Bridge backs Mourinho’s Spurs/Alli call

Sky Sports reporter Michael Bridge believes former Tottenham Hotspur manager Jose Mourinho was right in his stance on Dele Alli.

The Lowdown: Alli not Mourinho’s favourite

Mourinho was clearly a fan of Alli’s talent, calling him “one of the world’s best” early on his reign as Spurs manager (The Independent).

However, towards the end of the Portuguese’s tenure, it was clear Mourinho did no trust the England international. In 18 months, the 25-year-old made just 34 starts (Transfermarkt), and his criticism of the midfielder’s application in training was on show in Amazon’s All or Nothing series.

The Latest: Bridge backs Mourinho stance

Speaking to Give Me Sport, Bridge backed Mourinho’s stance on Alli. He said:

“You could even look at it like this. Mourinho didn’t even have him in the squad last season, and everyone was like ‘Mourinho always picks on one player, Dele is the one, poor Dele Alli’ and I’ve got to be honest with you, I was one of those.

“But maybe he was right, maybe he needs a move. He did so much as a youngster at 19 coming in from MK Dons. He has a phenomenal goalscoring record for Tottenham and something is not working.”

The Verdict: Not the player he was

There is no doubt Alli is not the player he was when he first broke onto the scene at Tottenham. In his first two Premier League campaigns at the club, he found the back of the net 28 times – in the four years since, that number has fallen to 23 (all in all, he has found the back of the net 67 times throughout his time in north London).

He still has plenty of years left ahead of him to improve, but is seems unlikely that he will be able to make that impact at Spurs despite being called “excellent” by Ryan Mason in May.

After stagnating, a fresh start could be exactly what he needs to kickstart his career and find the form that saw him play in a World Cup semi-final.

In other news, Daniel Levy has this contingency in regards to Nuno Espirito Santo.

كوليبالي يستأذن تيري في ارتداء رقم 26 مع تشيلسي

نشر خاليدو كوليبالي مدافع تشيلسي الجديد، مقطع فيديو لنفسه في مكالمة هاتفية مع أسطورة البلوز، جون تيري، يستأذنه بالحصول على رقم قميصه.

انضم السنغالي إلى تشيلسي قادمًا من نابولي خلال الصيف الجاري مقابل 33 مليون جنيه إسترليني، بعد رحيل الثنائي كريستنسن وأنطونيو روديجر إلى ريال مدريد وبرشلونة على الترتيب.

طالع أيضًا.. ذا أثلتيك: مدافع برشلونة السابق قد يسهل ضم ألونسو من تشيلسي

اللاعب السنغالي صاحب الـ31 عامًا، نشر مقطع فيديو له وهو يتحدث مع جون تيري هاتفيًا داخل سيارة بعد توقيع عقوده مع تشيلسي.

وقال كوليبالي لـ تيري: “جون.. أردت أن أسألك، لأنك كما تعلم لعبت مع نابولي برقم 26، وأرى أنه منذ أن غادرت النادي لم يرتدي أحد هذا الرقم، لا أعرف ما إذا كان لا يوجد أحد يريد الرقم، أم تم حجبه، لكنني أردت أن أسألك عما إذا كان من الممكن أن أرتديه”.

رد تيري أسطورة تشيلسي: “كان رقم 26 مميزًا جدًا بالنسبة لي، أنا حقًا أقدر اتصالك ولا توجد مشكلة بالنسبة لي أن ترتديه، بكل سرور، أتمنى لك التوفيق لأنني أعرف مدى أهمية الرقم بالنسبة لي، ومن الواضح أنك رأيت أنك تستحقه”.

جون تيري ارتدى رقم 26 في تشيلسي منذ عام 1998 حتى غادر البلوز في 2017، ولم يأخذ أحد رقمه منذ رحيله عن النادي الإنجليزي.

'We stuck to how we both know to play' – Vettori

Daniel Vettori can be an irritating tailender, robbing the game of all its momentum, playing little dab shots, with soft hands, and taking single after single. But he isn’t. He gets to play very little for Northern Districts, his state side, given his int

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‘They [people who see him just as a basher] haven’t quite seen the subtleties of his game – Daniel Vettori•Getty Images

