Flamengo x Palmeiras: prováveis times, onde ver, desfalques e palpites

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Flamengo e Palmeiras se enfrentam na noite desta quarta-feira na Ilha do Urubu e o duelo tem tudo para ser um dos melhores da 14ª rodada do Campeonato Brasileiro. As duas equipes precisam da vitória para seguirem acreditando na conquista do título e confronto direto deixa a partida mais interessante.

No início desta semana, tanto Flamengo quanto Palmeiras se reforçaram para a sequência da temporada, mas as contratações ainda não estarão em campo nesta quarta-feira. O Rubro-Negro assinou por três anos e meio com o goleiro Diego Alves, enquanto o Alviverde anunciou o atacanteDeyverson.

Para sair com a vitória, o Flamengo aposta no entrosamento entre Diego, Everton Ribeiro e Guerrero. No lado do Palmeiras, a esperança de gols estão nos pés de Willian e também do capitão Dudu, que na última rodada marcou duas vezes na goleada do time paulista sobre o Vitória, no Allianz Parque.

Confira mais informações sobre o jogo:

Data/Horário: 19/7/2017, às 21h45
Local: Ilha do Urubu, Rio de Janeiro (RJ)
Onde assistir: Globo (SP), Premiere e tempo real do LANCE!
(assista também no LANCE! Sports Bar, em São Paulo)
Árbitro:Jailson Macedo Freitas (BA)
Auxiliares: Alessando Rocha Matos e Elicarlos Franco de Oliveira (amobs da BA)

FLAMENGO
(TÉC: ZÉ RICARDO)

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Desfalques:Rhodolfo, Léo Duarte e Thiago Santos.

Suspenso: Ninguém.

Pendurados: Rodinei e Cuéllar

PALMEIRAS
(TÉC: CUCA)

Desfalques:Edu Dracena, Felipe Melo e Guerra (poupados); Deyverson (em recondicionamento físico); Moisés, Thiago Martins, Fabiano e Arouca (em recuperação)

Suspenso: Ninguém.

Pendurados: Borja, Dudu, Felipe Melo, Gabriel Furtado, Michel Bastos, Róger Guedes e Tchê Tchê

Palpites: Na redação do LANCE, 60% das pessoas que participaram da pesquisa apostam no triunfo do Flamengo. 30% no empate e apenas 10% estão acreditando na vitória do Palmeiras na Ilha do Urubu.

Weather plays spoilsport across Pakistan

A round-up of the fourth day of the eighth round Quaid-e-Azam Trophy matches

Cricinfo staff10-Feb-2009Group AA weather-marred clash between National Bank of Pakistan and Water and Power Development Authority at the in Mirpur. Having dismissed WAPDA for 280 on day one, NBA only got in eight overs for two days, with just seven over possible on day two and none on day three. When matters finally let up on the final day, NBA’s openers Nasir Jamshed and Umar Amin picked up centuries. They pair added 285 and after Amin fell for 127, the captain Fawad Alam chipped in with an unbeaten 51 from 50 balls. Jamshed finished not out on 156.Karachi Whites batted out a draw against Khan Research Laboratories at the National Bank Sports Complex in Karachi. Resuming on 210 for 1 – a lead of 125 – Karachi’s overnight pair of Asad Shafiq and Khalid Latif were separated early in the morning but Shafiq completed his century, the second of the team’s second innings. The middle order also weighed in with handy contributions. Only six wickets fell and Karachi Whites ended the match on 455 for 7.Bad weather interrupted what seemed like a chance at victory for Pakistan International Airlines over Lahore Shalimar at the Lahore City Cricket Association Ground. PIA were five wickets away from victory but no play was possible on the final day.Similar scenes at the Gaddafi Stadium in Lahore, where no play was possible on day four. Sui Northern Gas Pipelines Limited held the upper hand over Habib Bank Limited on day three but were denied a chance to push for a win.Zarai Taraqiati Bank Limited were also robbed of a chance to complete victory over Sui Southern Gas Corporation in Muridke. ZTBL needed five wickets to stop SSCG, 89 for 5 overnight, from chasing a target of 221, but inclement weather played spoilsport.Group BOnly 12 overs were possible on the final day in Sheikhupura. In that small window, Abbottabad – who began the day just 15 runs ahead – proceeded from 157 for 4 to 177 for 5, and when play was called off they had staved off table-toppers Sialkot.Lahore Ravi’s declaration left Peshawar an impossible 220 to win from 22 overs, and the match petered out into a draw at the Arbab Niaz Stadium. Lahore Ravi resumed the final day on 114 for 0 and soon lost Kashif Siddiq and Mohammad Sohail. A few more wickets fell before the innings was declared at 205 for 6. Peshawar lost a couple wickets and then hit the snooze button, finishing on 87 for 2 in 22 overs.Karachi Blues began the fourth day 80 runs in arrears of Faisalabad, and batted well to secure a draw in Sargodha. From 150 for 4 they were helped to 412 for 9 thanks to Sheharyar Ghani’s unbeaten 181 and fifties by Faraz Patel and Owais Rehmani. Ghani, in his eighth match, batted all day to finish unbeaten at stumps with a superb effort to his credit. In all, he batted 409 minutes and 333 minutes for his career-best effort. Zahoor Khan took all five wickets to fall, finishing with 7 for 86, and 12 for the match.As expected, the match between Rawalpindi and Hyderabad at the Niaz Stadium finished in a draw. Hyderabad batted from 293 for 5 to 422, Azeem Ghumon missing a maiden double-century by one run, and in 19 overs remaining Rawalpindi made 90 for no loss.

