Manchester United have been hit with “one more big blow” when it comes to injuries, Fabrizio Romano reports.
Man Utd injury news
The Red Devils and Erik ten Hag haven’t had any luck when it comes to injuries this season, with the club making their worst start to a season since 1962/63 following an eighth loss of the campaign last week to Newcastle United in the EFL Cup. Ten Hag has been without a number of key players, especially in defence, and in Saturday’s 1-0 win at Fulham, seven of the first-team squad were missing through injury.
Man Utd injuries
Casemiro
Hamstring injury
Lisandro Martinez
Foot injury
Amad Diallo
Knee injury
Tyrell Malacia
Muscle injury
Marcus Rashford
Leg injury
Luke Shaw
Muscle injury
Two of those are arguably key to Ten Hag’s style of play in Casemiro and Lisandro Martinez, and by the looks of things, the pair may not be seen for the remainder of the calendar year.
Casemiro and Lisandro Martinez injuries
Martínez has been out since September with a foot injury, whereas Casemiro suffered a hamstring problem in the Carabao Cup defeat against Newcastle last week. Speaking to the media in the week, Ten Hag admitted that he’s not expecting to be able to call upon either star player before Christmas.
"I have some time schedules, but it's always difficult to expect that because they can have setbacks during rehab periods. Casemiro and Martinez are really strong injuries, I don't expect them back before Christmas."
Reacting to the update on Casemiro and Martinez, Romano took to X and simply said:
“One more big blow for Manchester Utd.”
The news is certainly a big blow for everyone at Old Trafford, with the games coming thick and fast before the New Year. Ten Hag appears to be under some pressure following a poor start to the season as well, but he’ll have to make do without the South American stars over the next six weeks, something which could prove to be a tricky period with a number of games away from Old Trafford coming up.
Manchester United's next five fixtures – all competitions
Competition
Opponent
Venue
Champions League
FC Copenhagen (A)
Parken Stadium
Premier League
Luton Town (H)
Old Trafford
Premier League
Everton (A)
Goodison Park
Champions League
Galatasaray (A)
RAMS Park
Premier League
Newcastle United (A)
St James' Park
Ten Hag has been forced to use the likes of Jonny Evans and Harry Maguire in recent months in Martinez’s absence, with Raphael Varane also struggling with injury earlier in the season, whereas summer signings Sofyan Amrabat and Mason Mount alongside Scott McTominay and Christian Eriksen are all options in midfield to cover for Casemiro.
In better injury news, though, full-backs Tyrell Malacia and Luke Shaw could make their long-awaited returns to the squad following the November international break, which will give Ten Hag more options at left-back, where Diogo Dalot has been providing cover.
حث نجم ليفربول السابق، ديتمار هامان، النادي الإنجليزي على التعاقد مع بديل المصري محمد صلاح، في انتقالات الصيف الجارية.
ويدخل محمد صلاح العام الأخير من عقده مع ليفربول، حيث ينتهي عقده الحالي في يونيو 2025.
ويستعد ليفربول لمرحلة جديدة تحت قيادة الهولندي آرني سلوت، بعد رحيل يورجن كلوب عن منصب المدير الفني عقب تسع سنوات.
ويعتقد نجم ليفربول السابق ديتمار هامان أن أنتوني جوردون لاعب نيوكاسل، سيكون بديلاً رائعًا لصلاح، حيث كان الجناح من مشجعي الريدز في طفولته.
وقال هامان في تصريحات نشرتها صحيفة “ميرور” البريطانية: “لم يكن أحد يعرف حقًا ما يمكن توقعه عندما وقع ليفربول مع محمد صلاح، ومن ناحية أخرى، رأينا أنتوني جوردون له تأثير كبير في الدوري الإنجليزي الممتاز”.
وأضاف: “لقد فعل ذلك في إيفرتون حتى عندما كانوا يعانون، وبعد بداية صعبة في نيوكاسل، ناضل وهو أحد أفضل لاعبي الفريق الآن”.
