'He didn't play as well as he could' – Endrick's progression stalled at Real Madrid, admits Carlo Ancelotti

Carlo Ancelotti admits that Endrick’s development at Real Madrid stalled due to the presence of Vinicius Junior and Rodrygo, with the Italian tactician having to decide whether the teenage forward is deserving of a place in his Brazil squad for the 2026 World Cup. Spots in that selection remain up for grabs less than a year out from the tournament itself.

  • Brazil squad: Household names left out

    Endrick did not feature in Brazil’s latest squad, although a number of household names were rested for the final rounds of World Cup qualifying duty as the Selecao are already safely through to next summer’s finals.

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    Endrick has 14 senior caps for Brazil

    He was last picked in March, with regular game time at club level proving hard to come by. Endrick started just three La Liga games for Real last season, when Ancelotti was his manager at Santiago Bernabeu.

  • Why Endrick's Brazil spot is under threat

    The 19-year-old faces fierce competition for places in the Spanish capital, which is putting his place in the Brazil squad under threat. The South American nation also have other exciting youngsters emerging – such as Estevao Willian, who is now in the Premier League with Chelsea.

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    Selecao stars: Exciting talents emerge for Brazil

    Ancelotti told when asked about the potential at his disposal: “I really like Estevao, he's young, he has personality, character. He started well in the Premier League, obviously Estevao, not only for this World Cup, but for the future of the national team, will be a very, very important player.

    “Well, Endrick is like Estevao. He's a great talent. I think Estevao was lucky. The problem with young people who go to Europe is that they have a leading role here, but not much of a leading role there. I coached Endrick for a year and really liked him as a person and as a professional.

    “And, obviously, he didn't play as well as he could, because Real Madrid had Rodrigo, Vini; competition in a big team is important, and that can affect a player's progression a little.”

More prolific than Jackson: Newcastle set to make bid to sign £40m striker

Which striker will Newcastle United end up with by the time the transfer window closes on 1 September?

Alexander Isak’s future on Tyneside remains up in the air, having not featured at all for the Magpies during pre-season, while the Swede was reportedly left furious after being told ‘he is not for sale this summer and will not be allowed’ to leave.

Newcastle striker Alexander Isak

Meantime, as they aim to bring a striker in, the Toon Army have missed out on their first two targets, with Hugo Ekitiké instead joining Liverpool, while Benjamin Šeško’s move to Manchester United was confirmed over the weekend.

So now, could Newcastle revisit one of their long-standing targets, rather than being tempted by another available Premier League player?

Newcastle's striker search

After Chelsea signed both Liam Delap and João Pedro earlier this summer, Jason Burt of the Telegraph is reporting that Nicolas Jackson has been told he will be allowed to leave the Blues this summer, with Newcastle his ‘preferred destination’.

Meantime, similar to Isak actually, Jackson is training alone at Cobham, with Chelsea willing to sanction a sale at around £65m.

However, do the Magpies have their sights set on a different Premier League centre-forward?

Well, as reported by Simon Jones of the Daily Mail, Newcastle are ‘expected to make an improved offer’ in their attempts to sign Brentford striker Yoane Wissa.

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Earlier in the window, Newcastle saw a £25m bid rejected for the forward, who is valued at closer to £40m by the Bees, but, with the DR Congo international allegedly pushing for a move to Tyneside, could this transfer happen after all?

Why Newcastle should sign Yoane Wissa not Nicolas Jackson

Wissa was, without a doubt, one of the very best strikers in the Premier League last season.

The Brentford forward bagged 19 goals in the league, numbers comparable with the division’s very best, as the graphic below documents.

Junior Béton praised Wissa’s form as “incredible”, while manager Thomas Frank noted that “he is best as a number nine”, adding that his “remarkable” forward possesses a “nose for goals”.

Meantime, Mark Bruce of Breaking the Lines believes he is amongst the most ‘underrated’ players in the division, outlining how he has ‘shown extraordinary perseverance’ to reach the top, but is now ‘flourishing’ at Premier League level.

The question though still remains; how did he compare to Jackson?

