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Mikel Arteta has provided a window into the ongoing contract negotiations between Arsenal and star winger Bukayo Saka. The Gunners boss said he is confident the 24-year-old will "leave a legacy" at his boyhood club. Saka is under contract with Arsenal until 2027, but is expected to sign a new deal as the club looks to lock down the core of its title-challenging squad.

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  Arteta provides update on Saka contract

  The Spanish manager was speaking at his pre-match press conference ahead of Arsenal's north London derby clash with Tottenham on Sunday. 

  When asked if he was confident the winger would sign a new deal with the club, Arteta shared that Saka has expressed his desire to remain with Arsenal going forward. He described the relationship between the England international, his representatives and the club's hierarchy as "very healthy and powerful". 

  Saka signed his current deal in May 2023. The four year deal is set to expire at the end of the 2026/27 season, prompting the likely re-opening of talks over the past few months. 

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• Arteta: Saka wants to "leave legacy" at Arsenal

  Arteta was asked if he was confident in Saka's desire to stay with the club and replied: “I prefer that word, I think it is confidence.

  “What Bukayo has transmitted to me and the club, and Emeka (Obasi, Saka’s agent) as well, is that they want to continue to be here. I think it’s a very healthy and powerful relationship.

  “The journey that he has had at the club and what he has become is something we want to maintain. I think that is something that is going to leave a legacy at this football club and he needs to fulfill that role.

  "What I’m very aware of is that he wants to continue with us, that he’s very happy and that he’s in the place that he wants to continue to be and achieve everything that we want to achieve together.

  “When that (a new contract) happens and how it happens, I leave that to Andrea [Berta] and the club to figure it out.”

• Arsenal lock down title-challenging squad

  The north London club have systematically looked to secure the futures of a number of their best performers over the past few months. Saka's fellow academy graduates Myles Lewis-Skelly and Ethan Nwaneri penned new deals in the summer, locking them down until 2030. 

  Real Madrid's reported interest in William Saliba was staved off with a new deal; the Frenchman is under contract until 2030 too. His defensive partner Gabriel — who was recently ruled out for a month after sustaining an injury on Brazil duty — extended his deal with the club until 2029. 

  Meanwhile, Leandro Trossard and David Raya also improved the terms of their respective agreements with the Gunners. 

  Speaking on the club's proactive approach to managing their players' futures, Arteta said: “It’s been a very clear vision and route on how we want to do things.

  “Ownership has been incredibly supportive and determined to make sure that we can continue the journey with these players and maintain the core of the team. That is the efficiency of everybody that works upstairs, starting with Andrea (Berta) and all the team to get things done because at the end there are always three parties and it’s never an easy thing to get done.”

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  Saka's growing Arsenal legacy depends on lifting trophies

  There is scant evidence to suggest that Saka views his future outside of north London. Since breaking through into the first team as a left back in the 2018/19 season, the Gunners' 'Star Boy' has developed into one of world football's most consistent right wingers. He has made 277 appearances for the club, scoring 76 goals in all competitions. That form has seen him bloom into a trusted player at international level. Saka has won 48 caps, scoring 14 times for England. 

  For the 24-year-old to leave a true legacy at such a massive club will depend on his ability to drive Arsenal on to more silverware. Saka has lifted just one majour honour in his career, the 2019/20 FA Cup, which the Gunners won during Arteta's first season with the club. Three straight second place finishes in the Premier League will have only further fuelled his ambition to win more. Arsenal's push for their first league title in more than 20 years continues with that north London derby on Sunday. 

Ibrahima Konate has revealed the cheeky motivational message he sent to new Liverpool teammate Hugo Ekitike after the French striker joined in a £79 million summer move from Eintracht Frankfurt. The defender admitted to giving the 23-year-old a “hard time” during training sessions as he pushed him to prove his worth at both club and international level.

