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O Vasco enfrenta o Criciúma em São Januário, às 16h (Brasília), em São Januário, pela quarta rodada do Brasileirão. A semana de descanso para o time fez Ramón Díaz pensar em como escalar o Cruz-Maltino para o confronto contra o Tigre depois de duas rodadas sem pontuar.

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A volta para casa é um fator para ser levado em consideração. Foi no Caldeirão que o clube carioca conseguiu sua primeira vitória do campeonato nacional. Além disso, desfalques de peso impactaram o rendimento da equipe nos dois jogos seguintes, contra o Bragantino e contra o Fluminense.

Agora, os vascaínos finalmente podem ter boas notícias. O zagueiro Gary Medel está de volta ao Rio após visitar sua mãe, que estava passando por problemas de saúde, no Chile. O jogador retornou na última quarta-feira e já participou dos treinos com a equipe. O defensor deve ser titular fazendo a dupla com Léo.

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A segunda novidade é a titularidade de Hugo Moura. O volante foi o único reforço da janela de transferência doméstica e já estreou com a camisa do Gigante no confronto contra o Fluminense. O jogador entrou bem na partida, no lugar de Matheus Carvalho, logo no início do segundo tempo, e deu uma assistência para o gol de Vegetti.

Após o clássico, Ramón Díaz elogiou a atuação do meio-campista:

– Me surpreendeu. Estava muito bem. Jogador que estávamos pedindo e necessitando. Agressivo, com boa qualidade com a bola nos pés, bola parada. Vai nos ajudar muito. – avaliou o técnico argentino.

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Outra novidade é que Rayan deve iniciar a partida entre os principais. O Cria da Colina treinou como titular durante a semana e deve entrar na vaga de Rossi, que não tem feito boas atuações. Em coletiva de imprensa, Ramón Díaz revelou que Josh Wander, dono da 777 Partners, pediu para que o treinador utilizasse mais a base.

– Quando nos reunimos com o presidente da 777, quando estivemos todos juntos conversando, me pediram para que eu coloque os jovens para jogar. Estou preparando eles para que eles possam render, na condição que estão, e estão melhorando.

O principal reforço para a partida é a provável volta de Dimitri Payet. O francês ainda não jogou pelo Brasileirão nesta temporada por conta de uma lesão no joelho direito. O camisa 10 tem se recuperado bem e treinou com a equipe titular durante a semana, segundo o ge. Com isso, o meio-campo deve ser formado por Sforza, Hugo Moura e Payet.

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تحدث المدير الفني لفريق بورنموث، أندوني إيراولا، عن مستقبل النجم أنطوان سيمينيو، في إطار ارتباطه بخطوة الرحيل عن النادي، حيث يتواجد على رادار العديد من الفرق، أبرزها ليفربول.

وذكرت تقارير صحفية مؤخرًا أن ليفربول لديه رغبة كبيرة في الحصول على خدمات سيمينيو من صفوف بورنموث، باعتباره البديل المناسب للنجم المصري محمد صلاح.

وتحوم التكهنات بقوة حول مستقبل محمد صلاح رغم أنه يمتلك عقدًا مع ليفربول حتى 2027، ولكن تسبب تراجع مستواه ذلك الموسم إلى انتشار الغموض بشأن إمكانية رحيله الصيف القادم.

اقرأ أيضًا | تميمة حظ.. حكم مباراة ليفربول ونوتينجهام فورست في الدوري الإنجليزي

ولا يُعد ليفربول الراغب الوحيد في التعاقد مع اللاعب الغاني من بورنموث، حيث هناك كذلك مانشستر يونايتد وتوتنهام.

وظهرت تقارير تفيد أن عقد سيمينيو مع بورنموث يتضمن شرطًا جزائيًا يتيح له الرحيل مقابل 60 مليون جنيه إسترليني، إلى جانب 5 ملايين جنيه إسترليني كمتغيرات، مع العلم إنه ساري المفعول حتى تاريخ محدد فقط في فترة الانتقالات الشتوية المقبلة، وسينخفض أكثر في الصيف.

وسُئل إيراولا عن الأمر، حيث رد في تصريحات نشرتها شبكة “ليفربول إيكو” الإنجليزية: “نحن في نوفمبر، سيمينيو لاعبنا، وسيظل لاعبنا، في يناير يمكنكم سؤالي عن سوق الانتقالات”.

