A primeira semana de trabalhos sob o comando de Paulo Sousa se encerrou no último sábado, sendo que o grupo principal do Flamengo folga neste domingo. E, profissional de confiança do técnico português, o preparador físico Antonio Gómez, recém-chegado, compartilhou as suas ótimas impressões iniciais após os trabalhos no Ninho do Urubu:
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– Semana 1. Agradeço o carinho da Nação desde a nossa chegada. Flamengo é diferente de tudo! Seguimos trabalhando com muita dedicação, empenho e humildade.Agradeço também a receptividade dos profissionais do Flamengo. Estrutura física e humana fantástica. Seguimos! É só o começo.
Semana 1. Agradeço o carinho da Nação desde a nossa chegada. Flamengo é diferente de tudo! Seguimos trabalhando com muita dedicação, empenho e humildade.
Agradeço também a receptividade dos profissionais do Flamengo. Estrutura física e humana fantástica. Seguimos! É só o começo. pic.twitter.com/DpaYvbmlg8
— Antonio Gómez (@antoniogomez08) January 16, 2022
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Com passagens por Liverpool e Barcelona, além de outros clubes europeus, o preparador espanhol “puxou” o treino de ontem, focado no aprimoramento físico com bola no gramado em sua primeira parte da atividade (veja mais aqui).
O elenco do Flamengo se reapresenta na manhã desta segunda-feira no CT, onde os jogadores almoçarão e treinarão à tarde também.
Chelsea have been offered the chance to sign a £70 million PSG star for head coach Enzo Maresca, as intermediaries reach out for talks with the Blues ahead of 2025 and amid their internal debate over whether to sign a new forward.
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Despite Nicolas Jackson’s scintillating start to the new Premier League season, reliable reports out of Stamford Bridge have claimed that Chelsea bosses are still pondering whether to bring in a new number nine as early as January.
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Chelsea did attempt to sign Victor Osimhen from Napoli during the latter stages of the summer window, but neither them nor Saudi side Al-Ahli could strike a deal for the Nigerian, who ended up signing for Turkish Süper Lig side Galatasaray on a season-long loan deal.
Osimhen’s Serie A Statistics 2023/24
Appearances
25
Goals
15
Assists
3
Shots Per 90
3.86
Key Passes Per 90
1.05
Successful Take-Ons Per 90
0.73
Osimhen’s contract includes a rumoured break clause, though, which would hand Chelsea and certain other sides the chance to strike a mid-season deal for him in January and take him away from the far east of Europe.
Ex-Chelsea midfielder John Obi-Mikel recently spoke of the 25-year-old’s desire to make a move to west London in the summer, so perhaps another swoop for Osimhen is doable in 2025.
“I know what Victor wanted, I know what the club offered him, I know where we got to, we finally got to a compromise, both sides had to compromise, I was just some little things here and there, paperwork, medical, and a few issues we just couldn’t get over the line and we didn’t have much time,” said Obi-Mikel.
“Both sides really played their part in terms of getting the deal done, and I commend Chelsea for that because I can see their ambition of where they want to take this club now and also on Victor’s side, how much he really wanted to come to the club.”
If a transfer cannot be done for the former Lille sensation, there are other options. Journalist Simon Phillips says the likes of Liam Delap, Benjamin Sesko, Viktor Gyokeres, Victor Boniface and Evan Ferguson are on Chelsea’s transfer shortlist, but now they also have an opportunity to strike a deal for PSG striker Randal Kolo Muani.
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According to The Boot Room, Chelsea have been offered Kolo Muani by intermediaries, as they are reaching out for talks with Premier League sides.
PSG boss Enrique has personally made it clear that he would be happy for the Frenchman to move on, and it is believed Chelsea are among the English teams to have been spoken to about a possible January deal, alongside the likes of Manchester City, Manchester United, Arsenal, Aston Villa and Newcastle.
The Ligue 1 champions signed Kolo Muani from Eintracht Frankfurt in the summer of 2023 for around £70 million, and while he has struggled at club level, the 25-year-old remains a regular for France at international level.
