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Newcastle United appear to be preparing for life as usual with the Magpies scouts eyeing up a move for a new striker this summer.

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According to the Shields Gazette, Toon are moving ahead with their transfer plans despite the takeover saga continuing to rumble on into a 17th week of deliberations.

It’s claimed that the northeast outfit could launch an audacious loan swoop for Real Madrid flop Luka Jovic as they ‘look to inject goals’ into Steve Bruce’s misfiring frontline.

The 22-year-old earned a £60m move from Eintracht Frankfurt last summer but has only been able to feature for a total of 420 minutes, scoring twice, in La Liga as Los Galacticos clinched the crown from Barcelona.

Jovic is now valued at a mere £28.8m by Transfermarkt.

Joelinton benefit

Bruce’s strikers have endured a torrid time in the Premier League this season, scoring just five goals between them. It speaks volumes that Jonjo Shelvey, a box-to-box midfielder has bagged more on his own (six).

A move for Jovic is certainly interesting given his disappointing campaign in the Spanish capital but Toon’s scouts must’ve seen a fair bit of him in the Bundesliga last season considering that’s where they spotted Joelinton’s exploits at Hoffenheim.

However, the Serb international pretty much outranked United’s record £40m signing in all facets.

Firstly, he netted ten more goals than the Brazilian but Jovic also averaged more shots (three) and fewer dispossessions (1.4) and unsuccessful touches (2.3).

With Bruce admitting that Joelinton’s future may lie wider on the pitch, a move for a striker who scored over double the number of goals than he did could be shrewd business, particularly if it’s on loan as there’s far less financial risk at stake.

His introduction could certainly hand the Magpies’ two-goal frontman a new lease of life.

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Tottenham are holding talks with Southampton to sign Pierre-Emile Hojbjerg in the summer. 

Jose Mourinho has identified Hojbjerg as his top target to transform the side that he inherited from Mauricio Pochettino.

Hojbjerg has made it clear he wants to leave Southampton as he is looking for a new challenge. He will be out of contract next year and this summer could be the last chance for Ralph Hasenhuttl to cash in on his former captain.

According to Football Insider, Spurs are negotiating with the Saints over a possible move, with Tottenham confident that they can complete a deal for the Dane this summer. The Saints were demanding £35m for the ex-Bayern Munich ace but he could be available for a cut-price deal worth £20m as they are eager to get rid of him as soon as possible.

Although Daniel Levy is infamously tight-fisted, the club believe that they will be able to reach an agreement with Southampton in a matter of weeks.

Hojbjerg was stripped of the captain’s armband after refusing to sign a new deal with the Saints and a move is surely in the interests of both parties involved.

Spurs have borrowed a huge sum of money from the Bank of England, as Levy has taken out a £175m loan to cover the costs of these uncertain times. However, the club have held early discussions with his agent Pini Zahavi to sort out conditions of the contract.

Everything seems to be working in Tottenham’s favour, as Zahavi has a strong relationship with Mourinho, which should in theory smooth things over.

As it stands, Spurs should easily be able to afford the asking price, as they splashed the cash to sign Tanguy Ndombele last year. However, clubs are working under extreme conditions, so fans will have to wait and see what deals can be made before the transfer window closes.

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It is the day that many Glasgow Rangers fans have been waiting for – tomorrow, July 1, the club’s new home kit for the 2020/21 campaign will be revealed.

The shirts for the upcoming season will be made by Castore after the ‘Gers signed a new deal with the Liverpool-based company. It brings an end to their partnership with Hummel and this new contract is set to be worth a cool £25m over five years for the club.

It brings in a new era at Ibrox and this season will be a big one for Steven Gerrard as he looks to win his first piece of silverware with the 54-time Scottish champions – as such, everything building up to the new campaign will be under intense scrutiny from the Ibrox club’s supporters.