وتابع: “قرأت في مكان ما أن ليفربول هو نادي طفولته وأعتقد أنه سيكون توقيعًا رائعًا، ويبدو أيضًا أن نيوكاسل قد يحتاج إلى بيع بعض اللاعبين هذا الصيف”.
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وأردف: “لذا سيكون جوردون رائعًا، لقد تم ذكر خفيتشا كفاراتسخيليا من نابولي الذي قال إنه يريد مغادرة النادي، لكن من الواضح أن الأمر يعتمد على ما يفعله صلاح، لقد قيل في السنوات القليلة الماضية إنه موسمه الأخير وأنه سيرحل في الصيف”.
وأكمل: “لذا من الواضح أننا بحاجة لمعرفة ما يحدث ورؤية ما يحدث، لكن أعتقد أن جوردون سيكون توقيعًا رائعًا لأنه من الواضح أنه في المستقبل، إذا كنت تتمتع بالسرعة، فهذا يغير مجرى المباريات”.
وأكد: “لقد قدم موسمًا رائعًا مع نيوكاسل ونحن بحاجة إلى شخص يتقدم ويسجل هذه الأهداف في المباريات المهمة”.
وأتم: “لأنه إذا نظرت إلى السنوات الثلاث الماضية أو نحو ذلك مع ديوجو جوتا وداروين نونيز ولويس دياز، فقد قاموا جميعًا بعمل جيد ولكن يمكنك ذلك الاعتماد حقًا على صلاح فقط عندما يكون أداء الفريق منخفضًا، ومن المحتمل أن يقوم جوردون بهذا الدور”.
كان جوردون في السابق جزءًا من أكاديمية ليفربول وتركه النادي يرحل في سن 11 عامًا وانتهى به الأمر بالانضمام إلى الغريم إيفرتون، وقد سبق له أن أطلق على أسطورة ليفربول ستيفن جيرارد لقب قدوة طفولته.
Nottinghamshire’s recent signings made a good impression, but Yorkshire’s seamers found late inroads
Jon Culley at Trent Bridge04-Sep-20181:56
Burns piles on the runs after England snub
ScorecardIf Ben Slater’s motivation for leaving Derbyshire for Trent Bridge was to improve his conversion rate for fifties into hundreds then so far it has been 100 percent successful. The busy left-hander completed 25 half-centuries in a little over five seasons at the County Ground but turned only three into centuries, the last one more than two years ago; on his home debut for Nottinghamshire, he achieved his objective at the first attempt.Slater and the West Indian Kraigg Brathwaite, who made 71 on what is his home debut also, put on 182 for the first wicket, comfortably the most productive partnership of Nottinghamshire’s season, although Yorkshire mounted something of a fightback late in the day.Talking T20
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Ben Duckett, coming in at No. 4 rather than his familiar position at the top of the order, marked his first appearance since his move from Northamptonshire with a bright 80 from 89 balls, but four wickets claimed for 39 runs redressed the balance a little for Yorkshire in may yet be a crucial fixture in the final equation at the bottom of the Division One table.The first half of the day, though, belonged squarely to Nottinghamshire, and Slater especially. Apart from one major aberration when he had made only 6, his hundred was a fine one, with boundaries flowing freely as his confidence grew. He worked the ball well off his legs in particular, although some of Yorkshire’s bowling made boundaries a little too easily had at times.There might have been some nerves as he moved into the 90s, but then Josh Poysden, the legspinner, obligingly lobbed him a rank full toss on 99. He pulled it gleefully between mid-on and mid-wicket for four – his 18th – and raised both arms in the air, the home spectators responding by rising to their feet all round the ground.Leaving Derbyshire has meant passing up the chance to work again with Dave Houghton, who was batting coach at the County Ground as Slater was breaking into the senior side. Then again, Peter Moores is not a bad substitute. If there is another level Slater has yet to reach, the former England coach will steer him towards it.Nottinghamshire’s 182 without loss before the first wicket fell was clearly not a score Yorkshire expected to be staring at bleakly on the first afternoon after assessing a thick layer of cloud cover and deciding to bowl. Not too much grass had been left on the pitch but it seemed like a good decision when the first few overs turned into a series of plays and misses by the opening pair.There seemed to be movement through the air and off the pitch but luck eluded Jack Brooks and Tim Bresnan. Brooks in particular came up with some testing deliveries and it was he who suffered the exasperation of seeing Slater dropped off a miscued pull. Matt Waite, at square leg, seemed to pick the ball up late and it was on him before he was set, a good chance gone begging.Matthew Waite celebrates•Getty Images