• Ekitike teased by Konate at Liverpool training

  Liverpool summer signing Ekitike has made an immediate impact since his blockbuster move from Eintracht Frankfurt, but the Frenchman has also found himself on the receiving end of some friendly teasing from compatriot Konate. The defender revealed that he once gave Ekitike a "hard time" during a post-training session at the AXA Training Centre, using humour to test the young striker's mentality and work ethic.

  Ekitike, who joined Arne Slot's new-look Liverpool side in a deal worth up to £79 million ($105m), has been a key attacking threat this season. His six goals and one assist in 16 appearances across all competitions have helped the Reds remain in touch with the top of the table amid their struggles. Yet for all his promising form, Konate admitted he wanted to make sure the forward understood the expectations that come with representing both Liverpool and France, using a simple but pointed message to keep him motivated.

  The light-hearted exchange reportedly occurred before the international break when the pair were due to join up with the France squad. While Ekitike appeared fatigued after an intense training session, Konate's playful challenge proved effective and highlighted the close bond the French duo have already built within the Liverpool dressing room.

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  Konate admits he gave Ekitike a 'hard time'

  Speaking to , Konate lifted the lid on the humorous but motivational moment: "Once, I gave him a bit of a hard time, but it was funny. We had to go to the gym after one of the training sessions, and the intensity we put into training, it's true, it's very tough. And he was tired. I went to see him and I said, 'Come on, let's go to the gym now.' And he said to me, 'I'm knocked out, I'm dead.'"

  Konate continued: "Actually, we don't have to go to the gym, but it's better to go because we’re kind of 'called up.' I looked at him and for two seconds, I didn’t speak to him. And I said to him, 'Do you want to go to the French national team or not?' A minute later, he was in the gym."

  The defender added with a smile: "The anecdote is a bit funny, but afterwards he quickly understood how it worked. In terms of work, he is someone who is very diligent and who will progress, I have no doubt about that."

• Ekitiek already thriving at Liverpool

  Ekitike's transfer to Liverpool in July 2025 was one of the summer's biggest stories, with the striker rejecting late interest from Manchester United to sign a six-year contract. The 23-year-old's start to life in England has been impressive. He scored on his Premier League debut against Bournemouth and quickly became Slot's preferred No. 9, edging out £125m signing Alexander Isak, whose pre-season fitness struggles delayed his integration. Ekitike's physical presence, movement, and intelligent link-up play have made him a natural fit in Slot's pressing system.

  His performances have also caught the eye of France head coach Didier Deschamps, who rewarded the forward with his first senior international call-up in August. Since then, Ekitike has made four appearances for Les Bleus and is pushing to secure a regular place in the squad ahead of next year's World Cup.

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  Could the Ekitike-Konate duo be broken soon?

  For Liverpool, both Konate and Ekitike are expected to play key roles in the months ahead as Slot continues to shape his project at Anfield. Ekitike's battle with Isak for the starting striker role will likely intensify as the season progresses, with Slot keen to find a tactical formula that allows both high-profile forwards to thrive together.

  Konate's situation, however, is more complicated. The 25-year-old defender's contract is set to expire in the summer of 2026, and negotiations over a new deal have reportedly stalled. With Real Madrid, Paris Saint-Germain, and Bayern Munich monitoring developments, Liverpool face a dilemma over whether to meet his salary demands or risk losing him for free next year.

They came together at 84 for 5 and put on a partnership of 271 and it’s still going strong

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Tea Harry Brook picked off his ninth Test century in an afternoon session bossed by England, with India still smarting from Jamie Smith’s astonishing 80-ball hundred on day three of this second Test at Edgbaston.Both Smith (157) and Brook (140) went into tea unbeaten and dominant, the hosts 355 for 5, still trailing India by 232 but bossing matters ever since Mohammed Siraj removed Joe Root and Ben Stokes in consecutive deliveries. That left England 84 for 5 in the 22nd over, still trailing in their first innings by 503.They have not looked back since Smith walked out and drove the hat-trick delivery for four down the ground. The keeper-batter went into lunch unbeaten on 102, his second Test hundred, with 17 boundaries. Brook, meanwhile, still had nine runs of his own to pick off for his century.He’d get there four overs into the second session, guiding the ball through the cordon, between gully and second slip, off Prasidh Krishna for his 13th boundary to take him to three figures off 137 deliveries. It was Brook’s first century against India, and only his second at home, having fallen for 99 in his first innings of the series at Headingley.Mohammed Siraj struck twice in an over early on day three•Getty Images

