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Análise deWilson González, da Rádio ABC Cardinal, de Assunção, no Paraguai, sobre o atacante Christian Colmán, que está na mira do São Paulo. O jogador é do Nacional (PAR) e tem 22 anos.

“As principais virtudes de Christian Colmán, atacante do Nacional que o São Paulo tenta contratar, são a força física e a potência. Apesar de ser musculoso, tem velocidade e se projeta muito bem na bola aérea.

Sem dúvidas, Christian Colmán é um jogador promissor, que quando está em campo coloca em perigo qualquer defesa adversário, gerando situações de gol a qualquer momento.”

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A torcida do Palmeiras não consegue conter o entusiasmo com a proximidade da conquista do título do Campeonato Brasileiro. Nesta última terça-feira, milhares de torcedores do Alviverde compareceram ao Aeroporto de Congonhas, em São Paulo, para apoiar a delegação do Verdão antes do embarque para Belo Horizonte, onde a equipe enfrentará o Atlético-MG, pela 35ª rodada do Brasileirão.

Após a euforia, que contou com a participação dos atletas e também de membros da comissão técnica, os torcedores ainda demoraram para deixar o local. Assim como os fanáticos palestrinos, outras torcidas já ‘invadiram’ aeroportos pelo Brasil em sinal de apoio aos seus clubes. Confira alguns exemplos na galeria!

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Xisco Munoz’s Watford side head into their weekend fixture having already secured promotion to the Premier League, but know that only a win will maintain their hopes of clinching the Championship title.

Having beaten Millwall 1-0 last time out, Watford remain five points behind the Championship leaders Norwich City in the race for the first place.

While a Norwich win would make it mathematically impossible for the Hornets to be in with a chance of clinching the title on the final day of the season, Xisco will still be hoping for a victory against Brentford at the Community Stadium on Saturday afternoon.

So, will the Spaniard make any changes to his starting XI last time out? Here’s our predicted XI, along with the latest team and injury news…

Considering the fact that the title is still to be played for, as well as the challenge of Brentford not being an easy one – with Thomas Frank’s side undefeated over their last 10 league games – we expect Xisco to field a strong XI, making two changes from his starting line-up against Millwall.

Firstly, Kiko Femenia – who was withdrawn 31 minutes into the Millwall clash due to injury – is replaced by Craig Cathcart at right-back, with the 32-year-old putting in a solid performance  during his hour-long runout against Gary Rowett’s side.

The second change sees Dan Gosling drop out of the XI, with 26-year-old Philip Zinckernagel coming in as the third central midfielder, as none of Gosling, Carlos Sanchez or Nathaniel Chalobah particularly impressed against the Lions.

The front three remains untouched, with Joao Pedro retaining his centre-forward berth ahead of Andre Gray.

In other news: Get him gone: Xisco must ruthlessly axe £18k-p/w Watford flop with “great qualities” – opinion

Former Premier League striker Kevin Campbell is excited about the prospect of Leeds United signing Ainsley Maitland-Niles this summer.

Marcelo Bielsa could have a busy time of things in the next transfer window, improving his squad further and attempting to take the Whites to the next level.

One player with whom they have been linked is Maitland-Niles, who is currently on loan at West Brom from Arsenal, making 11 appearances for the Baggies this season.

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Campbell tips Maitland-Niles to shine at Leeds

Someone who believes the five-cap England international would be a good signing for Leeds is Campbell, who talked up to the move to Football Insider:

“I think he is definitely someone who could fit into that team. He has good energy, a good engine and a lot of ability on the ball. The other big plus is that he can play in multiple positions, which we know Bielsa likes.

“I think that could be a great signing for Leeds.”

Transfer Tavern take

While Maitland-Niles hasn’t necessarily made the strides some hoped he would in recent years, he remains an exciting young players with lots of potential. Still only 23, he already has 121 appearances to his name for Arsenal, showing that he can cut it at a big club at a young age.

