ألمح ناصر صلاح، شقيق نجم منتخب مصر، محمد صلاح، والمُحترف في صفوف ليفربول، إلى شفاء شقيقه من الإصابة بـ فيروس كورونا المُستجد “كوفيد – 19”.
صلاح كان أصيب بـ كورونا، الجمعة قبل الماضية، خلال تواجده في معسكر الفراعنة استعدادًا لخوض منافسات تصفيات بطولة كأس أمم إفريقيا.
ولم يتمكن صلاح من التواجد في مباراتي مصر أمام توجو، كما سيغيب أيضًا في مباراة مساء الليلة ضد ليستر سيتي في الجولة التاسعة من الدوري الإنجليزي الممتاز.
ومن خلال حسابه الرسمي على موقع التواصل الاجتماعي “إنستجرام”، كتب ناصر خلال صورة تجمعه مع محمد: “الحمد الله”.
ويبدو أنّ هذا تلميح من جانب ناصر، لشفاء صلاح من الفيروس القاتل، حيث أكد كذلك يورجن كلوب، مدرب ليفربول، أنّ هداف الريدز بحالة جيدة ولا يُعاني من أي أعراض (طالع ماذا قال؟).
يُذكر أنّ صلاح، سافر من الجونة إلى لندن، مساء أول أمس، الجمعة، إلى لندن، من أجل قضاء الحجر الصحي في المملكة المُتحدة.
If recent reports are to be believed, then Andrea Radrizzani is about to make his most selfish decision yet as chairman of Leeds United.
The Whites have been linked with their fifth owner in six years, but this time it wouldn’t be a historically lousy owner like Ken Bates or a dodgy fraudster like Massimo Cellino.
Leeds have been the subject of interest from Qatar Sports Investments, the same group who are behind the financial boom that has happened at PSG over the last decade or so.
This change in ownership would immediately make the Whites one of the wealthiest clubs in the country, and if QSI put the same amount of money in at Elland Road as they have at Parc Des Princes, then Leeds could become European contenders in less than five years.
However, Radrizzani is reportedly hesitant to let go of his shares in the club, meaning that the Qatari’s interest may never be more than just that.
One thing is for certain, that won’t stop Nasser Ghanim Al-Khelaifi and his partners. If they are that desperate to get involved in English football they will, whether that’s at Leeds or elsewhere.
Nottingham Forest, Aston Villa and QPR have all been linked with a takeover, and if the Yorkshire club knock the Qataris back, then they might not get a second chance.
If the Italian truly had the club’s best interests at heart, then he would sell up to QSI the minute a reasonable bid came in, but it’s now clear to see that he only has his own personal gain in his mind.
The 44-year-old is no fool. He knows how profitable a football club can be, even more so one with the size and stature of Leeds United. Even more so if he manages to take the next step and guide the club back to the Premier League. The Whites’ value would skyrocket and his profits would not be far behind.
The Yorkshire outfit would almost certainly struggle in the top flight as most newly promoted teams do, but if they were to be owned by QSI, those worries could all but disappear as the club could splash out on some of the world’s leading talent.
If the Italian was a true supporter of the club, he couldn’t possibly sit idly by as the oil-rich group snap up another Championship club and watch them prosper while Leeds struggle to reclaim their rightful place at English football’s top table.
If an offer comes in from the billionaires then Radrizzani must remember the club’s motto of ‘Side before self’.
Liverpool are just over a week away from facing Tottenham inside the Wanda Metropolitano, where they will be bidding to win their sixth European title.
They will be keen to put the demons of Kiev behind them after suffering defeat to Real Madrid in the final last term, the rivals of Atletico whose stadium will play host to this showpiece event.
Jurgen Klopp will be praying that he isn’t on the end of yet another loss in a cup final with this Liverpool side, after already losing the Europa League final, Carabao Cup final and that aforementioned tie against Los Blancos.
Luis Suarez certainly had no qualms about celebrating against his former employers in the video below…
But how will he avoid such a heart-wrenching experience? He can’t just pray alone, so the German must get his tactics spot on and plot out how he can hurt Mauricio Pochettino’s men.
Spurs have shown unbelievable resilience to get to the final having looked dead and buried numerous times throughout their European campaign; they barely made it out of the group, and we all know how their semi-final tie against Ajax ended.
