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A claim has been made ahead of the January transfer window regarding potential interest in a number of Rangers players.

What’s the talk?

Herald Scotland reporter Chris Jack has admitted that clubs will be in for some of the Gers’ top performers, with Giovanni van Bronkchorst entering his first window in charge of the Ibrox giants.

He told GIVEMESPORT: “I think the main thing for Rangers is holding on to key players. Aribo, he’s going to attract a bit of interest, Glen Kamara will, Morelos may well do, Ryan Kent probably will as well.”

Van Bronckhorst could be scared

This claim will surely leave the Gers coach running scared as Jack’s comments suggest that it could be a stressful transfer window for the club. He seems adamant that clubs will be coming in for Joe Aribo, in particular, with Glen Kamara, Alfredo Morelos and Ryan Kent also players who could be on their way out if offers arrive.

These are all key players for Van Bronckhorst and he will want to ensure that they remain at Ibrox, as they could be crucial to any success for the club this term. If the Gers want to go as far as possible in the Europa League whilst also winning the Premiership, they will need to keep hold of their top performers.

Morelos and Aribo are ranked third and fourth in terms of outfield players as per average SofaScore ratings this season, whilst Kamara (eighth) and Kent (11) both have scores of 7.03 or higher. This shows how big of a blow it would be to lose them next month, especially Aribo given Jack’s claim on his situation and his form this season.

The ex-Charlton man has averaged a SofaScore rating of 7.20 and produced six goals and three assists in the Premiership. This shows that he is consistently delivering top-class performances whilst also making key contributions in front of goal, which is why Van Bronckhorst will be scared by the prospect of him leaving in the coming weeks.

It is now down to Ross Wilson to stand firm and reject any offers for the 25-year-old’s services if, as Jack suspects, they come in. The Gers chief must work hard to ensure that there are no major sales in January, saving any exits for the summer transfer window when they will have more time to source replacements.

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It isn’t his skilful inside-out cover drive, it isn’t his intent-oozing walk down the track, it isn’t his aggressive pull but it’s his little dab to third man that is the most telling feature of Gautam Gambhir’s transformation into a batting machine. It’s a shot his critics hanged him for earlier, a shot that gave the perception that he won’t make a good Test batsman. Most players would have shelved the shot that brought them trouble but Gambhir didn’t. He honed it to perfection instead and that says much about his character.These days, Gambhir collects lots of runs with it in Test cricket. Today, too, he scored 30 runs behind the wicket on the off side. Early in his career, he used to play it to escape pressure but now he uses it to simply score runs or rotate the strike. It’s a subtle difference but reflects a big change in the mindset. It shows how comfortable he feels these days.He knows he is in the middle of his greatest spell yet. He has hit eight hundreds in the last ten Tests; five of those have now come in a succession. He is the only Indian to have scored five in a row and only the fourth international, after Don Bradman, Jacques Kallis and Mohammad Yousuf to do so. Only Bradman has hit six successive hundreds. Life is looking really good. And Gambhir doesn’t want to jinx it. “If you play for the country, there is already a lot of pressure, why put more by thinking of runs and records. I don’t play for records. If they come my way, everybody is happy.”And every one is. Post Napier, he has proven to himself, and to the world, that he can bat according to the situation. He can graft or attack; today he was almost invisible in his accumulation. The little cuts, those dabs and the cover drives helped him tick over at a brisk rate. He didn’t take any risks, he didn’t seem to play any big shot, yet the runs were coming at a fair clip. He of course won’t remember today’s hundred for the quality of attack or the pitch it was scored on. “They bowled better in the first innings. Of course, the wicket had become flat today,” he said later. He would remember it a little for the match situation – to prevent the first-innings horrors from reoccurring – and definitely for where it was scored.It was in the same city of Chittagong that he scored his first Test hundred in 2004. It was in Bangladesh that he hit a career-saving ODI hundred in 2007. He was making his comeback after the 2007 World Cup and he was feeling the pressure. He felt that if he didn’t perform then, he might not get another chance again but that century gave him some breathing space. “Bangladesh has been a very lucky place; I won’t mind coming again and again. Things are going my way now.”I don’t want to look behind,” he said about those times when he was dropped from the team before that Bangladesh tour of 2007. “But you can say that the dropping motivated me. You tend to analyse where you went wrong. I wanted to see in the mirror and prove to myself that if I can score big in Ranji Trophy, I can do it in Test cricket.”He made a start then in Bangladesh but he slipped against South Africa in Ireland and didn’t get off to a great start on tour of England. It was his second hundred, a second-innings effort against Australia in Mohali that turned things around for good. “Veeru told me if you want to become a good player at this level, you have to convert fifties into hundreds. People too were talking about it and I was feeling the pressure. It was that Mohali hundred that was that turning point.” For starters, it was the first hundred in almost four years and also importantly, it was the point where he learnt how to convert a good start at international level. “I knew then and I told myself that if I get a fifty I always want to score a hundred.”It’s the only target he admits to setting these days. There was a hint about a possible goal but he wouldn’t say it. He has scored runs everywhere but he is yet to play a Test in South Africa or Australia. “It’s going to be a great challenge to do well in Australia or South Africa where there will be more pace and bounce. You want to do well in all conditions. But I don’t want to think about it now.” His chance will come later in the year when India tour South Africa and critics will give the final stamp of approval only after he performs there. “That will be a big tour but first they are coming down to India. I don’t want to be thinking too far ahead.”He doesn’t set, or at least publicly talk about, his other goals because they don’t come true. “I don’t set any targets,” he said. “When I have set a target it didn’t happen. And also, I look at it this way – every innings you play for country is special. You want to do well in every innings; I think, ‘this is going to be my last innings’ every time I go out to bat.”His “last innings” for India has given them a platform from where they can push for a win. “450 is a good score. The pitch has got flatter and we had to give our bowlers sufficient time to bowl them out. We have made a good start by taking two wickets.” He then added, “If they [Bangladesh] play positively anything is possible. Let’s see what happens.” If he was expecting the hosts to fight, Shakib Al Hasan, Bangladesh’s captain, promised one, “We are looking to bat all day and we are looking to win.” They would do well if their batsmen can take inspiration from Gambhir.

