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Simon made his Durham debut in 1991 and celebrated his benefit year in 2001

Durham CCC Media Release16-Sep-2002Simon made his Durham debut in 1991 and celebrated his benefit year in 2001.Simon holds a number of records for Durham including most first classappearances for Durham (141), most first class wickets for Durham (518) andmost first class wickets in a season (77) for Durham 1996. Simon has missedmost of the 2001 and 2002 season due to injury, playing in only one FrizzellCounty Championship game this season.Marc Symington made his Durham first class debut in 1998, having made hisSunday League debut in 1997 when playing for Durham Academy. Marc and Simonjoin James Brinkley and Jimmy Daley, who were released earlier in theseason.Durham Coach Martyn Moxon said: “Simon has been a great servant to DurhamCounty Cricket Club, but unfortunately he has had a series of injuries overthe last two seasons and as a result we have had to take the difficultdecision to not renew his contract.””Similarly, it was a difficult decision regarding Marc Symington, as he hasplayed a significant amount of cricket for the First XI this season and hasalways given 100 per cent effort and commitment. I would like to wish themboth every success in the future.”

Wolves fans were often bored watching their team last season with a lack of threat in the final third, so Bruno Lage must implement an attacking style of play as he did at Benfica. To do that, he’s got to keep Adama Traore according to Wolves legend, Steve Bull.

Lage has been well known for his attacking style of play which saw his Benfica side score a mesmerising 85 goals in just 27 matches, winning 18 of their 19 league fixtues as they romped to the Liga Nos title. Someone who could help implement that at Molineux is Traore, but Lage could have a battle on his hands to keep the linked-away winger.

The former assistant coach at both Swansea City and Sheffield Wednesday is sure to bring about a more front-foot approach, something that would appear to suit Wolves as they boast attacking options such as Pedro Neto, Traore, Daniel Podence and Raul Jimenez, although those four players only managed to score a combined total of 14 goals in the Premier League last season.

If Wolves are to play a more attacking style of football going forward then Traore must be part of it with his raw pace and strength a huge asset to Lage, if he wishes to start the winger or bring him on as an impact sub, something Bull spoke exclusively to Transfer Tavern about:

“If Lage wants to play 4-4-2 then he should keep Traore and put him on the right or the left and have one of Podence or Neto on the other side of Jimenez and that would be a good front three.

“I think if he wants to play attacking football then he’s got to keep him.”

Traore is by far and away one of the most difficult players to come up against as he is relentless and last season was no different as he attempted 214 dribbles in the league which was 50 more than Sadio Mane who attempted the second-most so, Lage would be mad to try and move him on and not to deploy him in a more attacking system.

According to a report by Viola News, West Ham United have ‘asked for information’ over recent weeks in an enquiry to sign colossal Fiorentina goalkeeper Bartlomiej Dragowski.

The Lowdown: Hammers searching for a shot stopper?

Despite reports indicating that manager David Moyes’ summer priorities are a new striker, new centre-half and permanent deal for Lingard (Claret & Hugh), West Ham have also been touted to bolster other positions.

One of those is in between the sticks, with current number one Lukasz Fabianski arguably approaching the end of his West Ham career despite recently signing a one-year extension in east London.

The Hammers could be on the lookout for a new shot stopper as his possible heir this summer and the club have already been linked to the likes of Sam Johnstone.

The Latest: West Ham enquiry now made for Dragowski

As per local Florence outlet Viola News, the Irons have now made an enquiry to sign Dragowski amid the search for a possible new keeper.

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Indeed, West Ham have apparently asked for information in recent weeks but are not the only club looking into a possible deal for the 23-year-old.

They face stiff competition from the Premier League with Tottenham, Southampton and Wolverhampton Wanderers all placing Dragowski on their radar.

The 6 foot 3 powerhouse started 36 matches for Fiorentina over the 2020/2021 Serie A campaign, keeping eight clean sheets in that time (Transfermarkt).

The Verdict: Promising but not a priority…

Drawgowski comes as a decent prospect in the goalkeeping department, having made his international debut already at just 23 and playing at a consistently in a top league throughout 20/21.

However, given West Ham’s considerable lack of depth going forward, with star striker Michail Antonio in and out of the side due to reoccurring fitness issues, the Irons have bigger priorities.

