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O técnico Levir Culpi escolheu Alison para ser titular no meio de campo do Santos e ser o substituto de Thiago Maia, suspenso pelo terceiro cartão amarelo. Insatisfeito com a reserva, o volante Leandro Donizete pediu à comissão técnica para ser dispensado da viagem e resolver questões particulares, já que não seria aproveitado desde o início em Salvador.

No Twitter, o camisa 30 respondeu um torcedor que o criticou por não ter viajado à Bahia.

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Vc está muito mal informado,comentarista de merda! E sabe se eu iria jogar? Me respeita seu traste!

— Leandro Donizete (@doni_leandro) 20 de junho de 2017

Contratado no início desta temporada, sem custos, Donizete deixou o Atlético-MG e assinou com o Peixe por três temporadas. Desde então, atuou em 14 jogos, sendo três no Brasileirão.

Com Dorival Júnior no comando, ele era a primeira opção para substituir Renato ou Thiago Maia. Já Alison chegou a ser liberado pelo ex-treinador para jogar o Paulistão pelo Red Bull.

Manchester City travel to face Leicester City on Saturday as they return to Premier League action following the international break.

Whilst having a two-week break from action after back-to-back 5-0 wins was not the ideal situation for Pep Guardiola, it has given some of his players time to get themselves fit and firing to be ready for selection.

John Stones was a crucial member of the team at centre-back next to Ruben Dias last season, but is yet to make his first appearance in the Premier League this term. Nathan Ake and Aymeric Laporte have filled in alongside the Portuguese beast, but now could be the time for Guardiola to bring in the England international for his first start of the 2021/22 campaign.

The £100k-per-week enforcer started two of England’s three games over the international break, with his side conceding once in those two matches. This shows that he picked up some valuable minutes ahead of his return to Manchester, which could put him in good stead for a start having been left on the bench against Spurs and Arsenal and omitted from the matchday squad against Norwich (Transfermarkt).

Bringing Stones into the starting line-up could help to deal with the threat of Leicester striker Jamie Vardy. The Foxes forward has scored two goals in three games this season and ended the previous campaign with 15 league strikes.

In the 2020/21 campaign, Laporte averaged a SofaScore rating of 6.99 and won 66% of his duels in the Premier League. Stones averaged a score of 7.22 and won 70% of his duels in the top flight, suggesting that he is the superior option for Guardiola out of the two centre-backs as he proved over the course of an entire league season.

Therefore, the 27-year-old could be the man to come in and deal with Vardy, with the help of Dias, on Saturday. Vardy is renowned for his speed and Stones is no slouch. The former Everton defender’s return could be a huge boost if he is able to recapture his form from last season to make an impact against the Foxes, helping to keep Vardy quiet throughout the afternoon at the King Power Stadium.

This is why Guardiola must hand him a start and offer him the chance to show that he is capable of continuing his fine form from 2020/21 and carrying it over to the current campaign. Whilst it may be harsh on Laporte, the full-time result against Leicester will hopefully prove that it is the correct decision.

AND in other news, Exclusive: Steve Howey raves over Man City star in new role, labels him “devastating”…

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O Vasco anunciou no início da noite desta quinta-feira a contratação do zagueiro Lucas Rocha. O atleta, de 21 anos, já estava treinando em São Januário desde o mês passado, aguardando o fim da negociação, o que se deu de acordo com o Cruz-Maltino também nesta quinta. Ele chegou a aparecer na semana passada no Boletim Informativo Diário (Bid) da Confederação Brasileira de Futebol (CBF), mas deixou o registro depois de problemas – já resolvidos.

Lucas Rocha assinou com o Vasco até o fim da temporada. Ele chega a São Januário em contrato de empréstimo do Boavista, time que disputa o Campeonato Carioca. É o terceiro zagueiro contratado pelo Cruz-Maltino para a disputa do Campeonato Brasileiro – antes dele já tinham acertos com Paulão, em empréstimo do Internacional, e Breno, em empréstimo do São Paulo. A dupla, inclusive, já é a titular do time.

Além dos zagueiros, vale lembrar, o Vasco também efetivou a chegada do volante Wellington, em empréstimo do São Paulo. O clube segue trabalhando para anunciar nos próximos dias o também volante Bruno Paulista, em empréstimo do Sporting, de Portugal, que treina em São Januário desde o início do ano, mas aguarda a reabertura da janela internacional no próximo dia 20 para ter a negociação finalizada. Há ainda a possibilidade do zagueiro Anderson Martins, mas o Vasco aguarda que a sua rescisão no Qatar seja colocada no papel.