Appearances

35

30

Minutes

2,929

2,240

Goals

19

10

Goals per 90

0.6

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Assists

5

5

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12.34

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62.32%

54.69%

Chances created

0.9

1.2

Big chances created

0.09

0.24

Big chances missed

0.52

0.76

Touches

31.4

31

Touches in the box

5.2

6.2

Average SofaScore rating

7.16

6.92

As the table documents, Wissa scored nine more goals than Jackson in the Premier League, boasting a better goals-per-90 rate as well, impressively doing so for a side that finished six places lower.

Yoane Wissa celebrates for Brentford.

The Brentford man also boasted better numbers in terms of expected goals, shooting accuracy and fewer big chances missed, while Jackson did come out on top for chances created metrics.

In conclusion, Newcastle should aim to secure Wissa’s signature, given that he’ll prove to be at least £25m cheaper than Jackson, using the saved money to bolster other areas of the squad, including defence, with Malick Thiaw poised to arrive from AC Milan for around £30m.

Bigger talent than Sesko: Newcastle offered chance to sign £65m "monster"

After Benjamin Šeško chose Manchester United, Newcastle United are now considering” a move to sign a “monster” valued at £65m by his current club.

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'Going to be generous, probably a C-minus' – Apple TV's Maurice Edu grades Mauricio Pochettino's first year as USMNT boss, wonders where Weston McKennie has been?

Mic'd Up: The former USMNT and MLS star evaluates Pochettino, raves about Alejandro Zendejas' resurgence

As a former U.S. men's national team player, Maurice Edu dislikes talking about the Americans when they fall short of expectations. He’d much rather hype them up and trash-talk to international friends as the world counts down to next year’s World Cup in the U.S., Canada, and Mexico.

Still, like many former players, pundits and fans, he understands recent frustrations, saying this team and its manager, Mauricio Pochettino, should be further along by now.

"If we didn't think anything of these players or this manager, then it would be quiet," Edu told GOAL. "You could have a poor performance and no one would notice or care… We expect more because we feel like we have a group of players and, hopefully, a manager who we feel can really help us to be where we all dream of being.

"This is a home World Cup. That's the extra 10 percent. If you control everything you can control and you work your a** off… that's the extra five to 10 percent that can take you a step further than you believe you can."

Edu, who made 46 caps for the USMNT and was part of the 2010 World Cup squad, has seen it all in a career that spanned playing for Scottish powerhouse Rangers to starring in MLS with Toronto and Philadelphia. Now an analyst for Apple TV's MLS coverage, Edu says Pochettino should prioritize building momentum with the World Cup coming.

"When the 2026 World Cup is over, we're judging this U.S. team based on how they did in the competition, right?" he said. "But to get there, you need momentum. You need to build confidence." 

Edu discusses the USMNT following their September friendlies, grades Pochettino a year into the job and asks why Weston McKennie hasn't been more involved with the national team in the latest edition of Mic'd Up, a recurring feature in which GOAL taps into the perspective of broadcasters, analysts, and other pundits on the state of soccer in the U.S. and abroad.

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GOAL: Following the September friendlies against South Korea and Japan, what was your overall assessment of the U.S.? What did you like and what are areas of improvement?

EDU: It was a mixed bag. Disappointing collective performances and individual performances. The thing that was important for this group was that they finished on a high – a win and a clean sheet against Japan. These camps are about opportunity. So if you're a guy who's been there, it's about how do you continue to reinvent yourself and continue to dry that cement that you're spot is [locked] into that group for the World Cup. If you're a new guy, a guy, like Alejandro Zendejas for example, he's a guy who's had an incredible run with Club America in Liga MX.

"Fair play to him, in a couple of interviews, he's been asked if he feels like he's been looked over or that he should be in camp – I appreciate that his response has never been "Woe is me." Never a victim mentality… When you walk away from this camp, he's the guy who made the most of this opportunity in this camp. He put himself right back in the conversation and showed that he can carry over the form that he had in Liga MX… I'm glad the results happened in the way that they did. I would I'd much prefer to end on a high note than to have started off with a win and then end the window with a loss.

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GOAL: As a former national team player, if a manager mentioned to the media that you don't necessarily need to win friendlies, how would that be taken in the locker room?

EDU: When I heard the statement, and of course that's the headline that draws you in, I'm going to assume when they're on their own and in camp, there's more nuance to that statement… I wouldn't have expected him to say that outwardly because of how the public opinion is of the national team – there's been a lot of frustration with recent results… I think the point he was getting at is ultimately this team is going to be defined by how it performs in the World Cup. But that being said, no, I want the emphasis. I want the pressure. I want the stress and the importance to be on every single game.