Group A Team Mat Won Lost Tied Draw Aban Pts

Khan RL 7 4 0 0 3 036 National Bnk 7* 4 00 2 0 36 PIA 8 3 2 0 3 033 Habib Bank 7 3 10 3 0 27 Sui Gas 7 3 1 0 3 027 Zarai TBL 7 1 10 5 0 15 Sui Sthn Gas 8 0 4 0 4 012 WAPDA 7* 1 00 5 0 9 Karachi Whites 8 0 3 0 5 06 Lahore Shalimar 7 0 30 4 0 6 Pakistan Customs 7 0 4 0 3 00

Group B Team Mat Won Lost Tied Draw Aban Pts

Sialkot 7 4 1 02 0 42 Rawalpindi 84 0 0 4 0 39 Islamabad 7 3 1 03 0 33 Abbottabad 73 1 0 3 0 27 Faisalabad 7 2 0 05 0 21 Multan 72 2 0 3 0 18 Peshawar 7 2 2 03 0 18 Karachi Blues 71 3 0 3 0 15 Lahore Ravi 7 0 0 07 0 12 Hyd (Pakstn) 80 4 0 4 0 3 Quetta 8 0 7 01 0 0

وائل رياض: الأهلي يعاني من أزمة قبل رحيل موسيماني.. وبعض لاعبيه لا يمتلكون الشخصية

شدد وائل رياض مدرب منتخب مصر الأولمبي السابق، على صعوبة توقع الفائز بلقب بطولة الدوري المصري هذا الموسم، بسبب احتدام المنافسة بين أندية الأهلي والزمالك وبيراميدز.

وقال وائل رياض في تصريحات عبر إذاعة القاهرة الكبرى: “توقع الفائز ببطولة الدوري المصري هذا الموسم صعب للغاية، خاصةً أن الفرق الثلاثة تُهادي بعضها، واللقب يُحسم في أخر جولة”.

وأكمل: “الأهلي لديه أزمة هذا الموسم، سواء على المستوى الفني أو البدني أو الإصابات، وذلك منذ قيادة موسيماني الفريق، قبل رحيله، وكانت هناك مشاكل بدنية للبدلاء في حال دخولهم المباريات”.

وأردف: “هناك أزمة على مستوى اللاعبين، بسبب وجود بعض العناصر الذين لا يستطيعون اللعب تحت ضغط الجماهير ويفتقدون الشخصية، ولكن الفريق لم يبتعد عن المنافسة وقادر على العودة للصدارة”.

وأوضح: “جوسيفالدو فيريرا المدير الفني للزمالك، لديه حنكة وخبرات كبيرة، والدليل أن الفريق لا يزال متواجدا في المنافسة بقوة”.

وعن محمد الشناوي حارس الأهلي، أجاب: “الشناوي مثل أي لاعب، يمر بحالة هبوط في الوقت الحالي وهذا طبيعي، خاصةً أنه على مدار 3 مواسم يظهر بشكل مميز”.

