أحمد فتوح: الأهلي فاوضني.. زيزو زميل فقط والزمالك سيدفع لي 100 مليون

تحدث أحمد فتوح، لاعب الفريق الأول لكرة القدم بنادي الزمالك، عن احتمالية انتقاله إلى صفوف الأهلي، ورحيل أحمد سيد زيزو عن الأبيض.

وقال فتوح في تصريحات عبر قناة “إم بي سي مصر”: “هذه طبيعتي ولن أتغيّر، أنا عنيد وعصبي جدًا، طارق السيد دائمًا ينصحني بالزواج، لكنني أؤجل هذا الأمر حاليًا، أشعر أنه قد يجلب لي النكد، لذلك أحب الجلوس وحدي، أشعر أنني عصبي في كرة القدم، ولا أريد أن يكون هناك أمران يثيران عصبيتي”.

وتابع: “في السابق كنت أسهر، لكن بعد المشكلة التي حدثت، توقفت، وحتى عندما كنت أسهر، لم أكن أتأخر عن التدريبات”.

وواصل: “كيف يقال إن بيراميدز أخذ مكان الزمالك؟ كيف ذلك ونحن نعاني هذا الموسم فقط. كلام غير صحيح”.

طالع.. خاص.. الزمالك يُقرر الاستغناء عن لاعبه بنهاية الموسم

واستكمل: “أحب زيزو على المستوى الشخصي، لكنه أدرى بحياته، لم أسأله يومًا عن قراره، ولن أسأله، كنا قريبين منذ عامين، وكنا نخرج معًا، لكن هذا الموسم نحن زملاء فقط في النادي ولا نخرج سويًا، هو لاعب ممتاز وأنا حزين لأنه رحل، الجماهير وصفوه بالخائن بسبب حبهم الكبير له، لكن كلاعب كرة أنا أضع نفسي مكانه، فلا يصح أن أصفه بالخيانة”.

واستطرد: “لا يمكن أن أنتقل إلى الأهلي، المهم هو لمن وقعت في النهاية، كل من قال غير ذلك كاذب، كانت هناك مفاوضات من الأهلي، لكنني لم أستكملها، لأنني كنت أريد البقاء في الزمالك ولم يكن الأهلي فقط، بل أيضًا زد وبيراميدز وأندية في السعودية، إلا أنني كنت بحاجة إلى المال لأنني كنت مديونًا، ولا أظن أنني سأترك الزمالك”.

ورد على سؤال هل 100 مليون جنيه قد تدفعك للانتقال إلى الأهلي؟: “لا، يمكنني الحصول على هذا المبلغ وأنا في الزمالك إذا كانوا يريدونني، سيدفعون، فهم دائمًا يشترونني”.

Martin must axe Southampton man who earns more than Sugawara & Brereton

da doce: Southampton supporters will be starting to get a little tetchy about their side’s chances of beating the drop, even with the Premier League season only five games in.

da bet esporte: Russell Martin’s Saints are yet to pick up a win in the testing division, but it could’ve been oh-so different last weekend after promising Southampton youth product Tyler Dibling opened the scoring against another relegation-threatened outfit in Ipswich Town.

However, Sam Morsy for the away side would have other ideas late on and delivered a sucker punch right at the death to deny Martin’s men an elusive three points.

At least the South Coast side managed to pick up a draw in this contest, with a recent 3-0 defeat to Manchester United at St Mary’s still a sore scoreline to stomach, as Jack Stephens really struggled defensively against Erik ten Hag’s Red Devils.

Stephens' performances this season

Recognised as a well-thought-of servant at Southampton, with 185 games for the Saints now under his belt and the captain’s armband on his sleeve, Stephens still hasn’t been able to cope with the step-up in quality so far.

He was notably poor against Man United, with the experienced 30-year-old even sent off late on in the one-sided affair after this poorly-timed tackle stopped Alejandro Garnacho in his tracks.

Daily Mail journalist Nathan Salt would dish out a 3/10 match rating to Stephens after this early bath, with the lacklustre centre-back not helping his side whatsoever after his dismissal, as Garnacho then ended up shaking off the cynical tackle with a late strike to make it 3-0 on the day.

Struggling away at Brentford the game prior too, with only one duel won from five attempted as Thomas Frank’s Brentford put Stephens’ side to the sword 3-1, the dismissal against United has at least given Martin food for thought as to who could replace the Saints captain moving forward.