Newcastle United are reportedly now among ‘suitors’ to sign FC Barcelona winger Ousmane Dembele.

The Lowdown: On his way?

With Barcelona having a lot of financial difficulties, encapsulated when they had to let Lionel Messi go to PSG in the summer transfer window (The Guardian), it would not be a surprise to see them try to sell some of their players on in January, especially their highest earners.

Dembele is currently earning a whopping £212,000-per-week at the Nou Camp, and given injury problems have kept him out for most of the season so far, next month may be the best time for them to cash in.

The Latest: Newcastle have a chance

As per Mundo Deportivo (via Sport Witness), the St. James’ Park faithful are now among a list of ‘suitors’ to take Dembele, and are making it ‘difficult’ for Barca to keep hold of him.

They still have to pay Borussia Dortmund €27m (£22.9m) as the rest of the instalments that both clubs agreed when the transfer was made, and he has not agreed a new deal yet, with his contract up next summer.

To risk not losing Dembele on a free transfer, January could be an ideal time for the Catalan giants to sell and make back some of that money.

The Verdict: Avoid

With 18 goals scored in the Premier League so far this season, attack is not really the Magpies’ main problem – that is more than Wolves and Tottenham for example, who both sit comfortably in the top eight.

Of course, Dembele is a quality player on his day, a World Cup winner who Barcelona president Joan Laporta claims is even ‘better than Mbappe’, however, he is very injury-prone and on big wages.

Thus, the money available to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) consortium would be better off improving a leaky defence instead, at least as the immediate priority in January.

In other news, find out what huge transfer offer NUFC have made to sign this ‘force of nature’ here!

Leicestershire will retain the services of Tim Boon, their senior coach, until at least 2011 after he signed an extension to his contract.

Cricinfo staff14-Jan-2010Leicestershire will retain the services of Tim Boon, their senior coach, until at least 2011 after he signed an extension to his contract.”I am delighted that Tim has extended his contract with the club,” said David Smith, Leicestershire’s chief executive. “I must place on record my appreciation of the hard work that has been undertaken by Tim Boon and all his coaching staff. I am very keen that we develop continuity right the way through the club.”Boon, 48, was a key part of the Leicestershire side for a decade from the mid 1980s, and had immediate success when he returned as coach in 2006, guiding the county to victory in the domestic Twenty20 Cup. He has also played a leading role in the county’s push for greater first-team opportunities for the area’s young players.”When Tim took over the club in February 2006, the development plan for our young cricketers had not been fully implemented with the Leicestershire and Rutland Cricket Board,” added Smith. “In the last 18 months the club has provided the England age-group set-up with eight players – James Taylor, Josh Cobb, Greg Smith, Nathan Buck, Alex Wyatt, Shiv Thakor, Ben Collins and Tom Wells.”This in line with our aim of producing a consistent pipeline of good young English-qualified players, developed through the Leicestershire and Rutland system. There are others already identified to follow.”

