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Sheffield Wednesday have never really got it right when it comes to their emerging youth prospects.

Once upon a time, Jamie Vardy was let go far too early, though no one could have envisaged him forging the career he has and similarly, George Hirst has ended up at Leicester City too.

He left for Belgium in 2018, rejecting a deal to link up with Nigel Pearson before finding his way to the Premier League. The 22-year-old has now impressed in a loan spell at the Owls’ local league rivals Rotherham United, where he has been dubbed “very promising” by local press.

The latest name to leave is Liam Shaw, who will swap Hillsborough Stadium for SPFL giants Celtic in the summer.

Wednesday now have another potential future star making waves in the academy set-up in Bailey Cadamarteri, son of former Blades frontman, Danny.

Despite only being 15, the young striker has caught the eye for the U18 squad after being offered a two-year scholarship. Most recently, he bagged a hat-trick in their 5-1 win over Ipswich Town.

Danny, who used to be in charge of that very Owls squad, spoke to The Star about his son’s potential. He said:

“He’s a young U16 – he’s not 16 until May… It’s great for him, and physically he can cope because he’s quite a big boy for his age. It’s nice experience for him.” Before adding: “He started to get a bit more credit for his own performances then, rather than people thinking it was because of me.”

As he approaches his 18th birthday in the next few years, Wednesday chairman Dejphon Chansiri must ensure that Catamarteri is tied down to the club’s future, rather than leaving it too late, and following the same path as Hirst.

Goalscoring has long been a problem for the Owls – particularly this season as no one has scored more than six all campaign – so keeping hold of a kid with so much potential up top will be imperative in the long run, especially under a progressive manager like Darren Moore, too.

As soon as it can happen, the 15-year-old must be offered a professional contract. The Owls cannot afford to keep letting this happen.

AND in other news, Owls must wave goodbye to 2017 flop this summer, he’s not good enough…

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O Palmeiras iniciou a preparação para o jogo de quarta-feira, contra o Grêmio, em Porto Alegre, sem o atacante Dudu. Nesta segunda-feira, na Academia de Futebol, o elenco alviverde se reapresentou e treinou no gramado sob os olhares do técnico Cuca. O camisa 7, assim como o volante Thiago Santos, foi liberado pelo clube para resolver problemas pessoais.

Logo depois do jogo do último sábado, contra o Coritiba, no Allianz Parque, Dudu foi para Goiânia, onde aproveitou a folga de domingo ao lado da família. O volante Thiago Santos, por sua vez, lida com problema de saúde de seu pai. Em coletiva, Cuca já havia enaltecido o jogador por estar com a cabeça boa para o jogo. Vale lembrar que o capitão Dudu está suspenso do próximo compromisso pelo Brasileirão, dia 3, contra o Santa Cruz, e deve ser usado na quarta.

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Nesta segunda, dos titulares, apenas Jean e Cleiton Xavier ficaram o tempo todo na parte interna da Academia de Futebol. Os demais foram a campo para aquecimento com o grupo. Depois, pouco a pouco, os principais jogadores foram deixando o campo para completar a atividade com regenerativo.

Em campo, os reservas disputaram um treino técnico em campo reduzido sob os olhares da comissão técnica. Entre eles estava o lateral Zé Roberto, poupado por Cuca do duelo do último sábado. O veterano treinou normalmente.

O Palmeiras volta aos trabalhos na manhã desta terça-feira. Depois, o elenco viaja a Porto Alegre, onde se concentra para o jogo de quarta, marcado para 21h45, na Arena do Grêmio, pelas quartas de final da Copa do Brasil.

Sky Sports presenter Jeff Stelling has suggested that Steve Bruce could be in big trouble due to the struggles of Newcastle striker Joelinton.

Joelinton causing Bruce problems

Stelling was speaking on Soccer Saturday after the Magpies had drawn 1-1 with Aston Villa on Friday night, when the £18m-valued Brazilian played the full 90 minutes but failed to get a shot on target.

The broadcaster believes Bruce has a big problem with the former Hoffenheim forward, saying (via Sunderland Echo):

“Steve Bruce afterwards said you’re only as good as your strikers, in which case he’s in big trouble, isn’t he?

“I thought Joelinton actually did have a decent game but he’s afraid to pull the trigger. He’s afraid to shoot.

“He’s so lacking in confidence.”