I saw a quote from Tyler Adams, who kind of echoed similar sentiments to what I was saying, but then also ended by saying, "But results do matter, right?" And they do matter. You can have a great performance and you can have a series of great performances, but if you're not getting the results, it makes it tricky because you can buy into a theory, buy into a mentality, buy into an approach. But it starts to seep into you when you start getting results. There's something tangible to attach to that. You can say like "Hey this performance, when you put together this kind of performance consistently, this is what you get out of it, you get the result." We live in a result-driven industry, right?… I would probably say 99 percent of us were competitors, and so the result is incredibly important to us.

GOAL: This week marked the one-year anniversary of Pochettino's hiring by U.S. Soccer. If you had to give him a grade on his performance, what would it be?

EDU: I'm usually a glass-half-full guy, and this sucks because I'll put my hand up. I was one of the people who was excited when I saw his name was even floating around that circle. To date, I would have to say, and this is going to be generous, probably a C-minus… Just look at the competitions we've been in. Nations League? We finished fourth, which is crazy. Gold Cup? We lose to a better Mexico side, a team that you could see the difference. They have the experience in those big moments. So maybe that's where he draws some of his credit, if that's the right word to use. But like that's where I maybe get the passing grade from. Because he introduced some new faces in that camp.

That's where Matt Freese won the position that he's in right now. That's where Sebastian Burhalter emerged. Chris Richards took a step forward in terms of leadership. So those kinds of details, I guess, get him to that position. But the jury is still out, right? At the same time, I wanted to see progress. There haven't been a ton of different faces that have been in this group that played in this year's Nations Leagues, compared to the three previous ones where where we won all of them, right? So, I want to see first and foremost some level of consistency. I expected momentum at this point in time and for things to be a bit more encouraging. 

GOAL: What did you make of Pochettino making a change to a three-man backline against Japan? Does the U.S. have enough defensive depth to facilitate that consistently?

EDU: I'm not going to sit here and say that's the home run and that's the system we have to go with. But what it does do is gives us a different look. It gives us some flexibility to whether it's in-game adaptations, whether it's starting with that system. But I would say from the outside, it definitely looked like it was more comfortable for the players, and it suited some of their skill sets a little bit better than the first game.

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GOAL: You mentioned the need for more consistency. One thing that's been a bit surprising is the absence of Weston McKennie. Pochettino said it was due to already knowing of him, but couldn't the same be said for guys such as Christian Pulisic, Tim Ream, Tyler Adams, who were in camp this month?

EDU: Yeah, it's a strange one because I'm similar in the thought process to you, right? And so trying to just decipher all the different words that have come out around that situation and around the team in totality is weird. You hear one part of it where it's like "Hey, I want to I want to see other guys or I want to see different faces." But if you truly think that Weston's one of the core guys, like you can still see other guys but still have him as part of that group, right? Because you want to see other guys but you want to have those other guys align with who you believe your core is, with whom you believe this team's foundational pieces are for this team. And so if you think Wes is one of those guys, then yeah, to me, it's a no-brainer that he should be there…

I am surprised. And there's other names that have been left out too, where it's like just going along that same vein of you want to see more players. I'm surprised they haven't got more looks. Tanner Tesmann hasn't been called in since the Nations League. Aidan Morris is having a pretty good season with Middlesbrough in the Championship. There's other guys that have kind of either just not had many looks, very few looks. But, you know what? I'm I'm going to hold my tongue, you know, until October and just really see if that window produces a roster that is in sync with what we expect, but also kind of a reflection of what he really, truly believes is his group.

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GOAL: Pochettino also made headlines by saying MLS can be just as competitive as some leagues in Europe. As a player who starred both in Europe and MLS, do you agree?

EDU: It's an interesting one, right? Because to me, it's about who performed for the national team, right? Diego Luna is a guy who emerged in January camp, but then in the Nations League, when it was with the European group plus MLS group, he showed his quality. I'd say Sebastian Berhalter showed well for himself during Gold Cup and kind of emerged and put his name in that conversation. Alex Freeman put his name in that conversation. So to me, it's about performing at a high level first and foremost, showing that consistency, and when you get into camp, then it's about, regardless of what club you're coming from, it's about what do you show there?