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Na 17ª posição, a Ponte Preta já havia disputado o seu jogo da 28ª rodada no dia 7/10, contra o Cruzeiro, fora de casa. Por essa razão, apenas observou de maneira agoniada sua queda até a zona de rebaixamento, após as vitórias de Bahia e Fluminense, no fim de semana. Faltando dez jogos para o fim do Campeonato Brasileiro, a Macaca precisa, mais do que torcer contra os rivais, vencer seus jogos para se manter na elite.

– Não adianta torcer contra os outros, nosso foco principal tem que ser nosso trabalho, tem que ser conquistarmos as nossas vitórias. É claro que tropeços dos adversários podem nos ajudar, assim como os nossos tropeços são bons pra eles, mas por isso mesmo temos que pensar é em trabalhar para que nós vençamos e assim garantir os pontos que precisamos – afirmou Aranha, em entrevista coletiva nesta segunda-feira.

Apesar dos resultados adversos, o goleiro alvinegro afirmou que tem gostado do desempenho da equipe nas últimas rodadas. A Ponte conseguiu apenas uma vitória nos últimos cinco jogos, contra o Flamengo, dentro de casa.

– É claro que, como sempre dizemos, não existe jogo fácil na série A, porém desde a chegada do Eduardo teoricamente esta é a sequencia mais difícil, pois pegamos um vice-campeão da Copa do Brasil, depois o campeão e na sequência o Santos, segundo colocado do Brasileirão, e agora na quinta enfrentaremos o terceiro colocado do Brasileiro. É uma parada dura, mas estamos evoluindo e conseguimos jogar de igual para igual, com muita humildade, garra e correndo bastante – avaliou o arqueiro, que ressaltou a importância de conseguir resultados positivos dentro de casa.

– Se a gente vencer os jogos dentro de casa é o suficiente para permanecer na série A e se vencermos ainda temos chance de ir atrás de alguma coisa a mais. Pra mim isso depende da união de todos: time, torcida, diretoria, funcionários. Se juntos é difícil, quando cada um puxa pra um lado e diz que está tudo errado aí é que piora. Então é hora de união e pessoalmente acho que a Ponte tem evoluído bastante, está batendo de frente com os grandes, estou otimista – ressaltou.

Por fim, Aranha afirmou que o elenco inteiro da Ponte está 100% focado no jogo contra o Palmeiras, marcado para esta quinta-feira, no Pacaembu.

– Nosso foco agora é total na quinta contra o Palmeiras, até porque cada ponto agora é muito precioso – completou o jogador.

Palmeiras e Ponte Preta se enfrentam nesta quinta-feira, às 20h, no Pacaembu. Com os resultados da rodada, a Macaca se encontra na 17ª posição, com os mesmos 32 pontos de Chapecoense, 17ª, e Vitória, 15º colocados.

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Illan Meslier, Diego Llorente and Kalvin Phillips struggled in Leeds United’s 2-2 draw at home to Brentford in the Premier League on Sunday.

The Whites beat Crystal Palace in the dying seconds in midweek and this time it was a last-gasp equaliser for the Elland Road crowd to enjoy.

Tyler Roberts put Marcelo Bielsa’s side 1-0 up in the first half but goals from Shandon Baptiste and Sergi Canos turned the game on its head.

The returning Patrick Bamford made it 2-2 in stoppage time, though, leafing to scenes of joy inside Elland Road.

Here are Leeds’ three poorest performers according to SofaScore, only including those who played for at least 45 minutes.

Illan Meslier – 6.2

Meslier started between the sticks as usual, becoming the youngest-ever Premier League goalkeeper to make 50 appearances in the competition (21 years, 278 days).

It wasn’t the Frenchman’s best day at the office, however, with none of his intended accurate long balls finding a Leeds teammate.

On top of that, Meslier only delivered 50% of his accurate passes overall – nine out of 18.

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Diego Llorente – 6.6

Llorente was at the heart of Leeds’ defence but he was another who didn’t hit top form, as Leeds conceded twice to Brenford at home, which isn’t an ideal scenario.

The 28-year-old didn’t make a single tackle or interception against the Bees and he lost possession ten times in total, suggesting he was a little sloppy on the ball.

Llorente also failed to win a ground duel, losing his only on-field battle in that area.

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Kalvin Phillips – 6.6

Phillips has arguably been Leeds’ best player of the Bielsa era but he wasn’t at his best on Sunday, leaving the pitch with an injury in the second half.

The England international didn’t manage to play one key pass at Elland Road, losing the ball seven times and not making a single interception.

Phillips’ injury is hopefully nothing too serious but Leeds could do with his current form going up a notch.

