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A summer of real change could be afoot at Tottenham following Ange Postecoglou's full managerial debut season, and they appear prepared to trim the fat by any means necessary.
Reports in the last week have indicated that Spurs are thinking about selling over a dozen members of their squad, with the Lilywhites set to consider offers for them as Postecoglou pleads for serious change.
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The Spurs head coach has previously stated that they may need over three transfer windows before reaching the required level to compete for English football's highest honours, with Postecoglou delivering a frank assessment of his current squad recently.
"We've got a lot of work to do still on the squad and I don't think we're anywhere near where we want to be. It probably will take a little bit more than three windows to get there, for sure," said Postecoglou on Tottenham's transfer plans.
"Just in terms of the robustness, adaptability, and compatibility of the squad, I think there's still a fair bit of change we need to do."I certainly don't think we're one or two players away from getting to where I want us to be, nowhere near it. Some of that will be natural evolution. Some of it hopefully means we continue to get the improvement we've had this year from some of our players. If that happens over the next 12 months, then we'll be in a great position.
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Son Heung-min |
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James Maddison |
7.15 |
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Manor Solomon |
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Pedro Porro |
7.03 |
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Cristian Romero |
7.01 |
"But you've got to remember, a lot of our group are in their first year of the Premier League. A good chunk of them have been ever-presents, we need them to keep improving at the rate they are. We've still got a lot of work to do with the squad."
Player sales will be crucial, both in terms of garnering transfer funds and trimming Postecoglou's squad. Many of those who are out of favour, like Joe Rodon, Sergio Reguilon, Tanguy Ndombele, Japhet Tanganga and Djed Spence, are also out on loan but are set to return this summer – so Spurs chiefs may well be hoping to gather offers for them.
There is also midfielder Pierre-Emile Hojbjerg. The Denmark international, who has actually featured in the vast majority of games, is set to leave on a free deal next year when his contract expires as things stand but reports claim Hojbjerg could be sold by Spurs before then.
According to Spanish news outlet Mundo Deportivo, Atletico Madrid and Diego Simeone hold an interest in the £110,000-per-week ace.
The La Liga side, if they were to formalise that interest, could be boosted by Spurs' new price stance. Indeed, it is believed Tottenham are ready to sell Hojbjerg for around €15 million (£13m) given his contract situation, and it's a valuation which falls in line with what Atletico could afford.
Called "sensational" at times by members of the media, Hojbjerg's four-year stay in north London could well be coming to an end soon if clubs only have to fork out £13 million, which would see Spurs make a slight loss on the £15 million they paid Southampton for the player back in 2020.
The Barmy Army celebrate England’s ascent to Number 1, Nagraj Gollapudi records the moment
Nagraj Gollapudi at Edgbaston15-Aug-2011Tom Cruise came in as Maverick from . Elvis came. Spiderman came. Robocop came. Kiss came. Mr Blobby came. Santa Claus came. The Native Americans came. The various versions of Shane Warne came. Liz Hurley was not far behind. Young blondes wearing white chef’s, or Cook’s, hats with the number 294 printed on them came. Indians wearing the Gandhi came. The penguins, too, jumped in. Even the naked apes came. Everyone except God came.The Eric Hollies Stand at Edgbaston was a universe of its own last Saturday. The occasion was the coronation of England as the world’s No.1 Test team. And the sights, sounds, colours and noises made sure the new kings were feted in grand fashion. The choreographers for the show were the Barmy Army. When Bill ‘the Trumpet’ Cooper blew his instrument as Big Graham, the leader of the chorus, sang the ‘Last Post’ at the fall of the ninth Indian wicket, the noise reached a crescendo. It was a moment when even the England players acknowledged that they ruled the Test world.”It was just a fantastic feeling when the last Indian wicket fell. We have not always been the best team in the world