Os jogadores do Vasco voltam a treinar na manhã desta sexta-feira, em São Januário. Será a última oportunidade do técnico Milton Mendes em elaborar estratégia para voltar a vencer no Campeonato Brasileiro. O próximo compromisso é contra o Sport, também em casa, às 19h de sábado.

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Cricket South Africa’s (CSA) contracted players will be available on a phased-in basis for the domestic SuperSport Series starting next week. Gerald Majola, the CSA chief executive, said the players will feature in different rounds of the first-class competition between the South African franchises, which concludes next April.Majola said though the national side had a busy nine months ahead, the team management and franchise coaches had decided all contracted players would be made available to their franchises.”This means that Neil McKenzie, Hashim Amla, Ashwell Prince, Paul Harris, JP Duminy, Monde Zondeki, Robin Peterson, Herschelle Gibbs, Johan Botha and Albie Morkel will all be available from the outset,” Majola said.”Although Hashim has played both formats, he has been included in this group because he has played very little one-day cricket in the past 12 months. Albie will probably play as a batsman only in the first match to complete his rehabilitation and as an allrounder in the remaining two.” The other fast bowlers, Morne Morkel and Andre Nel, will play the first two matches of their respective franchises while Makhaya Ntini will appear for the second and third matches.Majola said the multi-format players like Jacques Kallis, AB de Villiers, Dale Steyn and Mark Boucher will play in the tournament’s third round. “Graeme Smith’s return is clearly dependent on the progress of his tennis elbow injury. It is unlikely that he will play representative cricket until the Castle Test series against Bangladesh next month.”

Crystal Palace have been linked with a move for Huddersfield Town midfielder Lewis O’Brien as new manager Patrick Vieira continues to overhaul the first-team squad.

What’s the story?

According to Football Insider, a source has revealed that the Eagles are keen to secure the 22-year-old’s services this summer, with fellow Premier League club Leeds United also credited with an interest. Marcelo Bielsa’s side reportedly tabled an opening offer of around £3m for O’Brien, and the Argentine is said to be “exasperated” that Leeds are yet to make a breakthrough in negotiations.

However, the standoff in talks appears to have opened the door for Palace to swoop in. The report claims that the Terriers initially demanded £10m for their prized asset but would now likely accept a seven-figure fee.

O’Brien has entered the final 12 months of his current contract at the John Smith’s Stadium, so he may be available in a cut-price deal, although Huddersfield do have the option of triggering a one-year extension clause.

Imagine him and Gallagher

After rising through the ranks at his boyhood club, O’Brien has established himself as one of Huddersfield’s most promising midfielders, scoring five goals and providing seven assists in 82 appearances for the Yorkshire outfit.

Vieira has already bolstered his midfield engine room options in the shape of Conor Gallagher on loan, but with James McCarthy departing and Cheikhou Kouyate linked with an imminent exit, the former Nice boss may need added reinforcements for the upcoming campaign.

Therefore, Palace chairman Steve Parish must swoop for O’Brien, snatching a much-coveted transfer target from under Leeds’ nose.

The youthful pair would add energy, technical ability and running power to the Eagles’ midfield, attributes which have been desperately lacking in recent years as Roy Hodgson’s side grew old together.

Palace have been targeting young, exciting acquisitions in the current window, changing the landscape at Selhurst Park in the process, and O’Brien should certainly fit into the makeup of the new-look side.

It remains to be seen whether the Eagles follow up their interest with a formal offer, but many supporters must surely be hoping that they do.

In other news… Get it done: Palace must swoop for “dangerous” 21 y/o prodigy, Vieira will love him

Some Wolves fans have been left fuming as a transfer update emerged on Owen Otasowie.

Writing in his latest piece for The Athletic, football journalist Tim Spiers has claimed that the Midlands club have had an offer of £3.4m on the table for the USA international from Club Brugge for more than a week, but they want a fee closer to £5m.

The Molineux faithful are pretty scarce in the central midfield position and have a pretty thin squad in general, and so letting go of another player, especially with the potential that Otasowie has, would really leave Bruno Lage short going into the new 2021/22 season.

Even £5m as well would give little room to manoeuvre in terms of trying to find an adequate replacement, and so the Wanderers might as well keep him instead.

Wolves fans on Otasowie transfer update

These WWFC supporters fumed as the exit news on Otasowie was shared on Twitter:

“£3.4 million??? If the offer don’t come in we want don’t sell it’s simple really!!!”

Credit: @Woodthewolf83

“£3.5m isn’t enough in my opinion”

Credit: @mark_spruce

“Don’t sell”

Credit: @samuelhomerdls

“£3.4m is insulting, £5m is better but only with a 20% sell on as well”

Credit: @toddo08

“Such a shame”

Credit: @BulletRobinson

“Mess”

Credit: @Ianph61

In other news, find out what Leander Dendoncker comments have Wanderers talking here!