It's about what you show in those moments. Do I think that guys, if they're playing in Champions League, is that a different level of competition? For sure. I mean, the quality of play in those kinds of competitions, the pressure in every moment in every touch that you take on the pitch, does it have crucial consequences? Of course, it does. And so, I'm not going to sit here and be naive and say that MLS is the equivalent to the Premier League or the Bundesliga or anything like that. But I'm also not going to sit here and say that guys who play in MLS can't show well for themselves alongside guys who play in Europe, or can't and in some circumstances play better than those guys.

Hazlewood declared fit to replace Boland at the Gabba

Pat Cummins confirms just the one change to Australia’s XI but expects Scott Boland to play a role again

Andrew McGlashan13-Dec-2024Josh Hazlewood has been declared fit to play in the third Test against India in Brisbane with captain Pat Cummins confirming he will replace Scott Boland as the only change to Australia’s XI.Hazlewood missed Australia’s win in Adelaide due to a side strain he suffered in the opening Test in Perth with Boland taking five vital wickets across two innings in the second Test.Hazlewood underwent a couple of fitness tests during the week. With only short run-ups available in the Gabba nets and no spare centre wickets, Hazlewood went out to Allan Border Field on Thursday to bowl off his full run alongside Mitchell Starc, under the eye of bowling coach Daniel Vettori.Related

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“He’s had no hiccups,” Cummins said. “He had a really good bowl yesterday and a bowl in Adelaide a couple of days previous. The medical team are super confident.”It means that Boland, who averages 13.54 in home Tests, will again be carrying the drinks but Cummins expected him to have another opportunity across the final two matches of the series. There will likely be a debate about a horses-for-courses selection ahead of the MCG where he has an outstanding record, including the stunning 6 for 7 on debut against England, although he was overlooked against Pakistan last season.”It’s tough [leaving him out], he was fantastic in Adelaide,” Cummins said. “Unfortunately he spent quite a bit of time on the bench over the last 18 months and whenever he plays he’s fantastic. Shame for Scotty, but still a fair bit to play out in the series so I’d be surprised if he doesn’t get another crack at some point.””[We told him] it’s about preparing for the MCG because there’s a good chance we might need you. History suggests there’s always some form of natural attrition throughout a Test series. A good thing [is], he’s probably played a Test earlier in the series than he maybe thought. Showed that his standards still super high. [It’s] about trying to set him up for the last two Test matches.”Hazlewood explained on Monday that the latest injury was not “a typical side strain”, but was part of an ongoing issue he has had which has left him frustrated and searching for a solution.”You’re running in to bowl, and you just grab your hat and you’re off and you’re out for six weeks – it’s not that sort of side strain,” he said. “It’s from sort of repetitive use. It’s caused me a lot of trouble over the last few years, but [had] perfect prep this year, played the Shield game and ticked all that off.”I was very happy where I was, and it still happened. So I was pretty annoyed there for a few days. There was plenty of meetings from CA’s point of view [with] physios, doctors, all that stuff. So [we will] come up with a few options and see if we can stop it from happening again.”The fact Hazlewood has missed just one Test is likely down to him only bowling two more overs after he first felt some pain in Perth.”We’ve seen it a few times where Joshy has kind of pushed through a Test match and a little bit of soreness turns into a month or two injury,” Cummins said. “We kind of made the call it wasn’t worth the risk of keeping him bowling. Think he bowled an extra two overs leading into a tea break and said he felt okay, [but] I thought from there that’s enough.”

Chelsea verbally agree deal for £192k-a-week star but need Nkunku to leave

Chelsea have now reached a verbal agreement for one of their next potential signings of the window, but must wait for Christopher Nkunku to leave before finalising the deal.

The west Londoners are not exactly strapped for cash, and estimate that Chelsea are currently enjoying a profit margin of around £108 million when it comes to their balance sheet.

Enzo Maresca’s side have brought in around £388 million through player sales (£220m), Club World Cup prize money (£87.5m) and qualifying for the Champions League combined (£80m), with around £280 million spent on summer transfers.

This puts them in superb stead when it comes to the Premier League’s PSR laws, but they remain forced to sell players due to their pact with UEFA.