but we have always had a great time. To be No.1 in the world and see it on the rankings and Australia No. 5 is amazing. That is phenomenal,” David Peacock, one of the Barmy Army’s founding members, gushed in his soft voice, clutching a half-empty glass of beer on the terrace of the Australian pub Walkabout in the heart of Birmingham. Groups of Barmy Army fans were scattered at various drinking holes, some across the canal that overlooks the Walkabout.”It doesn’t really matter that we are Twenty20 champions,” Peacock said. “We are not worried about the one-day World Cup. For us in England, Test cricket is what matters. I am 44 years old and this is one of the best days of my life.”About 400 Barmy Army members were present at the ground when England were crowned the No.1 team. The Edgbaston Test had already been earmarked as the first Barmy Army Arms reunion since the Ashes triumph in January.”Not in the same league. Long way behind,” Peacock said when asked to compare England’s ascent to the top of the rankings to the Ashes victory. “India, let’s be honest, their preparation was so poor. It is embarrassing. Look how we prepared for the Ashes – proper warm-ups, serious cricket, everything was geared up for us to peak.”The Barmy Army’s charm has always been that it was a team of joyful, enthusiastic supporters of a team that did not really deserve them. When they first started in Australia in 1994-95, during the fifth Test in Perth, they had a banner that said “who are these cricketers who keep following us around?”As a child, Peacock, like thousands of English cricket fans, would dream about travelling to Australia. Growing up, he never thought he would ever be able to. But Peacock, who works as recruitment director for the fan club in London, has been to Australia five times. To begin with, he, like various England sides, suffered pain inflicted by the dominant teams of Allan Border, Mark Taylor, Steve Waugh and Ricky Ponting.”The worst was to go to Australia and be done 5-0. But in hindsight we were outclassed by probably the best Test side [ever]. It is very hard to go halfway round the world, spend £10,000 and come back having lost 5-0,” Peacock said. “But actually people do not understand the beauty of following your team and the fun you have following England on tour. Even if we lost we had the best time in our lives. We just saw a great team beat us in 40-degree heat. We all know we are privileged. My dream was to see England win in Australia and then give up. But now that I have seen it once I never want to give up.””It is a funny thing. We are not used to it,” Cooper, the trumpeter, said over the phone from London. “We have seen England play some poor games over the years but now to see them become the No.1 is a fantastic feeling. We thought India were going to be a big test but to beat them so comprehensively, it has been a bit of a strange feeling. We are not used to dominating teams like that.”We are not used to singing songs like ‘We are the champions, we are the No.1’,” Cooper said. He plays the trumpet for a living and had toured for the first time with the Barmy Army on the Caribbean tour of 2004.The first time Cooper played the ‘Last Post’, a tune he plays very rarely, was when England lost the Ashes in 2007. “It was a very sad day,” he said. “But to have the crowds at Edgbaston singing ‘We are the champions’ was fantastic.”England are only days old in the top seat but already their followers want them to chart a path of dominance in the years to come. “Tonight we are the best team in the world. And we beat India, who were the best team in the world. We need to win the ODI World Cup. We need to dominate overall,” said Steve Butt Fish, an automotive engineer from the Midlands who has been with the Barmy Army for 10 years.Fish, who was sitting in the grand stand when England sealed the victory, was disappointed that Sachin Tendulkar did not get his 100th century. “We all wanted Tendulkar to get his hundred. He is such a great batsman, a great sportsman; so why shouldn’t he?”Peacock also expects more from England in the future. For him winning away from home is the real test, and he wants to see England win in India. “There is a massive difference,” he said. “To see England win in Australia was better than becoming No.1. But it is nice to be No.1. India have not shown up. We have got to beat them in India. That will be a big series win. We have got to win away from home; those are the hard yards. We go halfway around the world to watch England play. So for me the away victory carries a lot of meaning.” The Andrews in the England team – Flower and Strauss – better listen.