Tyler Harwood-Bellis came into the side in Stephens’ place against Ipswich and looked solid – with 50 accurate passes tallied up playing out from defence – as the 30-year-old now worries about his standing in the main Saints lineup moving forward.

Stephens' wage at Southampton

The defender’s excessive wage also doesn’t help his cause, with Stephens raking in more than both Yukinari Sugawara and Ben Brereton-Diaz in the current Saints camp – as per Capology – despite the duo both joining as bold signings just this summer.

Sugawara has also fitted in seamlessly at Southampton so far, with his strike against Brentford actually breaking his team’s goalscoring duck in the top division. That said, he still finds himself earning less per week compared next to Stephens’ pay packet.

According to Capology, Stephens earns £45k-per-week compared to the Japanese gem’s £40k-per-week wage, with Ben Brereton-Diaz earning even less than the new standout Saints defender himsef at £35k-per-week.

Top five highest earners at Southampton – 24/25

1. Aaron Ramsdale

£120k-per-week

2. Joe Aribo

£70k-per-week

3. Maxwel Cornet

£65k-per-week

4. Adam Armstrong

£60k-per-week

5. Jan Bednarek

£60k-per-week

Sourced by Capology

Stephens is only £15k-per-week off entering the top five highest earners at Southampton, with his recent suspension exposing the fact his hefty take home might not be warranted.

With Brereton-Diaz, there will be a hope that he does improve for the Saints moving forward away from Stephens’ woes, as the former Sheffield United man did fire home six goals last season in the division for the Blades.

Back to Stephens, however, and Martin will need to have a frank talk with the experienced defender soon about his future on the South Coast, with his current deal at the Premier League side up next summer.

He could still be important this season as Southampton aim to keep their heads above water in the challenging league, but his performances will have to drastically pick up, after his horror show display against Man United.

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James Anderson makes his point, but Harry Brook thwarts Lancashire victory push

Dismissal of Joe Root the highlight of final day, as Yorkshire dig deep to secure draw

Paul Edwards15-May-2022

James Anderson bowled Joe Root in the highlight of the final day•Getty Images

Rather like Britt in , world-class sportspeople compete with themselves. Victories matter, of course; trophies matter, too; and yes, money matters, for they all know there must come a life after sport. But overarching all these things there is a private battle, one that is not always acknowledged, to satisfy a personal demand for excellence, even if one’s performance already soars far above one’s contemporaries. This afternoon, in a drawn Roses match at Headingley, James Anderson revealed something of the fires that drive him on, even at the age of 39, when most cricketers are merely talking about their careers or telling others how to do it.In team games it is impossible to satisfy those personal demands if one is not selected. However, for most sportspeople the diminution in one’s contribution to the collective effort is obvious some time before the axe falls. Anderson, though, clearly believes he was nowhere near that chastening realisation when he was recently omitted from the England party to tour West Indies, and this match against Yorkshire has given him opportunities to prove his point to Joe Root, the man who was at least complicit in the decision to leave him at home.The last such opportunity arrived shortly after lunch on this last day of a match Lancashire dominated. Despite Root’s very fine 147 in Yorkshire’s first innings, the home side had been made to follow on 187 runs behind and their second effort had begun badly. Just as he had been in the first innings, Adam Lyth was leg before to an in-ducker from Tom Bailey; the only difference this time was that Lyth was playing a shot of sorts.The hour’s cricket that followed was intense. Bailey and Anderson strove to make the breakthroughs their team needed but were resisted by George Hill and Dawid Malan. Runs were, for the moment, secondary to survival on a day when Yorkshire effectively needed to bat out the best part of three sessions if they were to avoid defeat. About twenty minutes before lunch Vilas made a double change and the tension slackened slightly. Yorkshire ended the first session on 39 for one after 17 overs; it felt like an achievement.It was also temporary. Anderson returned to the attack from the Howard Stand End immediately after lunch and beat Malan twice in four balls. The fifth brought the batter forward and induced the edge to Phil Salt – or so Mark Saggers adjudged. Malan’s plainly dissenting opinion was of no consequence. Anderson celebrated with his colleagues and then went back to his mark to bowl at the former captain of England.That private-public duel lasted ten balls. The first was well defended, the fifth beat Root all ends up and the ninth was skilfully guided without risk to the third man boundary. The tenth was as quick as the others, which is to say around 80mph. It kept a little low but crucially it nipped back though a gate that was closed all too late. It crashed into the middle and off stumps and flattened them.Anderson held his right arm aloft, leapt in triumph and then clenched his fists at his side in a manner that brings delight to the Barmy Army. Revenge? I think not. Point made? Oh, certainly. For there was a momentary glance towards the departing Root. There were, so far as we could gather, no words. But then Anderson’s bowling possesses eloquence beyond language. Watch him closely again, in the flesh if you can, and see for yourself. He has been among the glories of our sporting age.The remainder of Anderson’s second six-over spell of the day was similarly accurate but threatening deliveries were well defended by Hill and Harry Brook. England’s finest bowler came off with figures of 12-6-11-2. They are par for that particular course. They may even have satisfied him.Lancashire made only one more breakthrough in the afternoon session, Hill falling to a short ball once again, when his very limp pull shot to a ball from Luke Wood merely edged a catch to Salt. Anderson returned for three overs before tea and had Harry Brook dropped on 30 by Wood at square leg. It proved a vital miss. Shortly after tea, Brook reached his seventh half-century in eight first-class innings this season. In the evening session he watched from the other end as Harry Duke was brilliantly caught by Luke Wells at slip and Dom Bess was snaffled by Jennings at short leg. Both these wickets were taken by Matt Parkinson, for whom this was an excellent all-round match.But Brook is quite clearly a young batsman of high calibre. When the draw was agreed with seven overs left to be bowled, he was unbeaten on 82 and his aggregate for the season is currently 758 at an average of 151.6. But what one notices is the time he has in which to play his shots and the ease with which he does so. There is, surely, every chance that he will play his first Test against New Zealand. James Anderson, meanwhile, will be playing his 170th. The England cap will be back where it belongs.

