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Everton could be smart to consider signing Mykhaylo Mudryk as a replacement for Anthony Gordon if he leaves Goodison Park, Kevin Campbell has told Goodison News.

The lowdown

New Chelsea owner Todd Boehly is a big fan of Gordon and tried to convince then-Blues manager Thomas Tuchel to get behind the prospective signing in the summer. The west London club reportedly made a bid of £60m for the young English attacker, such was their desperation to land him.

Simon Phillips recently told GiveMeSport that he ‘fully’ expects another push from Chelsea in January or next summer, with the player’s ‘head turned’.

Meanwhile, Kevin Thelwell and co saw a bid rejected for Shakhtar winger Mudryk during the summer transfer window, and 90min’s Graeme Bailey claims that the Toffees scouted the 21-year-old in last month’s Hampden Park clash between Ukraine and Scotland.

The latest

Campbell, who played for Everton between 1999 and 2005, reckons that Mudryk is ‘further along the line development-wise’ than the current Toffees winger. The 52-year-old added that, from that point of view, there might actually be a case for recruiting the Ukrainian as Gordon’s successor if necessary.

Campbell told Goodison News: “That wouldn’t be the worst move ever would it? A full international player who’s been doing it in the Champions League, who needs a stage. 

“He needs a stage, and probably you could say in his development he’s ahead of Gordon as a young player. Because he’s been playing top level Champions League football, he’s a full international for Ukraine etc. 

“So you can say that he’s one who is further along the line development-wise, and getting the right type of player in is very important for Everton.”

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The verdict

Campbell does have a point. Mudryk, dubbed ‘different class’ by journalist Andrew Dickson, has now played eight matches in the Champions League, scoring twice and providing two assists, while Gordon hasn’t been tested at continental level just yet, save for a fleeting two-minute Europa League cameo in 2017.

While the Ukrainian has also won eight senior caps for his country, his counterpart at Everton has yet to break into the Three Lions squad, having represented the under-21s in the most recent international break.

If Chelsea sign Gordon, they would perhaps regard him as a player for the future, rather than placing too much emphasis on his immediate contribution.

On the other hand, Everton may view Mudryk as someone who can put up competitive numbers straight away, so Campbell’s standpoint is quite justified.

talkSPORTtalkSPORT’s Mark Goldbridge has been reacting to the news of Manchester United boss Erik ten Hag receiving the Premier League Manager of the Month award for September.

The Lowdown: Four in a row

The 52-year-old appears to have steadied the ship at Old Trafford after back-to-back league defeats to Brighton and Brentford at the beginning of the season.

The Red Devils are currently on a four-match winning run in the top flight, with wins over Liverpool and Southampton in August preceding victories over Leicester and Arsenal at the beginning of last month.

Ten Hag won the award ahead of Tottenham’s Antonio Conte and Bournemouth caretaker boss Gary O’Neil, with United’s Marcus Rashford winning the Player of the Month accolade.

The Latest: Goldbridge reacts

Taking to Twitter, Goldbridge said that Ten Hag winning the award ‘in only his second month is massive’.

The United Stand presenter gushed: “Ten Hag getting Premier League MOTM in only his second month here is MASSIVE! Pep, Klopp, Conte, Arteta & many others to compete with. Love it” And to think most ‘experts’ wanted Poch”.

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The Verdict: Good signs

United should go into this afternoon’s Manchester derby full of confidence, knowing that a win at the Etihad Stadium would take them into the top four.

That should be the minimum target for the club, especially with Ten Hag seemingly getting his message across to the squad in recent weeks.

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There have been plenty of promising signs under the Dutchman, and he’ll be hoping that the manager of the month curse doesn’t strike during October, with the Red Devils set to play five Premier League fixtures this month.

They don’t come much bigger than the one which awaits at 2pm…

Glasgow Rangers podcaster Heart & Hand have reacted to some comments made by Giovanni van Bronckhorst on both Antonio Colak and Alfredo Morelos.

The Lowdown: Can play together

Speaking to the media in his pre-game press conference before their match at home to St Mirren in the Premiership this afternoon, Van Bronckhorst has claimed that Colak and Morelos are ‘capable’ of playing together, saying:

“[Antonio] Colak and [Alfredo] Morelos have both had a positive start and they are both capable of playing together.”