The Australia Test captain believes he pushed himself a bit too hard during winter training
ESPNcricinfo staff02-Oct-2020In his drive to be as fit as possible for the summer, Australia’s Test captain Tim Paine has left himself nursing some hamstring tendonitis but confirmed he will be available for Tasmania’s opening Sheffield Shield match in Adelaide next week.Paine, who has spent the winter in Hobart amid the Covid-19 restrictions, revealed he had actually lost a bit too much weight during his fitness push and had been given “free rein” over his eating in recent weeks ahead of the start of the domestic season.”I did a bit too much running there at one point and I’m carrying a bit of hamstring tendonitis as a result,” he told Captain’s Call on . “Think I’m getting a bit old, but just tried to get myself very fit and probably ended up going a bit too far and losing a bit too much weight so the last month or so I’ve been given a bit of a free rein which has been lovely.”Paine is one of a group of Australia’s Test players who will feature in the opening rounds of the Shield which will be played in a hub alongside the likes of Joe Burns, Marnus Labuschagne, Travis Head, Matthew Wade, Mitchell Starc and Nathan Lyon.”I’m heading over to Adelaide next week,” he said. “Everyone is looking forward to it, getting back on the park for their states and especially for our Test players to be able to prepare with three or four Shield games before such a big series [against India] which I’ll be really important for us.”Confirmation of the schedule for India’s visit is still awaited but it will involve four Tests from mid-December to mid-January with the series expected to start in Adelaide. With the Afghanistan Test postponed they will be Paine’s only international outings of the season and when he might play again remains uncertain with the fate of Australia’s scheduled tour to South Africa in February still up in the air.The members of Australia’s limited-overs squad that toured England and did not head to the IPL completed their quarantine period in Adelaide on Friday. The New South Wales players have a little longer to prepare for the Sheffield Shield with the defending champions not beginning their campaign until October 22 against Victoria and they will head to Adelaide on October 18.”We are hoping Nathan [Lyon] can play all those games, he’ll be keen for some cricket after not playing in the UK,” New South Wales coach Phil Jaques said. “I think Starcy will want to play a couple of games as well leading into the Tests so we’ll see how many we get from those guys. Whatever we get is always a bonus, we always prepare as if we aren’t going to have them and then when we do it’s great to have them back.”
da aposte e ganhe： Leeds United are preparing to take on Southampton at Wembley in the play-off final on Sunday, with a place in next season's Premier League up for grabs.
da spicy bet： The Whites can seal an instant return to the top-flight by picking up a win against the Saints this weekend, which would then leave Daniel Farke and his team preparing for a huge summer transfer window.
They would need to bolster the squad to give themselves the best possible chance of avoiding an immediate drop back down to the Championship, which was the fate suffered by Burnley, Sheffield United, and Luton Town this year.
The Yorkshire-based outfit are already reportedly eyeing up a new right-back to add to the group should they win promotion to the Premier League on Sunday…
Leeds United's interest in Bundesliga ace
According to Sky Germany reporter Florian Plettenberg, Leeds have made contact over a possible deal to sign Borussia Dortmund defender Marius Wolf.
The reporter states that the Whites have "inquired" about a swoop for the German full-back, whose contract with the Bundesliga giants is set to expire this summer.
He states that the £55k-per-week ace is a "serious" option for Farke to bring to Elland Road ahead of the 2023/24 campaign, if they are in the Premier League.
However, Plettenberg adds that they face competition from clubs in Spain, Italy, and Saudi Arabia, which suggests that there could be a fight to land his services on a free transfer over the coming weeks and months.
If Leeds do win the race for his signature, though, then Farke could land an exciting partner for Italian forward Wilfried Gnonto down the right flank next time.
Why Marius Wolf could thrive with Wilfried Gnonto
The 28-year-old defender, who has played 22 matches in the Bundesliga for Dortmund this season, is a progressive and forward-thinking full-back who can bomb forward to link up with the former Zurich star in attack.
Wolf ranks within the top 15% of full-backs in the Men's Big 5 Leagues and European competitions over the last 365 days for progressive carries per 90 (2.95), as well as the top 26% for progressive passes per 90 (4.54).
This suggests that the attack-minded dynamo, who has still won 51% of his defensive ground duels in the league this season, is a very progressive player who consistently looks to drive his team up the pitch to find teammates in dangerous positions.
He also ranks within the top 19% of his positional peers in the aforementioned criteria for shot-creating actions per 90 (2.84), which illustrates how often Wolf can make things happen for his team in the final third.
This could allow him and Gnonto to thrive as an attacking pair down the right side as the Italian winger is a clinical attacker who could make the most of the Dortmund man's progressive play.
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The 20-year-old star scored eight goals from 5.47 xG in the regular Championship season – the highest overperformance on xG in the entire squad – and this speaks to his ruthless nature in front of goal.
He also ranks within the top 9% of his positional peers in the second tier for progressive passes received per 90 (11.32), which suggests that Gnonto is constantly in good positions to receive the ball from deep.
The former Inter youngster could, therefore, thrive with Wolf's impressive ability to make progressive passes and create shooting opportunities from right-back, which is why they could be an exciting pair for Leeds if the club snap him up on a free transfer.
