O Vasco anunciou neste domingo (29) que assinou contrato profissional com três jogadores para o Sub-17. O goleiro Phillipe Gabriel, o meio-campista Matheus Jerônimo e o atacante André acertaram o vínculo com o Gigante da Colina até maio de 2025.
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Com passagem pela Seleção Brasileira Sub-15, Phillipe Gabriel é da geração de 2006. Matheus Jerônimo e André fazem parte da geração vitoriosa de 2005. O trio éfundamental para o Vasco nas disputas das semifinais da Copa do Brasil e a decisão da Copa Rio.
Neste ano, o atacante André disputou 13 jogos e marcou cinco gols. O jogador comemorou a assinatura do contrato profissional com o Vasco.
– Muito feliz em assinar meu contrato profissional com o Vasco, o clube que sempre apostou em mim e me tratou como cria desde sempre. Espero continuar retribuindo com gols e títulos. Orgulho de ser mais um Menino da Colina.
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Manchester United are looking to bolster their ranks on the cheap this January, and are now “determined to do everything possible” to land a new star for Ruben Amorim before the winter window closes, according to a fresh report.
Manchester United need goals
One of the biggest problems Manchester United have had this season to date is finding the back of the net. Currently 13th in the Premier League, the Red Devils have scored just 23 goals in 20 games, the fifth-lowest number in the top flight so far and less than half the number of goals scored by league leaders Liverpool.
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In attack, Rasmus Hojlund has found the net just twice, while summer addition Joshua Zirkzee has three goals to his name but his future at the club remains in doubt after he was booed off by his own fans in the first half of their defeat to Manchester United.
Factor into that equation that fact that joint-top goalscorer Marcus Rashford (4) has not featured in the Premier League in over a month and could leave this window, and it is clear that Manchester United are crying out for a solution at the top of the pitch in a bid to move up into the top half of the table come the end of the campaign. Now, they may have found their man.
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That comes as Sky Sports report that the Red Devils are now “determined to do everything possible” to sign out-of-favour forward Randal Kolo Muani this winter, ahead of the likes of Chelsea and Juventus.
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The former Eintracht Frankfurt forward has fallen down the pecking order at Paris Saint Germain and is free to leave this winter, either on loan or permanently.
And it appears to be a temporary move that most clubs are chasing, with the report suggesting that United are “considering a loan deal, ideally with an option to buy” in the summer, in a move that would likely see them have to cover a significant chunk of his £200,000 a week wages.
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To that end, it is reported that “there have been very specific talks with his management” over personal terms, and that is set to intensify as “direct negotiations with Paris Saint-Germain are expected to follow” as they look to land the striker.
Still just 26-years-old, Kolo Muani has grabbed two goals and an assist this campaign in just 10 appearances,but has not been a part of the PSG squad for any of their last four games.
Though he has struggled in the French capital, Kolo Muani is loved by his teammates in the France national team squad. Matteo Guendouzi dubbed him “one of the best strikers in Europe” while Antoine Griezmann labeled him a “complete” player who can “score off the dribble, score with headers” and will always “look for space in behind”.
Despite United pushing to complete a deal, it is far from sealed yet, with several clubs also still in the race. According to the report, “Chelsea, Aston Villa, Tottenham, Juventus and AC Milan” are all among those also keen on his services this winter. Can the Red Devils get the deal over the line in a bid to fix their goalscoring woes?
Após vencer o Santos por 2 a 1 na última segunda-feira (2), no estádio do Morumbi,o São Paulo se reapresentou na tarde desta terça-feira (3) no CT da Barra Funda.
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Os atletas que atuaram por mais de 45 minutos no clássico fizeram atividades regenerativas neta tarde. O restante, por sua vez,fizeram um trabalho técnico seguido de um coletivo de 11 contra 11, com ajustes táticos, sob o comando de Rogério Ceni.