Mark Wood's elbow injury casts spotlight on England bowling stocks

Problems mount for new-look Test team as fastest bowler is ruled out of attack

Andrew Miller10-Mar-2022

Mark Wood left the field with an elbow injury•Gareth Copley/Getty Images

England’s bowling concerns mounted on a tough third day of the first Test in Antigua, as Mark Wood was all but ruled out of the attack for the remainder of West Indies’ first innings after complaining of soreness in his right elbow.Wood, England’s fastest bowler and the man on whom their hopes of breakthroughs might have been pinned on a sluggish surface at the Sir Vivian Richards Stadium, had been a late arrival in the morning session after receiving strapping on the injury.He bowled four overs with the old ball prior to lunch, conceding back-to-back boundaries from short balls as West Indies’ centurion, Nkrumah Bonner, capitalised on his relative lack of pace – with his average speed dipping from 89mph on day two to 85mph – then retreated from the field for the rest of the day after just one more over with the new ball, in which Bonner launched him over fine leg for the only six of his nine-hour innings.The nature of Wood’s injury will be a particular worry for England, given that it was elbow soreness – later diagnosed as a stress fracture – that caused England’s other 90mph spearhead, Jofra Archer, to undergo two operations in 2021, the second of which is likely to keep him out of action at least until May.After an injury-plagued start to his Test career, including three ankle operations in the space of 12 months in 2016, Wood has enjoyed a sustained run of fitness in recent times – partly attributed to his decision to revert to a longer, smoother run-up after a sprinter’s style approach in his early years. He was England’s stand-out bowler in an otherwise dismal Ashes series, claiming 17 wickets at 26.64 in four Tests, making this the busiest winter of his 26-Test career.ESPNcricinfo Ltd