Waite, a pretty sharp 22-year-old right-arm bowler making only his third first-class appearance, made some amends for his error later by claiming three wickets in the space of 20 deliveries, Slater’s being the last of them when he was caught down the leg side by wicketkeeper Jonny Tattersall.He had paid a heavy price, nonetheless, although one that was hard to envisage after an hour, with Nottinghamshire 21 without loss and Slater and partner Brathwaite obliged to take a cautious approach.The mood changed rather abruptly after Waite, who had bowled well after coming on first change for Brooks, undid five pretty tight overs with a wayward sixth, from which Brathwaite took four boundaries. That was followed by a fairly awful one from Mathew Pillans, making his Yorkshire debut after his move from Surrey, who never found a consistent rhythm all day. Suddenly 30 runs had been added in just two overs and with it the balance tilted to Nottinghamshire.After Waite’s mid-afternoon burst, though, it began to shift back towards Yorkshire, more so after they were able to claim the second new ball, when Brooks took out Steven Mullaney’s off stump before Bresnan had Duckett caught behind flashing outside off stump and Tom Moores taken at cover in consecutive overs.Yorkshire, next to bottom of the table after last week’s heavy defeat to Somerset, will draw some encouragement – and they need it in what are tough times. The team picked here showed six changes, although three were down to injuries – the bane of their season – and another due to Kane Williamson’s return to New Zealand. Jack Leaning, though, is dropped.Nottinghamshire have made three changes. Luke Fletcher has a niggle and Billy Root steps aside for Mullaney’s return. The more surprising omission is Riki Wessels, left out to accommodate Duckett, although it will presumably have been a close call between him, Samit Patel and Jake Libby, whose stats have been broadly similar.
They broke a sequence of ten successive ODI losses against India, winning with one ball to spare in a high-scoring game
ESPNcricinfo staff16-Sep-2018 Chamari Atapattu stretches for a sweep•Associated Press
Sri Lanka women held their nerve to pull off a thrilling three-wicket win with just one ball to spare in the third ODI against India women in Katunayake. Mithali Raj’s unbeaten 125 had powered India to 253 for 5 at the FTZ Sports Complex, but Chamari Atapattu responded with 115, helping Sri Lanka secure their highest successful ODI chase.It also broke a sequence of ten ODI defeats in a row against India for the home side, and earned them two points in the ICC Women’s Championship. The last time Sri Lanka had beaten India in an ODI was more than five years ago, in February 2013 during the Women’s World Cup that year.Raj and Smriti Mandhana had put on 102 for the second wicket after India lost Jemimah Rodrigues for a duck in the first over of the game. After Mandhana fell for a 62-ball 51 in the 23rd over, Raj shepherded the innings and remained unbeaten. Although both Harmanpreet Kaur and Dayalan Hemalatha fell cheaply, Deepti Sharma provided the finishing kick with 38 off 44 balls, sharing a 92-run stand with Raj off 83 balls.Raj had been circumspect during her initial phase and raised a half-century off 76 balls, but her second fifty came at a run a ball. Jhulan Goswami, who came in with two balls left, swung one for six to ensure India went past 250.At the halfway stage, India would have been eyeing yet another win against Sri Lanka, but Atapattu and Hasini Perera put together a 101-run opening stand to lay the base for an exciting contest. Hasini was caught by Harmanpreet off legspinner Poonam Yadav in the 24th over, but Anushka Sanjeewani joined Atapattu in a 55-run stand that didn’t let India force their way through the brief opening.Although wickets fell more regularly after Goswami castled Sanjeewani, Atapattu held one end up. She, eventually, fell in the 42nd over, and at that point, Sri Lanka still needed 61 more from 51 balls. But Nilakshi de Silva hit a six and a four, while Sripali Weerakkody stayed unbeaten on a run-a-ball 14. The 17-year-old Kavisha Dilhari, playing in only her second ODI, then kept her cool at the death, striking two fours in her unbeaten 12 off seven balls, including the winning hit straight past Deepti.Dilhari had also been the best bowler for Sri Lanka, taking 1 for 37 in nine overs with her offbreaks.
