Morata, Chicharito and the forwards Barcelona could look at to replace Munir

With a lack of depth in attack, the Catalans have been linked with a myriad of strikers. Here are some they could set their eyes on

Barcelona are set to dip into the transfer market this January in order to reinforce their offensive line. 

Munir El Haddadi was shipped out to Sevilla last week for a fee of €1 million, and though he featured for only 403 minutes across three competitions, the Catalans are lacking depth in their attack and need a reinforcement.

With that in mind, here are 10 players they would be advised to look at over the coming fortnight.

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    1Cristhian Stuani (Girona)

    Barcelona do not have to look too far to find the man who Goal undertands is Ernesto Valverde’s top option to act as back-up to Luis Suarez. Just 100km to the north east in Girona, Cristhian Stuani has been scoring for fun in La Liga over the past two seasons.

    The 32-year-old Uruguayan notched 21 goals in 33 outings last season and is well on his way to replicating those numbers this time around, having scored 12 times already in the Primera Division.

    With a release clause of €15 million (£13m/$17m), he is considered good value.

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  • 2Antonio Sanabria (Betis)

    The 22-year-old forward has previously spent time with Barcelona, albeit with the ‘B’ team, but in recent weeks he has shown that he may just have the potential to cut it at the top level.

    He has featured most prominently for Betis off the bench this season, often given 30 minutes, and so a switch to Camp Nou would probably not see his game time dramatically reduced.

    However, goals against Eibar and Huesca have seen his stock rise in Seville over the past month.

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    3Nicolas Pepe (Lille)

    Pepe has exploded into form over the course of the campaign and has struck 12 times in 19 Ligue 1 matches as Christophe Galtier’s side have galloped up the standings. 

    The 23-year-old is not a natural centre forward, however, and has typically struggled in that position when deployed there, preferring a role on the wing.

    Furthermore, he has indicated that he wants to stay with Lille until the summer at least, while the club have tried to put off his numerous suitors by slapping an €80 million (£71m/$91m) price tag on his head.

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    4Alvaro Morata (Chelsea)

    While Chelsea will not allow both Giroud and Morata to leave this winter, it seems inevitable that one will depart, and like his club-mate Morata represents an option for Barcelona.

    Morata has shown in the past with Juventus that he can cut it at the very biggest clubs and would arrive with something to prove, having struggled at Chelsea and rarely been given a chance to impress with Real Madrid, where he came through the academy.

    Atletico Madrid are vying for his signature, too.

Landim sobre Gabigol: 'Não vai ser mais feliz do que é no Flamengo'

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Em entrevista coletiva na noite desta quinta-feira, na sede da Assembleia Legislativa do Estado do Rio de Janeiro (Alerj), Rodolfo Landim, presidente do Flamengo, comentou mais uma vez sobre as conversas pela renovação de contrato de Gabigol. O atacante está no clube da Gávea oriundo de um empréstimo da Inter, de Milão, mas o vínculo termina ao fim deste mês. De acordo com o mandatário Rubro-Negro, não há outro clube que Gabigol será mais feliz em comparação do que é no Flamengo.

– Sobre o Gabigol, ele mesmo tinha solicitado que voltássemos a conversar só quando tivéssemos a temporada encerrada. Graças ao bom desempenho da turma, a temporada ficou um pouco mais longa (risos). Não começamos a conversar. Mas a época que ficamos de conversar é exatamente esse momento agora. Começamos a ter os primeiros contatos, ele já sinalizou positivamente para que a gente possa ter esses contatos… – afirmou o presidente do Flamengo, completando:

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– A expectativa é positiva. Gostamos dele, a torcida gosta dele, a comissão técnica gosta dele, teve uma união muito grande do Gabigol com a torcida rubro-negra… Acho que ele está feliz aqui, é um ponto importante no processo decisório sobre o destino que você dá para a sua vida, independentemente de qualquer coisa. Falando francamente, acho difícil o Gabigol conseguirá ser mais feliz do que está sendo aqui no Flamengo, pode ser igual, mas mais feliz acho difícil. Esperamos que termine bem.

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'Faltou capricho', aponta Pikachu após empate do Vasco em clássico

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Um dos nomes mais experientes do atual elenco do Vasco, Yago Pikachu admitiu que faltou capricho ao time no empate sem gols contra o Fluminense, na noite deste sábado, no Maracanã, no clássico carioca da rodada pelo Campeonato Brasileiro. O jogador, ao analisar as diferenças entre os desempenhos do primeiro e segundo tempos, apontou ainda que a melhora apareceu somente no fim.