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Head coach Powar says they will identify their Commonwealth Games XI on the Sri Lanka trip
ESPNcricinfo staff18-Jun-2022The upcoming tour of Sri Lanka will be the “ideal platform” and the “right time” for the young quick bowlers to grab their “opportunities” in the absence of the experienced Jhulan Goswami and Shikha Pandey. Harmanpreet Kaur, India’s newly-appointed ODI captain, and head coach Ramesh Powar, laid out the plans for the team before departing for the Sri Lanka tour, as they look to fine-tune their plans for the Commonwealth Games starting next month and the T20 World Cup next year in South Africa.The omission of Goswami, Pandey and allrounder Sneh Rana were among the talking points when the squads were picked for the ODIs and T20Is in Sri Lanka. While Rana was “rested,” Powar explained, he also hinted that Goswami and Pandey had been dropped.While India’s spin attack includes experienced names like Deepti Sharma, Poonam Yadav and Rajeshwari Gayakwad apart from Radha Yadav (only for T20Is), the pace attack features Pooja Vastrakar, Meghna Singh, Renuka Singh and allrounder Simran Bahadur.Related
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“I think if we talk about our bowling unit, this is the time they can take responsibility and this tour will be the ideal platform for them to perform,” Harmanpreet said at a virtual press conference on Saturday. “We will take the charge and bowl [their] full quota [of overs]. For me, it’s a great opportunity where you can build a good team. Sri Lanka is not going to be an easy tour for us. So, it’s important [to ensure that] whatever we are planning we go and deliver. That’s what as a unit we are looking forward to.”Powar further said this tour will open the doorway for further growth among youngsters.”When you move forward in a transition period, you need to give opportunities to young players to cement their places,” he said. “For that as a support staff, we need to go and give them support through NCA and skill coaches that they should concur in every situation. So, this is the right time for players to take their opportunity and do well going forward.”As far as pace bowling is concerned, you’ve seen from the Australia tour, we’ve introduced Renuka and Meghna, we introduced a few bowlers in the system as well. So, it will take a little time to see the results because they have to address their fitness and match experience.”As far as Jhulan and Shikha are concerned, I think they have done a fantastic job over the years and BCCI and selectors can update on their fitness and everything. As of now, Shikha and Jhulan are not travelling with us.”So, whichever bowlers are there – we are carrying four fast bowlers – you will see results from them. Pooja Vastrakar has been an outstanding bowler for the last six months. Moving forward, we will try and fast-track this fast bowling attack’s improvements.”Rana, he said, was given time off to stay “fresh” for the busy calendar ahead.”She’s been rested for this series, she’s in NCA,” Powar said. “She’s working on her fitness and moving forward. In the FTP we have 20-25 T20 games and some ODI series, so we want her to be fresh for those series. We are trying to manage workload of the bowling as well as the batting unit and are trying to balance it out”India will play without the experienced duo of Mithali Raj and Jhulan Goswami•Hindustan Times via Getty ImagesThis will be India’s first international assignment since the Women’s World Cup in March, where they bowed out in the group stages after a loss in the virtual quarter-final against South Africa.This will also be the first time in over two decades where the batting order will not feature Mithali Raj, who announced her retirement recently. Taking over the ODI captaincy too, Harmanpreet felt the leadership centralisation could aid clarity among the team members too.”I think things will be easier for me now because [when] two different captains were there, sometimes things were not easy because we both had different ideas,” she said. “But now the players will think clearly [and know] what I am demanding as a captain, and everybody can look forward to that. It’s easier for me to ask them what I’m expecting from them, so things will be much easier for me and my team-mates also.”With the Commonwealth Games around the corner and a T20 World Cup next year, Harmanpreet and Powar talked about assessing where the team stood right now and how they will approach the upcoming games.”In T20s we will definitely look to [play] our first combination, give them as many games as possible,” Harmanpreet said. “In the ODIs, we have a little time to prepare for the next World Cup [in 2025] and it is where we will see if we can give chance to each and everybody.”Powar said they will also freeze a combination of 11 on the Sri Lanka tour for the Commonwealth Games.”At this moment, we are trying to assess where we stand as a team and where we need to get at to beat all the teams in the ICC tournaments and in every series we play. This Sri Lanka tour will give us the opportunity to try a few players. We are trying to plan our next eight months according to the situations we have to face ahead. It is more of a planning phase right now and we will execute those plans once we go ahead in the series and tournaments.”To add to that, we will freeze down a combination of 11 which will take part in Commonwealth so that we are confident walking into the tournament. And the players will be confident that they are going to play in the first game.”India and Sri Lanka will play three T20Is in Dambulla on June 23, 25 and 27 followed by as many ODIs on July 1, 4 and 7.
