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A liberação de Júnior Tavares para um período de adaptação no Rennes, da França, abriu para Everton a chance de usar seu número da sorte no São Paulo. O atacante, que estreou pelo clube no último domingo, no 0 a 0 diante do Ceará, utilizando a camisa 18 agora passa a ser o 22 do Tricolor.

– É o meu número da sorte. Utilizei a camisa 22 nas minhas duas passagens pelo Flamengo e no Atlético-PR. E que seja uma trajetória vitoriosa no São Paulo também. Que eu esteja em um dia inspirado para ajudar a equipe, porque queremos fazer uma grande partida para o nosso torcedor.

A primeira partida com o novo uniforme será em território e diante de um adversário muito conhecidos. No domingo, Everton usará a 22 diante do Fluminense no Maracanã, voltando ao Rio de Janeiro, onde foi campeão brasileiro em 2009 e tricampeão carioca(2009, 2014 e 2017) pelo Flamengo.

– O Rio de Janeiro fez parte da minha vida durante alguns anos, e sei como é jogar no Maracanã. Tenho boas recordações do estádio e será muito bom retornar lá – disse o jogador que, em suas duas passagens pelo Rubro-Negro carioca, estreou exatamente contra o Fluminense.

– Estou acostumado ao Maracanã e sei quanto é difícil jogar lá contra o Fluminense, que tem um time jovem e um grande treinador. Mas estamos preparados para buscar um resultado positivo. E tomara que eu possa marcar o meu primeiro gol pelo São Paulo. – comentou.

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Hamish Bennett led New Zealand’s humiliation of a Kenya outfit clearly out of its depth, attacking the stumps with metronomic accuracy to rip out four quick wickets as the minnows capitulated for just 69 – their lowest World Cup total and the fifth worst overall. Tim Southee helped himself to three cheap wickets, while Jacob Oram also picked up three in three overs before Martin Guptill and Brendon McCullum eased their side to an unchallenged 10-wicket win.Kenya’s first showing at this tournament demonstrated both their lack of competency against good, but hardly exceptional, seam bowling and their incomprehension of the review system – borderline decisions were accepted without question and clear cut ones questioned out of sheer desperation.Jimmy Kamande called correctly at the toss and opted to bat on a pitch expected to help slow bowlers, but that was Kenya’s last success of the morning. The new ball barely deviated off the straight for Southee but Kenya’s young opening pair, perhaps over-awed by the occasion, remained nervously rooted to the crease. They had cobbled together just 14 runs – all in singles – when Southee nipped one off the seam to strike Alex Obanda in front of leg stump.Umpire Marais Erasmus’ decision initially looked a good one, but there was a hint that a review might have been in order. The Kenyans were, of course, unfamiliar with the UDRS but that provides no excuse for Obanda’s tame acceptance of his demise as replays showed that the ball would have gone over the top of the stumps by at least an inch or two.With the innings drifting swiftly into mediocrity Collins Obuya got going with a couple of meaty blows off Nathan McCullum, who opened the bowling from the other end, but just as he and Waters were starting to gain momentum Bennett was introduced and soon had the innings in disarray. First, he fired one full and straight at Waters, the ball shooting through at a low shin height to pin the batsman in front of his stumps.

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• Kenya’s total of 69 is by far their lowest in World Cup games – it’s their first sub-100 total in 24 games. They lasted 23.5 overs, which is the lowest for them.

• It’s also the fifth-lowest total in World Cups. Canada’s 36 against Sri Lanka in 2003 is the lowest.

• For the first time in a World Cup match, New Zealand dismissed a team for less than 100. The previous lowest against New Zealand in a full 50-over match had been Bangladesh’s 116 in 1999.

• New Zealand won the match with 252 balls to spare, which is their most comprehensive World Cup win – and the third-best for all teams in World Cups – in terms of balls remaining. In all ODIs, it’s New Zealand’s second-most emphatic win.

• Hamish Bennett’s 4 for 16 is his best ODI figures, bettering the 4 for 46 he had achieved against Pakistan in his previous ODI.