A permanent deal for Lingard and new centre-forward should sit top of the pile when it comes to West Ham’s transfer agenda.

The east Londoners should also be monitoring new centre-backs ahead of new keepers, especially given the club’s decision not to renew Fabian Balbuena’s current deal.

Fabianski’s extended stay means West Ham can bide their time in search of a new keeper, but the same cannot be said for other positions in Moyes’ squad.

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Crystal Palace must swoop for Sassuolo winger Jeremie Boga over the upcoming transfer window as Steve Parish looks to overhaul his first-team squad.

What’s the story?

According to the Evening Standard, Palace have a long-standing interest in the 24-year-old, although it’s not known whether they’ll return for the former Chelsea man this summer.

Boga has established a sizeable reputation for himself since arriving in Serie A, attracting the attention of several clubs across the continent.

Palace need him

The Ivorian has been linked with moves to the likes of Marseille, Napoli and fellow Premier League outfit Leicester City in recent weeks, but it’s the Eagles who need him most.

After four stable years under Roy Hodgson, the south London outfit are entering a transitional period following the 73-year-old’s departure, and a major rebuild is going to be required.

Christian Benteke has put pen to paper on a new two-year deal, easing the burden placed upon Parish for significant investment this summer. However, many other key figures are set to depart Selhurst Park at the end of the month.

It means new faces will be needed if the capital club are going to stand any chance of maintaining their top-flight status next season, and the arrival of Boga would help Palace do just that.

The tricky forward bagged four goals and provided two assists in 27 Serie A appearances throughout 2020/21, but his overall game was more impressive than the numbers suggest.

Boga completed 3.2 dribbles per game in the recently concluded campaign, far more than any of his Sassuolo teammates achieved and also successfully dribbled past 91 opponents, the third-highest number in the Italian top division.

With Palace set to be without their most prolific dribbler Eberechi Eze until the new year through injury, and with their fourth-most fruitful dribbler, Andros Townsend, nearing the exit door, the arrival of Boga would certainly ease the blow of their absence.

Signing the £18 million rated wing wizard would ease the Eagles’ transition into life after Hodgson, and Parish must swoop for the ace before one of his rivals beat him to the punch.

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Derby County have been handed a huge boost in their bid to bring Teden Mengi back to Pride Park this summer.

What’s the talk?

That’s according to a report by The Athletic, who claim that Wayne Rooney’s side appear to be on course to land the Manchester United centre-back on another loan deal in the current transfer window, with the Premier League runners-up content to send the 19-year-old back to the Championship side after they secured survival on the final day of the season.

Rooney will be buzzing

With Derby remaining under a transfer embargo due to Mel Morris’ ongoing search to find a buyer for the club, something that limits the Rams’ transfer activity to loans and free transfers, as well as any potential incomings having to be paid a sensible wage, the news that Mengi looks set to make a return to Pride Park this summer is sure to have Rooney buzzing.

Indeed, over his nine Championship appearances while on loan at the club last season, the £1.35m-rated defender turned in a number of impressive performances in what were extremely challenging circumstances.

In the league, the 19-year-old helped his side keep a total of one clean sheet, while also making an average of 1.1 interceptions, one tackle, 2.4 clearances and winning 3.8 duels per game, with these metrics culminating in the youngster earning a seasonal SofaScore match rating of 6.67.

As such, with Rooney looking to build a side in the transfer window that is capable of mounting a push towards the top half of the second tier table next season, the potential return of a player whom the 35-year-old manager claimed is a “fantastic” centre-back will give the former England captain at least one reason to be cheerful in the coming months, particularly when factoring the mess that his side remain in away from the pitch.

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Everton are diving through their list of potential managers following the swift departure of Carlo Ancelotti back to Real Madrid and Forza Italian Football editor in chief Conor Clancy has backed Paulo Fonseca to do well at Goodison Park if given the chance.

The Toffees will need to get this appointment spot on as they have spent far too much money over the last few years to be languishing in mid-table, and Fonseca has been tipped as a contender to take up the hot seat at Everton by The Athletic.

