تصدر مانشستر سيتي بطولة الدوري الإنجليزي الممتاز بشكل مؤقت، بعد فوزه على أستون فيلا مساء اليوم الأربعاء.

وتلاقى الفريقان في مباراة مؤجلة من الجولة الأولى من منافسات البطولة، حيث فاز السكاي بلو بهدفين دون رد. أهداف مباراة مانشستر سيتي وأستون فيلا

سيطر التعادل السلبي على المباراة لفترة طويلة من الوقت، قبل أن ينجح برناردو سيلفا في تسجيل الهدف الأول في الدقيقة 79.

واعترض مدرب أستون فيلا دين سميث على ذلك الهدف، وحصل على بطاقة حمراء (لمطالعة التفاصيل من هنا).

وحصل مانشستر سيتي على ركلة جزاء في الدقيقة 90، ونجح إيلكاي جوندوجان في تحويلها إلى هدف ثانٍ.

وتعرض كيفين دي بروين نجم مانشستر سيتي للإصابة واضطر للخروج في الدقيقة 59 (لمطالعة التفاصيل من هنا).

ولم يشارك الثنائي المصري محمود حسن تريزيجيه وأحمد المحمدي في تلك المباراة، حيث كان الأول خارج قائمة أستون فيلا، بينما ظل الثاني على دكة البدلاء.

بتلك النتيجة، ارتفع رصيد مانشستر سيتي إلى 38 نقطة في المركز الأول بالتساوي مع ليستر سيتي، ولكن بفارق الأهداف مع الأخذ في الاعتبار أن السيتي لديه مباراة مؤجلة أمام إيفرتون.

بينما تجمد رصيد أستون فيلا عند 26 نقطة في المركز الحادي عشر.

ويلتقي مانشستر يونايتد بعد قليل مع فولهام في الجولة نفسها، حيث يتواجد الشياطين الحمر في المركز الثالث برصيد 37 نقطة، ولديه فرصة مثالية لاقتناص الصدارة من جديد.

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This article is part of Football FanCast’s Transfer Focus series, which provides opinion and analysis on recent transfer news…

Tottenham Hotspur have “more chances” to sign Dani Ceballos from Real Madrid this summer than other interested clubs, per AS.

What’s the word?

The attacking midfielder is reportedly deemed expendable this summer, with Sevilla and Real Betis both interested in securing his signature.

However, the aforementioned report claims that he has a €50m (£44.7m) asking price on his head, with Real seemingly happy to acquiesce to his sale.

The demanded fee, though, could prove prohibitive to his Spanish suitors, the report states, with Spurs more likely to match it.

Ceballos has just won the European Under-21 Championships with Spain, scoring two goals and registering two assists for La Roja.

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An ideal signing

Ceballos could be perfect for Spurs.

He hasn’t really been given a chance at Real, making a total of 56 appearances for the club.

Yet he is a gifted midfielder, an excellent passer and a willing runner. Mauricio Pochettino requires both an intense work rate and an elite technical ability from his players, and the Spaniard has both.

Per WhoScored, he averaged a total of 44.1 passes per game in La Liga, with a pass completion rate of 92.6%.

He recycles possession effectively and also averages one key pass per game, along with 1.4 tackles, showing he is no slouch pressing and tracking back despite his obvious attacking flair.

Ceballos is certainly understated – perhaps that is why Real are so willing to cash in – but he is also quietly effective at every aspect of the game.

Spurs could do a lot worse than bringing him in this summer.

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One of the biggest Crystal Palace-related transfer rumours to emerge this week was that reported by The Sutton and Croydon Guardian.

One of their reports suggested that Roy Hodgson is keen on the double signing of Brentford attacking duo Neal Maupay and Ollie Watkins.

The former is a striker who’s been scoring for fun in the Sky Bet Championship in 2018/2019 and the latter is a winger most used mostly on the left of a front three or in the number ten role just behind the centre-forward.