The Latest: Heart & Hand react

Taking to Twitter after Van Bronckhorst’s comments, Heart & Hand seemed pleasantly surprised at the prospect of both strikers playing together, reacting with just one word:

“Oooh…”

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The Verdict: Worth a try

Both Colak and Morelos are top strikers, so leaving one of them out of the team to accompany the other does not seem like a smart idea on paper.

Van Bronckhorst has tended to stick with more than 10 goals in the Premiership standings.

New signing Colak has been a revelation this term, with 11 goals already in all competitions and the Gers’ top scorer by far, while Morelos has an exceptional goal record at the club himself.

If Van Bronckhorst can find a way to play them both together, then he could have a real attacking force on their hands. Hopefully we might see it enacted today…

West Brom are still in the process of appointing a new manager following the sacking of Steve Bruce and Sean Dyche is one man to be linked with the vacant post at the Hawthorns.

The 51-year-old is yet to take a new job in management following his sacking by Burnley last season, having spent nearly ten years with the Clarets.

Reports suggest that Dyche could be one of the favourites to take over at the Baggies as they look to push themselves up the Championship table, with only two wins to their name thus far.

If West Brom still harbour any hopes of promotion this season, then they need to fix an ailing defence which has leaked 18 goals so far this term, with just three clean sheets in that time.

If anyone knows how to organise a defence it is Dyche, as he played as a no-nonsense centre-back during his playing career and set Burnley up with similarly efficient defenders during his spell at Turf Moor.

When Dyche led Burnley to the Europa League in 2018, his side conceded just 39 times across the Premier League season, with clean sheets a speciality for the Clarets, especially at home.

While the 51-year-old became best known for keeping Burnley in the Premier League against the odds, he was also the man to lead them there, as the Lancashire side won the Championship title in 2016.

That title-winning campaign saw Burnley concede just 35 goals across the entire season, which again emphasises that Dyche knows how to set a team up and win games, something the Baggies have failed to do on far too many occasions in 2022/23, with eight draws so far.

When Dyche was sacked by Burnley, Arsenal boss Mikel Arteta was full of praise for the job he did at Turf Moor, saying:

“I only have words of praise because what he’s done at the club over the last 10 years is phenomenal. He gave the club a really clear identity, he’s managed to keep the team, with one of the smallest budgets, consistently in the league.”

Dyche certainly knows how to get the best out of his squad and has proven himself in both the Premier League and the Championship, so there is little to suggest that he wouldn’t be a success at West Brom, especially if he can solve the Baggies’ defensive issues.

Everton host Crystal Palace at Goodison Park in the Premier League on Saturday afternoon, and Frank Lampard will be hoping that his team can pick up all three points after three consecutive defeats, ahead of an impending return for one Toffees player.

What’s the latest?

The Everton boss took to his pre-match press conference to deliver an exciting injury update on Nathan Patterson, with the right-back missing from the squad since the international break last month.

Although Saturday’s clash will come too soon for the defender to return, it should not be much longer before he is again striding the Goodison Park turf.

Lampard told the media about the Scottish youngster: “He’s progressing, he’s training with us and will be fit, hopefully, for next week.”

Could be season-changing for Lampard

The talented 21-year-old’s imminent return to action could be season-changing for Lampard when you look at how much the Toffees have dropped off since the right-back has been out recovering from the ankle injury sustained whilst on international duty with Scotland last month.

Everton were on a five-game unbeaten run ahead of Patterson’s injury, with the Scottish gem playing 90 minutes in each. However, without him to call upon in their last four fixtures, they have won just once and lost three on the bounce in the Premier League.

Across seven appearances this season, Patterson has made 1.3 interceptions, four tackles and 2.7 clearances per game, creating one big chance and winning 63% of his duels. He is currently the fourth highest-rated player in the entire squad as per SofaScore, proving to be a solid presence in the Everton team.

As a result, there is no doubt that the return of the right-back will be a huge boost for the Toffees and will delight Lampard, who has made no secret of his admiration for the youngster.

The Everton boss has gushed about Patterson’s contributions in recent weeks, saying: “What a start to the season – he was injured when he was about to make his debut last year, so it has been hard.

“But he has shown character. People say he’s a really good offensive full-back, but his defensive game has been excellent.”

Although the Crystal Palace clash will come too soon for him, Patterson’s return ahead of the World Cup would be great for the Toffees, as they face a number of closely-congested fixtures over the next three weeks.

Rangers were heavily linked with a move for Danilho Doekhi during 2022 and the centre-back would have been the perfect man for Giovanni van Bronckhorst amid his current defensive crisis.