It is unclear just how much PSG would want for the player, but perhaps this is a situation which Chelsea could look to take advantage of.
One bad afternoon aside, Liverpool have been brilliant under Arne Slot this season. The Dutchman inherited a top-class squad from Jurgen Klopp, who had run out of energy after crafting an illustrious dynasty, but the Reds certainly weren’t infallible.
Liverpool were pulled from the title race last season by a wretched run of Premier League form throughout April, with eventual champions in the Europa League, Atalanta, and FA Cup, Manchester United, defeating the Anfield side en route to gold.
Klopp did end his tenure with a vicarious campaign in the Carabao Cup, but there is plenty for this Liverpool side still to give under new leadership, with some players excitingly going from strength to strength.
Let’s take a look at two of the best.
Luis Diaz & Ibrahima Konate for Liverpool in 2023/24
Luis Diaz has been a revelation this season. Across five Premier League matches, the Colombian winger has scored five fine goals and claimed one assist.
Luis Diaz: Premier League Comparison
Stats (*per game)
23/24
24/25
Matches (starts)
37 (32)
5 (5)
Goals
8
5
Assists
5
1
Touches*
43.8
42.4
Shots (on target)
2.5 (0.9)
2.6 (1.6)
Pass completion
85%
90%
Key passes*
1.8
1.6
Ball recoveries*
3.4
3.6
Dribbles (completed)*
1.8
2.0
Tackles + interceptions*
1.0
1.6
Total Duels won*
4.6
4.6
Stats via Sofascore
He started fast last term but after bagging in both of Liverpool’s opening fixtures scored just one goal and assist apiece over the subsequent 18 matches.
His underlying numbers from last year are not too dissimilar to those of the opening weeks, but there’s little question that he is proving to be far more effective and deadly with his attacking involvements.
He’s not the only one enjoying an exciting resurgence. Ibrahima Konate has been immense in Liverpool’s backline this season, scoring at the San Siro in the Champions League last week and blending technique with titanic defensive resolve in the English top flight.
As per Sofascore, the France international has won 77% of his duels in the league across his five appearances, also completing 91% of his passes and placing a gorgeous assist for Diaz’s opening goal against Bournemouth last weekend.
He’s been a beast of a defender since signing for the Merseysiders from RB Leipzig when his £36m release clause was met in 2021. Still only 25 years old, Konate has completed 96 matches for the outfit but ebbed and flowed from form last term.
Indeed, he fell by the wayside as Liverpool’s carriage also toppled under Klopp in 2024, with The Athletic’s James Pearce commenting on his “dreadful” displays. He was one of the chief culprits as Crystal Palace defeated Liverpool at Anfield in April, which is what Pearce was commenting on.
Liverpool defender Ibrahima Konate looks dejected
Pundit Jamie Carragher hurled criticism at the talent toward the backend of last season too, saying: “Konate’s been so poor of late, really poor. Liverpool need to buy a centre-back in the summer.”
Liverpool, as we all know, didn’t buy a new centre-half in the summer but Konate is proving – so far – that he has what it takes to partner Virgil van Dijk with steel and authority throughout the duration of the campaign.
He’s had mixed luck on the injury front at Liverpool but Konate has been Hercules-esque across these opening couple of months and is an indispensable member of the starting line-up right now.
Both players are enjoying fine a resurgence and will be eager to pen lucrative new deals to reflect their importance at the heart of Slot’s project. After all, Kostas Tsimikas, for example, takes home a heftier pay packet.
Why Liverpool should get rid of Kostas Tsimikas
Liverpool signed Tsimikas from Greek side Olympiakos for a shrewd fee of about £12m in 2020, meaning that the left-back was recruited for the recently-crowned Premier League champions in an attempt to bolster the high-flying existing options.
Liverpool left-back Kostas Tsimikas.
He’s never quite established himself, though has played an important role throughout the later phase of Klopp’s tenure. Indeed, the 28-year-old has played 90 times for Liverpool and has assisted 17 goals, which stands at an average rate of 0.19 per match.
