سجل اللاعب فرانشيسكو كونسيساو، هدف تعادل البرتغال أمام ألمانيا، في المباراة التي تجمع المنتخبين، ضمن منافسات دوري الأمم الأوروبية.
ويواجه منتخب البرتغال نظيره ألمانيا، في المباراة التي تجمع بينهما مساء اليوم، الأربعاء، على ملعب “أليانز أرينا” في إطار منافسات نصف نهائي دوري الأمم الأوروبية.
وسجل كونسيساو هدفًا رائعًا بعدما أخذ الكرة من وسط الملعب حتى قرب منطقة الجزاء وسددها بقدمه اليسرى أقصى الزاوية اليمنى للحارس تير شتيجن، ليتعادل في الدقيقة 62 لصالح منتخب البرتغال.
وجاء هدف ألمانيا الأول في الدقيقة 48 عن طريق صفقة ليفربول المحتملة فلوريان فيرتز، الذي قدم موسمًا اكثر من رائع.
ومن المقرر أن يواجه الفائز من مباراة اليوم، الفائز من مباراة غدًا الخميس، بين إسبانيا وفرنسا، في نهائي دوري الامم الأوروبية 2025. هدف كونسيساو أمام ألمانيا في نصف نهائي دوري الأمم الأوروبية 2025
This could be a significant season for Newcastle United.
Eddie Howe’s side could be cup champions this time next month, into the Carabao Cup final against Liverpool. They have also set up a last-16 tie with Brighton in the FA Cup, with Manchester’s two behemoths the only remaining teams from the Premier League’s recognised ‘big six.’
That term is increasingly outmoded, with Newcastle qualifying for the Champions League in 2022/23, Aston Villa following their trail last term and Nottingham Forest currently ensconced in third, 18 points above Man United.
Newcastle definitely have a team capable of hitting huge heights, no longer punching above their weight but recognised as a fear-inducing opponent.
And alongside the exploits of the first team, the Magpies youth fold is making exciting progress too.
Newcastle's new-found academy success
Homemade superstars were a rarity on Tyneside before Howe and PIF came along. Six years ago, under the tyrannical rule of Mike Ashley, Newcastle’s academy was observed to be in a ‘desperate state’, but that has now changed.
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Sean Longstaff was established and Elliott Anderson was coming through when everything changed in 2021, but the shift at youth level has since gone from strength to strength,
The infrastructure has been revamped, with now-former sporting director Dan Ashworth appointing 13 new academy staff members to rewrite the narrative about the club’s production line.
Now, there’s much to be excited about as the system blossoms as a whole. Lewis Miley is a fiercely exciting talent, while Anderson was sold to Nottingham Forest last summer for £35m. Yankuba Minteh also joined Brighton in a £30m deal to placate PSR.
Newcastle’s U21s sit 14th in the Premier League 2, having finished 22nd last term and achieved promotion the year before that. This is incremental progress.
Not just promoting from the city, United are signing exciting up-and-comers to suffuse the formative ranks with a golden glow. Let’s have a look at a young forward who might just be the pick of the bunch.
Howe may have "one of the best prospects in the world"
St. James’ Park has appealed to some of the most exciting senior stars in England – Alexander Isak, Bruno Guimaraes et al., but the same can be said for those at the bottom of the pack.
Vakhtang Salia is one of the most exciting Georgian players to emerge since Khvicha Kvaratskhelia, and it’s a testament to Newcastle’s progress that he opted for Howe’s team last year despite interest from Bayern Munich and Real Madrid.
Aged 17, Salia has already posted seven goals and two assists across 39 senior appearances for Dinamo Tbilisi, with journalist Bence Bocsak duly describing him as an “elite talent.”
A mobile and threatening forward, the teenager has yet to find his best position but is routinely deployed on the left flank. He could provide relief across the frontline after joining United in August when he turns 18.
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Who knows, with such high stock, Salia could assert himself as one of the most talented youngsters in the Premier League next season, maybe even rivalling Arsenal’s Ethan Nwaneri.
