Former Manchester United striker Louis Saha accused the Red Devils of overburdening Marcus Rashford as he backed the United outcast to shine in La Liga if Barcelona come calling. Rashford left Old Trafford in January to join Aston Villa on a short-term loan deal. The attacker is now back in Manchester but is expected to leave his boyhood club permanently.

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• Ex-United star backed Rashford to shine at Barcelona
• Barca rekindle interest in United outcast
• United accused of overburdening Rashford

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  Rashford has been linked with a transfer to Barcelona all summer and GOAL understands that the player will move out of United permanently. With the Catalan giants missing out on Nico Williams, who extended his stay at Athletic Club by signing a 10-year deal last week, they have now shifted their focus to the Red Devils outcast.

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  Premier League legend Saha has backed the English forward to shine in Spain if the Blaugrana decide to sign him this summer. The Frenchman also accused his ex-club of overburdening their academy graduate with too much responsibility.

• WHAT SAHA SAID

  Speaking to , the 46-year-old said: "No, I think he's a top player. He has a bit of a similar trajectory to what’s going on with Alejandro Garnacho. He arrived early but he developed without the right kind of players and people around him, maybe his entourage was a bad influence. He played with Wayne Rooney, but soon he was the main man, who was given too much responsibility.

  "Maybe he was burdened with too much by the club, and it’s hard to just blame the player when the club expected so much from him. Perhaps it is unfair to expect so much and he simply could not cope with those demands. But in terms of quality, Rashford is still one of the best in the world on his day. He’s unbelievable, so I wouldn’t be surprised if he’s interested in Barcelona and they’re interested in him. He could be a great player for a big club."

  He added: "The question for Marcus is if he can ever do it again regularly, can he be untouchable like he once was? He used to excel, and he’d be joining a really confident Barcelona squad with teenagers who are already unplayable. Lamine Yamal could be a Ballon d’Or winner soon, it’s crazy. Then there’s Raphinha, Robert Lewandowski, players like that who just don’t mess around. They know their job. Does Rashford?"

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  Ruben Amorim has already completed three signings, including the high-profile transfer of Matheus Cunha from Wolves. They are now inching closer to securing a move for Bryan Mbeumo from Brentford and have also been linked to Valencia's Javi Guerra.

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O torcedor do Corinthians recebeu uma animadora notícia nesta terça-feira. Cinco meses após romper o ligamento cruzado anterior do joelho esquerdo, omeia Paulinho voltou a participar dos treinos da equipe e treinou com bola na véspera da partida de ida da final da Copa do Brasil, contra o Flamengo.

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O camisa 15 participou do aquecimento com o elenco alvinegro no CT Joaquim Grava, mas não estará à disposição de Vítor Pereira para o confronto contra o Rubro-Negro.

Este foi o primeiro contato com bola do meia desde o dia 1º de maio, quando o atleta foi substituído no primeiro tempo da partida contra o Fortaleza, pela 4ª rodada do Brasileirão.

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No dia seguinte, o camisa 15 foi submetido a exames, que detectaram o rompimento do ligamento cruzado anterior do joelho esquerdo. Ainda em maio, o jogador passou por cirurgia na região.

O atleta vem conciliando o tratamento da lesão com aparticipação em cursos sobre gestão do futebol.

Apesar do avanço significativo na recuperação, Paulinho só deverá atuar novamente pelo Corinthians em 2023, tendo em vista que o tempo estimado de recuperação para essa lesão é de nove meses.

سجل الموهوب، بيدرو فرنانديز، هدف برشلونة الثالث في شباك فيسيل كوبي، وهي المباراة الودية الأولى للفريق الكتالوني ضمن جولته الآسيوية استعدادًا للموسم الجديد 2025/2026.

وأقيمت مباراة برشلونة وفيسيل كوبي على ملعب “نويفر” في اليابان وهو اللقاء الذي شهد ظهور أكثر من لاعب جديد مع العملاق الكتالوني مثل ماركوس راشفورد، خوان جارسيا، روني باردجي.