The Light Blues’ official Twitter account shared the news and it led to plenty of reaction from the fans – they didn’t seem too happy though, for a number reasons. Some are disappointed as they believe they have seen the kit already following a leak, whilst others have complained that the build-up to the release has been too long.

They have taken to the social media platform to share their thoughts and you can see some of the best comments below.

‘Gers fans, has the kit reveal left you a bit short-changed? Let us know what you think by commenting below!

The Athletic journalist Simon Hughes said that the pathway between the academy and the first team at Liverpool is as clear as it has been since the 1990s, in an interview with The Anfield Wrap.

What did he say?

This season has seen a number of talented youngsters emerge at Liverpool and begin knocking on the door for first-team minutes.

Trent Alexander-Arnold is the obvious example and has established himself as a starter and a crucial part of the team, but Nico Williams, Curtis Jones and Harvey Elliott have also impressed.

Speaking to Liverpool podcast, The Anfield Wrap, Hughes said that the improvement in their academy is no mistake and is the result of more consistency and clarity at the club.

“I think at this moment in time, the pathway between the academy and the first team is, I don’t want to say clear, that is that wrong word, but there’s great accessibility and possibilities on that pathway than there has been at any point since the early 1990s,” Simon Hughes told The Anfield Wrap.

“I think the reason why is because the club has benefited from certain periods of consistency. Jurgen Klopp has been in charge for five years now but it still feels fresh, which is brilliant. I think for fans and everybody it still feels like it’s early days for them for some reason, but he’s been there for five years.

“Things are very clear about what it takes to become a Liverpool player and you know, one thing that I took from interviewing people and writing that article is if you don’t work hard and if you don’t get about the pitch you’ve got no chance, which I think is a great basis for any footballer, because they know, they can’t afford to think that they’re very good at any point.”

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Building for the future

Liverpool have as promising a group of academy players as they have had in some time, with Jones, in particular, pushing for greater involvement.

As Klopp’s current side begins to age, with a number of key figures now entering their late prime years, rejuvenating the squad will be really important and the academy clearly has a role to play in that.

Rhian Brewster, Ovie Ejaria and Harry Wilson have also impressed on loan spells and might hope for more first-team action next year.

أكد الدولي البرتغالي، جواو فيليكس، مُهاجم فريق أتلتيكو مدريد، أنه لا يفكر في إمكانية الرحيل عن صفوف بطل الدوري الإسباني، مُشيرًا إلى أنه يتطلع إلى تحقيق المزيد من النجاحات بعد الحصول على لقب الليجا.

وارتبط فيليكس، بإمكانية الرحيل عن “واند متروبوليتانو” في الصيف، حيث يتواجد على رادار برشلونة ومانشستر يونايتد.

ولكن البرتغالي أكد أنه لا يفكر في الرحيل وسعيد مع أتلتيكو مدريد، حيث قال في تصريحات نشرتها صحيفة “آس” الإسبانية: “أنا لاعب لـ أتلتيكو مدريد، لدي عقد وأنا سعيد بتواجدي معهم”.

وأضاف: “لقد كنت سعيدًا بعد الحصول على لقب الدوري، في الموسم الماضي لم نتمكن من الحصول على ألقاب، وشعور الحصول على الدوري مختلف تمامًا، وهو لقب سعى إليه كل اللاعبين”.

اقرأ أيضًا.. دييجو سيميوني يحسم موقفه من الاستمرار مع أتلتيكو مدريد

وواصل: “أنا أعرف صفاتي وقدراتي وما يُمكنني القيام به، أعرف ما أنا قادر عليه، والأمر متروك للناس للحكم عليّ، أنا دائمًا أحاول اللعب بكل جد في التدريبات وفي المباريات”.

وانهى تصريحاته ردًا على الاتهامات له بأنه أصبح أقل موهبة مع أتلتيكو مدريد قائلًا: “أنا لا أعتقد أنني فقدت موهبتي وأصبحت مُجرد لاعب في الفريق، بصراحة لا أعتقد ذلك، ربما يجب أنّ يتطور أكثر فقط، وأنا أيضًا أشعر أنني أتطور أكثر فأكثر”.