West Ham’s chances of bringing Jesse Lingard back to the London Stadium have been rated as “unlikely” by a very reliable source…

What’s the word?

According to ExWHUemployee, the Irons have little hope in securing the Manchester United star on a permanent deal following a successful loan spell last season.

In response to supporters on Twitter, he said:

“Although at this point I still feel he is unlikely to sign.”

Devastating news

It’s no secret that Lingard is amongst David Moyes’ top targets in this transfer window. He made that much clear after the final game of the 2020/21 season, in which the Hammers secured their place in the Europa League.

“I hope Jesse’s here [next season], we’d like to keep him, he’s done an exceptional job for us but there’s no guarantees, he’s not our player,” the 58-year-old told reporters, via the Evening Standard. “But I hope Jesse realises we’ve been good for him as well, and that he joined a club on the up.”The 28-year-old is now back at Old Trafford after a short-term spell in the capital saw him provide nine goals and five assists, whilst he also finished as their second-highest rated player, as per WhoScored figures.[snack-amp-story url= “https://www.footballfancast.com/web-stories/read-the-latest-west-ham-news-transfer-rumours-the-latest-gossip-and-much-more-2” title= “Read the latest West Ham news, transfer rumours, gossip and much more!”]His future very much remains unclear with the season less than a month away.United boss Ole Gunnar Solskjaer has hinted that the England international is part of his plans this season.”He’s a Manchester United player and he wants to fight for his place,” he claimed before later adding: “He’s still in my plans. I expect him at Man Utd at the start of the season.”However, this seems hard to believe considering he’s already perhaps behind two players for the no.10 role in Bruno Fernandes and last summer’s signing Donny van de Beek, whilst the Manchester giants are close to landing Jadon Sancho, too.United’s asking price of around £30m seems a little far-fetched for a player who has not started in the Premier League for the Red Devils since January 2020.A combination of the above must certainly contribute to Ex’s thinking and this will come as devastating news to the Hammers faithful, who are just as keen as Moyes to see the star playmaker back at the London Stadium.

AND in other news, Moyes risks West Ham nightmare as ExWHUemployee drops big update on 30-goal “machine”…

Football FanCast’s EFL Spy has exclusively said that signing Eddie Nketiah could fire Queens Park Rangers into the top-six.

An outstanding end to 2020-2021 saw Mark Warburton’s side finish ninth, just nine points behind the play-off places.

However, Rangers badly struggled for goals throughout the campaign, with only Lyndon Dykes reaching double figures in all competitions.

Such were QPR’s goalscoring problems, Charlie Austin’s eight goals from January onwards made him their second top goal-getter.

With that in mind, Nketiah, who’s scored goals in the Premier League and with Leeds in the Championship previously, could add some much-needed firepower to the Rangers frontline.

The 22-year-old made 29 first-team appearances for Arsenal last season, although most of his game-time came in the cup competitions and the Europa League, meaning the youngster would surely benefit from another campaign out on loan in the second-tier.

Nketiah scored three times in 17 Championship appearances on loan at Leeds at the beginning of the 2019-2020 season.

The EFL insider believes a spell in the Championship could benefit him, telling FFC:

“Quality is needed for QPR to push for the playoffs this season, and with a few quid in the bank now you might see them go and get some quality from the Premier League.

“Someone like Arsenal young gun Eddie Nketiah, he could make a serious impact at QPR.”

A key update has emerged on West Ham midfielder Felipe Anderson, regarding his potential move to Lazio…

What’s the talk?

According to Fabrizio Romano, West Ham midfielder Felipe Anderson has agreed personal terms with Serie A side Lazio as he nears an exit from the London Stadium. The Brazilian forward wants to return to Rome and has spoken with the club about his contract demands.

Romano states that West Ham and Lazio are in talks over a deal to take Anderson back to Italy, although no transfer fee is mentioned. Discussions are said to be progressing, with a transfer potentially in the offing this week.

Fans will be buzzing

West Ham fans will be buzzing with this news as it appears as though Anderson is poised to depart after two rough years at the London-based outfit. He has scored just one league goal since the start of the 2019/20 campaign, finding the back of the net once in the Premier League and then failing to notch in Liga NOS following his loan to Portuguese giants Porto the following season.

After failing to kick on from his debut season in English football, Hammers supporters may be glad to see the back of him. In the 2019/20 campaign, Anderson registered one goal and four assists in 25 Premier League appearances as he was unable to rediscover his touch from the previous season, in which he scored nine and assisted four for West Ham in the Premier League.

Earlier this summer, former Hammers centre-forward Frank McAvennie claimed that Anderson “strolled about” about at the club and believes that he continued to do that on loan at Porto. The retired striker has urged West Ham to let him go and get him off the wage bill.

He told Football FanCast:

“He’s got to go. Let the boy go. They bought him in and he’s a luxury player. I’ve never seen him go into a tackle, never mind win one. Talent in abundance, but he’s gone to Porto on loan, but has done the same there – just strolled about. He can’t come back to West Ham; they’ll want him off the wage bill.”

The 28-year-old is said to be earning £85k-per-week at the club. Only Andriy Yarmolenko (£115k-per-week) and Jarrod Bowen (£96k-per-week) are above him on the wage bill. This means that West Ham will be saving a significant chunk of money, which could allow them to go out and add a new signing to bolster David Moyes’ squad.

Therefore, fans should be delighted by this update.

AND in other news, Imagine him & Ogbonna: West Ham can seal dream duo with £23m move for Vidic-like beast…

The last day’s play for the Indians before the Lord’s Test that starts on Thursday ended as expected, in less than spectacular fashion

Anand Vasu22-Jul-2002The last day’s play for the Indians before the Lord’s Test that starts on Thursday ended as expected, in less than spectacular fashion. Chasing 253 for victory on a wicket that was increasingly difficult to bat on, Hampshire were bowled out for 186 in 46.2 overs, giving India victory by 66 runs.The day’s play was of purely academic interest, with the result almost a foregone conclusion. It began with Hampshire’s Robin Smith and John Francis attempting to keep the Indian bowlers at bay. With deliveries continuing to surprise batsmen by bounce or the lack of the same, there was little the bowlers needed to do besides putting the ball in the right place.Sanjay Bangar got one right on target to trap Smith (19) in front of the stumps. Lawrence Prittipaul, a cousin of the popular West Indian Shivnarine Chanderpaul, entered to encouraging cheers. The middle-order batsman gave those gathered at the Rose Bowl reason to smile, as he played a few fierce cuts that raced to the fence. On a day where batting was a bit of a lottery, Prittipaul livened things up with an innings of 32 in just 40 balls. By the time he had begun to look good, however, wickets were falling at the other end. John Francis (19) gave Tinu Yohannan his only wicket of the innings.From then on to 129/8 there was little batting of note, and it appeared that the game would be over well before the scheduled luncheon interval at 1 o’clock. But Hampshire’s batting can hardly be expected to fold up to suit those looking out for a good lunch. Shaun Udal batted imaginatively to reach an unbeaten 36, putting on 57 for the ninth, and effectively last wicket.James Tomlinson (23) supported Udal as best as he could, but could not get the bat down in time to keep out a Kumble skidder. When the appeal for lbw was upheld, it was all over for the hosts. John Crawley, due to do duty for England in the forthcoming Test series, did not bat. The middle-order batsman, laid low by a virus, could have just as easily been kept back to avoid the risk of injury on this Rose Bowl wicket.While sections of the media have been quick to decry the Hampshire authorities for the wicket, Indian coach John Wright was his calm, collected self. “Obviously we would have liked a better surface,” he told reporters soon after the match. “But we don’t like to moan and groan about it. This is a new surface and it will take a bit of time to settle down,” he added.The decision to rest both left arm seamers Ashish Nehra and Zaheer Khan raised a few eyebrows, but once again Wright had his answers close at hand. “They’ve all done a lot of bowling in the recent past and it was a conscious decision on our part to give them a rest. We’ve simulated match conditions in practice sessions and preparations are fine.”In contrast to India, England have had their share of injury worries. With Darren Gough, Alex Tudor, Marcus Trescothick and Andy Caddick all on the injured list, Nasser Hussain and Duncan Fletcher have a bit to worry about.Wright, though, was happy to leave the worrying to the opposite camp. “We don’t really want to think too much about the injuries in the England team. It’s not the way we think. They’re a highly competitive side and we know that from their recent tour to India. What we need to do is concentrate on playing well, as close to our potential as possible. We nearly did that in the one-dayers, and that’s what we need to take forward to the Tests as well,” said Wright.It is true that India’s preparations for the Test series have been hampered by the two-paced nature of this wicket. But Wright was quick to reassure journalists that the Indian team was well prepared. When pressed to make further comment on the wicket, Wright sprang a surprise. Departing from his usually guarded and careful style of answering, he said: “I’m told wickets are a bit like red wine. They need a bit of time to settle down.” There was a twinkle in is eye as he ended the press conference and moved over to the nets where the Indians were having a session. Wine apart, the Indian team certainly appear in high spirits going in to the Test series.