اقرأ أيضًا.. برشلونة يقترب من تجديد عقد جوكر الفريق خوفًا من الرحيل مجانًا هدف بيدرو فرنانديز الرائع في مباراة برشلونة وفيسيل كوبي اليوم

ولكن الجديد هو تألق الموهوب، درو فرنانديز، مهاجم الفريق الثاني بنادي برشلونة والبالغ من العمر 17 عامًا فقط، فهو مواليد عام 2008، حيث سجل هدفًا رائعًا في الدقيقة 87.

وكان الثنائي إريك جارسيا وروني باردجي هما من سجلا هدفي برشلونة الأول والثاني في شباك فيسيل كوبي، لتكون تجربة ودية مفيدة للغاية بالنسبة للمدرب، هانز فليك.

الجدير بالذكر أن برشلونة سيسافر إلى كوريا الجنوبية من أجل استكمال الجولة الآسيوية ومواجهة سيول ودايجو قبل العودة إلى إسبانيا.

Perry took a career-best 5 for 22 to bowl Renegades out for 104 before making 44 not out as Sixers chased it down with seven wickets in hand and 27 balls to spare

Tristan Lavalette05-Nov-2023Captain Ellyse Perry claimed five wickets in a spectacular return to bowling as Sydney Sixers registered a much-needed victory over struggling Melbourne Renegades at the WACA.Bowling for the first time since the Ashes, Perry ripped through Renegades’ batting-order to produce her best WBBL figures of 5 for 22. Chasing a lowly 105 in good batting conditions, Perry’s superb match continued with an unbeaten 44 and she also passed 4000 career WBBL runs.Perry steadied the ship after Sixers wobbled at 9 for 2 when left-arm quick Sara Kennedy claimed her first WBBL wickets by removing Maitlan Brown and Ashleigh Gardner.The 16-year-old Kennedy, who has Year 10 exams next week, impressed in her fourth game with rapid bowling but Renegades’ bid to claw back into the contest was thwarted by a 62-run partnership from Perry and Erin Burns.Burns fell for 32, but Perry – who has a knack of mustering her best against Renegades – and Chloe Tryon powered Sixers to the target with 27 balls remaining.Perry elected to bowl in cooler conditions than the oppressive heat both teams experienced during the WACA doubleheader two days earlier. There was much at stake with Sixers and Renegades propping the ladder with 1-5 records each.Renegades desperately needed opener Hayley Matthews to find form after a slow start to the season. She hit a boundary in the second over off left-arm spinner Linsey Smith’s first delivery before holing out on the next ball.Bowling from the old Prindiville Stand end, looking barren these days amid a ground redevelopment, Perry then took over in style. She had the rather fortuitous wicket of opener Tammy Beaumont on her first delivery when a half-tracker was hit straight to deep midwicket.But there was no luck involved when a sharp Perry delivery had Jess Duffin caught behind. Next delivery she clean bowled Georgia Prestwidge with a cracking in-swinger that hit the top of middle stump.Perry bowled quickly, hitting speeds nudging 120kmh, and she found movement from a green-tinged surface which also accounted for Georgia Wareham, whose stumps were rattled.Renegades were in disarray at 57 for 6 with their hopes of passing triple figures resting on Harmanpreet Kaur. She did her best with a counterattack during the power surge and took a liking to Gardner’s offspin with three straight boundaries.Harmanpreet also bravely took on Perry with a bludgeon down the ground, but her 40-ball 47 was defined by trademark deft touches. She fell just short of a half-century as Renegades’ hopes of a competitive total sank.They scraped past three figures before Perry capped her brilliant bowling comeback with the final wicket of Josie Dooley.Perry finished a stellar all-round performance with the bat to help breathe life into Sixers’ WBBL season.

