O Palmeiras definiu nesta semana a renovação dos contratos de cinco jogadores do atual elenco formados nas categorias de base. Naves e Jhon Jhon, que tinham vínculo com o clube até 31 de dezembro de 2025, e Garcia, Vanderlan e Fabinho, cujos vínculos iam até 31 de dezembro de 2026, firmaram um novo contrato válido até 31 de dezembro de 2027.
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Apesar de já terem jogado na temporada 2022, todos eles ainda eram do grupo de transição e não estavam efetivamente fazendo parte do elenco profissional. A partir de 2023 todos eles foram integrados em definitivo pela comissão técnica de Abel Ferreira.
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O Verdão tem renovado o contrato da grande maioria das peças do elenco, inclusive os que já estavam há mais tempo no clube. Para os dirigentes, o grande reforço das últimas temporadas é a manutenção do elenco. Além disso, a prorrogação dos vínculos com os jovens dão ainda mais garantia ao Alviverde para negociar vendas futuras.
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As Crias da Academia têm batido recordes da história do clube nos últimos anos. Desde 2020, um total de 38 jogadores formados na base do Palmeiras atuaram pelo time profissional. Foram 13 estreias em 2020, 14 estreias em 2021 (recorde no século), uma em 2022 (Endrick) e três em 2023 (Ian, Pedro Lima e Luis Guilherme), além de sete jogadores que já haviam estreado em temporadas anteriores.
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Todos os jogos das temporadas 2021, 2022 e 2023 tiveram presença de pratas da casa. Na temporada 2020, apenas um jogo não teve.
حلل ديتمار هامان، نجم نادي ليفربول السابق، نقاط ضعف الريدز خلال هذا الموسم، موضحًا أن النادي الإنجليزي بحاجة إلى إبرام صفقتين خلال فترة الميركاتو الشتوي المقبل في يناير.
ليفربول دعم صفوفه بشكل جيد خلال فترة الميركاتو الصيفي الجاري وتعاقد مع جيوفاني ليوني وفلوريان فيرتز وجيريمي فريمبونج وألكسندر إيزاك وهوجو إيكتيكي.
لكن على الرغم من كل هذه التدعيمات لم يتمكن ليفربول من تقديم المستوى المطلوب خلال هذا الموسم، حيث يلعب الريدز بشكل متذبذب للغاية.
ويعتقد هامان في تصريحات نقلتها شبكة ليفربول إيكو، أن النادي الإنجليزي بحاجة إلى تدعيم خط دفاعه بصفقتين خلال فترة الميركاتو الشتوي.
ليفربول دعم خط دفاعه بالفعل بضم ليوني وفريمبونج، لكن ليوني تعرض لإصابة على مستوى الرباط الصليبي وسيغيب في معظم فترات هذا الموسم.
وقال هامان: “قد يحتاج ليفربول إلى التعاقد مع قلب دفاع في يناير، قد يكون مارك جويهي لكن الأمر يعتمد على ما إذا كان كريستال بالاس سيبيعه وما هو السعر المطلوب”.
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وأضاف هامان في حديثه: “إصابة جيوفاني ليوني الذي بدا واعدًا قبل إصابته الخطيرة بالرباط الصليبي، تعد ضربة أخرى لن يتمكن ليفربول من معالجتها حتى إعادة فتح سوق الانتقالات”.
وأوضح الدولي الألماني السابق: ”أعتقد أنهم إذا ظلوا في المنافسة على لقب الدوري، فلن أتفاجأ إذا حاولوا ضم لاعب أو لاعبين في يناير”.
واختتم هامان: “فيرجيل فان دايك لاعب حيوي للغاية للفريق، لا أريد حتى التفكير فيما سيحدث إذا غاب عن عدد من المباريات”.
ليفربول كان قريبًا من التعاقد مع مارك جويهي، قائد كريستال بالاس خلال الميركاتو الصيفي، لكن المدرب أوليفر جلاسنر هو من أوقف حدوث الصفقة في اللحظات الأخيرة.
Manchester City’s Champions League campaign is up and running with a victory.
On Thursday night at the Etihad, the 2023 winners beat Napoli 2-0 to commence the league phase with three points.
The key flash point of the first half was the red card shown to the visitors’ captain Giovanni Di Lorenzo, dismissed by referee Felix Zwayer for a foul on Erling Braut Håland, deemed to be the denial of a clear goal-scoring opportunity.