Chelsea reached an agreement with UEFA last month after breaking their separate FFP rules, and, as part of their settlement, it was agreed that BlueCo must produce a positive transfer balance by September – or risk not being able to register new players for their European A-list squad.

Essentially, Maresca’s squad must be balanced out financially with outgoings to make up for their plethora of incomings.

Chelsea are currently in talks to sign Alejandro Garnacho and Xavi Simons, according to widespread reports, so they must make headway when it comes to selling more undesired players pretty soon.

Chelsea completed exit deals for Kepa Arrizabalaga, Basir Humphreys, Noni Madueke, Marcus Bettinelli, Mathis Amougou, Djordje Petrovic, João Félix, Ishe Samuels-Smith, Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall, Armando Broja and Lesley Ugochukwu earlier in the window, but more are certain to follow.

Maresca confirmed that Nicolas Jackson isn’t part of the squad for their opening Premier League game against Crystal Palace, stating the Senegalese will be allowed to leave Cobham, while Bayern Munich are currently in talks to sign Nkunku, who’s keen to join them.

The Frenchman bagged 15 goals in all competitions last season, finishing 2024/2025 as one of their top scorers, but he struggled to earn a consistent starting place under Maresca despite some impressive showings.

Nkunku displayed flashes of his quality at the CWC too, though his future appears far away from west London, especially since his exit could “unlock” a long-awaited deal for Simons.

Chelsea reach verbal agreement to sign RB Leipzig star Xavi Simons

That is according to journalist Rudy Galetti, who wrote on X this week that Chelsea have reached a verbal agreement to sign the Dutchman.

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However, they’re currently waiting for Nkunku to leave before formalising the deal – making his exit imperative.

The 22-year-old playmaker bagged 11 goals and eight assists in all competitions across 24/25, prompting Leipzig to reward Simons with a £192,000-per-week contract – making him the highest-paid player in their history.

The former PSG ace only made his move there a permanent one in January, but if he has his way, Simons could soon become one of the Premier League’s newest stars.

KKR on breaking the bank for Venkatesh – 'All about keeping our core'

“If given the responsibility, I would be more than happy to take it on,” Venkatesh says about the KKR captaincy

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INR 23.75 crore for Venky Iyer – Moody ‘shocked’

Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) were among the two franchises – along with Rajasthan Royals (RR) – who came into the mega auction without any right-to-match (RTM) options in the bag, and they are getting close to retaining a majority of their core, although with the unexpected amount of INR 23.75 crore they shelled out for Venkatesh Iyer. But by spending a combined INR 5.60 crore on opening batters Rahmanullah Gurbaz and Quinton de Kock, the defending champions have “balanced off” after breaking the bank for Venkatesh.Along with their retentions of Rinku Singh, Varun Chakravarthy, Andre Russell, Sunil Narine, Harshit Rana and Ramandeep Singh, and by buying Anrich Nortje again, they have nine players of ten from the squad that won IPL 2024.”Auctions are this way only,” KKR CEO Venky Mysore said of splurging on Venkatesh. “At the end of the day it’s about the player you want and the type of player you want in the set-up. Of course, prices have a meaning within a certain band and so it surprises you all the time. When you have salary caps like this going up (INR 120 crore compared to 100 crore last auction), obviously [player] prices will also expand. For us it was about trying to keep our core. We’ve kept six players and brought 2-3 players back from last year. that was always the kind of thinking and as far as he (Venkatesh) is concerned we definitely did’t want to find ourselves in a situation where we may not be able to bing him back. But it always balances itself. When you look at Quinton de Kock (INR 3.60 crore) and Nortje (INR 6.50 crore) that we’ve picked, it balances off in many ways. On an overall basis, it all works out.”They’ve proven on the field what they can do. You saw in a championship year, and one year we went to the final as well, in 2021. He (Venkatesh) was highly instrumental and terrific guy in the team. He had clearly given us an ultimatum that, ‘If you don’t pick me, I will be very sad’. So we didn’t want him to be sad, and we’re also very happy.”The first day of the auction saw as many as three players bag deals of over INR 20 crore each, with two of them – former KKR captain Shreyas Iyer and Rishabh Pant – breaking the previous record of the biggest IPL deals. When asked if he was surprised by the big price tags this time as many big-name players wanted to explore the market, Mysore said, “Not really, to be honest. Players put in their base prices only, we’re the ones who are raising the paddle. It’s always a function of what the availability of the purse is and in that situation and timing what not. I still maintain that the RTM rule should have been the old rule.”

