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If you were looking through the Leeds United squad right now, and were asked to pick out the best bargain, who would you pick?

Perhaps Raphinha would feature prominently in your thoughts after arriving for just £17m for French side Rennes last summer, and then going on to enjoy an impressive debut campaign in the Premier League for Marcelo Bielsa’s side.

And while the Brazilian, or someone like Illan Meslier, would definitely be stand-out contenders for that award, Pascal Struijk may be the best of the lot.

The Dutchman arrived from Ajax on a free transfer back in January 2018 after the Dutch giants decided not to offer him a new contract, initially taking him on trial before handing him a three-year contract to join up at Elland Road.

The fact Struijk was let go spoke volumes of how little Ajax really valued him, and Dutch journalist, Jan Spaans, said: “You never thought Struijk was going to be a first-team player at Ajax. Ajax’s academy is famous and you hear all the time about the best players in it but they didn’t speak about him so much or have any high hopes.”

Since then however, Struijk has developed into a Premier League regular under Bielsa, playing in holding midfield as well as further back in central defence.

The 6 foot 3 star has started all three of Leeds United’s games in the top-flight this season, while he played 27 times in the league the previous campaign – a sure sign of the trust Bielsa has in him.

And, after a particularly impressive display against Manchester United last season, former Leeds man Noel Whelan waxed lyrical about the young starlet.

He said: “I thought he was phenomenal at the back. I can’t tell you how impressed I am with this kid. He went through a stage of playing in Kalvin’s role but that was the wrong choice by Bielsa for me. He is a centre-half all day long. You can see him growing in that position.”

Former Leeds ace Dominic Matteo is also a big fan of him, saying: “He reads the game a lot better than he’s credited for. He’ll get even better too. Struijk is one to look out for.

“There’s plenty of work to be done but, with the size of him, his physicality, his passing, he’s got it all and can step into midfield. He looks very calm on the ball, players who are a bit erratic are not for me but he looks comfortable in possession.”

Now, CIES have him valued at an impressive £17m, and that’s a real testament to the work that he’s done himself in improving every day, and the coaching ability of Bielsa at Elland Road.

The Whites struck absolute gold by landing Struijk on a free, and he’s proving why he could be one of the best steals of the modern era for the Yorkshire club.

Meanwhile, Victor Orta delivered a Leeds masterclass…

Damien Wright caused the early trouble before his team-mates provided the support as Western Australia were dismissed for 211

Cricinfo staff15-Dec-2008
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Dirk Nannes shut down the lower order with three wickets to build on the work of Damien Wright © Getty Images
Damien Wright caused the early trouble before his team-mates provided the support as Western Australia were dismissed for 211 on the opening day in Melbourne. Wright captured the first four wickets as Victoria controlled proceedings and suffocated the Warriors, whose brightest moments came during David Bandy’s half-century.After sending the visitors in, Victoria didn’t breakthrough until Wright picked up Shaun Marsh and Wes Robinson, leaving them at 2 for 40. Wright came back after lunch to claim Marcus North and Luke Pomersbach for single figures before help arrived. Adam Voges fell to Clint McKay on 4 and Western Australia were 6 for 136 when Bandy was lbw not offering a shot to Andrew McDonald.While his team-mates preferred a defensive outlook, Bandy, who was shifted up to No. 3, was intent on attack and picked up 10 fours and a six in his 66. Luke Ronchi added 32 but contributions from the debutant Josh Mangan and Brett Dorey, who both made 24, were needed to push the Warriors past 200.Wright, an off-season buy from Tasmania, picked up 4 for 42 from 25 overs in an impressive display on a tough surface. Dirk Nannes captured three victims to shut down the innings while McKay had 2 for 40. At stumps the Bushrangers were 0 for 9 after four overs.

أفادت تقارير سعودية، أن نادي النصر يقترب من التعاقد مع صفقة قوية ومميزة في فترة الانتقالات الصيفية الحالية.

نادي النصر نجح في التعاقد مع المدرب الفرنسي رودي جارسيا، كما ضم الإيفواري جيسلان كونان والحارس الكولومبي دافيد أوسبينا.

ووفقاً لصحيفة “سعودي” السعودية، نقلاً عن شبكة “tycsports” الأرجنتينية، أن النجم المخضرم ماركوس روخو، مدافع بوكا جونيورز الأرجنتيني، لديه عرض من المملكة العربية السعودية، والأقرب النصر.

طالع | لاعب إنتر ميلان علي رادار النصر السعودي

وأوضحت أن ماركوس روخو، لديه مشكلة كبرى مع مجلس إدارة بوكا جونيورز الأرجنتيني، لذا يطلب الرحيل في صيف 2022، مع عرض سعودي، واهتمام برازيلي ومكسيكي بالحصول على خدماته.

