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Carlton Palmer has offered his thoughts on Darren Moore and his pull as a manager at Sheffield Wednesday.

What’s the talk?

Former Sheffield Wednesday midfielder Carlton Palmer has hailed Owls boss Darren Moore as a ‘very, very good’ manager and suggested that his coaching skills will pull players to the club.

When asked about whether or not Lewis Wing being open to a permanent deal at Hillsborough was down to Moore’s influence, Palmer told Transfer Tavern:

“Of course, I mean Darren Moore, like I’ve said to you before, I’ve got a lot of time for Darren, I think he’s a very, very good manager, he’s a very good man-manager.

“So, it’s testament to Darren, but also a testament to the team and the supporters down at Sheffield Wednesday, that gets everybody going and everybody wants to be part of a winning team.”

Fans will be excited

Sheffield Wednesday fans will be excited by these comments from Palmer as they suggest that Moore’s management skills could allow the club to sign players they would otherwise not be able to if they had a different head coach.

Take Wing as an example. The 26-year-old played 32 times in the Championship for Middlesbrough last season and decided to ditch the second tier to for Moore in League One. He offered a glimpse of what he is capable of in Wednesday’s EFL Trophy win over Newcastle’s under-23’s earlier this month, recording an incredible SofaScore rating of 9.5.

Wing created an eye-catching eight chances for his teammates in the 3-0 win, whilst also winning three tackles and making two interceptions. This shows that he was able to make an impact at both ends of the pitch, taking the ball off the opposition and then splitting open the defence with his passes to create shooting opportunities for his teammates.

This shows the level of player Moore has been able to attract to Hillsborough despite the club’s League One status, backing up Palmer’s comments.

It is down to Dejphon Chansiri and Moore to ensure that they target the right players and get the results on the pitch in the short-term. However, fans can be excited, for now, at the prospect of Wednesday being able to pick up coups in future windows thanks to Moore’s influence.

AND in other news, Chansiri must avoid Sheff Wed nightmare with £14k-p/w “leader”, Moore would be fuming…

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Por conta de seu contrato, Edenilson não poderá atuar na partida entre Internacional e Boa Esporte. Para ter os direitos do jogador durante toda a temporada, a diretoria colorada teve que dividir seu empréstimo em duas etapas. O primeiro teria duração de seis meses, junto ao Genoa (ITA), clube em que o jogador estava emprestado até o fim de junho pela Udinese, dona de seus direitos. Para que o volante continue atuando pelo Inter, um novo acordo precisa ser firmado entre os gaúchos e a Udinese.

Apesar de o jogador já estar acertado com o Colorado até dezembro de 2017, o Internacional precisa respeitar o contrato, que vence nesta sexta-feira. Para uma renovação, a diretoria vai precisar esperar até segunda-feira, que é quando abre a janela de transferências, respeitando a exigência da FIFA para os casos de jogadores que têm seus direitos ligados à clubes estrangeiros.

Primeiramente, uma nova transferência internacional deve ser realizada e Edenilson deve ter seu nome publicado no Boletim Informativo Diário da CBF novamente. Como todas as pendências não poderão ser resolvidas até o final de semana, o jogador fica fora da partida contra o Boa.

Sem poder contar com Edenilson, é esperado que o técnico Guto Ferreira reforce o meio-campo utilizando Dourado, Fabinho, Charles e D’Alessandro, deixando Junio ou Cláudio Winck ocupando a lateral direita.
A bola volta a rolar no Beira-Rio às 16h30 do próximo sábado, quando o Internacional recebe o Boa Esporte em jogo válido pela 11ª rodada do Campeonato Brasileiro Série B.