The Dutch defender was first linked with a move to Ibrox in January but the Teddy Bears were told that they would have to pay £2m to prise him away from Vitesse, so gambled on being able to sign him on a free transfer in the summer when his contract with the Eredivisie side expired.

Unfortunately for Rangers, he would join Bundesliga side Union Berlin in May, where he has played a big part in their remarkable success so far this season.

Urs Fischer’s side currently sit top of the German top flight, ahead of the likes of Bayern Munich and Borussia Dortmund, after winning eight and drawing two of their opening 12 domestic fixtures.

The German side could also progress to the Europa League knockout stage this evening as they face Union Saint-Gillioise in their final group stage fixture, so it is clear that something special is brewing at the Stadion An der Alten Försterei.

Doekhi has certainly been a hit since his arrival in the summer, as he is currently ranked as their second-best player in both the Bundesliga and the Europa League according to WhoScored, after averaging an impressive 7.32 and 7.23 rating in each competition thus far.

In his eight appearances this season, Union Berlin have conceded just three goals and lost only once, which emphasises just how impressive the 6 foot 3 defender has been.

Rangers, meanwhile, have shipped 11 goals in the Premiership and conceded a ridiculous 22 times in the Champions League group stages after some defensive horror shows, so having a player such as Doekhi in the side would have surely made them more secure at the back.

Former Vitesse manager Thomas Letsch was full of praise for Doekhi during his time with the Dutch side, saying:

“He already played fantastic last year and this season he has performed at the highest level in every game. Danilho makes almost no mistakes and is an absolute team player, a very calm player.”

Injuries to Ben Davies, Filip Helander and Conor Goldson have made things worse for Van Bronckhorst but the Dutch manager will surely be wishing that Rangers had won the race for Doekhi during the summer given his impressive form so far this campaign.

He may well have been the man to take Gers further in Europe.

West Ham United are back in action at home to Danish outfit Silkeborg this evening, with David Moyes’ side looking to maintain their perfect start to the Europa Conference League group stage campaign.

The Hammers’ upcoming opponents had provided them with a stern test when the two sides met earlier this season, however, with the east London outfit only narrowly securing victory following what was an entertaining encounter in Denmark.

That triumph notably saw summer signing Gianluca Scamacca get himself on the scoresheet in stunning fashion with a thumping finish from just outside the area, with the Italian international likely hoping to repeat that feat at the London Stadium later today.

The hope will be that Moyes persists with the £35.5m man against Kent Nielsen’s side despite the towering marksman’s struggles of late, with the imposing gem having produced an underwhelming display against Bournemouth on Monday evening.

That victory saw the £90k-per-week titan record just 30 touches from his 74-minute outing, with the former Sassuolo man notably losing possession on 12 occasions, having been somewhat wasteful in his centre-forward berth.

Such a limp showing had followed another anonymous display against Liverpool at Anfield last week, with Scamacca having notably squandered a potential opening late on after lashing his effort high and wide from the angle.

That being said, any trip to Merseyside is a typically gruelling affair for any visiting side, while Scamacca did at least showcase flashes of his quality against the Cherries earlier this week, notably laying on three key passes as a sign of his creative flair.

While he has failed to score in his last three league games, the £27m-rated ace still boasts six goals in 16 games across all fronts this season, with that tally still making him the club’s top scorer so far this term.

A player who can “cause nightmares” for any opposition, according to Sky Sports pundit Paul Merson, the nine-cap menace notably has two goals to his name in just four group-stage games this season, with the hope being that he can add to that tally tonight.

While Moyes may see the wisdom in giving the one-time Genoa loanee a rest amid this hectic run of fixtures, the Scotsman could be bettered served allowing the new man to continue to find his rhythm in his new surroundings.

Getting back amongst the goals against unfancied opponents could well be an ideal confidence booster for Scamacca.

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Foram dois anos e dois meses juntos, mas, neste sábado, Paulo Henrique Ganso e Nene ficam de lados opostos para o primeiro Fluminense x Vasco de 2022. As equipes, que voltam a se encontrar após quase um ano, têm em seus camisas 10 grandes expectativas, mas correspondidas de formas opostas. As histórias deles se cruzaram em 2019, e nem mesmo os 20 gols em 2020 fizeram o meia hoje no Cruz-Maltino cair nas graças da torcida tricolor. Muito disso pela presença daquele que estará do lado mandante nesta nona rodada do Campeonato Carioca.

