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Ajax may be able to sign Steven Bergwijn from Tottenham Hotspur in a cut-price deal, according to Dutch journalist Henk Spaan (via Voetbal Primeur).

The lowdown

The Netherlands winger had scored or set up 15 goals in 16 league outings for Ajax’s rivals PSV Eindhoven when Spurs snapped him up for £27m in January 2020.

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However, since the start of last season, the 24-year-old has been limited to 16 Premier League starts; and with his Spurs career failing to ignite, his Transfermarkt value has slipped to £19.8m. His 60 appearances for the club have yielded a paltry return of four goals, one of which came on his debut.

Ajax will hope that the possibility of playing Champions League football can lure Bergwijn back to his homeland. They are one of only three teams, along with Liverpool and Bayern Munich, who boast a perfect record after five matchdays, and their place in the Round of 16 is secured.

The latest

Spaan explained (via Voetbal Primeur) that Antonio Conte’s ego could have cost Spurs a healthy fee for Bergwijn. He is confident that Ajax sporting director Marc Overmars can strike a deal to take the winger on loan with a cheap option to buy.

“The ego of a trainer like Conte is far too big to take into account the market value of a player,” the journalist said.

“That is why it is an economical option for Overmars to rent Bergwijn first and then buy him for relatively next to nothing.”

The verdict

Bergwijn thrived in the Eredivisie, and with Ajax recently ranked as the ninth-best team in Europe, he may not view it as too much of a backwards step from Tottenham.

Some will likely be sad to see him go, including former Spurs keeper Paul Robinson, who described him as a ‘top player’ with unique ‘power, pace and tenacity’.

If Spurs do agree to a loan, perhaps they should rule out a permanent option. If the 24-year-old hits his stride in Amsterdam, his value could increase considerably, or Conte could be persuaded to give him another chance to prove that the north Londoners were right to sign him nearly two years ago.

In other news, this Spurs defender may also be headed for the exit door

St George’s skipper Lionel Cann smashed a superb unbeaten hundred as St George’s clung on to the cup in a dramatic stalemate at Wellington Oval

James Whittaker17-Aug-2009St George’s skipper Lionel Cann smashed a superb unbeaten hundred as St George’s clung on to the cup in a dramatic stalemate at Wellington Oval.It was a tale of two centuries with Somerset’s talisman Janeiro Tucker grinding out his third Cup Match treble earlier in the day to leave his side on the brink of a first victory in the east for three decades. Set 295 for victory, St George’s looked down and out on 107 for 5 with star batsman Glenn Blakeney watching on crutches from the sidelines.Somerset celebrated the key wicket of Charlie Marshall, out for a duck in his final Cup Match, as though it had won them the game. But they hadn’t counted on Cann.In his last year as skipper, the explosive batsman played the definitive captain’s innings. He combined grit and patience with his usual flamboyant stroke play to ease his side home. With Rodney Trott and later Delyone Borden blocking efficiently at the other end, St George’s made light of a potentially traumatic final 20 overs to hold on for a deserved draw.Cann dealt almost exclusively in boundaries, shutting out the good balls and crashing the bad ones out of the ground. As he brought up his century, with another four off Dwayne Leverock, he tossed his bat into the sky and leapt in the air, punching his fist in celebration. It was his first Cup Match hundred and redemption after being out on 99 last year. More importantly it was an innings that saved the match for his team.By the time he reached three figures, the game was over. Somerset had toiled in the field for more than five hours and they had run out of ideas on how to prise out the last remaining batsmen.With three overs left to bowl and St George’s on 243 for 6, still 52 runs short of their target, the captains agreed to a draw. Jacobi Robinson used a total of ten bowlers, literally throwing everything he had at St George’s in pursuit of victory. Everyone but wicketkeeper Jekon Edness had a crack. Robinson, with 2 for 35, and Leverock, 2 for 54, came the closest to engineering a win. But young pace bowlers Malachi Jones and Jordan De Silva were bafflingly under used spending much of the match as virtual spectators on the boundary wall.In the end Borden, who scored 11 from 44 balls, proved an immovable object. And the only way Somerset could have got Cann out this evening was to put a fielder in the top stand of the bleachers.After the game Cann joked that the inspiration for his run-a-ball hundred had been to try and emulate Somerset’s Mr Cup Match – Janeiro Tucker.When Tucker came to the crease just after tea last night, his side were in dire straits. They had yet to erase a deficit of 44 from the low-scoring first innings and there were three men out. But he played a dogged, gutsy knock combining first with Stephen Outerbridge (52) and then with teenage colt Deunte Darrell (32) to claw Somerset back into the match.By the time he stroked his hundredth run across a boundary that was thick with discarded shrimp and chicken bones, the wisdom of the terraces had it that it was Somerset’s game to lose.A post-lunch blitz from Jacobi Robinson, who walloped 63 from 31 balls and Tucker, who ended unbeaten on 126 from 230 balls, hardened that belief in the hearts and minds of the Somerset faithful. Sluggo and 15-year-old off-spinner Joshua Gilbert combined to quickly reduce St George’s to 53 for 3 And when Robinson himself took two wickets in two balls to get rid of the troublesome Chris Foggo, for 24, and the legendary Marshall for a duck, they had one hand on the cup.But Cann, first by sheer determination and then by sheer class, snatched it back.