Daniel Vettori can be an irritating tailender, robbing the momentum from the opposition, playing little dab shots, with soft hands, and taking single after single. Jesse Ryder can be a pretty flashy batsman in one-day cricket. He usually opens with Brendon McCullum in limited-overs cricket, and looks to blast the bowling from the first over on. On the first day of the Hamilton Test, both showed that they are capable of much more.Vettori gets to play very little for Northern Districts, his state side, due to his international commitments, but last year when he did, he opened for them in the Twenty20s. Given how he played today, he could just as well have opened in the Tests. Ryder, meanwhile, showed today he is capable of a perfect Test-match innings, batting in a composed manner with wickets falling around him. His captain was suitably impressed: “They [the people who think he is one-dimensional] haven’t quite seen the subtleties of his game.”When the two came together today, they had to keep alive a Test match, and perhaps a series. At 60 for 6, there was a fairly good chance of New Zealand being bowled out for less than 100 on a pitch that would ease out after the first session. At 60 for 6, it would have been easy to hit around in desperation. “When you are 60 for six,” Vettori said later, “you think, ‘Let me have a swing, if it comes off it comes off, if it doesn’t we are in no worse situation.’ So it was important to stick to how we both know to play. We are both aggressive players, but if we had gone too hard at it, we would have got ourselves in trouble.” They didn’t get themselves in trouble; far from that. They got the team out of some.Ryder is a compact player, with such strong wrists and forearms that he doesn’t need to go searching for room to free his arms to generate power in his shots. He did go searching in the initial part of his innings, getting one streaky boundary through gully, but quickly regained his solidity after that. He made bowlers bowl to him, and when he cover-drove he presented very little gap between bat and pad.”They [great batsmen] respect good bowlers and they respect guys running in and doing a job,” Vettori said. “When they sense an opportunity to be a bit more aggressive then they do that. We saw that throughout Jesse’s innings today. I can’t think of a chance that went down and I can’t think of too many that went past the bat.” Ryder was 12 when New Zealand lost their sixth wicket, but for the next 65 runs of his innings it hardly ever seemed he was batting with a No. 8.That No. 8 is a highly underrated batsman himself. In an ideal world, only an extremely strong batting line-up would be able to keep Vettori down at No. 8. The New Zealand batting isn’t the strongest going around, and it forces the captain to take extra responsibility with the bat, regardless of the position at which he comes in. Last year when New Zealand were facing humiliation, chasing 317 after having been bowled out for 171 against Bangladesh, Vettori promoted himself and made a match-winning 76.Today, in scoring his third century, and the first as captain, he showed qualities that a top-order batsman would have been proud of. Soft hands were the first of them. Even when the fast bowlers induced edges, they fell short of the slips, much to the frustration of the bowler and fielders. That is where Vettori was different from the McIntoshes and the Guptills. Slowly he came to terms with the pitch, and started working his wrists around.Vettori has the ability to shape up for a drive, and then use his wrists to direct the ball square on the off side, straight down the pitch, or into the on side. Three boundaries in three overs in the middle of the innings highlighted that ability. First, Munaf was driven wide of mid-on; in the next over he drove straight and again beat the same fielder. Then, he reached out for a drive against Harbhajan Singh, found the delivery too wide, and rolled the wrists on it, keeping the ball along the ground and beating the point fielder.By the time Vettori had got out, he had scored a century that only vindicates his batting potential. But there was unfinished business for Ryder. A superb season so far needed a defining milestone, one that would confirm his coming of age. Ryder’s century didn’t come without drama. From 77 to 98 he moved in Iain O’Brien’s company, and scored the next four in the unreliable company of Chris Martin.He reached the century with a short-arm pull, with a spread-out field, showing how strong those wrists and forearms are. Today, along with Vettori, they carried New Zealand and kept them in the match.

Em recuperação de cirurgia, Marcos grava vídeo: 'Está tudo beleza'

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O ex-goleiro Marcos se recupera bem após passar por uma cirurgia cardíaca. Neste domingo, ele gravou um vídeo para mostrar como estão os curativos no local operado e dizer que está “tudo beleza”. Leila Pereira, dona da Crefisa, publicou a filmagem em seu Twitter.

– Fala aí, pessoal. Vou mostrar para vocês como é que ficou aqui o trem. Até que o corte foi pequeno, mas pense num trem dolorido. Para tossir é um inferno. Mas não inchei, está tudo beleza, e a dor a cada dia que passa diminui – diz o ídolo.

Marcos, 43 anos, teve diagnosticado há um mês um “prolapso da válvula mitral”, problema cardíaco, e desde então cuidou dos preparativos para fazer o procedimento cirúrgico. Ele não divulgou o problema para não criar alarde. A cirurgia foi realizada na quinta-feira no HCor.