“[The elbow’s] pretty sore at the moment,” Paul Collingwood, England’s interim head coach, said, adding that it was an issue that Wood had not previously encountered. “We’re going to have to assess him overnight and see if he is going to be available for the second innings”I’m not too sure [what it is], all I know at this moment is it’s soreness in the elbow. He didn’t feel that confident this morning, but then he got it strapped up, and it felt okay. Then he tried another over in another spell and it didn’t feel so good. We’ll get the anti-inflammatories into him overnight, get him iced up and see how he is tomorrow.”You need those kind of guys, 90mph guys who can reverse-swing the ball in these conditions. They are gold dust in these conditions. So it will be disappointing if he’s not involved in the second innings, but we’ll have to wait and see.”In Wood’s absence, it was a day of hard toil for the remaining members of England’s attack as West Indies closed on 373 for 9, a lead of 62. The recuperating Ben Stokes took up much of the slack, even though he had not been intended as a frontline option as he continues his comeback following the side strain that hampered his Ashes campaign. In the end, Stokes was called upon for 28 overs, his heaviest innings workload since 2015, and ended up being the pick of the seam attack with 2 for 42, including the big scalp of Jason Holder for 45 in the morning session.”It’s fair to say that he declared himself fit to bowl in this first innings,” Collingwood said. “None of us were expecting that many overs out of him. Obviously we had to be pretty cautious with the approach but then, Ben being Ben, he went out there, and felt great. He’s done everything so far on this tour to get himself fit. His attitudes has been absolutely superb. And he’s shown today what kind of a warrior he is.”That determined attitude, Collingwood said, was applicable to the rest of England’s team too. “Today was probably one of the best efforts I’ve seen in England shirt and Test cricket,” he said. “To go for 170 runs and five wickets on that today is a pretty good effort, especially backing that up from two sessions in the field yesterday. I thought the fitness levels the guys showed, the attitude in the field was exceptional.”If you know anything about cricket, then you’ll realise how that pitch is playing. It was tough, hard work out there. It’s a placid pitch. It’s a docile pitch. I think all of us expected it to break up a lot more than it has done and start turning. Sometimes you can look at the scoreboard and see you haven’t bowled them out but I thought the attitude was superb today.”Despite Collingwood’s positive assessment, Wood’s injury comes at an especially awkward time for England’s management, given the controversial decision to omit both of their talismanic attack leaders, James Anderson and Stuart Broad, from this tour – ostensibly with a view to giving the less-heralded members of the bowling unit a chance to lead the line.Related

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One of those, Ollie Robinson, finished the Ashes under a fitness cloud and was not available for the first Test after succumbing to a back spasm during England’s solitary warm-up match. In his absence, Chris Woakes and Craig Overton – England’s preferred new-ball pairing – returned the combined figures of 61-13-169-3 over the two days of West Indies’ innings, having been taken at nearly four runs an over by the opening pair, Kraigg Brathwaite and John Campbell.With a short turnaround between the three Tests, England may already be bracing for Wood’s absence in Barbados next week – and if Robinson is not ready for a return, the likely replacement would be Lancashire’s seamer Saqib Mahmood, another 90mph prospect, but who has yet to make his Test debut.Matt Fisher, the uncapped Yorkshire seamer, is also on the tour, while Warwickshire’s Liam Norwell is understood to be among the players on England’s reserve list. Matt Parkinson, the legspinner, is England’s other bowling option on tour.Broad and Anderson, however, are not expected to be called up as reinforcements, with Collingwood stating after Robinson’s injury last week that England were “not about to panic”.”Ollie is making great progress,” Collingwood said. “He bowled a good spell this morning and he’ll have a couple of spells tomorrow. I’m hopeful that he can be there and thereabouts for the second Test.”

في الوقت القاتل.. رافينها يسجل هدف برشلونة الرابع أمام سيلتا فيجو

نجح نجم فريق برشلونة، رافينها، في تسجيل هدف قاتل في المباراة الجارية حاليًا ضد خصمه سيلتا فيجو، في بطولة الدوري الإسباني.

ويستضيف ملعب “مونتجويك” مباراة الفريقين في الجولة الثانية والثلاثين من الدوري الإسباني، موسم 2024/25.

وتحصل برشلونة على ضربة جزاء، في الدقيقة 97، بعد اللجوء إلى تقنية الفيديو بسبب تدخل ضد داني أولمو.

ونفذ رافينها ضربة جزاء برشلونة حيث نجح في تسديدها، ليحولها إلى هدف ثاني له ورابع لكتيبة هانز فليك، في مباراة مثيرة للغاية.

VÍDEO: Assista aos melhores momentos do empate entre RB Bragantino e São Paulo

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Slot must drop Jota and finally unleash Liverpool’s "unstoppable" star

da bet sport: The rip-roaring Jurgen Klopp era at Liverpool is very much over by this point, with Arne Slot’s side not quite firing on all cylinders but definitely proving that they can craft a successful campaign.

da leao: Last weekend’s Anfield defeat against Nottingham Forest was a reality check, however. The former Feyenoord boss has tactical nous in abundance and has inherited a squad of elite class. But Liverpool were imperfect last year and flaws have not been eradicated with the spinning of the wheel.