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A derrota por 3 a 0 para o Internacional no último sábado deixou a situação do Figueirense ainda mais complicada. O resultado fez com que a equipe catarinense perdesse uma posição na tabela da Série B e afundasse ainda mais na tabela, com os mesmos 25 pontos. Porém, o tropeço do Goiás e do Luverdense, primeira equipe fora da zona de rebaixamento, ainda dão esperança ao time catarinense, que está focado em permanecer na Série B.

Preocupada com o prejuízo, a equipe já começa a se preparar para enfrentar o ABC no próximo sábado. Ciente da recuperação que Figueira precisa iniciar para não ser rebaixado, o atacante Zé Love garante que o duelo com o time potiguar é visto como decisão pelos jogadores.

– Não podemos vacilar contra o ABC, que também precisa do resultado. É vencer e iniciar uma reação na competição para sair do Z4 o quanto antes. Vai ser um jogo complicado, mas estaremos em casa, diante do nosso torcedor, e precisamos dos três pontos. É vencer ou vencer – declarou.

Jogando em casa, o Figueirense pede o apoio da torcida, que anda um tanto desanimada com as atuações do time até mesmo no Orlando Scarpelli. De acordo com o atacante, a união do torcedor com o elenco alvinegro fará a diferença, frisando a dedicação do grupo dentro de campo para conquistar resultados satisfatórios.

– A gente vai lutar até o fim por essa permanência na Série B e queremos o apoio da torcida para que possamos sair juntos dessa. Assim como eles, não queríamos estar nesta situação, mas o torcedor pode ter certeza que não tem faltado comprometimento e dedicação de todos para garantir o Figueirense na Série B – finalizou.

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Adam Wheater cracked 43 from 33 to help guide England Under-19s to a convincing five-wicket win over Bangladesh in the first of two Twenty20 internationals at Sleaford

Cricinfo staff28-Jul-2009
ScorecardAdam Wheater cracked 43 from 33 to help guide England Under-19s to a convincing five-wicket win over Bangladesh in the first of two Twenty20 internationals at Sleaford.England were set a testing 155 but eased to their target with two full overs to spare, thanks to contributions from most of the middle-order after the early loss of James Vince, the highly-rated opener, who fell for 5 to Abu Jayed.Jack Manuel and Jos Buttler quickly made amends with a second-wicket stand of 65, with Buttler lifting two sixes in his 33. Both fell in quick succession to Shabbir Rahman, a 17-year-old legspinner, but Wheater was on hand with a brisk and unbeaten 43 which included six fours.Amit Majmumder was the mainstay of Bangladesh’s innings with 74 from 45. Azeem Rafiq, the allrounder who shot to prominence in 2008 owing to his eligibility to play in England, picked up 2 for 34.

An update has emerged on Newcastle transfer target James Tarkowski, regarding his contractual situation at his current club.

What’s the talk?

According to The Athletic, the Burnley centre-back has decided that he will not be signing an extension at Turf Moor.