Smith had polished off his three-figures in one session, joint-third fastest on deliveries by an Engishman, and now has his second-highest first-class score. The keeper-batter was more or less a-run-a-ball up until he locked horns with Krishna in the over before the drinks break. With Shubman Gill chasing the match earlier than he needed to, Krishna was ordered to bounce Smith, who cashed in handsomely with four fours and a six smashed high over fine leg, taking the over for 23.Having reached his hundred with back-to-back fours off Ravindra Jadeja in the final over of the morning, both he and Brook played the afternoon steady. Only 106 was added in the 28 overs between lunch and tea, with the collective slowdown evident in the fact it took 101 deliveries for this sixth wicket stand to move from 200 to 250.Now at 271, it is the third-highest partnership for the sixth wicket and lower against India. The second new ball, which is just five overs away, feels like India’s only hope of splitting Smith and Brook, though Nitish Kumar Reddy did find Smith’s edge on 121, but Rishabh Pant could only get fingertips to the chance.

Celtic’s dominance in Scotland has continued under Brendan Rodgers, and the Northern Irishman has worked with a number of star players at Parkhead during his two stints as manager who have gone on to bring in huge transfer fees for the Hoops.

But who is the club’s record departure? Here’s a look at Celtic’s most expensive sales in their history, as per Transfermarkt, with a detailed look at the top 10.

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Matt O’Riley

£25m

Brighton

2024

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Jota

£25m

Al-Ittihad

2023

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Kieran Tierney

£25m

Arsenal

2019

4

Moussa Dembele

£19.7m

Lyon

2018

5

Nicolas Kuhn

£16.5m

Como

2025

6

Odsonne Edouard

£14m

Crystal Palace

2021

7

Kristoffer Ajer

£13.5m

Brentford

2021

8

Virgil van Dijk

£13m

Southampton

2015

9

Victor Wanyama

£12.5m

Southampton

2013

10

Jeremie Frimpong

£11.5m

Bayer Leverkusen

2021

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Liel Abada

£10m

Charlotte FC

2024

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Kyogo Furuhashi

£10m

Rennes

2025

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Josip Juranovic

£10m

Union Berlin

2023

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Fraser Forster

£10m

Southampton

2014

15

Aiden McGeady

£9.5m

Spartak Moscow

2010

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Stuart Armstrong

£7m

Southampton

2018

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Mark Viduka

£7m

Leeds

2000

18

Stiliyan Petrov

£6.5m

Aston Villa

2006

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Ki Sung-yueng

£6m

Swansea City

2012

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Adam Idah

£6m

Swansea City

2025

Here's a detailed look at Celtic's top 10 sales… 10 Jeremie Frimpong £11.5m to Bayer Leverkusen, 2021

Jeremie Frimpong has had one of the more impressive post-Celtic careers, as his £11.5m move to Bayer Leverkusen has certainly worked out for the Dutchman.

Frimpong was a key part of the Leverkusen side which went unbeaten in their double-winning season in 2023/24, as well as reach the Europa League final, which proved to be their only defeat of the campaign.

Not only did Celtic receive a handsome fee following Frimpong’s departure, but they also had a 30% sell-on fee is in his Leverkusen contract, where he was sold to Liverpool for £30m in 2025.

9 Victor Wanyama £12.5m to Southampton, 2013

Celtic really found a gem in powerful central midfielder Victor Wanyama, making a huge profit on the fee they paid Beerschot in 2011, with Southampton paying £12.5m to take the Kenyan to the Premier League.

Wanyama made more than 90 appearances for Celtic in his two-year stay, starring in the Champions League before moving to the south coast.