Fonseca was the man who guided Roma to the Europa League semi-final which they ultimately lost against Manchester United because of their defensive frailties, however they showed glimpses of real quality especially on the counter-attack and from set-pieces.

Everton have hired and sacked their fair share of managers recently with the likes of Marco Silva, Ronald Koeman and Sam Allardyce the most recent examples, but Clancy has backed Fonseca to be the man to get it right at Everton, as he told Football FanCast exclusively:

“He got Roma to the semi-final of the Europa League which they shouldn’t have been anywhere near, and I know they got hammered in the end by Man United but that was just a 15-minute collapse.

“I quite like Fonseca and I do think that level of job just below the very top tier is one that he would do really well at and I think if he got the Everton job then I’d back him to do a very decent bit of work there.”

Everton started the season brightly, however, once their form fell off a cliff in 2021 their hopes of a European spot were dashed and considering they lost to the likes of Sheffield United and Newcastle United at home, fans must have expected that outcome.

The Toffees may struggle to keep some of their top players such as James Rodriguez and Richarlison now that Ancelotti’s has left as he appeared to be the glue keeping them all together after several poor seasons at Everton.

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Nesta segunda-feira, o novo treinador da Chapecoense, Vagner Mancini, cravou uma data para que o time da Chape esteja reconstruído. Ele afirmou que espera contar com 99% do novo elenco no próximo dia 10 de janeiro.

-Eu espero que até o dia 10 de janeiro nós já tenhamos 99% da equipe. Não falo em 100% porque ao longo do ano essa equipe vai ser modificada, assim como outras equipes do país. Pode ser que a gente erre em alguma coisa, mas a vontade é que os erros sejam mínimos – comentou Vagner Mancini.

O treinador começa os trabalhos no próximo dia 03, quando o clube se reapresenta na Arena Condá. A temporada de 2017 reserva uma agenda cheia à Chapecoense, que disputará a Primeira Liga, Libertadores, Catarinense, Brasileirão e Recopa.

A estreia é no dia 25 de janeiro, contra o Joinville, na Arena Joinville, na estreia da Primeira Liga. Ciente desse desgaste, o comandante comentou sobre as dificuldades para montar um elenco competitivo.

-Esses atletas podem demorar um tempo maior para se entender dentro de campo. A gente pede um pouco de paciência. Eu conto muito com o lastro de cada atleta, que já tenham passado por aspectos táticos, ou aspectos técnicos para que a gente possa rapidamente montar uma equipe. Dia 25 de janeiro nós já vamos jogar. É necessário que a gente já tenha uma evolução desses atletas que vão se apresentar no início de janeiro até o dia 25. Então, para isso, nós vamos ter que trabalhar bastante. Eu não tenho dúvida em afirmar que todos aqueles que vão fazer parte da Chape em 2017 vão vir com esse pensamento- afirmou o técnico.

Por fim, Mancini explicou o estilo de jogo que quer dar à Chape no próximo ano.

-O mais importante quando você monta uma equipe é você analisar as características dos jogadores que você tem à disposição e montar um esquema de jogo. Mais importante que isso é você ir atrás de jogadores que tenham perfil de entrega em campo, aqueles que tenham o lado técnico que saibam jogar futebol, que entendam a parte tática, mas, acima de tudo, que honrem a camisa que estão vestindo. Eu posso assegurar a vocês que se a Chapecoense tiver que suar sangue, ela vai suar dentro de campo, porque o torcedor quer ver isso, que ver essa entrega. Eu realmente gosto de times competitivos e não tem como ser um time competitivo que não tenha vibração, que não tenha fibra. O princípio básico de uma equipe é essa- completou.

Até o momento, a Chapecoense já fechou com quatro reforços: o goleiro Elias, do Juventude; o atacante Rossi, que vem do Goiás, o zagueiro Douglas Grolli, do Cruzeiro e com o volante Dodô, do Atlético-MG.

Além do quarteto, a Chape tem mais outras três negociações bem encaminhadas: o lateral-direito Zeballos, do Defensor(URU), o volante Moisés, do Grêmio, o atacante Wellingron Paulista, do Fluminense.

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أعلن المدرب الإسباني دومنيك تورنت، المدير الفني لنادي جالطة سراي، تشكيل فريقه الرسمي لمباراة برشلونة، في بطولة الدوري الأوروبي.