صاحب الـ 32 عامًا، له تجربة مميزة مع مانشستر يونايتد الإنجليزي، في الفترة من 2014 إلى 2021، وخاض 61 مباراة دولية مع المنتخب الأرجنتيني.

وأتمت: “ما يدعم اقتراب مجلس إدارة النصر برئاسة مسلي آل معمر من ماركوس روخو، أن اللاعب دون شك سيسأل أولًا المدرب المخضرم ميجيل أنخيل روسو المدرب السابق النصر، مواطنه الذي عمل في بوكا جونيورز فترة طويلة، عن النادي السعودي، حيث من المرتقب أن يتحدث بصورة إيجابية عن النصر”.

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Wolves reportedly tried to sign Rafael Leao in the summer transfer window, but a deal never materialised in the end.

The Lowdown: Leao impresses

Leao put in a very impressive display for AC Milan in their 2-0 home win over Lazio in the Serie A on Sunday evening.

The striker opened the scoring shortly before the first-half whistle, while also winning three of his duels and recording two successful dribbles, one key pass and one accurate cross in the game (Sofascore).

The Latest: Wolves interest

As per Calciomercato, the Midlands club were one of a number of teams that tried to sign Leao in the summer.

Everton, Marseille and Borussia Dortmund also failed with their attempts, and is not clear whether their interest will be revisited in Janaury.

The Verdict: Try again

Even though the Molineux faithful have now brought in Hwang Hee-chan from RB Leipzig, he is only on loan for the time being, and so Leao could be a great alternative to sign on a permanent deal.

Once likened to both Cristiano Ronaldo and Kylian Mbappe, the £22.5m-rated ace clearly has a lot of promise at just 22 years of age, and has gotten off to a good start this season.

Described as a ‘game breaker’ by Calciomercato, Leao would help ease the burden off of Raul Jimenez up top, and being Portuguese, could work well with Bruno Lage.

Nonetheless, signing him would certainly feel like smart business by WWFC.

In other news, find out what news has Wanderers buzzing here!

Matthew Hayden has admitted he has not considered retirement despite growing speculation over his career following an extended lean spell

Cricinfo staff01-Jan-2009
Sign of the times: Matthew Hayden is not looking past the Sydney Test © Getty Images
Matthew Hayden has admitted he has not considered retirement despite growing speculation over his career following an extended lean spell. However, Hayden, who scored only 47 runs in the opening two games of the series defeat to South Africa, has refused to look beyond the third Test in Sydney starting on Saturday.Hayden was picked to open despite the strong claims of the state batsmen Phillip Hughes, Chris Rogers and Michael Klinger. Andrew Hilditch, the chairman of selectors, has begun to hear calls for his sacking after persevering with the 37-year-old Hayden, who has 313 runs at 22.35 since returning from a heel injury in India.Hayden said he hadn’t thought about stepping down. “I’m not sure going after you lose a series, in the middle of the series, would be the right time to go,” he told AAP. “There’s absolutely no doubt about that. So I didn’t think about it for a minute.”Two-nil down in the series, five days of cricket left, Australia need to play well and I need to be a part of that. And then whatever comes after that, that’s a new day.”Hayden said he understood that he needed to get runs. “But I think there’s a lot more facets to your game than just pure runs and I think experience in the side does make a difference,” he said. “As part of my role I see this next five days, no matter how the result goes for me individually and us collectively, it’s very important to gain the level of perspective that a 15-year career can hold in a dressing room.”Glenn McGrath, whose charity foundation will benefit during the Sydney Test, said he would pick Hayden in any Australian team. Pink stumps will be used during the match and supporters have been encouraged to wear pink to raise awareness of breast cancer. McGrath’s wife Jane died as a result of the disease last year.

رفض نادي ريال مدريد الإسباني، عرضًا من قبل أحد أندية الدوري الإنجليزي الممتاز، لشراء جناحه ماركو أسينسيو في نافذة الانتقالات الصيفية.

أسينسيو عقده ينتهي مع ريال مدريد في الصيف القادم في 30 يونيو 2023، والدولي الإسباني لم يتوصل إلى اتفاق بعد من أجل التجديد.

اقرأ أيضًا.. ماركا: ممثلو لاعب بايرن ميونخ يعرضون خدماته على ريال مدريد

وحسب صحيفة “موندو ديبورتيفو” الإسبانية، فإن نيوكاسل يونايتد قدم عرضًا لـ ريال مدريد بـ28 مليون يورو من أجل شراء أسينسيو.

وقالت الصحيفة إن ريال مدريد رفض العرض لضعف المقابل المادي، إذ يرغب المرينجي في الحصول على 35 مليون يورو.

وأوضحت الصحيفة أن الأقرب الآن أن يظل أسينسيو في ريال مدريد ويبقى مع المرينجي حتى نهاية الموسم القادم 2022/2023.