Regardless of whether Wilfried Zaha leaves the club this summer, the Eagles are in desperate need of a revamp in attack that boils down to the way they play, with a useless target man and wingers they rely on way too much. The signings of Maupay and Watkins could be a huge aspect of that.

Today, in light of this, we ask three Football FanCast writers if they think Palace would be right to swoop for the twosome…

Billy Meyers

“I think this double transfer swoop would definitely hook the Palace fans’ attention. For some time now, the Eagles have invested their millions in players who have almost always plied their trade in top-flight football, which is all well and good but some haven’t some as much hunger as two up and coming Championship stars would. These two would give their all for Palace and would redefine the attack.”

Charles Jones

“The Brentford duo are two of the most exciting players in the Championship and they would certainly be great additions to any bottom half Premier League side. Watkins is an excellent winger and Maupay certainly knows where the net is. A front three of Zaha, Maupay and Watkins would scare any defence.”

Check out the video below to find out why Arsenal fans aren’t celebrating Spurs’ UCL final defeat as much as they’d like…

Matt Dawson

“Maupay would be a superb signing and is the striker Palace have been crying out for. The likes of Ayew, Benteke and Wickham simply aren’t good enough so adding a forward of quality of the Frenchman can only be a good thing. He was exceptional in the Championship last term and if they sign Watkins as well, it would be excellent business.”

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According to reports from The Sun, Leeds will be asking for £30m from any club wishing to sign their star man Kalvin Phillips.

The midfielder hasn’t been short of Premier League interest this summer with Aston Villa, Bournemouth and Norwich all sniffing around the 23-year-old, but this latest update may show Leeds’ desire to keep hold of their star man.

What’s the story?

£14m had been the reported figure that Aston Villa wanted to sign the youngster for, but now that seems highly unlikely as the Whites have demanded £30m for his services.

The Villans will now have to pay over double what they wanted if they wish to bring the Championship star to Villa Park this summer.

Huge step forward

This price tag will certainly act as a deterrent for any team that is thinking about raiding Marcelo Bielsa’s side in the upcoming transfer window.

Phillips’ dominating performances in the midfield last season may have earned him a spot in the Championship Team of the Year, but it’s hard to believe any side will pay that amount for him after one good season.

This asking price will more than likely act as an attempt to keep Phillips at the club for the next 12 months.

Rejecting interest from Premier League teams and not allowing themselves to be lowballed is a huge statement of intent from Victor Orta and Andrea Radrizzani as previous years have seen the club ripped off when top-flight teams come knocking.

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Lewis Cook joined Bournemouth for an initial £6m fee, and now he is valued at triple that amount according to Transfermarkt.

This is a huge step forward for Leeds’ negotiating team as they aren’t allowing themselves to be taken advantage of in the transfer window when in previous years they were more than happy to let their star players go cheaply.

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Celtic are bracing themselves for bids from Leicester City as Brendan Rodgers considers a double move for Kieran Tierney and Callum McGregor this summer, according to The Express.

What’s the story?

Former managers targeting players from their old clubs is nothing really new in football but it’s not something that Celtic are regularly accustomed to.

For the most part, any players who have moved on from the Hoops to join the likes of Gordon Strachan or Neil Lennon have been surplus to requirements.

A controversial summer could be in store then, with The Express reporting that the Foxes are tracking two of the club’s most important players of the last few years.

Leigh Griffiths is ready and raring to go for Celtic next season. One fan discusses what we can expect from him in the video below…

The paper reckon the duo are being lined up as potential replacements for Ben Chilwell and James Maddison, who are attracting interest from England’s richest sides.

Rodgers of course featured both heavily in his all-conquering Celtic team during his almost three years at the club.

Cash in or keep?

Both players are products of Celtic’s academy and the club have done extraordinarily well to develop both into Premier League calibre players.

Any successful home grown model must accept that one day the players will be moved on for massive profit, but in this specific case Celtic can’t allow themselves to be tempted into the sale of either.