وأضاف: “لكن في الوقت الحالي، لست قلقًا بشأن سوق الانتقالات القادم، لست قلقًا بشأن الوضع، في يناير سنتحدث عما يحدث، وعن اللاعبين الذين نحتاجهم”.

It appears "Tito" is coming out of retirement.

MLB Network's Mark Feinsand reported Thursday night that the Cincinnati Reds plan to hire Terry Francona as their next manager. The move is expected to be officially announced on Friday.

The 65-year-old Francona has been a manager in the big leagues for 23 seasons while wearing three different uniforms—the Philadelphia Phillies (1997 to 2000), Boston Red Sox (2004 to '11) and Cleveland Guardians (2013 to '23). Over those 23 years, Francona has posted 1,950 wins and a .538 career winning percentage. He led the Red Sox to two World Series championships in 2004 and '07.

Francona stepped down from his position as manager of the Guardians following the 2023 season. He has dealt with health problems over the last few years, with blood clotting issues in 2020 and hip replacement surgery in 2021 that caused him to miss significant time in Cleveland.

But after one year off, it appears Francona wants to be back in an MLB dugout.

The Reds fired manager David Bell in September after he spent six seasons leading the dugout. Cincinnati, despite featuring one of the most exciting young cores in baseball, hasn't made the playoffs since 2020 and hasn't won a postseason game since 2012.

A devastating new-ball burst from seamers Esmae MacGregor and Kate Coppack helped Essex snap a four-game losing streak in the Vitality Blast as they eased past Durham by six wickets at the Banks Homes Riverside.MacGregor and Coppack claimed two wickets apiece as Durham, inserted, slipped to 17 for 4 in four overs, only able to recover to an under-par 101 for 8 total.Essex then reeled that in with comfort – with three overs remaining – to secure their first win in five and their third win in eight overall. Former England wicketkeeper-opener Lauren Winfield-Hill top-scored with 29 off 22 balls.Essex jumped up to fifth in the table with this four-point success, while Durham have now lost six in eight. Essex still have plenty of work to do to secure a top-three finish for Finals Day qualification, though second-bottom Durham require a miracle.Twenty-year-old MacGregor is the leading wicket-taker in this season’s Blast with 18, and she put the squeeze on the home top order with 2 for 16 from four testing overs.She struck first with the sixth ball of the match as she bowled an attacking Leah Dobson before getting New Zealand’s Suzie Bates caught at mid-off following a miscue in her next over, leaving the score at 10 for 2.Coppack, who finished with a campaign-best 2 for 16 in three overs, then had England fringe duo Mady Villiers and Bess Heath caught at point on the cut and caught behind driving respectively, leaving the hosts in deep trouble in the North East sunshine.Captain Hollie Armitage tried her best to rescue things with an unbeaten 47 off 50 balls, but she just couldn’t get the required support.Wicketkeeper-batter Mia Rogers was run out coming back for two to the non-striker’s end, courtesy of a wonderful pick up and throw from Sophia Smale at long-on, before the fielder turned wicket-taker to bowl Katherine Fraser with her left-arm spin – 71 for 6 in the 16th over.In the scramble for late runs, Eva Gray’s seam bowled Phoebe Turner before Grace Thompson was run out.England A captain Armitage hit only three boundaries and was never able to break free.The early loss of Grace Scrivens in the Essex reply, stumped off Villiers’ off-spin, failed to break their stride even if on-loan opener Winfield-Hill struggled in hers. She went down with suspected cramp at the end of the fourth over, with Essex 20 for 1.Batting on, she instantly took the aggressive route and hit Grace Thompson’s seam for back-to-back boundaries through cover and aerially through midwicket.Impressive Villiers bowled Jo Gardner in the sixth over and then took a brilliant diving catch on the run at long-on to help seamer Sophia Turner remove Winfield-Hill. But by that time, it was 53 for 3 after eight overs and Durham still had a mountain to climb.Katie Levick claimed a consolatory wicket, but unbeaten Australian Maddie Penna saw the visitors home with 23.

Nottingham Forest manager Ange Postecoglou is under mounting pressure as the Tricky Trees consider potential replacements for him just 29 days into the Australian’s tenure, and ruthless owner Evangelos Marinakis has his eyes on a few interesting options.

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As is the norm when managers are facing an uncertain future, Forest are believed to be doing their due-diligence on possible replacements for Postecoglou if they do decide to pull the plug.

The former Tottenham boss, who helped to end Spurs’ 17-year wait for a major trophy in May, could be shown his P45 once again at Forest – just under a month after Marinakis appointed the tactician to replace fan favourite Nuno Espírito Santo.