Ramnaresh Sarwan has said West Indies’ target for the upcoming Test series against New Zealand will be to stay ahead of the hosts in the ICC rankings and then look to move upwards

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Ramnaresh Sarwan scored 158 in West Indies’ drawn tour game against Auckland © DigicelCricket.com/Brooks La Touche Photography
Ramnaresh Sarwan believes the target for the West Indies in their upcoming Test series against New Zealand will be to stay ahead of the hosts in the ICC rankings before looking to move upwards.New Zealand slipped to No. 8 in the ICC rankings, just behind West Indies following their 2-0 walloping in Australia last month. If they beat the West Indies, they can immediately move back to seventh but a draw or a loss will leave West Indies on top. “We want to make sure that we stay ahead of them and move up the ladder,” Sarwan said. “We need to keep pushing hard.”West Indies drew their only warm-up match of the tour, against Auckland on Sunday, with Sarwan the sole centurion for his side. He was happy with his performance but felt there was still room for improvement.”It was a very good pitch to bat on and I tried to make the best use of it. The pitch was quite flat but we expect conditions to be a bit different for the Test match in Dunedin. It is important that I start over again when we enter the Test match. I will take confidence into the first Test.”Sarwan scored 158 as West Indies made 431 for 7 in reply to Auckland’s 587 for 7, which included a maiden double-century from captain Richard Jones and a hundred from wicketkeeper Gareth Hopkins.West Indies last played a Test in June against Australia but Sarwan felt the team had adapted well since arriving in New Zealand last week. “It was good to spend some time at the crease … and fortunately I made the most of it.” The first Test starts on Thursday in Dunedin.

Jason Gillespie has backed Brett Lee to come out firing in the remainderof the India-Australia Test series. He also said that the media has made too much of the “spat” between Lee and Ricky Ponting.Lee hasn’t been at his best so far on the tour, his four wickets in the first two Tests costing nearly 60 runs apiece. “Lee has been a fantastic bowler for Australia for many years. Even technically, I don’t see him doing much wrong,” Gillespie said. “The ball is coming out of his hand all right. You don’t lose your skills overnight. He has been bowling well without luck.”Lee reportedly had an angry exchange with Ponting on field when he was notgiven the ball in the first session of the final day. Ponting laterclarified that Lee wasn’t given a bowl because of low over rates and because hefelt there was a need to take the pace off the ball.Gillespie suffered a similar situation when Ponting gave him only fourovers in the second innings of the Manchester Test in 2005. However,Gillespie believes the situation was very different from the presentscenario. “Look, I wasn’t bowling well then. I was going for runs and notpicking wickets (Gillespie had figures of 1 for 114 from 19 overs in thefirst innings]. You don’t have to be a rocket scientist to see that Rickydid the right thing.”Here, Lee is not bowling badly. He is just a competitive guy and wants tocontribute to the team. And it was sorted out after Ricky explained hisreasons. The media has overblown it unnecessarily.”Gillespie said there was too much criticism of the Australian team after just one defeat. “When the Australians lose, the talk that era is over and stuff like that comes out.It’s just one loss. We lost here in 2001 too. Of course the teams aredifferent. Many big names have retired.”Gillespie felt that the onus lies on the Australian batsmen to combat thereverse-swing and put up a good score for their bowlers to defend. “TheIndian bowlers have executed their skills incredibly well. It’s up to theAustralian batsman to combat that. The Australian bowlers are gettingreverse-swing but of course a lot later than India. But I see somepositives. Peter Siddle was very good; he gave a good account of himselfin his first Test. Lee has got reverse in the past; he is getting ithere and I am confident he will have more success in the tour. MitchellJohnson has been getting good reverse. It is up to the batsmen to do thejob.”

Ange Postecoglou’s early reign at Celtic has thrown up its fair share of surprises.

The Hoops have had a mixed start to the season but in doing so, the likes of Anthony Ralston and Ryan Christie have become genuine stars.

If you told supporters that would be the case when Postecoglou initially walked through the door, they’d have laughed.

What’s the word?

The future of Christie has been a puzzling one. The Bhoys attacker has been linked with the exit door on several occasions with his contract expiring in January.

He looked destined to take his leave but it would appear that fresh contract talks have occurred between him and the club.

With all that said, interest in the 26-year-old looks as though it’s dwindling. That’s according to Alan Nixon who delivered the following ten-word update this week.

He was responding to whether Burnley would sign the player: “I keep being told no … but he’s a total steal.”

Amazing news

If this genuinely is the case then Celtic supporters should be absolutely enthralled. After all, the Premier League has tempted many a Bhoy in the past with the most recent departure being Kristoffer Ajer to Brentford.

Christie was in diabolical form last term and would have been one of the first names through the exit door before Postecoglou arrived.