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Gibbs escapes drink-drive ban

Herschelle Gibbs has escaped being charged with drunken driving and has accepted 100 hours of community service as part of an agreement with state prosecutors

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Herschelle Gibbs has escaped being charged with drunken driving and has accepted 100 hours of community service as part of an agreement with state prosecutors.Gibbs, who was clearly relieved as he left Cape Town Magistrates Court, was arrested a year ago. He has since attended a rehabilitation centre to try to overcome his drinking issues.His lawyer told reporters the charges were withdrawn following representations made to the court. These included his willingness to become involved in a sporting development programme for children.”Herschelle has undergone rehabilitation and has spent a month in a clinic over Christmas,” his lawyer said. “He’s following that programme very well and he’s agreed to get involved with Brad Bing and Sporting Chance as part of community service over the next few years. Sporting Chance develops youth in sport.”Herschelle gets involved with kids and he’s going to be a great role model.”Gibbs can still be prosecuted for the offence if he fails to adhere to strict conditions imposed by the court.

Corinthians inglês 'adota' Kazim e começa a vender produtos no Brasil

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Histórico clube de futebol inglês que inspirou a criação e o nome do “filho” brasileiro, o Corinthians-Casuals iniciou sua venda de produtos do país por meio da loja Poderoso Timão da Arena Corinthians. O estande montado no maior estabelecimento de comercialização de produtos oficiais do clube despertou curiosidade de diversos torcedores nesta quarta-feira, data da vitória por 2 a 0 diante do Patriotas (COL) que selou a classificação alvinegra para as oitavas de final da Copa Sul-Americana.

Curiosamente, o primeiro jogador inglês da história do Corinthians brasileiro fez um de seus únicos sete jogos como titular da equipe contra os colombianos. Kazim, inglês naturalizado turco, foi “adotado” pelo Corinthian-Casuals, como explica o ex-jogador e hoje diretor comercial do clube inglês, Chris Watney.

– Nós achamos muito empolgante e diferente ter um jogador inglês no Corinthians. Para ele, é a oportunidade de jogar em um clube maravilhoso. Ainda que ele não seja o primeiro inglês… ou você não se lembra do Jamie Byatt, em janeiro de 2015 (risos)? – questiona, ao LANCE!, o dirigente, fazendo lembrança ao jogador que trocou camisas com Danilo no amistoso de janeiro de 2015, e satisfeito pelo estreitamento dos laços.

– É uma história bonita que o Corinthians tem, de estar conectado a um clube que foi um dos melhores do mundo há cem anos. O Corinthians deveria, e eu sei que é, orgulhoso por sua história e suas origens. E nós estamos orgulhosos que eles mantiveram o nome Corinthians vivo no topo do esporte. Temos uma ótima relação, desde que viemos para o amistoso em 2015, e agora o Corinthians nos ajudou a fechar um acordo com a Netshoes que nos permitirá vender camisetas e produtos pela primeira vez no Brasil. Estamos muito empolgados sobre isso – relata Watney.

O plano do Corinthian-Casuals é voltar ao Brasil em 2018. O clube está produzindo um filme chamado “Vai Corinthians – Brothers in Football” e planeja lançá-lo no país próximo da data em que se completam 30 anos do amistoso em que o ídolo brasileiro Sócrates vestiu a camisa do clube inglês.

Já sobre Kazim, titular diante do Patriotas, mas que não conseguiu nem sequer finalizar uma bola em direção ao gol, o dirigente do clube inglês admitiu não ter conhecimento profundo, mas confia no seu potencial de evolução.

– Foi uma transferência exótica. Kazim não é um nome que os fãs de futebol ingleses conhecem tão bem. Ele rodou por muitos clubes e jogou mais fora da Inglaterra do que aqui. Mas ele é um bom jogador, venceu competições na Grécia, na Turquia, até jogou pela seleção da Turquia. Então obviamente tem qualidades, e nós esperamos que ele ajude o Corinthians a vencer suas competições.

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رضا البلتاجي: هدف بيرسي تاو صحيح.. وفاركو لا يستحق ركلة جزاء أمام الأهلي

تحدث الحكم الدولي الأسبق والمحلل التحكيمي الحالي رضا البلتاجي، عن الحالات المثيرة للجدل في مباراة الأهلي وفاركو.

وكان الأهلي قد تعادل سلبيًا مع فاركو في مباراة الجولة 28 من عمر الدوري المصري الممتاز، والتي أداراها تحكيميًا أحمد الغندور.

فاركو بعد التعادل مع الأهلي: راضون عن النتيجة.. وهدفنا البقاء في الدوري

وقال البلتاجي في تصريحات تلفزيونية لفضائية “المحور” عبر برنامج “الريمونتادا”: “لعبة أيمن أشرف مدافع الأهلي التي شهدت لمسة يد لم تكن متعمدة ولا تستحق احتساب ضربة جزاء لصالح فاركو”.