The perception of Rodgers raiding Neil Lennon’s squad for the best talent would automatically start the new Hoops manager’s reign under a heavy, dark cloud that it may never recover from.

Not to mention that the two players are absolutely critical to Celtic’s success and if the club are to retain their Scottish Premiership title, both will be needed.

Replacing their impact and influence on the way the Hoops play would cost far too much money in today’s market.

The departure of Rodgers from Celtic has already caused enough drama and they can’t allow his future interference to ruin Lennon’s project.

There’ll be plenty of time to sell both Tierney and McGregor in summers to come for perhaps even bigger money.

تحدث أحمد ناجي مدرب حراس مرمى منتخب مصر السابق وسموحة الحالي، عن حارس فريقه الهاني سليمان، والنقد الموجه لحارس الأهلي علي لطفي، كما علق على أداء شريف إكرامي مع بيراميدز.

وقال ناجي خلال مداخلة ببرنامج “بي أون تايم” عبر شاشة “أون تايم سبورت”: “الهاني سليمان يؤدي بشكل جيد جدًا مع الفريق، مسألة تضييعه للوقت مطلوبة في بعض الأوقات على حسب تعليمات أحمد سامي المدير الفني، باعتبار أن حارس المرمى يملك دفة اللعب”.

وأضاف: “الهاني سليمان يمتلك خبرة وعنده فرصة الانضمام لمنتخب مصر، وألوم نفسي الآن، لأنني أعتقد حينما كنت مدربا لحراس مرمى المنتخب المصري، كان يجب أن أنظر له أكثر من ذلك”.

وتابع: “فريق سموحة من أكثر الفرق في الدوري التي تمتلك لاعبين جيدين، وأحمد سامي يعمل بشكل علمي ويعي ماذا يفعل، والتكتيك متميز، واللاعبون عندما ينفذون تكتيكه الأداء يكون جيدا”.

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وعن النقد الموجه لـ علي لطفي حارس مرمى النادي الأهلي، قال ناجي: “النقد الموجه له مبالغ فيه جدا على لاعب في مركز حساس، حارس المرمى عندما يبتعد عن الملعب فترة يحتاج وقتًا ليستعيد مستواه، لكنه حارس كبير، ومركز حراسة المرمة يحتاج للاعب واحد فقط، الخطأ الذي ارتكبه استطاع تداركه وتماسك”.

وعن مستوى شريف إكرامي مع بيراميدز: “اللاعبون ليسوا ملائكة، نحن في مصر نأخذ رد فعل سريع، لو أحد اللاعبين أدى مباراة جيدة يصبح أفضل حارس في العالم ولو أخفق يكون رد الفعل مختلف، شريف حارس كبير ونسبة أخطائه في بيراميدز قليلة وعادية، هو يلعب ويؤدي بشكل جيد وأنا أعلم كيف يتدرب وهو حارس كبير”.

وأتم: “أتمنى من جماهير الأهلي ألا تتربص بأحد، شريف لاعب محترف وخسارة رحيله عن الأهلي هو ورمضان صبحي وأي لاعب آخر، ربنا يوفق الجميع، اللاعبان يتعرضان لضغوط كبيرة، لأن جماهير الأهلي تتعشم في أبناء النادي ولكن كرة القدم تغيرت وأتمنى من الناس أن يتركوهما في حالهما”.

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Celtic kicked off their 2019/20 season in positive fashion on Tuesday night, overcoming Bosnian champions FK Sarajevo 3-1 in the first leg of their UEFA Champions League qualifying tie.

Despite conceding the first goal of the match, Neil Lennon’s side rallied and were level by the interval thanks to a wonderful long-range effort from winger Mikey Johnston.

How can Celtic improve next season? A Hoops fan tells us how in the video below…

Odsonne Edouard and Scott Sinclair then added goals in the second half to give the team a commanding lead ahead of the second leg at Celtic Park next Wednesday.

Johnston was given the nod at left wing by Lennon and didn’t disappoint with his performance, providing a constant attacking outlet as well as the goal before being substituted off due to injury.