“It’s probably one of the worst games that I have ever been associated with in a Zimbabwean jersey,” said the head coach

ESPNcricinfo staff23-Nov-2023Zimbabwe head coach Dave Houghton slammed his side’s loss against Namibia in their opening game of the Men’s T20 World Cup Africa Qualifier, calling it “embarrassingly bad” and “one of the worst games” he has been associated with.Namibia romped home to a seven-wicket win with 32 balls to spare after restricting Zimbabwe to 132 for 8 at the Wanderers Cricket Ground in Windhoek. Performances in this tournament are crucial because the top two teams are the only ones who go through to the T20 World Cup in 2024.”When you ask what went wrong, as far as I am concerned, we got everything wrong,” Houghton said. “We were awful today, embarrassingly bad. It’s probably one of the worst games that I have ever been associated with in a Zimbabwean jersey.”Why it happens, I have absolutely no idea. We train hard, we train with specifics. The guys worked really hard, they had enough energy coming into this game, but we batted poorly and followed that up by bowling poorly and our fielding was average.”After being asked to bat first, Zimbabwe found themselves 18 for 3 before Craig Ervine and captain Sikandar Raza added 55 for the fourth wicket. But after they fell within six runs of each other, Zimbabwe found themselves at 99 for 6 in the 15th over. It was hard work even getting to 132 with Namibia’s left-arm seamers JJ Smit and Tangeni Lungameni sharing five wickets between them.”When you are not playing particularly well and when you have lost a little bit of confidence as we have, we see demons in the wicket when we bat, but when we bowl there are no demons in the wicket,” Houghton said. “So, I looked at that wicket and it looks a good batting strip and I would have thought we would score 170-180 comfortably.”We gave a lot of wickets away, we were not batting positively, we are batting recklessly at the moment. I thought it was really a good batting wicket and they proved it when they chased.”Namibia were helped by an explosive start, with openers Michael van Lingen and Nikolaas Davin adding 88 runs in just 48 balls. From there the game had become academic.”It’s a terrible start to this tournament, but we do know we’ve got to win the next five games and still qualify,” Houghton said. “That’s important for us, but not my best day and certainly not my happiest day. In fact, I feel like we should be all out here apologising to our fans.””We can’t dwell on these losses. It’s important they recognise how bad a loss that was – which is what I have just given them in the changeroom – but it is a quick turnaround and that’s a good thing we can put it all right tomorrow afternoon and get ourselves on the board with a win and then start our march towards qualifying.”We can’t sort of rest on our laurels and think we are a bigger side than the rest. We’ve got to turn up and play proper cricket.”The other teams in the Qualifier are Kenya, Nigeria, Rwanda, Uganda and Zimbabwe’s opponents on Thursday, Tanzania. All of them play one another in a round-robin format in a race to collect the most points and make it to the next Men’s T20 World Cup.

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A campanha do Vasco na Série B foi marcada por muita tensão e desconfiança, mas apesar da oscilação, o time ocupa o G4 desde a 7ª rodada e chega na penúltima com muitas chances de sacramentar o acesso. O Cruz-Maltino pode subir até mesmo com uma derrota para o Sampaio Corrêa, na próxima quinta-feira, em São Januário, como mostrou o LANCE! recentemente.

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Ao observamos outros acessos do Vasco, a campanha atual se assemelha bastante com a da Série B de 2014. Na ocasião, o time garantiu o acesso na penúltima rodada, ao empatar em 1 a 1 com o Icasa, no Maracanã. Kléber Gladiador abriu o placar para o Cruz-Maltino, mas Nilson empatou no segundo tempo. Com o resultado, a equipe alcançou 63 pontos e garantiu a 3ª posição.

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Já em 2016, o Vasco conquistou o acesso apenas na última rodada, ao vencer o Ceará, de virada, por 2 a 1, com dois gols de Thalles, morto em um acidente de moto em junho de 2019. O Cruz-Maltino terminou na 3ª colocação, mas acabaria subindo em 4º se perdesse, já que o Náutico, o 5º colocando, acabou perdendo o seu jogo para o Oeste, em casa.

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Levando em consideração a pontuação após a 36ª rodada, a campanha atual do Vasco é inferior. Nesta Série B, o Cruz-Maltino tem 59 pontos, enquanto nas edições de 2014 e 2016, o time somava 62 pontos. No entanto, a versão 2022 pode chegar a 65 pontos e igualar com a pontuação de 2016. Em 2014 a equipe terminou a competição com 63 pontos.

Vale destacar que o trauma por não ter conquistado o acesso no ano passado aumentou a pressão sobre o elenco deste ano. A concorrência atual também foi maior, pelo fato do Vasco ter disputado a Série B com Cruzeiro e Grêmio, também gigantes no cenário nacional, aumentando consideravelmente a dificuldade. Não à toa, ambos estão à frente do Cruz-Maltino na tabela e já garantiram o acesso.