The match remained goalless for almost an hour, Antonio Conte’s team staying compact and defending resolutely, featuring an extraordinary goal-line clearance from Matteo Politano on the cusp of half time.
Nevertheless, in the end, Man City did find the breakthrough, with Phil Foden’s chipped through-ball picking out Håland whose looping header beat Vanja Milinković-Savić, before Jérémy Doku lashed home the clincher a mere seven minutes later.
In last season’s Champions League, Pep Guardiola’s team only managed victories against Slovan Bratislava, Sparta Prague and Club Brugge, not exactly European juggernauts, so will be pleased to have overcome the reigning Scudetto holders.
It was a record-breaking night for one Man City player, while another showed his class, on a night when a returning Sky Blue great enjoyed an inauspicious home coming.
Erling Braut Håland's record breaking night
On a Champions League night, you can almost always rely on Erling Braut Håland to score a goal.
His header to break the deadlock was his 50th in the Champions League, bagging eight for RB Salzburg, 15 in the yellow of Borussia Dortmund and now 27 for Manchester City.
This makes him, by some considerable distance, the fastest player to this landmark in the competition’s history, as indicated below.
Here’s a mind-blowing piece of information for you, courtesy of Will Jeanes of the Athletic.
On 18 September 2007, Ruud van Nistelrooy scored for Real Madrid against Werder Bremen to become the fastest player to 50 European Cup or Champions League goals, breaking Raúl’s record, doing so in his 62nd appearance in the tournament.
Well, exactly 18 years to the day later, this record is shattered by Håland, who has reached 50 goals in just 49 games, very much with his sights set on Cristiano Ronaldo’s all-time record of 140.
However, the big Norwegian centre-forward was not the only man to impress in Sky Blue.
Manchester City's new Kevin De Bruyne
All the pre-match discussion ahead of Napoli’s visit to the Etihad was about the swift homecoming of Kevin De Bruyne; whoever at UEFA headquarters decided to put this fixture on matchday one knew what they were doing!
However, the night certainly did not go how the Belgian would have dreamt it, hooked after 20 minutes through no fault of his own, simply sacrificed by Conte, replaced by left-back Mathías Olivera, following Di Lorenzo’s aforementioned red card.
During his time in Manchester, De Bruyne and Håland directly combined for 25 goals, eight more than any other player in the goal machine’s career; Marco Reus the man second on this list.
Instead of coming back to haunt the club who declined the opportunity to extend his contract, De Bruyne got to watch on like the rest of us as Foden staked a claim to be the heir to his vacant throne.
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At the weekend, the England international’s header to break the deadlock in the Manchester derby was his first Premier League goal since netting against Chelsea on 25 January, a draught of 232 days.
Then, in this match, his impudent assists teed up Håland to make the breakthrough, and the statistics below highlight how impactful he was throughout, having been handed an 8/10 match rating by the MEN.
Foden vs Napoli
Stat
Foden
Match rank
Assists
1
1st
Accurate passes
56
8th
Shots on target
1
2nd
Key passes
8
1st
Big chances created
1
1st
Accurate crosses
11
1st
Touches
82
6th
Average SofaScore rating
7.6
5th
All statistics courtesy of SofaScore
As the table documents, Foden was the creative hub of Manchester City’s team against Napoli, registering four more key passes than anyone else, as well as nine more accurate crosses than any other member of the Citizens’ squad.
Last season was frankly miserable for Foden, scoring just ten goals and accumulating four assists across the Premier League and Champions League, having registered 24 goals and 11 assists the season before, named PFA Players’ Player of the Year and Football Writers’ Player of the Year as a result.
Nevertheless, after scoring three times during the Club World Cup in the summer, there are further signs that Foden is getting back to his best.
Thus, he will surely be in Guardiola’s starting lineup for Sunday’s huge clash with Arsenal in North London, hoping he can live up to the departed De Bruyne’s legacy.