A true prodigy, 17-year-old Nwaneri has made waves at Arsenal over the past several years, becoming the youngest player in Premier League history when introduced against Brentford in September 2022 (aged 15 years and 181 days), and properly breaking into Mikel Arteta’s plans this year.
A right-sided player, he’s scored seven times across 24 matches, instrumental in keeping the Gunners afloat with talisman Bukayo Saka sidelined for over a month and not expected to return any time soon.
Development isn’t linear but Salia is doing all that he can in his homeland, sharpening his tools to a keen edge before crossing over to Newcastle. With a natural-born goalscoring ability and dynamism that sees him place across different roles, Howe might just find that he can introduce a rival to Arsenal’s talk-of-the-town talent.
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Journalist Graeme Bailey has hailed Salia as “one of the best teenage prospects in the world,” and when he alights in Newcastle later this year, there’s every chance that he could make a fast start and show Howe that he’s unearthed a rising star just as bright as Nwaneri.
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Batter looking to press his case for a T20 World Cup starting spot in Australia T20Is
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Phil Salt says England are looking to continue the momentum they picked up in Pakistan•AFP/Getty Images
Opening batter Phil Salt hopes his new home ground in Perth can help him apply further pressure for a T20 World Cup berth as England prepare for a warm-up clash with Australia at Optus Stadium on Sunday.Salt has fond memories of playing at the 60,000-seat ground in Burswood, which is hosting international cricket for the first time since late 2019, having smashed 59 off 31 balls for Adelaide Strikers against Perth Scorchers in January 2020.His destructive, hard-hitting batting appears perfectly suited for a traditionally quick Optus Stadium pitch and outfield, which often fuels high-scoring BBL games. Calculating defending champions Scorchers made a shrewd decision after selecting Salt with pick No. 19 in the inaugural BBL draft in August.Related
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“Expecting it to be fast and bouncy. It’s a good wicket to bat, suits my game,” he told reporters on Friday. “The boundaries are pretty big square and generally does suit the guys who are stronger square of the wicket.”Salt plans to meet with Scorchers officials ahead of Sunday’s match, but in the meantime his focus is building on his Player-of-the-Match 88 not out against Pakistan in the sixth T20I in Lahore, which revived his T20 World Cup hopes after a grim run of form netted just 59 runs in five innings.Having opened in Pakistan in place of injured skipper Jos Buttler, Salt appears slightly behind Alex Hales, who has long dominated the BBL, in the pecking order and looms as a likely spare batter in England’s T20 World Cup squad. “Not too sure right now,” Salt said when asked if he had been given clarity on his role in Australia. “It’s not a conversation we’ve had yet.”With a golden opportunity to further impress in the series opener against a weakened Australia attack, Salt said he would pick the brain of team-mate and former Scorchers star Liam Livingstone for added insight.”Obviously he’s done really well here and it would be silly not to lean on him on exactly how to play these conditions,” he said.After a thrilling 4-3 T20 series victory in their long-awaited return to Pakistan, a buoyant England are feeling upbeat ahead of the World Cup where they enter as one of the favourites.It’s been a low-key start to their campaign with players and staff staggering their arrivals to Perth this week and they hit the nets at Optus Stadium for a light session on Thursday morning to launch a hectic tour Down Under.While this three-match warm-up series against old foe Australia probably lacks the traditional punch, Salt believed there was still a lot at stake with game one set to be played in front of a 30,000 crowd on Sunday afternoon.”It’s a series to win and we’ve got an eye on the World Cup,” he said. “It’s very important to keep the momentum rolling after Pakistan. To beat them in their own conditions…that’s very tough to do.”We played with a lot of guys who hadn’t played much international cricket so we’re pretty happy with how that went. We want to keep the ball rolling and continue the momentum.”
