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Football Insider pundit Alan Hutton has been having his say on Leigh Griffiths’ deadline day exit from Celtic Park.

The Lowdown: Dundee move

The Hoops were extremely busy in the final hours of the summer window, with three incomings and three outgoings going through.

One of those departures was Griffiths, who, after signing a new one-year deal at Parkhead earlier in the summer, left to join Dundee on loan.

Odsonne Edouard and Ryan Christie also left, while Georgios Giakoumakis, Filipe Jota and Cameron Carter-Vickers arrived at the club.

However, it was Griffiths’ departure that had former SPL right-back Hutton baffled.

The Latest: Hutton reacts

Hutton was talking to Football Insider about Griffiths’ move on deadline day.

The 36-year-old described it as ‘very interesting’ and backed the Celtic big earner to thrive at Dundee under James McPake.

“It’s interesting. I think the whole situation surrounding Leigh is very interesting.

“We know he had his issues last season. He has been in and out. He signs a new one-year deal and then is nowhere to be seen.

“What’s going on in the background? This boy needs to play football. When match fit and playing week in, week out, he will score you goals. It’s as simple as that.

“He’s a goalscorer but he wasn’t getting the opportunity at Celtic. Whatever the reason might be, we don’t know.

“It’s a club he knows well, he’s been at Dundee before, familiar surroundings. Obviously, James McPake, the manager, has got the confidence of him coming in and scoring goals.

“He needs to play football. He’s at an age now where he doesn’t want all this nonsense behind him affecting his game.

“He just wants to play and score goals. I think this is a move which can help him do that.”

The Verdict: The right decision

It was strange that the 31-year-old signed new terms under Ange Postecoglou and departed without kicking a competitive ball this season, but it is for the best.

Postecoglou has Kyogo Furuhashi, Albian Ajeti, Giakoumakis, Jota and Liel Abada as attacking options and appears to be building for the future with youngsters Karamoko Dembele and Mikey Johnston in the squad.

Griffiths obviously wasn’t in his plans going forward as he didn’t feature, so moving him on to Dundee was the right call.

You’d expect there’s every chance that we have seen Griffiths in a Celtic shirt for the final time with his deal up in the summer, but it will be interesting to see how he gets on at Dens Park.

In other news: Another Celtic summer signing, as well as Urhoghide, isn’t impressing under Ange, says Devlin.

Celtic have now been backed to lose Odsonne Edouard before the summer transfer window ends.

The Lowdown: Edouard out?

As per Football Insider, Nice are lining up a move to sign Edouard, and the Parkhead club would be willing to listen to offers of less than £20m for their star striker.

However, as quoted by Glasgow Live, Ange Postecoglou has admitted that there is a ‘concern’ about cashing in on him, despite only having a year left on his current deal.

The Latest: Campbell on Edouard

Speaking to Football Insider, former Everton and Arsenal striker now pundit Kevin Campbell has backed the Hoops to lose Edouard before the window shuts, even going as far as to claim that it is ‘inevitable’:

“Here’s the thing, Edouard’s been touted everywhere.

“I think it will happen, it’s inevitable. If it doesn’t I think he can help his new strike partner a lot.

“He’s seen it, he’s done it. If you take him away, maybe they are a lot weaker.

“It will be interesting to see how that dynamic works, if he stays and if he goes.

“But I expect him to go before the window closes.”

The Verdict: Sell now

Given that he only has a year left on his contract, and that he has been linked with a move away, there seems to be no desire at all for Edouard to sign a new one, and so the Celts must look to cash in on him now or risk losing him for free next summer.

Of course, he is such a key player for them, scoring no fewer than 85 goals and making a further 39 assists in 176 games in total over all competitions across the last five consecutive seasons (Transfermarkt).

However, considering that he is only valued at £15.3m by Transfermarkt right now, getting close to £20m for him in the next ten days would be great business.

The Bhoys should be looking to sell the Frenchman now, so that they leave themselves enough time to replace him before the window closes.