For reference, Trent Alexander-Arnold’s career assist rate for Liverpool is 0.26 per game, so Tsimikas knows a thing or two about playmaking, have no doubt.
As per FBref, he actually ranks among the top 2% of full-backs across Europe’s top five leagues over the past year for assists, the top 6% for shot-creating actions, the top 7% for passes attempted and the top 9% for progressive passes per 90.
But it’s not all about assisting the forwards. He’s solid but unspectacular, and given that Andy Robertson is now 30 years old and Liverpool have been linked with a new left-back for some time, it would be much more wise to sell the Greece native and allow Robertson to compete with whoever is – possibly – brought in to strengthen Slot’s unit.
Tsimikas signed a new contract with Liverpool one year ago today that extends his service on Merseyside to 2027. It means that the second-choice left-back is now earning £75k per week, documented as more than the earnings of both Diaz and Konate.
Indeed, Konate, who has entered the penultimate year of his one and only signed deal with Liverpool, earns £70k per week, with the £55k-per-week Diaz also yet to extend the deal that saw him move from Porto in January 2022.
This is not a… concern for the Reds, but Liverpool need to rise to another level if they wish to keep pace with Manchester City and Arsenal at the summit of English football. Tsimikas is not unexpendable, with transfer insider Dean Jones revealing last October that Liverpool were assessing their options despite recently tying him down to new terms.
Described “woeful” by reporter James Dodd last season, perhaps it’s time for something new. With prominent stars like the aforementioned still earning less than Tsimikas, something needs to change.
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Leeds United failed to earn promotion back to the Premier League at the first time of asking with a 1-0 defeat to Southampton at Wembley in the play-off final in May.
They had finished third in the Championship table, just shy of Ipswich Town and Leicester City in the automatic promotion places, but failed to get over the line in the post-season tournament.
The Whites then lost several of their key players from the 2023/24 campaign, as Archie Gray, Crysencio Summerville, Georginio Rutter, and Glen Kamara all moved on from Elland Road.
Daniel Farke was able to dip into the market, though, to sign Largie Ramazani, Joe Rothwell, Alex Cairns, Joe Rodon, Jayden Bogle, Ao Tanaka, Isaac Schmidt, and Manor Solomon to bolster his options across the pitch.
The German head coach also made an addition to the team without making a new signing by bringing Brenden Aaronson back into the group, after his spell out on loan, and has struck gold with the USA international.
Brenden Aaronson's pre-Farke Leeds career
Jesse Marsch swooped to sign the attacking midfielder from RB Salzburg for a reported fee of £24.7m in the summer of 2022 and he endured a difficult debut year in England.
The move came after a return of 13 goals and 15 assists in 66 appearances for the Austrian giants, including two assists in eight Champions League outings.
Aaronson did not do enough on the pitch to justify his price tag at Leeds, though, and his struggles on the pitch contributed to the club's eventual relegation from the Premier League in the 2022/23 campaign.
Appearances
36
Goals
1
Assists
3
Ground duel success rate
43%
Aerial duel success rate
17%
As you can see in the table above, the 23-year-old dud only produced four direct goal contributions despite featuring in all bar two of the top-flight matches.
One goal in 36 outings, which came in his third league appearance against Chelsea, shows that he did not offer much of a goal threat for the Whites.
The American flop was dubbed a "lightweight" by pundit Jon Newsome when speaking to BBC Radio Leeds in February 2023 of that season, which is backed up by the statistics above as he lost the majority of his duels on the deck and in the air.
He did not provide enough at the top end of the pitch, with a lack of goals and assists, and was a liability out of possession, as defenders found it far too easy to get the better of him.
Put simply, the £24.7m-rated flop could not adapt to the quality or the physicality of the top division in England and his issues were amplified by playing in a struggling Leeds team that ended up being relegated.
Aaronson's German loan struggles
Aaronson did not opt to stick around for the club's first season back in the Championship, and made the decision to join Union Berlin on loan for the 2023/24 campaign.