Marinakis personally opted to hire Postecoglou for his attacking style, in a deviation from Nuno’s pragmatic, counter-attacking approach, and is still privately desperate for it to work out (Ben Jacobs).

However, other reports claim that the Greek billionaire is privately furious with Forest’s state of affairs on the pitch right now, with TEAMtalk stating that Postecoglou is “on the verge” of being sacked by Forest after a barren first seven games in charge.

Ange Postecoglou’s tenure at Nottingham Forest so far

Competition

Arsenal 3-0 Forest

Premier League

Swansea 3-2 Forest

Carabao Cup

Burnley 1-1 Forest

Premier League

Real Betis 2-2 Forest

Europa League

Forest 0-1 Sunderland

Premier League

Forest 2-3 FC Midtjylland

Europa League

Newcastle 2-0 Forest

Premier League

If Postecoglou is let go in the next 12 days, he will become the shortest-reigning Premier League boss in the competition’s history – breaking Les Reed’s record – who was sacked by Charlton Athletic after just 41 days in 2006.

In terms of who could succeed the 60-year-old, a few intriguing names have been linked already, none more so than Crystal Palace boss Oliver Glasner.

Glasner, who just watched his side’s impressive 19-game unbeaten run come to an end thanks to Jack Grealish’s added-time winner for Everton, would undoubtedly be the best candidate.

The Austrian guided Palace to their first ever major trophy earlier this year, defeating Man City 1-0 in the FA Cup final at Wembley, and this booked them a spot in the Europa League — only for Forest to take the Eagles’ place due to a UEFA ruling.

His Selhurst Park contract is due to expire at the end of this season with no signs of a renewal so far, potentially opening the door for Marinakis, with Glasner emerging as a prime candidate to replace Postecoglou at Forest.

Fulham’s Marco Silva is in an identical contract situation, and the Portuguese doesn’t seem too content in West London, having publicly swiped at the club’s lack of transfer activity.

Nottingham Forest really want Marco Silva amid good Marinakis relationship

Silva, who guided Olympiacos to a Greek Super League title in 2016, worked with Marinakis during his time there and the duo still have a good relationship now.

That is according to talkSPORT, who report that Silva is very high on Forest’s wanted list if they decide to push Postecoglou out of the door.

The 48-year-old guided Fulham to a Championship title and subsequent promotion to the Premier League, keeping them there ever since, and the Whites briefly contended for Europe last season only to fall short at the last hurdle.

Silva achieved this despite working with very limited resources, and he appears to be keen on remaining in England after rejecting “several lucrative offers” from Saudi Arabia.

The tactician has also earned praise from elite peers, like Pep Guardiola, who praised his work at Fulham back in 2024.

Glasgow Rangers return to action in the Europa League this evening as they travel away from Ibrox for their second match of the league phase.

The Light Blues were beaten 1-0 last week at Ibrox, in a game that could have ended by a greater margin of defeat, but they did win in their last Scottish Premiership game.

Russell Martin’s side beat Livingston 2-1 away from home in the league on Sunday, thanks to a stoppage-time winner from substitute Max Aarons.

One of the players who should be dropped from the starting line-up that featured on Sunday is attacking midfielder Thelo Aasgaard, who did not do enough to warrant keeping his place.

Why Rangers should drop Thelo Aasgaard

The Norway international was signed on a permanent deal from Luton Town in the summer transfer window to provide an attacking threat from the middle of the park.

So far, though, the 23-year-old whiz has failed to deliver a single goal or assist in seven matches in all competitions, per Sofascore, which shows that he has offered very little at the top end of the pitch.

Aasgaard did not create a single chance, register any shots on target, or complete any dribbles in 73 minutes on the pitch against Livingston on Sunday, per Sofascore, which is why Martin should ruthlessly ditch him from the XI for tonight’s trip to Sturm Graz.

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For several reasons, including Aasgaard’s disappointing performances and Mohamed Diomande’s suspension, Martin should trial a new 4-4-2 formation by unleashing Youssef Chermiti over the Norwegian talent.

Why Martin should change his Rangers formation

Rangers have lost their last four European matches this season by an aggregate score of 12-2, which shows that what they have been doing on the European stage has not been good enough.

One issue that the Gers have had in their last two games, in particular, is that their centre-forward has looked isolated and too easily marked out of the game. It was an issue for Chermiti against Genk and for Bojan Miovski against Livingston.

