Celtic played transfer blinder with Klimala

Celtic sold French striker Odsonne Edouard this summer as he departed Parkhead just months after Ange Postecoglou was hired.

He joined Crystal Palace and the forward is now thriving in the Premier League for the Eagles, with two goals in four games for Patrick Vieira’s side.

The Hoops received a reported £15m, with his market value currently stood at £15.30m. This suggests that Celtic got a fair price for the attacker, with Palace now benefitting from his talents in England.

Another striker who left Parkhead in 2021 was Polish forward Patryk Klimala, who was sold to MLS outfit New York Red Bulls for £3.9m back in April.

Klimala joined Celtic from Jagiellonia Bialystok in January 2020 and endured a torrid time at Parkhead as he struggled to find his form in Scotland. In 28 appearances for the club, Klimala scored just three goals and provided one assist as he failed to prove that he could be the go-to goalscorer in the Premiership.

He averaged a dismal SofaScore rating of 6.65 in the Premiership last term for Celtic. He missed a whopping five ‘big chances’ and lost 57% of his duels on the pitch. This shows that his quality in the final third let him down as he struggled to finish the chances that were evidently being created for him by his teammates.

Hoops pundit Peter Martin once criticised the striker and claimed that he was not good enough to play for the club. He said: “And then you’ve got Klimala, who for me, is not a Celtic player. He’s not at the level that Celtic are looking for.”

This led to Celtic selling him to New York Red Bulls in April for a reported fee of £3.9m. He has since gone on to score eight times in 24 appearances for the MLS side, but his current market value suggests that the Hoops pulled off a blinder in the transfer market.

At the time of writing (12/10/21), the £5.8k-per-week Hoops flop is valued at £2.7m by Transfermarkt. This means that Celtic were able to rake in £1.2m more for Klimala than they should have been expected to, despite his dreadful form for the club in Scotland.

Therefore, Peter Lawwell was able to fleece Red Bulls and pull off a masterclass in the window as they cashed in on the young Poland U21 international. They were able to convince a team to overpay for a player who was not performing for the club on the pitch and then reinvest that money in players for Ange Postecoglou in the summer, with the likes of Kyogo Furuhashi and Jota coming in.

AND in other news, Bought for £540k, sold at £13.5m: Celtic pulled off masterclass with “influential” gem…

Solanki spares Worcestershire's blushes

Vikram Solanki’s defiance spared Worcestershire from the humiliation of launching their Division One campaign with an innings defeat inside two days at the Rose Bowl

David Lloyd at The Rose Bowl16-Apr-2009Worcestershire 132 (Cork 4-10) and 150 for 8 (Solanki 64*) lead Hampshire 216 (Dawson 66, Arif 4-42) by 66 runs
ScorecardLiam Dawson made a potentially matchwinning 66•Getty Images

Vikram Solanki’s defiance spared Worcestershire from the humiliation of launching their Division One campaign with an innings defeat inside two days at the Rose Bowl. But the writing still appears to be on the wall for last year’s Second Division runners-up.Thanks to captain Solanki (64) and No 9 Chris Whelan (47), Hampshire were kept waiting. Together they added 97 for the eighth wicket, almost tripling the total from a grisly 53 for 7 and giving the visitors a lead of 66 in the process. But with Whelan falling to the first ball of the second day’s final over – edging a big cut against Chris Tremlett – surely only a lot of bad weather can deny the hosts.Still, 150 for 8 represented positive riches for Worcestershire. Dismissed for 132 first up, they were subsiding even more meekly second time around on a pitch passed fit for purpose by inspector Tony Pigott. Apart from Solanki, who survived an appeal for caught behind off Tremlett before scoring, only Ben Smith of the top eight reached double figures as too many batsmen fell in cheap fashion.Stephen Moore played on to one from Tremlett that kept a little low, Daryl Mitchell edged Dominic Cork – rewarded with the new ball after his first-innings heroics – into the slips and then the collapse really gathered pace.Michael Carberry, one of the game’s best fielders, dived forward in the covers to hold a skimming catch off Smith’s bat. But Moeen Ali could not have turned James Tomlinson more gently to square leg before Steve Davies snicked routinely. And with Gareth Batty edging an optimistic drive and Kabir Ali falling lbw, the end looked night with 24 overs remaining.Solanki, who came in at No 3, had barely played a shot in anger up to that point. But the class that earned him a half-century of England ODI caps came to the fore as he suddenly decided that the long handle was his only hope – and a crashing six over cover off seamer David Balcombe swiftly followed.At first, Solanki tried to protect Whelan, even running a bye off a bouncer which went straight through to the keeper in order to pinch the strike. But his partner soon showed himself more than capable of surviving and supplied 47 to the stand before a moment of hot-headedness gave Hampshire the breakthrough they had been striving to achieve.While Solanki’s heroics saved the day (if probably not the match) for Worcestershire, the best batting so far has come from the 18-year-old Hampshire allrounder Liam Dawson. At 116 for 7, the home team were making heavy weather of forging a first-innings lead. But Dawson, backed by the irrepressible Cork (25) during a stand of 91, made sure they gained a decent advantage.The pair came together following a flurry of wickets in the morning – nightwatchman Balcombe was yorked by Kabir and then both James Adams and Nic Pothas were undone by Imran Arif, a Pakistan-born paceman who had tried his luck with both Hampshire and Sussex before Worcestershire took him out of the Bradford League last season and made him their overseas player.Arif has since become a British passport-holder, meaning he can play in the same side as Ashley Noffke when the Australian fast bowler arrives later this week, and the quickie will clearly fight hard to keep his place.No-one could shift Dawson, however, until he was last out – swinging the bat at paceman Matt Mason – for a wonderfully composed 66. The England Under 19 captain (and England Lion during a Twenty20 ‘international’ against New Zealand A earlier this year) ended last season by making his maiden championship century at Trent Bridge. Here, he timed the ball beautifully while stroking eight fours and looking a class act.