Three successive victories in the Premier League – with not one goal conceded and Manchester United left nursing grievous injuries – cast an air of invincibility about Slot’s Liverpool, but now we can see that there is much work to do if those at the summit of English football are to be toppled.

Bournemouth turn up at Anfield today, looking to avenge a loss against Chelsea last week that they will feel hard done by. Liverpool must put them away.

Liverpool team news

Alisson Becker is a fitness doubt for this afternoon’s clash, having picked up a muscular injury in training. Most Liverpool fans would tell you that the Brazilian is the best in the world, but he has missed 40 games due to injury or illness since 2019/20, more than any other Premier League goalkeeper.

He joins Harvey Elliott on the sidelines, who is still out for at least one month after fracturing his foot with England U21s. Slot did not reveal any further bad news, though did suggest that he will ring one or two changes after the victory in midweek.

He sang the praises of Diogo Jota, claiming that he “has done really well in the last games”, but given that the Portuguese forward has started every fixture this season, he might want to rotate him out for this one.

Why Slot should consider dropping Diogo Jota

Jota has long suffered from a poor fitness record. Signing for Liverpool from Wolverhampton Wanderers in 2020, the 27-year-old has since scored 57 goals and added 20 assists across 150 matches, winning the FA Cup and the Carabao Cup twice.

Diogo Jota in-article graphic

He ranks among the top 2% of forwards across Europe’s top five leagues over the past year for non-penalty goals scored, the top 20% for assists and the top 19% for shot-creating actions per 90, as per FBref, with a high work rate and dynamic approach to his craft that has clearly won Slot over.

But he hasn’t scored since the opening day, with the goal a relatively easy one to convert too. The versatile forward, moreover, has missed three big chances across his past three matches and is struggling to showcase underlying metrics that suggest his position at the spearhead of Liverpool’s starting line-up is immovable – having particularly struggled against Man United, as indicated below…

There is Cody Gakpo to consider. The Dutchman ripped AC Milan to shreds earlier in the week and will be hoping to earn his first Premier League start of the season, but he is at his most effective on the left wing, so should he receive the nod, it must come at the expense of Luis Diaz.

That leaves that man. We all know who. He’s ready to announce himself after a summer of sweeping change. Darwin Nunez deserves to start.

Slot must unleash Liverpool's Darwin Nunez

Nunez has made a comedy of ball-striking errors since completing a move to Liverpool in a deal rising to a club-record £85m fee in 2022.

Liverpool striker Darwin Nunez

Frustrating? Yes. Mercurial? Yes. Brilliant? Oh yes. Nunez crackles with electric energy and brings a kind of protean skillset that allows him to earn unceasing goalscoring opportunities while keeping defenders guessing with sharp, snappy movements and deft passing into space.

But he does come with his sticking points. Nunez, still only 25, has one of the most promising attacking styles in the Premier League but he still hasn’t pieced it all together. As the table below highlights, there is plenty still to be desired.

Darwin Nunez: PL Stats Comparison

Stat (*per game)

22/23

23/24

Matches played

29 (19)

36 (22)

Goals

9

11

Assists

3

8

Big chances missed

20

27

Pass completion

67%

72%

Big chances created

11

11

Key passes*

1.0

0.9

Dribbles*

0.6 (49%)

0.4 (43%)

Duels won*

2.8 (38%)

2.4 (38%)

Stats via Sofascore

He’s made a bit of a name for himself as Liverpool’s “agent of chaos”, a moniker that doesn’t always play to his strengths, in truth. Nunez is erratic and lacks the composed temperament that is requisite for success if one is to become a high-class European striker.

Erling Haaland, for instance, bears all the semblance of a slab of ice when placed into shooting range. Klopp once called Nunez “unstoppable” when at his best, but that level needs to be sustained to some degree similar to that of the iceman down the M60.

Liverpool striker Darwin Nunez

Nunez does deserve to be unleashed, though; we haven’t had a real taste of the Uruguay international’s skills since Klopp left. On the note of his nationality, Marcelo Bielsa implements a 4-3-2-1 system with Uruguay and Nunez has thrived as the focal frontman.

Klopp, conversely, operated with a deeper-sitting, machine-like midfield that worked industriously to facilitate the roaming of Mohamed Salah and, historically, Sadio Mane in the frontline, with Roberto Firmino, for example, deployed as a sort of playmaking striker to knit it all together.