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Nene passou 792 dias no Fluminense antes de retornar ao Vasco, em setembro do ano passado. Foram 118 jogos, 28 gols e muitos altos e baixos ao longo de uma passagem que dividiu opiniões, mas não passou despercebida. Já Ganso chegou no começo de 2019 com um contrato de cinco anos e muita expectativa, algo que acabou não dando retorno até o presente momento.

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Recebido com festa no aeroporto, Ganso era quem tomava conta do meio em 2019. Preferido de Fernando Diniz, chegou a ser capitão e titular absoluto com os treinadores que passaram ao longo do ano conturbado. Com Marcão, o cenário começou a mudar, mas só se consolidou em 2020. Paulo Henrique fez uma pré-temporada mais longa – por conta dos repetidos problemas físicos – e, com Odair Hellmann, Nene quem deslanchou. Foi o jogador mais decisivo do Flu na temporada, com 20 gols e sete assistências.

Enquanto isso, Ganso ficava para trás. Foi titular em apenas quatro dos 32 jogos em 2020 e viu 2021 ser o ano em que menos atuou na carreira. Além da chegada de Cazares, que o transformou em terceira opção para o setor, se lesionou justamente na partida em que recebeu uma oportunidade e vinha bem, no empate em 1 a 1 com o Barcelona de Guayaquil (EQU), na Libertadores.

Nene também teve queda de rendimento. Se no início era titular absoluto com todos os treinadores, passou a ser mais contestado. Chegou a ser barrado dos onze iniciais num clássico com o Flamengo, mas se mostrou importante e voltou. A consolidação do esquema com três volantes, porém, acabou com a já desgastada passagem. Em 12 de novembro o jogador estava no banco do Fluminense e quatro dias depois já era titular do Vasco.

VAI TER CHANCES?

O técnico Abel Braga começa a decidir nesta quinta-feira qual será o time que vai a campo enfrentar o Vasco. Isso dependerá do desgaste físico dos jogadores, já que o Fluminense está no meio da disputa da segunda fase da Libertadores e decide contra o Millonarios na outra terça-feira. Assim, há chances de Paulo Henrique Ganso ter uma nova oportunidade, algo que já aconteceu contra o Volta Redonda.

Abel raramente tem atuado com um meia de criação na equipe, mas na rodada passada do Estadual entrou com Ganso e Nathan. Assim, viu o Flu fazer o placar mais elástico de 2022 e o camisa 10 ir bem. Até o momento, são quatro jogos na temporada e apenas esse como titular. Na Libertadores, entrou no segundo tempo da vitória por 2 a 1 fora de casa.

NENE NO VASCO

Nene foi contratado pelo Vasco em meados de 2015. Chegou para ser a referência técnica de um time que lutava contra o rebaixamento. Ele foi o destaque da reação histórica que quase resultou na permanência do time na elite. Quase. Ele permaneceu e teve média de quase meio gol por jogo em 2016, quando novamente foi importante – agora para o título estadual e para o acesso de volta à Série A do Campeonato Brasileiro.

Em 2017, o Vasco conquistou pela última vez uma vaga na Copa Libertadores. E lá estava Nene. Se não tão decisivo como outrora, ainda maestro. Mas a vontade de mudar de ares pesou e, no início de 2017 ele rumou para o São Paulo. E do Tricolor Paulista ele pulou, dois anos depois, para o Tricolor Carioca. E depois de outros dois anos ele voltou ao clube de São Januário. Voltou para o local que ele chamava de casa.

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E novamente para tentar ser herói, desta vez já na luta pelo acesso. Novamente não conseguiu, embora tenha começado bem. Deu esperança, mas sucumbiu junto a um time esfacelado tática, técnica, física e psicologicamente. Hoje, aquele que disputou posição com Ganso tem 40 anos. É o artilheiro do Estadual junto com Raniel: em seis jogos disputados, o meia vascaíno fez cinco gols e deu três assistências. Na passagem anterior, haviam sido 44 gols e 33 assistências em 132 jogos.

Passado e presente no Fluminense. Passado e presente no Vasco. Os futuros de Ganso e Nene se encontrarão novamente neste sábado, no Estádio Nilton Santos.

Nottingham Forest were on the end of a 5-0 thrashing against Arsenal at the Emirates today and Steve Cooper will surely be incredibly frustrated with yet another gutless performance from his team.