In other news, find out who has now flown in for a Celtic medical here!

Sevilla have increased their asking price for defender Jules Kounde by €10m (£8.5m), Sky Sports journalist Michael Bridge has told Football FanCast.

Kounde is a target for Chelsea and was thought to be close to joining the European champions last week.

According to the reliable Gianluca Di Marzio, a €50m (£42.8m) deal was close to being completed. However, at the last minute, it appears that Sevilla have shifted the goalposts with their asking price.

Chelsea are in the market for a new centre-back after selling Kurt Zouma to London rivals West Ham and if they manage to end up signing Kounde before tonight’s deadline, Bridge believes the Frenchman would complete their jigsaw.

“According to the contact I’ve got at Chelsea, Sevilla just whacked on another €10m, so they’re just playing silly now,” Bridge said to FFC. “But I think he would complete Chelsea’s jigsaw.”

Zouma’s just left, Thiago Silva is turning 37 soon and Antonio Rudiger is yet to extend his contract, which expires at the end of the season, so it is easy to see why Chelsea want to sign another centre-back.

Elsewhere on the centre-half front, Andreas Christensen looks close to signing a new deal at Stamford Bridge in a more positive development.

Days after the announcement of a Twenty20 competition in North East region, Cricket Council USA (CCUSA) unveiled what it described as “the richest Twenty20 tournament in the United States”.”We will give $100,000 prize money to the winner of the UST20 Cricket Tournament ’09,” said MAQ Qureshi, the chairman and chief executive of CCUSA, adding that the event was open to clubs from anywhere in the world. “I’m sure that this tournament will bring the best cricketers in the USA and abroad to display their cricket skills and of course the opportunity to win the prize money.”The event is scheduled to be held between April 4 and 9, 2009 in Florida. Matches will be staged in Lauderhill and Delray Beach.CCUSA is one of several groups that have emerged in recent years to try to fill the void left by the inaction of the USA Cricket Association. Some, like Major League Cricket, have come and gone, and outsiders will be looking to see just how successful this event is.

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Apesar de não confirmar a equipe titular que volta a enfrentar o Danúbio em Montevidéu, no Uruguai, o técnico Ney Franco relacionou 18 jogadores para o jogo. Entre os atletas, estão cinco estreantes em competições internacionais e alguns grandes desfalques.

Everton Felipe, Evandro, Ronaldo, Fábio e Fabrício nunca atuaram em jogos fora do país pelo Rubro-Negro. A última vez que o Sport participou de uma disputa internacional foi contra o Huracán (ARG), em 2015.

A vantagem conquistada no jogo de ida, quando os pernambucanos venceram por 3 a 0, com gols de Rithely, Diego Souza e Fabrício, deixa o time confiante no mata-mata. Caso passe o Danúbio, que precisa suar para diminuir a diferença, o Sport fica aguardando o sorteio para descobrir seu novo adversário pela segunda fase da Copa Sul-Americana.

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Goleiros: Magrão e Agenor
Zagueiros: Durval, Henriquez, Matheus Ferraz e Evandro
Laterais: Mena e Raul Prata
Volantes: Neto Moura, Fabrício, Ronaldo e Rodrigo
Meias: Everton Felipe e Fábio
Atacantes: André, Rogério, Reinaldo Lenis e Paulo Henrique

Former Tottenham captain Graham Roberts reckons Hugo Lloris’ number one spot could come under threat from Pierluigi Gollini.

The Frenchman has been Spurs’ first-choice goalkeeper for the best part of his nine years in north London.

However, the club have never quite had an adequate back-up, with neither Michel Vorm nor Joe Hart putting Lloris under a considerable amount of pressure, even when mistakes were made.

But that could change following the season-long loan addition of Gollini, who’s been Atalanta’s number one for the previous three years and has played in the Champions League in the last two.