– Estávamos muito no chutão, mas depois melhoramos e colocamos a bola no chão no segundo tempo. Mas não chegamos com perigo, a não ser nos minutos finais, que foi uma correria maluca. Faltou capricho na hora de finalizar em gol. Queríamos a vitória para ficar fora dessa área de rebaixamento – afirmou o jogador na saída de campo.

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Com o resultado, o Vasco chegou a 39 pontos, na 11ª posição do Campeonato Brasileiro, a sete pontos da zona da Conmebol Libertadores e com uma gordura de oito pontos em comparação ao próprio Fluminense, primeiro time dentro da zona de rebaixamento da competição. O Cruz-Maltino volta a campo na quarta-feira, quando recebe o Palmeiras.

Wahab and Watson sanctioned by ICC

Wahab Riaz and Shane Watson have both been sanctioned by the ICC for their part in a fiery and memorable confrontation in the quarter-final between Australia and Pakistan at Adelaide Oval.Wahab was fined 50% of his match fee for his demonstrative behaviour towards Watson, including an extended follow through that often took him eyeball to eyeball with the Australia allrounder, clapping provocatively in his face and acting in a generally aggressive manner.Watson was reprimanded 15% for goading Wahab in the first instance, and then retaliating with verbals during the latter stages of his innings, which grew from the shakiest of beginnings to help guide Australia into the semi-finals and a meeting with India in Sydney.Both players accepted their sanctions without the need for a full hearing, though neither man is likely to regret a passage of play that will be talked about for years to come.The two men shared a hand shake and warm words at the end of the match, and Wahab told ESPNcricinfo that he harboured no ill feeling towards Watson nor Mitchell Starc, who spoke the first words in a series of exchanges that began when Wahab was batting.Australia were understood to be somewhat disgruntled at the charge against Watson but thought it less of a distraction if it was accepted. The umpires are believed to have indicated they did not hear exactly what Watson said to Wahab, only that it was inflammatory.Wahab has stated Watson said “you don’t have a bat in your hand”, prompting him to respond in kind when bowling.”It was a game, it was fun, it was an exchange of words,” Wahab said on Saturday. “In the end hats off to him, he played well.”You have seen me shaking hands and congratulating Shane Watson as well, so it was just a part of the game and when the game is finished you are friends outside.”We have to accept we lost and they won, so we have to congratulate them. At the end I said to him well played, that’s it.”The ICC chief executive David Richardson and head of operations Geoff Allardice had both flagged a toughening of behavioural obligations for players ahead of the Cup, which has seen few such instances of open hostility.However there is some frustration among competing teams about how the interpretation of the rules appears to change at higher profile ICC events as opposed to the usual rounds of bilateral series.

Injured Dhammika Prasad out of World Cup

Dhammika Prasad has been ruled out of the World Cup after suffering a fractured hand at training on Saturday, two days prior to Sri Lanka’s first warm-up encounter

Andrew Fidel Fernando07-Feb-2015Fast bowler Dhammika Prasad has been ruled out of the World Cup after suffering a fractured hand at training on Saturday, two days prior to Sri Lanka’s first warm-up encounter. The injury is expected to keep him out of action for four weeks, and the team will name a replacement subject to the approval of the ICC’s event technical committee.”Dhammika Prasad was hit on the outside of the left hand when attempting a return catch while bowling,” an official release said. “The x-ray showed a fracture of the fifth metacarpal bone. The fracture has been realigned and put in a cast. Dhammika will not be available for the upcoming World Cup.”No decision on a replacement has yet been made, as chief selector Sanath Jayasuriya is en route to New Zealand to join the team as the selector-on-tour. The selection panel will then consult with team management and captain Angelo Mathews, before presenting their replacement to the event technical committee.Sri Lanka have fast bowlers Shaminda Eranga and Dushmantha Chameera on standby, but may also name a batsman to take Prasad’s place, as the batting order had been less productive than the selectors had hoped during the seven-match ODI series against New Zealand.Eranga represents the safer option for Sri Lanka. He has only played 17 ODIs, but has been a fixture of the Test side, and recently took three wickets at 27.66 in his two outings against New Zealand. Chameera, 23, is the quicker bowler, but he has only played one ODI.Among the potential pool of batsmen that could be named, are Upul Tharanga, who has been among the runs in Sri Lanka’s ongoing first-class tournament, and Kusal Perera.Prasad was struck in the hand by a ball bludgeoned back at him by Thisara Perera. He played two ODIs against New Zealand, taking two scalps at 45.2.