Needs Wilson back soonIt is still incredible to think that Newcastle parted with £40m to take the Brazilian to the Premier League, smashing their transfer record in the process (The Guardian). In 71 games for the Toon, he has managed just seven goals (Transfermarkt) and, as Stelling said, he has regularly looked devoid of confidence.In the aftermath of the Villa clash, Bruce revealed that Callum Wilson will not be available for next weekend’s game against Brighton (Shields Gazette). With 10 goals to his name this term, the England international has twice as many strikes as Newcastle’s second-top goalscorer Miguel Almiron (BBC). As the Toon fight for survival, there is no doubt they need the former Bournemouth striker back as soon as possible.Otherwise, as Stelling has warned, the Newcastle boss could be in for some sleepless nights over the next two months.In other news, Newcastle face competition to sign this Europa League star.

In the end, it turned out to be yet another miserable trip to the capital for Leeds United on Monday night.

Marcelo Bielsa’s side extended their wretched run of results in London with a dismal 2-0 defeat to West Ham in the Premier League, with the Whites now having lost 13 of their last 14 visits to the city.

Goals from Jesse Lingard and Craig Dawson were enough to consign them to a defeat, and while there were a number of poor performers on the night, Mateusz Klich’s shocker really stood out among the rest.

The Poland international’s form in recent weeks surely warranted him being dropped from the starting line-up against the Hammers, but once again, Bielsa chose to place his loyalty and faith in his midfielder.

And boy, was he made to regret that. Klich looked well off the pace in the opening 45 minutes of the contest, winning just one of his seven duels in total, losing 86% – the worst percentage of any Leeds player on the pitch.

There was none of the energy and dynamism on display that we see when Klich is at his absolute best, with the 30-year-old looking a shadow of his former self.

He made just the one tackle and recorded no interceptions, blocks or clearances whatsoever, while he wasn’t even a presence going forward either, with no shots on goal and no dribbles attempted.

The Leeds boss seemed to finally lose patience with him, and ended up hooking him at half-time, with Gjanni Alioski coming on in his place at the break.

And, writing in his post-match player ratings for Leeds Live, Beren Cross noted: “Has looked like a passenger for weeks and again was well off it in the capital. Just seemed totally empty and unable to provide any kind of control or presence in the centre. Overrun by Tomas Soucek and Declan Rice.”

If he needed to be dropped before the game, then there simply cannot be any excuses for Bielsa from not reaching that conclusion after watching Klich’s performance on Monday night against the Hammers.

As Pedro Goncalves gears up for a potential £50m move to one of Europe’s top clubs, Wolves will be living with regret at what could have been.

The Portuguese ace was key man the year Wolves’ U23 side won Premier League 2 but since then, not a huge number of their academy players have been granted regular first-team opportunities. Goncalves only played once, for instance.

One of the fortunate young players to be given their chance is Max Kilman. The former Futsal player has become a valuable option both at left-back and in the centre of defence for Nuno Espirito Santo, but with defensive problems rife this season, he could be searching for new players in the summer.

Wolves may have kept three clean sheets in their last four games, but before that, they had kept just one clean sheet in the league since October.

Though, if Nuno and Jeff Shi do look for other options in the summer, they could do worse than look at their academy; namely Lewis Richards.

The 19-year-old has featured among the substitutes in five Premier League matches without ever earning his senior debut. Yet, that should change in the not too distant future.

Richards earned a new contract with the club last year and has since made promising strides in the U23s, playing nine times in Premier League 2.

He saved what was arguably his best performance of the campaign for a win over Crystal Palace last weekend. A centre-half by trade, he plays very similarly to club captain Conor Coady, and he demonstrated that in the victory against Palace.

Richards claimed an assist for Theo Corbeanu’s goal, a moment the Wolves’ website described as follows: “Lewis Richards channelled his inner Conor Coady with a 40-yard raking ball out of defence and straight to the boot of Corbeanu.” What followed was the winger firing a deflected shot into the back of the net.

Richards is clearly conformable on the ball, and like Coady, he is a technical defender.

After winning the club’s Academy Player of the Year in 2018/19, Kevin Thelwell said: “He’s a very technical player who’s got the ability to pass the ball and start off play and help us to build out from the back, but also then very capable physically.”

Further praise was heaped on Richards after he signed his new contract back in August. Scott Sellars spoke highly of the teenager, commenting: “We try to reward success and he certainly comes under that bracket and deserves it. He’s always had potential. We saw it as a 15-year-old when we took him from Brentford. Now he’s obviously growing up.”

Richards has long been tipped for a bright future and now it’s up to Nuno to extract his immense promise. He likes his defenders to be able to play out from the back so he certainly suits the club’s way of playing.

It surely won’t be too long before we see him earn first-team minutes.