بالفيديو | اتحاد جدة يفوز على سالزبورج النمساوي برباعية وديًا

تمكن نادي اتحاد جدة من تحقيق الفوز وديّا على حساب ريد بول سالزبورج النمساوي بنتيجة 4-3 في إطار تحضيرات الفريقين للموسم الجديد 2022-2023.

تقدم الاتحاد مبكرًا من خلال هدافه البرازيلي رومارينيو في الدقيقة الثالثة من عمر المباراة، لكن الفريق النمساوي أدرك التعادل بالدقيقة 22، وأضاف الوافد الجديد أحمد شراحيلي ثاني الأهداف في الدقيقة 27.

اقرأ ايضا..اتحاد جدة يحدد مصير عمر هوساوي وفهد المولد

ومن جديد أحرز رومارينيو ثاني أهدافه في اللقاء وهدف الاتحاد الثالث بالدقيقة 32 من الشوط الأول، الذي انتهى بتفوق العميد 3-1.

وفي الشوط الثاني أحرز هارون كامارا رابع أهداف النمور في الدقيقة 59، ثم قلص الفريق النمساوي النتيجة بتسجيل هدفين، لينتهي اللقاء بتفوق اتحاد جدة 4-3 أمام سالزبورج النمساوي.

وكان اتحاد جدة قد أنهى الموسم الماضي من الدوري السعودي للمحترفين في وصافة المسابقة بفارق نقطتين عن الهلال المتوج باللقب.

WS11 faz exames, está liberado para atuar e será reinscrito pelo Flu na Sul-Americana

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Reprovado nos exames do Bordeaux, na França, Wellington Silva já volta a ser opção para Abel Braga para o jogo de domingo, contra a Ponte Preta, pela 17ª rodada do Campeonato Brasileiro. O atacante, que retornou ao Rio de Janeiro na quarta, foi avaliado pelo departamento médico do clube e apenas o antigo problema no púbis foi detectado. O camisa 11 tem condições de atuar.

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Bordeaux desistiu da contratação por conta de pequena infecção no púbis, mas Wellington Silva tem condições de atuar, garante o Flu

Wellington Silva desembarcou no Rio nas primeiras horas de quarta-feira, se reapresentando e treinando em dois períodos no CT Pedro Antonio, enquanto o time de Abel Braga, em Quito, venceu a Universidad Católica por 2 a 1, avançando para as oitavas de final da Copa Sul-Americana.

A outra boa notícia envolvendo o atacante de 24 anos é, justamente, sobre a competição continental. O Flu consultou a Conmebol e recebeu o aval para reinscrevê-lo na Sul-Americana. Mediante à resposta positiva, o Tricolor das Laranjeiras formalizará o pedido nos próximos dias e Wellington Silva reforçará a equipe nas oitavas, a ser disputada entre 21 de agosto de 22 de setembro.