علق محمد بركات عضو اتحاد الكرة السابق، على أداء فريق الأهلي تحت قيادة عماد النحاس وتحقيقه لعدة انتصارات متتالية خلال الفترة الماضية ببطولة الدوري المصري.
وقال محمد بركات في تصريحات تلفزيونية عبر قناة “إم بي سي مصر”: “كل مباراة يلعبها الأهلي تحت قيادة عماد النحاس تثبت أن قرار رحيل كولر كان صائبًا بنسبة مئة بالمئة، لأن اللاعبين كانوا غير سعداء في الملعب، ولم يكن للفريق شخصية قيادية”.
وأكمل: “عماد النحاس عمل على تحسين الجانب النفسي للاعبين، وأصبح الجميع يشاركون بإيجابية، وتحسن مستواهم بشكل ملحوظ، وكل من يلعب الآن يهاجم ويسجل أهدافًا، وعاد الأهلي إلى مستواه المعتاد”.
وتابع: “أنا سعيد جدًا بـ عماد النحاس، كما أن محمد شوقي يمثل إضافة كبيرة للفريق، وهذه هي مكانة الأهلي الحقيقية”.
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وواصل: “لا أستغرب هذه النقلة النوعية للأهلي في ظل وجود عماد النحاس، وأتخيل أن الفريق قادر على المنافسة على لقب الدوري بقيادته”.
وأضاف: “أما الزمالك، فهو لا يستغل الفرص المتاحة له، كما حدث في مباراة البنك الأهلي، حيث سجل هدفًا مبكرًا في الدقيقة الأولى لكنه لم يتمكن من الحفاظ على تقدمه وعاد إلى الدفاع، والأبيض يعاني من مشاكل فنية كثيرة، خاصة في جودة اللاعبين، وحتى عندما تسانده الظروف، لا يستطيع أن ينقذ نفسه”.
واختتم: “أما بيراميدز، فالمشاكل الدفاعية التي ظهرت في الفترة الأخيرة موجودة منذ وقت طويل، لكن النتائج الإيجابية كانت تخفيها، وفي مباراة الجيش الملكي، ارتكب بيراميدز أخطاء كارثية في الدفاع، اليوم، كان يعقوبو يجرِي في مساحات كبيرة، وتحية لـ طارق مصطفى مدرب البنك الأهلي”.
Craig and Charlie Reid can rest easy. So can Somerset’s chief executive, Gordon Hollins, and so can many other supporters of Hibernian FC in Craigmillar, Sighthill and Muirhouse. Football’s finest anthem will not be appropriated to exalt the summer game. There wasn’t much sunshine on Neath today.Very little singing either, come to that, unless we count Lancashire’s one-word victory chant, which is about as tuneful as a drunk banging two bin-lids together. Unfortunately for their opponents, Lancashire’s cricket is more accomplished and altogether more worthy of the Reids’ proclamations. Their victory today, which maintains their excellent chance of qualifying for the knockout stages of the Royal London Cup, was achieved with 14 overs to spare as they overhauled 177, Keaton Jennings making an unbeaten 77 and the outcome never in serious doubt once Glamorgan’s batsmen had failed badly on a wicket that played well.But this was another proud afternoon for a cricket club which gave the game two England captains in Tony Lewis and Cyril Walters as the next page was written in the sporting history of a town where the Welsh Rugby Union was founded in the Castle Hotel in 1881.Related
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Religion is never far away in Neath. For all that the town seeks to transcend stereotype, there is still a Welsh chapel; there is still St David’s church, which lies within the rectorial benefice; and there is still the English Baptist chapel which does service as a food bank in a street that also boasts a tattoo parlour.Consumption and decoration came in rather different forms at The Gnoll. The Round Table ran the hospitality tent and they placed several round tables within it. In the public areas, there were representatives of local clubs: Cimla, Briton Ferry and Ynysygerwn and some wore their polo shirts or baseball caps.That said, it takes more than local enthusiasm to disturb Lancashire’s cricketers this year and the visitors’ chances were bolstered when they won the toss on a cloudy morning and opted to bowl on a pitch that had spent most of the previous 24 hours under cover while warm rain fell. We wondered how a new white ball might behave on it; we found out soon enough.At least, it did enough to catch the edge of Tom Bevan’s bat in the second over of the morning when the opener attempted a Waitrose drive at an Aldi point in the innings. And it helped Tom Bailey again in his next over when Sam Northeast was leg before wicket for just two. But any thoughts of a very low-scoring scrap were quickly dispelled by Colin Ingram, whose scorching square cut off Will