طالع | طارق يحيى: الدوري أقرب لـ بيراميدز من الأهلي.. وتألق الشباب أعاد حسابات الزمالك في الصفقات

وواصل: “على الشناوي العمل على تطوير نفسه في الوقت الحالي، والانتقاد طبيعي من الجماهير، خاصةً أنها تريد جميع اللاعبين على مستوى فني مميز”.

وعن ترشحه للتواجد في جهاز روي فيتوريا مع المنتخب الوطني، اختتم: “لم يتم التواصل معي من الاتحاد المصري بهذا المنصب، وأتمنى التواجد بالفعل في الجهاز الفني لمنتخب مصر”.

واختتم: “شرف لي الترشح للتواجد في أي منتخب سواء الأول أو الناشئين، وأنا مشجع حال عدم تواجدي”.

Chanderpaul ton levels series

Shivanarine Chanderpaul rounded off a week of personal honours and awards with his 10th one-day international hundred to lead West Indies to a series-levelling 21-run victory

The Bulletin by Andrew McGlashan22-Mar-2009
ScorecardShivnarine Chanderpaul continued his fine form with a century in front of his home crowd•Getty Images

Shivanarine Chanderpaul rounded off a week of personal honours and awards with his 10th one-day international hundred to lead West Indies to a series-levelling 21-run victory, at a packed Providence Stadium, to help ease the memories of Friday’s farce. His unbeaten 112 enabled the home side to post a challenging 264 for 8 on another slow surface and despite Andrew Strauss’s third ODI ton, and first since June 2005, England pulled up short.Unlike Chanderpaul who had Ramnaresh Sarwan for company, Strauss’s innings was a lone hand and he couldn’t form a crucial stand with anyone. Fifty partnerships came with Owais Shah and Dimitri Mascarenhas but they weren’t enough. Dwayne Bravo set England back on their heels with two wickets in three balls when he removed Shah and Paul Collingwood. From there Strauss was always fighting against the tide against tight bowling and lively fielding. Boundaries were hard to come by all day – except for Chanderpaul – and West Indies’ medium-pacers were difficult to get away.Strauss, though, produced a fine hand and continued his outstanding form of the tour in registering his fourth hundred of the trip off 125 balls. He doesn’t have the range of shots of some other batsmen, but played to his strengths and realised that if England were to have any hope, he had to remain until the end.He gambled on holding back the Powerplay and took it in the 44th over with Steve Harmison for company. Strauss reached his ton, but rain started to fall (this time D/L was well in West Indies’ favour) and two balls after the resumption he was bowled round his legs by Kieron Pollard. West Indies were home, but it always looked as though they had a few too many.Chanderpaul has always been revered in his home country and has been showered with a host of awards in recent days. On Saturday, Chanderpaul Drive was unveiled as the latest honour and he gave the home support plenty of reasons to cheer him with another masterful innings. England paid for giving him a life on 27 when Matt Prior dropped a bottom edge off Mascarenhas, to further ignite the wicketkeeping debate, and from then on Chanderpaul was commanding.His most nervous moment came on 80 when he pulled a high full toss from James Anderson down to long leg where Harmison held a brilliant catch, but after a brief remonstration by Chanderpaul it was rightly called no-ball for being over waist height. When he tucked a single to midwicket off his 126th ball the full house rose to cheer his achievement, and moments earlier he had also become just the third West Indies batsman to pass 8000 ODI runs after Desmond Haynes and Brian Lara.He combined with his fellow Guyanese, Sarwan, to add 133 in 29 overs for the third wicket after the openers had fallen early. Sarwan ticked along with ease, then suddenly found another gear as he effortlessly chipped Gareth Batty over deep midwicket for six and crunched Mascarenhas over long-off for an even bigger boundary as his half century came off 58 balls.With the third-wicket stand developing nicely and the mandatory change of ball after 34 overs West Indies opted to take the batting Powerplay. Sarwan soon fell, driving the deserving James Anderson to mid-off where Collingwood took a low catch, but Chanderpaul again showed his innovation. When Strauss set a deep off-side field he hit over the leg side, then when that gap was plugged he backed away and went over mid-off. Stuart Broad was affected, losing his cool when Aleem Dar called a leg-side wide and sent down third consecutive wides later in the over.Chanderpaul had the confidence to bring out the reverse sweep against Broad and repeated the dose against the medium-pace of Mascarenhas and Collingwood. A clutch of late wickets meant the damage in the final 10 overs was limited, but England still had their work cut out.Ravi Bopara and Kevin Pietersen both dragged into their stumps before Strauss and Shah added 50 in 12 overs to set a platform. However, Bravo then showed why he is so valuable to West Indies as he found late swing to trap Shah leg before and then snaked one through Collingwood’s loose drive. In combination with Darren Sammy he strangled the life out of the middle order and Sammy removed Matt Prior through a smart catch from Denesh Ramdin. Whereas Prior had come up too early against Chanderpaul, Ramdin stayed low and benefited.England appeared to be setting their hopes on a late dash from Mascarenhas as he played sensibly alongside Strauss, but a misunderstanding resulted in a crucial run out. Strauss tried his best, but there was too much to do and it was another left-hander’s innings that proved the matchwinner.

