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From Jacob Astill, Australia

Cricinfo25-Feb-2013
Which of these two men is better suited to lead Australia?•AFPPlease excuse my brief philosophising, but in cricket, as in life, you need to ask the right questions to get the right answers. With some ordinary records under his belt and baffling tactical decisions, quite obviously the conclusion of Ricky Ponting’s tenure as Australian captain is at its when and not if stage. But the thing that astounds me is that while questions are quite rightly being asked of Ponting, the sound of those questioning Michael Clarke’s seemingly inevitable progression to new skipper is being drowned out by a butterfly’s wingbeat ten miles away.The Australian Test captaincy has always been a much more serious job than in other Test countries, perhaps because of the usual abundance of potential candidates or the pressure to succeed placed on the eventual victor to follow in the footsteps of some of the most successful captains and teams in history.In recent times, current captain Ricky Ponting has fallen foul of this pressure, with Australia falling from one of the greatest teams in history and undoubtedly the No. 1 in Tests and ODIs, to a miserable fifth in the ICC’s Test rankings. Although I am an outspoken critic of Ponting’s captaincy – I still maintain that Australia lost the first Test in the recent series in India because of terrible captaincy from Ponting during VVS Laxman and Ishant Sharma’s match-winning partnership – it has been an extremely difficult period for the Australians regardless, losing some of the greatest players in history and having to go along with some ordinary selections.But it is this slip in the rankings and some weaknesses in the side that have led many of us to contemplate Australian cricket post-Ponting, and depending on how the Ashes plays out this summer, this period could be upon us sooner rather than later.But (there’s always a “but”) is Michael Clarke the right man to lead Australia? It may surprise some of you to learn that I firmly believe no. There are three main reasons behind this: Firstly, he has no experience. A dozen or so dead-rubber fill-ins as one-day captain should not be the requirements for graduating to your captaincy diploma. Clarke has absolutely no experience captaining in first-class cricket, and I think that for him to have any chance of fulfilling his aspirations to captain the Test side he should serve his apprenticeship as a first-class captain learning the unique tactical nuances of the extended game.Secondly, we need a fresh approach. A side-effect of not having had a protracted period (or any period) in charge of a first-class side means that basically everything Clarke knows about captaincy has come from Ricky Ponting, Australia’s worst captain in at least 25 years. All the talk about Australia being in a rebuilding phase is completely true, and to grow as an international side we need to see a captain with fresh ideas and an unbiased outlook on the side, not the same old stale ideas just coming from a different player.And last but absolutely not least, I think there are better candidates. Cameron White and Simon Katich seem to fit the criteria; they firstly deserve a place in the Test side (White in particular would solve Australia’s first slip issues), tactically they add something more than Ponting or Clarke, and they’ve shown that they can successfully lead cricket teams. Before leaving the State scene a couple of years ago to be recalled as an opening batsman, Simon Katich led NSW to the Sheffield Shield and showed that his cricket didn’t suffer under the burden of captaincy, totalling over 1000 runs in that 07/08 season. He also led NSW to the inaugural Champions League Twenty20 title in 2009, showing that he was not a static captain devoid of ideas. If nothing else, Twenty20 cricket does promote tactical innovation. Perhaps the only item in Katich’s con list is his age; at 35 he should really be looking to vacate the international scene around the same side as Ponting.Still, he remains a genuine but ultimately short-term option. Cameron White would be my choice as Ponting’s successor. Under him, Victoria have become the undisputed leading side in Australian domestic cricket, making umpteen finals in the Sheffield Shield, one-day competition, and Big Bash over the last few years. Unfortunately for him, he’s been labelled as a limited-overs specialist and gaining a recall to the Test side as a specialist batsman does not seem to have crossed the selectors’ minds, despite averaging over 40 in first-class cricket, and having flourished as a batsman in recent one-day series for the international side.Regardless of the end result, Michael Clarke, for me, will remain unfit to captain the Australian cricket team in the long term. We can only hope that a grave mistake is not made by anointing a man who is unfit to take the role, because in a “rebuilding phase” the wrong leadership could potentially cause the Australian side to drift backwards

Greg Dyer, the players’ association president, on the sort of changes needed in the board – at the state and national level

Interview by Daniel Brettig04-Dec-2011What are the major problems inherent in CA’s current structure?
The problems are really two-fold. One is the qualifications of the individuals on the board, the skill set – and that is not to denigrate any one of them. There are some very high-quality people on that CA board, but they’re not pre-qualified, there’s no skills list and set that they’re asked to live up to. So they’re not necessarily well-qualified to be running a modern corporate structure, which is basically a marketing company in many respects.The second problem is the lack of independence. Cricket Australia has a very substantial job to do, but it has come out of this historical anomaly, where effectively CA was tasked with running the international aspects of the game on behalf of the states. You could understand why that was set up as a model, where the states had representation, and the board was effectively an accumulation of the states, and CA simply did the states’ work. Now CA is running the game, basically, domestically as well as internationally, and taking a huge hand in the way in which the strategy of Australian cricket works. So you’ve got constant conflict between what CA wants to achieve versus what the states need to get out of it. There’s an inherent conflict of interest, which I’m sure they manage in the best way they can, but it inevitably means there is no singular purpose about CA – it is a set of compromises from the states’ agenda.

Dyer’s proposed model for CA

Company form
CA becomes an incorporated association in structure with a membership of constituent organisations.
It has a number of agreed objectives which cover the full extent of its activities and enable it to manage the business of Australian cricket.
The constitution should define the general powers of the association and the separately defined (subset) powers of the board of directors.
Membership structure
State Associations have senior membership status; ditto the Australian Cricketers’ Association.
ACT and NT, umpires etc have associate membership status.
Senior members have two delegates each to an AGM, associate members have one delegate.
Voting
Voting rights for each member could be pro rata, based on the number of affiliated local or other constituent associations each member has, or in line with some other indicator, such as registered player numbers. Alternatively, a simpler model would allocate 10 votes for senior members, five for associates, or similar.
The members appoint a president by vote at the AGM (three-year terms). They may also want to appoint a patron (a significant public person) for a longer term, if required. The role of patron is entirely ceremonial.
Meetings
AGMs would be held to consider accounts, elect officers (board and president), and consider any other business as appropriate and within CA’s general powers.
A minimum number of, say, 30 votes could requisition a general meeting at another time to consider and vote on any matter within the association’s powers, but not overriding the board’s defined powers.
Board
Could have up to nine members. For example, with three directors up for election each year on a three year rotation.
Board chairman would be elected each year, after the AGM, by the nine directors.
Director candidate nominations can be provided by any member association, but nominees should be subject to the scrutiny of a selection panel before being eligible for election.
Selection panel for the board
Could be three: one Australian Institute of Directors representative, one outgoing existing board member, and the president.
Panel is required to adhere to particular agreed selection criteria, and to ensure that the board has an appropriate spread of knowledge and background, given the specific powers it must exercise under the constitution.
Candidates reviewed for skills, background and fit with the ongoing six board members to ensure that an appropriately rounded board will be elected.
If there are more than three qualified and approved candidates, an election is then conducted at the AGM, with voting recorded from all member associations.
Powers
The board’s powers are defined by the constitution, but include all the usual powers, such as the appointment and remuneration of the CEO and the delegation of authorities to the executive.
Development, approval and execution of a strategic plan covering short and long term goals.
Agreeing on the CEO’s key performance indicators (in line with the strategic plan) and then their regular review.
Approval of annual budgets and monitoring of results.
Doing all things necessary to ensure that CA is properly organised, staffed and run so as to successfully implement the strategic plan.
Strategic plan
The draft updated strategic plan must be provided to all members annually for comment and input prior to its re-adoption by the board. Ultimately, however, the plan is the board’s responsibility.
The document should address all the main areas of CA’s objectives (as defined by the constitution).
Board meetings would then receive reports from the executive to cover the areas of its delegated authority and the achievement of the strategic plan’s goals and objectives.

Should the new structure be broader-based, in terms of the skills of directors – chosen for their ability to chart the path of the company rather than to protect the interests of their home state?
In the corporate world we seek to put together groups of people who have broad skills that run right across the gamut of the company’s operation. So you have the HR specialists, the legal guys, the marketing guys – people with the industry skill set and knowledge. You’ll have people who’ve played the game, because that is important too, but it is in a broad base of skills which matches what the organisation needs to achieve. So you’ve got this well-rounded group of individuals who are put together for the task at hand… that is basically my premise. We need to put together a group of people who have the right skills to do the job that is required, rather than a group representative of state associations, who have to do the bidding on behalf of their state to make sure they get their share.The state associations will pick their delegates, logically, if they have any common sense at all in the current system, to best represent their own interests on the national board. That’s their job, so that almost means they’re by definition the wrong person. You can’t blame the state associations, because they are entirely beholden to CA these days for their financial and developmental areas, and their result at the end of the year is basically dependent on CA largesse. There are inherent conflicts between what is good for CA and what is good for state A or state B.The handing down of the governance review is imminent. Do you expect the states to recognise the need for change, or will there be a drawn-out struggle to relieve them of their current power?
I really hope not. I hope the report from Colin Carter and David Crawford gets made completely public. I hope it gets laid on the table for everybody to read. I’m not sure they’ll come up with a model which looks exactly like mine, but I suspect it won’t look terribly different because that is the only logical way you can set an organisation up for success.Having put it on the table, then they have to talk about it, decide at CA level which recommendations they’re going to go forward with, and then it has to go back in to the states for a decision, because at the moment they’re the stakeholders, the guys who hold the power. It is such an amazing opportunity, and if they miss it, it’ll put cricket back another five years.Urgency about this issue seems to be evident at CA, but how confident are you that the view is shared widely enough for change to take place?
I haven’t spoken to all the participants, but I have spoken to some and they do recognise the need for change. All power to CA for bringing this on. James Sutherland is to be applauded for having the guts to do something like this, because it is pretty far-reaching. But I think the executive at CA are probably just as frustrated by the situation as anybody else. I think they don’t get the direction that they need. They’re constantly looking to play the politics of compromise between the states and CA’s objectives, and the model I’m talking about – and hopefully that is recommended – can give them much better clarity around their purpose and their objectives over the next five years or more. The executive, leaving aside the board and the state boards, is probably sitting there hoping they achieve some real change.Where do the players and their rights sit in this debate?
Historically there has been a sort of us-and-them mentality. Cricket administrators have known what’s best, if you like. But today the players are the administrators’ best asset, so they need to be working with them. They need to be trying to improve the quality and the value of those assets, and you only do that by working with them, rather than feeling like it is an us-versus-them kind of mentality. The whole structure needs to change in order to improve that relationship with the players.Change at board level would continue an important year of regeneration and even revolution around the national team.
There’s a mood for change, but in some respects it is back to the future – they’re doing some basic things again that they’d forgotten about, and it is great. A bloke like John Inverarity is old guard, old-school, almost by definition, and I think it is a really good thing they’re returning to some of those values and putting teams of people together who are likely to succeed.The ICC is also undergoing a governance review. Do you think that change in Australia could be a catalyst for similar movement on a global level?
I’m not sure that of itself change in Australia will produce change at the international level, but one thing is for sure, if we fail to take this opportunity in Australia, it is much less likely we’ll achieve change at the international level down the track. One of the objectives of CA should be to try to achieve change at the ICC level, but that won’t be achieved overnight. They’re going to have to work the politics and be a little less naïve in the way they do do that, than they’ve been in the past.

Middlesex’s brightest new fast-bowling hope is a tall 19-year-old possessed of a confidence that belies his age

Will Luke10-Apr-2008

Steven Finn turned 19 last week. For someone not yet afflicted with the cynicism that comes with age and experience, he speaks with an assurance beyond his years. Considering he stands at a towering 6ft 8in, early maturity probably runs in the Finn family.That is the hope, anyway, for he is a highly regarded cricketer who possesses the two deadly qualities essential for any aspiring fast bowler: pace and bounce. Finn made his first-class debut for Middlesex in 2005, before he had even sweated through his GCSEs – the youngest debutant at the club since Fred Titmus in 1949 – and he recently returned from an encouraging display in the Under-19 World Cup in Malaysia. He was named in the MCC squad to play the County Champions, Sussex, for the season’s traditional curtain-raiser on his home turf at Lord’s. It has been a rapid rise – pun partially intended – but beneath the cool façade lies understandable anxiety.”Yeah, it was quite a surprise to be selected,” he said. “It’s very pleasing, obviously, being selected out of the group. I’m looking forward to it. I’m a bit nervous with the anticipation of it, obviously, but also, I’ve always been nervous. I’ve never played in a game in my life in which I haven’t been nervous, so it’s really nice to get recognition.”Nerves are de rigeur for sportsmen, but an admission of their presence by a young cricketer is something else entirely. Without context, they could suggest a weakness to be exploited. At Finn’s young age, however, it demonstrates a character who is understandably keen to make his mark while wary of the pitfalls that might lurk along the way. Like most fast bowlers, he is his own man, but he attributes his success so far to Toby Radford’s academy at Middlesex.”I had two winters on the academy at Middlesex, which is probably what I owe a lot to at the moment – the academy structure [at the club] is brilliant. The professionalism it taught me for my training has helped massively, and taught me not to get ahead of myself, and hopefully to perform well.”Finn’s form in Malaysia in the youth World Cup, which was won by India last month, was encouraging. He took 3 for 21 against Ireland to earn the Man-of-the-Match award, and he finished the tournament with eight wickets at 10.37, conceding a miserly 2.37 runs per over. His natural short length pushes batsmen onto the back foot and, at this early stage in his career, he is hard to score against. For all his relative success, however, Finn was quick to point out that he wasn’t at his best in Kuala Lumpur.He had an operation just after Christmas for a groin strain he sustained while out in India with the performance squad. “It was a long process to get back playing,” he said. “I ended up just playing the first game in Malaysia and I was a little bit short of practice going into the World Cup, but from my own personal point of view, my economy-rates were pretty good throughout the tournament and I picked up a few wickets. That was pleasing. It would’ve been nice to take more, but it was still a relatively good performance.”As a point of comparison, Finn’s New Zealand contemporary Tim Southee – who starred on debut against England last month – took 17 wickets at 6.64 in the tournament, and the phrase “relatively good” is probably too generous to describe England’s overall performance. Knocked out in the quarter-finals by India who routed them for 146, their tournament never took off, but Finn offered a partial explanation for their poor performances.”We probably had as much talent as any [side] in the World Cup and we could have done better than we did. First-class experience doesn’t count for much, especially when you’ve got subcontinent sides who play their game really naturally, whereas we’re quite technically based coming from England. The Indians who won it, and the Sri Lankans and the Pakistanis, are all really natural players and they just go out and play their game. As Under-19 cricketers, we [England] were a little too technical.”

Young he might be, inexperienced certainly – he is yet to even cement his place with the Middlesex first team – but Finn speaks with the worldliness and perspective of someone far older. With cricket’s landscape changing frighteningly fast, and the Indian Premier League and Indian Cricket League offering financial incentives that previously only footballers could dream of, how does a 19-year-old react to it all?”From my point of view, it’s important to have an international career first and foremost for my country, who I’ve dreamed of representing since I was eight or nine years old, since I first started picking a cricket ball up,” he says. “So I’m just going to focus on that and not let other external factors blur my vision of what I want to do, which is ultimately play for my country.”There are a lot of other people in the same boat as me; young people growing up into professional cricket,” he said. “First and foremost you perform in second XI cricket, Under-19 cricket, get established in first team cricket, and then hopefully move up to the international level.”I don’t give myself goals. I just want to do everything that I know I can in order to perform well, and hopefully the opportunities will come. Just be prepared, basically.”This is Finn’s biggest challenge yet, facing Sussex, in an MCC side that contains an exciting mix of the tried, tested and hopeful – and all in front of an expectant audience who will be as keen to get stuck into a new season as the players themselves. It is a prime opportunity to show what he is made of.

Durham 227 and 213 for 8 (Jones 56, Lees 38, Fisher 4-56, Thompson 3-40) require 33 runs to beat Yorkshire 254 and 218 (Raine 4-36, Potts 4-61)Yorkshire have not won a Championship match for 17 matches. The 18th is in abeyance after they claimed the extra half-hour, but failed to force victory against the leaders Durham at Chester-le-Street. Durham begin the final day needing 33 runs with two wickets remaining. A riveting match remains in the balance.This sounds appallingly like hindsight, but Yorkshire would have been better leaving the last two wickets until the morning when the weather is overcast and the ball might swing. Their impatience to finish the job was understandable, but their seam attack (or at least those seamers the skipper Shan Masood entirely trusted) was weary, the sun was shining (no, really, it was) and their impetus was already on the wane.Durham added another 18 in nine overs as Ben Raine and Matthew Potts resisted gamely. Durham need a win to stay top of Division Two and their supporters talk proudly of a side in good shape; Yorkshire need a win to help them block out the perpetual grumbling from the outer and convince themselves that promotion is a realisable objective. Both sides have been a credit to Division Two.To add to the uncertainty, Brydon Carse will walk out at No.11, if needed, after having scans on a “trunk injury” that restricted him to only five overs in Yorkshire’s second innings. The results of those are not yet known. Carse, fully fit, would be a danger. Carse, severely restricted, might be impotent. Nobody really knows.Matthew Fisher, who holds four wickets overnight, said: “We chucked everything at them, we just needed one to roll. As much as it’s stressful and you’re knackered, we know that we need to go again in the morning. I didn’t really want the extra half hour because it would have been nice to get off and freshen up.”Durham’s target was 246, a tall order that had sizeable chips removed from it during a new-ball assault by Alex Lees who made 38 from 37 balls, driving in carefree fashion as Fisher and Jordan Thompson began timidly and inaccurately as if a long run without success had crept into their consciousness. A failed to attempt to change the ball after 3.5 overs summed up their state of mind as there was little swing to be had.Masood dealt with the situation shrewdly, withdrawing Fisher from the attack after two overs, giving him time to reflect and reintroducing him at the Lumley Castle End. If the ball was not swinging, there was soon further confirmation that it would occasionally keep low as Fisher seamed one through Lees’ gaping gap.Lees dealt with, Durham abruptly slowed as Michael Jones took the long view. Scott Borthwick clipped Thompson to short midwicket, but Jones gradually expanded his range, Mickey Edwards looked too leaky for such a tight match on a surface where accuracy was essential and, at 126 for 2, Durham were edging the match as a series of borderline lbw shouts did not fall Yorkshire’s way.Then came a random moment to shift the emphasis. Bess’ career has stalled at Yorkshire, not helped by the county’s appetite for internecine strife. Runs have eluded him and his bowling average is in the mid-40s. Unsurprisingly, he had struggled to hide his disfavour as several lbw decisions did not fall his way. Then he was clunked on the knee when Graham Clark pulled Matthew Revis fiercely into the ground and limped off with four overs to his name, returning later to sound effect.Masood was forced to return to Hill, who was carrying an onerous responsibility on his slender frame. It immediately paid dividends as David Bedingham was held by Jonny Bairstow, an excellent one-handed scoop as the ball died in front of him.Fisher’s return came with a sense that the game could be turned. So it was as he took wickets in three successive overs: Ollie Robinson’s flashing drive flying to first slip, Jones falling lbw by virtue of the totting-up procedure, and Bas de Leede joining the growing list of bowlers to chop on.If there was ever a time for Jordan Thompson to live up to his somewhat optimistic nickname of “the man who makes things happen” it had arrived and he added two in two as Graham Clark also dragged on and Axar Patel, who had tormented Yorkshire in the first innings with some last-man tomfoolery, losing his magic upon his promotion to No.9 and immediately falling lbw.Bess deserves credit for returning later, ice and painkillers applied, and maintaining an excellent holding operation against admittedly obsessive Durham defending. Against tiring bowlers, in bright sunshine, Durham might have been better giving it a go. But they will ridicule that notion if they steal the game in the morning. A new ball is only 10 overs away and they will surely want to wrap things up by then.Yorkshire had been evenly placed at the start of the day – their closure at 91 for 3 giving them a lead of 118. With Malan and Bairstow at the crease – a rare Championship alliance between two England internationals – they had a chance to kill the game. Just as it seemed they might, Ben Raine dismissed both in successive overs courtesy of excellent catches by Ollie Robinson.Ollie Robinson is quite an upgrade for Durham, released by Kent because the presence of Sam Billings and Jordan Cox meant limited opportunities. He sprang a long way to his left when Malan chased a wide one and then even further to his right when Bairstow edged an attempted drive. Both had scrapped for around two-and-a-half hours, but the first half-century of the match was still awaited.That fell to Hill, who continued an excellent all-round match with 51 from 52 balls until Potts had him caught at second slip with a wide outswinger on the stroke of lunch. A more graceful player than when he first appeared in the side, he made light of the introduction of spin, in the shape of Patel, and played Potts in an assured fashion as anybody.Whatever the outcome, Yorkshire could recognise his growing importance by immediately capping him. They can’t afford it, but then they can’t afford to turn the lights on.

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Rafael Leao has urged close friend Moise Kean to join AC Milan, hailing the prospect of a "scary" strike partnership at San Siro.

Leao calls Kean “like a brother” and wants him at MilanDuo share long-time friendship on and off pitchItalian scored 19 goals in 32 Serie A matches last seasonFollow GOAL on WhatsApp! 🟢📱WHAT HAPPENED?

During a Twitch livestream, Leao answered fan questions and playfully suggested that Kean could join him at Milan. Calling the Fiorentina striker “like a brother,” the Portuguese winger insisted their on-field chemistry would be “scary” and that they would “eat everyone” in their path. The two have known each other for years, even collaborating on music projects away from football.

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Leao and Kean’s friendship dates back to their teenage years, with their bond extending beyond football. The Italian striker, fresh off a 19-goal Serie A season with Fiorentina, recently saw his €52 million (£44m/$57m) release clause expire, complicating any potential transfer. Fiorentina are in talks to extend his contract, which could further increase his value, while the Rossoneri remain focused on securing Manchester United forward Rasmus Hojlund on loan. New coach Massimiliano Allegri is also exploring other striker options, and despite Leao’s comments sparking fan excitement, financial constraints and Fiorentina’s reluctance to sell mean a move for Kean this summer appears unlikely.

WHAT RAFAEL LEAO SAID

Speaking about his close friend, Leao shared his admiration and hopes for a potential reunion. He said: “I love Moise very much; he’s like a brother to me. Together on the pitch, we’d be scary; we’d eat everyone. Wherever he goes, he’ll do well. Maybe… even to Milan.”

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For now, Leao’s wish remains a dream. Milan continue talks for Hojlund, while Fiorentina aim to secure Kean on a new contract. Unless a major shift happens in negotiations, the Leao-Kean partnership will have to wait.

ضاعف فريق توتنهام تقدمه أمام نظيره فريق مانشستر سيتي، في مباراتهما الجارية حاليًا في بطولة الدوري الإنجليزي الممتاز، موسم 2025/26.

ويستضيف ملعب “الاتحاد” مباراة فريقي مانشستر سيتي وتوتنهام، في الجولة الثانية من الدوري الإنجليزي، لذلك الموسم.

وتمكن توتنهام من تسجيل الهدف الثاني في شباك مانشستر سيتي، في الدقيقة الثانية من الوقت المحتسب بدلَا من الضائع للشوط الأول.

جاء هدف توتنهام الثاني عن طريق بالينيا، بعد خطأ فادح من الحارس جيمس ترافورد، حيث مرر كرة بدون تركيز إلى دفاع مانشستر سيتي، واستغل ريتشارليسون الهفوة وحاول تسديد الكرة.

ولكن ريتشارليسون لم يتعامل مع كرته جيدًا، لترتد وتصل إلى بالينيا الذي سددها على الفور في شباك مانشستر سيتي، وسط حسرة من ترافورد. هدف توتنهام الثاني أمام مانشستر سيتي

بالينيا يعاقب دفاع السيتيزنز على الهفوة ويهز الشباك بالهدف الثاني لتوتنهام! ⚽🔥#الدوري_الإنجليزي | #مانشستر_سيتي_توتنهام pic.twitter.com/puv5R6WtMq — beIN SPORTS (@beINSPORTS) August 23, 2025

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Jamie O’Hara has launched a scathing attack on Nottingham Forest, calling their behaviour 'a disgrace' and urging Morgan Gibbs-White to sue the club for blocking his move to Tottenham. Despite Spurs triggering the midfielder’s £60 million ($80m) release clause, Forest halted negotiations and labelled the approach 'illegal', prompting widespread confusion and outrage.

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Tottenham Hotspur’s bid to sign Gibbs-White has stalled over the last few days despite the Lilywhites having activated his £60 million ($80m) release clause on Friday of last week. Nottingham Forest have accused the London club of making an 'illegal approach' and are threatening legal action. The player has reportedly held showdown talks with Forest to force through the move this summer before the North London side begin their pre-season.

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Nottingham Forest's legal threat has complicated what should have been a straightforward deal. The Premier League is now considering launching an investigation into the matter as Gibbs-White's situation has sparked debate around player rights and contractual transparency. Former Tottenham star O'Hara was the latest to launch a scathing attack on Nottingham.

WHAT O'HARA SAID

Speaking to Grosvenor Sport, O'Hara said: “Morgan Gibbs-White should go to the PFA, he should sue Nottingham Forest, and he should refuse to train,” he said. “I think Forest are a disgrace, the way they have dealt with the situation is disgusting.

“He has signed a contract and there’s a release clause of 60 million pounds in there. He knows it’s in there, his agent knows it’s in there and Nottingham Forest know that it’s in there. He has agreed to that contract on those terms, whether he has become a better player at Forest that is worth more than 60 million, that’s on him.

“Now when someone finds out about the release clause, which happens every day in football, people find stuff out and agents talk, Nottingham Forest suddenly decide they can’t have that, and the clause is confidential. What do you mean confidential? It's a release clause in a player’s contract; he’s entitled to know about it and tell people about it. What is going on here?

“Evangelos Marinakis has had an absolute stinker and his club are going to lose Morgan Gibbs-White for 60 million because he’s done better than they expected and someone found out. It’s a disgrace. A player can tell who he wants about his contract, he’s earned it, and they were all happy to sign it at the time. Now suddenly it’s illegal, what on earth are they on about? It’s disgusting.”

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The Premier League could intervene if Nottingham Forest officially file a complaint. Gibbs-White remains determined to complete his switch to Tottenham. Legal action may follow if the England international and Spurs both decide to fight back against Forest, if the situation continues to escalate.

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Saravia chegou ao Botafogo em março deste ano e é frequentemente criticado por alvinegros nas redes sociais. Apesar das cobranças, o lateral possui um retrospecto favorável neste Brasileirão.

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Dos 27 jogos disputados pelo Glorioso na competição, Saravia esteve presente em 22. Nos cinco confrontos que o argentino não atuou, o time de Luís Castro não conseguiu obter um aproveitamento positivo.