Peshawar Zalmi, meanwhile, have an impressive-looking top order, but are short of fast-bowling pedigree
Danyal Rasool09-Apr-2025Karachi KingsKarachi Kings are in the kind of rut Lahore Qalandars found themselves in during the PSL’s early years. Three successive finishes outside the playoffs have seen their squad go through a bit of an overhaul. Shan Masood has been replaced as captain by David Warner, arguably the marquee signing of the league this year. Kane Williamson, Aamer Jamal and Adam Milne also come in, during a season in which home advantage will be limited; just five games take place at the National Stadium in Karachi across the league.Best result: Champions [2020]2024 finish: FifthStrengths: There’s greater variety in Kings’ fast-bowling attack than there was last season, with the extra pace of Milne and the acquisition of the regularly prolific Abbas Afridi. The batting line-up boasts experienced international star names, with Tim Seifert’s recent form against Pakistan’s bowling attack a potential point of difference.Related
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Weaknesses: Kings have a number of players with a large variance between their ceiling and floor. Warner, Khushdil Shah, Hasan Ali, James Vince and Jamal are more explosive than they are consistent, meaning short-term form could decide the Kings’ fate. The spin department looks light, with 40-year-old Mohammad Nabi and 36-year-old Zahid Mahmood the only established options.Peshawar ZalmiPeshawar Zalmi were among the standout teams in the early years of the competition, winning the title in 2017. Under Daren Sammy’s leadership, this was the side that came to be associated most with the light-hearted joy of the PSL in its honeymoon years, and was instrumental in the return of the league to Pakistan itself. They continue to boast Pakistan’s biggest stars; Babar Azam is the captain, but their explosiveness has been replaced by a middling consistency. Every team has won the PSL since Zalmi last won one, but they remain the only side never to miss out on the playoffs.Babar Azam and Saim Ayub are part of Peshawar Zalmi’s enviable top order•Pakistan Super LeagueBest result: Champions (2017)2024 finish: Second (Lost Eliminator 2)Strengths: The top-order batting combination is among the most desirable, featuring in Babar a reliable anchor alongside high-quality power hitters. Zalmi boast two local players who come into the tournament in hot form: Saim Ayub, returning from injury, and Sufiyaan Muqeem.Weaknesses: Corbin Bosch’s withdrawal leaves Zalmi short of allrounder options, with Hussain Talat and Maaz Sadaaqat the only available options. Aside from Mohammad Ali, Zalmi’s fast-bowling options have little to no PSL pedigree.Lahore QalandarsNo franchise embraces Pakistan’s all-or-nothing philosophy quite like Lahore Qalandars. Qalandars have the largest fanbase and the most enigmatic journey of all sides. They were the laughing stock in the first four years, finishing bottom each time despite stuffing their side with superstars ranging from Chris Gayle to Brendon McCullum. But the pendulum swung violently the other way; they remain the only side to have defended a PSL title, going back to back under Shaheen Afridi before finishing outside the playoff positions once more in 2024. The core of the squad remains unchanged but that doesn’t make anticipating what they do any easier.Can Shaheen Afridi lead Lahore Qalandars back to glory?•AFP/Getty ImagesBest result: Champions (2022, 2023)2024 finish: SixthStrengths: A fast-bowling trio of Shaheen, Haris Rauf and Zaman Khan is about as impressive as any PSL side can muster without using up an overseas slot. Qalandars were often top heavy in the past, but the presence of Daryl Mitchell, Sikandar Raza, Sam Billings and David Wiese gives them plenty of post-powerplay firepower.Weaknesses: Form and fitness remain concerns for Qalandars’ star players. Abdullah Shafique and Shaheen are in a bit of a rut, while Fakhar Zaman and Zaman Khan have been plagued by recent fitness issues. Qalandars haven’t come close to properly replacing Rashid Khan, with Sikandar Raza as close as it comes to a recognised specialist spinner in their squad.