AND in other news, Forget Jota: Wolves should regret losing 14-goal star Rob Edwards called “outstanding”

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O Corinthians Osasco Audax, clube formado em parceria do Timão com o Grêmio Osasco Audax, começou com o pé direito a segunda fase do Campeonato Brasileiro Feminino. Nesta quarta-feira, a equipe do técnico Arthur Elias empatou em 2 a 2 com o Iranbuba-AM fora de casa e manteve sua campanha invicta na competição. O dado marcante desta partida é que surpreendentes 8.147 torcedores pagaram ingressos na Arena da Amazônia, formando o maior público do estádio em toda a temporada até o momento. Curiosamente, foi a primeira vez que as mulheres pisaram no gramado do estádio utilizado na Copa do Mundo de 2014 para uma partida oficial.

O Corinthians Osasco avançou à segunda fase do Brasileirão Feminino na liderança de sua chave, com dez pontos somados. A equipe venceu Rio Preto (2 a 1), América-MG (3 a 0) e Vasco (6 a 0), além de um empate sem gols com o Centro Olímpico. Na abertura da segunda fase, empate com o Iranduba que antecede o próximo compromisso, quarta-feira, às 17h, contra o São José, no estádio José Liberatti, em Osasco.

Antes de voltar para casa, porém, o time feminino do Corinthians tem muito a comemorar: os 8.147 torcedores marcaram o melhor público da Arena da Amazônia em 2016, contando inclusive a partida desta quinta-feira, entre Fast Club-AM e Paysandu, pela Copa Verde. O compromisso pelo torneio regional teve público de apenas4.357 torcedores. Anteriormente, o estádio de Manaus contou com menos de mil pagantes para Fast x Águia de Marabá, pela Copa Verde, e Nacional-AM x Genus-RO, em amistoso. A única vez em que recebeu público razoável foi em um amistoso entre amigos do lutador José Aldo e do piloto Antônio Pizzonia.

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Tottenham Hotspur are running out of time to make any major additions as less than ten days remain in the January transfer window.

It’s only been a mere three months since chairman Daniel Levy pulled off a phenomenal summer of business, signing the likes of Pierre-Emile Hojbjerg and Matt Doherty on bargain deals, as well as securing the sensational return of Gareth Bale to north London alongside impressive left-back Sergio Reguilon.

But will any business be done before February 1st? Only time will tell.

Spurs have been linked to a vast array of names, but what is known is that manager Jose Mourinho is longing for a new pacey central defender and a box-to-box maestro, according to The Sunday Times’ Duncan Castles, before the month is out.

So, here’s how the Special One’s XI could look in time for their derby clash against Chelsea in two weeks time…

As the north Londoners find themselves still remaining in all competitions this term, we predict that Levy may well open the chequebook in the desperate attempted to pull them into lifting their first trophy since 2008.

With that in mind, Mourinho could get those two additions he’s desperate for.

In goal, club captain Hugo Lloris is likely to continue as the no.1 despite reported interest from former manager Mauricio Pochettino, as per The Sun.

A back four could see Toby Alderweireld partnering a new centre-back in another Madrid man, Eder Militao. The 23-year-old Brazilian is heavily out-of-favour under Zinedine Zidane, and according to Mundo Deportivo, he’s a player that interests Mourinho.

Indeed, he could fulfil the ‘pacey central defender’ requirement as he’s also been deployed as a right-back in the past too. An average of 0.7 dribbles per game over the course of his career is testament to that too as it shows he’s not afraid to bring the ball out from the back.

Sport (via Sport Witness) believe he’d be a loan arrival rather than a permanent one.

Both Sergio Reguilon and Serge Aurier are likely to continue as the first-choice full-back pairing in the league.

In midfield, Pierre-Emile Hojbjerg and Tanguy Ndombele remain as part of the starting XI, but the addition of that box-to-box star is going to cause trouble for several players.

£22.5m-rated Harry Winks, linked with a loan move to Villarreal by Sky Sports, could indeed be shipped out temporarily as a result.

Whilst forgotten man Dele Alli is likely to be shipped to PSG. That decision currently lies firmly in the hands of the stalling Levy, according to Fabrizio Romano “everyone is waiting” for the Spurs chairman to sanction any exit.

There’s also no place for £55m attacking midfielder Giovani Lo Celso as he’s been out injured for over a month.

Instead, we could see Spurs seal a move for Marcel Sabitzer – German transfer expert Max Bielefeld told Sky Deutschland that the north Londoners were keen on the Leipzig captain, and The Athletic believe he could command around £30m, which would be in their budget.

A front three of Heung-min Son, Harry Kane and Steven Bergwijn is likely to be the go-to for Mourinho despite having Bale fit and available.