8 Virgil van Dijk £13m to Southampton, 2015

Yet another player to depart for Southampton in the top 10 list is Virgil van Dijk, who is now regarded as one of the best centre-backs of the modern era.

The Hoops signed Van Dijk in 2013 from FC Groningen, and after winning back-to-back titles in Glasgow, he caught the eye of the Saints, who were managed by fellow Dutchman Ronald Koeman.

The south coast side paid £13m to lure Van Dijk to St Mary’s, before they received a then-world-record fee for a defender when Liverpool came calling in late 2017.

7 Kristoffer Ajer £13.5m to Brentford, 2021

Signed as a teenager after a trial with Celtic in 2016, Kristoffer Ajer grew into one of the best defenders in the Scottish Premiership.

The Norway international won three trebles in a row with Celtic between 2018 and 2020 before leaving the club in 2021 for London and Brentford. The Bees spent an initial £13.5m to bring him to the Gtech Community Stadium.

6 Odsonne Edouard £14m to Crystal Palace, 2021

One of Celtic’s record signings, Odsonne Edouard scored goals for fun at Parkhead after joining permanently from PSG.

In total, Edouard scored 87 goals in 179 games for the Hoops and was too good for the division when he left for Crystal Palace on deadline day in the summer of 2021, with the Eagles sealing a £14m deal.

5 Nicolas Kuhn £16.5m to Como, 2025

Nicolas Kuhn was Celtic’s high-profile transfer saga in the summer of 2025, with the Hoops not exactly splashing the cash despite receiving £16.5m for their star winger.

Serie A side Como, managed by Cesc Fabregas, struck a deal with Celtic for Kuhn, who spent just £3m on the forward in January 2024.

4 Moussa Dembele £19.7m to Lyon, 2018

Another free-scoring French striker who brought in plenty of money was Moussa Dembele, who left three years before Edouard in 2018.

Dembele netted 51 times in 94 Celtic appearances and went on to be successful in a Lyon shirt. The Ligue 1 side paid close to £20m for the striker, with Celtic making a handsome profit in the process having signed him for around £500,000.

3 Kieran Tierney £25m to Arsenal, 2019

Kieran Tierney holds the record as Celtic’s joint-most expensive sale, as well as the outright record for an academy player, with the boyhood Hoops fan bringing in an eye-catching £25m in his move to Arsenal back in 2019.

The left-back fell out of favour at the Emirates and made the surprise move back to Celtic Park in 2025 on a free transfer.

2 Jota £25m to Al-Ittihad, 2023

After a memorable loan spell from Benfica, Celtic activated their option-to-buy clause to sign Jota in 2022.

However, after another impressive campaign at Parkhead, the Portuguese winger attracted interest from Saudi Arabia, with Al-Ittihad making him their club-record signing for £25m. Things didn’t work out for Jota with Al-Ittihad, signing for Rennes a year later before re-joining the Hoops.

1 Matt O’Riley £25m to Brighton, 2024

Also top of the charts as Celtic’s most expensive sale is midfielder Matt O’Riley, who cost the Hoops a tiny fee in comparison to what they sold him for this past summer.

Signed from MK Dons, O’Riley starred at Celtic Park and won his first caps for Denmark as a result, with Brighton spending £25m on his signature in 2024.

Big picture: It’s fun to be normal again

It feels like a whole new tournament. Since IPL 2025 paused last week, the people it is built on knew nothing but uncertainty. The players left for their own safety. Some returned. Others didn’t. Some coaches were about to leave but then they heard about the ceasefire and changed their minds. The resumption was supposed to take place in Chennai, Bengaluru and Hyderabad, but that’s not how it’s panned out. So just a normal day where they could pick up a bat or grab a ball and go full-tilt without anything else to worry about must feel so good.Gujarat Titans (GT) are only one win away from the playoffs. Their style of play is risk-free and replicable. Shubman Gill and B Sai Sudharsan go out there and put a high price on their wicket and figure out what kind of total their bowling attack will be able to defend. Plus, they had almost all of their players still on-site and were among the first teams to get back into training.Related