In other news, a journalist has made a Leeds transfer claim regarding one player. Find out who it is here.

Newcastle United reportedly now want to sign Thomas Strakosha in the January transfer window.

The Lowdown: Goalkeeper wanted

With the likes of Marc-Andre ter Stegen and Dean Henderson being linked with moveS to St James’ Park in recent days, it is clear that the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) consortium want to being in a new goalkeeper.

However, with Martin Dubravka, Karl Darlow and Freddie Woodman still at the club, they will need to ship one or two out first of all before they make their move.

With no fewer than 24 goals conceded in the Premier League so far this season, a figure exceeded only by bottom club Norwich City (Premier League), an improvement in between the sticks could be vital in their hopes of avoiding relegation down to the Championship.

The Latest: Strakosha eyed

As per The Sun, Newcastle now ‘want’ to sign Strakosha in January and sent their ‘top spy’ to see him play in the Europa League for Lazio last week.

His current deal with the Biancocelesti expires in the summer, but the new owners are keen to do a deal in the winter window.

He is reportedly ‘looking for a new challenge’, and the Magpies are hoping that they can sign him on a pre-contract and then pay a small fee to Lazio to sign him immediately.

The Verdict: Not a priority

With three goalkeepers already in the squad at the moment, Newcastle should not be prioritising that position ahead of strengthening other areas of the squad first of all.

Strakosha is a good player, having once been dubbed a ‘phenomenon’ by former Lazio ‘keeper Silvio Proto, and is playing at a high level in the Europa League, while he has also featured in the Champions League and Serie A (Transfermarkt).

At 26 years of age, signing the Albania international for a minimal price, along with his £34,000-per-week wages, would present itself a bargain, and perhaps Newcastle should look into signing him once other positions have been adequately stocked.

In other news, these were Newcastle’s three worst players against Brighton

In terms of squad depth, Liverpool have a comfortable number of players across all positions on the pitch, particularly in the midfield area.

One midfielder that has not seen as much action as some of the other midfield players in Jurgen Klopp’s squad is Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain, who has only started five of the 12 games he’s appeared in across all competitions.

With this in mind, it didn’t come as much of a surprise when it was reported earlier in the year that the Englishman could look for a move away from the Merseyside club to get his career back on track and get some regular minutes elsewhere.

Taking this into account, if Oxlade-Chamberlain does end up leaving, the club could already have their ideal long-term replacement for him in their youth ranks with 18-year-old midfielder James Balagizi.

After joining the Reds from fellow Premier League club Manchester City as an U11 player, Balagizi has gone on to make 35 appearances for Liverpool’s U18 side in which he has managed to score eight goals and provide 13 assists along the way, highlighting that he has some attacking prowess in him, in a similar way Oxlade-Chamberlain has shown during his time at Anfield, having 14 goals and 13 assists under his belt.

Balagizi, who has been previously likened to former Manchester City midfielder Yaya Toure in terms of his style of play, has also made six appearances for Liverpool’s U23 side, showing that they believe he is capable of mixing in along with some of the older players in their youth ranks.

So far this season, in the 12 appearances he’s made across all competitions, Balagizi has played in numerous positions on the pitch in midfield and up front, showing his versatility, also in a similar fashion to Oxlade-Chamberlain when he’s been given the chance to play.

With all of this in mind, it seems as though Balagizi has the potential to continue with the U23s and eventually break into the first team at Liverpool under Jurgen Klopp in the same way fellow Liverpool midfielder Curtis Jones has done, especially if Oxlade-Chamberlain ends up leaving in the summer to try and get more minutes on the pitch elsewhere.

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Está dada a largada da semifinal do Campeonato Brasileiro Série D. Juazeirense e Globo abrem as disputas às 18h30 deste sábado, no estádio Adauto Moraes. No domingo, é a vez de Atlético-AC e Operário se enfrentarem às 19h no Florestão.

O Juazeirense chega à fase tendo a campanha de menos destaque entre os times classificados, entretanto já tirou a vaga do América-RN com uma goleada de 3 a 0. Contabilizando os pontos, o Globo chega a ocupar o topo da classificação geral com a melhor defesa entre os adversários, tendo levado apenas sete gols até agora. Já o time baiano tem o segundo melhor ataque da competição, totalizando 21 gols, e fica atrás somente do Atlético-AC, que tem 27.

O Globo chega à semifinal depois de vencer o URT na disputa de pênaltis. Depois de perder por 1 a 0 no jogo de ida, a equipe venceu o adversário pelo mesmo placar e garantiu a vitória por 3 a 2 após o tempo regulamentar.