Venkatesh Iyer ‘more than happy’ to be KKR captain”I had the opportunity to captain the side in Nitish Rana’s absence when he was unfortunately injured, and I was the vice-captain as well,” Venkatesh was quoted as saying by . “I’ve always believed that captaincy is just a tag, but leadership is about creating an environment where everyone feels they can play for this team and contribute. If given the responsibility, I would be more than happy to take it on. Together, we will aim to defend the championship and continue our winning campaign.”Venkatesh became the third-most expensive buy at the IPL 2025 mega auction behind Pant and Shreyas.”To be honest, I’m at a loss for words, but I’m elated to be part of the KKR team once again,” Venkatesh said. “The KKR coach [Chandrakant Pandit] was also my coach in Madhya Pradesh. We were discussing how I felt nervous about coming back to KKR. But again, it’s a message of the franchise’s focus on winning championships and player development and how much they value its players. I’m thrilled to play for KKR again and happy they’ve shown so much confidence in me.”

عماد متعب يدافع عن تريزيجيه.. ويصرح: الأهلي كان في حاجة للفوز على الزمالك

تحدث عماد متعب نجم الأهلي السابق، عن الفوز على الزمالك، في المباراة التي أقيمت اليوم ضمن منافسات الدوري بهدفين مقابل هدف.

وقال متعب، عبر قناة أون سبورت: “مكسب مهم في توقيت مهم، كانت غرفة الملابس بحاجة إلى الفوز على الزمالك لاستعادة الهدوء”.

طالع.. رجل مباراة الأهلي والزمالك في الدوري المصري

وتابع: “طبيعي أن غرفة الملابس كانت مشحونة بالتوتر، وفي النادي أيضًا بسبب تراجع الأداء، لكن الأمور تهدأ بعد الفوز”.

وأكمل: “في الشوط الأول، سنحت لنادي الزمالك بعض الفرص، وفي الشوط الثاني ترك الاستحواذ لـ الأهلي حتى نقطة التحول ونزول حسين الشحات الذي يمتلك حلولًا فردية”.

وواصل: “محمد شريف كان يتحرك بشكل خاطئ كثيرًا، لكن في كرة الهدف الأول تحرك بشكل نموذجي، مع رؤية ممتازة وتحرك وقرار رائع من حسين الشحات”.

وأتم: “تريزيجيه يحاول فعل كل شيء في الملعب، والناس يعتقدون أنه يبالغ، لكنه يبحث عن حلول دائمًا”.

Tottenham eyeing shock move for "unbelievable" £265k-a-week Arsenal ace

Tottenham Hotspur are now eyeing a move for an “unbelievable” Arsenal player, who is attracting widespread interest from a whole host of clubs, according to a report.

Spurs dealt major blow as Gibbs-White signs new contract

Tottenham looked poised to sign Morgan Gibbs-White after triggering the £60m release in the attacking midfielder’s Nottingham Forest contract, but they have now been dealt a major blow in their pursuit of the England international.

Gibbs-White is now set to remain at the City Ground, having put pen to paper on a new deal, which will keep him at Forest for the next three years.

As such, Spurs will now have to move on to alternative targets, and Paul O’Keefe has revealed that Liverpool’s Harvey Elliott is one of the potential options.

With Richarlison now up for sale, the Lilywhites may also have to bring in a new striker this summer, and a report from Caught Offside has revealed they are keeping tabs on a Premier League forward.

Indeed, it has been revealed that Tottenham are now eyeing what would have to be considered a shock move for Arsenal’s Gabriel Jesus, with the centre-forward attracting widespread interest from all over the globe.

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A number of European sides have made contact over a deal for Jesus, while Brazilian clubs are also monitoring the situation closely, alongside Spurs’ Premier League rivals, Newcastle United.

Daniel Levy and co are yet to launch a formal offer, but negotiations could be stepped up once the Brazilian’s medical status becomes clearer, having struggled with a number of injury problems across the past three seasons.