Jogadores do Figueirense se recusam a ir a campo e time perde por W.O.

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Um fato inusitado marcou a 17ª rodada da Série B do Campeonato Brasileiro nesta terça-feira. Em forma de protesto por causa de salários atrasados, os jogadores do Figueirense não entraram em campo contra o Cuiabá, para o jogo que estava agendado às 21h30, na Arena Cuiabá. Por isso, o time perdeu por W.O. A equipe mato-grossense, por sua vez, venceu o duelo por 3 a 0 e ficou com os três pontos.

O elenco do Figueira está com os direitos de imagem atrasados desde maio, enquanto os salários não caem na conta desde junho. O Fundo de Garantia por Tempo de Serviço (FGTS) dos jogadores também não tem sido recolhido.

ENTENDA A NOITE DO FIGUEIRENSE

No início da noite desta terça feira, Felipe Rino, advogado do plantel alvinegro, por meio de nota, comunicou que o elenco havia decidido pelo W.O.

– No final da noite foi aberto diálogo entre o jurídico do clube, mas sem avanços. Não houve o cumprimento de nenhuma das exigências dos atletas (pagamento dos salários e Imagem dos atletas, salários de atletas da base, funcionários do clube). Os atletas já confirmaram que não irão para o jogo – informou Rino.

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JOGADORES DEIXAM O HOTEL

De acordo com o ‘Globoesporte’, cerca de uma hora antes da partida, antes irredutíveis quanto a deixar o hotel aonde estavam hospedados, em Cuiabá, os jogadores do Figueira seguiram para a Arena Pantanal. A possibilidade de W.O., portanto, seria reanalisada nos vestiários do estádio.

À ‘CBN Diário’, o advogado Felipe Rino deu nova declaração:

– Os atletas estão a caminho do estádio, mas acredito que não vão entrar em campo. A diretoria-executiva não aceitou assinar um termo de comprometimento para pagar tudo até o dia 28, mediante à punição caso não cumpra.

HINO NACIONAL TOCA SEM O FIGUEIRENSE

De acordo com o advogado Felipe Rino, os jogadores aqueceram nos vestiários enquanto aguardavam a assinatura do termo de compromisso pela diretoria do Figueirense. O Cuiabá, por sua vez, aqueceu normalmente em campo e perfilou-se antes das 21h30. O hino nacional foi executado sem a presença dos catarinenses.

CONFIRMAÇÃO DO WO

A 15 minutos das 22h, prazo final para a entrada da equipe em campo, veio a confirmação: sem acordo com o comando do Figueira, os atletas deixaram o vestiário direto para o ônibus. A bola não rolaria em Cuiabá.

DESDOBRAMENTOS

Dessa forma, o clube de Florianópolis deve ir a julgamento no STJD (Superior Tribunal de Justiça Desportiva) pela denúncia no Artigo 203 do CBJD (Código Brasileiro de Justiça Desportiva), que trata de “deixar de disputar, sem justa causa, partida”. Neste caso, corre o risco de ser multado de R$ 100 a R$ 100 mil, além ser declarado perdedor por 3 a 0.

O QUE DISSE O FIGUEIRENSE

O clube catarinense divulgou nota para explicar que o W.O. foi motivado exclusivamente por decisão dos jogadores. Confira:

“O Figueirense Futebol Clube comunica que a decisão de promover o W.O. na partida da Série B do Campeonato Brasileiro desta terça-feira, 20 de agosto, contra o Cuiabá, em Mato Grosso, é exclusiva dos jogadores profissionais relacionados para o confronto.

Vale ressaltar que a comissão técnica se apresentou normalmente para a disputa e o setor de logística do Alvinegro promoveu todos os procedimentos prévios para entrada em campo dos atletas.”

هاني العتال يتدخل لحل أزمة مستحقات رباعي الزمالك

تدخل هاني العتال المرشح على منصب نائب رئيس نادي الزمالك في الانتخابات المقبلة، لحل أزمة مستحقات رباعي الزمالك المحترف سيف الدين الجزيري وسامسون أكينولا وإبراهيما نداي وحمزة المثلوثي.