Williams was an immediate rebuttal of the notion. Ingram collected two further fours later in the over but neither was as fierce. Indeed, they rather set the tone for a half-century marked by steady accumulation and a resolve not to let the bowlers settle.Other Glamorgan batsmen were not as clear-minded. Kiran Carlson batted well for nearly an hour before coming down the pitch to Will Williams and playing a curious cut-cum-slap that only nicked a catch. Chris Cooke made nine before his flat-footed drive gave Liam Hurt his first wicket and it needed Joe Cooke’s 53-run stand with Ingram to ensure Glamorgan had a total which impersonated respectability.Cooke made 43 of those runs and his seven boundaries, almost all of them thunderous, included three fours and a six off George Balderson, the mightiest blow arcing over the stand and into the adjoining rugby ground. Balderson settled the score in the same over, though when Cooke’s next attempted drive merely skewed off a thick edge to Danny Lamb at deep point. That wicket was the first of six to fall in 14 overs as Glamorgan collapsed from 129 for 4 to 177 all out.Having set himself to bat the innings, Ingram picked up Danny Lamb sweetly, all too sweetly, alas and was caught at deep square leg by Luke Wells. The tailenders soon returned to the conifer-shrouded pavilion, easy pickings for an all-seam Lancashire attack packed with bowlers who expect to prosper.The visitors’ pursuit was a gentle amble. Not too gentle, perhaps, for the spectator who was injured when a Glamorgan fielder tumbled into him when trying to prevent Wells’ third six, and painful for home bowlers who must have known quite early on that they were on the wrong end of a towsing. Otherwise, though, it was easy for Wells, who made 50 before he was leg before when attempting to sweep Carlson, and easier still for Jennings and Josh Bohannon, who put on an unbroken 97, with Bohannon’s pull off Andy Gorvin ending the match in the brightest sunlight of the day.Yet nobody left the Gnoll until Lancashire were within ten runs of victory, and this was more evidence that such occasions as this are treasured in a town where sport has often offered escape; a town where three successive Australian tourist teams played Glamorgan in the latter years of the last century; a town where, on darkening November evenings in the 1980s, cathode rays lit the small parlours on Saturday evenings and Paul Thorburn’s penalty goals hung in the air like a song.
Jamie Carragher says Liverpool have "always lacked" a left-footed centre-back and putting Virgil van Dijk in that role doesn't fix the issue.
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Liverpool legend Carragher suggested Liverpool's poor defensive performance in their 3-2 loss at Fulham was partly down to there being two right-footed centre-backs (Van Dijk and Ibrahima Konate). The ex-England international believes for all of Van Dijk's qualities, having a left-footer in the back two may have prevented Alex Iwobi's goal at Craven Cottage on Saturday.
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Analysing the goal on Sky Sports' Monday Night Football, Carragher said: "The reason why Fulham have pushed it to Van Dijk is… and something Liverpool have always lacked… a left-footed centre back. Now, the reason I think Virgil van Dijk probably goes to [left back] Andy Robertson is it's the obvious pass, of course. It's not a bad pass, but maybe a left-footed centre back with the quality of Van Dijk could actually go there [and play a long-range pass from left to right and find Mo Salah in space]. If it's on the right side, he's got that passing range in his locker. And that's why I think Fulham have pushed it this side, pushed Virgil van Dijk onto his left foot. Because they know he can't play that pass and he's going to play the shorter pass. He goes to Andy Robertson and he's just got to go back to the goalkeeper. He tries a cross-field pass, he gets it wrong and we know what happens. It was a nightmare scenario for him."