Season

Games missed

2022-23

17

2023-24

16

2024-25

41

Jesus unlikely to cross the north London divide

The 28-year-old is likely to have fallen down the pecking order even further after the recent capture of Viktor Gyokeres, meaning he needs to move on this summer, although a move to Tottenham seems unlikely.

Only two players have moved directly from one north London club to another this century, with Sol Campbell infamously crossing the divide in 2001, before William Gallas did the same in 2010.

However, both of the aforementioned players moved on free transfers, and it is difficult to envisage Arsenal and Spurs directly doing business with each other, especially given that the £265k-a-week striker has a whole host of other potential suitors.

Having been lauded as “unbelievable” by Jamie O’Hara in the past, the 64-time Brazil international could be a solid replacement for Richarlison, but a move does not seem likely.

It would be very risky for Tottenham to bring in another injury-prone striker, and the move could be unpopular among the fanbase, so it is probably best to avoid pursuing a move for Jesus.

Fluminense deve lucrar com provável venda de João Pedro; saiba o valor

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O Fluminense pode ter uma receita inesperada em breve. De acordo com o jornalista italiano Fabrizio Romano, o atacante João Pedro, de 21 anos e atualmente no Watford (ING), vai ser negociado com o Brighton (ING). Os valores giram em torno de 30 milhões de libras (R$ 188 milhões). Deste valor, o Tricolor tem direito a cerca de R$ 13 milhões, que podem ter descontos.

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A venda do “Moleque de Xerém” foi em torno de 11,5 milhões de euros, parcelados até 2023. O LANCE! apurou em 2022 que o Fluminense ainda tem direito a 5% de mais-valia(diferença entre o valor que foi vendido ao Watford e o que os ingleses receberão na revenda). Porém,dentro desse valor existem alguns descontos e, portanto, ainda não é possível precisar a porcentagem exata. Além disso, são mais 3,5% referentes ao mecanismo de solidariedade da Fifa que entram em parcelas de acordo com o contrato.

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João Pedro foi vendido ao Watford ainda na gestão de Pedro Abad, em 2018, mas Mário Bittencourt conseguiu renegociar a transação, aumentando o valor total recebido pelo Fluminense. Em contrapartida, o limite de pagamento foi prorrogado até este ano.

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Uma das maiores promessas da base tricolor, João Pedro atuou em apenas 37 partidas com a camisa do Fluminense. O atacante marcou dez gols e deu duas assistências no curto período.

West Ham now in talks to sign £30m+ striker who wants Premier League move

Despite already welcoming Callum Wilson, West Ham United have now reportedly made contact to sign another striker target who’s keen on a move to the Premier League.

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Following a quiet start, West Ham’s summer is finally beginning to heat up. With around two weeks until deadline day arrives, the Hammers have now welcomed El Hadji Malick Diouf, Wilson, Kyle-Walker Peters, Daniel Cummings and, in their latest deal, Leicester City’s Mads Hermansen. The latter is a particularly impressive arrival and was full of anticipation after putting pen to paper.

Just how many of West Ham’s new arrivals feature in their opening day clash against Sunderland is now the big question. In a game against one of the three newly-promoted sides, the Hammers have the chance to lay down a marker against any potential relegation battle ahead of what needs to be a much improved campaign.

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Meanwhile, away from the pitch, the London club are still reportedly on the hunt for attacking reinforcements.

West Ham make contact to sign En-Nesyri

According to reports in Spain, West Ham have now opened talks to sign Youssef En-Nesyri from Fenerbahce this summer. The Turkish club reportedly value their forward at more than €40m (£35m), with negotiations now underway between themselves and the Hammers.

Of course, it’s not the first time that En-Nesyri has found himself on West Ham’s radar. Before he completed a move to Fenerbahce last season, the 28-year-old was targeted by the London club during his time at Sevilla, who won the Europa League with the Moroccan leading the line.

Now, after just one year in Turkey, En-Nesyri could finally be on his way to the Premier League and the London Stadium. As the numbers highlight too, West Ham’s interest should come as no surprise.

Minutes

2,001

370

Goals

20

0

Assists

4

0

Dubbed “exceptional” by Jose Mourinho, En-Nesyri is at the peak of his powers and would be an instant upgrade on an ageing, injury-prone Wilson.

For around £35m, the Fenerbahce star would prove to be an undeniable striker given how difficult it is to find 20-goal strikers at an affordable price in today’s market.

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