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Delhi Capitals (DC) resume their season without Mitchell Starc. He had already bailed one match out of the fire for them and his big-game form is almost always on point, so he will be a big miss. DC are coping with that by bringing in another left-arm quick who does some of his best work at the death, Mustafizur Rahman – though it’s unlikely he’ll feature on Sunday, less than 24 hours after being part of Bangladesh’s team in a T20I in Sharjah. A batting line-up that seemed to dovetail perfectly started to hit snags – DC were ahead in a chase of 210 against Kolkata Knight Riders before crumbling to Sunil Narine and they made only 133 for 7 in their last game against Sunrisers Hyderabad, which was rained out before a result could be achieved – so it will be interesting to see how they go about things on Sunday.3:01

Can MI still miss out of the playoffs?

Form guide

Delhi Capitals: LLWLW (last five completed matches, most recent first)
Gujarat Titans: WWLWW

In the spotlight: Shubman Gill and Kuldeep Yadav

Shubman Gill, when we last saw him, was just a cog in the machine. Now he appears to be India’s Test captain in waiting. The merits of that decision aside, it is a huge moment in the life of a 25-year-old. How does he focus on the task at hand right now – leading GT – when there is something so big right on the horizon? Gill is set to become the second-fastest Indian to 5000 T20 runs – he’s 21 short after 153 innings – behind KL Rahul (143 innings).Having picked up at least one wicket in every match he’d played this season, Kuldeep Yadav has got nothing to show for his work over the last three games. He still remains hard to hit, his last 11 overs costing just 88 runs. His overall economy rate of 7.1 is second only to Varun Chakravarthy (7.0) among spinners who have bowled at least 20 overs this season. Kuldeep needs one more wicket to hit 100 in the IPL.Time is running out for Delhi Capitals•BCCI

Team news and probable XIIs

GT might need to start putting contingencies in place for when Jos Buttler leaves them ahead of the playoffs. They have three games left. They only need to win one. They have an opportunity to test their middle order out a bit.Gujarat Titans (probable): 1 Shubman Gill (capt), 2 B Sai Sudharsan, 3 Jos Buttler (wk), 4 Sherfane Rutherford, 5 Shahrukh Khan, 6 Rahul Tewatia, 7 Rashid Khan, 8 Kagiso Rabada/Gerald Coetzee, 9 Prasidh Krishna, 10 Mohammed Siraj, 11 Arshad Khan, 12 R Sai Kishore.The IPL’s reschedule has hit DC hard. Starc’s out and Tristan Stubbs will be packing his bags and leaving on May 30 with his attention shifting to the World Test Championship final. DC need to win all three of their remaining matches to confirm a spot in the playoffs without depending on other results. With Mustafizur unlikely to feature, they may only field three overseas players.Delhi Capitals (probable): 1 Faf du Plessis, 2 Abhishek Porel, 3 Karun Nair, 4 KL Rahul (wk), 5 Axar Patel (capt), 6 Tristan Stubbs, 7 Ashutosh Sharma, 8 Vipraj Nigam, 9 Kuldeep Yadav, 10 Dushmantha Chameera, 11 Mohit Sharma/Mukesh Kumar, 12 T Natarajan

The big question

DC began the season with four wins in four. But now they’re on a downward trend, with only two wins in seven.

Pitch and conditions

Three of the four matches played in Delhi have produced totals above 185. Spin bowlers (26 wickets, 24.07 average, 8.23 economy) have done significantly better than fast bowlers (19 wickets, 44.84 average, 10.45 economy) here. A searing day is expected with temperatures up around 40 degrees Celsius.

Stats and trivia

• KL Rahul is 33 runs short of 8000 in T20s. Considering he will be playing his 214th innings on Sunday, he has a chance to become the third-fastest player to that mark in the format. Virat Kohli’s record (243 innings) is under threat.
• GT could play spoilsport, though, because Rashid Khan has a tasty match-up against Rahul in the IPL: 40 runs in 47 balls for three dismissals.
• DC could mitigate that by making sure Axar Patel is out there for a longer period of time. Both the GT spinners will turn their stock balls into him, and Axar has played spin like a boss this season, striking at 192.85. Among those with at least 100 runs against spin this IPL, only Nicholas Pooran has done better (SR 264).
• GT’s top three have played an average of 88 balls per innings between them this season. They’ve dominated games, but that’s also resulted in a situation where Nos 4 to 11 have only faced an average of 28 balls per innings, and that could come back to bite them in the knockout stages.