The Scot only found the net twice in his last 24 Premiership games during the 2020/21 campaign, a run that stretched back to November.

He may have only scored once this season but his overall performances have been superb. The 26-year-old put in a promising performance against Midtjylland in the Champions League and since then, he’s become an important part of the furniture again.

Christie found the net with an excellent header when Celtic beat Jablonec last week and then put in a creative masterclass against Dundee.

This was one of his best performances in the green and white to date, supplying three goals all with genius moments of individual play.

He struck up a wonderful relationship with the club’s new star striker, Kyogo Furuhashi, and fans will surely be lusting for more of that as the campaign goes on.

Bizarrely enough, Christie has suddenly become irreplaceable.

AND in other news, Celtic lead race to sign £3.4m gem who was too “strong” for Messi, Ange needs him…

Leeds United have agreed a deal with Celtic for defender Leo Hjelde, according to journalist Stian Andre de Wahl.

The Lowdown: Hjelde’s Celtic career

Hjelde arrived at Celtic Park in 2019 on a three-year deal from Rosenborg.

The Norwegian, described as ‘composed’ by Callum Morris, is yet to make a senior appearance for the Hoops but has some Scottish Premiership experience after going out on loan to Ross County last season.

Leeds were monitoring Hjelde before his loan move to Ross County, and it seems as if an Elland Road switch may now go through.

The Latest: Price agreed

According to Andre de Wahl, the Whites and the Hoops have agreed on a price for Hjelde.

Personal terms have already been agreed, so all that appears to be in the way over a move to Yorkshire is passing a medical.

Football Insider were informed by a Leeds source on Thursday that a medical has been booked for Hjelde.

The Verdict: Not ideal

Former Ross County manager John Hughes tipped Hjelde to become ‘the next Virgil van Dijk’, so a Parkhead exit could be a blow in the long run.

Celtic appear to be building for the future with summer signings Liel Abada, Liam Shaw and Osaze Urhoghide all under 21 years of age, so Hjelde could have been in the club’s plans for the future.

However, it seems as if he may not be around at Parkhead for much longer, so it’ll be interesting to see if Celtic look to replace the 17-year-old before the end of the window.

In other news: Celtic submit offer to sign 6 ft 3 powerhouse for Ange, claims journalist. 

Andrew Miller presents the plays of the fifth and final day between England and South Africa at Lord’s