ويحل جالطة سراي ضيفًا على برشلونة في تمام الساعة العاشرة مساءً بتوقيت القاهرة، الحادية عشر بتوقيت مكة المكرمة، ضمن لقاءات ذهاب دور الـ16 من الدوري الأوروبي.

اقرأ أيضًا – تشكيل برشلونة ضد جالطة سراي في الدوري الأوروبي.. بيكيه وبوسكيتس بدلاء

ويتواجد في التشكيل الأساسي لـ جالطة سراي، مصطفى محمد، مُهاجم منتخب مصر، والمُحترف في صفوف الفاتح الأوروبي، حيث يقود هجوم الفريق التركي. تشكيل جالطة سراي اليوم ضد برشلونة

حراسة المرمى: إينياكي بينا.

خط الدفاع: ساشا بوي، نيلسون، ماركاو، فان أنهولت.

خط الوسط: تايلان، بيركان، فيجيولي، ريان بابل.

خط الهجوم: محمد كريم أكتوركوغلو، مصطفى محمد.

Former Tottenham Hotspur captain Graham Roberts has told Football FanCast that interim head coach Ryan Mason will not bring a number of young players into the squad before the end of the season because they have to win every game.

Mason has taken over from Jose Mourinho until the end of the season and oversaw a win in his first game in charge.

Spurs beat Southampton 2-1 on Wednesday, coming from behind to do so, and he made some interesting team selections.

Gareth Bale came back into the team, scoring his side’s first goal, while Toby Alderweireld was also in the team and Harry Winks came on as a substitute.

Mason worked with the youth team before his promotion to interim manager and there may be a temptation for him to bring various youngsters into the team, but Roberts does not think that will be the case.

Indeed, he has told Mason and the club that every game now is must-win, especially after the Carabao Cup defeat against Manchester City which means they now only have a top-four finish to fight for.

Speaking exclusively to FFC, he said: “The thing about it is, he will give people a chance but it won’t be three, four, five, six youngsters coming in.

“You’ve still got to play Wolves, Aston Villa, Leicester, all these clubs. What we’ve got to do is win every game now until the end of the season. That’s the aim.

“If we do that, then we’ll see where we are at the end of the season and you never know, with everybody playing each other, you never know what’s going to happen.”

Plenty of Aston Villa fans have been reacting to Christian Purslow’s European Super League comments on social media.

The Villa chief executive had plenty to say about the proposal on Monday, which has rocked the world of football in recent days.

Arsenal, Chelsea, Liverpool, Manchester City, Manchester United and Tottenham were among 12 clubs who agreed to join a new ESL.

However, following plenty of backlash from supporters all across the country, those six clubs have now all withdrawn from the proposed competition.

Talking to the media prior to the Premier League clubs pulling out of the tournament, Purslow had plenty to say.

As reported by Express & Star, Purslow described the ESL as ‘grotesque concept’.

“These proposals (European Super League) do away with sporting merit. It would enable a small number of clubs to be in this competition come what may &, for millions in football, that goes against everything the sport means & stands for.

“The idea is that the uncertainty that comes with sport, that makes it so compelling, that we all love, is actually damaging to the business models of these huge clubs. So the scheme is designed to take away that uncertainty.

“To give predictability to their businesses so that, if they’re badly managed or have a poor year, they’re still in the premier tournament. Does that sound like sport or football to you? To me it sounds a grotesque concept.”

Villa fans react

@villareport shared Purslow’s comments on Twitter on Monday lunchtime, which, as to be expected, received plenty of interaction from a number of Villa supporters.

These fans were full of praise for Purslow, with one labelling his thoughts as ‘brilliant’.

“My CEO what a guy”

Credit: @LukeKing_

“The words of someone who respects the integrity of the game, the clubs and most importantly the fans. Proud to be a villan but today we all should be one club.”

Credit: @LionsMinnesota

“Couldn’t ask for a better CEO, this is what you call a football club”

Credit: @BevanRachael

“Brilliant so proud of my club @AVFCOfficial”

Credit: @helz83

“Purslow speaking facts”

Credit: @BenKavanagh_7

“Love Purslow”

Credit: @villa_sol21

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