Leeds midfielder Brenden Aaronson.
The former Salzburg star had the chance to play Champions League football with the German side but did not enjoy his appearances in the competition.
He featured in all six of their group matches and failed to contribute with a single goal or assist as his team ended the group with zero wins under their belt.
Appearances
30
Goals
2
Big chances created
4
Assists
2
Duel success rate
45%
As you can see in the table above, Aaronson, as was the case in the Premier League, rarely made an impact at the top end of the pitch for Union.
Across the 2022/23 and 2023/24 campaigns combined, the midfielder scored three goals and provided five assists in 66 top-flight matches in the Bundesliga and the Premier League.
This highlights his struggles in the final third over the last two years and shows why some may not have expected him to return to Yorkshire to play a key role this season.
Farke has struck gold with Aaronson
Farke has since revealed that the decision to send the playmaker out on loan was made before his arrival at Elland Road to replace Sam Allardyce last summer.
After his dismal spell in the Premier League under Marsch, Javi Gracia, and Allardyce, the youngster may have wanted a fresh start and to get away from his problems on the pitch, but – 12 months on – he has made his return.
The German head coach decided this summer that the USA international will be a part of his first-team squad at Elland Road this season and, so far, it has proved to be a masterstroke as the midfielder has made himself undroppable.
He almost made the perfect return to competitive action at Elland Road on the opening day with a late strike to secure a 3-3 draw with Portsmouth, albeit there was a chance for him to score a second and win the game that went begging shortly after.
The right-footed wizard was made to come off the bench against West Brom in the 0-0 draw after the clash with Pompey but has started the last two games and caught the eye with his displays.
In two starts against Sheffield Wednesday and Hull, Aaronson has produced one goal, three key passes, and three successful dribbles, to go along with a pass accuracy of 89%.
He has provided a dynamic and relentless presence in the number ten position with his reliable and creative passing, progressive dribbling skills, and an eye for goal.
The American gem ranks within the top 90.8% of his positional peers in the Championship for goals per 90 (0.81) and the top 76.1% for pass accuracy (85.9%), which speaks to his quality in front of goal and his reliability in general play.
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This is why the young whiz is now undroppable for Farke, as he has been sublime since coming in as a starter, and that is why the German coach has struck gold by bringing him back to the club this summer.
Mikel Arteta personally "dreams" of bringing a £68 million forward to Arsenal, and it is believed the Spaniard is plotting a unique bid to sign him.
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It's been a hectic week at London Colney, as Arteta and his coaching staff prepare for their all-important North London Derby clash away to Tottenham on Sunday.
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Arsenal look set to be without Mikel Merino, Declan Rice and Martin Odegaard for their trip to Spurs, giving the Gunners a real selection headache.
Arsenal's next five Premier League games
Date
Tottenham (away)
September 15
Man City (away)
September 22
Leicester City (home)
September 28
Southampton (home)
October 5
Bournemouth (away)
October 19
It is believed Arteta is planning to use Raheem Sterling as a false-nine against Tottenham, dropping Kai Havertz back into midfield, as they also sweat on Riccardo Calafiori's fitness after the defender picked up a calf injury on international duty.
While supporters anxiously wait for official injury updates ahead of Spurs, some very good news has at least come out of the club today. Indeed, widespread reports claim Arteta has just agreed a new three-year contract with Arsenal, which will keep him at the club until 2027.
The Spaniard's current deal was set to expire at the end of this season, prompting some concern over Arteta's long-term future, but Arsenal no longer have to worry about retaining their manager as they continue to work together for the foreseeable.
Arteta is rumoured to have a big say on Arsenal transfers and regularly holds internal discussions with sporting director Edu Gaspar over whom to bring in. Now that the 42-year-old has committed his future to the club, it is believed there is one player in particular very high on his wishlist.
Arteta "dreams" of signing Inter Milan striker Marcus Thuram
According to Inter Live, Nerazzurri striker Marcus Thuram is seriously wanted by Arteta. The Frenchman has started 2024/2025 in fine form, scoring four goals over his opening three Serie A starts of the new season, following up a 23/24 campaign where he bagged 13 goals and seven assists in Serie A alone.