Andrew Miller at Lord's14-Jul-2008Delivery of the day 1
Jacques Kallis was cleaned up by a beautiful yorker from the otherwise luckless Ryan Sidebottom © Getty Images
It was the 132nd over of South Africa’s innings, and the match was drifting like a blimp from its moorings. Suddenly, an animated discussion kicked off at the non-striker’s end, involving the umpire Billy Bowden, England’s captain Michael Vaughan, the not-out batsman Neil McKenzie … and Andrew Strauss, who suddenly turned and legged it for the pavilion. As he went, Bowden motioned a sprinting gesture, and suddenly it all became clear. Despite his pre-match protestations that he’d stand his ground for England, Strauss had sized up the situation and decided that, in the circumstances, he could probably justify deserting his post. So off he headed to hospital, to attend the birth of his second child. And at 5.22pm, almost exactly half-an-hour after the close, his second son, Luca, was safely delivered. “He just didn’t want to field, he’d had enough,” said his captain, Michael Vaughan, after the close. “He’s a clever boy, he is.”Delivery of the day 2The newly-married Ryan Sidebottom awoke to headlines proclaiming he was a “bed-hopper”, thanks to some unfortunate innuendo-laden remarks from his bowling coach, Ottis Gibson. Gibson nevertheless was making a valid point about the difficulties of touring life, especially for fast bowlers whose backs are their most valuable asset, and who often find it tough to adapt to a different mattress every week. Sidebottom has clearly been struggling in this game, but true to form, he refused to complain and in his 29th over, he produced a beauty – an inswinging yorker that dipped late to rip Jacques Kallis off his feet. When the pitch is giving you nothing, it’s best to take it out of the equation entirely.Defender of the dayIn his second coming as an international cricketer, Neil McKenzie has been obdurate beyond belief. He batted eight-and-a-half hours for his double century in Chittagong in March, a total of eleven-and-a-quarter one match later in Chennai, and now here at Lord’s he’s added another nine-and-a-half hour stay – and undoubtedly the most vital of the lot. There was nothing that England could do to unsettle him, with spin, seam, over or around the wicket, but eventually McKenzie’s own body let him down. No sooner had Strauss gone to join his wife, Graeme Smith jogged out to join his opening partner as a runner. It was later reported that McKenzie had suffered a slight groin strain, and his lack of mobility doubtless contributed to his downfall, as he flashed at a wide one, and snicked a thin edge to the keeper.Drop of the dayIt was the chance that could have turned the Test. Ashwell Prince, South Africa’s first-innings centurion, was still finding his feet when he drove with hard hands at a ball from Stuart Broad that nipped away from him from around the wicket. Alastair Cook in the gully launched himself to his right, but the chance refused to stick. At 21 for 4, England would have sensed a genuine opportunity for post-tea mischief.Over of the dayMonty Panesar has never endured a more fruitless day’s work than this. A personal record 60 overs in the innings, and scarcely a sniff of a wicket on a pitch that needs to be ploughed, planted with carrots, left to lie fallow for a year then used to graze cattle if any life is ever to be injected back into it. But, never let it be said that Monty doesn’t raise his game when an opportunity arises. Prince had faced a solitary delivery and was yet to get off the mark when he took guard for Panesar’s 55th over. Suddenly the ball began spitting out of the rough at the left-hander, who fenced and jabbed for survival for each of the six balls of his over. After three howling appeals for lbw and a jab off the hip that flew just past Vaughan at leg gully, Prince was happy still to be standing at the end of it.Oddity of the dayHow many times in Test history have more than half the players in a team taken the new ball? Not very many, I’d wager. But in this match, England shared the duties around like a bag of liquorice all-sorts. First there was Sidebottom and James Anderson, then – in the fading light on the third day – Monty Panesar and Kevin Pietersen had a four-over burst at the start of South Africa’s second innings. Today, with the game already up, Stuart Broad was joined by Paul Collingwood, who found prodigious swing and produced more than a few hairy moments for the not-out batsmen – not least Prince, who ducked into a not-very-short ball, and gloved it back over the bowler’s head.Farce of the dayTest cricket really doesn’t help itself at times. Not only does it persist in producing desperate pitches such as this, but no-one can ever fathom what the rules for an early finish are. When the umpires made an offer of bad light late in the day, the smiles and handshakes from the players made it clear they were ready to call it quits. But then, as soon as they had gone into the pavilion, the sun burst back through the clouds, and the crowd – not without reason – began to voice its disapproval. And so, reluctantly, the teams were coaxed back out for an encore, during which time they were treated to Cook’s first over in international cricket.

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A terça-feira começou com uma boa notícia para o torcedor cruzeirense. Em reunião na sede da Federação Mineira de Futebol, nesta manhã, ficou definido que os fãs da Raposa poderão assistir ao segundo jogo da final do Campeonato Mineiro, contra o Atlético-MG, no Independência, no próximo domingo, às 16h. Na ida, no Mineirão, empate sem gols.

Dirigentes do Cruzeiro, do Atlético-MG, membros da organização do estádio e da Polícia Militar definiram, porém, que a Raposa terá direito a apenas 8% dos ingressos do Horto. Eles entenderam que é necessária a existência de um espaço vazio para que as torcidas não entrem em conflito. Também ficaram definidos os preços dos ingressos. Para os atleticanos, o preço varia deR$ 60 a R$ 300. Já para os cruzeirenses varia de R$ 80 a R$ 160. A carga total dos ingressos é de 22.529.Além disso, ficou acordado que os cruzeirenses não podem levar bandeiras e instrumentos musicais, assim como aconteceu nos clássicos anteriores do Campeonato Mineiro.

A ‘confusão’ começou com um laudo da Polícia Militar proibindo a realização do clássico (assim como outros jogos ‘grandes’) com as duas torcidas no estádio. O Cruzeiro até sugeriu ao Atlético que os dois jogos fossem disputados com torcidas mistas, mas o Galo optou por mandar sua partida onde costuma mandar. O Cruzeiro entrou com um pedido junto ao Ministério Público e a reunião agradou à Raposa.

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There will be one thing definitely not in short supply in Western region during Memorial day weekend – cricket. Major cricketing events are scheduled to take place from Under-11 levels to senior

Deb K Das22-May-2008There will be one thing definitely not in short supply in Western region during Memorial day weekend – cricket. Major cricketing events are scheduled to take place from Under-11 levels to senior.The NW Region’s seniors team will be playing two games against the SW Region at the Woodley fields in Los Angeles. Led by coach Ganesh Seetharaman, captain Vijay Beniwal and Manager Imran Khan, they are practicing hard to take on their rivals down south. Mark Sood, president of SCCA, Gangaram Singh, regional treasurer and Raj Ghai, member at large, are getting ready to host the big match.NWR is also hosting a first-ever interleague U-19 tournament for the purpose of selecting NWR’s U-19 team for the US U-19 National finals in Florida. “Four out of six regional leagues are participating in this tournament, and more than 55 young players are aiming for a spot in the regional squad,” says regional coach and selector Prem Suri.Regional selectors Naresh Sadasivan, Sujesh Pulikkal and Prem Suri have developed detailed selection guidelines that will focus on the interleague tournament performance and follow up camp to select the squad.”The Western region is blessed with some young talent and have proved their abilities by winning U-19 national tournament once and the U-15, 11 and 13 tournaments twice in past two years,” says Hemant Buch, the chairman of Western Region. “There is a lot of pressure on players to perform, and the selectors’ role becomes very crucial in this situation. We are happy to have some of the most competent individuals as youth selectors for the region.”

Newcastle could sign their own version of England international Harry Maguire in Celtic defender Kristoffer Ajer this summer.

What’s the story?

Reports in recent weeks have suggested that the Magpies are very much interested in signing the 23-year-old, with The Northern Echo then revealing that Steve Bruce is keen to kick off his side’s summer business with a move for the 6 foot 6 titan.

It was said that “with Newcastle having sent a series of scouting delegations to watch the Norwegian this season, the Magpies’ interest is currently understood to be at a much more advanced stage.”

The Athletic have now delivered the latest update on the situation, claiming that the centre-back had started off as Newcastle’s first-choice transfer target in central defence, and that “while they have not yet given up hope of signing the 23-year-old they have scouted extensively, both Norwich City and Bayer Leverkusen are pursuing the Norway international.”

Newcastle’s own Harry Maguire

With Maguire all set to lead out England’s back-line in tonight’s Euro 2020 quarter-final clash against Ukraine, Newcastle will be wondering the kind of impact a dominant figure like the Manchester United centre-back could have on the Magpies’ defence.

In Ajer, they could get someone who could have a similar presence.

Speaking earlier this season, former Scotland boss Alex McLeish said: “I go back to that St Johnstone game, you see sometimes when it’s not going for Celtic and the game’s in its dying embers, and then all of a sudden you see Ajer striding up the pitch trying to inspire like Roy of the Rovers.

“Running from defence, augment the attack and then it leads to a goal – these are inspirational moments and he is an inspirational, influential player for Celtic. Like Virgil van Dijk, he came to Celtic and we all know what happened next.”

The 23-year-old’s Celtic team-mate and centre-back partner Christopher Jullien hailed him as a “unique talent”, and it’s no surprise given his combination of size and elegance on the ball when he brings it out from the back.

As per WhoScored, he averaged a whopping 71.4 passes per game in the Scottish Premiership last season, as well as boasting a formidable 88.2% pass accuracy – both of those stats being significantly better than the figures produced by any Newcastle player.

In fact, Ajer’s stats on the ball are far more comparable with Maguire, with the Manchester United defender averaging 65.5 passes per game at an accuracy of 87.3% in the 2020/21 Premier Leaue.

Of course, both Ajer and Maguire play for club sides who look to dominate the ball, but the possible arrival of the Norwegian on Tyneside this summer would give the Magpies the quality ball-playing centre-back for which Bruce is reportedly desperate, even with Fabian Schar already at the club.

In other news, Chris Waugh drops an exciting Newcastle transfer update!