THE BIGGER PICTURE
Van Dijk is into the last months of his Liverpool contract and could be heading for pastures new this summer. If he does go, the Reds will have to find a quality replacement and perhaps they will look for a left-footer – as Carragher has advised. If the 33-year-old stays, strengthening in that area would be a shrewd move anyway. Ultimately, it hasn't been that big an issue as they are on the cusp of another Premier League title.
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Arne Slot's Liverpool will look to bounce back from this defeat when they host West Ham in the Premier League on Sunday.
Manchester United have struggled in front of goal in the Premier League this season. Under both Erik ten Hag and Ruben Amorim, they have simply lacked the cutting edge that is needed to help propel them up the table.
The Red Devils have scored just 21 times in the top flight this season, with just four teams scoring fewer. Worryingly, they are all sides who are in 15th place or lower in the top flight.
Despite having created 46 chances for their attackers this term, United have missed the majority of those, failing to score from 33 in total. They are in desperate need of a striker and have recently been linked with someone who could convert those chances.
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The player in question here is Nigerian centre-forward Victor Osimhen. The 25-year-old is currently plying his trade in Turkey, where he plays for Galatasaray, on loan from Italian side Napoli.
According to reports in Spain, United are one of three sides showing an interest in the striker ahead of the January transfer window. They will face stiff competition from fellow Premier League club Chelsea and French giants Paris Saint Germain for his signature.
In terms of a price for Osimhen, the three clubs above are now willing to pay the forward’s release clause, which stands at around he could cost around £62m. Although he is in Turkey on a temporary basis, there is a reported break clause in his loan.
Why Osimhen would be a good signing
Should the Red Devils sign the striker this January, there is no doubt he could bring the one thing this side desperately needs, goals. He is simply a pure goalscorer and has 12 of them in 15 games across all competitions this term, as well as five assists.
That is more than any of United’s players this season, in far fewer games, too. The on-loan star has outscored both Rasmus Hojlund and Joshua Zirkzee, the Red Devils’ two main centre-forwards under Amorim.
The Dane has scored seven times from 20 appearances this term, averaging around 0.35 goals per 90 minutes. That is incredibly underwhelming in comparison to Osimhen, who averages 0.8 goals per game this term.
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The Nigerian striker has shown his class against a Premier League side in the Europa League in 2024/25. He helped himself to two goals in Galatasaray’s 3-2 win over Tottenham Hotspur away from home, more than proving he has what it takes at the highest level of English football.
Should the Red Devils bring the deadly centre-forward to Old Trafford in January, they might finally have someone who can take full advantage of Amad Diallo’s exemplary chance creation so far this term.
He has been on fire lately and ranks highly in several different metrics for United in the Premier League. As per Fbref, the Ivorian has the most assists with six and has created the second most chances, with 21.
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Indeed, this partnership could be reminiscent of one that Osimhen struck up with former Napoli teammate Khvicha Kvaratskhelia. The pair combined for 15 goals in 63 matches, many of those coming in the incredible Scudetto-winning campaign of 2022/23. That year, the Nigerian striker scored 31 goals in 39 games.
Signing the 25-year-old striker could go a long way to helping solve many of United’s problems in front of goal. Whilst Hojlund is a good prospect, he has not been capitalising on Amad’s chances enough.
However, the “monster” striker, as football analyst Ben Mattinson described him, could change that. He is a natural scorer of chances, as the numbers show, and if he can replicate the connection with Amad that he had with Kvaratskhelia, things may start to pick up for United.
There is no doubt that £62m is a big investment in a January window, but it just might be worth it if the Red Devils can find their best form once more.
