AC Milan head coach Sergio Conceicao has put some of his players on a diet to help them trim the extra pounds and recover form in Serie A.
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Conceicao under mounting pressure at Milan
Rossoneri struggling in Serie A
Head coach wants his players to lose weight
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According to a report from (h/t Sport MediaNet), AC Milan manager Sergio Conceicao has implemented a strict diet for his players in an effort to address the team’s poor Serie A form. After identifying weight issues among key players, including goalkeeper Mike Maignan, Conceicao believes excess weight has hindered their agility and performance. The new regime aims to improve fitness and turn the team's fortunes around.
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Conceicao has been prudent in his efforts to spark a turnaround in Milan's fortunes, ensuring that the players go through a daily weight check-in. In addition, the Portuguese staff is closely monitoring players' sleep patterns, which have been flagged as insufficient and not up to professional standards. While some may view these measures as a last-ditch effort to turn the season around, they could also provide crucial insights to optimize player performance and inform team selection moving forward.
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Conceicao's job at Milan is reportedly under severe threat. Recent reports mention that failure to guide Milan to a top-four spot in Serie A — and therefore a spot in next season's Champions League — could lead to the Portuguese manager's departure from the dugout.
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WHAT NEXT FOR SERGIO CONCEICAO?
Given that Conceicao's continuity with the Rossoneri is not warranted next season, numerous names have emerged to take on the job. Among those names is former Barcelona and Arsenal midfielder Cesc Fabregas, who has been impressive with the newly-promoted Como.
Tottenham star Son Heung-min has backed Barcelona superkid Lamine Yamal to become the "best winger in the world in a couple years".
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Yamal has been in sensational form
Has often been compared to Messi
Son backed him to be the best
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Yamal inevitably draws comparisons with Lionel Messi, who emerged from Barcelona’s youth system to become an eight-time Ballon d'Or winner. At just 17 years old, the winger has already made history, proving he can follow a similarly remarkable trajectory.
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The Spanish youngster has already collected significant individual accolades, including the Kopa Trophy and Golden Boy award, both of which recognise the brightest young talents in the game. Additionally, he played a key role in Spain’s Euro 2024 triumph and will be one to watch out for in the 2026 World Cup.
WHAT SON SAID
While Son acknowledged that Yamal is already among the world’s top five wingers, he hesitated to place him in the top three just yet. However, he was confident that the Barcelona starlet will soon surpass his current level and establish himself as the very best.
In an interview with GOAL, Son stated: "He is unbelievable. Don’t get me wrong. At this age, the way he performs, he is incredible. I’m enjoying every bit of it. It’s a good thing that he is so young and he still has so much room to improve. So, in the next couple of years he will be top, number one."
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Yamal delivered a standout performance in Barcelona’s 3-1 victory over Benfica in the Champions League. He provided an assist for the opening goal before scoring himself to restore Barcelona’s lead after Nicolas Otamendi’s equaliser. This historic moment made Yamal the youngest player ever to score and assist in the same Champions League match, further highlighting his rapid rise to prominence.
Manchester City’s long-running FFP case remains “complicated” with any appeals seeing questions asked of “what happens with relegation?”
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At least 115 changes hanging over the EtihadVarious sanctions being speculated onEnd to saga reportedly remains some way offFollow GOAL on WhatsApp! 🟢📱WHAT HAPPENED?
There is no suggestion that the Blues will go from Premier League champions to EFL newcomers in the space of 12 months, but various punishments are being speculated on in a Financial Fair Play soap opera that involves at least 115 charges.
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If City are found guilty of monetary mismanagement then they could be stung with a hefty points penalty, which may be enough to put their top-flight status under threat. They would, however, be expected to question that ruling – which would delay any definitive action even further.
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City’s former financial adviser, Stefan Borson, fears a protracted saga may have more twists and turns to come.. He has told : “I think there’s been some sort of debate about whether you would have a split appeal process or whether effectively the parties will be told to wait until the full judgment and then to appeal the liability and the sanction together. I think it’ll be the latter. Otherwise, you could have the complexity where the liability hearing is being appealed while waiting for the sanction hearing, so that would seem to be a bit confusing.
“I think the appeal will probably have to wait until we’ve got the full verdict. If it’s a two-week sanctions set of submissions and a separate hearing, then you have got to then wait for the decision to come out on that. That itself could be a month, six weeks or maybe more. The Everton and the Nottingham Forest cases were effectively sanction hearings because liability had been admitted.
“We saw those took around six weeks, maybe longer from the actual panel to the decision, so this is going to drag on. Now it looks like it’s going to drag on until the end of the season. In some ways, that could suit everybody involved.
“It’s only going to drag on to the end of the season if City are found liable for anything. If they’re clear, then the question will be what will the Premier League want to do about an appeal? But if City are found liable for anything, this could drag on until the end of the season. In some ways, that’s positive in that it allows people to deal with it in the closed season to an extent.
“But if the sanction is very serious, then you’ve got the issue of what happens with relegation or which season do you take the points from and all of that sort of stuff. It’s always been complicated, and it remains complicated. I don’t think anybody’s got very precise answers at the moment.”
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City have maintained their innocence throughout, with the club’s decision to spend heavily again in the winter transfer window of 2025 – ahead of another big summer – considered to be an indicator of confidence that the toughest of sanctions will be avoided.
No mesmo dia em que foi anunciado como novo reforço do Corinthians, o atacante Júnior Moraes participou pela1ª vez dos treinos da equipe nesta quarta-feira (16), véspera do Dérbi contra o Palmeiras. Contudo, o brasileiro naturalizado ucraniano não foi relacionado para o clássico.
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O centroavante de 34 anos só poderá estrear pelo Timão no mata-mata do Campeonato Paulista, tendo em vista que o alvinegro paulista preencheu todos os 26 nomes disponíveis para a lista A do torneio.
O volante Gabriel, que hoje defende o Internacional, foi inscrito pelo time do Parque São Jorge no início da competição. A Federação Paulista de Futebol (FPF) só permite substituições, tanto na lista A quanto no B, após a fase de grupos do Paulistão, ou em casos de lesões sérias.
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Assim, como o Corinthians já está garantido nas quartas de final, com adversário a ser definido na rodada final, o clube vai poder substituir um jogador da lista A para colocar o atacante Júnior Moraes.
A tendência é que o atleta substituído seja o volante Gabriel, ou o meia Gabriel Pereira, que possui negociações avançadas com o Grupo City, para defender o New York City.
O prazo final para o Timão fazer alterações na lista, após o encerramento da fase de grupos do Paulistão é 22 de março de 2022.
LISTA A DO CORINTHIANS PARA O PAULISTÃO Goleiros: Carlos Miguel, Cássio e Ivan Laterais: Bruno Melo, Fábio Santos, Fagner, João Pedro, Lucas Piton. Zagueiros: Gil, João Victor, Raul Gustavo e Robson Bambu. Meias: Du Queiroz, Cantillo, Gabriel*, Xavier, Paulinho, Adson, Giuliano, Luan, Roni e Renato Augusto Atacantes: Gustavo Silva, Jô, Róger Guedes e Willian *Negociado com o Internacional
LISTA B DO CORINTHIANS PARA O PAULISTÃO Goleiros: Matheus Donelli Laterais: Léo Mana e Reginaldo Zagueiros: Lucas Belezi e Robert Renan Meias: Guilherme Biro, Keven, Matheus Araújo e Gabriel Pereira Atacantes: Gustavo Mantuan e Felipe Augusto
Tottenham Hotspur face potentially losing a £60 million player next year, with the man in question now prepared to leave Spurs next year after pulling a transfer U-turn.
Tottenham face Rangers as Ange Postecoglou deals with injury crisis
The north Londoners travel to play Rangers at Ibrox in the Europa League this evening, as manager Ange Postecoglou travels back up north for a Glasgow reunion with fierce old rivals from his time at Celtic.
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Spurs’ head coach prepares for what will be a tense, atmospheric occasion against Rangers under mounting pressure, with reports this week having to clarify Tottenham’s stance on sacking Postecoglou amid a disappointing run of form.
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Chairman Daniel Levy is apparently prepared to give the Australian more time to turn things around at N17, factoring in the club’s mounting injury problems, with both Micky van de Ven and Cristian Romero suffering new injuries and returning to the sidelines after briefly coming back against Chelsea.
Van de Ven and Romero join Mikey Moore, Ben Davies, Guglielmo Vicario, Wilson Odobert and Richarlison as just some of the key first-team players unavailable through injury, while both Yves Bissouma and Rodrigo Bentancur are serving domestic suspensions right now.
Rangers has been described as a “must-not-lose” for Postecoglou, with GiveMeSport also reporting that Tottenham’s next four games will greatly determine whether they go down the Postecoglou sack route.
Ahead of their visit to Scotland, and with just one senior centre-back available in Radu Dragusin, Postecoglou has suggested that summer signing Archie Gray could be a regular at centre-half.
“I have to get creative,” said Postecoglou on using Gray as a centre-back.
“I think Archie’s probably the one for us at the moment that we need to try and get to fill in there. He’s done right back, left back for us. Had to play at centre-back a little bit this year, he did during the pre-season. With him and Radu, they’re the two main sort of defenders. We’ve still got five or six games to navigate, so we may have to get creative at some point and deal with it in a different way.”
In the meantime, some players are considering their futures ahead of next year, with injured forward Richarlison apparently among them.
Richarlison prepared to leave Tottenham after transfer U-turn
The “fantastic” Brazilian, who cost £60 million to sign from Everton in 2022, is rumoured to have turned down offers from Saudi Arabia earlier this year in favour of challenging for a place at Spurs.
He was apparently determined to remain at Hotspur Way, but now reliable journalist Ben Jacobs claims that Richarlison is willing to leave Tottenham after changing his mind behind-the-scenes.
“The situation with Richarlison, the player was absolutely adamant last summer that he wanted to fight for his place at Spurs and we were all pleased to see him happy, most of us wanted it to work at Spurs, and Richarlison to be that £60m player and thrive,” said Jacobs on NUFC Matters.
“But now, I’m told the player has changed his mind in the last few months, and he’s willing to leave Spurs in 2025.”
The 27-year-old enjoyed a mid-season purple patch this time last year, scoring goals galore for Postecoglou, and the 59-year-old will be hoping he can at least rediscover that kind of form before the number nine potentially departs.
Everton are believed to be interested in signing a “very intelligent” player who is admired by Jose Mourinho, according to a new transfer update.
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There continue to be incoming and outgoing transfer rumours regarding the Blues, with Michael Keane linked with a move away from Goodison Park in recent days. The veteran defender is said to be wanted by Serie A clubs, with his current deal expiring at the end of this season.
Another player who could be on the move from Everton soon is Dominic Calvert-Lewin, who remains an injury-prone player not enjoying his best season currently. Like Keane, his contract expires in the summer of 2025, which is why the Merseysiders could entertain offers for him once the January transfer window opens, instead of losing him on a free transfer.
The future of Sean Dyche as the Blues’ manager also continues to be a big talking point at Goodison, and individuals are being mentioned as potential replacements, should he be relieved of his duties soon. One such figure is Sergio Conceicao, who was most recently in charge of Porto, leaving earlier this year.
Edin Terzic has also emerged as a possible option for Everton, having guided Borussia Dortmund to the Champions League final last season, where they were beaten by Real Madrid. He is still without a club after departing the Bundesliga giants in the summer.
Everton eyeing move for "very intelligent" ace
According to Sabah [via Sport Witness], Everton have sent scouts to watch Fenerbahce winger Oguz Aydin in action, seeing him as a potential signing in the New Year. The 24-year-old has also been linked with Arsenal, among others, with Lille and Lazio among those to have representatives to view him for his current club.
Aydin is an exciting attacking player with the ability to make a real difference at Everton, providing healthy competition for the likes of Iliman Ndiaye and Dwight McNeil.
The one-cap Turkey international has scored three goals in as many Turkish Super Lig starts this season, while his manager, Mourinho, has heaped praise on him, saying: “He is a good player physically and tactically and very intelligent.
“With all due respect to (Vincenzo) Montella (Turkey manager), he should be happy. I suppose the team that did not sign him will be unhappy. We brought him in at the last minute. I asked him to give me time. He was not ready, but, after 4-5 months, he has reached an optimal level. I am very happy for him.”
Aydin is a left winger by trade, but his versatility allows him to do a job on the right flank, too, meaning he could be an option to replace either current starters Ndiaye and McNeil.
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At 24, he is still a maturing player in the final third, too, and he would be brought in to spend the peak years of his career at Everton, adding an extra spark to their struggling attack.
“We have to make do with our next best that we have in the country, who I’m still very confident in.”
Firdose Moonda28-Mar-2022South Africa’s IPL-contracted players were “put in a bit of a situation” when asked to choose between staying to play in the two-Test series against Bangladesh or going to the T20 tournament, according to Test captain Dean Elgar. All the players who would have been part of the Test squad – including the full, frontline pace attack – opted to join up with the IPL franchises and leave South Africa’s selectors to pick their “next best”, and despite earlier calling it a test of loyalty, Elgar has reached a place of understanding.”I’m comfortable where I sit with the players who aren’t here,” Elgar said, three days before the first Test starts in Durban. “I’ve had some really good, in-detail chats with those players just to find out where they are mentally. I’m very comfortable with the answers that they’ve given me.”Although Elgar could not reveal the full extent of those conversations, he implied that the players were left with a difficult choice after CSA opted not to retain their right to instruct the players to prioritise national duty. According to CSA’s memorandum of understanding with the South African Cricketers’ Association, which governs the players’ terms of employment, the board makes provision to release players for a seven-week window to the IPL (no other league is given this privilege) but can insist the players fulfil international commitments if needed. CSA, due to the importance of its relationship with the BCCI and the amounts of money involved for players, opted not to do that and gave the players the choice. All of them decided to go to the IPL.Related
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“I’m pretty confined with regards to what I can and can’t say but the players were put in a bit of a situation with regards to making themselves available,” Elgar said. “I’m sure they wouldn’t have made a rash decision if it didn’t mean a hell of a lot to them. I’ve had conversations with players and I know where they stand with regards to the Test side and playing Test cricket,” Elgar said. “I think they were put in a situation that was unavoidable, bearing in mind that quite a few of the guys have never had IPL experience before. I don’t think they wanted to hurt their opportunity going forward in the competition.”Where that’s left Elgar is without “a few Test caps”. Actually, it’s without 128. Kagiso Rabada (52 matches), Lungi Ngidi (13), Marco Jansen (5), Anrich Nortje (12 – though he is not yet fit to play), Aiden Markram (31) and Rassie van der Dussen (15) are all unavailable for the Tests. South Africa could field as many as four debutants – Ryan Rickleton, Khaya Zondo, Lizaad Williams and Daryn Dupavillon – and a severely inexperienced pace attack. Between them, near-certain starters Lutho Sipamla and Duanne Olivier have only played 16 Tests and they will be accompanied by one of Glenton Stuurman, Williams or Dupavillon, while Zondo or Rickleton will fill in at No.4. Elgar is hopeful some of them will take the opportunity to make a big statement.”We have to make do with our next best that we have in the country, who I’m still very confident in,” he said. “Yes, we’ve lost a few Test caps along the way not having the IPL players with us, but it’s a great opportunity for those guys to stand up and put those other players under pressure. I’m confident they can do that.”South Africa’s first challenge is to shake off their habit of starting series slowly after they lost the first Tests against both India and New Zealand this summer. Though South Africa came back to beat India 2-1 and draw 1-1 in New Zealand, they made harder work of things than they may have needed to and Elgar wants them to get on the front foot immediately in this series.”We need to find a way not to start poorly, because that really sets us back,” he said. “As we saw in New Zealand, when you’re 1-0 down you’ve really got to focus and put a lot of energy into trying to ensure the result goes your way. If we start well we’re going to win more series, because it seems we play more competitive Test cricket as the series goes on.”
“What happened in the ODI series has hurt quite a lot of players. I wasn’t involved but I’m pretty hurt about the result. I’d like to think that’s fuelled us. Our hunger is going to be right up there.”Dean Elgar
South Africa lost the ODI series 2-1 to Bangladesh and dropped important World Cup Super League points along the way. While neither head coach Mark Boucher nor white-ball captain Temba Bavuma could put their fingers on exactly why South Africa lacked intensity in the 50-overs contests, both indicated there were issues with self-belief and a hint of taking things for granted. Elgar wants that mindset shelved before the Tests.”What happened in the ODI series has hurt quite a lot of players. I wasn’t involved but I’m pretty hurt about the result. I’d like to think that’s fuelled us,” he said. “Our hunger is going to be right up there. We know this Bangladesh side is not one of old. They’re a new team with a westernised coaching staff who have changed their mindset with regards to how to play cricket in South Africa.”Not just a “westernised,” coaching staff, a South African one. Russell Domingo, South Africa’s former coach, has been at the helm of Bangladesh’s recent achievements including ODI wins over Australia and New Zealand and a Test win in New Zealand, and he has Allan Donald as his bowling coach.”We want more grass on the pitch, and I think the preparation has been pretty good until now,” Elgar said. “I’m not too familiar with what they’ve done, but it seems like grass has grown a little bit here at Kingsmead. Hopefully they can get it nice and hard to create more pace and bounce. Hopefully it’s a pitch that lasts five days.”The nature of Kingsmead of late has been lower and slower with more for the spin bowlers, but it seems like they’ve put a lot of effort into this pitch. It seems like they want the game to go five days. It’s been a while since Kingsmead has had a Test match, so it would be great to see it go five days. Even though we’re playing in conditions that are lower and slower, we can adapt.”South Africa have not played a Test in Durban since 2019, when they lost to Sri Lanka.
With WA only needing a draw to claim the Shield title, Whiteman made 123 and Hardie finished 119 not out to all but bat Victoria out of the game with a day to play
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Western Australia have one hand on the Sheffield Shield trophy after centuries from Sam Whiteman and Aaron Hardie took the game away from Victoria on the fourth day at the WACA ground in Perth.With WA only needing a draw to secure the title after claiming the bonus point lead on day three, Whiteman produced a superb display of concentration and determination to blunt the visitors for more than three sessions and found able support from Hardie, who produced an outstanding century, to push WA’s lead to a nearly unassailable 393 with four wickets in hand and a day to play.Whiteman batted 500 minutes for his 123 from 338 balls, to go with his 85 in the first innings. He became the second WA player to face more than 500 balls in a Shield final after Mike Veletta did it in 1987.Hardie showed his blossoming all-round talents, adding his second Shield century to his three crucial wickets in Victoria’s first innings.The pair produced a brilliant 184, the highest sixth-wicket partnership for WA in a Shield final after coming together at a critical point in the first session. WA had crawled along to 5 for 110, with a lead of just 190, after the fall of Teague Wyllie and Josh Philippe in quick succession.But Whiteman’s disciplined leaving and Hardie’s obdurate defence wore down Victoria’s attack across more than 62 overs on a warm afternoon.Whiteman hardly made a mistake, having already batted the final session of the third day. Scott Boland, Will Sutherland and Mitchell Perry threw everything at him but his judgement of length was superb. He also played the spin of Jon Holland and Matthew Short with similar discipline and assured footwork. He sweated on anything short and wide unfurling cuts and late cuts behind point in between long periods of leaving and defending.He brought his century off 268 balls with a late cut off Holland. It was ninth in first-class cricket and his eighth Shield century. It was also his sixth ton in the last four seasons since becoming a full-time top order batter, having started his career in WA as a specialist wicketkeeper-batter before a bad finger injury forced him to abandon the gloves.Sam Whiteman walks off at tea with an unbeaten century•Getty Images
Hardie overcame a nervous start and survived a close lbw shout off Sutherland just after lunch. The umpire deemed it just going over the top after the ball hit the back thigh in line with off. He also edged Holland from over the wicket, but the ball brushed the gloves of keeper Sam Harper and fell short of Peter Handscomb at slip.But the longer he went, the tighter his defence became and the better his driving was off both feet. He hit the spinners powerfully wide of mid off from both the front and back foot and produced a couple of sparkling straight drives, including one to bring his century in fine style.Victoria bowled well throughout the day and deserved better than their returns. They ground WA to a halt in the morning session thanks to Boland and Sutherland. WA scored just three runs in the first nine overs of the day and only 43 in the first 30 overs before lunch. The slow scoring and the dual breakthroughs gave Victoria hope that they could bowl WA out and chase down a target of under 300.Wyllie, who scored just 23 off 86 balls, edged Perry to slip prodding a forward defence at a ball he could have left. Handscomb held yet another catch to add to his record season tally. Shortly after, Philippe played a loose shot to Holland, chipping him to cover for 1.But they failed to make another breakthrough until the final hour when Whiteman finally made an error in judgement and lost his off stump shouldering arms to Sutherland.Hardie and Joel Paris saw WA to stumps without further loss and only a miraculous final day chase from Victoria would deny them a first Shield title in 23 years.
Premier League strugglers Southampton have now made an offer to an “elite” manager as they look to find a replacement for Russell Martin, according to a new report.
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The Saints played their first game since the sacking of Martin on Wednesday evening, and while it was another defeat, this time in the Carabao Cup to Liverpool, Southampton put in a good shift under interim boss Simon Rusk. They are next in action on Sunday against Fulham at Craven Cottage, and the hope was that they could have a new manager in time for that game, but it looks like that is going to be hard to do at this moment in time.
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It is believed that Southampton are favouring an out-of-work manager and have been looking at the overseas market to find their next manager. Former Denmark manager Kasper Hjulmand has been admired by Southampton for a while, and he is an option that is being considered by the Premier League side. As is Ivan Juric, who has managed AS Roma most recently and is currently out of work.
However, the Saints have also been linked with managers who are currently employed by clubs, one of whom is Danny Rohl of Sheffield Wednesday. The German is said to be under consideration for the role, but his compensation fee to get him out of Hillsborough is said to be an issue. It has also emerged that Santa Clara boss Vasco Matos is on the list of candidates to become the new Saints boss. The Portuguese isn’t considered high up on the list, but he is someone who is of interest to those at St Mary’s.
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All these managers appear to be on Southampton’s list, but they have their eye on another manager. According to Spanish outlet AS, Southampton have made an important offer to Carlos Corberan in their bid to make him their new manager.
Corberan, who has been hailed as an “elite” coach by scout Petar Petrov, has been in charge of Championship side West Brom since October 2022. The 41-year-old started his coaching career at Spanish side Villarreal, working his way up to first-team assistant manager. He then worked in Saudi before joining Leeds United in 2017, where he was under-21 manager and then assistant manager under Marcelo Bielsa.
Corberan has been a manager at Huddersfield as well as West Brom in England, and while he has yet to seal promotion from the second tier, he guided the Terriers to the play-off final and has got his Baggies side playing some impressive football. Corberan’s way of playing has now put him on Southampton’s radar, who have now made an “important offer” to make him their next manager.
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The report states that the Saints are keen on appointing Corberan, as his work has impressed the board, and they are “convinced” he is the right man for the job. The Premier League side are willing to hand Corberan the “keys to the project,” and it appears they are now waiting for his response.
Everton manager Sean Dyche is now open to the idea of selling a “fantastic” Toffees player in the January window, according to a fresh transfer update.
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After a promising spell earlier in the season saw Everton find some form as they responded to an awful start to the campaign, they have gone backwards again in recent weeks.
Admittedly, the back-to-back goalless draws away to West Ham and at home to Brentford aren’t disastrous results, but they were dull performances, with Dyche’s men unable to break down 10 men for much of the game in the latter. For that reason, the manager is under increasing pressure to keep his job, even though it looks like his position is safe for the time being.
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Everton also continue to be linked with new signings to bolster their squad, with former Liverpool midfielder Arthur Melo seen as a potential option to bring in. He is currently at Juventus, but could be eager to seal a move away to enjoy more regular playing time.
Roma midfielder Bryan Cristante is also reportedly being looked at by the Blues, with additions needed in the middle of the park. He has started 11 Serie A games this season, averaging 2 aerial duel wins and 1.5 tackles per game in the competition this season.
Everton willing to sell "fantastic" player
According to AS Roma Live, Everton and Dyche could be willing to sell Dominic Calvert-Lewin in January, seeing him as an expendable figure at this point in his Toffees career. Serie A giants Juventus are named as a potential suitor for the striker.
Allowing the 27-year-old to leave would generate transfer funds for new signings, with the Englishman likely to be of interest to plenty of clubs.
Everton striker Dominic Calvert-Lewin
Everton fans may be split about his situation, with some still seeing the £100,000-a-week star as an important player and their best attacker, while will say he is past his best and injury-prone.
Calvert-Lewin made himself a hero during last season’s memorable 2-0 win at home to Liverpool in the Merseyside derby, with Danny Murphy hailing his goal against their rivals:
“He gets the rewards of his great performance, yes why is he on the back post? Where is Van Dijk? Why is Trent not blocking him? A man of his quality in the air, it’s a fantastic leap, but you can’t be free.”
Injuries haven’t been as much of an issue for Calvert-Lewin this season, but he has struggled to make an impact in the final third, scoring only 2 goals in 12 Premier League starts.
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He is out of contract at the end of this season, so Everton know that January will be the last chance to earn a fee for the attacker, meaning that selling him midway through the season may be the best outcome, assuming they can bring in an excellent replacement.