاج من شأن هذا الحديث عندما سئل في مؤتمر صحفي قرب نهاية الموسم.

وارتبط نيمار بأنباء الانتقال إلى مانشستر يونايتد، مع الحديث عن اقتراب الشيخ القطري جاسم بن حمد آل ثاني من الاستحواذ على النادي الإنجليزي.

Aaron Ramsey’s time as an Arsenal player is almost over with the 28-year-old only an official announcement away from becoming Juventus’ latest signing with outlets such as Sky Sports (via Sky Italy) reporting a pre-contract has been signed.

Ramsey’s current deal is set to expire at the end of the season, prompting Juventus into approaching the Welsh midfielder to bring him in on a free transfer for the summer.

The Italian giants, however, may not have to wait that long to get their man.

The Breakdown

According to the Independent, Arsenal will allow Ramsey to join up with the Old Lady now for a £10m fee if they can get loan deals for Barcelona’s Denis Suarez and Bayern Munich’s James Rodriguez over the line.

Given Juventus have probably offered £36m-rated (Transfermarkt) Ramsey humongous wages with the Wales international initially meant to arrive at the Allianz Stadium on a free, the idea of splashing out £10m just for a few extra months of service may not be something the Serie A champions are willing to entertain.

From an Arsenal perspective, however, the north London club should without a doubt be putting all of their efforts into agreeing a deal with Juventus now for the former Cardiff City player.

They are in need of funds and with Ramsey being far from a key figure in Unai Emery’s squad, they can afford to let him go this window.

Eoin Morgan will captain England Lions in a two-day match against the Australians at Wantage Road

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Eoin Morgan will captain England Lions in a two-day match against the Australians at Wantage Road starting on August 16, with the side including three players – Keith Barker, Luke Wells and Alex Lees – who will be making their Lions debut.Morgan has had disjointed season so far, firstly due to his participation in the IPL and then because of a finger injury he sustained during the Champions Trophy. He has played just one County Championship match in 2013 and has drifted down the pecking order of candidates for the Test team.Lees, 20, is the latest on the production line of batsmen from Yorkshire to progress through the England set-up. Earlier this season Lees hit an unbeaten 275 against Derbyshire and is averaging 59.12 from six Championship matches.Wells, who plays for Sussex, is another opener enjoying a solid season, with 732 runs at 40.66 including two hundreds, while showing the ability to bat for long periods of time.Barker, meanwhile, is enjoying a notable all-round campaign with the defending champions Warwickshire, where he is part of their formidable pace attack. Although he has had a truncated summer due to injury he has taken 25 wickets at 18.64 in the Championship alongside scoring 292 runs at 48.66.Moeen Ali, the Worcestershire batsman who is one of just three players to cross 1000 first-class runs this season (the others being Chris Rogers and Joe Root), is rewarded for his form. The team also includes regular Lions representatives Gary Ballance, Jos Buttler, James Harris, Simon Kerrigan and Ben Stokes.Northamptonshire were the original opponents for the match but they have qualified for Friends Life t20 Finals Day. Now some of England’s fringe players will have the chance to face the Australians before another set of Lions cricketers play Bangladesh A in a one-day series next week. The presence of these Lions fixtures during a vital period of the county season has created some unease around the circuit.Geoff Miller, the national selector, said: “With the Friends Life t20 Finals Day running over the weekend of this fixture, we have been unable to select from any of the sides involved in that competition for obvious reasons, plus there are a number of other domestic fixtures that run very close to this Lions game, so for practical reasons we had to recognise that a number of counties’ players were unavailable.”As is always the case with these fixtures, they are an excellent marker for judging the level of these players at a very high international standard and we look forward to seeing the team perform strongly against the Australian opposition.”England Lions XI: Eoin Morgan (capt), Moeen Ali, Gary Ballance, Keith Barker, Jos Buttler, James Harris, Simon Kerrigan, Alex Lees, Liam Plunkett, Ben Stokes, Luke Wells