+ Chefe de scout da 777 está na Argentina para observar jogadores

A Série B sempre foi difícil para o Vasco, a exceção foi a edição de 2009, quando o Cruz-Maltino subiu campeão, garantindo o título na 36ª rodada. No entanto, na época o clube não sofreu com a queda brusca de receita de TV por ter sido rebaixado.

MLS sides were believed to be leading the chase, but Rapid Vienna have surprisingly entered the mix with a competitive offer for Thomas Muller.

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• Rapid Vienna approach Muller with higher salary than MLS
• Bayern legend reportedly earns €1.7m in American proposal
• Free transfer possible in coming days

• WHAT HAPPENED?

  According to a report from , the Austrian club have made a surprise move to sign Bayern Munich icon. The Bundesliga legend has received an approach from the Vienna-based side, who are reportedly prepared to offer a higher salary than Major League Soccer clubs, with some Austrian sources claiming Rapid could table a deal worth up to €3 million per year. Muller is said to have been offered €1.7m annually by MLS suitors.

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  Muller, 35, has yet to confirm his future beyond Bayern, where he has spent his entire professional career. The attacker’s contract expires at the end of the month, and he will be available for a free transfer after that. While a switch to MLS appears more likely, Rapid’s interest adds a new twist, especially as they continue to search for a high-profile forward amid ongoing uncertainty in their pursuit of Marko Arnautovic.

• DID YOU KNOW?

  Muller played over 700 matches for Bayern and won 33 major trophies, including 13 Bundesliga titles and two Champions League crowns. Despite reduced minutes last season, he featured in 49 matches, contributing eight goals and eight assists.

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  Muller will likely weigh his options in the coming days. While Rapid are pushing for a sensational move, the veteran attacker may favour a switch to the United States, but nothing is confirmed apart from the fact that he made his last appearance for the German club in the Club World Cup.

Red Bull chief Jurgen Klopp has been active in restructuring RB Leipzig ahead of the 2025-26 season, snapping up a key figure from Bayern Munich.

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Klopp signs new head scout for LeipzigScout spent over seven years in BavariaPersonnel overhaul taking place at Leipzig this summerFollow GOAL on WhatsApp! 🟢📱WHAT HAPPENED?

Klopp has secured the services of long-time scout Maximilian Englert, as revealed on his LinkedIn profile. The 36-year-old will become "Head of Live Scouting" for RB Leipzig, which is equivalent to the position of chief scout.

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Englert, formerly a first-team scout at Bayern Munich for over seven years, joins Leipzig on the recommendation of former player Daniel Baier, according to Leipzig are currently restructuring their personnel following a disappointing season, with several positions reportedly needing to be filled. The report further claims that Leipzig have already made 16 changes related to first-team staff during the summer break, with further personnel adjustments still possible as the overhaul continues. Team psychologist Peter Schneider and match analyst Fabian Friedrich, who has been with Leipzig since 2012, are apparently on the verge of an exit. Dr Percy Marshall is moving to Bournemouth, while physiotherapist Simeon Unger is taking up a position at the Red Bull Athlete Performance Center in Thalgau, Austria. In addition, Ole Werner has been appointed as the new head coach.

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Klopp has been actively working behind the scenes to ensure Leipzig do not have another underwhelming campaign. According to reports from Germany, the ex-Liverpool boss, along with sporting direct Marcel Schafer, had a 10-hour long conversation with new head coach Werner to discuss sporting matters and tactical plans.

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The squad will also need reinforcements if they are to return to European football and challenge for the Bundesliga throne. Star players Xavi Simons and Benjamin Sesko have been linked with departures this summer, which could weaken the team to a great extent. Die Roten Bullen will return to action when they take on fourth-tier German side ZFC Meuselwitz on July 19 in their first pre-season game.

يجهز نادي ليفربول خطة بديلة خلال فترة الميركاتو الصيفي الحالي، وذلك في حال لم يتمكن الريدز من الحصول على خدمات نجم نادي نيوكاسل يونايتد، ألكسندر إيزاك.