There would have been high hopes in the Kenyan camp of Steve Tikolo, their veteran batsman, sparking a revival but he was swiftly removed by a searing full delivery that burst through a lazy swish to make a mess of his stumps. With the ball keeping low and starting to nip off the seam Obuya was the next batsman to be rapped on the front pad, right in front of middle. Perhaps out of desperation, a completely superfluous review was called for but there was no second life for Obuya and the innings sank even further when Maurice Ouma was dispatched in identical fashion in Bennett’s next over to leave Kenya staring into the abyss at 49 for 5.That soon become 59 for 6, Jacob Oram finding the edge of Kamande’s bat to end his brief resistance, and with that the fight went from Kenya’s innings. Oram had Thomas Odoyo, who was fending at a rising delivery, easily caught by Jesse Ryder and Southee was on a hat-trick when he removed Nehemiah Odhiambo and Shem Ngoche with the last two balls of his sixth over. There was no second international hat-trick for him, however, with Elijah Otieno flicking Oram straight to midwicket shortly afterwards to end a miserable Kenyan innings.Guptill took the lead as New Zealand completed the formality of the chase in just eight overs, thrashing two enormous sixes and peppering the boundary almost at will in a 32-ball 39. An uninspired McCullum chipped in with a rapid 26 as Kenya at least attempted to remain upbeat in the field despite the futility of their efforts.While New Zealand would have been hoping for a successful start to their campaign, the ease of their win here is hardly the best preparation for sterner challenges ahead against the likes of Australia, Pakistan and Sri Lanka. For Kenya, things can only get better after a day they would dearly like to forget, though their performance won’t have done any favours to the argument that Associate nations deserve to be involved in future World Cups.

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O atacante Bruno Henrique vive um imbróglio fora dos gramados. Em tratamento de uma lesão no olho direito, o camisa 11 do Santos aguarda a entrega de seu passaporte e visto, solicitados em janeiro, para poder ir aos Estados Unidos, onde passará por exames mais detalhados no local do problema. A assessoria pessoal do atacante alega que a Polícia Federal e o Consulado não deram explicações plausíveis para a desaparição dos documentos – apenas o passaporte da esposa do jogador foi entregue.

O Santos, por sua vez, corre para solucionar o problema. Até mesmo o prefeito da cidade de São Paulo, o santista João Dória, pode ajudar. O clube enviou uma carta aos órgãos competentes enfatizando o caráter de urgência da situação e solicitou ao prefeito que faça o mesmo.

Bruno será levado aoJohn Hopkins Wilmer Eye Institute, em Baltimore, nos Estados Unidos, para passar por uma bateria de exames. O camisa 11 tem treinado com óculos protetor e ainda tem uma mancha em sua visão. O sangue no local precisa ser absorvido por seu organismo e não há prazo para tal.

Leia na íntegra a nota divulgada pela assessoria pessoal de Bruno Henrique:

O atacante Bruno Henrique ainda aguarda a resolução de uma situação envolvendo o seu passaporte para poder ir aos Estados Unidos concluir o tratamento de sua lesão sofrida no olho na estreia do Santos no Campeonato Paulista. O documento do atleta, ainda sem explicações concisas dos órgãos responsáveis, desapareceu após a solicitação do visto de entrada nos EUA.

Em janeiro deste ano, Bruno Henrique e sua esposa deram entrada no Consulado Americano com o pedido de visto em conjunto, uma vez que o casal se prepara para a chegada do filho e o enxoval será realizado naquele país. Após aprovação de ambos, foi marcada a data de retirada dos dois passaportes com o carimbo do visto. Ao chegar no local, apenas o documento da esposa do jogador foi entregue.

Por conta das lesões sofridas no olho de Bruno Henrique, o Santos tomou a decisão de levá-lo ao John Hopkins Wilmer Eye Institute, em Baltimore (EUA) para maiores avaliações. Assim, o jogador e seu empresário apresentaram a situação envolvendo o documento do atleta ao clube, que trabalha para regularizar o problema o mais rápido possível.

O Consulado, em conjunto com a Polícia Federal, pediu prazo para apresentar uma justificativa para o ocorrido. Por conta do caráter de urgência, que envolve a saúde do atleta em questão, o Santos enviou uma carta aos órgãos competentes e solicitou até mesmo ao prefeito de São Paulo, João Dória, para fazer o mesmo.