وعلم “بطولات” أن هاني العتال يسعى لحل أزمة مستحقات رباعي الزمالك خلال الساعات المقبلة، بدعم من رجال أعمال محبين للنادي.

طالع أيضًا | الزمالك يحدد طلباته للتنازل عن شكواه ضد أحمد أيمن منصور وعيد

ويساهم رجال الأعمال المحبين لنادي الزمالك في دفع جزء كبير من مستحقات الرباعي المحترف، وإنهاء هذا الملف نهائيًا.

يذكر أن هاني العتال أعلن التبرع بتكاليف حملته الانتخابية وتوجيهها لدعم النادي والمساهمة في حل مشاكله المادية.

وتقام الجمعية العمومية لانتخابات نادي الزمالك يوم 20 أكتوبر المقبل، بعد الاستقالة الجماعية التي تقدم بها مجلس الإدارة المنتخب. المرشحون لـ انتخابات الزمالك 2023

مقعد الرئيس: ماجد فاروق الحنبلي، فاروق جعفر، حسين لبيب، عمر هريدي ومرفت السيد أحمد.

نائب الرئيس: هاني العتال، هشام نصر.

أمين الصندوق: كريم عادل عبيد، عبد المجيد سليم، محمد قدري، حسام المندوه وخالد لطيف.

العضوية فوق السن: أحمد عفيفي، رجب رواش، أحمد فوده نصير، أشرف إمام عبد السلام، مروة أمير الرفاعي، حمدية كمال علي، أحمد عبادة، سيف الإسلام محمد يوسف، مروة البورجي، نجلاء الناجي، طارق عبد العال، رفعت شبل، سامح سوني، علاء مقلد، حاتم السيد، أحمد سليمان، هاني شكري، هاني بيرزي، هشام يكن، مصطفى عبد الخالق، عمرو أدهم، حسين السيد والحسيني سمير.

العضوية تحت السن: محمد خالد الصادق، أحمد هاني زادة، علي العاطفي، ياسمين الشريف وإيهاب عصمت.

Bell-Drummond makes maiden century

Former England Under-19 batsman Daniel Bell-Drummond notched a maiden County Championship century to give Kent the edge on day one at Canterbury.

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ScorecardDaniel Bell-Drummond steered Kent with a century•Getty Images

Former England Under-19 batsman Daniel Bell-Drummond notched a maiden County Championship century to give Kent the edge on day one at Canterbury.Bell-Drummond, 20, marked his 30th first-class appearance with a patient hundred scored in a shade over five-and-a-half hours and with only 11 boundaries as Kent posted two batting bonus points as they reached 259 for 8 at stumps after winning the toss and choosing to bat first on a tinder-dry pitch against DerbyshireBell-Drummond fell for 101 late in the day, caught on the crease and palpably leg before, to become the last of Tony Palladino’s deserved haul for 5 for 54 for the visitors.Having helped post 48 for the first wicket Kent lost skipper Rob Key for 34 in the game’s first over of spin when, in advancing down the pitch to David Wainwright, Key missed a turning delivery to be stumped by Gareth Cross.Ben Harmison lunged in defence at Wainwright to be caught behind and send Kent in to lunch on 89 for 2 and, soon after the resumption, Brendan Nash was left to rue his late decision to shoulder arms to a Palladino inswinger that trimmed off stump.On his home championship bow, Fabian Cowdrey spent 20 minutes and faced 18 deliveries before getting off the mark and had reached only 14 when – despite the hint of an inside edge – he was adjudged lbw to Mark Footitt.Bell-Drummond added 91 in tandem with Darren Stevens, who made 45, before Palladino struck with the second new ball as Stevens, flicking airily leg-side, edged through to the keeper to give Palladino his 150th first-class scalp in Derbyshire colours. He soon added to the tally having Sam Billings caught behind for a duck from a loose back-foot force and then pinning Bell-Drummond and Adam Riley leg before as Derbyshire rallied in the final hour.Though Kent have allowed James Tredwell to go out on loan to Sussex, it seems clear that his replacement, Riley, will have a key role to play as this game develops. Riley, a 22-year-old offspinner from Sidcup, is Kent’s leading Championship wicket-taker with 24 scalps at an average of 29.50 and should thrive on this bone-dry and cracked surface here.That spin would play a big part in events became evident after only 75 minutes when Derbyshire slow left-armer, Wainwright, dismissed Key with only his second ball of the match. But the dual spin threat of Wainwright and offspinner Marcus North was subdued by Bell-Drummond’s sheer tenacity and patience thereafter.No one on the ground was more delighted for Bell-Drummond than Kent team-mate and former West Indies Test batsman Nash who had batted 45 minutes with him earlier in the day. Nash, who was born and raised in Australia, invited Bell-Drummond to Queensland during the close season and believes his stint playing Grade cricket for Northern Suburbs helped lay the foundations for a consistent second full season in the Kent team.”Deebs came with me to Brisbane, played decent local cricket on good pitches and found out a lot about himself, both personally and as a cricketer,” Nash said. “He didn’t have a coach hanging over him every day and had to fend for himself more than he had previously and I think that’s really helped with his development and character building.”He’s been pretty consistent this season and county sides are giving him a lot more chirp because of that, but it’s water off a duck’s back to him now. I couldn’t be happier for him.”He had to be watchful. While I was out there we talked about the risk factor in shots square of the wicket and cross-bat strokes and we really tried to concentrate on scoring the majority of runs in the ‘v’ and that’s what he did to perfection.”