Inicialmente, o regulamento permitia a mudança de sete jogadores – três entre a primeira e segunda fase e mais quatro entre as oitavas e a semifinal. No entanto, a Conmebol anunciou em junho o aumento de três para seis trocas para a segunda fase, tanto na Sul-Americana quanto na Libertadores.

O Flu exerceu tal direito e anunciou as seis mudanças na última segunda-feira, obedecendo o prazo de 48h antes do jogo de volta dado pela entidade. Neste momento, a venda de Wellington Silva era dada como certa e o atacante foi substituído pelo lateral-esquerdo Marlon.

Agora, com a classificação para as oitavas de final, o clube das Laranjeiras ouviu da Conmebol que terá direito a mais quatro alterações na lista de 30 jogadores inscritos. Basta anunciar quem dará lugar ao camisa 11, titular de Abel Braga.

Bravo! 'Circense', Corinthians bate o Sport e fecha maior turno da história

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Uma pirueta, duas piruetas, bravo, bravo! Como um time de artistas de circo que encantou seu respeitável público superior a 40 mil pessoas no picadeiro da Arena Corinthians, o Timão do mágico Fábio Carille fechou o melhor primeiro turno da história do Campeonato Brasileiro em pontos corridos com 20 clubes. Neste sábado, diante do Sport, Guilherme Arana, Rodriguinho e Pedro Henrique foram os protagonistas da noite com os gols marcados na vitória por 3 a 1 (Thallyson descontou), que fez o Timão chegar a incríveis 47 pontos.

São 11 pontos a mais que o Grêmio, que completa a 19ª rodada neste domingo, contra o Atlético-MG.

A arte começou cedo em Itaquera, pelos pés do acrobata Guilherme Arana. Depois de perder uma chance com Rodriguinho em boa defesa de Magrão, o Corinthians abriu o placar após linda jogada de Fagner pela direita, ao driblar Osvaldo, cortar Sander e cruzar na área. Após Maycon furar, a bola encontrou Guilherme Arana na entrada da área pela esquerda para bater firme, no canto. O lateral-esquerdo comemorou o gol com uma cambalhota no gramado. Bravo!

O Sport até tentou roubar a cena após uma cobrança de escanteio em que Cássio saiu mal do gol e Durval ganhou pelo alto, mas foi o Corinthians quem teve as melhores chances do primeiro tempo em que dominou, não fez faltas e se impôs. Teve gol anulado de Romero, chances perdidas por Rodriguinho e um lindo chute de Clayson após cortar Samuel Xavier – uma rotina em Itaquera.

Depois da acrobacia de Arana, Rodriguinho começou o segundo tempo bancando o malabarista. Com 19 segundos de bola rolando, o Corinthians roubou a bola do Sport e Maycon tocou em velocidade para o meia, que avançou sem marcação e bateu no ângulo, sem defesa. Arte pura. Apenas vinte minutos depois, mais um: Clayson bateu escanteio e Pedro Henrique domou toda a defesa do Sport para subir sozinho e cabecear para baixo, de novo sem chances para Magrão. O malabarista e o domador do circense Corinthians não deixaram o time pernambucano respirar.

A questão é que o time pernambucano também tinha uma carta na manga. Aos 37 minutos, o recém-acionado Thallyson bateu de fora da área, escorregou, e viu a bola entrar no ângulo de Cássio. Um golaço de honra para abrilhantar o espetáculo na Arena Corinthians. Bravo!

FICHA TÉCNICA
CORINTHIANS 3 X 1 SPORT
Local: Arena Corinthians, São Paulo (SP)
Data-Hora: 5/8/2017 – 19h
Árbitro: Wagner Reway (Fifa-MT)
Auxiliares: Fabio Rodrigo Rubinho e Marcelo Grando (ambos do MT)
Público/renda: 41.279 pagantes/R$ 2.446.519,40
Cartões amarelos: Romero (COR), Oswaldo Henríquez e Samuel Xavier (SPO)
Cartões vermelhos: –
Gols: Guilherme Arana (9’/1ºT) (1-0), Rodriguinho (1’/2ºT) (2-0), Pedro Henrique (21’/2ºT) (3-0) e Thallyson (38’/2ºT) (3-1)

CORINTHIANS: Cássio; Fagner, Pedro Henrique, Balbuena e Guilherme Arana (Léo Príncipe, 36’/2ºT); Gabriel, Maycon (Camacho, 30’/2ºT), Rodriguinho, Romero e Clayson (Pedrinho, 29’/2ºT); Jô. Técnico: Fábio Carille.

SPORT: Magrão; Samuel Xavier, Durval, Oswaldo Henríquez e Sander; Patrick (Thallyson, 32’/2ºT), Rithely, Osvaldo (Anselmo, 14’/2ºT), Diego Souza e Everton Felipe (Juninho, 14’/2ºT); André. Técnico: Vanderlei Luxemburgo.

Man United fans hammer Lindelof

Flocking to Twitter, many Manchester United fans were less than impressed with the performance of defender Victor Lindelof as their side edged past Atalanta 3-2 on Wednesday evening.

Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’s side, losing 2-0 just before the half hour mark courtesy of strikes from Mario Pasalic and Merih Demiral, had it all to do on a thoroughly enthralling night of Champions League football.

United’s unlikely fight back started early in the second half when Marcus Rashford fed off Bruno Fernandes’ sumptuous through ball to bury a neat finish into Atalanta’s bottom corner.

As the Red Devils kept knocking, it was an unlikely hero who stepped up next in Harry Maguire, with the England international defender netting a half volley at the back post for 2-2.

In typical Hollywood fashion, there was only one man set to take centre stage for United’s late winner as Cristiano Ronaldo leapt to meet Luke Shaw’s cross with a towering header and the eventual winner.

One man who certainly didn’t take any acclaim, however, was Sweden ace Lindelof – and it is clear to see why going by his numbers.

According to SofaScore, he was United’s second-lowest rated player on the night with a 6.5/10 and won none of his ground duels up against the Serie A side.

Flocking to Twitter, many supporters criticised his performance – find all of their verdicts down below.

Man United fans hammer Lindelof…

“Lindelof is a poor defender, he should not be starting”

Credit: @jibolajibade

“Lindelof is dreadful he needs shipping out get bailly in”

Credit: @pelehudson

“De Gea is WORLD CLASS and Lindelof is dreadful…”

Credit: @ZalFTW

“Make them just sell Lindelof go Turkish league. Na there fit am”

Credit: @pyrexgoon

“Lindelof was, is and will always be a defensive liability.”

Credit: @Vyastache

“I swear I dont understand how lindelof is a pro footballer”

Credit: @MUFCNEPTUNE

“Just watched the game again. Linedolf is very very weak. Bailly must be better”

Credit: @CraggyDevils

“Lindelof needs to get in the weight room asap the guy is too weak”

Credit: @Zuka91729997

“Maguire & Lindelof are worse than Fred & Mctominay tbf”

Credit: @WaseemMUFC

In other news: ‘Praying’, ‘Bring him home’, ‘The real deal’…Man United fans rave as Murtough eyes ‘incredible signing’, find out more here.

SLC assures New Zealand maximum security

Duleep Mendis, the chief executive of Sri Lanka Cricket, does not believe New Zealand need to resort to “Haliburton” measures to ensure the security of their cricket team on the forthcoming tour of the island

Ajay S Shankar25-Apr-2009

Sri Lanka are keen to assure New Zealand they have nothing to worry about while touring•AFP

Duleep Mendis, the chief executive of Sri Lanka Cricket, does not believe New Zealand need to resort to “Haliburton” measures to ensure the security of their cricket team on the forthcoming tour of the island. Justin Vaughan, the chief executive of New Zealand Cricket, told the that the terror attacks in Lahore could result in national boards hiring security firms, much like government contractors in war-torn Iraq, to ensure the safety of their teams on future tours.Mendis, though, was confident SLC could provide top-level security for the New Zealanders during a year in which tensions between Sri Lankan government forces and the LTTE have escalated into civil war.”I don’t think there is any reason for anyone to be worried or alarmed about the security situation here,” Mendis told Cricinfo. “We have had foreign teams touring here without any problem. We hosted the Indian team this year, and that series got through without a hitch. We have a very capable security apparatus in place and there is nothing to worry for New Zealand Cricket.”Vaughan said conventional thinking regarding cricket security had been forever changed by the terror attack on the Sri Lankan team and ICC match officials outside the gates of the Gaddafi Stadium. The New Zealand team is due to travel to Sri Lanka in August, then Bangladesh and India in 2010, and Vaughan foreshadowed a major upgrading of the security around the team.Lahore has changed the landscape,” Vaughan told the . The stakes have lifted considerably and we have to be very careful in the advice we take. We need to take security to a higher level, possibly we have to look at the way [US government contractor] Halliburton and other US contractors in Iraq operate. Certainly it isn’t an area we’re willing to short-cut.”Heath Mills, the head of the New Zealand Cricket Players Association, told the paper that several members of the New Zealand squad had already quizzed him about security arrangements for the tour of Sri Lanka.”Security now is the biggest threat to the game,” Mills said. “It has surpassed corruption, and we have to have world-class security. We will not be making recommendations to our players on whether to go or not unless we’re 100% confident in the security check process and the recommendations that flow from it.”