AND in other news, £45m “warrior” could take Spurs onto the next level…

تحدث أيمن يونس لاعب الزمالك السابق، عن البرتغالي كارلوس كيروش، المدير الفني لمنتخب مصر الأول لكرة القدم، بعد تخطيه عقبة الجزائر في كأس العرب.

والتقى منتخب مصر مع نظيره الجزائر، في مباراة البحث عن صدارة المجموعة الرابعة، وانتهت بالتعادل الإيجابي بهدف لكل فريق، ولكن تصدر الفراعنة باللعب النظيف.

وكتب أيمن يونس عبر حسابه الرسمي بموقع التواصل الاجتماعي “تويتر”: “مدير فني على درجة مجنون عنيد جريء، لا يخاف ويثق في نفسه، يثير الحماس والقوة والأمل والتفاؤل والرغبة في الفوز لكل اللاعبين”.

طالع أيضًا.. طارق السعيد: كيروش يتخذ قرارات جريئة.. وعمرو السولية “محظوظ”

وأضاف: “هل سيستمر ونجد منتخبًا جديدًا ثابت الأداء والمستوى وقوي؟”.

واختتم: “البطولة العربية نبحث فيها عن المستقبل وكل الإجابات، عمومًا مبروك المرور من عقبة الجزائر.. ولننتظر”. أهداف مباراة مصر والجزائر (1-1) كأس العرب

Is this the start of a stunning turnaround?

If you told Sunderland supporters that within a week of Lee Johnson walking through the door they’d score four unanswered goals, they’d have laughed in your face.

Although Johnson tasted defeat in his first game against Wigan, they bounced back in devastating fashion to utterly demolish Lincoln 4-0 last weekend.

All of a sudden, there is fresh positivity surrounding the Black Cats, something that has been far too infrequent over the last five or so years.

A clash against 14th place Wimbledon on Tuesday will be an interesting one and it is unlikely Johnson will make too many changes considering the previous result.

That being said, we’re tipping him to make one this evening.

The only change from Saturday’s win over the Imps is Aiden McGeady dropping out. The Irishman still hasn’t played a great deal of football since being drafted back into the senior side and like he was at Oldham, could be rested.

The tricky 5 ft 11 winger claimed an assist against Lincoln but so did Chris Maguire when Sunderland beat Oldham in the Papa John’s trophy last week.

Consequently, Maguire gets another run-out and an opportunity to prove himself. Johnson also has a big decision to make on Jack Diamond, someone we think should get the nod again.

He has been superb since the new head coach walked through the door and ran Lincoln ragged last time out, scoring and completing two dribbles.

Denver Hume, Luke O’Nien and Lynden Gooch are all still injured so it’s Callum McFadzean who starts once again on the left-hand side of the defence.

The midfield looked sturdy on Saturday so the usual trio of Josh Scowen, Grant Leadbitter and Max Power all start from the off.

In other news, Better than Maguire: Sunderland have just unearthed their new Josh Maja in “powerful” wizard…

Aston Villa brushed aside their arch-rivals on Sunday evening to move into ninth place in the Premier League.

Dean Smith’s side planted further misery on West Brom as they thrashed the Baggies 3-0 at the Hawthorns, condemning Sam Allardyce to a defeat in his first match in charge.

Anwar El Ghazi opened the scoring within five minutes and rounded off the victory in the dying embers, converting a spot-kick just minutes after Bertrand Traore had doubled the advantage.

The writing was really on the wall from the 35th minute after the referee upgraded Jake Livermore’s yellow card to a red for a rash challenge on fellow skipper Jack Grealish.

And it was the Villa captain that ran the show as he outshone both goalscorers.

The 25-year-old provided an assist for the second, but that was merely the icing on the cake for his dominant and creative display. He also notched a whopping eight key passes from his 72 accurate attempts, via SofaScore.

Indeed, he drew plaudits from the local press after the match as BirminghamLive rated his performance a seven out of ten, and claimed:

“Wanted so desperately to set Ollie Watkins in the first half, and was slower to get up to scratch while remaining the target of Albion’s ball-winning plans.

“Seemed to be suffocated of room in-and-around the box leading to Villa having to push wide and ask more of their own full-backs.”

Whilst 90min handed him an eight rating, labelling him “impressive” in the ‘free’ role.

Grealish also had more touches (96) than any other player on the pitch, recorded four dribbles, and won three free-kicks, proving to be Albion’s biggest nemesis once again.

Aside from scoring two goals, El Ghazi was particularly wasteful, losing possession 17 times and only delivering one accurate cross from eight attempts, as per SofaScore.

When Villa are on swansong, their £45m-rated skipper is often the protagonist, and that much was proven again on Sunday night.

AND in other news, Lange must offload out-of-favour Suso flop who’s robbing Sawiris blind…