This form has not gone unnoticed in London, as it is claimed Arteta "dreams" of signing Thuram for Arsenal, and he is even prepared to offer striker Gabriel Jesus plus a substantial amount of money in a player-plus-cash bid.
It is unclear whether the Serie A champions would entertain such an offer, but other reports have stated that Inter value Thuram at no less than £68 million. The former Borussia Monchengladbach forward has averaged an impressive 3.7 shots at goal per 90 so far this season, and a very high match rating of 8.27 according to WhoScored.
Since Unai Emery took over at Aston Villa, they have quickly implemented a higher line in defence, often described as an “offside trap”. The unity of the backline, communication for timing, and recovery pace are all important to successfully implement this principle effectively.
Last season, Villa conceded 61 goals in the Premier League, 15 more than they conceded in the 2022/23 season, which started under the management of Steven Gerrard, before being taken over by Emery.
Aston Villa'sPauTorresin action with Hibernian's Josh Campbell
One of Villa's most important defenders was new signing Pau Torres, who made 39 appearances in all competitions, scoring two goals, providing one assist, and contributing to ten clean sheets in his 3,211 minutes played.
That said, he's been joined in the backline by a player whose stock is now rising significantly, particularly after an impressive cameo at Euro 2024.
How much Villa signed Ezri Konsa for
Ezri Konsa was signed for £12m from Brentford back in 2019, with Dean Smith considering the 21-year-old at the time a key target due to his "high potential".
Konsa made 47 appearances for Brentford, scoring one goal and contributing to 12 clean sheets in his 4,173 minutes played.
Smith happened to be in charge at Brentford during the 2018/19 season, before being sacked in October, which saw the ever-impressive Thomas Frank take charge. However, this short time working with Konsa was enough to convince him of his talent, bringing him to Villa a year later and subsequently hailing him as a "a Rolls-Royce of a player".
Ezri Konsa
Since joining Villa, Konsa has gone from strength to strength, making 191 appearances for the club in all competitions, scoring seven goals and providing two assists while playing in a few different positions, chiefly at centre-back and right-back.
Ezri Konsa's transfer value in 2024
When joining the club back in 2019, Transfermarkt only valued Konsa at a measly £3m, despite being signed for a £12m fee at only 21 years of age.
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191 Aston Villa appearances later, plus breaking into the England squad, competing at the Euros, and achieving eight caps so far for his country, Konsa's value has risen significantly according to Football Transfers, now valued at £33m.
Passes Attempted
63.9
66.4
68.6
Pass Completion %
91.9%
87.4%
89.3%
Progressive Carries
1.10
1.60
0.19
Progressive Passes
3.97
4.85
2.98
Passes into Final Third
4.02
5.43
3.84
Passes into Pen Area
0.39
0.37
0.23
Tackles
1.46
1.01
1.24
Interceptions
0.70
0.50
0.48
Aerials Won
0.94
0.89
1.20
Compared to Villa's other central defenders, Konsa ranks best for defensive actions per 90, averaging 1.46 tackles compared to the 1.01 per 90 of Torres, and the 1.24 per 90 of Carlos. He also averages 0.70 interceptions per 90, more than both of his main competitors for a starting berth.
Diego Carlos in Premier League action for Aston Villa.
Konsa also proves to be the most secure on the ball, with the highest pass completion of the trio. However, Torres is the more progressive of the three, averaging 4.85 progressive passes per 90, and 5.43 passes into the final third on average.
Carlos only betters Torres and Konsa in one of the metrics analysed, and that is aerials won, winning 1.20 per 90, compared to the 0.94 of Konsa, and 0.89 of Torres.
ezri-konsa-aston-villa
As Konsa continues to go from strength to strength, it is obvious why his value continues to peak, especially since making the England squad, and competing in European football with Villa, further showcasing his qualties on and off the ball.