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Toss Rishabh Pant won the toss and put Mumbai Indians into bat with the hope that the pitch would get better in the second innings. Mayank Yadav is set to make his first appearance in IPL 2025 after missing the first half of the season due to a back injury. He replaced Shardul Thakur, who took one wicket in the last three games.Mayank made a name for himself last season with his ability to hit the 150kph mark consistently. He played four games and picked up seven wickets before injury ruled him out of the tournament.Mumbai Indians, who are coming on the back of four consecutive wins, made two changes. Corbin Bosch made his IPL debut as Mitchell Santner missed out due to a niggle in his finger. Karn Sharma replaced Vignesh Puthur, who bowled just one over in MI’s last game. Jasprit Bumrah is part of the Impact Players list and is likely to replace Rohit Sharma for the second innings.The heat in Mumbai was another factor that could play a part in the first day game at the venue this season. Pant said the ball might stop a bit during the day. MI captain Hardik Pandya also wanted to bowl but hoped that the players could draw upon the experience of playing in the heat as kids to cope with it.Mumbai Indians: 1 Ryan Rickelton (wk), 2 Rohit Sharma, 3 Will Jacks, 4 Suryakumar Yadav, 5 Tilak Varma, 6 Hardik Pandya (capt), 7 Naman Dhir, 8 Corbin Bosch, 9 Deepak Chahar, 10 Trent Boult, 11 Karn SharmaMI Impact Player options: Jasprit Bumrah, Raj Bawa, Reece Topley, Robin Minz, Satyanarayana RajuLucknow Super Giants XI: 1 Aiden Markram, 2 Mitchell Marsh, 3 Nicholas Pooran, 4 Rishabh Pant (capt & wk), 5 Ayush Badoni, 6 Abdul Samad, 7 Mayank Yadav, 8 Ravi Bishnoi, 9 Digvesh Rathi, 10 Avesh Khan, 11 Prince YadavLSG Impact Player options: David Miller, Yuvraj Choudhary, Shahbaz Ahmed, Himmat Singh, Akash Singh
Kent fight back with unbeaten century for Ben Compton and Daniel Bell-Drummond’s fifty
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Caleb Jewell and Wayne Madsen achieved personal milestones to drive Derbyshire to a record-breaking score before Kent fought back on the second day of the Rothesay County Championship Division Two match at Derby.Australian opener Jewell made a career-best 232 from 361 balls out of 587 for 5 declared, Derbyshire’s highest ever total against Kent.Madsen scored 100, the Derbyshire captain’s 40th first-class century for the county, out of a third-wicket stand of 176 with Jewell before Luis Reece plundered an unbeaten half-centuryThe Kent bowling figures made for sorry reading with leg-spinner Matt Parkinson becoming the first to concede 200 runs in an innings against Derbyshire, eclipsing a record which had stood for 121 years.Derbyshire’s bowlers also struggled as Ben Compton with an unbeaten 105 and 61 from Daniel Bell-Drummond helped Kent to 210 for 3 at stumps, still 377 behind.After Jewell had sparkled in the sunshine on day one, it was more of the same despite contrasting conditions on an overcast and breezy morning.Any hopes Kent had of making inroads with a relatively new ball under grey clouds quickly faded as Jewell and Madsen did pretty much as they pleased.Kent lost fast bowler Jake Ball who was forced to leave the field with an injury nine overs into the session and there was more frustration when Grant Stewart had a good shout for lbw against Jewell on 164 turned down.After Madsen lofted Parkinson for four to secure a fourth batting point, Jewell drove the leg spinner for six to move to within two runs of his double century which he reached with a scampered single to mid off.In the same over, Madsen completed his second hundred of the season before he drove Leaning into the hands of long on.Parkinson beat Brooke Guest’s drive but it was easily Derbyshire’s morning with 131 runs scored in 30 overs and there was more to come.Jewell passed his previous best of 227 for Tasmania against Western Australia but five runs later he tried to swing Leaning over mid wicket and was bowled, bringing to an end the highest score by a Derbyshire batsman against Kent.There was still no respite for a weary attack as Reece motored to a 46 ball 50 and Martin Andersson cleared the ropes four times before the declaration came four runs after Derbyshire had passed their previous biggest total against Kent of 583- 4 at Derby in September 2009.Not surprisingly there were some bruised bowling figures with Parkinson’s analysis of 1 for 204 from 46 overs the most expensive against Derbyshire since Bill Reeves conceded 192 for Essex at Chesterfield in 1904.Derbyshire also discovered there was little margin for error despite taking the early wicket of Joe Denly who was playing his first innings of the season after recovering from a broken arm.Denly was lured into aiming a big drive at Zak Chappell and the edge flew to second slip where Madsen pouched a waist high catch.Compton and Bell-Drummond responded with a stand of 125 balls from 179 balls and although Anuj Dal tempted the Kent skipper and Tawanda Muyeye into loose strokes, Compton completed a fine century from 151 balls by cutting Chappell for his 13th four.