The report claims that he is willing to see out the rest of the campaign with the Clarets and give his all for the side, before leaving on a free transfer to fulfil his ambitions moving forward.

Howe’s new Cook

The Magpies are reportedly interested in signing the English defender and could now land him at the end of the season without paying a penny in transfer fees. Eddie Howe was recently named as Newcastle’s latest head coach and he could find his new Steve Cook by signing Tarkowski.

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Howe kept Bournemouth up in the Premier League for four of his five top-flight seasons at the club and Cook was a staple of his side at centre-back. The experienced defender made 168 appearances in the top division under the 43-year-old’s management, proving himself to be a vital part of the Cherries’ team over the years.

Cook averaged an impressive WhoScored rating of 6.89 or higher in Bournemouth’s four seasons of survival in the Premier League and Tarkowski could come in and prove to be a similarly influential figure at the back for Howe. The Burnley defender, who Sean Dyche previously called “outstanding”, has averaged a WhoScored rating of 7.02 or higher in his full Premier League seasons since becoming a regular in the 2017/18 campaign.

The 28-year-old has proven himself to be a reliable, impressive, Premier League defender and could be an excellent signing for Howe next summer. In those four full seasons at Turf Moor, he averaged at least 4.6 aerial battles won and 4.4 clearances made per game, highlighting his strong defensive skills to keep the ball away from the net.

This shows that, like Cook did with Howe, Tarkowski has earned the right to call himself a solid top-flight centre-back having performed to a high standard for a number of years. Therefore, he could arrive at Newcastle and be Howe’s next Cook and be a mainstay in the side at centre-back to help the Magpies push on as a club.

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The Birmingham Mail’s Ashley Preece has revealed the “huge” under-the-radar Aston Villa blow that has been costing the club since the summer.

What’s the story?

While Jack Grealish’s exit to Manchester City was of course one of the biggest and most high-profile departures from Villa Park this summer, a couple of members from Dean Smith’s backroom team, John Terry and Richard O’Keilly, also walked out the door.

And now, Preece has indicated that the duo were both massive presences behind-the-scenes at the club, and that they have been “missed massively.”

He commented: “I said this in my talking points piece that JT and ROK leaving is looking bigger by the week. The pair have been missed massively around BMH. It’s down to the new group now to get things right. Villa were without Ings, Sanson, Douglas and Traore yesterday. It just can’t continue like this, surely. In terms of backroom staff, Villa are continuing to to add to Lange’s recruitment team ahead of the January window.

“The touchline is a hectic one now with MacPhee running out to players barking instructions. Smith tends to stick with Shakespeare during the game. There’s a lot of information being passed around which could be confusing. I said this, JT and ROK’s departures appear bigger by the week. The pair were huge for this group of players.”

Dean Smith’s priority

While making the right big-money signings are all well and good, one of the key things that Smith should have done over the summer, is ensure his backroom team was complete.

When news emerged of both Terry’s and O’Keilly’s exits, the Villa boss should have acted swiftly to address that and bring in the right people around him so that level of expertise and knowledge would not be missed too much.

Instead, he lost two of his biggest and most important lieutenants, and when such a change occurs, it’s inevitable that it’s on the pitch and on the training ground where it actually ends up hurting the most.

With the club now 15th in the table and with no win in four, they clearly could have done with those figures behind the scenes.

Villa fans will surely be concerned at how the club have still not managed to replace the duo adequately enough more than a few months afte they initially left.

Meanwhile, Ashley Preece has delivered the latest on Dean Smith’s future…

Middlesex coach Toby Radford has left the club after finding that his role has changed under the new structure

Cricinfo staff25-Jul-2009Middlesex coach Toby Radford has left the club after finding that his role has changed under the new structure.He leaves in the middle of a poor season where Middlesex’s defence of the Twenty20 Cup finished with them bottom of their group and they are currently propping up Division Two of the County Championship without a victory in eight matches.Earlier this year Angus Fraser was appointed as managing director as part of major changes behind the scenes. “I asked to leave because this season’s role has been very different from what it was last year,” Radford said.”I very much enjoyed my five years’ coaching at the club, and will miss many of the staff and players with whom I have worked during that time. I wish Middlesex and the players every success for the rest of this season and for seasons to come.”Vinny Codrington, the chief executive, said: “We have had a significant restructuring of our cricket department in the last year, and Toby has decided that he would prefer to pursue his opportunities elsewhere.”