And whilst the Italian has arrived with a view to replacing Lloris once his contract expires next summer, when asked what sort of role he expects Gollini to play, Roberts told The Transfer Tavern:

“I think he will put Lloris under a little bit of pressure.”

Gollini looked confident and assured during his debut against Chelsea in pre-season, making some impressive saves.

However, he’s been signed to play in the UEFA Conference League and domestic cups, which should leave him in good stead for when Lloris moves on and he becomes first-choice in 2022-2023.

أكد سيد معوض لاعب الأهلي ومدرب منتخب مصر السابق، أن إيهاب جلال المدير الفني الحالي للفراعنة، غير مسؤول عن الأداء والنتيجة التي قدمها اللاعبون أمام غينيا.

وفاز منتخب مصر على غينيا، أمس الأحد، بهدف دون رد، في افتتاحية مشوار الفريق بمرحلة التصفيات المؤهلة إلى كأس الأمم الإفريقية 2023.

وقال معوض خلال تصريحات عبر برنامج “بوكس تو بوكس”، على قناة “etc”: “إيهاب جلال غير مسؤول عن الأداء والنتيجة التي قدمها المنتخب أمام غينيا، هذه مرحلة يجب أن نصبر فيها ومن ثم يتم الحكم سواء بالنجاح أو الفشل على أداء المنتخب”.

طالع أيضا.. علاء نبيل: لاعبو منتخب مصر سبب ضعف الأداء أمام غينيا.. ونتمنى عودة الروح

وتابع: “التغييرات الكبيرة في مدربي المنتخب خلال السنوات الأخيرة تؤكد أن هناك أزمة في التخطيط، نحن نفتقد الرؤية على المدى البعيد”.

وأضاف: “هناك اختلاف في أداء اللاعبين المصريين في الأوقات السابقة مقارنة بالوقت الحالي، من الصعب تغيير أداء الجيل الحالي في لحظة، يجب أن يتم العمل لفترات طويلة حتى يتمكن المدرب من تطوير أدائهم”.

وأوضح: “منتخب مصر لا يستمر فترة على نفس المستوى، عندما كنت مدربًا مساعدًا في الجهاز الفني، سجلنا هدفًا في مباراة كينيا بالجولة الثانية من تصفيات إفريقيا خارج الديار وقدمنا أسوأ مباراة لنا بعد ذلك”.

وواصل: “بعدها فزنا برباعية على جزر القمر في القاهرة، ما أقصده أن الجيل الحالي لا يجب تقييمه من مباراة واحدة، ولا بد من منح الجهاز الفني الحالي الفرصة كاملة للعمل وتقديم الدعم لهم”.

وأردف: “محمد صلاح وعمر جابر ثنائية جيدة في الجبهة اليمنى، لديهما تفاهم، وهما من نفس الجيل، والانتقادات التي يتعرض لها نجمنا المصري غير مبررة”.

واختتم: “لن نعلم قيمة صلاح إلا بعد اعتزاله.. سنحكي يومًا ما بأننا كنا نمتلك لاعبًا هو هداف الدوري الإنجليزي وتوّج بدوري أبطال أوروبا، كيف نحاسبه على عدم تسجيله في مباراة مع منتخب مصر أو عدم ظهوره بشكل لافت”.

Many Manchester United fans have been left to buzz as a transfer update emerged on Kieran Trippier.

As per The Daily Telegraph, the Atletico Madrid right-back is desperate for a return to the Premier League in the summer window and is waiting to see if the Old Trafford faithful make a new bid for him.

Two other clubs in the top flight have shown an interest in signing Trippier, but his preference is to join Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’s team.

The England international would be an upgrade on Aaron Wan-Bissaka in an attacking sense, having made more assists and averaged more key passes (1.2), crosses (1.2) and long balls (2.4) per game in their respective domestic leagues during the 2020/21 season (Whoscored).

Trippier already knows English football well too having played for both Burnley and Tottenham Hotspur previously, and at 28, he is of a good age to make one final big move in his footballing career.