Minutes

80

90

Ground duels won

3/9

1/5

Aerial duels won

2/6

1/7

Fouls won

0

1

Shots

0

2

As you can see in the table above, both strikers were dominated on the ground and in the air in those matches, winning one foul and taking two shots in 170 minutes between them.

This is why Martin should switch to a 4-4-2 from the regular 4-3-3 for this clash with Sturm Graz to get Miovski and the summer signing from Everton in the team to occupy the opposition’s defenders, hopefully increasing their chances of winning duels and retaining possession for the away side.

Chermiti, who was described as “powerful” by writer Kai Watson, has not scored a competitive goal since he left Sporting to join Everton in the summer of 2023, which suggests that he is not a striker who is full of confidence at the moment.

Therefore, playing him alongside a more experienced and proven goalscorer like Miovski could make a lot of sense to take some of the pressure off his shoulders, both in terms of duels and mentally.

The Macedonia international proved that he can score goals on a regular basis during his time with Aberdeen, as shown in the graphic above, and playing him alongside another forward could help to get him back to his best.

Rangers have simply not been good enough in Europe this season, as evidenced by their results in their last four games, and that is why Martin should get creative and test out a new formation in this evening’s game.

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Given how poor the performances have been in Europe and how badly their strikers have fared individually, pairing Miovski and Chermiti could be an interesting and effective solution to their problems in and out of possession.

“We waited, waited until we thought it was necessary,” says Ruturaj Gaikwad of the decision

ESPNcricinfo staff09-Apr-20251:59

Should CSK have retired out Conway earlier?

Devon Conway became the second batter to be retired out in IPL 2025, after Tilak Varma in Mumbai Indians’ (MI) chase against Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) earlier in the tournament. On Tuesday, Chennai Super Kings (CSK) pulled out Conway when he failed to get a move on with the asking rate against Punjab Kings (PBKS) rising. But, in the opinion of Piyush Chawla and Wasim Jaffer, CSK might have waited too long for the decision to have an effect on the result.”Conway is the kind of batter who is more technically strong and he doesn’t try to play that [many shots] in the air. You saw that in the middle overs also, when he was trying to hit a pull shot also, he was rolling his wrists like a proper technical batsman,” Chawla said on ESPNcricinfo’s TimeOut show. “That’s where they missed that point. When Shivam [Dube] was trying to hit those bit shots, Conway didn’t even try that. At one point, I felt he just wanted to take it deep. But if you want to take the game deep, you don’t want your [asking] rate to go out of hand.”Playing his second game of the season, Conway had a 61-run stand with Rachin Ravindra up top in CSK’s chase of PBKS’ 219, and after Ruturaj Gaikwad fell cheaply, added 89 more with Dube. That partnership came off just 51 balls, with Dube scoring at 155.55. But after Dube was gone, and with 69 needed off 25 balls, Conway made nine more runs off six balls. MS Dhoni was in the middle, and Ravindra Jadeja and Vijay Shankar walked out after Conway left, but CSK fell 18 short.Related

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“You expect that change [of gears] to happen at some point of time when you know the batsman is struggling,” Gaikwad said of the decision at the presentation ceremony. “Initially we thought that he was still striking the ball [well]. We waited, waited until we thought it was necessary and then we thought, yes, why not change.””If they wanted to do that, they could have done that at least two-three overs before that also,” Chawla said. “Because if he is not getting those big shots, you want somebody to come in and you want to give that kind of a sighter, at least two to three balls, and then got for it. By the time they retired him out it was too late, I felt.”Jaffer, however, felt that CSK didn’t have a choice at that point because they didn’t expect the big shots to come from Jadeja or Vijay Shankar either.”You could have retired him and you could have retired him a little early. But, again, Jadeja was the only one [left]. I don’t think they would have trusted [Vijay Shankar]… you needed one more batter there who could have done that [score quickly],” Jaffer said. “But, unfortunately, they didn’t have anybody. Even Jadeja for that matter, he has his restrictions [in terms of how fast he can score].”17:35

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As it turned out, while Dhoni was quick in scoring 27 in 12 balls with three sixes, Jadeja and Vijay Shankar scored 11 runs in seven balls. But, to be fair to them, by the time they got out, it was perhaps too late to change anything.Stephen Fleming, the CSK coach, agreed that the innings had “lost some momentum” in the middle overs, but was pleased that they had crossed 200 for the first time this season.”We had an innings of substance at the top [from Conway]. In the IPL, you need your top three/four to get a majority of the runs. We haven’t been doing that,” Fleming said. “It was pleasing that we got off to a more solid start. We weren’t able to just maintain a high momentum through the middle, partly good bowling and maybe we were trying to push too hard. It’s something we will review.”But it’s not a bad chase. About three hits away. But we just lost a bit of momentum through the middle.”

