[Núcleo] Premier League + Football League

[Guest trz]

Thierry Henry's incredible new Sky Sports Advert.

[Bashir]

:handclap:

[Carlos Gouveia]

De Gea => Real Madrid

Valdés => "dias contados"

 

Quem irá para as redes do Man Utd se isto se confirmar?

[Guest trz]

Vão dar tudo pelo oblak

[Mister Master]

The Sun

• Aston Villa fear striker Christian Benteke will be sold to Manchester United by the weekend as Louis van Gaal is set to activate a £32.5m release clause in his contract.
• Furious Louis van Gaal has slammed goalkeeper Victor Valdes' attitude and wants to boot him out of Manchester United.
• Everton manager Roberto Martinez has dismissed Manchester City's efforts to sign James McCarthy.
• Robin van Persie's bitter Manchester United exit will be softened by a £12.3m pay packet.
• Stewart Downing will seal his emotional £5m return to Middlesbrough today.
• Jack Wilshere wants talks with Arsene Wenger over his Arsenal position.
• Chelsea are keen on £24m Zenit St Petersburg schemer Axel Witsel.

 

Daily Star

• Jack Wilshere insists Arsenal are ready to go toe-to-toe with Chelsea in the title race.
• Louis van Gaal has urged Angel Di Maria to stick with Manchester United next season.

 

The Daily Telegraph

• West Ham midfielder Mark Noble has praised the way Slaven Bilic has transformed the club, insisting they were no longer the "circus act" of yesteryear.

 

Daily Mirror

• Liverpool midfielder Joe Allen has admitted Brendan Rodgers would have been sacked following last season's meltdown had he been at a club other than Liverpool.
• Slaven Bilic has warned West Ham are ready to hit the ground running and has already got Arsenal in his sights.
• Tottenham are in talks to sell Roberto Soldado to Sevilla.
• Claudio Ranieri could make free agent striker Carlton Cole his first signing as Leicester boss.

 

Daily Express

• Stewart Downing will earn a bonus of £1.8m a year if he can help Middlesbrough back into the Premier League.

 

Daily Mail

• Raheem Sterling's agent Aidy Ward is set to pocket around £2m from his player's £49m move to Manchester City.
• Watford are in discussions with AZ Alkmaar over a £3.5m deal for winger Steven Berghuis.
• Manchester United have moved to beat Aston Villa for Barnsley's highly-rated right-back Mason Holgate.

 

The Times

• Sunderland have made an approach for Tottenham defender Younes Kaboul after pulling out of a deal to sign Nicolas Lombaerts.
• West Brom have lodged a £5m bid for Nottingham Forest winger Michael Antonio.
• Leicester are in talks to sign Monaco right-back Marcel Tisserand.

TIL que o Roberto Carlos esteve quase a assinar pelo Villa em 95.

[George Kaplan]

Parece que o Abra foi à Rússia tratar pessoalmente da compra do Witsel. Vamos lá ver...

 

Sim por favor, desta forma a direcçao do Milan tira da cabeça pagar mais de 30M por ele. :D

[Kratosthegod]

 

Mudanças prováveis:

Entradas - De Bruyne, Pogba?

Saídas - Jovetic, Dzeko?

 

Não comprem um LE e um central que não é preciso.

Editado 16 Julho 2015 por Kratosthegod

[infinito]

Não se larguem da ideia que o Yaya é 8 que não é preciso... Enquanto isso continuam com menos um a defender... O gajo não corre crl! Tava bem era para jogar no Newcastle do Pardew, onde 4 corriam e 6 andavam a passo...

[P. Chagas Freitas]

Não se larguem da ideia que o Yaya é 8 que não é preciso... Enquanto isso continuam com menos um a defender... O gajo não corre crl! Tava bem era para jogar no Newcastle do Pardew, onde 4 corriam e 6 andavam a passo...

não correu este ano. há dois anos e nos anos dos títulos o gajo só fazia piscinas, não parava quieto.

[Simeone]

O Delph encaixava muito bem aí, por acaso

[Dennis Bergkamp]

E a vergonha da situação do Valdez? Ja se falou?

[Phil]

O Kaboum vai para o Sunderland.

[Phil]

 

:lol: ai

 

 

:-s

Editado 16 Julho 2015 por Phil

[BartoloSerenity]

What Jordan Amavi will bring to the Aston Villa revolution

 

When Aston Villa first made an approach for OGC Nice left-back Jordan Amavi, the French club were open to the move but apparently the young defender rejected the deal. However, now, it seems that Tim Sherwood and the midlands club are close to landing their next target.

 

After recruiting Lille’s Idrissa Gueye and following the decision from Fabian Delph to continue his career at Vila Park, it has been reported that Amavi has been convinced to call Birmingham his new home.

 

It wasn’t just the lure of playing in the Premier League that has helped change Amavi’s mind – tripling his current wage has certainly helped.

 

Every summer the southern town of Toulon hosts one of football’s most respected youth tournaments. As a kid, Amavi would have had the opportunity to watch the likes of James Rodriguez and Loic Remy on his doorstep. Having so many great young players gracing his hometown has acted like a contagious bug. Last summer the defender was part of France’s under-20 squad that reached the final of the tournament, which came as no surprise to the people who shaped his career.