Na próxima quarta-feira (9), Bahia e Defensa y Justicia começam a sua eliminatória válida pelas quartas de final na Copa Sul-Americana onde a primeira parada será na cidade de Salvador, mais precisamente na Arena Fonte Nova.
Ao Esquadrão, além da possibilidade de angariar recursos com a sequência em uma competição continental, a simples classificação para a semifinal já significaria algo inédito na história do Bahia. Em sete participações na própria Sula e três na Libertadores, o Tricolor jamais alcançou esse nível.
A mesma máxima de ineditismo vale também para o clube de Florencio Varela em uma base de análise ainda menor do que a disponível na equipe brasileira: quatro edições da Sul-Americana e apenas uma na Libertadores, justamente a de 2020.
Pensando no momento vivido por ambos na temporada, a classificação também significará a melhora em desempenho por conta da absoluta irregularidade vivida nas gestões de Mano Menezes e Hernán Crespo. Nos últimos 10 compromissos, enquanto o Defensa venceu apenas dois jogos (justamente referentes a Sul-Americana), o Bahia até venceu cinco partidas, mas vem de duas derrotas e um empate que trouxeram novamente os questionamentos ao trabalho de Mano.
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Local: Arena Fonte Nova, Salvador (BA) Data e hora: 08/12/2020 – 21h30 Árbitro: Guillermo Guerrero (EQU) Assistências: Christian Lezcano e Byron Romero (ambos EQU) VAR: Daniel Fedorczuk (URU)
BAHIA: Anderson; Nino Paraíba, Anderson Martins, Juninho e Matheus Bahia; Rossi, Edson, Gregore, Ramon e Fessin; Gilberto.Técnico: Mano Menezes.
DEFENSA Y JUSTICIA: Unsain; Breitenbruch,Frías, Hector Martínez e Paredes; Rius, Camacho, Larralde, Acevedo e Pizzini; Brian Romero.Técnico: Hernán Crespo.
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Aston Villa have continued their terrific rise under Unai Emery and are currently competing for a Champions League spot in the Premier League this season.
The Spanish tactician arrived with the club sitting in 14th place with three wins in 12 top-flight matches in October of last year and led them to an impressive seventh with 15 wins in 26 games.
This season, Villa have won eight of their 12 league matches and are fifth in the table – one point off the top four and three points behind Manchester City in first.
Aston Villa manager Unai Emery.
The Villans are also top of their Europa Conference League group with three wins from their first four matches and are on course to qualify for the knockout stages.
However, there is always room to improve and the upcoming January transfer window will provide Emery with another chance to bolster his group of players.
One reported target who could add an injection of quality – and be an upgrade on Nicolo Zaniolo – is Norwich City wide attacker Jonathan Rowe.
Aston Villa transfer news – Jonathan Rowe
The Villans are one of a host of Premier League clubs reportedly showing an interest in the talented EFL starlet ahead of the turn of the year.