Glasgow Rangers made their way through to the play-off round of Champions League qualifiers with a 4-2 win over Viktoria Plzen on aggregate.

The Light Blues traveled away from Ibrox to play the second leg in Czechia on Tuesday night and lost 2-1, but it did not matter in the end thanks to their 3-0 win in Glasgow last week.

Russell Martin will not be happy with the nature of his team’s performance in this match, despite it not mattering overall in the tie, because there were several players who did not play to the best of their ability.

Djeidi Gassama made a lightning fast start to life at Ibrox with four goals in his first five matches, but it is fair to say that this was a step down from what supporters have already gotten used to from the winger.

Djeidi Gassama's performance against Viktoria Plzen

The overall team performance did not help the French forward, it must be said, but the former Sheffield Wednesday man failed to make a positive impact on the match.

In 87 minutes on the pitch, Gassama did not register a single shot on target or create any chances for his teammates, which shows that he offered very little, if anything, in the final third.

However, the 21-year-old talent did win four of his nine duels and completed two of his three attempted dribbles, as per Sofascore. He competed and tried to put himself around for the team, albeit it was coupled with ineffective play in the important part of the pitch.

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Whilst Gassama was not at his bes in the final third in a fairly disappointing display, Mohamed Diomande was even worse than him in the middle of the park.

Why Russell Martin must drop Mohamed Diomande

Looking past the League Cup clash with Alloa at the weekend, Martin must ruthlessly drop the Ivorian midfielder from the side to face Club Brugge next Tuesday in the play-off round.

Diomande, who was handed a 4/10 player rating – lower than Gassama’s 5/10 – by IbroxNews, struggled with the physicality and intensity of the match in the middle of the park.

Viktoria Plzen’s players found it far too easy to get the better of him, which helped the home side to assert their dominance on the game, by winning five of their six duels against him, per Sofascore.

Minutes

68

Pass accuracy

90%

Ground duels won

1/5

Aerial duels won

0/1

Tackles + interceptions

1

Dribbled past

2x

As you can see in the table above, Diomande lost 83% of his duels across his 68 minutes on the park, and was dribbled past more times than he made defensive interventions.

These statistics show that he was a lightweight out of possession in midfield, whilst Lyall Cameron won three of his five duels and Nicolas Raskin won four of his seven battles, and that is why he was even worse than Gassama, who at least put himself about for the team and showed his strength on and off the ball.

Diomande was the weak link in the middle of the park next to his midfield partners, which is why Martin must consider ruthlessly ditching him from the XI when Club Brugge come to Ibrox, as Joe Rothwell is waiting in the wings to take his place next to Cameron and Raskin.

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It is now down to Martin to be ruthless with his decision-making by dropping the left-footed flop from the starting line-up for such a huge match against the Belgian outfit.

We are only one week into the new Premier League season, and alarm bells are already going off at West Ham United.

Graham Potter travelled to the North East to take on newly-promoted Sunderland for their season opener, but instead of banking three points, they were played off the park, shipped three goals and returned to East London empty-handed.

It was the sort of performance that should scare the board into action and lead to some more arrivals before the transfer window slams shut in two weeks.

Fortunately, the club do seem intent on making more signings, and have now been linked with someone who’d be an upgrade on another target: Mateus Fernandes.

West Ham target Fernandes upgrade

While West Ham have made a few reasonable additions to the squad this summer in Kyle Walker-Peters, El Hajdu Malick Diouf and Mads Hermansen, they’ve not done enough, which might explain their interest in Fernandes.

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It was reported that the club had made a £30m offer for the Southampton star last week, but it was quickly rejected, only for the Saints to demand in excess of £50m for the 21-year-old talent.

Fortunately, it looks like the Hammers are now targeting another midfielder who’d likely be more affordable and could even be an upgrade on the Portuguese gem.

At least that is according to a recent report from Marco Conterio, who has claimed that West Ham are one of several teams interested in Eljif Elmas.

More than that, the journalist has revealed that the Irons have already made “an important inquiry” about the RB Leipzig ace, who has already turned down an offer from Süper Lig outfit Besiktas.

A potential price is not mentioned in the report, but as Leipzig paid €25m – £22m – for the midfielder in January 2024 and then loaned him out this January, we don’t imagine he’d cost much more than what they paid.