Gifted batter, exceptional fielder and an all-round talent, he represented the very best of Australia’s golden cricketing era
Ian Chappell23-Apr-2023With little fanfare Ken Archer’s recent death saw Robert Neil Harvey become Australia’s oldest living male Test cricketer.It’s a distinction that Harvey, a talented sportsman born on October 8, 1928, probably didn’t want. However Harvey, as the last living Invincible – Don Bradman’s brilliant unbeaten 1948 touring side – was always likely to attain the title as he was easily the youngest team member. He has retained his alert brain and apart from general ageing ailments has remained in reasonable health.Harvey, who also played for New South Wales, was the most successful of six sporting brothers, four of whom represented Victoria at cricket. He followed his older brother Merv into Test cricket and in only his second match, became the youngest Australian male to score a Test century.Related
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As a youngster in Bradman’s side, he once asked his pal Sam Loxton – later a fellow selector – to seek advice from the legendary batter. The answer came back: “Tell Harvey, if he doesn’t hit the ball in the air, he’ll reduce caught as a method of dismissal.”Harvey took note of Bradman’s astute advice and became arguably one of Australia’s three best batters following the master run-getter’s retirement – in chronological order, I have Harvey, Greg Chappell and Ricky Ponting.I can vouch for Harvey’s greatness as a batter. Playing in his final Sheffield Shield match at the SCG in 1963, I fielded as he made a masterful 231 not out.Years later I said that Viv Richards, Mark Waugh, Mohammad Azharuddin and Greg Chappell were the best all-round fielders I’d seen. Former Australia captain Richie Benaud quickly interjected: “You’d better add Neil Harvey to that list.”I mostly remember Harvey’s brilliant fielding in the slips, but I had heard about his prowess in the covers in his younger days. In fact, I become aware of Harvey at a very young age: my father, Martin, returned from the 1947 Claxton Shield baseball carnival raving about Victoria’s “young Harvey”, who was brilliant in the field and an equally good hitter.I didn’t play Test cricket with Harvey but he was an Australia selector while I was captain. After retirement I was drinking with Neil at the Pennant Hills Golf Club once. There were only the two of us left in the club when I asked Harvey how I became captain, as I was pretty sure I didn’t have Bradman’s vote.
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In his most colourful language, Harvey told me, “It was ****** me [that] got you the captaincy.” He had persuaded his mate Loxton, a renowned Bradman supporter, to vote for me as captain.I always felt a bit uncomfortable talking cricket with Harvey, who despite his expert knowledge only ever captained his country in one Test. It was a mark of his typical determination that Australia won that Test, at Lord’s, in a tough encounter.He was a popular and successful skipper because he always played for a win. As captain of Sydney’s Northern Districts club in 1966-67, he scored a blistering century in helping to win the final.Having worked with Benaud for many years, I know he was extremely grateful for Harvey’s valuable input as a long-time vice-captain.In later years Harvey gained a reputation for being outspoken about modern cricketers. He was a man who said what was on his mind. Some players should be thankful he wasn’t still a selector when their careers began to wane.Much of Harvey’s reputation as one of Australia’s greatest batters was gained because of his fleet-footed play against the best spinners. As a player who was never stumped in Test cricket, this is understandable, but he was also a very good player of fast bowling and retained the crucial No. 3 slot for much of his career.Many people only know Harvey as the oldest living Australian male Test cricketer. However, for those who didn’t see him play, he was a great batter and an exceptional all-round fielder, with a vibrant cricket brain.
Promoted to open, Malan nails his match-up with Hasaranga to propel England to 3-0 win
Matt Roller at the Ageas Bowl26-Jun-2021The long-standing debates over England’s best batting line-up in T20 international cricket will roll on and on until October’s World Cup but this 3-0 thrashing of an abject Sri Lanka side has been a reminder of the oddity of the tournament itself.The draw for the World Cup – initially scheduled for Australia last year, but since shifted to India and now the UAE and Oman – took place 18 months ago, and in the intervening period it has become apparent that England have done well out of it: they have avoided West Indies and New Zealand, both of whom will be significantly stronger than their ICC ranking implies, and will see themselves as favourites against both South Africa and Afghanistan.The result is that even if they are beaten heavily by India in the group stage, they need only beat those two teams, plus the two qualifiers from the preliminary phase, and they will reach the semi-finals, and be two wins away from their long-standing ambition of becoming the first men’s team to hold both World Cups simultaneously.This series proved that, while there are decisions to be made about the side’s best combination and structure, the most important thing for England is that they have a deep, versatile batting line-up which is filled with players that can single-handedly win a game on their day. For Saturday’s thrashing at the Ageas Bowl, they were without three of their first-choice top six – Jos Buttler (calf), Jason Roy (hamstring), Ben