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There has been mounting speculation on the future of Brighton and Hove Albion loanee Matt Clarke at West Bromwich Albion, and there has now been an update on the situation.

What’s the latest?

According to West Brom reporter Steve Madeley (via The Athletic), the 25-year-old centre-back “would be keen” to stay at The Hawthorns this summer.

Madeley wrote:

“Clarke would be keen on a permanent move to The Hawthorns and there are reasons for which a deal would appeal to West Brom as it is likely that any deal would include a low up-front fee and would be weighted towards performance-related add-ons and sell-on clauses.”

Bruce will be buzzing

There is no doubt that Steve Bruce would be buzzing at the idea of the defender wanting to stay at the club after his comments about Clarke in an interview a few weeks ago.

Bruce told Express and Star:

“He has been, arguably, since I’ve walked through the door – he’s been our best player so I’m really, really, happy for him.

“All those conversations – it’s all about the future. What is going to happen in the future is the big thing and we’ll have those talks.”

The Baggies centre-back has featured 32 times in the Championship this season, with his effectiveness and influence in the backline a clear indicator as to why Bruce holds him in such high regard.

Clarke has made 1.9 interceptions, 3.2 clearances and 1.5 tackles on average per game, kept ten clean sheets, won the majority of his duels combined (63%) and has been successful in the majority of his dribbles (63%), proving to be a consistent force for West Brom throughout the season.

West Brom have now squandered their chances of picking up a playoff spot in the Championship this season, but will now need to focus on rebuilding and reflecting on the issues that have presented themselves this season to improve and hit the ground running to earn a place back in the Premier League next season.

Permanently signing Clarke could be a great step in their pursuit to return to top-flight football as he has proven he has what it takes to offer reliability and good fitness in the Championship for them, something many players in the team have struggled with throughout the current campaign.

AND in other news: In talks: WBA must brutally axe “powerful” £720k-rated gem after “important” update

Newcastle United enjoyed a brilliant January transfer window as they brought in a number of players to bolster their squad heading into the second half of the campaign.

They were struggling in the bottom three of the Premier League just after the turn of the year and PIF backed Eddie Howe by signing the likes of Chris Wood, Kieran Trippier, Bruno Guimaraes, Dan Burn and Matt Targett.

A few months on and the Magpies are now 10 points clear of the relegation zone with seven games left to play and look set to avoid the drop.

This suggests that PIF played the January window brilliantly as the new signings provided the team with a much-needed lift.

Whilst you can praise the owners for the players they did bring in, you can also appreciate the players that they opted against going for. For example, Norwich midfielder Todd Cantwell was linked with a £20m switch to St. James’ Park at the start of the month.

Newcastle were 19th at the time of the report and ultimately avoided paying that sizeable fee for the 23-year-old, with Championship outfit Bournemouth eventually snapping him up on deadline day on loan until the end of the season. The Cherries reportedly have an option to sign him for £11m in the summer, £9m cheaper than what it would have cost the Toon in January.

This means that they saved themselves from making an expensive error as they would have, seemingly, been overpaying for the midfielder. Norwich were willing to settle for £11m in the end and that means that it would have been a blunder from PIF to pay £20m at the start of that month.

His form, or lack thereof, has also shown that they were right not to bring him to the club – for any price. He has been an unused substitute in two of Bournemouth’s last four games and has zero goals and zero assists in his 10 Championship appearances since making the switch.

This comes after he endured a torrid first half of the campaign with Norwich. He was not directly involved in a single Premier League goal for the Canaries in eight outings and Yellows legend Chris Sutton claimed that he was “getting above his station”, which does not suggest that he was/is in the right frame of mind for a relegation scrap.

Therefore, PIF played a masterclass by opting against a deal for the dud in January as they saved themselves a decent chunk of change and avoided signing a player who is desperately out of form.