إيزاك يعتبر محط أنظار نادي ليفربول للتعاقد معه خلال فترة الميركاتو الصيفي الحالي، حيث قدم الريدز من قبل عرضًا رسميًا للتعاقد مع الدولي السويدي البالغ من العمر 26 عامًا.

وأفاد الصحفي المعروف بموقع فوت ميركاتو، سانتي أونا، أن إدارة ليفربول تضع إيزاك كأولوية لتدعيم خط الهجوم هذا الصيف حتى هذه اللحظة، بينما يأمل الدولي السويدي في أن يتوصل الريدز إلى اتفاق مع نيوكاسل.

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وأضاف أونا، أن ليفربول لديه خطة حال فشل التعاقد مع إيزاك، حيث يعتبر التعاقد مع برادلي باركولا، جناح نادي باريس سان جيرمان، هو الخيار الثاني لدى النادي الإنجليزي بعد إيزاك.

وأردف أونا، أن مهمة ليفربول في ضم باركولا لن تكون سهلة، مع سعي باريس سان جيرمان إلى تجديد عقده.

وأوضح الصحفي الفرنسي، أن الخيار الثالث لدى ليفربول لتدعيم خط الهجوم هو رودريجو، نجم نادي ريال مدريد والذي يرتبط بعقد مع الفريق الملكي إلى نهاية موسم 2028 المقبل.

كان ليفربول قد دعم صفوفه بالفعل بالعديد من الصفقات هذا الصيف، على رأسها فلوريان فيرتز، ميلوس كيركيز، هوجو إيكتيكي وجيريمي فريمبونج.

ويسعى ليفربول جاهدًا نحو الحفاظ على لقب الدوري الإنجليزي الممتاز، الذي حققه الموسم الماضي في بداية عهد المدرب آرني سلوت، الذي خلف الألماني يورجن كلوب.

Marcus Stoinis blasted his way back to form by helping the Melbourne Stars pull off their greatest BBL run chase in a seven-wicket win over the Adelaide Strikers on New Year’s Eve.After Chris Lynn (83* off 42 balls) and Matt Short (56 off 32) lifted the Strikers to an imposing 205 for 4 at Adelaide Oval on Sunday, Beau Webster (66* off 48) and Stoinis (55* off 19) silenced the bumper crowd of 42,505, raising victory with six balls remaining.Stoinis, who entered the match hopelessly out of touch with just 30 runs for the tournament at an average of six, battered the Strikers into submission, turning a formidable chase into a cruise.With the match in the balance in the 18th over, Wes Agar was incensed when his full toss which Stoinis clobbered for four was deemed too high and a no-ball, softening the equation for the Stars.But there was no luck required in the 19th as Stoinis, also the New Year’s Eve hero here 12 months ago, crunched James Bazley for 62466 for the win.After Tom Rogers (8) departed cheaply, Dan Lawrence (50) – virtually straight off a plane as a replacement player for departed Pakistani duo Haris Rauf and Usama Mir – lit up the powerplay. Lawrence, though, was run out in contentious fashion.D’Arcy Short’s bullet to wicketkeeper Harry Nielsen from deep square leg just beat Lawrence’s lunge, but while the ball spilled out of Neilsen’s gloves as the stumps were broken, the Englishman was given his marching orders by third umpire Donovan Koch.Stars skipper Glenn Maxwell (28) miscued impressive legspinner Cameron Boyce to Adam Hose in the outer, but then Webster and Stoinis’ fireworks show began.Earlier, master blaster Lynn and captain Matt Short had the Strikers at one stage eyeing a total nearing 250. After D’Arcy Short (25) spooned a return catch to spinner Corey Rocchiccioli, captain Short and Lynn smashed 83 off the next five overs and moved into first and second place on the competition’s run-scoring leaderboard.The skipper thumped three sixes before lofting a knuckle-ball from opposite number Maxwell (2-21) to Webster at deep midwicket.Maxwell’s knuckle-ball variation also claimed Hose (14) as the Strikers’ progress stalled somewhat, but Lynn continued to fire against a depleted, rattled Stars attack.The BBL’s all-time leading run-scorer, Lynn belted four sixes and was well supported late by Jamie Overton but no total was enough with the mood Stoinis was in.