Earlier this month, TEAMtalk claimed that Villa, Crystal Palace, Brentford, Wolves, Burnley, and Sheffield United are all monitoring the young gem's performances for the Canaries.
This suggests that Monchi and Emery could face significant competition for his signature if they decide to firm up their interest with an official approach for his services. Although, they have the allure of European football that the aforementioned teams are unable to offer him at this moment in time.
Norwich forward Jonathan Rowe.
However, the report does not mention how much Norwich would demand for their prized asset or whether or not any of those sides are willing to make a bid.
It does state, though, that the Canaries would like to tie the 20-year-old whiz down to an extended contract in order to secure his future at Carrow Road.
His current deal is due to expire at the end of the 2024/25 campaign but the club do have an option to extend that by a further 12 months if they choose, which means that it may not end until the summer of 2026.
Norwich are said to be keen to keep hold of him throughout the January transfer window, as the academy graduate is an important member of their squad, but Villa must now test their resolve with an attempted swoop to land his signature.
Emery could secure a big upgrade on current attacking midfielder Zaniolo, who is on loan from Turkish giants Galatasaray, by bringing the versatile Rowe to Villa Park.
Zaniolo's season in numbers
The 24-year-old, who can play out wide or through the middle as a number ten, has failed to hit the ground running in English football since his temporary switch from Turkey during the summer transfer window.
He has managed zero goals, zero assists, and zero 'big chances' created in nine Premier League appearances for the Villans this season, which includes six starts.
The left-footed lightweight has also failed to produce a single goal, assist, or 'big chance' created in four Europa Conference League outings, which includes two starts.
Alarmingly, Zaniolo ranks within the top 1% of his positional peers across the Men's Big Five Leagues and European competitions over the last 365 days for shots (3.78) per 90 and the bottom 2% for non-penalty goals (0.00) per 90.
This suggests that the Italian midfielder is incredibly wasteful in front of goal and takes far too many shots for a player who is not a clinical finisher, by any stretch.
He cannot blame his lack of goals on the quality of chances that have fallen his way as the former Roma prospect ranks within the top 22% of players in his position for non-penalty xG (0.30) per 90 over the last 365 days.
These statistics paint an alarming picture as they show that the attacker has had a very minimal impact at the top end of the pitch for Villa this season.
He has not been able to provide quality on a regular basis and Emery could, therefore, improve his side by bringing in a player with the potential to offer more, in the way of goals and assists, during the January window.
Jonathan Rowe's season in numbers
The 20-year-old wizard, like Zaniolo, can play out wide or through the middle as an attacking midfielder and this means that the Villans head coach could utilise his talents in a multitude of ways.
He could come in and directly replace the Italian dud as a number ten or be used further forward as a support striker, or as an out-and-out winger depending on the formation being deployed and the needs of the specific match.
Rowe's form for Norwich this season has been particularly impressive and his attacking statistics suggest that he has the potential to be an upgrade on the Galatasaray loanee.
The England U21 international has racked up eight goals and two assists in 18 first-team matches in all competitions for the Canaries so far this term.
Rowe's Norwich career (via Transfermarkt)
Statistic
U18
U21
First-team
Appearances
31
31
36
Goals
12
11
Eight
Assists
Three
Seven
Three
As you can see in the table above, Rowe has been a consistent attacking threat for the Yellows throughout his development in Norfolk, at U18 level all the way through to the first-team.
The talented youngster ranks within the top 32% of Championship wingers and attacking midfielders for shots (2.52) per 90 and within the top 9% for non-penalty goals (0.51) per 90.
This suggests that the 5 foot 8 hotshot, whose form was hailed as "scintillating" by pundit Carlton Palmer, is an efficient shot-taker who scores more goals than the average player who takes the volume of shots he does.
Therefore, Rowe could come in as an upgrade on Zaniolo if he can translate these performances over to the Premier League by offering a consistent output in the final third, which is something the Italian flop has been unable to do.