Furthermore, he is capable of thriving on either flank as a wing-back, or providing energy and quality in central midfield, with his versatility something which could appeal to Bielsa.

There may be a slight risk element in signing Maitland-Niles given his inability to inspire West Brom to escape their relegation rut, but he can be signed on a free transfer after his Arsenal deal expires this summer, which makes him worth a punt.

In other news, Leeds have been linked with a move for a current South American international. Find out who it is here.

Tottenham Hotspur continue to scout Mikkel Damsgaard, according to reports…

What’s the word?

FC Inter News claim Spurs are among the teams monitoring the progress of the 20-year-old gem ahead of the summer transfer window, though they face competition from Inter Milan and Premier League rivals Leicester City.

It’s thought that the Denmark international is available for just €18m (£15.5m) after an impressive season at Sampdoria under the Foxes’ former title-winning coach Claudio Ranieri.

Back in February, Spurs were said to be ‘crazy’ about Damsgaard, as per La Repubblica (via Sport Witness), so he certainly seems a player that Jose Mourinho is keen on securing.

Bye-bye Lamela?

This interest, however, would surely spell the end for Erik Lamela in north London as further reports have linked him with a return to Italy this week.

According to Corriere dello Sport (via Sport Witness), the Argentine’s representatives have held talks with AC Milan and have also had ‘intense contact’ with Napoli.

This adds to claims from Sami Mokbel at the Daily Mail, who lists Lamela as one of several stars the club is looking to cash in on this summer in order to raise funds for a squad overhaul.

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Damsgaard is a very talented emerging prospect, and one that has been tipped for a “big future” by Rainieri. “I can say that in my view Damsgaard is a child prodigy,” he said in another interview.

He’s even caught the eye of former Spurs playmaker Christian Eriksen, who made sure to speak to him after Sampdoria’s Serie A clash with Inter earlier in the season.

“We talked together after the match. He praised me for the situation around my assist,” explained Damsgaaard to TV2. “He is a really nice person and really sweet to talk to. It was just nice that he wanted to talk to me after the match.”

The young dynamo has very appealing attributes to a manager like Mourinho as his work rate is seemingly second to none.

Damsgaard has featured on both flanks and through the middle this season, playing no fewer than five different roles for the tenth-placed Italian outfit, in which he’s contributed two goals and four assists, via Transfermarkt.

He is one of Sampdoria’s most productive tacklers, averaging 5.1 attempts per 90 minutes at a success rate of 51% and is also their best in terms of ability on the ball, managing three successful dribbles per 90, via WhoScored.

TV2’s football expert Martin Mikkelsen noted this in commentary back in January, he said:  “He’s magical – what speed!” before adding: “He is dynamic and can go both ways. He is creative but also so mature in his decisions.”

In the past, Lamela has been lambasted by some supporters for being lazy, so they should certainly take well to Damsgaard should Spurs make that swoop this summer.

For just £15.5m, that would be an absolute bargain on Levy’s part. He must sanction this move.

AND in other news, Imagine him & Rodon: Levy must seal move for “magnificent” 6 foot 4 colossus…

Former Aston Villa midfielder Lee Hendrie has told Transfer Tavern in an exclusive interview that Matt Targett is not yet at the level of Chelsea star Ben Chilwell and Manchester United’s Luke Shaw.

The left-back has impressed this season, winning on average 2.1 tackles per league game (via WhoScored). Only Matty Cash (2.7) on the opposite flank is making more in Villa’s squad.

If Targett can maintain this form, then he could be in line to win his first senior England cap in the near future, with the Mirror reporting last month that the 25-year-old is a player who Gareth Southgate has looked at.

For Hendrie, though, there is still a lot of work to do before Targett is ready to challenge the likes of £50m Chilwell and Shaw, who earns £150,000-a-week at Old Trafford.

On the English left-backs, the ex-Villa player told TT:

“Shaw has been excellent. Chilwell, obviously, his big move and… still feel he’s been a little bit hit and miss but, you know, on the England front, he’s been excellent. I’ve watched three games and that left side really was a standout side for me, for England. So he’s [Targett] got a long way to go still, but he’s certainly heading in that sort of right direction.”