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Borussia Dortmund have a tall task this season.

Not only do they have to fight against their raging neighbours back in Bundesliga, but they also have one of the toughest Champions League groups out there with the likes of Barcelona and Inter Milan threatening their progress to the knockout stages.

But so far, they’re holding their own on all fronts – they are second in both competitions and definitely in the race to go the distance come the latter stages of the campaign.

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And seeing their performances as of late, there are a lot of things to be optimistic about if you are a fan of the Yellow Wall or, interestingly enough, a Real Madrid enthusiast.

The reason for that is quite simple and comes in the form of a 21-year-old defender, Achraf Hakimi.

Los Blancos’ Moroccan loanee has simply been on fire this season, giving his temporary team a huge boost when it mattered the most – in the Champions League.

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Just recently, Borussia Dortmund welcomed Inter Milan at Signal Iduna Park and salvaged all three points, mounting a sensational comeback from being 2-0 down to winning 3-2 in the end.

Needless to say, with his two goals on the night, Hakimi was a crucial part of their triumph. But he did more than just that – he also deployed four shots, two of which were on target, three key passes and maintained a 86.1% passing accuracy.

Going the other way, Hakimi also tallied one tackle and one foul to his name, warranting an 8.31 Man of the Match rating by WhoScored’s ranking system.

By all means, Zinedine Zidane will be thrilled to hear his 21-year-old loanee was brilliant once again.

So far, he has played four games for Borussia Dortmund in the Champions League, scoring four goals in total.

This becomes even more impressive when we factor in that he’s actually a defender by trade.

If Hakimi continues developing like this, Real Madrid’s future will definitely be in safe hands.

It still remains to be seen, however, what kind of plans Los Blancos have with this exceptional young talent.

Some Leeds United fans have got their hopes up about James Milner signing for the club after the Yorkshire Evening Post sent out a rather misleading tweet using quotes from the midfielder’s book.

As we have been over before on FFC, the actual full set of quotes make it seem as if the Liverpool man is tentative to return to his boyhood club, but the paper chose to neglect those parts in their social media post.

This has understandably sent a small section of the fanbase into a frenzy, but their excitement might actually be shortlived.

Milner went onto say the following: “But at the same time, they say ‘Never go back,’ don’t they? What happens if you go back and it isn’t the fairy-tale finish? Would it be the right thing for me? Would it be the right thing for them?”

On that evidence, supporters perhaps shouldn’t be getting their hopes up.

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In reality, it seems rather unlikely that the £13.5m-rated Milner will sign for the Whites anytime soon unless the stars perfectly align in the near future.

Fans won’t like to hear it, but they’ve been misled by this small selection of quotes, and their responses on Twitter show that they’ve not looked deeper into what was actually said.

Here’s what the Elland Road faithful have been saying on social media…

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The Champions League is something every big team in Europe aspires to win.

In many ways, it represents the best that club football has to offer and for that exact reason, it wouldn’t really be a stretch to state that Barcelona desperately want to get their hands on the trophy once again.

Last time that happened was in 2014/15 when the team was under Luis Enrique and ever since that moment, they’ve been extremely underwhelming in Europe.

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Of course, by now everyone knows about their hiccups in Turin, Rome and Liverpool respectively as the Catalans have strung together quite an impressive series of humiliating losses.

And even though it was far from a real disaster, their latest Champions League clash was underwhelming as well, to say the least.

Barcelona travelled away to Slavia Prague and after a night filled with blood, sweat and tears, they somehow snatched away all three points with a narrow 2-1 victory.

But it was all but comfortable as Marc-Andre ter Stegen had to put a heroic display to keep the hosts away from their net and strikes from Lionel Messi and a lucky own goal sealed the deal.