However, Norwich confirmed this week that the forward has suffered an unspecified injury whilst on international duty with England's U21s and it remains to be seen how serious that is, which could impact Villa's interest if it turns out to be a long-term problem.
The ACA called it “hugely significant” that the cultural review had apportioned significant blame on Cricket Australia for events surrounding the ball-tampering
ESPNcricinfo staff30-Oct-20181:56
ACA will be ‘relentless’ in aiming to overturn player bans
The Australian Cricketers Association has reiterated its call for the bans of Steven Smith, David Warner and Cameron Bancroft to be lifted in the light of the findings of the cultural reviews into Australian cricket.The Longstaff review said the events of Newlands were not a one-off and were caused by the pervading culture of Cricket Australia which the players association called “hugely significant.”Smith and Warner are currently serving a one-year ban while Bancroft was sanctioned for nine months for the ball-tampering scandal in March.”What the Longstaff Review reveals is that Cricket Australia itself must also take a share of responsibility for what happened in South Africa,” Greg Dyer, the ACA president, said. “Yes, this moment of madness was ‘individual’ but now there is evidence and independent verification of system failure as well. This is hugely significant.”With this new information common sense, common decency, basic fairness, proportionality and natural justice demand that the punishment is reduced. The players have already lost time in the game, chances to play for Australia, endured public humiliation and faced massive financial penalties.”My message to Cricket Australia is a simple one: these contrite men have been punished enough. Let these contrite men play.”I add that the ACA will be relentless in pursuing this end.”Finally, I also offer a message to the Australian public on behalf of the ACA. In short, Australia’s cricket players ‘get it.’ We assure you. The players ‘get it.’ The players understand.”A Cricket Australia spokesperson said: “We have seen the Australian Cricketers’ Association press conference and note they will be making a submission to the CA Board in the next 48 hours. We look forward to engaging directly with the ACA in a positive and constructive manner in the best interests of the game.”Speaking in the wake of the publication of the reviews, CA chairman David Peever said there was no chance of the punishments being rescinded.”Sanctions were carried out and imposed by the board after a very full and thoughtful process. So the sanctions stand,” Peever said.On Tuesday, the new CA CEO Kevin Roberts also indicated there would be no early route back for the trio, citing the appeals path that was open to the players when the sanctions were handed down.”There’s no provision to review the sanctions,” Roberts told . “There’s an appeals mechanism which was available to the players before the sanctions were finalized. I really empathise with each of the three players and have chatted with them in recent weeks. They are experiencing a challenging time. They made a serious mistake. I’m getting as many people saying to me the sanctions are too harsh as those who say they aren’t harsh enough. We want to keep supporting the players.”
Pela primeira vez após a saída de Luxemburgo, o treinador do Palmeiras, Abel Ferreira, fez comentários relativos às limitações do elenco. Segundo o português, que, diferentemente de seu antecessor, não questionou a capacidade técnica dos jogadores, o plantel palestrino está reduzido, devido à saídas e lesões de atletas do setor de meio campo.
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– O problema tem a ver com o elenco extremamente reduzido. Uma boa equipa, já falei várias vezes, temos tido dor de cabeça para compor nosso meio campo. Felipe fora, Ramires saiu. Temos que valorizar que estamos nas três competições. Vamos lutar, quando cheguei disse que nossa preocupação sempre é o próximo jogo.
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Desde a chegada do técnico, o Alviverde fechou três contratações, duas defensivas (Kuscevic e Alan Empereur) e uma ofensiva (Breno Lopes). Sendo assim, com a perda de dois atletas e sem chegadas, Abel Ferreira conta com poucas opções de meias no elenco.
O Palmeiras entra em campo novamente na próxima quarta-feira (23), às 21h30 (horário de Brasília), contra o América-MG, pela primeira partida da semifinal da Copa do Brasil.
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