Exame constata lesão, e Willian desfalca o Verdão por até 6 semanas

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O atacante Willian, do Palmeiras, teve constatada uma lesão na parte posterior da coxa esquerda e ficará de quatro a seis semanas fora de combate.

O jogador se machucou ainda no primeiro tempo do empate por 2 a 2 com o Flamengo, na Ilha do Urubu, e nem seguiu com a delegação para Recife, onde o Verdão encara o Sport no domingo. Ele voou para São Paulo, foi examinado na tarde desta quinta-feira e já vai iniciar o tratamento.

Como também não pode contar com Borja, suspenso, o Palmeiras provavelmente estreará Deyverson na Arena Pernambuco.

Com 13 gols, Willian é o artilheiro do Palmeiras na temporada. Ele também é o atleta que mais atuou, com 41 participações – empatado com Fernando Prass. Ele só não participou dos jogos contra Chapecoense, ainda na pré-temporada, quando ainda não havia chegado, e Atlético-GO, pelo Brasileirão, suspenso.

O camisa 29 vinha atuando como centroavante e esteve em 19 das 20 partidas sob o comando de Cuca, sendo 17 como titular. Neste período, marcou cinco gols, sendo também o artilheiro da “era Cuca”.

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Everton: Blues eye Nabil Fekir

Everton are hopeful of intervening in Nabil Fekir’s contract negotiations with Real Betis, according to Spanish outlet Fichajes.net. 

The lowdown

Fekir has contributed two goals and two assists so far in 2021/22 for a Betis side that sits 10th in La Liga.

The name will ring a few bells on Merseyside given that Fekir came very close indeed to signing for Liverpool in 2018.

The 28-year-old is valued at £22.5million by Transfermarkt and his current contract runs until June 2023.

The latest

Negotiations over a new deal are said to be ‘advanced’, with the Frenchman ‘very happy’ in his current surroundings and confident in the project.

However, his ‘excellent’ start to the season has ‘sparked the interest’ of ‘several’ Premier League clubs, and the landscape could change if a ‘powerful financial offer arrives’.

Marcel Brands and co have ‘great aspirations’ in the transfer market and have added Fekir to their list of targets – they of course spent very little in this summer’s window.

They face competition from two London outfits in the form of West Ham United and Arsenal.

The verdict

Where would Fekir slot into this Everton team if Brands gets a deal over the line? Well, you’d naturally assume that he’d play just behind Dominic Calvert-Lewin.

Demarai Gray may have thrived in that role recently but he can be shifted out wide if needed.

You don’t look at the rival suitors here and worry that Everton may get blown out of the water. In fact, Rafael Benitez probably holds more pulling power than David Moyes or Mikel Arteta.

In other news, Michael Ball has lavished praise on this Everton star who has ‘everything’.

وليد صلاح الدين ينتقد سواريش ولاعبي الأهلي: يريدون ركلة جزاء من كل لعبة

انتقد وليد صلاح الدين مدير الكرة الأسبق بنادي الاتحاد السكندري، لاعبي الأهلي ومديرهم الفني ريكاردو سواريش بعد تعادلهم سلبيًا مع المقاولون العرب اليوم السبت.

وتقابل الأهلي والمقاولون العرب على ملعب عثمان أحمد عثمان ضمن منافسات الجولة الحادية والعشرين من الدوري.

طالع أيضًا.. التشخيص المبدئي لـ إصابة أحمد عبد القادر في مباراة الأهلي والمقاولون العرب

وقال وليد صلاح الدين خلال وجوده بالاستوديو التحليلي للمباراة على قناة “أون تايم سبورت”: “الأهلي يفرط بنفسه في الدوري، والمقاولون أخذ ما يريده من اللقاء، والتعامل الفني سيء من جانب ريكاردو سواريش، واللاعبون متوترون جدًا”.

وأضاف: “يبقى السؤال في ظل أن الأهلي لا يحضر كرة إطلاقًا، هل سيظل الفريق بهذه الحالة في المباريات المتبقية؟”.

واختتم: “اللاعبون متوترون ويريدون الحصول على ركلة جزاء من كل كرة والعصبية ظاهرة عليهم بشكل مش طبيعي”.

Levir mexe, vê ataque com 68% dos gols do Santos, mas tem preocupação

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Uma das primeiras mudanças do técnico Levir Culpi no Santos foi tirar Copete da lateral esquerda e recolocar o colombiano no ataque, sua posição de origem. Depois, inverteu o posicionamento do camisa 36 com o de Bruno Henrique, fazendo o artilheiro do time atuar pela esquerda, para que o estrangeiro ajudasse na marcação pela direita. Sem Ricardo Oliveira, bancou Kayke e formou seu trio de ataque no Peixe. E o resultado foi que 68% dos gols do Alvinegro desde a chegada do treinador foram dos atacantes.

Adepto da máxima de que atacante tem que fazer gols, Levir decidiu dar mais responsabilidade aos pontas e, além de eles ajudarem na marcação, são os responsáveis pelos contra-ataques, principal arma do Santos.

Depois de 13 jogos, o técnico teve o trio desfeito por uma lesão. Kayke tem um edema na coxa esquerda, não enfrentou o Flamengo, pela Copa do Brasil, e segue fora por tempo indeterminado. Em contrapartida, Ricardo Oliveira, que ainda não havia entrado em campo desde a chegada de Levir, pois recuperava a forma física, teve sua primeira chance no jogo da última quarta.

Apesar de não ter balançado as redes, Oliveira participou de um dos gols, marcado por Victor Ferraz, e deu uma dor de cabeça para o comandante santista. Assim que tiver o camisa 11 liberado pelo departamento médico, Levir Culpi terá que escolher entre promover o retorno de Kayke, que fez três gols sob seu comando, ou bancar o capitão do time, que também tem status de ídolo.

– ORicardo se movimentou muito bem, se posicionou bem. Natural que caia no segundo tempo, mas me surpreendeu pelo tempo que estava parado.Há um espaço para elogiar a preparação física do time. Estivemos próximos de fazer cinco gols. O que posso exigir mais? O Ricardo voltou hoje. Nosso time não tem uma harmonia física, porque uns estão chegando, voltando. São os problemas dos clubes brasileiros – disse Levir após a vitória sobre o Flamengo por 4 a 2 na Copa do Brasil.

Na Era Levir Culpi, que já dura 19 jogos, Bruno Henrique e Copete marcaram cinco gols cada, mas ainda não sabem se terão a chance de reeditar a parceria no domingo, contra o Grêmio, às 19h, em Porto Alegre. O motivo é o cansaço dos titulares, que vêm atuando duas vezes por semana há mais de um mês.

-Não posso dar a resposta (sobre poupar titulares contra o Grêmio) agora porque amanhã teremos parecer da fisiologia para saber o nível de desgaste. O pior nem é amanhã, é depois de amanhã. temos que ir com calma – comentou ainda na quarta-feira à noite.

Na segunda colocação, o Tricolor gaúcho tem 32 pontos. Para ultrapassar o vice-líder, o Peixe precisa de uma vitória no Sul, já que tem 30 pontos.