While the European Championships may come too soon for Targett, an England call-up in the future certainly looks like a possibility, especially given Shaw’s injury record.

Glasgow Rangers fans have been reacting in their droves to a tweet from The Times journalist Graham Spiers following the Gers’ confirmation as Premiership champions.

On Sunday, the Gers clinched the 55th top-tier title in their history – and they didn’t even need to play. It is now mathematically impossible for Celtic to catch them after they could only draw 0-0 with Dundee United – there are still six matches left in the season (BBC).

Unsurprisingly, thousands took to the streets in Glasgow to celebrate the club’s triumph. Not only did they break lockdown regulations, there were also reports of public property being damaged (Sky News). This led Spiers to call the supporters in question a “thorough embarrassment”.

These comments from the writer, which were shared on his Twitter page, did not go down well with some Gers fans, who  took to the social media platform to share their thoughts.

Let’s see what the fans had to say to Spiers below

“Someone is upset here!”

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“Awwww best tears of all, get it right round you spiers”

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“You’ve done nothing of the sort Graham. You have been the fuel to our fire and for 10 years we’ve had to listen to it. All that the scenes prove over the weekend is that Glasgow Rangers are bigger than a global pandemic.”

Credit: @7_graeme

“Yaaas Spiers is in complete meltdown”

Credit: @Bazzaboy180

“Love your anger almost as much as all the comments on here”

Credit: @skebs78

“Back on the blocked list”

Credit: @bigcheerfull

In other news, some Rangers fans slam this politician’s comments.

Many Glasgow Rangers fans are delighted with comments from Kenny Dalglish, who believes the Gers will continue to pick up trophies in the coming years.

The Gers are now within touching distance of winning their first Premiership title in 10 years – they lead the Scottish top tier by a huge 15 points, and they even have a game in hand on their fierce city rivals Celtic who are currently leading the chasing pack (BBC). After watching the Bhoys win nine titles in a row, the Ibrox outfit are finally about to knock them off their perch.

Dalglish used to play for Celtic, but he believes the Gers will win more trophies in the coming years. These comments have been met with glee by many Rangers supporters, some of whom took to social media platform Twitter to share their thoughts after the Daily Record’s official account tweeted the quotes.

Let’s see what the fans had to say about the comments from Dalglish

“Should we start singing “here we go 10 in a row” from next season then???”

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“Once we get in the champions league it’s bye bye Celtic”

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“I think he is 100% correct here 55 is just a stepping stone for 56”

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“10 in a row starts now”

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“Kenny gd Rangers man he knows the score”

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“Always said that we win 55 we will see 57. Well said kenny”

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In other news, Steven Gerrard reveals an injury to this man.

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1) Velhinho das embaixadinhas
Mais certo que um bom jogo dentro de campo, você tinha certeza que quando entrasse no Maracanã estaria o Sr. Jankel Schor, vulgo “vovô das embaixadinhas”, dando um show de habilidade antes e no intervalo da partida.

2) Léo Batista atrás da bancada no Globo Esporte
Quem não fazia questão de assistir ao GE enquanto almoçava? E lá estava Léo Batista, apresentando o programa com maestria atrás da bancada. Muitos desconfiavam que ele nem tinha pernas ou trabalhava de cueca.

3) O tempo passou e começamos a ver Fernando Vanucci e Mylena Ciribelli no comando do programa
“Alô, você!”

4) Os torneios de verão na Band com narração do Luciano do Valle
Principalmente partidas de beach soccer ou vôlei de praia, ao vivo nas tardes da Band, com toda a emoção que o glorioso Luciano passava nas suas narrações.

5) Régis Rosing “previa” os gols e isso era MANEIRÍSSIMO
Quem nunca se perguntou quantas vezes ele tentava aquilo para que desse certo?