No domingo, o Atlético-AC recebe o Operário, que realiza uma boa temporada, mesmo depois de não conseguir voltar a jogar entre os principais times do Campeonato Paranaense, e jogará na Série C pela primeira vez desde 2008.

Nesta edição do Brasileirão Série D, o Operário sofreu sete gols e garantiu a classificação sobre o Maranhão, vencendo o jogo de ida por 3 a 1 e o de volta, por 2 a 1. A equipe acreana teve um pouco mais de dificuldade, mas garantiu a vaga depois de bater o São José por 1 a 0 e garantir o empate em 1 a 1 em Rio Branco.

A lack of expectation can be liberating for England, a team with an unflattering record in major competitions

Andrew Miller02-Jun-2009

England’s record in major global competitions is less of a millstone, more a long-discarded supermarket trolley at the bottom of the Regent’s Canal. Thirty-four years of hurt stopped them dreaming a long, long time ago, not least in Twenty20 cricket, which may only have been around since 2003, but has been developed at a supersonic pace on the subcontinent in the past 18 months. On the eve of the tournament, Sri Lanka’s captain, Kumar Sangakkara, emitted a barely suppressed scoff when reflecting on the fact that England actually invented the game. Not for the first time, they forgot to register the patent.Nevertheless, a lack of expectation can be liberating. Though Paul Collingwood’s pre-tournament pledge to “surprise a few people” wasn’t exactly Churchillian in its origins, their combination of home advantage and handy momentum should enable them to surpass their feeble efforts in 2007, when Zimbabwe were their only conquests in five attempts. Let it not be forgotten that the last time the world’s leading teams were all gathered in this country, for the Champions Trophy in 2004, England reached the final only to be undone by a memorable West Indian run-chase.The mistakes that England made in 2007 have, on the face of it, been rectified in the interim. Stuart Broad is an older, wiser and better cricketer than the wide-eyed rookie whom Yuvraj Singh slapped for 36 in an over at Durban, while the so-called Twenty20 specialists that sank without trace in that tournament (Darren Maddy, Chris Schofield, Jeremy Snape and James Kirtley) have been superseded by a new breed; men such as Graham Napier whose world-record 16 sixes for Essex against Sussex in 2007 propelled him to the big-time, and James Foster, whose silken glovework, especially when standing up to the stumps, has increased the value of the slow- and medium-paced members of England’s attack.It’s not impossible that England will spring a surprise in this tournament, merely improbable. But even that is an improvement on their prospects in years gone by.StrengthsHome advantage might seem a spurious benefit in a 20-over thrash, but England have at least spent the early part of the summer reminding themselves how to take wickets. Their new-ball attack of Broad and James Anderson are as close to the top of their game as they ever have been, while the confidence in the current squad is best exemplified by the irrepressible Graeme Swann, who fine-tuned his second string by smacking 90 not out from 47 balls against Derbyshire last week.WeaknessesThere’s no Andrew Flintoff – and while his impact is less dramatic than in years gone by, his absence does mean four fewer overs of bat-rattlingly accurate pace, and one less go-to man for those crucial overs at the death. And then, of course, there is the question of focus. Are England really bothered with this tournament, or are their eyes already trained on Cardiff on July 8?(Lack of) X-FactorIn every other format, you would surely have to nominate Kevin Pietersen as England’s king-pin. But as the man himself admitted last week: “I’m not very good at Twenty20, am I?” His highest score in 35 matches (international, domestic and IPL included) is 79, against Zimbabwe in 2007. Younis Khan said on Sunday that 120 balls is actually a very long time to bat. You sense that Pietersen, ever manic at the crease and in a hurry to impose himself, hasn’t yet allowed himself the time to realise this.Key player(s)Regardless of his lack of success (and dodgy Achilles heel permitting), Pietersen is, of course, crucial to England’s fortunes. So too is a man who has taken on board many of his same cocky characteristics, Ravi Bopara. He was England’s stand-out performer at the IPL with a sensational 84 from 59 balls for King’s XI Punjab, and he translated that confidence into back-to-back hundreds in the West Indies Tests last month.T20 form guideSix victories, nine defeats, in 15 matches since 2005, though nothing has ever topped that heady first contest against Australia at the Rose Bowl.Squad: Paul Collingwood (capt), James Anderson, Ravi Bopara, Stuart Broad, Andrew Flintoff, James Foster, Robert Key, Dimitri Mascarenhas, Eoin Morgan, Graham Napier, Kevin Pietersen, Owais Shah, Ryan Sidebottom, Graeme Swann, Luke Wright