AND in other news, Same agency as Joelinton: NUFC scouting 6 ft 4 star, he’s a dream Botman alternative…

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Após o empate com o Tubarão, em 1 a 1, na Ressacada, nesta segunda-feira, o técnico Claudinei Oliveira comentou o desempenho do Leão da Ilha. O jogo, válido pela 7ª rodada do Campeonato Catarinense, terminou ao som de vaias. A torcida azurra, insatisfeita com o que viu na partida, pediram a saída do comandante.

O treinador do Avaí não se abateu com as criticas e reforçou a confiança no seu trabalho com a equipe. Claudinei Oliveira também comentou sobre a realidade financeira do clube e como isso afeta na qualidade técnica.

– Estou tranquilo. Tenho mais de um ano e cinco meses de trabalho, em algum momento você vai passar por isso (escutar críticas). Você precisa escolher. Se vai fazer isso abaixando a cabeça, achando que você não está contribuindo, ou com atitude positiva. É o que já externei. Estamos fazendo um trabalho dentro da realidade do clube, o Avaí baixou a folha salarial, deixou de contar com vários jogadores, como Leandro Silva, Simião, Castro, Capa… Elenco é mais enxuto. Acho que estou fazendo um trabalho muito bom em cima do que o clube pensa para a temporada – afirmou o comandante.

Claudinei Oliveira admitiu, no entanto, que não via a hora de terminar o primeiro tempo. O técnico reconheceu que o Leão da Ilha, muito desorganizado, não fez uma boa partida.

– No primeiro tempo acho que a dificuldade não foi de um ou outro: foi de todo mundo. Primeiro tempo foi horrível. A realidade é essa. Foi muito ruim. A gente não via a hora de terminar para corrigir. Faltou suporte, dobrar marcação. Não ocupamos tão bem os espaços (…) Falei com eles no intervalo, cobrei, no segundo tempo fizemos por merecer até a virada – disse o técnico.

O Avaí terá como próximo desafio o Brusque, fora de casa. O jogo será realizado na quinta-feira, às 20h30, no Augusto Bauer.

Many Glasgow Rangers fans have been left lauding some early team news ahead of their game at home to Livingston in the Scottish Premiership tonight.

Speaking in his pre-game press conference ahead of the match, Giovanni van Bronckhorst has revealed that Ryan Jack is now available for selection in the squad, as is Scott Arfield.

While having another player in Arfield back is a boost in itself, members of the Ibrox faithful were particularly pleased with the news regarding Jack, who has been victim to too many injury problems during his time at Ibrox.

He has no doubt been a key part of the team over the years, scoring nine goals and supplying a further nine assists in the Scottish Premiership for the Light Blues, while he made 19 appearances in their title-winning season.

Nonetheless, it will be great just to see him out on the pitch again, having missed 64 matches through injury since the beginning of last season.

Rangers fans on team news

These Gers lauded the early team news as it was shared on Twitter, with one RFC supporter claiming that it was ‘great’:

“A fit Ryan Jack would see us canter to 56.”

Credit: @drummybear

“Great news”

Credit: @walterwalk

“Ryan Jack!!!!!”

Credit: @cameron56689617

“Jack is back”

Credit: @gregmcarthur55

“DE DE NA NA NAAAAAA”

Credit: @1872_KK

“A fit Ryan Jack for the rest of the season is just what we’re needing.”

Credit: @smudginthefunk

In other news, find out what injury update has been bemoaned by Gers here!

أوضح المدير الفني للفريق الأول لكرة القدم بنادي مانشستر يونايتد، إريك تين هاج، موقفه من استمرار حارس مرماه، ديفيد دي خيا، داخل قلعة “أولد ترافورد” مع اقتراب عقده على الانتهاء.

وينتهي عقد دي خيا مع مانشستر يونايتد في 30 يونيو 2023، وخرجت الكثير من الأنباء حول إمكانية رحيل الحارس الإسباني بالمجان لانخفاض مستواه الفني.

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وتحدث تين هاج لشبكة “بي بي سي” البريطانية عن مستقبل دي خيا، وقال: “في الوقت الحالي، نحن نركز فقط على المباريات، عندما ننتهي من هذا الضغط الكبير، سيكون علينا التفكير”.

وأضاف: “لدينا فترة راحة أثناء إقامة بطولة كأس العالم 2022، وسيكون أمامنا فرصة للتفاوض مع اللاعب حول تمديد عقده الحالي”.