Manchester United fans on Trippier transfer update

These Red Devils buzzed as the transfer update was shared on Twitter:

“What a transfer window this is becoming”

Credit: @UTDCJ_

“Yes please let’s goo”

Credit: @ChoteyMamu

“United pull is real”

Credit: @squirrIex

“Need him ASAP Wan-Bissaka is a liability”

Credit: @united_mufc5

“Please be true”

Credit: @JoeJuniorr

“Sancho, Varane and now Trippier…. just wow…”

Credit: @Zimam_Faqih

In other news, find out why Fabrizio Romano’s transfer update has MUFC supporters buzzing here!

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Nesta quarta-feira, às 21h45, chega ao fim a primeira fase do Campeonato Paulista. O último compromisso do São Paulo antes do mata-mata é em São Bernardo do Campo, no estádio 1º de Maio, com o objetivo de vencer e secar o Linense diante do Corinthians para avançar na primeira posição do Grupo B. Se isso acontecer, o Tricolor decidirá as quartas de final com o próprio Linense no Morumbi. Já o São Bernardo entrará em campo pela sobrevivência na elite do Estadual. Se vencer, o Tigre ainda precisará torcer por tropeços de um dos quatro times a sua frente para não ser rebaixado: Red Bull Brasil (Ituano), Ferroviária (Botafogo), Santo André (Audax) e São Bento (Mirassol).

Local: 1º de Maio, em São Bernardo do Campo (SP)
Árbitro: Vinicius Gonçalves Dias Araújo
Auxiliares: Herman Brumel Vani eBruno Salgado Rizo
Onde acompanhar: Premiere e tempo real do LANCE!

SÃO BERNARDO: Daniel, Eduardo, Anderson Conceição, João Francisco e Vinicius Kiss; Geandro, Rafael Costa e Fellipe Mateus; Walterson, Edno e Marcinho. Técnico: Sérgio Vieira.

SÃO PAULO (técnico: Rogério Ceni)

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Desfalques do São Bernardo: Paulo Henrique e Paulo Marcelo
Pendurados:Vinicius Kiss, João Francisco, Paulo Henrique e Rafael Costa

Desfalques do São Paulo: Sidão (lombalgia), Bruno (entorse no tornozelo direito), Lucas Fernandes (estiramento na coxa esquerda), Wellington Nem (suspenso), Buffarini, Cueva e Pratto (seleções)
Pendurados: Cícero, Bruno, Breno e Lugano

Palpites: Na redação do LANCE!, 40% dos palpites apontaram para vitória do São Paulo e 60% para um empate.

The Hampshire Academy are Southern Electric Premier League, Division 2 champions after pulling off their version of the Great Escape – and sending gallant Trojans down – at Stoneham Lane.Requiring only two points to clinch the title, the Young Hawks were staring an unexpected defeat in the face when Jamie Donaldson (5-25) and Paul Douglas (3-28) sent them crashing to 8-5 and then 26-6.But a lower-order revival, initiated by Mitchell Stokes (26) and Ian Hilsum (24), and driven by a timely 44 not out by David Griffiths, lifted the Academy to a match-winning 132 all out.”Some of the shot selection early on was poor, but Trojans bowled pretty well,” reflected Academy skipper Tony Middleton.”It was a great fightback by the lads. The lowerorder batted patiently and used their brains.”Trojans, in a last-ditch bid to stave off relegation, got away to a flying start, but began to falter when Mario Mohammed was run-out, unwisely taking on Tony Middleton’s arm from the boundary.In between a brace by Lawrie Prittipaul (2-12), Trojans progressed to 48-1 through Simon Williams (21) and Donaldson (20) … only to lose four wickets for nine runs.The Academy spinners seized the initiative, with Ian Hilsum (4-21) removing the dangerous Donaldson before cutting through the tail to end Trojans gallant resistance at 112.The Academy’s 20-run win lifts the Young Hawks into the top tier of Premier League cricket next season – and sentences Trojans to a year in Division 3.