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Ter Stegen himself spoke to Movistar Plus (via Goal) after the game and was clearly upset and even stated that they have a lot to discuss after such a horrible performance.

Another star that wasn’t happy was Frenkie de Jong, who lauded their victory as “lucky”.

And despite both of them being spot on with their assessments, this game could still be a blessing in disguise for the Blaugrana.

After all, it seems they are all aware of the problem and are willing to work on finding the solution as soon as possible. Besides, it’s better for these kinds of games to happen now, in the group stages, than later on when the Catalans can’t really afford another hiccup along the way.

By all standards, the squad is still experiencing big issues and it will be up to Valverde to try and find the necessary solution in the near future.

But the clash against Slavia Prague, no matter how uncomfortable or even embarrassing it was, can serve the purpose of being a wake-up call of sorts, an alarm bell ringing in their ears and signalling that something has to change.

Of course, we’ll have to wait and see if Barcelona get the message and patch up the holes in time.

If they don’t, we all know what could be coming in those knockout stages.

كشف محمد أسامة رئيس الجهاز الطبي بنادي الزمالك، تطورات إصابة الثنائي عبد الله جمعة ومحمد أشرف روقا.

ويستعد الزمالك لمواجهة حرس الحدود مساء غدٍ الأربعاء في دور الـ32 لكأس مصر.

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وقال أسامة خلال تصريحات لموقع الزمالك الرسمي: “عبد الله جمعة الظهير الأيسر للفريق يؤدي خلال الوقت الحالي المرحلة الأخيرة من البرنامج التأهيلي والتجهيزي الموضوع له للعودة عقب إصابته في العضلة الضامة”.

وأضاف أسامة أنه بمجرد الاطمئنان على جمعة وجاهزيته بشكل تام، سينتظم مع زملائه في التدريبات الجماعية بشكل طبيعي”.

وفيما يخص محمد أشرف روقا لاعب وسط الزمالك، أوضح طبيب الزمالك أنه يخضع لبرنامج تأهيلي وعلاجي خلال الوقت الحالي، في ظل إصابته بشد في العضلة الخلفية.

ينتظر قطبا الكرة الإسبانية، ريال مدريد وبرشلونة، عدة مباريات نارية، خلال شهر أبريل الجاري، في الفترة قبل الأخيرة من موسم 2020/20201.

المباريات المُتبقية لـ ريال مدريد وبرشلونة، ستُحدد لنا اسماء بعض الأندية الأبطال للموسم الجاري، حيث يستعد برشلونة لخوض نهائي كأس ملك إسبانيا، كما أنّ مباريات الشهر الجاري، ستعلب دورًا كبيرًا في تحديد بطل الليجا هذا الموسم.

اقرأ أيضًا.. ريال مدريد “مرتين” وضحيته المُفضلة.. ماذا ينتظر محمد صلاح في أبريل مع ليفربول؟

برشلونة لن يكون لديه مباريات في أي بطولة قارية، بعد الإقصاء من دوري أبطال أوروبا، على يد باريس سان جيرمان، في دور الـ”16″، بينما ريال مدريد سيكون في انتظاره مواجهتان من العيار الثقيل ضد ليفربول.

“بطولات”، يرصد لكم خلال السطور التالية ما ينتظر قبطا الليجا ريال مدريد وبرشلونة خلال أبريل الناري

برشلونة

الدوري الإسباني

برشلونة يخوض أولى مُبارياته بعد نهاية فترة التوقف الدولية، يوم الاثنين القادم، 5 أبريل، حيث يستقبل بلد الوليد، على ملعب “الكامب نو”، ضمن فعاليات الجولة التاسعة والعشرين من الدوري.

بعد ملاقاة بلد الوليد، سوف يسافر النادي الكتالوني إلى العاصمة الإسبانية، مدريد، من أجل ملاقاة ريال مدريد، في الكلاسيكو، بالجولة الـ30 من الليجا، يوم السبت 10 أبريل.