Stokes (returning from a hand injury) – while their first-choice No. 3 and No. 4 opened the batting and their back-up finisher came in straight after, yet their win was still a procession.England’s collapse from 143 for 1 after 15 overs to an eventual total of 180 for 6 looked for a fleeting moment like it might cost them after Danushka Gunathilaka punched the first ball of the chase through cover; as it turned out, it would have taken a declaration with five overs left to turn this into a competitive game, as Sri Lanka’s batters collapsed in a heap. This was the sort of clinical performance that should help them annihilate the weakest teams in their World Cup group; unless they come unstuck in two of the other three games, they will cruise through to the semis.Only then will their answers to the important questions come under real scrutiny. Where should Jonny Bairstow bat? How can they get more out of Stokes? Should Mark Wood bowl mainly in the Powerplay, at the death, or a bit of both? And the randomness of certain events – in particular the importance of the toss in floodlit games in the UAE, bearing dew in mind – could render such discussions useless anyway.Related
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And so to Dawid Malan. Countless column inches have been filled, including on this website, by debates over Malan’s value to England’s side: nobody has ever started their T20I career with such compelling numbers and he has ensconced himself at No. 1 in the ICC’s player rankings, but with such a strong set of batting options available to them, his slow-starting method and his occasional struggles on slower pitches, such as the ones expected in the UAE in October, has come under intense – and perhaps unfair – scrutiny.This series has encapsulated the debate: his two low scores on two-paced Cardiff pitches were wholly unconvincing, but his dominant innings of 76 off 48 balls on a better pitch at the Ageas Bowl was one of high class: the other 72 balls in the innings brought only 92 runs off the bat. Even if his form “only has one way to go”, as Eoin Morgan put it at the toss, his rate of success in T20I cricket has been phenomenal.On Saturday, Malan managed what no other England batter has in this series by getting after Wanindu Hasaranga, Sri Lanka’s blond-haired, bright-booted rockstar of a legspinner. Realising that ball spinning into his arc towards the shorter boundary represented a favourable match-up for him, Malan treated Hasaranga with disdain, thumping him for two fours and three sixes and scoring 34 off the 10 balls he faced from him; Roy was the only other man to hit him for four across the whole series.The slog-swept sixes were brutal, but there was a touch of class, too: on 18 off 15, he reverse-swept him into the gap between short third and backward point, and in the same over nailed him over deep backward square leg and lofted him inside-out through the gap in the covers that his reverse-sweep had created.”When you do your match-ups and look at the dimensions of the ground, with a right-hander in [at the other end], my match-up is to take down the legspinner towards that shorter boundary,” Malan explained afterwards. “Even though it was into the wind, that was my role: to take the positive option against him.”If that was an offspinner on that side, Jonny would probably have been over-aggressive against him because that was his match-up. I faced him the other night at Cardiff and didn’t see him that well, and my movements weren’t very good, so it was nice to face him a couple of days later in different conditions and get on top of him.”During his difficult series in India, it seemed as though the drawbacks of Malan’s method outweighed the benefits, but in this innings, the opposite was true. He may not mind the debate rolling on: “I quite like proving a point so when I do get criticism I do like going out there to show those people that seem to have their opinions,” he said.There are similar questions to weigh up in the bowling attack: are Chris Woakes and David Willey viable options as new-ball specialists? Is Chris Jordan still a banker at the death? The absence of much new information from this series means they will not be answered definitively until the knockout stages of the T20 World Cup – and even then, there is another one to follow only 12 months later.
MLB announced on Tuesday that Cardinals first baseman Willson Contreras will be suspended for six games, and he will be fined an undisclosed amount for his actions against an umpire on Monday.
Contreras has elected to appeal the suspension and will play until the appeal is resolved.
The incident between Contreras and plate umpire Derek Thomas occurred in the seventh inning of Monday night's 7-6 St. Louis win over the Pirates. The first baseman didn't agree with a called third strike during an at-bat, prompting him to look at Thomas. The umpire then ejected Contreras from the game, which sparked a heated reaction from the Cardinals player. As he was pushed back by the Cardinals staff toward the dugout, Contreras tossed his bat toward the field as he continued to yell at Thomas, and the lumber hit one of his own coaches.
The scene didn't end there. Once Contreras returned to the dugout, an entire bucket of Hi-Chew was thrown onto the field, but i's unclear whether Contreras tossed the bucket of candy or not.
As of now, Contreras will compete in Tuesday night's game vs. the Pirates as he's appealing his suspension. Hopefully he can keep his temper under control during this game.
The Cubs franchise and fanbase was shaken on Monday when legendary player Ryne Sandberg died at the age of 65 from cancer.