توج الزمالك ببطولة الدوري المصري الممتاز اليوم الإثنين للمرة الرابعة عشر في تاريخه والثانية على التوالي، إثر سقوط بيراميدز في فخ الهزيمة أمام فيوتشر.

وسقط فريق بيراميدز في فخ الهزيمة على يد فيوتشر بنتيجة 1-0، لتنتهي فرصة فوزه بالدوري، بسبب اتساع فارق النقاط بينه وبين الزمالك إلى 6 نقاط، مع وجود أفضلية المواجهات للقلعة البيضاء.

ومن المقرر أن يتواجه الزمالك والاتحاد السكندري غدًا الثلاثاء على أرضية ملعب استاد القاهرة بالجولة الثانية والثلاثين من الدوري.

وأعلن أحمد دياب رئيس رابطة الأندية أنه سيتم تسليم درع الدوري المصري للزمالك عقب نهاية مواجهة الغد أمام الاتحاد السكندري طالع التفاصيل.

ويتصدر الزمالك ترتيب الدوري برصيد 75 نقطة، بعد فوزه في 24 مباراة وتعادله في 3 لقاءات، وخسارته في 4 مواجهات.

واستطاع الزمالك أن يحقق لقب الدوري في المواسم التالية: (1959–60)، (1963–64)، (1964–65)، (1977–78)، (1987–88)، (1991–92)، (1992–93)، (2000–01)، (2002–03)، (2003–04)، (2014–15)، (2020–21).

ونجح الزمالك في الاحتفاظ باللقب للموسم الثاني على التوالي، ليكرر ما حققه في موسمي 2003 و2004.

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Cuca já não descarta reintegrar Felipe Melo ao elenco do Palmeiras. Após uma reunião na quarta com o jogador, mediada pelo diretor Alexandre Mattos, o técnico falou que ainda aguarda o fim da janela de transferências para tomar uma decisão. Por enquanto, o camisa 30 ainda não faz parte do grupo.

– O Felipe (Melo) foi muito mal na questão do áudio, já falei pessoalmente para ele. Ele reconheceu o erro, se desculpou o que o torna para mim uma pessoa grande. Não sou o que ele falou, e ele também não acha. Não tenho nada contra ninguém. Se não aparecer nada na janela, não vou prejudicar. Vamos esperar ao natural. Não vou prejudicar o time que tem a questão jurídica. Quando a gente faz as coisas pelo bem colhe mais com Deus. Vamos esperar esta semana – disse o treinador.

Felipe pode tanto sair do país quanto seguir no Brasil. Nesta semana se encerra a janela de transferências para o exterior, enquanto o prazo para inscrever atletas na Série A vai até 8 de setembro. Até o momento, o jogador não recebeu nenhuma proposta oficial.

Uma pessoa do clube ouvida pelo LANCE! diz que há chance de Felipe Melo voltar à rotina dos outros jogadores, mas com poucas perspectivas de ser aproveitado por Cuca nesta temporada. Para jogar, seria necessário convencer o comandante não apenas em termos técnicos e táticos, mas também de comportamento. O encontro de quarta foi considerado um avanço nesse sentido.

Felipe Melo e Cuca já tiveram problemas – o jogador foi afastado depois de fazer um comentário ofensivo sobre o técnico no vestiário do Mineirão, após a eliminação da Copa do Brasil, diante do Cruzeiro. O vazamento do áudio em que ele chamava Cuca de “mentiroso e mau caráter” agravou a situação e fez com que ele passasse a treinar em horários alternativos.

Mattos chegou a ter uma reunião com os advogados do jogador para discutir a possibilidade de rescindir o contrato – que vence no fim de 2019 – de forma amigável. Não houve acordo. Felipe Melo não se interessou pelas sondagens que recebeu de outros clubes e chegou a notificar o Palmeiras extrajudicialmente, alegando que não estava recebendo as mesmas condições de trabalho dos outros jogadores e solicitando sua reintegração. Até poucos dias atrás, o clube tratava esta possibilidade como impossível.