برشلونة سيدخل مباراة الكلاسيكو، وهدفه تحقيق الفوز، ليس فقط من أجل تحقيق انتصار على الغريم أو الثأر من هزيمة الدور الأول بثلاثة أهداف مقابل هدف، بل أيضًا من أجل الاستمرار في المُنافسة على لقب الليجا مع أتلتيكو مدريد.

برشلونة سيعود إلى “كامب نو” مرة أخرى، يوم الأربعاء 21 أبريل، وسوف يستقبل خيتافي على ملعب “كامب نو”، ضمن لقاءات الأسبوع الواحد والثلاثين، وبعد أربعة أيام سيذهب إلى ملعب “لاسيراميكا”، لملاقاة فياريال بالجولة الـ”32”.

النادي الكتالوني سوف يختتم لقاءاته في الليجا بشهر أبريل، يوم الأربعاء 28، بملاقاة غرناطة بالجولة الثالثة والثلاثين من الليجا.

لا تغادر منزلك من الآن 👌⚽

مواجهات قوية بعد التوقف الدولي في الدوريات الآوروبية الكبرى🔥🔥🔥 pic.twitter.com/pZDFP5W01X — Btolat.com (@Btolat) March 30, 2021

كأس ملك إسبانيا

برشلونة سيكون لديه فرصة لتحقيق أولى ألقاب الموسم الحالي، تحت قيادة رونالد كومان، عندما يواجه أتلتيك بلباو يوم السبت 17 أبريل، على ملعب “لاكارتوخا”.

كتيبة المُدرب الهولندي رونالد كومان، ستدخل المباراة، بهدف الثأر، بعدما هُزم من بلباو، في نهائي كأس السوبر الإسباني، مطلع العام الجاري.

ريال مدريد

الدوري الإسباني

قطب الليجا الآخر، ريال مدريد، أولى مبارياته بعد نهاية فترة التوقف، ستكون السبت القادم 3 أبريل، ضد إيبار، على ملعب “ألفريدو دي ستيفانو”، بالجولة التاسعة والعشرين.

ريال مدريد بعد مباراة إيبار، في الليجا، سوف يستقبل برشلونة في ميدانه، بالجولة الثلاثين، مباراة الكلاسيكو سيسعى طرفها لتحقيق الفوز من أجل مواصلة ملاحقة صاحب الصدارة أتلتيكو مدريد.

النادي الملكي بعد الكلاسيكو، سيكون في انتظاره مباراة قوية أيضًا خارج قواعده على ملعب “رامون دي كارانزا”، ضد قادش بالجولة الـ”31″، يوم الأربعاء 21 أبريل، وريال مدريد سيدخل المباراة من أجل الثأر من هزيمة الدور الأول، حيث سقط على ميدانه أمام قادش الصاعد حديثًا إلى الليجا بهدف نظيف.

وبعد أربعة أيام ريال مدريد سيعود إلى “ألفريدو دي ستيفانو” مرة أخرى، من أجل ملاقاة ريال بيتيس بالجولة الثانية والثلاثين، ثم سوف يختتم الملكي مُبارياته بالليجا في أشهر أبريل، خارج قواعده على ملعب “كولسيوم الفونسو بيريز”، بالأسبوع الثالث والثلاثين يوم الأربعاء 28 أبريل.

دوري أبطال أوروبا

النادي الملكي سوف يستقبل ليفربول، يوم الثلاثاء 6 أبريل في “ألفريدو دي ستيفانو”، بربع نهائي دوري أبطال أوروبا، في تكرار لنهائي 2018.

ريال مدريد بعد أقل أسبوع، سوف يسافر إلى إنجلترا، وتحديدًا إلى مقاطعة ميرسيسايد، ليحل ضيفًا على ليفربول لخوض مباراة الإياب على ملعب “آنفيلد”، يوم الأربعاء 14 أبريل.