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Bancroft shared a WA Shield final record 188-run stand with Whiteman, who made 85
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Cameron Bancroft celebrates his century•Getty Images
Western Australia took a major step towards ending their 23-year Sheffield Shield title drought with Cameron Bancroft’s superb century putting them in a strong position on the opening day of the final against Victoria at the WACA ground in Perth.Bancroft posted his 15th Shield century and his first in a final, batting the entire day to finish 135 not out from 259 balls with 16 boundaries as WA racked up 290 for 3 at stumps.Having been sent into bat, Bancroft and Sam Whiteman, who made a classy 85, set a new record opening stand for WA in Shield finals, putting together 188 to surpass the previous mark of 155 set by Michael Hussey and Ryan Campbell in the last Shield final held at the WACA ground in 1997-98. It was also Bancroft and Whiteman’s sixth century stand together in Shield cricket.Victoria had little joy except for a late breakthrough in the final over, with Hilton Cartwright slashing the second last ball of the day from Will Sutherland to gully where he was brilliantly caught by Jono Merlo.Captain Peter Handscomb had no hesitation in bowling after the coin fell his way, perhaps spooked after seeing a very similar-looking pitch to the one that his side had been sent in on last week only to lose by an innings and 51 runs.But it turned into a lovely batting track for Bancroft and Whiteman.Bancroft, 29, showed why he was once Australia’s first-choice Test opener with one of his best Shield centuries. His often scrutinised balance and timing were on-song from ball one as Victoria’s quicks erred far too full to him in the opening session. He caressed a bevy of drives through the covers and down the ground.Whiteman was less fluent in the first hour and a half, having been tied down by the metronomic Scott Boland from around the wicket. Bancroft’s rhythm took the pressure off his partner as he reached his half-century off 83 balls with a sublime drive straight of mid-off.Whiteman’s innings was sparked when Merlo’s medium pace was introduced. He dropped short twice in two balls, and the left-hander unfurled two dismissive pull shots over forward square.WA reached 99 without loss at lunch, with Victoria managing just seven maidens in 29 overs in the first session as the ball didn’t swing or seam anywhere near as much as expected.Sam Whiteman and Cameron Bancroft shared a century stand•Getty Images
Victoria created some half chances after lunch as they stemmed the scoring for a period. Boland was particularly unlucky in the second over after the break. He found Whiteman’s outside edge with a superb delivery that zipped across the left-hander, but it somehow didn’t carry to wicketkeeper Sam Harper.Whiteman reached a patient half-century from 122 balls with nine fours but nearly ran himself out shortly after, taking on Merlo at midwicket for a sharp single, and he was fortunate the throw just missed. Bancroft hardly played a false shot, but he did slice Sutherland just high and wide of gully on 71.The pair cruised past 150 in the 47th over and past Hussey and Campbell’s record of 155. They had sights on a double century stand before Whiteman finally fell for 85 on the stroke of tea. He sliced Boland to gully attempting a square drive, and Sutherland took an excellent catch. Boland might have been fortunate not to have been called for a no-ball as replays showed he overstepped, however, the third umpire can only adjudicate on catches, run-outs and stumpings in this final with the limited technology available.Bancroft reached his century shortly after tea with a neat leg glance despite Victoria trying to set up a legside trap. He nicked a ball in the next over through a vacant second slip but continued on his dominance thereafter.Victoria were able to slow the game for a period in the first hour of the final session via their two spinners Jon Holland and Matt Short. Holland only bowled three overs in the first 48 of the day. Short was introduced with the arrival of the left-handed Shaun Marsh, and it was an inspired move by Handscomb. Marsh ran past one, beaten by clever flight, turn and bounce to be stumped by a mile for just 12.The spinners then tied down Bancroft and Cartwright as the game stalled before the second new ball. WA needed to be careful not to waste the start they had made given that first-innings bonus points could decide the final in case of a drawn match, with 0.01 of a point given for every run past 200 and 0.1 for every wicket taken in the first 100 overs of the first two innings of the match.WA were 250 for 2 when the second new ball was taken but Cartwright clattered 15 from Boland’s first over with the new ball to reassert their authority on the day.They scored 40 in 10 overs, but Cartwright will rue his false stroke right on stumps as he fell for 41 and left nightwatchman Matt Kelly one ball to face, which he survived.