وأضاف: “هدف بيرسي تاو صحيح لأنه على خط واحد مع عبد الله بكري مدافع فاركو ولاعب الأهلي سبق بكتفه فقط”.

طالع | الخطيب يغادر ملعب السلام قبل انتهاء مباراة الأهلي وفاركو.. والجماهير تهاجم اللاعبين

وأتم: “الحكم المساعد لم يحتسب اللعبة تسلل ولكن حكم الفار وراء إلغاء هدف الأهلي”.

يذكر، أن الحكم الدولي محمود عاشور قد تواجد على تقنية الفار في مباراة الأهلي وفاركو.

Spurs eyeing Serie A bargain

Tottenham Hotspur continue to be named among the potential suitors for Franck Kessie in 2022…

What’s the word?

According to Italian newspaper La Repubblica (via FC Inter 1908), AC Milan are now getting ready to lose their leading midfielder, with his contract set to expire at the end of the current campaign.

It’s thought that the Ivory Coast international has decreased his yearly salary demands from €8m (£6.7m) to around €7m (£5.9m) but is unlikely to go any lower given the coveted interest in his signature.

Spurs are likely to battle European giants Paris Saint-Germain, Premier League rivals Liverpool and fellow Serie A side Juventus for Kessie. They’ll need to offer him an attractive contract if they are to stand a chance of securing him.

Get it done, Paratici

Reinforcements in the engine room could well be required as Lilywhites boss Nuno Santo still does not know his best midfield, having rotated between several names.

One player who remains present is Pierre-Emile Hojbjerg but he’s been joined by a host of other teammates like Oliver Skipp, Harry Winks, Tanguy Ndombele, Dele Alli and Giovani Lo Celso.

Kessie would offer the Portuguese a threat at either end of the pitch, something which perhaps none of the aforementioned first-teamers can currently do.

In the opposition’s box, the 6-foot enforcer has proven to be a goalscoring threat, having bagged 14 goals last season – only Zlatan Ibrahimovic found the net more times for Milan.

Whilst he also averaged 1.4 tackles, 1.2 interceptions and 1.2 dribbles per Serie A game, meaning he could trackback, defend well and then launch counter-attacks with his ball-holding ability to good effect.

It’s a skill set that has previously been described as “devastating” by former Milan frontman Antonio Cassano and “extraordinary” by former head coach Vincenzo Montella.

Just imagine this sort of presence in behind a genuine creative midfielder, perhaps Bryan Gil, who is set to achieve big things in north London. Kessie is just 24, so Nuno could have an exciting looking midfield for several years to come.

What makes a potential swoop even sweeter for Fabio Paratici is the fact that he’d be landing a £36m-rated player for a bargain fee in January or for nothing in the summer. An absolute masterstroke of a decision if he can pull it off.

AND in other news, Spurs source drops big behind-the-scenes Nuno Santo claim…

أحمد سامي يوضح موقفه من رحيل ثنائي سيراميكا كليوباترا لـ الأهلي

تحدث أحمد سامي المدير الفني لنادي سيراميكا كليوباترا، عن موقفه من رحيل ثنائي الفريق شادي حسين أو مصطفى ميسي، للأهلي كما ترددت الأنباء في الوقت الحالي.

وقال سامي خلال تصريحات عبر برنامج “جمهور التالتة” عبر قناة “أون تايم سبورتس1”: “لن أقف أمام طموح أي لاعب سواء كان شادي حسين أو مصطفى ميسي، حتى لو وقعوا للأهلي التوقيع ليس له قيمة في حال عدم موافقة إدارة سيراميكا”.

وأضاف: “ولكني لا أتمسك بلاعب يريد أن يرحل ويكون لديه طموح جديد، سنتعاقد مع غيره وسيكون لديه طموح أيضًا”.

وعن مستوى حسام حسن مع الأهلي في الوقت الحالي، أوضح: “حسام انضم للأهلي وهو هداف الدوري، لكن ما يتردد أن أي لاعب عندما يذهب للأهلي يتأثر بسبب الضغط هذا (كلام إنشا)، الفكرة في مساعدة المدرب للاعب فنيًا، حسام حسن قُتل فنيًا في عهد موسيماني، ولو كان الأخير استمر لم يكن اللاعب سيشارك، اللاعب لم يكن يُشارك وطبيعي عندما يشارك فلن يؤدي كما كان في السابق”.