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IPL security agency faces time crunch

The elections in South Africa on April 22, four days after the IPL starts in the country, the crime rate in cities like Johannesburg and the limited time available are some of the key challenges facing the league’s security managers

Nagraj Gollapudi02-Apr-2009

Delay in decisions made India assessment difficult•Getty Images

The elections in South Africa on April 22, four days after the IPL starts in the country, the crime rate in cities like Johannesburg and the limited time available are some of the key challenges facing the league’s security managers, according to Nicholls Steyn & Associates, who are handling the tournament’s security.Nicholls admitted that moving the tournament to South Africa was a good option from the security point of view because the situation in India had made it “very difficult ” to host the event there. Besides, Nicholls said they were not able to conduct a final assessment of the situation in India for the IPL because of the delays in final decisions.”We were waiting for the feedback from the Indian government about what resources could be made available,” Nicholls told Cricinfo. “There were a lot of delays caused in getting a decision, but we believe that it is a positive sign that those delays were caused because of the desire to keep security first. We were very aware of the fact the security measures that were provided had to be of the highest standards and there were many discussions to see if those required standards could be provided with the other things that were going in India at time.”The IPL’s security template in South Africa will borrow significantly from the World Twenty20 model and the plan during India’s tour of South Africa in 2006 as well as other international tours and events. The South African agency has enormous expertise in providing security to teams and players and is also the ICC’s security consultant. They were roped in by the IPL last year as their central player-security managers.”From the cricketing perspective, it is obviously disappointing [to shift the IPL] because everyone would’ve liked the event to happen in India,” Nicholls said. “But the situation and timing make it impossible to host it there, so from our perspective if it is not going to be in India then we believe that South Africa is a good choice.”Asked whether the firm was confident of providing security in India without central security forces, as the IPL had claimed in a letter to the Indian government, Nicholls said, “It is a difficult question to answer because while we may be told that we do not have central forces, we needed to assess what forces are then actually going to be available. We knew what had to be done and everyone at the IPL agreed that player security was an absolute priority but obviously we didn’t know exactly what the situation was until the decision came from the government.”In South Africa, though, time is the major challenge, Nicholls said. “There is not much time to put everything together. The good thing is South Africa hosted the Twenty20 World Cup in the recent past as well as other large tournaments so there is good history of doing that. We would have certainly liked longer duration for planning but that is just the way it is – we have an X amount of time to do it and we have got to get things in place in the time available. Fortunately we have an experienced team who know what has to be done and have done it before.”Nicholls declined to reveal numbers, in terms of security personnel employed, but confirmed that he would be working together with the South African government. Bangalore Challengers take on Deccan Chargers in Cape Town on April 22, election-day in South Africa, and Nicholls said that he understood that the matter of holding the game on that particular day had been discussed at the “highest” level.”That was something which has been discussed at a very high level,” Nicholls said. “It was a concern, but from my understanding it has been discussed with the South African government and their input was taken into account in planning the schedule.”The crime rate in cities like Johannesburg, which hosts eight IPL matches, Nicholls admitted, was something that would be taken into consideration. “Some countries have a higher terrorism threat and a low crime rate and in others it is reverse where the crime rate is higher,” he said. “Certainly the crime rate is something that has to be taken in consideration for any major event that happens in South Africa.”

LFC fans want to sign Kessie

Liverpool fans want to sign Franck Kessie after the Reds were linked with a move for the AC Milan midfielder.

Over the past few years, 24-year-old Kessie has evolved into one of the best midfielders in Serie A. He started out at Atalanta, where he scored seven goals and provided three assists in 31 appearances for the club (Transfermarkt). That earned him a move to Milan, one of the biggest clubs in the country. He has continued to impress, missing just 10 league matches since making the move in 2017.

However, his contract is set to run out at the end of the season. And, according to Gazzetta dello Sport, the Reds are prepared to pay the €8m-a-year (£6.8m) contract the Ivory Coast international is looking for.

The news was shared on Twitter by @AnfieldEdition, and it attracted plenty of attention from the supporters. They took to the social media platform to share their thoughts on the rumour, with one fan claiming Kessie is ‘perfect’…

Let’s see what the fans had to say about the Kessie news below

“The Wijnaldum replacement. Not bad tbh decent player”

Credit: @Gho1stR7

“Masterclass”

Credit: @GxlDeSalah_

“Hed be a perfect signing.”

Credit: @joshambrown_

“Hopefully we can get him.”

Credit: @Seyjith

“Would be a quality player for us”

Credit: @ShayTreanor2

“Good player and still relatively young. Free transfer? Surely fsg are interested.”

Credit: @umxr168

In other news, Liverpool fans want this man to leave the club.

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