So, how can Klopp exploit the north Londoners? Resident Football FanCast writer and Spurs supporter Harry Sherlock gives us the lowdown on where his team are at their weakest…
“We’re at our weakest wherever Kieran Trippier is on the field! In all seriousness, we hate pace down the flanks which is something that Liverpool have in abundance, so they’re basically our worst enemy.
“Our best bet is to keep it tight early doors and hope the game opens up for us, just like it did at Anfield; the game plan would’ve worked perfectly that day were it not for Moussa Sissoko’s glaring miss.”
Liverpool looked raring to go against Real Madrid last year before Mohamed Salah’s untimely injury – from that moment on they were simply flat.
Perhaps Pochettino will need to be the one praying that something similar happens to the Egyptian again…
وجه حازم إمام لاعب الزمالك السابق، رسالة إلى لاعبي القلعة البيضاء، قبل المواجهة المرتقبة أمام الأهلي في دوري أبطال إفريقيا.
الزمالك يواجه الأهلي، يوم الجمعة المقبل، في المباراة النهائية لدوري أبطال إفريقيا، وذلك على ملعب استاد القاهرة الدولي.
ونشر إمام على صفحته عبر موقع التواصل الاجتماعي “فيس بوك”: “الجيل الحالي من الزمالك إذا فاز باللقب الإفريقي، يجب أن يعلموا أنهم سيكونون الجيل المحبب والأفضل للجماهير البيضاء”.
وأتم: “شد حيلكوا يا رجالة”.
الجيل الحالي من الزمالك لو كسب لازم يعرف انه هيكون الجيل المحبب والافضل لجماهير الزمالك ، شد حيلكوا يا رجالة ❤️
تم النشر بواسطة Hazem Emam فيالثلاثاء، ٢٤ نوفمبر ٢٠٢٠
Despite appearing in two Champions League finals already throughout his managerial career, this year’s final in Madrid against Tottenham is uncharted territory for Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp.
You may be puzzled here. How can a man who has overseen title challenges, domestic cup successes, and as many as three European finals be in uncharted grounds when he patrols the touchline inside the Wanda Metropolitano this Saturday?
Here’s the thing.
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In every European final that Klopp has been involved in, his side has been labelled with the underdog tag.
In 2016 against Sevilla, the German came up against a man who absolutely excels at winning the Europa League in Unai Emery; the Spaniard had won the previous two editions of the competitions before facing the Reds in Switzerland.
Despite going a goal down to Daniel Sturridge’s strike, Emery’s know-how shone through and he became the first manager to win the competition three times in a row.
A few years before that when Klopp was in charge of Borussia Dortmund, he took his side to Wembley where they faced Bundesliga rivals Bayern Munich in the Champions League final.
Jupp Heynckes’ Bavarians had already secured a domestic double and were gunning for a historic treble, and they did just that thanks to Arjen Robben’s late, late pea-roller of a strike; again, Klopp’s side were quite unanimously considered as underdogs.
As recently as last year, the former Mainz boss led his side to another Champions League final where Real Madrid stood in his way of guiding Liverpool to a sixth European title.
Given the fact that Zinedine Zidane’s men had won the last two titles, you would be factually correct in saying that, once again, Klopp’s side certainly were not the favourites to win the game.
This time around, however, it’s different. The tables have well and truly turned.
Mauricio Pochettino’s Tottenham will be making their first ever appearance in a Champions League final, and their first showing in a European final completely since 1984; make no mistake about it, in comparison to Liverpool’s rich history in Europe, Spurs are relative minnows.
Whilst it didn’t work out in this way for Klopp, the underdog tag could hand the north Londoners a major advantage. Tottenham have arguably been labelled with that same tag throughout their entire Champions League campaign so far this term – not to mention the last few Premier League title races.
They only just qualified for the knockout stages after failing to pick up a win in their first three group stage games, needing PSV to get a result against Inter and to grab at least a point against Barcelona themselves to go through – Lucas Moura’s 85th-minute strike inside the Camp Nou got them through by the skin of their teeth.
The last 16 fixtures against Borussia Dortmund were fairly comfortable in all honesty, but the quarter-finals and the semi-finals proved that Tottenham are enjoying their reputation in Europe as underdogs.
They were but an inch away from being knocked out by Manchester City in the quarter-finals only for VAR to disallow Raheem Sterling’s last-gasp strike, after Sergio Aguero was adjudged to be fractionally offside.
Soccer Football – Champions League Semi Final Second Leg – Ajax Amsterdam v Tottenham Hotspur – Johan Cruijff Arena, Amsterdam, Netherlands – May 8, 2019 Tottenham’s Lucas Moura celebrates scoring their third goal to complete his hat-trick with Dele Alli and Toby Alderweireld Action Images via Reuters/Matthew Childs
Having overcome that scare, their luck looked to have run out completely as they found themselves 3-0 down to Ajax with just 45 minutes of the semi-finals left to play.
As we all already know, Lucas Moura’s quite unbelievable hat-trick – his last strike coming in the 96-minute – put Pochettino’s men into the final on away goals.
If this isn’t evidence enough to prove that Spurs are fairly comfortable with not being the favourites, then I don’t what is.
Klopp must adapt to being the favourite in a European final for the first time in his career as a football manager, against an extremely dangerous side who can put Liverpool to the sword if they struggle to assert themselves.
Watching how the popular German adapts to this unprecedented experience will be one of the most intriguing narratives this year’s final has to offer. Can they embrace it without getting overconfident or buckling under the expectation? That’s what we’ll find out on Saturday.
أكد جناح الفريق الأول لكرة القدم بنادي الزمالك، أشرف بن شرقي، على أهمية وصعوبة نهائي بطولة دوري أبطال إفريقيا أمام الأهلي غدًا، الجمعة.
ويلتقي الزمالك بغريمه التقليدي في الدوري المصري بنهائي البطولة القارية في تمام الساعة التاسعة مساءً على استاد “القاهرة” الدولي.
اقرأ أيضًا.. كاف يشيد بـ بن شرقي قبل صدام الأهلي والزمالك: يفعل كل شيء!
وأجرى بن شرقي حوارًا مع موقع الاتحاد الدولي لكرة القدم “فيفا” الرسمي وتحدث في البداية عن مسيرته الاحترافية خلال السنوات الماضية، وقال: “اكتسبت خبرة كبيرة من تجاربي السابقة”.
وتابع: “لعبت مع الوداد لمدة عام ونصف وفزت بالدوري المغربي ودوري أبطال إفريقيا، كانت تجربتي مع الهلال (السعودي) جيدة قبل أن أحقق حلمي باللعب في أوروبا (إعارة إلى لانس الفرنسي)”.
وعن دوري أبطال إفريقيا: “بطولتي المفضلة، لأنني أحب أن أظهر كل إمكانياتي ومهاراتي الحقيقية في مثل تلك المسابقات القوية”.
وأضاف: “في الوقت الحالي مع الزمالك، أؤدي جيدًا كما كنت في الوداد، ويمكنك بذل قصارى جهدك في صفوف الفرق الكبرى”.
وعن مواجهة الأهلي غدًا: “على أية حال، ستكون مباراة صعبة للغاية، كل شيء ممكن فيها، أريد بالتأكيد الفوز بلقب دوري أبطال إفريقيا لأنني أحب مثل هذه التحديات أمام الفرق الكبيرة”.
It’s fair to say that Liverpool’s UEFA Champions League success feels even more impressive when you consider they’ve yet to replace the departed Philippe Coutinho. Yes, it seems almost churlish to bring up the Brazilian after THAT night in Madrid, but there have been questions asked of their engine room at times this season.
Now, Klopp has seemingly identified his Coutinho replacement – almost a year after the Nabil Fekir saga – as according to Record via The Mirror, Liverpool are apparently now rivalling Manchester United for Portuguese sensation Bruno Fernandes.
After a heroic performance in the UEFA Nations League – where he had 3 shots on target and created 3 chances (thanks to FotMob) to trouble Virgil van Dijk’s Netherlands side – his stock has seemingly sky-rocketed. Indeed, his exceptional work with Sporting Lisbon in Portugal, where he scored 32 goals and assisted 18 in all competitions, surely paints the picture of his quality in attacking areas.
To put things into perspective, all together Liverpool’s midfield four of Henderson, Wijnaldum, Keita and Fabinho contributed towards 10 goals and 6 assists in all competitions last season. Obviously, nobody can deny their midfielders’ work-rate, defensive solidity or ability to control games and kill games – such as the Champions League final – but there simply isn’t the creativity that was there when Coutinho donned the famous red strip.