6) A geral do Maracanã (e também de outros estádios)
Já faz 11 anos que a gloriosa geral não existe mais e deram lugar aos estádios padrão FIFA!

7) Regra do sobrepasso
Se você ainda lembra da época que o goleiro não podia caminhar livremente pela área com a bola nas mãos, você está ficando bem velho mesmo.

8) Ficava nervoso com a morte súbita
Dois tempos de 15 minutos e quem fizesse o gol primeiro era campeão (ou se classificava). Acho que era mais tenso do que pênalti. A FIFA não permite mais a morte súbita (ou gol de ouro) nas competições oficiais.

9) Repórteres em campo
Era só o juiz apitar o final da partida que uma multidão de repórteres invadiam o campo e cercavam os jogadores em busca da entrevista.

10) Camisetas com mensagens
Quem não lembra das mais diversas mensagens que os jogadores mandavam quando faziam gol? Já faz alguns anos que é proibido!

Steve Bruce should unleash Jacob Murphy at right-back when Newcastle visit Manchester United on Sunday after ripping into Emil Krafth for his performance against Chelsea.

That’s according to Chronicle Live, who noted after the Stamford Bridge defeat that Krafth ‘took an ear bashing’ from the Magpies boss after his display in the capital raised question marks.

The Sweden international was caught in two minds whenever faced with a one-on-one situation against Timo Werner, never knowing whether or not to close the German down and force him inside or to push the attacker out to the touchline.

Krafth’s indecision meant he left south-west London without attempting a single tackle, in a devastating crash back down to earth for the 26-year-old after a stellar performance against Southampton having come on to replace the injured Javier Manquillo.

Only in one of Krafth’s other six Premier League appearances this season has the £31.5k-per-week full-back failed to record a single tackle while making a joint season-low one clearance to earn his second-worst WhoScored match rating of the 2020/21 campaign at 6.01 out of 10.

His struggles further meant Chelsea enjoyed a lot of success attacking down Newcastle’s right-hand side, with wing-back Marcos Alonso taking a game-high five shots and Werner striking four efforts on Karl Darlow’s net.

Werner’s run down the Blues’ left-hand channel ultimately led to Olivier Giroud breaking the deadlock, as well, with the German attacking the space Krafth vacated to shield Alonso before being flat-footed in dealing with the former RB Leipzig star.

Krafth will be expected to face a similar scenario at Old Trafford this weekend with wide play a key weapon of Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’s Manchester United, who utilise the pace of Marcus Rashford, Mason Greenwood and Anthony Martial to stretch opponents.

Murphy may now prove a better option than Krafth against the Red Devils, should Bruce opt to recall the £3m-rated dynamo who has failed to feature for Newcastle since a 2-1 defeat to Leeds United last month.

Bruce has omitted Murphy from three of their recent matchday squads since losing at home to Marcelo Bielsa’s Whites but gifted the 25-year-old a seat on the bench against Chelsea following the Toon’s injury crisis.

His absence in recent weeks has marked a sizable fall from grace for Murphy, who Bruce praised for the impact he delivered as a makeshift full-back earlier in the season.

“I never contemplated it [a loan move] after the first week of pre-season. When he came back, he looked like a different player and had a different attitude about him,” Bruce said, via quotes by Chronicle Live in October.

“I grasped that he couldn’t try any harder. Certainly, his physique he was in good condition. We all know he is a very good athlete. He looks like he’s matured. And he really wanted to be a Newcastle player.”

Those early efforts at right-back while in favour under Bruce are still enough for Murphy to pose a threat to Krafth, having attempted (2.3) and won possession (1.3) with more tackles than the Sweden international (1/1.4), made more interceptions (1.5 to 1.2), offered more blocks (2.3 to 1.2) and got forward to deliver more crosses (3.1 to 2.2), per WhoScored.

If Bruce was indeed frustrated by Krafth’s efforts at Stamford Bridge, he must now unleash Murphy to build on his previous performances or risk being left in anguish again.

AND in other news, Newcastle have been offered a free-agent boasting 77 career goals in the Premier League…