The 20-year-old is progressing well under the new manager, starting five matches and scoring three goals since Lennon’s arrival, even considered to be important enough to the team to start the Scottish Cup Final in May.

Celtic fans are beginning to get very excited about the potential he holds and what he can bring to the side this coming season, taking to Twitter to share their thoughts after his Tuesday display…

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According to TuttoMercatoWeb, Liverpool are interested in signing Fiorentina attacker Federico Chiesa.

The Italian international hit 12 goals and recorded nine assists last term in the Coppa Italia and Serie A, and has clearly attracted the interest of Champions League winners Liverpool as a result of his performances.

You can relive Liverpool’s Champions League celebrations in glorious 2D thanks to the guys at 442oons in the video below…

Despite being a full senior international with 13 caps for his country, the 21-year-old has been busy starring for the Under-21 side this summer at the European Championships, where he has started to hog the limelight after a quite brilliant performance.

His latest showing in the tournament came against Spain’s Under-21 side, where he stole the show with two excellently taken goals.

The first of which was an exquisitely worked strike, but he also helped the Italians grab an equaliser before going on to net again.

A cross-field switch from Nicolo Barella was controlled expertly by Chiesa, almost as if he had glue on his boots, before he glided past his man and buried a shot past the keeper’s near post.

A finely built athlete with great technique, Chiesa can play anywhere across the frontline and would be an invaluable asset to Jurgen Klopp’s side given his versatility and quite scary amount of potential.

His two goals have rocketed him up to the top of the Under-21 European Championships scoring ranks, and if any Liverpool fan was watching his fine performance against the Spaniards, they would have found it difficult not to get excited at the prospect of him coming to Anfield.

He has also shown that he can adapt to Klopp’s high pressure, gegenpressing system by the sheer amount of tackles he made in this one game alone. Chiesa completed five successful challenges and is as industrial a forward as you can get.

It’s a transfer link to get the Anfield faithful salivating.

[ad_pod ]And as the month of July rolls around, many contracts around the footballing world have now officially expired.Alberto Moreno is among those superstars who are now, at least for the time being, without a club. The 26-year-old left-back has been a part of the Reds’ family since August 2014, when he joined from Sevilla.Last season, he played only two league games for Liverpool and was mostly sidelined or benched. His departure was very much on the cards throughout the 2018/19 campaign and this comes as no surprise, with the flying left-back now expected to pen a contract with Villarreal.“It reminds me of a bus seat!” – Watch a damning verdict on Chelsea’s new kit in the video below…Moreno has taken to

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Of course, this attracted a lot of attention as his teammates and rivals alike swarmed the comment section, sending their best regards to the now ex-Liverpool man.

Virgil van Dijk responded on Twitter since the Spaniard posted the message on various social media accounts.

Steven Gerrard also posted a short but sincere message, wishing Moreno all the best in the future. They, of course, were not nearly the only ones as a sea of other players and teammates also rushed to Instagram to do the same.

[ad_pod ]Former Liverpool striker John Aldridge has claimed that the Reds should look to sign Son Heung-min from Tottenham Hotspur this summer.And it would be fair to say that the Merseyside club’s fans like the sound of the 26-year-old turning out for Jurgen Klopp’s side next term.Son enjoyed a fine 2018-19 campaign for Spurs – finding the back of the net on 20 occasions in 48 appearances, in addition to contributing 10 assists.Aldridge actually also mentioned Son’s teammate Lucas Moura as a potential target for the Champions League winners this summer.However, the South Korean is the player most wanted by the Liverpool fans.You can relive Liverpool’s Champions League celebrations in glorious 2D thanks to the guys at 442oons in the video below…Now, it seems incredibly unlikely that Tottenham would be prepared to sell one of their key men this summer, particularly to a domestic rival.That said, stranger things have happened in the world of football.A selection of the Twitter reaction from the Liverpool fans can be seen below: