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Depois do sufoco que passaram em campo para superar o Vila Nova na noite desta quarta-feira e avançar na Copa do Brasil, os jogadores do Vasco admitiram após a partida que ainda falta muito a melhorar nesta temporada. O zagueiro Luan comentou a vitória por 2 a 1 e disse que o time precisa melhorar.

– Tivemos um pouco mais de posse de bola. Temos jogadores de qualidade, só falta encaixar. Temos muito que evoluir. Ainda falta para o Vasco ser Vasco.

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Outro que comentou após a partida foi Wagner, autor do gol da vitória, o primeiro dele com a camisa do Vasco desde que chegou ao clube no início do ano.

– Tentamos colocar a bola no chão, porque sabia que seria difícil. Em determinado momento, conseguimos colocar e em uma chance que tivemos conseguimos aproveitar – disse Wagner.

Os jogadores do Vasco chegam ao Rio de Janeiro na madrugada de hoje e recebem folga. A reapresentação está prevista para acontecer no dia de
amanhã, em São Januário. No fim de semana a equipe não entra em campo e fará atividades já de olho na terceira fase da Copa do Brasil.

Somerset Under 12’s entertained Devon at Millfield School on Sunday

Richard Walsh05-Jul-2002Somerset Under 12’s entertained Devon at Millfield School on Sunday.The visitors won the toss and batting first scored 148 for 8, with Callum Haggett enjoying the impressive figures of 8 overs, 5 wickets for 11 runs.In reply Somerset reached their target for the loss of 7 wickets with Jos Butler scoring 77 runs, to record a 3 wicket victory.

Fulham are interested in a deal to bring Allan Campbell to Craven Cottage this summer.

What’s the talk?

That’s according to a report by Football Insider, who claimed that the Cottagers, along with Millwall, Luton Town and Peterborough United, are considering a move for the Motherwell midfielder in the upcoming transfer window.

It is reported that the 22-year-old has decided to reject the Scottish Premiership club’s offer of a new contract, meaning he will become a free agent upon the expiry of his current deal at Fir Park in the coming weeks.

Fans will be buzzing

With Stefan Johansen looking likely to leave Craven Cottage this summer, with the 30-year-old reported to be in talks with Queens Park Rangers regarding a permanent switch to the Kiyan Prince Foundation Stadium, midfield would appear to be an area in which Fulham will look to strengthen ahead of their upcoming Championship campaign.

Considering the potential Campbell seems to possess, the Motherwell midfielder could well prove a very astute addition to the Cottagers’ squad this summer.

Indeed, the £1.08m-rated youngster impressed over his 34 Premiership fixtures for Graham Alexander’s side last season, scoring four goals and creating one big chance for his teammates, as well as averaging 1.4 interceptions and 1.8 tackles and winning 4.7 duels per game.

These metrics saw the £1,500-per-week Scotland under-21 international earn a seasonal SofaScore match rating of 6.82, ranking him as Motherwell’s joint ninth-best performer in the Scottish top flight. However, what makes his returns all the more impressive is the fact that Campbell is still just 22 years of age, meaning he has considerable scope to develop even further as a footballer.

The opinion surrounding the “highly-rated” midfielder – in the words of Alexander – would very much appear to be that he has a very bright future ahead of him in the game, with his manager stating that the Glaswegian is “everything that a professional footballer should be”, as well as dubbing him a “shining example” for others at the club.

As such, when adding in the fact that he will be available on a free transfer this summer, it would appear most advisable for the Cottagers to do all they can to get a deal over the line for Campbell this summer. Not only would his signing appear to be a fantastic piece of business for the club, but also one which has the potential to leave Fulham fans buzzing.

In other news: Fresh twist emerges on “exceptional” Fulham gem which will leave fans frustrated

Many Southampton fans are far from happy after they were linked with a move for out-of-contract midfielder Robbie Brady.

With the Premier League season now over, the Saints can prepare for the 2021/22 campaign. With Ryan Bertrand leaving on a free transfer (southamptonfc.com) and plenty of interest in striker Danny Ings (Sky Sports), it is likely to be a busy summer at St Mary’s as the south coast outfit look to get their squad ready for August.

According to the Daily Mirror (Thursday 15:27 in live blog), [via Football FanCast], Southampton are interested in signing Brady.

The 56-cap Republic of Ireland international has had a solid career but he made just 19 appearances in the Premier League for Burnley last term and managed only one goal and one assist (Transfermarkt), so he would hardly seem an inspired signing. He has also been plagued with injuries in recent years since starring at Euro 2016.

The news was shared on Twitter by @SaintsExtra, and it attracted plenty of attention from Saints supporters. These fans took to the social media platform to share their thoughts on the transfer speculation, and they were less than impressed.

Let’s see what these fans had to say about the Brady links

“We really are at a low”

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“Oh dear”

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“Wow, we really are going down aren’t we”

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“What a tinpot signing that would be. Odds on we go for Danny Rose now he’s been binned by Spurs”

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“I joked to myself today when I saw he was being released and thought I wouldn’t be surprised if we became interested. Laughable”

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“This time last week we were being strongly linked with Thomas Delaney, 1 week down the line and it’s Robbie Brady, this club never fails to amaze me…”

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In other news, Southampton are interested in this ace who was previously compared to Lionel Messi.

New South Wales all but waved goodbye to any hopes of gaining a finals berth with a rain-saturated day scuttling hopes of first innings points against Victoria in their Pura Cup match at the Sydney Cricket Ground on Sunday.The start of play was held back until 1.20pm because of the weather, but when proceedings finally got underway, New South Wales resumed their first innings on 3/111, withMark Higgs (26) and Stuart Clark (13) at the crease. Higgs quickly set about making some runs, with a beautiful six to deep extra cover, showing some well placed footwork in the process. For a few overs, as the sun shone, it appeared the Blues were going to stage a valiant effort to regain some ground, and had it not been for the rain, they may well have succeeded. Higgs was placing the ball around the ground with the precision batting that helped him to 181* last week against the Bulls.However, New South Wales did not figure on a determined Victoria. The Bushrangers did not waste much time taking some wickets, and the first wicket of the day fell to an in-form John Davison, who sent down a well-placed delivery to nightwatchman Stuart Clark (13) and was caught out, nudging an easy ball straight to Brad Hodge.Unfortunately Higgs’ good form was short-lived and he was caught out just as he looked to be settling in. He tried to put a way a full toss from Cameron White, but ended up being caught by a leaping Matthew Elliott in first slip.Michael Clarke (46*) pulled out some superb shots in the early part of the session, with three boundaries off one of White’s overs, injecting the ball down through a tiny gap to point. The over saw some average balls from the seventeen year-old leg-spinner, who has showed he has some impressive form capabilities, but on this occasion Clarke was too good.New South Wales struggled past the 200-run mark at 3.01pm, but one minute and one run later the heavens opened, play eventually being abandoned for the day with the score 5/201.Blues skipper Shane Lee (13*) will be praying for a miracle tonight and Victorian skipper Paul Reiffel will have his fingers crossed for a day of sunshine and enough time to take out five New South Wales wickets.If this match is a total washout and New South Wales gains first innings points in Queensland next week, then the Blues will overtake Victoria on the table, thus making the final. However, the contingent factors are rain washing out tomorrow – which will stop Victoria gaining any points this week – and with the Blues defeating Queensland on a Bulls home turf, both factors have doubtful chances at best, but not totally impossible.Stumps were finally drawn at 5.45pm and an early start is planned tomorrow, for 10.30am.

Jack Kerr has often pondered what direction his career might have taken had a catch been taken in a club match the first time he faced legendary leg spinner Bill Merritt

Lynn McConnell16-May-2001Jack Kerr has often pondered what direction his career might have taken had a catch been taken in a club match the first time he faced legendary leg spinner Bill Merritt.Kerr, 90 at Christmas last year, was a New Zealand tourist to England in 1931 and 1937, a chairman of the New Zealand Cricket Council and manager of the national side in South Africa in 1953/54. He had not long been living in Christchurch after transferring south from Marton in a bid to improve his chances of advancing his cricket career.A chance to work in the accounting profession with Canterbury firm Beaths was behind his decision to choose Christchurch ahead of Wellington or Auckland.”We had to work on Saturday mornings then and I can recall the office boy saying to me that it would be tough for me facing up to the classy Old Boys team and Bill Merritt that afternoon,” Kerr said.He was determined that leg spinner Merritt wouldn’t get the better of him, especially after the office boy’s comment.Merritt today would have been a high-profile player on the national and international scene. On his tour to England with the first New Zealand team of 1927 he took 107 wickets at 23.64 and on the 1931 tour took 99 wickets on tour.When Merritt came on to bowl against the West Christchurch team who Kerr was playing for, he enticed Kerr to attack him and a shot went just over the head of the mid off fieldsman and Kerr breathed a huge sigh of relief.From that point, Kerr never fell to Merritt’s bowling in the remainder of their careers and in that first club game Kerr went on to score 129.”It was a piece of luck but I think that innings got me into the Canterbury team that year,” he said.Kerr was an undoubted talent. He had the benefit of sound education in cricket from his father, whose own love of cricket was fostered when he lived in the Chatham Islands and read about cricket in a Boys’ Own Annual.Then when attending Wanganui Technical College as a boarder Kerr was given some assistance by New Zealand batsman Stewie Dempster, who had been employed as a coach by the school for one season while working as a town traveller for Sargoods. Teddy Cakobau, a Fijian who later played for Auckland, also worked with Kerr on their cricket at the school.It wasn’t long before Kerr’s skill was appreciated by the Wanganui selectors. He was included in the local representative team and was a 16-year-old when going to New Plymouth with the Wanganui team to take the Hawke Cup from Taranaki. He hit 72 but remembered going to hit a slow bowler over the sightscreen only to get out.Despite the obvious potential he had, it was clear to him, and to many other players from what has become the Central Districts of New Zealand, that to gain selection in one of the four first-class teams in the country he would have to go to one of the main centres.Canterbury was his next port of call and in one of his earlier matches he recalled playing on a low, slow Eden Park.”I passed Curly Page on the way out to bat and he said, ‘Play forward to everything’. That was completely foreign to me,” Kerr said.It was accepted policy that because of the low bounce you didn’t hook on Eden Park. Kerr, however, was young and liked to get on with the game.He recalled a bowler by the name of Elliott bowling slightly round arm deliveries and a comment that wicket-keeper Dick Rowntree made in response to a Kerr shot.”I got into a position for a hook shot, and the thing about a hook shot is that once you are committed to it you have to go through with it. So I did, and Rowntree said as the ball hit the boundary, ‘Good God’. I managed a couple of 60s in the game,” he said.If he was only considered a marginal possibility for selection on the 1931 tour to England, one innings in the summer of 1930/31 probably did much to advance his cause.Canterbury was set a target of 473 runs by Auckland in 400 available minutes. Fast bowler Don Cleverley was regarded as the danger man but in one over Kerr took 16 runs from him and the chase was on. Kerr hit 73 and gave Canterbury the base from which it claimed the game with three minutes to spare.He went to England but remembered it was a wet summer and recalled falling over on every ground the team played on. He didn’t have a happy time with the bat, scoring 804 runs at 22.97. Because of his lack of experience he didn’t get as much out of this tour as he was to take from the 1937 tour on which he scored 1205 runs at 31.71.”I was much more receptive to learning cricket in 1937. I was more mature and I think I learnt a lot more about how to bat,” he said.The English professionals were all good to talk to about how to play different bowlers, something that Kerr had struggled with and he recalled the illumination provided by Joe Hardstaff when he described how to play off spinners. Hardstaff talked about taking a different guard and taking a different approach.To a batsman who had never been comfortable playing Ted Badcock’s in-swingers with a leg-side trap, it was an important lesson for Kerr.”I learnt that there is a counter to every type of bowling,” he said.”Badcock was a coach in New Zealand but he never let the cat out of the bag about how to play it. But it is an art you have got to work out with time,” he said.It was a lesson that was as good now as it ever was.”Cricket might be a completely different game now, but the batting skills are still the same,” he said.Kerr, like all players, had his moments when his form was not at its peak, but one summer that was especially significant was in 1935/36 against E R T Holmes’ MCC side on its New Zealand tour. He scored 146 not out and 71 for Canterbury against them, and then hit two centuries in the “Test” matches with 105 not out at Wellington and 132 at Christchurch. His summer resulted in 655 runs.Because of his sheer love of the game he was destined to be involved in administration, something that began in 1937.While initially elected to the board of the NZCC, he soon became its treasurer and was a long-standing contributor in the position. He also served as a president, chairman and as a selector while one of his most memorable moments was as manager of the team on the 1953/54 tour of South Africa.New Zealand did not have an especially successful tour. It was still floundering looking for its first Test victory, a goal that hadn’t been helped by some different selection thinking for the tour where players who were not on the lighter side were overlooked.But events at Ellis Park on Boxing Day earned the New Zealanders the respect of their hosts.The game was played at Ellis Park, better known as a rugby venue, because the original Wanderers Ground had been closed down for a new railway station to be built in Johannesburg and a new Wanderers had not been completed.The game was recalled recently with the death of Bert Sutcliffe and was regarded as one of the finest moments of his career. He had been hit on the head during a fiery morning of bowling by Neil Adcock but had returned from observation at hospital to literally take to the bowling of off spinner Hugh Tayfield.New Zealand was playing one short as fast-medium bowler Bob Blair had stayed at the hotel after receiving news his fiancee had died in the Tangiwai train disaster on Christmas Eve in New Zealand.Kerr recalled the occasion. “I got the phone call from New Zealand to tell me what had happened. I can’t recall who it was that gave me the information. But I do remember discussing what to do with the captain Geoff Rabone early that morning.”I had to tell Bob what had happened and then I stayed with him at the hotel while the others went to the ground.”After the wickets started to fall and we got into some trouble I said to Bob: ‘If it’s OK with you we’ll got down to the ground to see what’s happening.'”He agreed, he had got over the initial shock, and felt he would like to go down.”When we got there Bert was at the hospital and I remember there was a bottle of Johnnie Walker on a table so I had a couple of shots of that. Finally, Bert arrived back and had been cleared of any serious damage and went back out to bat.”The guys all knew Bob was there, and he finally decided when the ninth wicket fell that he would go out to bat. There was a big crowd of people and it was quite dramatic really.”Bob got a tremendous reception and then Bert took to Tayfield.”Somehow, the tour which had been one of those where the team had been accepted took on new significance and the guys were appreciated much more fully by the South Africans after that day.”I was a bit dazed by the situation. It is not the kind of thing you want to get involved in really. It was dramatic, there’s no doubt about that,” he said.During his lifetime he saw some of the finest players in action.The Players:Tom Lowry – “He was a good captain and he always tried things. He was a bit unorthodox but he knew his way around as far as captaincy went. He was a good cricketer. A hard disciplinarian he was out to win all the time.”Stewie Dempster – “One of our top five batsmen of all time. He was a short man with good defence and was a good hooker of the ball. He played all the shots.”Bill Merritt – “One of our top spinners. They said he was better in 1927 than he was in 1931 but he was a genuine spinner. He was reasonably slow but he seemed to get batsmen out and that’s what matters.Martin Donnelly/Bert Sutcliffe – “He looked to be a real up and coming player going to England and he justified that. He was a more rugged player than Bert Sutcliffe who I regard as our greatest left-hander. They were both great batsmen.Merv Wallace/Sonny Moloney/Bill Carson – “Merv showed out on the 1937 tour and then had that great start in 1949 when almost getting 1000 runs by the end of May. His career was affected like most of us had all our lives affected by the Second World War. Sonny Moloney was a good player while Bill Carson wasn’t quite so successful in England in 1937 but he would have developed. He was a powerful player.” [Moloney and Carson both died during the War.]Tom Pritchard – “If we had had Tom in 1937 we would have won a Test against England. He was quicker than Jack Cowie but if we had them bowling from either end together they would have been very effective. Not taking him was a mistake.”Walter Hadlee – “When things got tough Walter knew what he was doing.”Walter Hammond – “He was the best player I saw. He was a great batsman, but he could have played as a bowler and he was a great fielder. He was just a great cricketer.Clarrie Grimmett – “Grimmett didn’t put the ball up so high but on a turning wicket he was great. He was at you the whole time, like Bill O’Reilly, and like any spinners they were hard to read on turning wickets because you never knew how much the ball was going to turn.”Harold Larwood – “I never faced him. I came out to bat at Nottingham about five minutes before stumps and was at the bowler’s end when Walter Hadlee hit one to fine leg and I said to him, “Stay there Wal.” It was no point me facing him with only a couple of minutes to go. And the next day he didn’t play as he was injured so I never faced him.”The Administrators:Banning players after 1931: The decision in 1931 of the NZCC to ask players to sign a pledge not to return to England as professionals after the tour, in hindsight, was not a sensible one.”Several players had no other attributes but to play cricket. But if you take people like John Wright and Chris Cairns in later years, their cricket and ours benefited from them playing in England.”It wasn’t a wise decision to prevent them from playing for New Zealand for going.”Australia’s snubbing of New Zealand: Kerr believed the reason Australia didn’t tour New Zealand after the 1927/28 tour was due to the MCC’s desire to give New Zealand Test status.”England were more disposed towards us but Australia weren’t. The Australians wanted to bring Western Australia into their set up so that MCC tours could finish with their last games in Perth instead of coming to New Zealand.”South African matters: While apartheid had not been an issue on the 1953/54 tour, it became one later as the protest movement grew regarding rugby tours. Kerr remembers attending a meeting in Wellington which had among its participants the Bishop of Wellington as New Zealand sports bodies attempted to deal with the issue.”By the time of our 1961/62 tour it was an issue you couldn’t avoid getting tied up in. We were agin apartheid but we also wanted to keep the lines of communication open in South Africa. It was tricky because no matter what you did say someone would always jump on you.”And later, whenever we had meetings in Christchurch there was always a delegation of antis to line you up.”It was a strange situation to be in and it has finally been resolved although I think it was always the South Africans who had to do it. And they’ve still got quite a distance to go,” he said.The Packer Revolution: “You have to give all due credit to Kerry Packer. He never interfered with cricket. We were quite wrong about him and he has added another dimension to the game. What he did definitely has a place. I think he revived county cricket. As far back as 1937 I thought they couldn’t carry on forever the way they were going.”New Zealand cricket now: “They seem to be developing the players to cope now that they are almost playing 12 months a year. The New Zealand side still has someway to go but they are getting there slowly. They lack a bit of consistency and that worries me. But it is pleasing to see some progress with the opening batsmen because the first three positions are the most important.”We’ve got all the setup to deliver the players but for all that, the player is still the one who has got to be motivated. Motivation is the important thing. It is a team game, but an individual team game and each individual has got to be motivated.”Kerr still enjoys watching his cricket. He attempts to get to what he still recognises as Lancaster Park instead of its modern saleable name of Jade Stadium, whenever internationals are played and he takes it all in on television.His love for the game has never waned and his service has been rewarded with the New Zealand Order of Merit.But his continuing love of the game is best summed up in his own words, “I’d be much poorer if I hadn’t been a cricketer.”

According to a report by ESPN, Tottenham Hotspur could now be offered the chance to sign Chelsea’s Tammy Abraham in a player-plus-cash offer for Harry Kane this summer.

The Lowdown: Kane exit saga waging on

After Sky Sports broke the news of Kane and his reiterated desire to leave Tottenham, a plethora of clubs both domestically and abroad have been touted with a possible move.

Manchester City, Manchester United and Chelsea are said to be watching closely in the Premier League, while Mauricio Pochettino’s Paris Saint-Germain have also been tipped as suitors from abroad.

The 27-year-old also spoke candidly over his future to Gary Neville recently and appeared to send a clear message to chairman Daniel Levy, pleading for a sit-down with the Lilywhites chairman (The Overlap).

The Latest: Abraham could be offered to Tottenham

Swap deals have even been touted as a potential solution to bring down Levy’s stunning £150m asking price for Kane, as also mooted by ESPN.

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Football Insider recently claimed that Manchester United could even offer both Jesse Lingard and Anthony Martial in exchange for Kane.

Bringing a development, ESPN have now touted another player-plus-cash proposal – this time from London rivals Chelsea. They claim that the Blues could table Abraham as a makeweight to bring down Levy’s price tag for Kane.

Chelsea are apparently mindful that Spurs will be looking to rebuild if they agree on a sale for the 27-year-old and they believe that Abraham would offer sufficient appeal. The forward is also valued at around £40m, a figure based on his form prior to the global pandemic when he found the net on 15 occasions between between August 2019 and March 2020.

The Verdict: Avoid…

Reports of United’s willingness to offer Lingard and Martial for Kane certainly come as far more enticing than this ESPN development.

It’s evident that Abraham has proved himself in the Premier League, having bagged 21 goals in 37 Premier League starts since the beginning of 2019/20 (WhoScored), but he isn’t quite on the Spurs striker’s level.

Also, the 23-year-old’s last Premier League goal came in December, with Chelsea manager Thomas Tuchel often leaving him out the squad (Transfermarkt).

Despite recent events, former Scotland boss Alex McLeish is adamant that Abraham is still a ‘phenomenal player’, as he told Football Insider in March, but we still believe that Spurs must avoid this deal.

In other news: Manager dubbed ‘one of the best coaches in Europe’ now ‘listening’ to Spurs offer, find out more here.

After Tottenham Hotspur’s ambitions to qualify for the Champions League took a major blow this afternoon, succumbing to a 3-1 defeat at Leeds United, many Lilywhites supporters proceeded to take aim at defender Eric Dier.

The 27-year-old, playing in front of England boss Gareth Southgate, endured a horrible afternoon in Yorkshire as Spurs take a big dent in their quest to qualify for Europe.

Dier, up against Leeds ace Patrick Bamford, was given a tough task right from the off and was at fault for his goal late in the first half.

The centre-back was caught ball watching, with the Whites striker promptly nipping in ahead of him to gift Leeds a 2-1 advantage (football.london).

Rodrigo eventually sealed a 3-1 victory for the home side as Spurs watched on, and a frustrating afternoon is perhaps encapsulated by what these supporters thought of Dier’s display.

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Having earned a 6.4 match rating, losing the ball 12 times and getting beaten in the majority of his aerial duels (SofaScore) – it’s safe to say the numbers back up a regrettable afternoon for the defender.

Here’s how Tottenham fans rated his performance at Leeds.

Tottenham fans hammer Dier

“Give Dier away for free, I will drive him to his new club. I would carry him on my back to his new club. Just get rid of him. Always awful. Insane that he can say that he plays in the Premier League”

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“Dier is woeful”

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“Disgusting performances from Aurier , Dier and Reguillon”

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“Just remember that Poch wanted rid of Dier two years ago and Levy outright refused to sell him”

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“Eric Dier was clueless!! Does he ever look around to see where his man is???? So easy for Bamford. Horrible defending, absolutely clueless”

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“Take out Toby, Son, Kane and Lloris (Dele was decent), some very poor performance, Dier should be embarrassed and even late on jumped out the way of a shot. Blood some kids now.”

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“Eric Dier is as useless as a white crayon. He needs to go.”

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“Dier and Aurier two absolute donkeys. Useless”

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In other news: Alasdair Gold backs reports of Spurs eyeing ‘perfect’ boss for Tottenham, find out more here.

Many Wolves fans have been left to laud some confirmed team news from Tim Spiers ahead of their game versus Sheffield United in the Premier League.

As per a tweet from The Athletic journalist, Theo Corbeanu will be part of the squad, with Nuno Espirito Santo claiming that they will use him if they can.

The Canada international has enjoyed a great season in the Premier League 2 so far, scoring five goals and making a further two assists in 17 matches in total (Transfermarkt), and will certainly be looking for a breakthrough into the first team given the current injury to Raul Jimenez.

Looking like the latter could be out for the rest of the term, the 18-year-old striker will more than relish the opportunities that he is given from now until the end of the campaign.

Wolves fans on Corbeanu news

These members of the Molineux faithful lauded the news on Corbeanu after it was shared by Spiers on Twitter:

“Get him straight in for a start! Can’t be doing any worse than the other strikers currently available”

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“Have been looking forward to seeing him in action for 1st team. Strong player who pushes forward, runs at players and knows where the goal is.”

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“Canada awaits its hero!”

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“FINALLY”Credit: @wozzamccrystal”He’s class, hopefully he gets a chance”Credit: @PortuWolves”At last”Credit: @robbowwfcIn other news, find out what transfer update has been lauded by Wanderers here!

In an exclusive interview with Football FanCast, Marlon Harewood, who scored 54 goals for West Ham, was full of praise for the Hammers’ recruitment over the last few seasons.

In the last 12 months, West Ham have brought in players such as Craig Dawson, Vladimir Coufal, Tomas Soucek and Jesse Lingard, who have all been mainstays in David Moyes’ side during their push for the top four.

Despite not playing a single minute of Premier League football this season before January, the Hammers signed Lingard on loan when many clubs were put off, however, their scouting and judgement has paid off massively with the midfielder scoring nine goals in just 11 games.

Speaking on how West Ham have recruited smartly over the last few seasons and what he hopes for the future of the Irons, Harewood told FFC:

“The recruitment of West Ham over the last couple of years has been absolutely fantastic. Obviously, they’ve signed some of the best players of the season in Tomas Soucek and Coufal who have been unbelievable signings.

“Hopefully the recruitment will continue to do the same sort of thing to sign players who can complement others such as Declan Rice.”

West Ham may have a fight on their hands to keep hold of their top players such as Declan Rice and Soucek who have both been linked with moves away this summer.

David Moyes has previously admitted that the club will have to listen to offers for their midfield duo this summer, even if they manage to qualify for the Champions League.