Por enquanto, o camisa 30 está de folga com sua esposa em Jericoacoara, no Ceará.

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It is in Twenty20 that Bangladesh are the most dangerous – just ask West Indies – because they have aggressive players best equipped to deliver in bursts

Jamie Alter03-Jun-2009

It is in Twenty20 that Bangladesh are the most dangerous – just ask West Indies – because they have aggressive players best equipped to deliver in bursts. A nine-ball 21 or a 22-ball 47 can be devastating in this format, and that’s one of the strengths of this side.Their biggest test beyond the pool stage is how they hold their nerve. The volatile nature of the batsmen means that if they don’t belt the cover off the ball at the start, they are unsure over how to approach a run-chase. Often it comes down to a pair of batsmen to resurrect the innings and that’s where the uncertainty between attacking or nursing the strike can seriously hamper Bangladesh.Overall Bangladesh’s statistics aren’t impressive. They’ve only played ten Twenty20 games, winning three, but they’ve competed in most every game. Their most famous win came against West Indies in the 2007 edition of this tournament, when their most trigger-happy batsmen, Mohammad Ashraful and Aftab Ahmed, knocked West Indies out in a vicious manner.The selectors have again invested in youth and Bangladesh are easily the best of the non-seeded sides and should make the final eight, given that Ireland are far less experienced. Perhaps more than winning this tournament, the selectors have looked at players who can bring results for the future. They have included two teenagers in the squad – a brave move – and the hope will be that a young outfit expresses itself at the highest level. It would be foolish to write them off.Strengths
In a game that demands athleticism and daring batting, Bangladesh have talented players. Rarely inclined to pace their innings, Tamim Iqbal and Ashraful can decimate bowling attacks. Shakib Al Hasan and Mushfiqur Rahim have learnt to adjust their game to pressure situations, and as a unit Bangladesh’s top order has the capacity to render attacks helpless with slogs, whips, hooks and drag-flicks. The left-arm spin attack of Abdur Razzak and Shakib Al Hasan can stem the runs in the middle overs, while Naeem Islam and Mahmudullah offer handy slow-bowling options.Weaknesses
The batting can too often be hotheaded and the pace bowlers – the outstandingly talented Mashrafe Mortaza included – have a tendency to lose it in the face of adversity. In one warm-up against Australia Tamim and Junaid Siddique thumped Nathan Bracken and Brett Lee in their opening overs only to capitulate later. The pace attack is inexperienced so Mortaza will once more be expected to lead. If he cannot – and it’s very difficult to come back from a bad over in Twenty20 – that puts far too much pressure on the slow bowlers.X-Factor
One of the surprising omissions from the IPL auction, Shakib Al Hasan is a player suited to this format because he can rebuild and outright attack. Plus he’s an excellent left-arm spinner and handy fielder. Shakib has the ability to make the difference between an average score and a good one in this format.Key player
Tamim Iqbal’s audacious half-century against India in the 2007 World Cup displayed talent and nerve and is one of the most famous innings by a Bangladesh batsman. He’s yet to cross fifty in international Twenty20s yet possesses enough talent to disturb new-ball attacks, as Australia found out in Nottingham this week. Tamim’s got all the shots in the book but unfortunately for Bangladesh, just hasn’t been able to display them for an extended period in this format. This summer could be a turning point in his career.Twenty20 form guide
Out of cricket for a while, and not helped by the fact that Pakistan’s tour was cancelled, Bangladesh could find themselves rusty going into the tournament. They’ve won only one of their last six Twenty20s, though their last defeat against South Africa wasn’t by a big margin at all.Squad: Mohammad Ashraful (capt), Abdur Razzak, Junaid Siddique, Mahmudullah, Mashrafe Mortaza, Mithun Ali, Mushfiqur Rahim (wk), Naeem Islam, Raqibul Hasan, Rubel Hossain, Shahadat Hossain, Shamsur Rahman, Shakib Al Hasan, Syed Rasel, Tamim Iqbal.