Ryan Reynolds has explained how he and Rob Mac have changed the mindset of a football club and community in North Wales, with people now proud to say: “I’m from Wrexham.” That was not the case when two Hollywood stars completed a stunning takeover of then National League Red Dragons in 2021, with a record-shattering rise to prominence having been enjoyed since then.

• From takeover to the Championship: Wrexham's meteoric rise

  Few knew what to expect when it was announced that Reynolds and Mac were venturing into the world of sports co-ownership. Fears of a celebrity gimmick being played out were aired, especially when it was revealed that documentary cameras would be heading to the Racecourse Ground.

  A remarkable success story has, however, been played out. ‘Welcome to Wrexham’ has opened up a window to the world, building a global fan base in the process, while progress on the field has delivered a historic run of three successive promotions – with the Red Dragons now flying high in the Championship.

  They are one step away from reaching the Premier League, with Reynolds and Mac having provided considerable funding on and off the field while chasing that top-flight dream. They have been taken into the hearts of Wrexham natives, showing that A-list investment can be a positive when managed in the right way.

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  Reynolds is rightly proud of all that has been achieved, telling : "We are in the Championship league, one step from the Premier League, and honestly it’s wild. It’s two things about it that I think are really remarkable. The first thing and the most important is that people in Wrexham – you know, five years ago when we got there, they wouldn’t really even say Wrexham. If you said: ‘Where you from?’ They would say: ‘North Wales’. And now they say: ‘I’m from Wrexham (expletive).’ I love it! I’m just like, I love that.

  "And so, yeah, the show Welcome to Wrexham is shooting its fifth season now. Wrexham the club, the football club, is in its 167th season. So, it’s one of the oldest football teams – third oldest in the world. It was promoted three times in a row, which is history. No-one’s ever done that in the sport, which is good and bad because, like, literally Rob and I are watching us get promoted and we’re like: ‘Well, we’re going to have to now rent our mouths out to oligarchs’.

  "This is crazy. As we walked off the field, they literally started rolling the field up because a heated one needs to go down to play in that kind of league. So, it’s been transformative for the town in every way. It’s just imbued the town with a kind of positivity that wasn’t there. They lost coal and steel and all that sort of post-Thatcherism kind of sadness that was there, it’s gone and it’s like this vibrant community that is an amazing place to visit."

• How Hollywood takeover of Wrexham came about

  Wrexham have come a long way in a short space of time, with Mac’s wife – Kaitlin Olson – having previously told Lorraine of how the most unlikeliest of ventures came about. She said: "I mean, honestly, I thought it was amazing because this was during Covid and if you know my husband, you know, I mean, we were all on lockdown and we couldn’t work or do anything. You tell Rob he can’t do something, he’s like, ‘Yes I can’.

  "So he just needed to come up with an idea of something that he could do. And he said, you know, I have this idea if I buy a football club and I take it to FX and then, you know, we make a television show out of it, the money that we get paid for the show, we could just put into the club. And it’s a win-win. And then he brought it up with Ryan, and he thought it was a great idea."

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  Wrexham fairytale: More drama for documentary series

  That "idea" has become a fairytale adventure, with there no sign of Wrexham slowing down. Adjusting to life in the Championship has not been easy, with the odd question being asked of Phil Parkinson’s future as manager despite all that he has achieved, but they are just five points adrift of the play-off places through nine games as more drama is delivered for the club’s award-winning documentary.

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Diante da necessidade – pelo fato do titular, o lateral-direito Diogo Mateus, ter recebido o terceiro cartão amarelo e ter que cumprir suspensão automática -, Umberto Louzer não hesitou e promoveu a estreia da “joia” Bugrina diante do time paranaense.