Kohli hopes to end RCB trophy drought

Virat Kohli, the Royal Challengers Bangalore captain, hopes that his franchise will finally be able to win the IPL this season in their seventh attempt

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Hard to catch: The IPL trophy has eluded Royal Challengers so far•BCCI

Virat Kohli, the Royal Challengers Bangalore captain, hopes that his franchise will finally be able to win the IPL this season in their seventh attempt. Royal Challengers have made the final of the T20 league twice before but a title win still remains elusive despite having players of the caliber of Kohli, Chris Gayle and AB de Villiers at their disposal. The franchise also put in the highest bid of this year’s auction to gain the services of Yuvraj Singh, and Kohli said that with their latest acquisitions, Royal Challengers hoped to go all the way.”This time around we will hope to go few more steps ahead and actually get that trophy,” Kohli said at a promotional event in Mumbai. “We have added a few more quality players in the side and I am sure we will come out with flying colours.”We try every year to win and we have a strong team. We will try to win the trophy because we have got a good combination this time and we will try to utilise it. We have a great team, great bunch of guys ready to perform well. We do well every year, we excite a lot of people in the IPL.”Just a week ago, Kohli was declared the Player of the Tournament in the World T20 in Bangladesh and has had to swiftly adjust to franchise responsibilities with Royal Challengers. He said the IPL was more about enjoying oneself as players took a break from their international duties.”The more we enjoy cricket, it will be that much better in IPL. In IPL there is a lot of enjoyment of players. Everybody is relaxed coming from international schedule. There is a good atmosphere and we will try to utilise it.”Royal Challengers will play their first match against Delhi Daredevils on April 17 in Sharjah.

القناة الناقلة لمباراة مانشستر يونايتد ولانس الودية اليوم

يلتقي فريق مانشستر يونايتد الإنجليزي، عصر اليوم السبت، مع خصمه فريق لانس الفرنسي في مباراة ودية.

تأتي تلك المباراة في إطار الاستعدادات للموسم الجديد، 2023/24، على ملعب “الأولد ترافورد” (لمطالعة التوقيت من هنا).

وكان مانشستر يونايتد قد خاض مباريات ودية هذا الصيف، حيث فاز على ليدز يونايتد وليون وآرسنال.

وبعد ذلك، تعرض مانشستر يونايتد لثلاث هزائم متتالية، أمام كل من ريكسهام، ريال مدريد وبوروسيا دورتموند.

ويختتم مانشستر يونايتد مبارياته الوديته بلقاء ضد أتلتيك بلباو، غدًا الأحد، قبل مواجهة ولفرهامبتون في الجولة الأولى من الدوري الإنجليزي يوم 14 أغسطس. القناة الناقلة لمباراة مانشستر يونايتد ولانس

لم تعلن أي قناة عربية، حتى الآن، عن إذاعة المباراة وسيتم التحديث فور ورود أي معلومات جديدة.

بينما أعلن مانشستر يونايتد إذاعة مباراة اليوم عبر القناة الرسمية للنادي (MUTV HD).

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