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Five members of the touring South Africa Emerging Women’s side have tested positive for Covid-19 in Sylhet late on Monday before they left for Dhaka.The players have undergone another round of testing, the results of which will be available later on Tuesday. If the members return positive, they might have to stay in isolation for 14 days in Dhaka or until they are tested negative for Covid-19. The rest of the contingent, including the support staff, who have tested negative on Monday, flew out of Dhaka early on Tuesday.The Civil Aviation Authority of Bangladesh had announced on Sunday that international flights will be suspended for a week from April 14 with the commencement of the hard lockdown in the country. As a result, the visitors had to depart early, cancelling their last game in the five-match one-day series scheduled for Tuesday. South Africa had reached Dhaka on Monday afternoon from Sylhet after playing four one-day matches against the Bangladesh Emerging Women’s team.The series, which began on April 4, was held behind closed doors in bio-secure environment due to an upsurge in Covid-19 cases. The visiting team had arrived in Bangladesh on March 29.
Hardik Pandya is inching closer to his goal of bowling “in all games at the T20 World Cup”, with his team-mate in Sri Lanka, Suryakumar Yadav, confirming that the allrounder has been sending down more and more deliveries in training ahead of the limited-overs series.”He did bowl in the England series [at home earlier this year]. I was part of it – in all the T20 games, he bowled,” Yadav said ahead of the series. “In the decider ODI also he bowled when the team was in a crunch situation, so it was good.Related
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“I think that the team management and Hardik knew their responsibilities really well, so they were taking a call. Here, in the intra-squad game, he did bowl in the nets. He is bowling. It is his and the team management’s call how they want to go about it. But yes, he is bowling and it is a very good sign.”Pandya was not picked for India’s long Test tour of England, which included the World Test Championship final, as part of the long-term project to get him to full bowling fitness following back surgery. As Yadav pointed out, Pandya did bowl in some of the games against England, but not for the Mumbai Indians in IPL 2021, which was pushed back after 29 matches following reports of multiple Covid-19 cases among the teams.Pandya last played a Test in 2018, in England. His utility, particularly in overseas Tests, has been recognised but for that, he has to be in full bowling capacity. For now, Pandya is focussed solely on the T20 World Cup later this year.”I started bowling in the IPL and my focus is on the World Cup,” Pandya said in a chat with last month. “I want to make sure that I will be able to bowl in all the games at the World Cup. I am just trying to be smart and make sure that I don’t miss that. On the bowling front, what matters is how fit I am.”Even after my surgery, I didn’t drop my pace. I was not able to drop my control. My bowling is related to my fitness. The fitter I get, the better it comes out. As a fast-bowling allrounder, I tend to get injuries. It is bound to happen and I am okay with it.”For India, I have realised that my bowling brings a lot of difference because the balance changes. In IPL, I am lucky to have a franchise where there is so much love that I was able to pick my batting and make sure that for India, I am able to be at my best. I have to make sure I am fit to be able to bowl and if I bowl, that brings balance to the side.”
أدلى شريف عبد المنعم، نجم الأهلي السابق، بتصريحات نارية حول قرار لاعب المارد الأحمر، بالرحيل، عبر فيها عن استيائه من طريقة تعامل الأخير مع ملف رحيله.
وينتهي عقد أكرم توفيق لاعب الأهلي، بنهاية الموسم الجاري، ويحق له التوقيع لأي نادٍ آخر خلال شهر يناير الجاري، وفقًا للوائح الاتحاد الدولي لكرة القدم “فيفا”، وسط أنباء تؤكد قراره بالرحيل ورفض التجديد بالمبلغ الذي عُرض عليه من قبل الإدارة، بسبب عرض آخر مُغر من الدوري القطري.