ميكالي يوجه طلبًا لـ اتحاد الكرة قبل المنافسات الرسمية لمنتخب مصر الأولمبي

طلب البرازيلي روجيريو ميكالي المدير الفني لمنتخب مصر الأولمبي إقامة معسكرين استعداديين، قبل خوض أول مواجهة رسمية.

وأتم الاتحاد المصري لكرة القدم تعاقده مع ميكالي وجهازه المعاون الذي ضم 3 مساعدين، وتم تقديم المدير الفني البرازيلي رسميًا لوسائل الإعلام أمس الأربعاء. طالع التفاصيل

ويفتتح المنتخب الأوليمبي المصري مشواره الرسمي بخوض منافسات التصفيات المؤهلة لكأس الأمم الإفريقية تحت 23 عامًا، المنتظر إقامتها بالأراضي المغربية العام المقبل، والمؤهلة لدورة الألعاب الأوليمبية باريس 2024.

طالع | ميكالي: استدعاء محمد صلاح ليس سهلًا.. وهدفي ميدالية أولمبية مع مصر

وسبق أن حصل ميكالي على الميدالية الفضية مع منتخب البرازيل للشباب، محتلًا وصافة بطولة كأس العالم للشباب 2015، بجانب فوزه بالميدالية الذهبية لدورة ريو دي جانيرو مع البرازيل 2016.

Elogiado por Levir, Nilmar carrega saldo positivo em estreia pelo Santos

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Depois de 15 meses sem atuar profissionalmente, o experiente atacante Nilmar estreou com a camisa do Santos na noite deste domingo, no empate em 0 a 0 contra o Coritiba pela 21ª rodada do Campeonato Brasileiro. Contente por participar de 27 minutos da partida, o atacante explicou que já esperava pela oportunidade e não teve qualquer restrição física nesta retomada.

– Feliz por poder voltar a jogar, que é o mais importante. Futebol é assim, quando menos se espera a oportunidade aparece. Estou me sentindo bem, mas tenho muito a melhorar – disse o jogador de 33 anos após a partida.

Nilmar nem sequer seria relacionado para o compromisso no estádio Couto Pereira, mas uma lesão de Ricardo Oliveira no último treino antes da partida ocasionou a entrada de Kayke no time titular e a necessidade de um centroavante para a reserva.

O camisa 18 do Peixe teve 38 dias de preparação desde o momento da contratação e não folgou desde a chegada ao elenco. Além de morar no CT Rei Pelé, o jogador se deu folga apenas nas tardes de domingo durante o período. Por conta disso, foi um dos destaques nos treinos comandados pelo técnico Levir Culpi, tanto que fez gols e surpreendeu com bons passes, mesmo em inatividade e com idade considerada avançada.

– O Nilmar fez sua estreia porque esteve treinando muito bem. Ele é muito rápido, será muito importante – disse Levir após a partida em que o camisa 18 foi sua única alteração.

Além de se manter em ação no Campeonato Brasileiro, Nilmar também foi inscrito na Copa Libertadores, em que o Peixe disputará as quartas de final contra o Barcelona (EQU).

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فيديو | زاها يسجل هدف كريستال بالاس الأول أمام ليفربول

تقدم فريق كريستال بالاس بهدف في الشوط الأول من مباراته الجارية حاليًا أمام ليفربول في بطولة الدوري الإنجليزي الممتاز.

ويستضيف ملعب “الأنفيلد” مباراة الفريقين في ختام منافسات الجولة الثانية من الدوري الإنجليزي، موسم 2022/23.

ونجح اللاعب الإيفواري ويلفريد زاها في تسجيل هدف كريستال بالاس الأول في الدقيقة 32 من عمر الشوط الأول.

الهدف جاء بعد هجمة مرتدة رائعة لـ كريستال بالاس، حيث تلقى الإيفواري تمريرة رائعة من وسط الملعب، جعلته ينفرد بمرمى أليسون بيكر، وتوغل لداخل منطقة الجزاء بسرعة، وسدد بشكل رائع في مرمى أليسون بيكر. هدف كريستال بالاس الأول أمام ليفربول

 

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