He is also sure of making a comeback in India’s white-ball side
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Ajinkya Rahane maintained his record in ODI cricket was good when he was dropped•AFP
Ajinkya Rahane believes he should have been the No. 4 India were looking for at the 2019 ODI World Cup, a vacancy they failed to fill after trying various players. Rahane last played ODI cricket on the tour of South Africa in 2017-18 when his captain Virat Kohli called him a “strong candidate” for the No. 4 slot in the World Cup in England. Until then Rahane was seen as someone who did well at No. 3 but struggled if he had to start his innings against an older ball and a well-spread field.Kohli’s lifeline to Rahane – handed out under the impression that middle overs in England would feature more pace bowling than they do in Asia – lasted only one series, in which Rahane scored 140 runs in five innings.”I was actually thinking I will be there in the World Cup batting at No. 4, but it is gone now,” Rahane said at a virtual press conference. “You cannot think too much about it. My goal, my aim, is to come back into the ODI team, do well in white-ball cricket which I am really confident about. I don’t think too much about it [the World Cup], [but] yes, especially when I was playing county cricket when World Cup was happening…as a player everyone wants to be a part of the World Cup team, especially when you know you have worked really hard, your record in the past was really good.”But I always think of things I can control as an individual and how can I give my best and learn and get better as a cricketer. Right now my only aim is to do well for Delhi Capitals. And I am sure about my ODI comeback, and I do believe in myself. Not thinking too much about it, but yes at that time I felt that I should be there at No. 4.”Rahane maintained his record in ODI cricket was good when he was dropped. “If you see my record before getting dropped in ODIs, it was good actually,” he said when asked where he saw his white-ball career going. “People obviously talk about strike rates, people talk about averages; in the two years before getting dropped, my record was really good in 50-overs cricket.”I am really positive, I believe in myself, and it is all about that. Having that faith in myself rather than what people are saying. Just keep working hard, which I am doing in my career. I have the ability, I have the belief in myself, and I am sure I will be back in white-ball cricket.”In the two years before being left out of the India team, starting with the ODI series in Australia, Rahane batted 25 times and averaged 42 with a strike rate a trickle under 80. However, 17 of those innings came at the top of the order. So most of his ODI cricket in those two years came when one of the first-choice openers was missing. He could argue, though, that once identified as a potential No. 4 he didn’t get a long enough run.Rahane starts his new IPL season with a similar dilemma for his team management. He is best utilised as an opening batsman, but the side is filled with explosive openers: Prithvi Shaw, Shikhar Dhawan, Jason Roy. They even have Shreyas Iyer and Rishabh Pant with first dibs at Nos 3 and 4. Asked if he was asked to take up a finisher’s role, Rahane said he would be game to try it.”We are still in quarantine. We are still stuck in our rooms as of now,” Rahane said when asked if he knew what role he would be playing for Delhi Capitals. “What role I am going to play I don’t know. We will have to wait and watch. When we start our practice session, then only we will have that communication.”You know my character. I am always open to whatever the team asks me to do. I always give my best for that particular role. Having said that I always opened throughout my career. I always enjoy opening the batting. It is completely up to the team management what role they want me to play. I will 100% accept that. If they want me to bat 5 or 6, I will definitely accept it. It will be an opportunity for me as a cricketer to explore something new about my game.”However, the switch is not easy. As many a team has found out, starting an innings in the middle overs is the toughest job in T20 cricket. As Rahane himself said, you have neither the time nor the cushion of field restrictions at the start of the innings. “When opening, you know there are just two fielders outside the ring,” he said. “So you have the freedom to express yourself. Whereas in the middle order – 4, 5, 6 – you have to grind. You know the field is spread. The boundary options are fewer. In 50-overs cricket, still there are only four fielders outside till 40 overs.”The uncertainty around Covid-19 means the team management has not had the luxury of letting a player know his role well in advance so he can start training for it, but Rahane said five to six intense sessions should be enough for someone to adapt to a new role. Capitals hope they will start training on August 29; their quarantine ends on the 28th with one final Covid-19 test due on that date.