وتابع: “لدينا خطة واضحة للتعامل مع هذا الأمر، هذا ما أكدت عليه أكثر من مرة، لكني سعيد حقًا بما يقدمه دي خيا، إنه حارس مرمى رائع”.

وواصل تصريحاته: “دي خيا يبلغ من العمر 31 عامًا فقط، حارس مرمى لائق لنا، يمكنه التطور أكثر، كان جيدًا جدًا في المباريات الماضية واعتقد أنه سيستمر في ذلك بالمستقبل”.

وعن ماجواير: “لاعب عظيم ورائع، مدافع جيد حقًا وقد رأينا مدى أهميته بالنسبة للفريق”.

Everton must finally offload Cenk Tosun amid a recent update on his future.

What’s the story?

According to Turkish publication Sabah, Besiktas were hopeful of re-signing their former star last month, but that a deal failed to materialise because Tosun wanted some money from Everton to cut his contract short.

Moshiri’s biggest disaster

It’s fair to say that Farhad Moshiri has had his fair share of transfer disasters during his time at Goodison Park, but Tosun certainly figures high up on that list, if not right at the very top.

Signed for £27m from Besiktas back in January 2018, the 30-year-old was tipped for big things by the man who signed him, Sam Allardyce, who said: “He is Turkey’s No 1 striker and has scored goals in the Champions League and the Turkish League but he is desperate to play here in the Premier League.

“We looked at the qualities of the player, his talent and goal-scoring, and his resilience, too. I do not think you can look any more than we have done and, for the price, he is the best in Europe at the moment.”

A big claim that has come to back-fire spectacularly on the Toffees in the years since.

In 60 games for the club in total, he’s scored just 11 goals and provided only six assists in that time too, meaning he has cost the club more than £1.5m per goal he has scored – it’s no surprise then that he was also shipped out on loan in recent seasons too.

Indeed, according to CIES, his transfer market value now is less than £1m – a real indication of the kind of decline the Turkish ace has endured at Goodison Park in his time at the club.

And, back in December, former Premier League ace Alan Hutton urged then Everton boss Rafa Benitez to have a discussion with Tosun over his Everton future and to try and move him on for the good of the club.

He said: “But I think that the only way you can really move forward and is to try and be open and honest. Have a sit-down with the manager and player.

“Say: ‘Look, you are not in my plans, you’re not going to be involved. You’re not going to be in matchday squads. All you’re going to do is train.’

“I think if you have an open and honest discussion, maybe that will help to move things along. If you don’t have these conversations, you just leave him to think and go in a bad mood. He will get in a huff and go: ‘Well I’ll just sit it out then.”

Given Tosun has not been in the reckoning at Goodison Park for a long while now, new Everton boss Frank Lampard must surely now call time on the striker’s time at the club and acquiesce to the striker’s demands and finally get him out.

Meanwhile, Everton facing a Rafa Benitez-esque howler…

Merry Christmas, City fans!

Following a historic 2021, Pep Guardiola’s Sky Blues are soon set to draw the curtain on what has been a thoroughly entertaining year at Eastlands.

City clinched a fifth Premier League title and third under Pep Guardiola, enjoyed yet another Carabao Cup win and played in a first-ever Champions League final, all whilst dazzling supporters with enthralling football and breaking even more records. Off the pitch, the Sky Blues and sporting director Txiki Begiristain smashed City’s transfer record by signing England star Jack Grealish for £100m.

It’s also been a phenomenal year for the academy as even more more top talent emerged following Phil Foden footsteps, with many of them making their senior debuts at the back end of the year.

As a thank you for reading our content as The Transfer Tavern aims to report only the most engaging news possible for Citizens, we’ve prepared a City-related quiz to break up your festivities.

Are you good with ex-players’ nationalities? If so, this challenge will really put your trivia to the test.

We’ve given you four options for each question in a multi-choice format – you just have to correctly select the home country of each of the following ex-Man City players. Starting off fairly easy and becoming harder and harder, some will make the hardcore Cityzens stand out.

Good luck and remember to share your score!