وقال شريف عبد المنعم في تصريحات عبر برنامج “اللعبة الحلوة”، على إذاعة “أون سبورت إف إم”، ردًا على سؤال: رأيك في قرار أكرم توفيق بالرحيل عن الأهلي؟ ليُجيب: “ماذا قدم للأهلي؟ أعطني أمارة يا أكرم على أي أساس.. هل الرجولة؟ تعرضت لإصابة باثنين صليبي والنادي وقف بجانبك، وبعد ذلك تقول أنا وأنا وتتحدث بهذه اللغة؟ بالسلامة، الأهلي وقف بجانبك كان عليك أن تقول للنادي تصرفوا كما تريدون”.
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وأشار: “أحمد سيد زيزو عندما وصلت له عروض خارجية، طلب التجديد لنادي الزمالك، ولم يُقرر الرحيل من تلقاء نفسه، والإدارة جلست معه لمناقشة الأمر، لكن لم يقل أنا وأنا ورحل”.
وشدد: “(في ناس حفيت عشان تخرج من الأهلي بشكل شيك وكرامة)، لأن الأهلي أساس كل شيء، أنا لا أكره له أن يرحل بسبب أنه سيتقاضى 90 مليونًا، لكن أختلف مع لغة الحوار”.
واختتم: “الأهلي يعمل حسابًا لأي لاعب طوال العمر، فكان لا يجب أن تأتي في توقيت الجميع يُنادي بالصفقات وأنت ترحل، إن الأهلي يشتريك بالغالي فكان لا بد أن تضع هذا في رأسك، الأهلي لا يبيع أبنائه، هل باع النادي محمد عبد المنعم؟”.
Celtic are yet to make their first signing of the summer transfer window, which officially opened for business last month, but it is not through a lack of trying.
BBC Sport recently reported that the Scottish Premiership champions had an offer rejected for Ireland international Adam Idah, who spent the second half of last season on loan at Parkhead.
The outlet claimed that the Hoops submitted a bid that was worth between £4m and £5m for the 23-year-old attacker, but that was not enough to tempt Norwich City to cash in on the forward.
It now remains to be seen whether or not the Bhoys will go back in with an improved effort to sign the 6 foot 3 marksman, after his impressive spell in Glasgow last term.
However, Celtic do already have a striker who they have hit gold with and Brendan Rodgers could look to extract more from Kyogo Furuhashi, who is currently worth more than Idah.
How much Adam Idah is currently worth
HITC have reported that the Canaries are looking for a fee in the region of £8m to allow their academy graduate to move on from Carrow Road, which could be twice as much as Celtic offered for him if their offer was at the lower end of the £4-5m range.
That valuation has come off the back of Idah's impressive performances in the Premiership for the Scottish giants during the second half of last term.
23/24 Premiership
Adam Idah
Appearances
15
Starts
5
Goals
8
Big chances missed
7
Assists
2
Stats via Sofascore
As you can see in the table above, the right-footed dynamo plundered an exceptional ten direct goal contributions in 15 appearances, despite starting just eight games.
Celtic struck gold with Kyogo Furuhashi
The Hoops already have a centre-forward who is currently worth more than him, though, as Football Insider reported earlier this summer that the club value Kyogo at a whopping £25m.
That is a staggering 433% increase on the £4.6m they reportedly paid to sign the attacker from Vissel Kobe in 2021, which shows that Ange Postecoglou struck gold by bringing the Japan international to Parkhead as his value has skyrocketed.
It also shows that he is currently valued at a considerably higher fee than the £8m wanted by Norwich for Idah, and that may be down to the goalscoring potential he has.
Premiership
22/23
23/24
Appearances
36
38
Goals
27
14
Big chances missed
16
24
Conversion rate
31%
14%
Assists
2
5
Stats via Sofascore
As you can see in the table above, Kyogo struggled in front of goal last season with ten more 'big chances' missed than goals scored in the Premiership.
However, the 29-year-old star's form during the 2022/23 campaign under Postecoglou shows that the quality is there for him to be a prolific scorer in Scotland, which means that all hope is not lost for him at Parkhead.
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If Celtic fail to agree a deal with Norwich for Idah, Rodgers must do everything possible to get Kyogo back to his lethal best in the top-flight to reinforce that the Hoops struck gold when they snapped him up three years ago.