Com 82 minutos em campo, Yan teve uma apresentação sólida, foi o lateral que iniciou a jogada que culminou na cabeçada de Derek para abrir o placar após cruzamento de Bruno José pela direita.

Após a partida, Louzer elogiou bastante a partida realizada pelo garoto e também frisou detalhes importantes, principalmente psicológicos, que podem interferir em uma estreia.

– Olha, o Yan, a gente fica feliz. É a primeira vez dele. Estreou hoje com a camisa do profissional. É um menino com potencial gigantesco, com muita personalidade, com muito talento. Gosta de trabalhar, gosta de aprender, sempre focado naquilo que é passado a ele. Imagina a cabeça desse menino, capaz de não ter dormido, não é mais o jogo pela manhã, mas feliz por ele, feliz, tenho certeza que a família dele também está feliz por ele – afirmou.

Louzer também projetou a sequência do jogador e ainda elogiou o dia a dia de trabalho do jovem jogador Bugrino.

– Então, ele tem treinado conosco desde quando eu cheguei, tem me agradado a maneira como ele trabalha no dia a dia. É claro que a tendência é que ele possa estar evoluindo. Então, o menino é uma joia que o Guarani tem. Nós vamos ter que saber lapidar bem, trabalhar bem o emocional, a cabeça dele, dar aquilo que ele precisa para ele potencializar todas as suas virtudes e eu tenho certeza que, num espaço curto aí, vai ser um nome lembrado, visto e elogiado no cenário do futebol brasileiro – projetou o treinador.

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Em 2018, 2019, 2020, 2022 e 2023, o Palmeiras foi o time com a melhor campanha geral da fase de grupos da Libertadores, ficando fora desses status apenas em 2021, quando o Atlético-MG levou a melhor, mas foi eliminado justamente pelo Verdão na semifinal. A eficiência desses resultados chamam a atenção, mas mais do que isso os números mostram que o Alviverde sobra nesses últimos anos.

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Ao todo, o Palmeiras fez 36 jogos de fase de grupos e em apenas cinco deles não conseguiu uma vitória. Foram somente dois empates e três derrotas em seis anos, algo muito fora do comum. Os 31 triunfos nesses período também são impressionantes. O brasileiro que mais se aproxima é o Flamengo, com 21 vitórias, além de 11 empates e quatro derrotas. O aproveitamento palmeirense é de incríveis 88% dos pontos disputados (95 dos 108 possíveis). Enquanto o Rubro-Negro tem aproveitamento de 68,5%.

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Se essa comparação já parece bastante impressionante, basta ver o número de gols para notar o tamanho do feito do Palmeiras nesses últimos anos. Em 36 jogos de fase de grupo, o Verdão marcou 105 gols, média de 2,92 por jogo. O Flamengo, que vem logo atrás no ranking, marcou 72 tentos em 36 partidas, média de dois por jogo. Números que também chamam a atenção, mas ainda assim menores do que o do Alviverde.

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Em termos de média de gols sofridos, o Palmeiras acaba sendo superado pelo Grêmio e pelo Bragantino, que têm índice de 0,5 por partida, enquanto o Verdão tem média de 0,61. Detalhe é que o Alviverde jogou o dobro de jogos dos gaúchos e seis vezes mais partidas do que o Massa Bruta no período.

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Já o saldo de gols palmeirense volta a ser algo bastante fora da curva. Com 105 gols marcados e apenas 22 sofridos, o saldo de gols do Verdão no período é de 83. O Flamengo, que é o segundo nessa lista, tem um saldo de gols de 35, menos da metade do saldo do Alviverde.