Sound convoluted? It was a bit of a byzantine way of pulling toward power at the top of the footballing pyramid, but Slot prefers a more controlled and cultured method, one that has seen Dominik Szoboszlai move away from the heart of the engine room and back into his favoured number ten position.

This creates a triangular shape to Liverpool’s centre, and allows Nunez to press higher up and run run run. The £140k-per-week talent ranks among the top 17% of strikers for progressive carries, the top 10% for assists, the top 13% for shot-creating actions and the top 17% for tackles won per 90.

Theoretically, then, he could seamlessly play the role of Jota, with a fluid approach to his attacking play and a defensive willingness, off the ball effort, that Liverpool’s new tactical chief demands from his players.

Oh, start him Slot, go on. Bournemouth are an aggressive and front-footed type of team and they will fall into the Redmen’s maw if they are not careful, pushing ahead and being carved open by lightning-snap breaks – mixed into Slot’s more control-focused style, of course.

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Nunez is perfect for such a task, and with the games coming thick and fast from domestic and continental angles, surely it’s time to take him off the leash.

Joe Clarke taken off England blacklist after standby call for West Indies

Clarke was mentioned in former team-mate Alex Hepburn’s rape trial in 2019

ESPNcricinfo staff09-Feb-2022

Joe Clarke has been placed on standby by England•Getty Images

Joe Clarke, the Nottinghamshire batter, has been taken off England’s blacklist after being placed on standby for next month’s Test tour to the Caribbean.The reported that Clarke is among a number of non-travelling reserves for March’s Test series against West Indies, who will be called upon in the event of a squad member contracting Covid-19 or being ruled out through injury.Andrew Strauss, the ECB’s interim managing director, refused to confirm the names of the players on England’s standby list at Lord’s on Wednesday, but clarified that James Anderson and Stuart Broad – the high-profile omissions from the squad – were not included.”There are a number of non-travelling reserves,” Strauss said. “We have identified a group of players who could come in if there are injuries, so we have asked them to prepare themselves as if they might get a call-up at some stage.”Clarke was mentioned in a court case involving his former Worcestershire team-mate Alex Hepburn, who was sentenced to five years in prison in 2019 after he was found guilty of raping a woman in 2017 and has since been released.Related

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The pair shared a flat in Worcester and during the course of his trial, the jury heard from the prosecution how Hepburn had “dehumanised” women as part of a “sexual conquest competition” on WhatsApp with Clarke and another ex-Worcestershire player, Tom Kohler-Cadmore.Neither Clarke nor Kohler-Cadmore was arrested, nor suspected of an offence. Both were fined by the ECB, handed back-dated suspensions, and told they would not be considered for England selection until further notice.Kohler-Cadmore was part of the England Lions tour to Australia in 2019-20 and named in an enlarged training group at the start of the following summer, but Clarke – once a regular feature in Lions squads – has not played for England at any level in the years since.Clarke spoke about his involvement in an interview with ESPNcricinfo in 2020, saying at the time: “If I could take back everything that happened, in terms of the whole situation for all the parties involved, then I would. It runs through my mind every day.”Clarke’s first-class form has been solid over the last two years – he has averaged 36.53 with two hundreds since the start of the 2020 season – but he has flourished in T20 cricket, impressing for Nottinghamshire in the Blast and recently for Melbourne Stars in the BBL.

مدافع إسبانيا يغازل ريال مدريد ويصرح: مثلي الأعلى سيرجيو راموس

في تصريحات مثيرة لمدافع بورنموث ومنتخب إسبانيا الشاب ديان هويسين، أبدى اللاعب إعجابه الكبير بنادي ريال مدريد، مؤكدًا أن أي لاعب يتمنى اللعب في صفوف الملكي.

ويلعب هويسين مع بورنموث بداية من الموسم الحالي بعدما انتقل إليه من صفوف يوفنتوس مقابل 15 مليون يورو.

اقرأ أيضًا.. فينيسيوس يرفض رفع راية الاستسلام أمام آرسنال ويستشهد بتاريخ ريال مدريد

وقال هويسين في مقابلة مع برنامج “شرينجيتو” الإسباني: “ريال مدريد فريق كبير، وكل لاعب يريد اللعب في أعلى مستوى ممكن، كما تعلمون؟ سنرى ماذا سيحدث، لدي عقد حتى 2030، وهناك شرط جزائي ولست راضيًا عنه”.