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da esport bet： A Ponte Preta inicia, nesta quinta-feira, a disputa do Campeonato Brasileiro de Aspirantes. A Macaca visita o Avaí, às 15h, na Ressacada, com um time composto em sua maioria por jogadores do sub-20 e alguns atletas que estavam treinando com o time principal e “desceram” para a disputa da competição. O zagueiro Douglas, que deve ser titular, falou da preparação.
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– Viemos trabalhando forte nas últimas semanas e estamos preparados para a competição. O time está entrosado, a gente se conhece bem e vamos fazer o nosso melhor. Estamos focados e com muita vontade de jogar e mostrar nosso futebol – afirmou Douglas.
O zagueiro, de apenas 16 anos, é uma das promessas da base da Ponte Preta que passou por um período de treinamentos com o time principal. Durante o Campeonato Paulista, Douglas foi levado para o elenco profissional e observado pela comissão técnica. Agora, de volta para a base, quer mostrar serviço para retornar de vez para o time principal.
– Foi uma experiência muito boa. Poder treinar com os jogadores do grupo principal, conviver com jogadores mais experientes… Isso ajuda muito no nosso desenvolvimento. Agora vou trabalhar pra ajudar o time sub-20, pra gente fazer uma boa campanha no Aspirantes, e quem sabe, voltar pro elenco principal – disse o zagueiro.
A Ponte Preta está no grupo A do Brasileiro de Aspirantes, com Ceará, Corinthians, Cuiabá, Figueirense, Grêmio, Juventude e Vitória. Na primeira fase da competição, os time enfrentam os adversários do outro grupo. Além do Avaí, a Macaca vai enfrentar Bahia, Coritiba, CRB, Fluminense, Fortaleza, Red Bull Bragantino e Santos.
The Bianconeri's new boss is overseeing a ruthless clear-out in Turin as he looks to put the Old Lady back on her perch
Federico Chiesa was just 22 when he inspired Italy to victory at Euro 2020. For a player coming off the back of a brilliant debut season at Juventus, superstardom beckoned. Alessio Tacchinardi was among those who tipped him to challenge for the Ballon d'Or "in three or four years".
Sadly, Chiesa's career has gone in a very different direction since then. The expected leader of the post-Cristiano Ronaldo era at Juventus has now been deemed surplus to requirements in Turin by new coach Thiago Motta.
Consequently, less than a fortnight before the start of the new Serie A season, one of the heroes of Italy's Euros win is searching for a new club – and worse still, no top teams seem to want to sign him. It's a shocking and sad turn of events for Chiesa, who was being courted by nearly all of Europe's elite after his heroics at Wembley in the summer of 2021.
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Bayern Munich were particularly keen at the time, with then-coach Julian Nagelsmann making no secret of his admiration of the winger. "I've known about Chiesa for a long time," the German told , "and I find him exceptional because he often goes for a one-on-one, and then tries to shoot very quickly."
There was talk of the Bavarians bidding €100 million (£86m/$109m) for his services but, as far as Juve were concerned, Chiesa was priceless. He was to be the cornerstone of their new project, the dazzling dribbler that admired Ronaldo's work ethic and had developed a similar knack of stepping up to the mark in the biggest of games.
"After a season at Juve with Federico it is no longer a surprise for me," former team-mate Gigi Buffon told the after the Euros, "but it was not obvious when he arrived that he would be able to play at such a high level in a tournament like the European Championship. But he was unbelievable. In the final against England, it was impossible to stop him.
“When he joined Juve I didn't think he was so good, I have to be honest, but if you do those things at such a high level, then it means that you are really special."
AdvertisementGettyCruel twist of fate
However, Chiesa's development has since been cruelly checked by awfully bad lack. Not only has he been blighted by incessant injuries – Chiesa has been sidelined on 17 separate occasions over the past three seasons – he also had the dreadful misfortune to have Massimiliano Allegri as a manager.
Chiesa scored 14 times during his first season at Juve. He's managed just 18 since, though. The drastic dip in productivity can be partially attributed to the cruciate ligament tear he suffered in January 2022 that ruled him out of 10 months, but Allegri's painfully negative tactics caused Chiesa just as much pain.
Getty Images'Always the first to be taken off!'
Juve were utterly unwatchable for nearly every game of Allegri's second spell in Turin, with the coach rather indefensibly adopting a provincial mentality to managing the biggest club in the country. The net result was talented players being utterly wasted in a system ill-suited to their skillset, with Dusan Vlahovic, for example, so often left completely isolated as games passed him by.
Chiesa, though, was the biggest victim of Allegri's anti-football. One of the world's most exciting wingers was repeatedly played out of position as a central attacker and whenever he drifted wide, Allegri could be seen screaming at Chiesa to get back into the middle.
Consequently, the frustrated forward was regularly withdrawn for failing to do what was asked of him – usually around the 60-minute mark – and his displeasure was obvious. Indeed, on one occasion last season, he was even spotted shaking his head while lamenting, "I am always the first to be taken off!"
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In that context, Allegri's long overdue sacking should have been good news for Chiesa, particularly as the dour Tuscan's replacement, Thiago Motta, is a far more progressive coach who relies heavily on wingers in his preferred 4-1-4-1 formation. However, the 26-year-old is actually heading for the exit door himself now. In this regard, though, Chiesa arguably only has himself to blame.
Juve were keen to extend his contract – but on pretty much the same terms as his previous deal. Chiesa's agent has denied claims that he was seeking a significant pay rise for his client, but it's clear that that the two parties had wildly contrasting views on the winger's worth.
The net result is that Chiesa is set to become the first major casualty of the revolution that Motta and sporting director Cristiano Giuntoli are overseeing at Juve. He won't be the last, though.
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da apostebet： No início do mês de maio, o meia Wellington Simião, aos 34 anos de idade, anunciou a sua aposentadoria dos gramados. O agora ex-jogador defendia o Brasil de Pelotas e já começou sua trajetória para ser treinador da equipe Sub-20 do Poços de Caldas, clube onde conquistou o acesso para o módulo II do Campeonato Mineiro em 2007.
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Revelado pela Caldense, Simião jogou por Brusque (onde conquistou a segunda divisão do Catarinense em 2015), Coritiba (disputou a Série B do Brasileirão de 2018) e Avaí, jogando a Série A em 2017, entre muitas outras equipes do cenário nacional. Fora do país, Wellington teve somente uma experiência quando se transferiu em 2010 para o Buriram United, da Tailândia.
– Passei por muitos momentos difíceis, lesões, falta de pagamentos e cobranças que passaram do ponto. Mas tenho certeza que o saldo é positivo, conquistei títulos, acessos, e consegui formar uma carreira baseada no profissionalismo”. Disse o atleta, antes de completar:
– Não encaro nada em minha vida como um fim, e sim como uma oportunidade de recomeçar. Foram muitos anos me dedicando a esse esporte, tenho muito agradecimento por cada clube que me deu a oportunidade de realizar um sonho de criança, ser jogador de futebol.
Se especializando para ser treinador, Simião começou ainda como jogador. Ao todo, já são 32 cursos para fazê-lo um técnico de futebol em um futuro próximo. O foco agora está em tirar a licença B para comandar as categorias de base, a licença A, que libera para ser treinador nas competições da CBF, e a Pro, que serve para treinar equipes da Série A do Brasileirão.
– Agora é a hora de contribuir para o futebol como treinador, há muito tempo venho realizando vários cursos. O Poços de Caldas já me apresentou um projeto para comandar a equipe Sub-20, então estou iniciando meu trabalho e passando tudo que sei de futebol e aprendi nos meus cursos – finalizou.
da roleta： Falling against Manchester United in the FA Cup quarter-finals stung Liverpool supporters, but one bad result should not detract from a remarkable resurgence under Jurgen Klopp, who has revived his high-class squad and is now preparing to step down from his position at the end of the campaign.
da dobrowin： The German has brought illustrious success to an outfit that had fallen, quite dramatically, off its perch in the years before his appointment, but Liverpool's struggle last season was a by-product of inaction in the transfer market.
Since the influx of influential players in the earlier days of Klopp's reign, the £25m deal to bring Thiago Alcantara to Anfield was the lone midfield acquisition before last summer's frenzied activity.
The distinguished Spaniard has enjoyed a career laden with prosperity but, while winning silverware with Liverpool, he has failed to replicate the same lofty heights due to incessant injury problems, with the 32-year-old out of contract in the summer and having played just five minutes of football this season. It's unknown if he will feature again.