يستعد فريق ريال مدريد لكرة القدم، بقيادة المدرب تشابي ألونسو، لخوض العديد من المباريات خلال شهر نوفمبر عام 2025، وذلك في مختلف البطولات التي يشارك بها.
ويحتل ريال مدريد حاليًا صدارة جدول الدوري الإسباني برصيد 27 نقطة، بفارق 5 نقاط عن برشلونة صاحب المركز الثاني.
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كما يحتل ريال مدريد المركز الخامس في جدول دوري أبطال أوروبا، مرحلة الدوري، برصيد 9 نقاط، العلامة الكاملة بعدما فاز في مبارياته الثلاثة الماضية. مواعيد مباريات ريال مدريد في شهر نوفمبر 2025
ريال مدريد وفالنسيا، الجولة الحادية عشر من الدوري الإسباني، يوم السبت 1 نوفمبر 2025، 10 مساءً بتوقيت القاهرة، 11 بتوقيت السعودية.
ليفربول وريال مدريد، الجولة الرابعة من دوري أبطال أوروبا، يوم الثلاثاء 4 نوفمبر 2025، 10 مساءً بتوقيت القاهرة، 11 بتوقيت السعودية.
رايو فاليكانو وريال مدريد، الجولة الثانية عشر من الدوري الإسباني، يوم الأحد 9 نوفمبر 2025، 5:15 مساءً بتوقيت القاهرة، 6:15 بتوقيت السعودية.
إلتشي وريال مدريد، الجولة الثالثة عشر من الدوري الإسباني، يوم الأحد 23 نوفمبر 2025، 10 مساءً بتوقيت القاهرة، 11 بتوقيت السعودية.
أولمبياكوس وريال مدريد، الجولة الخامسة من دوري أبطال أوروبا، يوم الأربعاء 26 نوفمبر 2025، 10 مساءً بتوقيت القاهرة، 11 بتوقيت السعودية.
جيرونا وريال مدريد، الجولة الرابعة عشر من الدوري الإسباني، يوم الأحد 30 نوفمبر 2025، 10 مساءً بتوقيت القاهرة، 11 بتوقيت السعودية.
O Palmeiras se classificou para a semifinal da Libertadores 2023 ao empatar em 0 a 0 com o Deportivo Pereira e se tornou o clube brasileiro com mais semifinais na história da competição continental, com 11 participações entre os quatro melhores da América.
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De quebra, Abel Ferreira chegou à sua quarta semifinal de Libertadores consecutiva e fez o Verdão alcançar um recorde que somente o Santos do Pelé havia conquistado, ainda nos anos 60.
Se comparar a história do Verdão na Libertadores com a do seu maior rival, o abismo que separa os dois está aumentando cada vez mais, tanto que Abel já tem o dobro de semifinais do Corinthians em toda sua história no campeonato mais importante do nosso calendário.
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Com 132 vitórias na Libertadores, o Palmeiras tem quase o número de triunfos na competição do que o Corinthians tem em jogos (138).
Lembrando que das duas semifinais que o Corinthians fez em Libertadores, em uma delas o próprio Palmeiras acabou eliminando o rival de Itaquera, na edição de 2000. Um ano antes, o Verdão tirou o maior rival nas quartas e também não deu chance deles chegarem entre os quatro melhores do continente.
Na semifinal da Sulamericana muito por ter caído na fase de grupos da atual Libertadores, o Corinthians vê o seu histórico inimigo subir cada vez mais a sua tradição em Libertadores, e isso é um fato que incomoda cada vez mais os corinthianos.
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Palmeiras e Corinthians se enfrentam em Itaquera neste domingo (3), pelo Brasileirão, e o Verdão defende um longo tabu diante do maior rival. Nos últimos dez Dérbis, o Corinthians só venceu um e Abel Ferreira só perdeu essa única vez para o rival, ainda pelo Brasileirão de 2021.
Chelsea hold concrete interest in signing a “spectacular” Barcelona star, with Enzo Maresca personally keen, and they could now be willing to submit an opening offer.
Blues keen to bolster options amid slow start to the season
After clinching Champions League qualification in the 2024-25 campaign, there was an expectation for the Blues to kick on this season, but it has been a slow start, having taken just eight points from their opening six games.
Most recently, Maresca’s side came up short in a 3-1 home defeat against Brighton & Hove Albion, which has led to speculation aboutthe manager’s future, with talkSPORT’s Tony Cascarino suggesting the Italian may find it difficult to hold onto his job long-term.