The Cubs and MLB world alike have honored Sandberg in various ways this week. The Cubs are even introducing a No. 23 patch to their jerseys for the remainder of the 2025 season to memorialize "Ryno."
This isn't the only way the Cubs are honoring the late legend. On Saturday in their home game vs. the Orioles at Wrigley Field, all Cubs players will wear a Sandberg No. 23 jersey without their names on the back. The team will wear the iconic pullover blue jerseys that Sandberg used to wear during his time with the team in the 1980s.
Cubs executive Crane Kenney shared the news on 670 The Score on Thursday, also noting that the jerseys will be auctioned after the game and all the proceeds will be donated to cancer research. The organization plans to celebrate Sandberg's legacy and life all day on Saturday at Wrigley Field.
It will be an emotional day in Chicago on Saturday.
Man United are reportedly planning a bold move to sign one Arsenal sensation who’s now shot to the very top of Ruben Amorim’s transfer agenda.
Arsenal maintain perfect Champions League record after Brugge win
Arsenal extended their flawless Champions League campaign to six consecutive wins after dismantling Club Brugge 3-0 at the Jan Breydel Stadium on Wednesday evening, moving three points clear atop the league phase standings.
Noni Madueke delivered a match-winning performance with a sensational brace, whilst Gabriel Martinelli added a spectacular third to virtually guarantee automatic qualification for the last 16 with two fixtures remaining.
Mikel Arteta made five changes from Saturday’s disappointing 2-1 defeat against Aston Villa, with Christian Norgaard deployed as makeshift centre-back alongside Piero Hincapie due to Arsenal’s current defensive injury crisis.
Jurrien Timber, William Saliba, Gabriel and Cristhian Mosquera were all unavailable, forcing Arteta to improvise.
Madueke opened the scoring with a piece of absolute brilliance after 25 minutes, collecting the ball just inside the Belgian side’s half before embarking on a mazy run, shrugging off multiple challenges and unleashing a venomous long-range strike that crashed off the underside of the crossbar and into the net.
The England international doubled Arsenal’s advantage just 80 seconds into the second period, arriving unmarked at the back post to power Martin Zubimendi’s cross beyond goalkeeper Dani van den Heuvel.
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Martinelli then etched his name into Arsenal history nine minutes later by becoming the club’s first player to score in five consecutive Champions League matches.
The Brazilian cut inside from the left touchline, weaved past a Brugge defender and curled an exquisite right-footed effort from the edge of the penalty area into the top corner.
David Raya preserved Arsenal’s sixth clean sheet of the competition with seven saves, dealing comfortably with Club Brugge’s pressure despite the hosts creating numerous opportunities throughout the encounter.
The Belgian champions, under new manager Ivan Leko following Nicky Hayen’s surprising Monday dismissal, tested Arsenal’s makeshift defence regularly but lacked clinical finishing.
Gabriel Jesus also made his emotional competitive return after 332 days sidelined with an ACL injury, entering as a second-half substitute.
The Brazilian striker nearly marked his comeback with a goal too, smashing the crossbar after being found by Ethan Nwaneri.
Speaking of Nwaneri, who was introduced by Arteta to replace Martin Odegaard in the second-half of their Brugge triumph, a surprise report has emerged on his long-term future.
Man United plan 'audacious' move for Arsenal gem Ethan Nwaneri
The Hale End sensation is now attracting serious interest from Old Trafford, according to a report by CaughtOffside in their Daily Briefing.
Nwaneri has struggled for consistent minutes this season, starting just three matches so far with two of them coming in the Carabao Cup.
He’s an incredible player, one hailed as “Arsenal’s version of Phil Foden and Jamal Musiala” by one analyst on social media, but Arteta is also yet to hand the 18-year-old a single Premier League start this term, with Nwaneri said to be growing ‘frustrated’ and ‘fed up’ with his lack of opportunities.
CaughtOffside state that United are planning an ‘audacious’ January move for Nwaneri to take full advantage of this, with the Englishman now among their top winter transfer priorities.
The report also claims that Arsenal’s ‘financial position has quietly become far more precarious’ than they’re publicly admitting, and they may be ‘forced’ into a high-profile sale.
United believe that they can prise Nwaneri away from the Emirates as a result of this and the player’s own desire for game time, but it is very hard to imagine Arsenal greenlighting any permanent transfer to a direct rival.
There are far better candidates to balance the books, and if Nwaneri is to leave, the far more likely scenario is a dry loan to help further his development elsewhere.