If so, West Ham could get their hands on a cheaper upgrade to Fernandes.

How Elmas compares to Fernandes

One of the advantages some might argue Fernandes has over Elmas is his Premier League experience, and while that is certainly a fair point, it fails to take into account the fact that the Macedonian international has far more experience playing in other top-five leagues.

For example, despite still being just 25 years old, he has made 156 appearances in Serie A and 16 in the Bundesliga, and then on top of that, he has also played 25 games in the Champions League and 21 in the Europa League.

Another area where the former Napoli ace excels is output. In just 19 appearances last season, totalling 1115 minutes, he scored four goals and provided five assists, averaging a goal involvement every 3.8 games or every 223 minutes.

For his efforts, the former Sporting CP gem was able to score three goals and provide six assists in 44 appearances, totalling 3409 minutes last season, which comes out to a slightly less impressive average of a goal involvement every 4.88 games, or 378.77 minutes.

Finally, we can really see how much more of a complete player the Skopje-born dynamo is when we take a look under the hood and compare their underlying numbers.

Non-Penalty G+As

0.34

0.18

Progressive Carries

3.56

2.45

Progressive Passes

3.05

4.51

Progressive Passes Received

5.08

3.37

Shots

1.77

1.32

Shots on Target

0.76

0.43

Passing Accuracy

80.4%

80.1%

Passes into the Penalty Area

1.36

0.86

Shot-Creating Actions

2.54

2.48

Goal-Creating Actions

0.25

0.21

Tackles

1.10

2.76

Blocks

0.85

1.32

For example, the goalscoring “jewel,” as he was dubbed by his agent George Gardi, comes out ahead in almost every metric, including things like non-penalty goals plus assists, progressive carries, shot and goal-creating actions, passing accuracy, passes into the penalty area and more, all per 90.

In other words, the Macedonian game-changer is a far more dangerous player than the Portuguese ace and could end up having a significant impact on Potter’s squad this season.

Therefore, while it might be complicated, West Ham should do all they can to sign Elmas over Fernandes this season.

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With a deal already edging closer to signing Jorrel Hato from Ajax, Chelsea have also now reportedly made their first contact to sign a fresh attacking reinforcement.

Chelsea closing in on Hato

As ever, Chelsea have welcomed several fresh faces this summer. As Enzo Maresca gears up for his second season in charge, he now has the likes of Joao Pedro, Liam Delap and Jamie Gittens at his disposal in what remains a squad filled to the brim with quality in depth.

The Blues haven’t quite wrapped up their summer business just yet, however. After showing the door to Noni Madueke, who joined London rivals Arsenal, and Saudi-bound Joao Felix, those at Stamford Bridge still have money to spend and have turned towards Hato as a result.

The 19-year-old left-back now looks destined to become the latest young talent to arrive in West London, as Chelsea continue to build one of the youngest squads in the Premier League.

Hato’s tender age is unlikely to stand in the way of first-team opportunities, though. The Dutchman already has plenty of experience on that front and even graced the Europa League for Ajax last season.

One of many to have praised Hato, Statman Dave recently told BBC Radio 5 Live’s Big Transfer Talk: “When you look at his stats over the season, we are starting to see a player who is very composed and creative. He could potentially go on a similar path to Trent Alexander-Arnold – that is the player I would liken him to in Europe.”

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Ben Gray

Jul 30, 2025

Alas, it’s not just their backline that Chelsea still want to improve. The Blues have also reportedly made their first move to sign a Serie A star.

Chelsea make first approach to sign Weah

According to SpazioJ, Chelsea have made their first approach to sign Timothy Weah from Juventus, only for the American to turn down a summer switch to Stamford Bridge.

It’s not the first time that the winger has turned down the chance to join a Premier League club, either. Earlier this summer, reports emerged that he had handed Nottingham Forest the same answer that he has now given Chelsea and Tottenham. Just where his future now lies as a result is the big question.

Juventus are still willing to sell Weah for around €20m (£17m) ahead of next season, but it remains to be seen whether the likes of Chelsea come calling with a second attempt to convince the 25-year-old.

After scoring six goals and providing five assists in all competitions last season, former Juventus boss Thiago Motta took the chance to praise Weah – telling reporters: “I see him very well, the first thing for a full-back is to defend, be aggressive, win duels, and he is winning a lot of them. He is aggressive, he can still improve, I am very happy with what I see, and on top of that, he also manages to score goals.”