O lateral ficou ausente nos duelos contra Avaí, Cuiabá, Coritiba, Atlético-GO e Fortaleza. Nestes embates, o Botafogo conquistou uma vitória, um empate e três derrotas (26% de aproveitamento).

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JOGOS DO BOTAFOGO SEM SARAVIA NESTE BRASILEIRÃO
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Botafogo 0 x 1 Avaí
Cuiabá 2 x 0 Botafogo
Corinthians 1 x 0 Botafogo
Botafogo 0 x 0 Atlético-GO
Fortaleza 1 x 3 Botafogo

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Com Saravia, o Botafogo não alcançou um aproveitamento significativo, mas acabou alcançando resultados superiores. Dos 22 jogos disputados pelo jogador, o Alvinegro obteve oito vitórias, seis empates e oito derrotas (45% de aproveitamento).

JOGOS DO BOTAFOGO COM SARAVIA NESTE BRASILEIRÃO

Botafogo 1 x 3 Corinthians
Ceará 1 x 3 Botafogo
Atlético-GO 1 x 1 Botafogo
Botafogo 1 x 1 Juventude
Flamengo 0 x 1 Botafogo
​Botafogo 3 x 1 Fortaleza
América-MG 1 x 1 Botafogo
​Coritiba 1 x 0 Botafogo
​Botafogo 1 x 2 Goiás
Palmeiras 4 x 0 Botafogo
Botafogo 1 x 0 São Paulo
Internacional 2 x 3 Botafogo
Botafogo 0 x 1 Fluminense
RB Bragantino 0 x 1 Botafogo
​Botafogo 0 x 1 Atlético-MG
Santos 2 x 0 Botafogo
Botafogo 2 x 0 Athletico-PR
Botafogo 1 x 1 Ceará
​Juventude 2 x 2 Botafogo
​Botafogo 0 x 1 Flamengo
Botafogo 0 x 0 América-MG
​Botafogo 2 x 0 Coritiba

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Após sofrer afundamento na face, Rafael vem treinando normalmente e possivelmente retornará aos gramados na próxima quarta-feira. Desde sua chegada ao clube, o brasileiro tem sofrido muitas lesões, e esses incidentes vem corroborando para mais participações de Saravia neste ano.

Com passagens por Belgrano, Racing, Porto e Internacional, o argentino de 28 anos possui contrato no Glorioso até o fim deste ano. Apesar das críticas, é possível que ocorra o prolongamento do vínculo por mais uma temporada.

Ex-Arsenal star Santi Cazorla’s fairytale return to Real Oviedo has ended in glory as the side clinched promotion to La Liga after a 24-year wait.

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Cazorla lead Oviedo to La Liga promotionSide came back from a 2-0 first-leg defecitReturned to boyhood club in the summer of 2023Follow GOAL on WhatsApp! 🟢📱WHAT HAPPENED?

Real Oviedo pulled off a dramatic comeback against Mirandes to earn promotion to La Liga. Trailing 2-0 on aggregate, Oviedo roared back, sparked by Santi Cazorla’s penalty just before half-time. A second-half equaliser, a red card for Mirandes, and an extra-time winner completed the turnaround, triggering wild celebrations at the Estadio Carlos Tartiere.

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Cazorla’s return to boyhood club Oviedo in 2023 was all about love, not money. He even offered to play for free and accepted the league’s minimum salary. Now, aged 39 and after 10 surgeries, he’s delivered the perfect ending by guiding Oviedo back to the top flight for the first time since 2001.

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Cazorla was all smiles at full-time, celebrating with wife Ursula and embracing tearful fans. His quiet leadership and composure helped complete one of the most emotional promotions in Spanish football this season.

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Cazorla’s future remains uncertain, as while retirement is possible due to his long-standing injury struggles, Oviedo and their fans will be dreaming of one more season in La Liga with their legendary playmaker.