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Com duas bombas de fora da área, Wendel marcou dois golaços nas recentes partidas do Fluminense contra o São Paulo, 1 a 1 no Morumbi, e Universidad Católica-EQU, 4 a 0 no Maracanã. O meia, grande revelação tricolor em 2017, respondeu se a torcida do Flu pode esperar mais gols seus na temporada.

-Estou trabalhando, né? Se derem mole eu encaixo outro lá (chute no ângulo) — comentou o ainda tímido Wendel em coletiva neste sábado, no CT do clube.

Integrado ao elenco profissional após pedido de Abel Braga, Wendel revelou que a finalização de fora da área não uma de suas características na base. O jogador ouviu o pedido do treinador e vem aprimorando o fundamento.

– Treino bastante. O Abel pede muito para eu treinar, eu não costumava arriscar muito, mas o Abel disse: “Bate mais que seu chute é bom”. Está entrando, a gente vai batendo – brincou o camisa 37 do Tricolor das Laranjeiras.

Confira outras respostas do camisa 37 do Fluminense:

Qual a sensação de ser um dos destaques do Fluminense na temporada?
Fico muito feliz. Trabalhei para chegar aqui,só tenho agradecer a Deus e pretendo continuar ajudando o Fluminense.

Você tem 19 anos e está em sua primeira temporada profissional. Como está sendo o reconhecimento na rua?
Já tem, já tem. Passo na rua e o pessoal quer tirar foto, fico muito feliz pelo reconhecimento da torcida, família e amigos.

Qual a importância do Dourado para esse time? O camisa 9 é dúvida para enfrentar a Chapecoense…
É um excelente jogador, nos ajuda bastante. Se não jogar vai fazer muita falta, mas o Pedro está aí trabalhando bastante. Está no mesmo nível dele e se entrar vai nos ajudar bastante.

Sem ele, que vai cobrar um possível pênalti?

Vamos treinar, né. Scarpa bate bem, o Léo treina também, mas está com medo de falar. Eu também treino. Comigo é com força. Está entrando assim, vamos manter.

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أعرب المدرب الهولندي إريك تين هاج، المدير الفني لنادي مانشستر يونايتد، عن دعمه وتمنياته بالتعافي للمهاجم الإيفواري سيباستيان هالير، مهاجم بوروسيا دورتموند.

وكان هالير قد لعب لأياكس تحت قيادة تين هاج في الموسم الماضي قبل أن ينتقل إلى بوروسيا دورتموند هذا الصيف.

اقرأ أيضًا – فيديو.. إريك تين هاج ينفعل على لاعب مانشستر يونايتد: ماذا تفعل بحق الجحيم

وأعلن بوروسيا دورتموند إصابة هالير أمس الإثنين، بورم في الخصية، وهو التشخيص الذي توصل إليه أطباء النادي الألماني من خلال فحوصات أجراها المهاجم البالغ من العمر 28 عامًا عقب شعوره بآلام أثناء التدريبات.

وقال تين هاج في تصريحات نقلتها شبكة “مانشستر إيفينينج نيوز” البريطانية: “أنا تجمعني علاقة رائعة به، وهذا خبر مؤلم، إنه أمر مروع”.

وأضاف: “لديّ علاقة جيدة معه، إنه صديقي، هالير كان مهاجمي الأول في أياكس وأوتريخت، وهو أحد أصدقائي”.

واختتم تصريحاته: “أنا تأثرت بشدة عندما علمت بالخبر، كل الدعم له ولعائلته، وأتمنى له التعافي سريعًا”.

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Mesmo voltando de lesão, nem Camilo escapou da ira dos botafoguenses que compareceram ao Nilton Santos e viram a equipe ser derrotada por 2 a 0 para o Avaí, então lanterna do Brasileirão. Vaiado no decorrer do jogo e na sua saída de campo, para a entrada de Leandrinho, o camisa 10 alvinegro lembrou do tempo que esteve sem atuar e prometeu transformar as vaias em aplausos.

– Vejo como normal. Fiquei seis jogos sem atuar, estava jogando com dor, tive um problema na cervical. É ter maturidade e trabalho. Tenho certeza que essas vaias vão se tornar aplausos com trabalho – deseja o meia do Botafogo.

Se os números da temporada de Camilo não são dos melhores – apenas um gol e uma assistência – o Alvinegro engatava uma sequência de duas vitórias até o revés para o Avaí no Nilton Santos. O camisa 10 lembrou das chances criadas pelo Botafogo no decorrer do jogo e cobrou maior eficiência nas partidas.

– Nós falávamos antes do jogo que não seria fácil, apesar de ter tudo à favor. Nós fomos alertados. Pecamos nos minutos iniciais, o que não é muito a cara da nossa equipe. Depois martelamos e a bola não quis entrar. Não fomos eficientes como nas últimas partidas. Levantar a poeira e trabalhar – completou.

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