 

From the age of seven until he was 16, Amavi played for local side Sporting Toulon, where one of his coaches identified him as a future France international, but, he says, “no one believed me.” Now, as an under-21 international and one of the best left-backs in Ligue 1, the 21-year-old is on the verge of proving his coach right.

 

OGC Nice have recently made a habit of developing excellent young left-backs under the watch of Claude Puel. Timothee Kolodziejczak joined from Lyon and quickly showed his ability to terrify defences and provide Nice with stability at the back. It looked like a strange decision when Les Aiglons decided to sell the 22-year-old to Sevilla in the summer of 2014.

 

Puel knew exactly what he was doing, however. Amavi made his debut for the club at the start of the previous season, against Lyon on the opening weekend. Deputising for Kolodziejczak, the apprentice would make just nine starts, but regularly came off the bench.

 

In the season just gone, Amavi was thrust into the starting line-up, and didn’t look back. During the season the left-back only missed two games, playing over 3,200 minutes for Les Aiglons. His performances have seen him not only become a mainstay of Puel’s defence, but also quickly gain a reputation as one of the country’s best left-backs.

 

One can see from his style of play that his early days were spent as a winger. Amavi still has that desire to get forward and push the opposition defenders back, making overlapping runs, or taking on his man to create space for the forwards.

 

Although Amavi is blessed with a fantastic left foot, the reason he failed to record an assist last season is more down to the lack of a dominant forward leading Nice’s front-line. Not limited to playing wide, he is clearly confident in his ability to come inside on to his weaker right foot and try his luck to wrong-foot the opposition defence.

 

For all the praise given to Amavi when he is on the ball, his defensive displays last season were just as impressive. Against Marseille at the Stade Velodrome, Nice may have lost 4-0, but up against Florian Thauvin, the left-back was excellent. He used his strength to fight off the winger and easily matched his pace. Thauvin ended the game with a goal and an assist, but it would have been harsh to point the finger of blame towards the youthful defender.

 

Overall, Thauvin struggled due to Amavi’s excellence. The youngster made more interceptions than anyone else in Ligue 1 last season, and on that night he nearly tripled his figures against the league average. It is too simplistic to look at the result and declare it a poor performance. He had to cover through the centre, read Marseille attacks and make sure the former Bastia man didn’t have a good night.

 

Amavi has the full spectrum of characteristics that you need to succeed as a modern-day full-back. He is dangerous in the air – scoring three headers this season – has pace, strength and a great awareness of what is happening around him. He hasn’t let his success get the better of him, however, saying “my family and my friends would soon bring me back down to earth” if he acted beyond his station.

 

With Nice hoping to build a side around talented youth products, Amavi was supposed to be the future of the club, but sometimes you are given an offer you can’t refuse. The full-back is still wet behind the ears, so there is a danger that spending the best part of £10 million on the 21-year-old will put an instant burden on him to perform. Amavi still needs time to grow: he will need to play most weeks, but with encouragement, rather than the pressure to live up to high expectations.

 

The Premier League is an unforgiving and relentless environment to develop young players. The hope is that Amavi can hit the ground running and become a huge success at Villa Park.

Para o pessoal do Villa. :compinchas:

http://frenchfootballweekly.com/2015/07/16/what-jordan-amavi-will-bring-to-the-aston-villa-revolution/

Editado 16 Julho 2015 por BartoloSerenity

[Kratosthegod]

 

Em condições normais devem conseguir manter-se tranquilamente.

 

Liverpool prestes a pagar os 46,5 milhões de euros da cláusula de rescisão de Benteke.

 

Wat

Editado 16 Julho 2015 por Kratosthegod

[Mister Master]

[Taj]

vou chorar quando sair :cry:

ainda por cima não há nem haverá ninguém à altura

[Almeno]

O Benteke é bom, mas não vale esse dinheiro todo.

[Mister Master]

O Benteke é bom, mas não vale esse dinheiro todo.

Vale. Se faz aquilo num Villa neste estado vê lá numa equipa de topo.

[Kratosthegod]

Acho que o Benteke precisa de um contexto um bocado específico para render a 100% e no Liverpool parece-me que os avançados têm de ser bastante móveis e deambular um bocado pelo campo, coisa que ele não faz. Mas pronto, a confirmar-se a ver o que o Rodgers faz.

 

Lucas Piazon wants to leave Chelsea claiming it is "a waste of time being there"

 

Dá-lhe Lucas!

Editado 16 Julho 2015 por Kratosthegod

[Phil]

vai flopar. just a feeling

[Kratosthegod]

 

Ao menos ficará confirmado pelo 2º ano seguido :biggrin:

[Phil]

essa m*rda na altura foi tão ao lado, quer dizer, gasta-se 100M mas a net spend contínua a ser positiva e ainda manda bitaites?

Editado 16 Julho 2015 por Phil

[Almeno]

Vale. Se faz aquilo num Villa neste estado vê lá numa equipa de topo.

Eu não questiono a qualidade dele, até sou fan-boy, mas é muito dinheiro :(

[Mister Master]

Não pode ser só chular os outros, de vez em quando também terão que ser um bocado chulados :mrgreen: