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Heading into their next Premier League clash at the weekend with a trip to Watford, Liverpool boast the best attacking record in the top flight with 17 goals scored in seven games.

One player who has featured heavily for the Reds so far this season and been a significant part of their attacking force over the years is Mohamed Salah, with nine goals in as many appearances across all competitions this season alone.

Since joining the Merseyside club back in the 2017 summer transfer window from AS Roma for a fee of £34m, the Egyptian has gone on to make 212 appearances for the Reds across all competitions, scoring 134 goals and providing 50 assists along the way. Furthermore, he has also won a number of team titles and individual awards during his time with the Reds.

On the international stage, Salah has made 71 appearances for Egypt’s senior side, scoring 43 goals in the process and showing just how important he is for his country as well as his club.

In terms of his market value, it was listed as £36m in October 2017 according to Transfermarkt shortly after he moved to Anfield, whereas it now stands at a massive £90m, showing just how much he has progressed and improved since joining Liverpool.

Taking all this into account, it’s safe to say that Salah, who has been described as an “incredible” footballer and person by Reds teammate Andy Robertson, has been a vital figure for Jurgen Klopp’s side since his arrival four years ago and arguably one of the best signings the club has ever made.

Looking ahead to the future, with Salah’s contract set to expire in 2023 and recent reports claiming that the club are trying to get him to sign a new one, we feel that Liverpool should be doing all they can to get the winger to pledge his long-term future to the Reds given how crucial he has been for them.

If he does sign a new contract with Liverpool and continues scoring a ton of goals, there’s every possibility that his market value could increase even further despite him turning 30 next June.

In other news: Klopp could seal Wijnaldum replacement at Anfield with “sublime” £49.5m-rated ace

Crystal Palace could be set to add further reinforcements to their first team squad after they were linked with a move for Arsenal striker Alexandre Lacazette.

What’s the story?

According to 90min, the 30-year-old is set to depart the Emirates Stadium once his current contract expires next summer, with neither the player nor the club keen to reach an agreement.

The report states: “90min understands that talks between the Gunners and the player’s representatives have taken place, but there has been no offer of a new contract. What’s more, neither club nor player appear keen to try and reach an agreement, leading to a parting of ways.”

It also claimed that Lacazette is not short of potential suitors, with clubs across the continent interested in securing his services.

He will be free to sign a pre-contract with an overseas club once he enters the final six months of his expiring deal in January with clubs in Spain, Germany and Italy reportedly monitoring the situation, but his former side Lyon and Premier League duo West Ham United and Palace are also named as possible destinations.

Imagine him and Odsonne Edouard

Lacazette rose through the ranks at boyhood club Lyon and established himself as one of the most exciting forwards in his homeland during his time in Ligue 1. He bagged a remarkable 129 goals and provided a further 43 assists in just 275 appearances for Les Gones, helping them win the French Cup along the way.

The Frenchman’s remarkable form earned him a £46.5m move to Arsenal back in July 2017, a club-record fee for the north London outfit at the time, but he has perhaps not had the impact that many might have been anticipating.

Despite scoring 67 goals and laying on a further 29 assists in 173 outings for the Gunners, Lacazette only has one FA Cup success to show for his efforts on English shores and has failed to fire the north Londoners back to the Champions League.

Nevertheless, his ability to put the ball in the net has rarely been in doubt, with Arsene Wenger previously lauding him for having that knack, saying: “Scoring goals is about being in the right place, and Lacazette has that quality.”

The prospect of him linking up with fellow countryman Odsonne Edouard at Selhurst Park is a mouth-watering possibility.

Edouard marked his Palace debut in style with two goals against Tottenham Hotspur, and the 23-year-old would surely benefit from his compatriot’s tutelage should Lacazette make the switch across London.

Therefore, Eagles chairman Steve Parish must sanction a move for the £25.2m-rated hitman, bringing a proven Premier League goalscorer into Patrick Vieira’s setup and adding the finishing touches to the club’s already impressive squad overhaul.

And, in other news…Sold for £10.8m, now worth £3.6m: Parish struck gold over Palace flop

Wasim Akram, the former Pakistan captain, has said he was perplexed by the docile pitch prepared at the National Stadium for the first Test between Pakistan and Sri Lanka in Karachi

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Wasim Akram: “He [Younis Khan] is still 31-32, quite fit, the passion is there and he could take Pakistan cricket further” © AFP
Wasim Akram, the former Pakistan captain, has said he was perplexed by the docile pitch prepared at the National Stadium for the first Test between Pakistan and Sri Lanka in Karachi. Four 150-plus scores – including a triple-century and two double-tons – were raked up in Pakistan’s first home Test in 16 months, and Akram said sparse crowds for five-day games in the country would only improve if the pitches were more bowler-friendly.”It’s a mystery to me why after 14 months of [not playing] Test cricket, such type of a wicket was made,” Akram said. “We don’t have to play the blame game but have to look what type of wicket should be prepared for the next Test.”Pakistan captain Younis Khan and coach Intikhab Alam had expressed their dissatisfaction about the pitch, and Akram felt the home captain should be consulted. “I think the captain’s involvement should be there in the preparation of the wicket. When I was the captain, Imran [Khan] was the captain, Javed [Miandad], Inzamam [ul-Haq], we made sure what type of wicket we should have and we got that. So I think there was some communication problem there. But I hope not such type of wicket is made in future. We want teams to come to Pakistan and people of Pakistan should support their team but with such type of wickets it gets a bit difficult.”Sri Lanka raked up 644 for 7 in their first innings, and Pakistan’s reply of 765 for 6 was powered by Younis’ triple-century, the first by a Pakistan captain. “I think technically it was a superb knock. For any batsman who scores 300, it doesn’t matter what type of wicket or against which opposition. It is a big achievement and against the likes of Murali [Muttiah Muralitharan] and [Ajantha] Mendis, who are experienced spinners. Murali is one of the best ever and to bat against him for two-and-a-half days shows that Younis is a great player and he has got the ability to lead from the front.”Akram was hoping Younis can provide the much-needed stability to Pakistan’s set-up with his leadership. “It could have been better had he agreed to lead one-and-a-half years ago. He is still 31-32, quite fit, the passion is there and he could take Pakistan cricket further. Let’s hope for that.”Fast bowler Sohail Khan did not have the best start to his Test career, conceding 164 runs in 27 wicketless overs. “Sohail is playing a Test match so it means he is a Test-level bowler. He has been performing in first-class cricket consistently but I think it was such a dead track and he was an inexperienced bowler. You need experienced bowlers to get wickets. You can try youngsters on slightly supporting wickets. He just needs couple of games to get into rhythm.”

Alan Hutton has now given a reason why Glasgow Rangers decided to let Cedric Itten go out on loan in the summer transfer window.

The Lowdown: Itten leaves

The Ibrox faithful announced on Transfer Deadline Day that Itten has joined Bundesliga club Greuther Furth on loan for the rest of the 2021/22 season.

He had already played in four games in total over all competitions this campaign before his move to Germany.

The Latest: Hutton on Itten

Speaking to Football Insider, former Light Blues right-back turned pundit Hutton has claimed that Itten was allowed to go out on loan because Alfredo Morelos ended up staying:

“It was a bit of a curveball, not one I saw coming.

“Obviously his first season was difficult, there were no fans, he didn’t hit the ground running.

“There was loads of competition upfront as well. When called upon he did well.

“Whenever I saw him play he added something a little bit different to that Rangers side.

“It’s a strange one but I think it’s down to Morelos staying. Obviously if he went, they would have needed someone to come in.

“The fact he stayed gave Gerrard a bit of leeway to send someone out on loan to give him game time, that’s what he needs.

“There is a player in there, he’s a finisher. He needs to play games, I think it’s a good move.”

The Verdict: Right move

There is no doubt that Itten still has a lot that he can offer, as Steven Gerrard even went as far as to dub him as a ‘superb’ player when he is given his chance in a press conference back in February.

The Switzerland international has scored six goals and made a further three assists in 42 matches in total across all competitions under the Liverpool and England legend (Transfermarkt).

However, given that he already has four strikers to choose from in the squad at the moment, including Morelos, the 24-year-old needed to go out on loan in order to get more regular game time under his belt.

In other news, find out which Ger this Premier League manager wanted to sign here!

An update has emerged on free-agent manager Steve Cooper, regarding Southampton’s interest in his services.

What’s the talk?

According to Alan Nixon of The Sun  (12.09.21, pg. 64), via The 72, former Swansea head coach Steve Cooper is Southampton’s number one choice to replace Ralph Hasenhuttl.

The report claims that the Saints have identified Cooper should they need to replace the Austrian, whether that be because they decide to relieve him of his duties or because another club comes calling for his services.

Nightmare

Southampton owner Gao Jisheng must avoid a nightmare scenario by forgetting about any move for Cooper. The Saints chief must veto any deal for the ex-England youth head coach as it would be a terrible decision by the club, given how things went for his Swansea team last season.

His Swansea team rarely left fans excited as they went for a pragmatic, defensive, approach to Championship football. They ended the 2020/21 campaign in fourth place, but only scored 56 goals in their 46 league matches – compared to Brentford’s 79 and Norwich’s 75.

This ultimately played a hand in their failure to secure promotion, with his side winning just four of their last 14 matches – including a disappointing 2-0 defeat to Brentford in the play-off final as they failed to lay a glove on the Bees.

So, why would Southampton want to bring in a manager who was unable to produce good football in the second tier and is unproven as a coach at the top level? It could be a disaster situation for the Saints and one they must avoid, although it must be stressed that there is no suggestion Hasenhuttl will be going anywhere any time soon.

Hasenhuttl has averaged 1.31 points per game across 118 Premier League matches in charge of the Saints, compared to Cooper’s 1.61 points-per-game across 105 Championship games.

Given the gulf in quality between the two divisions and with Southampton battling relegation whilst Swansea fought for promotion, these statistics do not suggest Cooper would be an upgrade on the Austrian.

Hopefully, Hasenhuttl will remain at the helm for the foreseeable future and Gao will not need to be in a position where he needs to make a decision.

However, if such an occasion does arise then they could benefit from looking elsewhere instead of going for Cooper.

AND in other news, Fewer touches than McCarthy: Saints dud who lost 85% of his duels let Ralph down badly…

Paul Robinson has claimed that Glasgow Rangers will now be able to keep Ryan Kent away from the clutches of Leeds United.

The Lowdown: Leeds interest

Leeds United have previously been linked with a move for Kent, although the summer window is now shut.

However, after they announced the signing of Dan James from Manchester United on Transfer Deadline Day, it is not clear whether they would still revisit their interest in the Englishman in January.

The Latest: Robinson on Kent

Speaking to Football Insider, former Whites and Tottenham Hotspur goalkeeper now pundit Robinson has claimed that any potential move for Kent to his old team is now dead and buried after the arrival of James to Elland Road:

“I always knew it would be a difficult one for Leeds to pull off.

“Rangers under Gerrard are a different prospect to what they were, they have the potential to compete and fight on all fronts.

“Leeds would probably have been priced out of a move. Now Dan James has come I think that one is dead in the water.

“He hasn’t started the season particularly well. Now with the window shut hopefully that gives him some stability and he can turn that form around.”

The Verdict: Keep

The Ibrox faithful must look to keep hold of their best players for as long as possible, and Kent is certainly one of them.

Described as ‘fantastic’ by former Light Blues right-back Alan Hutton, the winger scored an impressive 13 goals and supplied a further 15 assists in 52 games in total across all competitions across the 2020/21 season (Transfermarkt).

Nonetheless, he still has potential to develop even more at just 24 years of age, and will only get better under the management of Steven Gerrard.

Thus, the Gers need to stand firm with a huge valuation, in case Leeds do end up revisiting their interest despite James’ signing.

In other news, find out what reason has been given why Cedric Itten left here!

يشهد اليوم الجمعة 1-7-2022 إقامة مباراة وحيدة في كأس مصر لنسخة الموسم الحالي 2021-2022، بجانب لقاء بين مصر وسلوفينيا في كرة اليد بدورة ألعاب البحر المتوسط.

ويلتقي فريق المقاولون العرب ضد منافسه الجونة بالمواجهة التي تجمع بينهما ضمن منافسات دور الـ16 من البطولة المحلية.

ويخوض منتخب مصر لكرة اليد مباراة جديدة أمام سلوفينيا ضمن مواجهات مرحلة المجموعات بدورة ألعاب البحر المتوسط. مواعيد مباريات اليوم الجمعة 1-7-2022 والقنوات الناقلة
مواعيد مباريات كأس مصر اليوم

المقاولون العرب أمام الجونة وتنطلق المباراة في تمام 08:00 مساءً بتوقيت القاهرة، 09:00 مساءً بتوقيت السعودية، وتُذاع عبر قناة on time sport. مواعيد مباريات كرة اليد في دورة ألعاب البحر المتوسط

تونس أمام إيطاليا وتنطلق المباراة في تمام 11:00 صباحا بتوقيت القاهرة، 12:00 ظهراً بتوقيت السعودية.

مصر أمام سلوفينيا وتنطلق المباراة في تمام 03:15 عصرا بتوقيت القاهرة، 04:15 عصرا بتوقيت السعودية.(تم إلغاء المباراة بسبب وجود إصابات كورونا في صفوف سلوفينيا).

إسبانيا أمام اليونان وتنطلق المباراة في تمام 06:00 مساءً بتوقيت القاهرة، 07:00 مساءً بتوقيت السعودية.

تركيا ضد مقدونيا الشمالية وتنطلق المباراة في تمام 08:00 مساءً بتوقيت القاهرة، 09:00 مساءً بتوقيت السعودية.

يمكنك مطالعة مواعيد ونتائج جميع المباريات لحظة بلحظة من مركز المباريات من هنا.

The Nottinghamshire seamer, Charlie Shreck, was crowned Player of the Season at the club’s annual awards dinner at Trent Bridge on Tuesday

Cricinfo staff01-Oct-2008The Nottinghamshire seamer, Charlie Shreck, was crowned Player of the Season at the club’s annual awards dinner at Trent Bridge on Tuesday. Shreck was the club’s leading wicket-taker in 2008, taking 76 wickets in all competitions, 58 of them in the County Championship.”It’s an honour and a surprise to win the award because a few of my team mates would have been considered worthy winners,” said Shreck. “Mark Wagh scored 1,000 runs, Samit has been exceptional, Darren Pattinson has done very well and Chris Read has proved to be an excellent captain.”It has been a good season for the club and although we were disappointed to miss out on the LV County Championship in the final game of the season, we have finished second which is a great achievement.”The Notts squad travel to Guernsey today to take part in benefit events for AJ Harris and Shreck believes that the club can mount a serious challenge for silverware in 2009.”We’ve had a good experience this year and we know what we’ve got to do to win it in 2009,” said Shreck. “Durham came second in 2007 and won it this year. We’ll have broadly the same squad and we’ll all be more even determined because we came so close.”We’ve got a couple of dinners, a golf day and some cricket lined up in Guernsey and it will be a good chance to relax after a long season.”Test Match Special broadcaster Jonathan Agnew was the guest speaker at the awards dinner with speeches from Notts Chairman Peter Wright, Chief Executive Derek Brewer and Director of Cricket Mick Newell.Alex Hales was named Second XI Player of The Season for the second successive year and Sam Kelsall picked up the Academy Player of the Year Award.

فرض الاتحاد الأوروبي لكرة القدم غرامة قدرها 8000 يورو على باريس سان جيرمان وحظر المدير الرياضي السابق ليوناردو لمباراة واحدة بعد ما حدث في نهاية مباراة دوري أبطال أوروبا ضد ريال مدريد في مارس الماضي.

وتلاقى الفريقان في إطار منافسات ربع نهائي دوري أبطال أوروبا، حيث فاز ريال مدريد بنتيجة 3-2 كمجموع المباراتين.

وكان باريس سان جيرمان متقدمًا بهدفين دون رد، مع تبقي أقل من 30 دقيقة على النهاية، ولكن ريال مدريد عاد من بعيد ونجح في تسجيل ثلاثة أهداف ليتأهل إلى نصف النهائي.

واندلعت أحداث عنيفة بعد المباراة حيث ذكرت تقارير صحفية آنذاك أن رئيس باريس سان جيرمان ناصر الخليفي والمدير الرياضي السابق للنادي ليوناردو، ذهبا إلى غرفة الحكام للاعتراض على قرارات التحكيم خاصة فيما يتعلق بالهدف اأول للفرنسي كريم بنزيما.

ورغم ما قيل في ذلك الوقت حول شدة الاتهامات والألفاظ التي رددها مسؤولي باريس سان جيرمان للتحكيم، إلا أن يويفا لم يكن قاسيًا في قراره النهائي.

ونشرت شبكة “ذا أثلتيك” الإنجليزية قرار يويفا بشأن هذا الأمر، حيث فرض غرامة مالية على باريس سان جيرمان قدرها 8000 يورو، بعد قبول استئناف النادي الفرنسي على العقوبة الأولى والتي كانت تتمثل في غرامة قدرها 16 ألف يورو.

اقرأ أيضًا.. يويفا يفرض عقوبة على ديكلان رايس ومدرب وست هام

وجاء في بيان الاتحاد الأوروبي لكرة القدم: “الاستئناف المقدم من باريس سان جيرمان تم قبوله جزئيًا، وبناءً على ذلك تم تعديل قرار هيئة الرقابة والأخلاق والانضباط في الاتحاد الأوروبي لكرة القدم الصادر في 2 مارس على النحو التالي”.

وأضاف: “غرامة مالية قدرها 8000 يورو لباريس سان جيرمان لإغلاق الممرات العامة، كما تم حظر ليوناردو من مباراة واحدة”.

ولم يصدر أي قرار من يويفا يدين ناصر الخليفي مما يعني تبرئته من أي أفعال منسوبة إليه.

Lee Ryder has revealed what he describes as a ‘bitter blow’ to Newcastle United officials regarding their anti-competition case against the Premier League.

The Lowdown: Another delay

Back in May, it was reported that the top flight had been granted an extension to respond to the Competition Appeal Tribunal (CAT) claim with regards to the stalled takeover deal between Mike Ashley and the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) consortium.

However, the case has now been delayed further until September, adding on top of the separate arbitration claim being adjourned until early next year.

The Latest: CAT delay

Writing in his latest piece for The Chronicle, football journalist and takeover follower Ryder has confirmed that the CAT claim has now been delayed until September, it what he describes as a ‘bitter blow’ to officials at St. James’ Park.

He also claimed that the Premier League will continue to try to get the case thrown out, as a hearing date is yet to be confirmed.

The Verdict: Worrying

It is certainly worrying that the CAT case has been delayed until September, especially given that the arbitration proceedings have also been delayed.

It means that the North East club will not have the embarrassment of riches that they would have had to spend in the summer transfer window, should both cases have gone to plan and a takeover was subsequently completed.

The Toon Army now face yet another season of uncertainty, and it is not a guarantee that Steve Bruce will be able to keep his team in the division this time around without some players coming in through the door, meaning that the takeover could still be put in jeopardy come next year when the arbitration process is set to begin.

In other news, find out which Premier League ace NUFC are in talks to sign here!