Indeed, Arsenal are the Premier League leaders currently so the task was never going to be easy but after beating Liverpool 1-0 last weekend, the manager would surely have been full of hope that his side would show more resilience, confidence and ambition on their trip to north London.

The Tricky Trees were outplayed on all fronts with only 31% possession of the ball, fewer shots on goal (24 v 5), no big chances created and over 250 fewer accurate passes completed (547 v 204) during the performance away from home.

In the first half, the Gunners found their opener early when Bukayo Saka delivered an assist for Gabriel Martinelli’s fifth-minute goal to make it 1-0 and Forest managed restrict any further damage during the rest of the half.

When the game resumed, there was still an opportunity for Cooper’s side to get back in the game but that was quickly dampened when Reiss Nelson bagged a brace in a matter of just three minutes in the 49th and 52nd minute of the second half.

Although Arsenal had successfully killed the game with their 3-0 lead the scoring, unfortunately, did not stop with both Thomas Partey and Martin Odegaard finding the fourth and fifth goals of the game to complete a 5-0 victory in front of a roaring home support.

Former Manchester United attacker Jesse Lingard yet again produced nothing of note, completing just five passes and making 14 touches before he was hooked by the Forest boss in the 56th minute, but he wasn’t the only one to blame for the team’s non-existent attacking threat this afternoon.

Morgan Gibbs-White had what can only be described as a nightmare performance, giving the travelling fans no signs or hope that he had any intention of positively influencing the game.

The 22-year-old liability made just eight accurate passes out of the mere 14 he attempted, took fewer touches than goalkeeper Dean Henderson and lost possession of the ball every 1.9 touches.

That was as well as losing 100% of his ground duels and failing in 100% of his dribble attempts.

Not only that, Gibbs-White narrowly avoided a red card with a reckless and unnecessarily nasty challenge on Granit Xhaka which could have put his team in a lot more trouble if he didn’t get away with just a yellow.

The former Wolves star was one of the most expensive signings of the summer for Forest out of their entire 23 new fleet of players in a deal worth a whopping £42.5m including add-ons. Thus, to put on such a lifeless performance today will be extremely frustrating for Cooper.

With that being said, there are going to need to be big changes and vast improvements made if Nottingham Forest are going to have any chance of retaining their Premier League status by the end of the season and as every fixture passes the reality of the difficulty they are in becomes even more obvious.

Celtic manager Ange Postecoglou endured a rough debut season in the Champions League group stages as his side finished bottom of their table without a win in their six matches.

His team picked up two points in those games but he is not the first Hoops manager to struggle in Europe. Ronny Deila is another former boss of the Glasgow giants who failed to make his mark on the European stage.

Deila spent two seasons at the club and was unable to qualify for the Champions League in either of those campaigns, whilst he only won two of his 14 matches in charge in the Europa League in that time – failing to make it past the intermediate stage in that competition.

The Norweigan head coach could not crack that level of football with the club and some of his signings during his spell in Glasgow could have played a role in that.

One signing the manager dropped a howler on was the arrival of Nadir Ciftci from Premiership rivals Dundee United in the summer of 2015 for £1.5m.

There were warning signs for Celtic to heed as he was due to answer a charge of “excessive misconduct” as the Scottish FA accused him of biting an opposition player in a game against Dundee for his former club.

He was subsequently banned for eight domestic matches and did not appeal the decision, which meant that he started his Hoops career on the back foot.

Whilst he was banned from playing in the Premiership, he played six times in Champions League qualifiers and failed to score or assist a single goal.

Ciftci then came back from his ban to score four times in 11 league appearances, whilst registering zero goal contributions in three Europa League outings, and was loaned out to Eskisehirspor for the second half of the campaign.

The club eventually opted to cut his contract short by a year as they released him in the summer of 2018, after making just four appearances in Brendan Rodgers’ time in Glasgow and spending time out on loan at Plymouth, Motherwell, and Pogon Szczecin.

Since departing Celtic Park, Ciftci has played for four different clubs in Turkey and spent six months at St. Johnstone back in Scotland earlier this year. At the time of writing, he is in the second tier of Greek football with Makedonikos – who he joined at the start of October 2022.

This shows that he has not gone on to prove Celtic wrong for allowing him to leave and has, instead, proven that Deila had a howler by deciding to sign him in the first place, as he is playing second-division football at the age of 30 – seven years after joining the Hoops for £1.5m.