Campanha do Palmeiras somando últimos seis anos fase de grupos da Libertadores:

36 jogos
31 vitórias
2 empates
3 derrotas
105 gols marcados
22 gols sofridos
88% de aproveitamento
83 gols de saldo

Melhores aproveitamentos últimos seis anos fase de grupos da Libertadores:

1) Palmeiras – 88%
2) Cruzeiro – 72,2%
3) Flamengo – 68,5%
4) Grêmio – 64,8%
5) Internacional – 61,1%

Maiores médias de gols últimos seis anos fase de grupos da Libertadores:

1) Palmeiras – 2,92
2) Cruzeiro – 2,17
3) Flamengo – 2
4) São Paulo – 1,92
5) Internacional – 1,71

Menores médias de gols últimos seis anos fase de grupos da Libertadores:

1) Grêmio – 0,50
2) Bragantino – 0,50
3) Cruzeiro – 0,58
4) Palmeiras – 0,61
5) Corinthians – 0,83

Maiores saldos de gols últimos seis anos fase de grupos da Libertadores:

1) Palmeiras – 83
2) Flamengo – 35
3) Cruzeiro – 19
4) Internacional – 18
5) Grêmio – 18

Following a difficult start to life at Ibrox, Russell Martin is reportedly expected to ditch a Rangers flop who he has already played five times across all competitions this season.

Rangers confirm Jefte sale

The Gers couldn’t have asked for a much more frustrating start to what is meant to be a new era. They’re yet to win in the Scottish Premiership and now have one foot out of the Champions League following a 3-1 defeat at the hands of Club Brugge. The Belgian side raced into a 3-0 lead within 20 minutes at Ibrox and were only pegged back by Danilo’s effort in the second half.

Despite his outburst following his side’s opening day draw against Motherwell, however, Martin chose to take a different approach after Tuesday’s humbling evening against Club Brugge – reiterating the pride that he has in his side for how they reacted.

Whilst the former Southampton boss chose to remain positive with his words, he has since acted ruthlessly in the transfer market to sell struggling left-back Jefte.

The Gers confirmed the news that the Brazilian has completed a move to Palmeiras, which coincides with the arrival of new left-back Jayden Meghoma. It’s the type of decision that Ibrox may need to get used to, with Martin seemingly in no mood to keep hold of any passengers in his Rangers squad.

Martin expected to ditch Bajrami

According to Albanian outlet Gazeta Blic, Martin is now set to ditch Nedim Bajrami in ruthless fashion this month. The attacking midfielder was left out of Rangers’ squad to face Club Brugge and has reportedly been shown the door by the Gers just one year since arriving for a hefty £3.5m fee.

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After scoring the opening goal in Rangers’ 4-2 win against Alloa Athletic in the League Cup recently, the former Sassuolo man may have thought he’d done enough to keep hold of his place, but a swift exit is now reportedly drawing near.

Even that goal is not enough to mask what has been a difficult year for Bajrami at Rangers and he’s now, ultimately, destined to become one of several transfer flops signed by Philippe Clement.

After just five appearances under Martin, the midfielder looks set to be heading for the exit door with just under two weeks left to secure a move away from the Scottish giants.

يخوض الفريق الأول لكرة القدم بنادي الزمالك، مباراة هامة أمام غزل المحلة، ضمن منافسات مسابقة الدوري المصري الممتاز غدًا السبت.

ويلتقي الزمالك مع غزل المحلة في الخامسة مساء السبت على استاد هيئة قناة السويس، ضمن منافسات الجولة العاشرة من بطولة الدوري المصري.

ويسعى الزمالك إلى تحقيق نتيجة إيجابية أمام غزل المحلة من أجل استعادة التوازن بعد التعادل مع الجونة، والخسارة أمام الأهلي.

طالع.. حكم مباراة الزمالك وغزل المحلة في الدوري المصري

ويحتاج الزمالك إلى الفوز على المحلة من أجل الحفاظ على صدارة جدول الترتيب للدوري المصري الممتاز.

في المقابل يأمل المحلة في تعويض التعادل الأخير مع المقاولون العرب، والخسارة أمام المصري في الجولتين الماضيتين.

ويحتل الزمالك، المركز الأول برصيد 17 نقطة، بينما غزل المحلة في المركز الرابع عشر برصيد 10 نقاط.