Still, as harsh as it may be it's probably for the best that he is headed for the exit, ageing and costing the club a large sum with a £200k-per-week contract. The fresh faces are relishing their responsibilities at the crest of the new wave.
Alexis Mac Allister is an elite talent; Domimik Szoboszlai is an elegant workhorse. Surprise signing Wataru Endo has been a bona fide success in the holding midfield. Ryan Gravenberch, aged 21, was the final piece of the puzzle and the last to join the project – immensely talented, he's yet to grow into his skin fully.
Why Liverpool signed Ryan Gravenberch
Gravenberch has been regarded as a top talent for several seasons now but he fell by the wayside after transferring from Ajax to Bayern Munich last season and started just three Bundesliga matches, failing to win over both Julian Nagelsmann and his successor Thomas Tuchel.
Klopp was a big admirer nonetheless and swooped in to secure the Netherlands international for £34m just before last summer's transfer deadline, with his multi-functionality and sublime technical quality speaking of his potential to succeed at the apex of the European scene.
As per FBref, the rangy midfielder ranks among the top 7% of positional peers across Europe's top five leagues over the past year for shot-creating actions, the top 13% for progressive passes, the top 6% for progressive carries, the top 5% for successful take-ons and the top 6% for blocks per 90.
Ryan Gravenberch: Similar Midfielders
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Player
Club
1.
Kevin De Bruyne
Manchester City
2.
Federico Valverde
Real Madrid
3.
Alexis Mac Allister
Liverpool
4.
Ilkay Gundogan
Barcelona
5.
Jude Bellingham
Real Madrid
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These skills place him alongside some of the game's most creative and influential midfielders, with his likeness to Jude Bellingham particularly eye-catching.
Liverpool missed out on the prodigious England international last summer, pulling out of the race in April given the need to spread funds across multiple areas of the central midfield, with Bellingham thus completing a transfer to Real Madrid, rising to £115m.
The greatest faculty Gravenberch shares with Bellingham is probably his sublime quality on the ball, and while he doesn't boast the same prolificness as the man who has scored 20 times from his first 31 matches in a Los Blancos shirt, he's rounded and dynamic in a way that few can rival.
For example, the 20-year-old has completed 89% of his passes in La Liga, averaging 1.7 key passes, 1.4 tackles, 4.5 ball recoveries, 1.8 dribbles and 7.1 successful duels per match, as per Sofascore, proving that he's not just poaching goals in the final third.
While he's ebbed and flowed in performance for the Reds so far – described as a "passenger out of possession" at one stage by one Liverpool writer – Gravenberch is undoubtedly a high-calibre player and he might just have found the perfect stomping ground at Anfield.
Make no mistake, Gravenberch still perches in the maiden stage of his professional career but he's already worth a sizeable amount and could see his worth skyrocket in the years to come.
Ryan Gravenberch's market value in 2024
Since arriving on Merseyside, Gravenberch has seen his value rise, but the most exciting part is that he's barely scratched the surface of what could flower into a rich career at Liverpool.
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According to CIES Football Observatory's valuation model, Gravenberch is currently valued at £51m, marking a 50% rise in price since his entry.
Moreover, he's worth more than goal machine Mohamed Salah, who is valued at £34m, which does seem a little low for the 31-year-old, who has wreaked devastation on defences this season and boasts 21 goals and 13 assists from just 31 matches in all competitions.
Salah is not exactly enjoying a rogue campaign of brilliance either, having netted 207 goals and added 92 assists across 337 appearances for Liverpool since signing from Roma for £34m back in 2017, near the start of the stunning rise under Klopp's management.
Interestingly, Salah arrived at the club for the same amount as Gravenberch, with the latter now capable of emulating his peer and seeing his market price balloon as he develops his qualities under the Anfield lights. Klopp might be closing the door on his tenure at the club, but Liverpool have everything that Gravenberch needs to grow into a world-beater at the forefront of the European scene.
There are of course teams that would pay a far greater fee to procure Salah's signature, with Saudi Pro League side Al-Ittihad even offering £150m to snatch the Egyptian away from Liverpool last summer, but it's a testament to Gravenberch that he has risen in value nonetheless.
With so much room for growth, the Dutchman will have delighted Anfield bosses so far. With tweaks and refinements over the coming years, he might turn into a world-class machine down the line.