The Paraguayan, a key player in winning the three consecutive titles, will play for Racing Club in Argentina.
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In almost six years with América, Sánchez played 208 matches and scored 19 goals.
He won six titles with
He scored in the Apertura 2024 semifinal against Cruz Azul and in the final against .
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After weeks of speculation, Richard Sanchez will finally leave Club America to join Racing Club in Argentine football. The deal was reportedly closed for $3 million, and the midfielder will sign a contract until December 2028 with his new club.
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Sánchez was a key player in América’s three consecutive titles, as he scored against Cruz Azul in the semifinals and later against Rayados in the Apertura 2024 Final. With , he also found the net in the Apertura 2019 Final and the Apertura 2023 Final. The Paraguayan leaves the club with three Liga MX titles, one Campeón de Campeones, one Liga MX Super Cup, and one Campeones Cup.
América did not make any signings for the Clausura 2025, so Sánchez's departure leaves them with an extra foreigner spot that will not be used.
WHAT CLUB AMÉRICA SAID
"Thank you very much for your amazing goals, your dedication, and your commitment to our colors, Ríchard Sánchez," Club America said in a statement. "We wish you the best of success in your next project, tricampeón!"
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Racing Club of Argentina had been interested in signing the Paraguayan player since last season, and they have now reached an agreement with América. The club has won 18 titles in Argentina’s Primera División but has not lifted the trophy since 2019.
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#12
02/11/2024
Nottingham Forest (A)
Premier League
3-0 loss
#11
27/10/2024
Man United (H)
Premier League
2-1 win
#10
19/10/2024
Tottenham (A)
Premier League
4-1 loss
#9
05/10/2024
Ipswich (H)
Premier League
4-1 win
#8
28/09/2024
Brentford (A)
Premier League
1-1 draw
#7
25/09/2024
Liverpool (A)
Carabao Cup
5-1 loss
#6
21/09/2024
Chelsea (H)
Premier League
3-0 loss
#5
14/09/2024
Fulham (A)
Premier League
1-1 draw
#4
31/08/2024
Man City (H)
Premier League
3-1 loss
#3
28/08/2024
Bournemouth (H)
Carabao Cup
1-0 win
#2
24/08/2024
Crystal Palace (A)
Premier League
2-0 win
#1
17/08/2024
Aston Villa (H)
Premier League
2-1 loss
This has led to other reports that West Ham are already considering alternative hires. It is believed by some that ex-FC Porto boss Sergio Conceicao is a contender to succeed Lopetegui, with the Portuguese boasting an excellent, trophy-laden record from his time in the Primeira Liga.
Meanwhile, a tactician very well known by supporters, former backroom member Edin Terzic, is also being considered by West Ham as an option.
Now, speaking on talkSPORT this week, Bent has suggested that current interim Man United boss Ruud van Nistelrooy, a Premier League all-time great, may also be a contender.
Bent says van Nistelrooy could replace Lopetegui at West Ham
The former Tottenham and Aston Villa striker believes east London is a potential landing spot for the Dutchman, with his future unclear beyond Ruben Amorim’s arrival on November 11.
Bent suggests van Nistelrooy’s next job could be at West Ham, and he does have trophy-winning experience in charge of PSV Eindhoven. The 48-year-old won both the Dutch Cup and Dutch Super Cup during his time in the Eredivisie, averaging an impressive 2.20 points per game (Transfermarkt), and now boasts top-flight know-how from his time working under the tutelage of Erik ten Hag.
“There’s West Ham,” said the pundit on a live broadcast (04/11/2024, via West Ham Zone].
“He [van Nistelrooy] might be going, ‘Do you know what? If I just do a good job, who knows? The footballing world is massive so I might get another manager’s job.’”