وأضاف: “صديقي المقرب قال لي أن اذهب إلى ريال مدريد، وضحكت، حسنًا، لكن هناك صديق آخر قال لي أن اذهب إلى برشلونة، أنشيلوتي مدرب رائع، وهو ليس في ريال مدريد من قبيل الصدفة، فهو يستحق التقدير”.

وفي مفاجأة أخرى، كشف هويسين عن مثله الأعلى في عالم كرة القدم، حيث قال: “مثلي الأعلى سيرجيو راموس”. وربما تكون هذه إشارة جديدة لإمكانية انتقاله إلى ريال مدريد.

تصريحات اللاعب تأتي في وقت تتزايد فيه التكهنات حول انتقاله المحتمل إلى ريال مدريد، حيث يراقب النادي الإسباني عن كثب وضعه، خاصة مع وجود شرط جزائي في عقده يقدر بحوالي 60 مليون يورو.

Ian Wright says £100,000-per-week star is just "meant" to play for Arsenal

da apostaganha: Arsenal legend Ian Wright has heaped praise on a £100,000-per-week star, insisting that he is just "meant" to play under Mikel Arteta.

Arsenal preparing for all-important north London derby against Tottenham

da 888: The Gunners have two blockbuster encounters coming right after this international break, with both Tottenham and Man City awaiting Arsenal after their disappointing 1-1 draw against Brighton at the Emirates Stadium.

Fabrizio Romano: Arteta backs £21m Arsenal ace for "really important" role

He’s also extremely popular in the dressing room.

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Joao Pedro's strike for the Seagulls cancelled out Kai Havertz's expertly taken lobbed finish over Bart Verbruggen in the first half, resulting in Arsenal's first dropped points of the new Premier League campaign, so it is imperative that Arteta's side get back to winning ways immediately.

City have won each of their opening three league matches in comfortable fashion, and it will take a near-perfect season from Arsenal to stop Pep Guardiola from making it five-consecutive Premier League title wins.

Arsenal's next five Premier League games

Date

Tottenham (away)

September 15

Man City (away)

September 22

Leicester City (home)

September 28

Southampton (home)

October 5

Bournemouth (away)

October 19

They could hardly ask for tougher tests than Spurs and the Sky Blues up next, and Arsenal are also set to be without key players for their trip to the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium.

Mikel Merino has been sidelined for nearly two months after fracturing his shoulder in training, while Declan Rice's sending off against Brighton means their star midfielder will miss the north London derby through suspension.

A silver lining for Arsenal is the potential debut of headline-grabbing summer deadline day signing Raheem Sterling, who wasn't registered in time to play a part against Brighton last weekend.

Arteta has explained to the press that Arsenal are preparing for Sterling his imminent first Gunners appearance, as the England international looks to get up to speed tactically and physically.

“We have to see him, speak to him (about) what he’s been doing and how he’s feeling about it," said Arteta on Sterling.

“And try to find quick wins to get him up to speed as quickly as possible and for him to understand what we are looking for from him in the dynamics of the team. We will use that time to do that and get him involved as soon as possible.”

Sterling arrives to hand Arteta a proven back-up to Bukayo Saka who can also play further forward, and it is believed they're only paying £100,000-per-week of the 29-year-old's sky-high Chelsea salary over the course of his loan move.

Ian Wright says Sterling is just "meant" to play for Arsenal

Speaking on The Wrighty's House Podcast this week, fan favourite ex-star turned pundit Wright says Arsenal signing Sterling is a "magnificent" deal, and the former Man City star's transfer was just "meant to be".

“I’m absolutely delighted, the way the deal’s panned out,” said Wright. “When I heard Fulham were in for (Nelson), I thought yeah, I think Raheem’s on his way.

“And when you consider the deal, Raheem, family doesn’t have to move, point to prove, knows the manager, ain’t got a problem with rotation playing, experience.

“You think to yourself that is a magnificent deal for us, a really good signing for us, at 29, Chelsea are paying the majority, it’s almost like it can’t get any better. The only way it’s gonna get any better is when he scores the winner against Tottenham. That’s when you think this is it, it’s meant to be.

“You know when you see a player in your shirt… he suits our shirt, 100 percent.”

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