وأكمل: “حسام حسن من المهاجمين الثقال في مصر، أنا أعرفه منذ وقت أن كان لاعبًا في الجيش، اللاعب يحتاج المساعدة في التدريبات وعلى مستوى المشاركات”.

طالع | فيديو | جماهير الأهلي تهاجم رباعي الفريق وتطالب برحيل حسام غالي

وأردف: “النادي الأهلي عندما يشتري لاعبًا يكون بناءً على عناية ودقة، إذن صعب أن يضم النادي لاعبًا والمدرب لا يساعده ويصبر عليه، جوزيه صبر على فلافيو كثيرًا”.

وواصل: “الزمالك يمتلك لاعبين شباب جيدين جدًا، وعندما حدث موقف اضطراري شاركوا وكان عندهم مسؤولية وأثبتوا أنفسهم، وفيريرا طورهم وساعدهم، لكن في الأهلي أرى أن قرار خطأ أن تدفع بالناشئين مرة واحدة، وكان من المفترض أن يشاركوا من البداية على مراحل ويحصلون على فرصة، ولكن هذا القرار ساعد الأهلي فنيًا نتيجة استهلاك اللاعبين الكبار فنيًا”.

Dorival perde Araruna e monta time com Buffarini, Thomaz e Brenner

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Nesta terça-feira, na reapresentação do elenco depois da derrota para o Bahia, que manteve o clube na zona de rebaixamento do Campeonato Brasileiro, Dorival Júnior já esboçou o São Paulo que deve enfrentar o Cruzeiro neste domingo, no Morumbi. As novidades são o lateral-direito Buffarini, o meia Thomaz e o atacante Brenner, além de Rodrigo Caio, que volta de suspensão.

De acordo com a atividade, a formação que entrará em campo pela manhã no Dia dos Pais será a seguinte: Renan Ribeiro; Buffarini, Arboleda, Rodrigo Caio e Edimar;Jucilei, Petros, Hernanes, Thomaz e Brenner; Pratto.

O técnico tinha prometido mudanças, mas, na prática, quem sai do time por opção é Marcinho, atacante que tem sido bastante criticado pela torcida e tende a ser trocado por Brenner, de 17 anos. A entrada do meia Thomaz é para a vaga de Cueva, suspenso, enquanto Buffarini ganha o lugar de Araruna, que passa a ser mais um problema de lesão da equipe.

Titular no domingo exatamente por falta de opção na lateral – Bruno sente dores nas costas e segue sem treinar, e Buffarini não viajou porque Dorival já tinha relacionado cinco estrangeiros, limite permitido pela CBF por jogo -, Araruna sofreusofreu estiramento muscular na coxa direita e está fora do jogo de domingo.

Seguem desfalcando por lesão também os atacantes Gilberto, com contratura na panturrilha esquerda, Morato e Wellington Nem, que passaram por cirurgias em seus joelhos direitos, e o meia Lucas Fernandes, que trata estiramento na coxa esquerda e apareceu no campo só para fazer trabalhos com fisioterapeutas nesta terça-feira.

No setor ofensivo, Maicosuel está treinando normalmente, mas Dorival ainda quer vê-lo trabalhando por mais 15 dias antes de cogitar relacioná-lo – o atacante não atua desde 8 de junho e passa por reequilíbrio muscular para diminuir os riscos de lesão. Já Marcos Guilherme, que entrou no segundo tempo dos três últimos jogos, ainda está sem ritmo de jogo, na visão do treinador.

Com isso, Dorival ajeitou o time em trabalhos técnicos na tarde, primeiramente em um ataque contra defesa e, depois, armando o time do meio para a frente. Na retaguarda, promoveu a já esperada volta de Rodrigo Caio, que estava suspenso, no lugar de Militão, titular na derrota em Salvador. Durante o treino, o zagueiro Aderllan, que ainda busca melhora física para estrear, sofreu pancada e saiu mais cedo.

Na atividade desta tarde, além dos lesionados, o treinador também não pôde contar com Júnior Tavares. O lateral-esquerdo já está recuperado das dores por conta de um edema na coxa direita e até entrou em campo nos minutos finais do jogo de domingo, mas foi liberado pelo clube nesta terça-feira para participar de uma audiência particular. Já o atacante Denilson, que não viajou por indisposição clínica, treinou normalmente.

Com 19 pontos somados em 19 rodadas, o São Paulo terminou o primeiro turno na zona de rebaixamento – ocupa a 17ª colocação. Vem de derrotas consecutivas para Coritiba e Bahia, rivais diretos na briga contra o rebaixamento, e volta a campo às 11h de domingo, recebendo o Cruzeiro, no Morumbi.

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