One of the only bright sparks against the Seagulls was Enzo Fernandez, with the Argentinian getting on the scoresheet, while Moises Caicedo was also solid, winning eight of the 12 duels he contested and making three tackles.
However, according to a report from Spain, Chelsea still remain keen on bolstering their options in midfield, holding concrete interest in signing Barcelona’s Marc Casado, and they may even be willing to submit a €40m (£35m) bid for his services.
Maresca is personally keen on signing Casado, having identified the need to bring in a new central midfielder, and there are indications that the Spanish club could be open to a sale in the January transfer window.
Barca, given their well-documented financial issues, need to free up wages, but the midfielder has previously expressed his desire to fight for his place, so it remains to be seen whether he is open to a departure.
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Given the La Liga champions’ squad is so stocked with talent, the Spaniard has received inconsistent game time this season, although he has impressed when given the opportunity, picking up an assist in the emphatic 6-0 victory over Valencia.
Sergio Busquets was also left very impressed with the young midfielder during the 2024-25 campaign, calling him “spectacular” last November.
The 22-year-old has featured in the majority of Barca’s La Liga matches this season, but given his talent, that is not enough, so it would make sense to move to a new club this winter.
Signing a new goalkeeper should be Maresca’s number one priority, given the start Robert Sanchez has made to the season, most recently getting sent off in the 2-1 defeat against Manchester United.
However, should Chelsea decide to sign a new central midfielder, Casado has the ability to be a success at Stamford Bridge, and a fee in the region of £35m feels fair, given his age.
India international scores 87 on debut, to go along with fifties from Patterson-White and Pennington
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Dillon Pennington made a career-best 61•Jack Bird
Half-centuries from Ishan Kishan, Liam Patterson-White and Dillon Pennington put Division One leaders Nottinghamshire in control as they totalled 487 on day two of their Rothesay County Championship match against Yorkshire.Indian wicketkeeper-batter Kishan’s 87 came in his debut innings for the county, Patterson-White posting the same score and fast-bowler Pennington entertaining the Trent Bridge crowd with a career-best 61.Left-arm spinner Dan Moriarty took four for 91 – but a poor innings in the field for the visitors was at least followed by a better performance with the bat, Yorkshire recovering from the loss of a wicket first ball to close on 154 for 3, with Finlay Bean 86 not out, albeit losing the experience of Dawid Malan in the penultimate over.Yorkshire would have seen a Nottinghamshire first-innings total below 350 as a half-decent outcome for their endeavours with the ball. In the event, they were unable even to keep them below 450 at lunch as Nottinghamshire piled 155 in the session on to their overnight 298 for 6 for the loss of only two more wickets.Kishan, dropped at midwicket off Jack White without addition to his 44 overnight – another costly error in the field after Ben Slater was put down on 11 on day one – advanced to 87 from 98 balls before being caught there off Dom Bess, having struck 12 fours and a six down the ground off George Hill in a thrilling first instalment of his two-match stay at Trent Bridge.Farhan Ahmed edged to first slip but if Yorkshire imagined things might get easier thereafter, they reckoned without Pennington, not a renowned batter, choosing the 80th first-class innings of his career to register his second fifty.The 26-year-old fast bowler had gone past 20 only nine times in his career yet was able to hammer 24 in a single over this time, and off Yorkshire’s overseas quick Will O’Rourke for good measure, the New Zealander finding his figures pounded by three exuberant carves for four and two mighty pulls for six, finishing with 2 for 113.Being dropped on 49 confirmed it was Pennington’s day as he went on to reach 50 from just 39 balls. The eighth of his nine boundaries took him past his previous best of 56 before he was caught and bowled by Moriarty.In 18.2 soul-destroying overs for Yorkshire, he and Patterson-White added 96 for the ninth wicket. Patterson-White, who had hammered two sixes down the ground off Bess, still had time for a couple more off Moriarty before top-edging to backward point, ending the Nottinghamshire 11 overs after lunch.It had been a chastening day for Yorkshire, whose mood would not have been helped by the sight of Mohammad Abbas removing their top run-scorer, Adam Lyth, with his first ball. The Test veteran found enough movement to clip the outside edge.Mercifully, from a Yorkshire point of view, the Pakistan international, who dismissed Lyth and Bean in his opening spell on the way to a first-innings 6 for 45 as Nottinghamshire defeated Yorkshire at Headingley in May, could not conjure a repeat.Indeed, Bean completed his first half-century of what has been a lean season to date soon after he and James Wharton had steered their side to 65 for 1 at tea, their cause helped to the tune of five penalty runs when Pennington, having fielded off his own bowling, was cautioned for throwing the ball aggressively in Wharton’s direction.In fairly benign conditions, the second-wicket pair were able to stretch their partnership to 99 before the home side made a second breakthrough, Pennington the bowler to induce it early in his second spell as Wharton failed to control his drive and was caught at mid-off.Bean and Malan chipped a further 55 off the deficit but Yorkshire suffered a setback they could have done without in the penultimate over when Malan, looking to drive Patterson-White’s left-arm spin, could only edge the ball behind, a deflection off Kishan dropping into the hands of slip Freddie McCann.
Success is yet to arrive, but Mikel Arteta has built a squad full to bursting with incredible talent at Arsenal.
The Spaniard has turned what was a fallen giant struggling in mid-table into a side that will surely get over the line in the Premier League sooner rather than later.
When it comes to the best player in the squad, it’s hard to look past the talismanic Bukayo Saka, and while he had a poor season last year, club captain Martin Odegaard was starting to look back to his best before his MCL injury.
There are other match winners all over the pitch, though, and Arteta even has one youngster who could be described as something of a hybrid between the Englishman and Norwegian.
What makes Saka & Odegaard so special
What is it about Saka and Odegaard that makes them so special, and two of the best players in Arsenal’s squad?
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Well, when it comes to the former, it really is multifaceted.
For example, his development at Hale End gives him a connection with the club and fans that few other players can match, and he marries that with an incredible willingness to improve and work rate.
On top of these brilliant foundations, the 24-year-old has also become a consistent scorer of goals and provider of assists over the last few years, so much so that he produced his 100th Premier League goal involvement on his 200th appearance in the competition last weekend.
Moreover, the Ealing-born monster has developed the ability to score all sorts of goals, from sensational far-post curlers to powerful drives off his weaker foot and even the odd tap-in off the back of a well-timed run.
The Emirates poster boy really is one of the most well-rounded attackers in the game and can be compared to any right-winger in Europe.
Odegaard, on the other hand, had an undeniably lacklustre campaign for the club last season, but with back-to-back Player of the Year awards in the two seasons before that, his ability cannot be denied.
The Norwegian is unlikely to ever be as prolific as Saka, but at his best, he is one of the most aesthetically pleasing midfielders to watch in world football.
He is someone who can collect the ball deep, beat an opposition player with a quick shimmy and then play the ball into space for his attackers to run onto and score.
This was what fans were seeing in his last two performances before, only for another knee injury to halt his momentum.
Overall, both Saka and Odegaard are sensational footballers, and it looks like Arsenal have someone who could develop into a hybrid of both.
Arsenal's Saka & Odegaard hybrid
While this description could fit Max Dowman in a year or so, given his age and the limited time he’s spent with the first team, it’s difficult to predict what kind of player he could become in the future.
This is less true for Ethan Nwaneri, who made his debut for the first team over three years ago and put his stamp on things last season.
When it comes to the young Englishman, it’s quite easy to see the ways in which he emulates both Saka and Odegaard.
For example, when in the team last season, he spent most of the time on the right, covering for the former, doing well in the process.
In fact, in his 37 appearances, totalling just 1378 minutes, the Enfield-born monster managed to score nine goals and provide two assists, which works out to a goal involvement every 3.36 games, or more crucially, one every 125.27 minutes.
Nwaneri in 24/25
Appearances
37
Minutes
1378′
Goals
9
Assists
2
Goal Involvements per Match
0.29
Minutes per Goal Involvement
125.27′
All Stats via Transfermarkt
Moreover, a couple of the goals looked similar to Saka’s trademark far-post curlers.
The similarities to the club captain, on the other hand, are starting to show this season and will likely continue as the campaign progresses.
After all, while he did well on the wing, he is primarily a central player, and that is reportedly how the club view him.
On top of that, while the “phenomenal” prospect, as dubbed by former professional Stephen Warnock, hasn’t quite got the same weight of pass as the Norwegian just yet, he is improving.
Ultimately, while Nwaneri isn’t on the level of Saka or Odegaard at the moment, it’s easy to see parts of them in his game, and with time, he could well get there.
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