Sky Sports’ Graeme Souness (via the Sun) blamed their lack of intricate passers as the reason the Reds slipped up against Everton back in March, so you can start to see a need for someone to come in and both supplement and feed their attack.
Indeed, what appears to be a dependency on creating through the wings or scoring through the front-three could potentially come down drastically with a dynamic playmaker controlling things centrally. Although averaging 0.4 interceptions, 0.6 clearances and 1.6 fouls (thanks to WhoScored) perhaps the Portuguese (valued at £49.5m by Transfermarkt) isn’t the strongest defensively, the attacking statistics we’ve already mentioned would make him a good fit at Anfield.
Liverpool fans, do you think Fernandes can help take Klopp’s style to another level? Join the discussion by commenting below…
أعلن مجلس إدارة النادي المصري البورسعيدي عن تعاقده مع مع معاذ أنور مدافع فريق الأهلي تحت 19 عام خلال فترة الانتقالات الحالية.
وأوضح المصري في بيان رسمي أنه ضم ناشيء الأهلي بعقد يمتد لـ5 مواسم وذلك بالتنسيق مع علاء ماهر المدير الفني للفريق البورسعيدي.
ومن المقرر أن يبدأ عقد اللاعب اعتبارًا من الموسم المقبل 2021/2020 وحتى نهاية موسم 2025/2024.
ووقع اللاعب الذي يعد الصفقة التاسعة للمصري هذا الموسم على تعاقده الجديد مع المصري في حضور مسئولي لجنة التعاقدات الأستاذ محمد الخولي نائب رئيس النادي والمهندس عدنان حلبية عضو مجلس الإدارة.
طالع أيضًا.. الأهلي يعلن موقفه من ضم سيرينو
الجدير بالذكر أن اللاعب معاذ أنور والبالغ من العمر 19 عامًا يشغل مركز قلب الدفاع وقد تم التعاقد معه بناء على رؤية فنية من الكابتن علي ماهر لدرايته الكاملة بمستوى اللاعب الذي كان يؤدي تدريباته مع المصري على مدار الأسبوعين الماضيين ببورسعيد وبرج العرب ، حيث ظهر اللاعب بمستوى فني وبدني متميز للغاية دفع إدارة المصري لسرعة التعاقد معه خاصة وأنه سيتم قيده بصفوف فرق الناشئين أي أنه لن يشغل مركزًا في قائمة الفريق الأول.
Chelsea may have a transfer ban, but that has not stopped them from being linked with a host of players.
And Valencia’s Goncalo Guedes is just one of them, with Plaza Deportiva (via Sport Witness) reporting that the west London club have already made an offer in the region of £62.4m for the 22-year-old.
They would, of course, only be able to register him should the Court of Arbitration for Sport freeze their transfer embargo.
Bearing that in mind and the fact that the same report also mentions Chelsea’s bid has been turned down, a deal looks unlikely. And from the Chelsea faithful’s perspective, thank goodness!
Why? Well what would signing Guedes actually solve? Having agreed to sell Eden Hazard to Real Madrid, the Europa League winners are in desperate need of another goalscoring winger.
After scoring five La Liga goals in the season that has just gone by and in the one before that, Guedes is clearly not that.
If players like Guedes are who Chelsea are going to be chasing if CAS do them a favour, then they are probably better off not having their transfer ban frozen.
In their desperate attempts to replace Hazard, rather, they really should be targeting names such as Nicolas Pepe, with the Ivory Coast international netting 22 times for Lille in Ligue 1 in the recently concluded 2018/19 campaign.
Pepe, who has been linked with a move to Stamford Bridge in the past (via Daily Mirror), possesses the sort of firepower Chelsea will need now that Hazard has gone and can provide balance to the Blues’ attack.
While Callum Hudson-Odoi can cut in from the left-hand side with his right foot, Pepe can do the same on the other flank with his left foot.
It does not have to be the Lille man Chelsea sign this summer if they are able to bring in players. But Guedes or another winger with similar numbers and they could be in for a long season.
Chelsea fans, is Guedes capable of making up for the loss of Hazard? Let us know your thoughts by commenting below!