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Tottenham are apparently prepared to back manager Ange Postecoglou with a summer bid to sign one club's £79 million midfielder.

Successful January highlights positive Spurs future

Over the January transfer window, Spurs were widely praised for their conduct after they reportedly beat European heavyweights Bayern Munich and Barcelona to the signings of Radu Dragusin and Lucas Bergvall respectively.

"Quality" player who Ange loves is now preparing to leave Tottenham

Another club is attempting to sign the player, and he’s very keen.

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The north Londoners' signing of RB Leipzig ace Timo Werner on loan also saw them usurp the likes of Man United, as they apparently fended off some elite competition for Postecoglou's winter transfer targets.

"Levy famously acknowledged in 2021 that Spurs had “lost sight of our DNA” and reverting to a youth-orientated recruitment strategy has helped them rediscover it. In Postecoglou and Lange, he seems to have entrusted the right people to oversee an overdue rebuild," wrote inews journalist Oliver Young-Myles recently.

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"Spurs also managed to shift high-earning squad players, albeit without receiving fees. Hugo Lloris departed for LAFC and Eric Dier moved to Bayern, with numerous others heading out on loan. There is a freshness to the squad with Son Heung-min and Ben Davies the last remaining links to the Pochettino era."

It was indeed a successful few weeks for Spurs, with deadwood shifted and quality players brought in to shore up key areas. Recent reports suggest technical director Johan Lange and co are already planning their next moves for the summer, with FA registered intermediary and insider Paul O'Keefe having claimed Barcelona star Raphinha is among the targets.

The Brazilian, who's made 15 La Liga appearances this season, scoring three goals and assisting five others, is apparently enticing those at Hotspur Way.

Tottenham willing to bid for Raphinha

According to Spanish news outlet Sport, and journalist Luis Miguelsanz, Tottenham would be willing to bid for Raphinha this summer, but face competition from Chelsea and clubs in Saudi Arabia.

While the player himself isn't exactly pushing for an exit, Barca need to make sales due to their financial situation, and the former Leeds midfielder is a prime candidate to balance the Camp Nou books.

Some reports claim Barca value him as highly as £79 million (Sport via Forbes), but perhaps the Spanish side's need to agree to exits could force them into a discounted price. In any case, the 27-year-old's proven English top-flight quality, which was on full display at Leeds, could make this potential move a pretty promising one.

"He’s a magician," said winger Daniel James in an interview with FIFA (via Leeds Live).

"He’s always been a great player – I played against him at United and he was always great – but he’s improved so much. He fully deserved his Brazilian call-up and I think since he got it, he’s pushed on even more, he’s even more confident. He can do absolutely anything on the pitch. It’s great playing with him."

Burnley have made one signing thus far in the January transfer window, recruiting striker David Datro Fofana from Chelsea on a short-term loan deal, but they continue to be active as they look to strengthen Vincent Kompany's squad.

The Clarets are said to be on the verge of signing Maxime Esteve, the Montpellier centre-back, in a deal that will be worth just over £10m. They appear to have beaten off significant competition to land the Frenchman.

Another Ligue 1 player has also piqued the interest of the relegation-threatened Premier League side, this time a midfielder in Marseille's Pape Gueye. Kompany and Burnley have been "incessant" in their pursuit of Gueye, who's into the final six months of his contract at the Stade Velodrome. Now, as the deadline looms, there's been a significant update from France on the player's future.

Marseille doing all they can to force Gueye out

According to Foot Mercato, Marseille are desperate to sell Burnley target Gueye before the window closes. The player is of a mind to leave at the end of the season, potentially because he's already reached an agreement to join another club on a free transfer, but Marseille want him out now while they can still receive a fee.

The club held talks with the player's entourage last month, but Gueye rejected two offers to extend his deal. Marseille offered him a pay rise and a "nice signing bonus", but it still fell short of his expectations because he wanted one of the highest salaries in the squad.

Burnley now closing in on £10m+ agreement for “dominant” star for Kompany

Burnley are now poised to make their second signing of the transfer window.

ByDavid Comerford Jan 27, 2024

After those talks broke down, the Ligue 1 club asked him to pack his bags, aware of interest from clubs like Burnley, but Gueye hasn't actively sought a winter move. Whether he stays or goes at this point, he may never play for them again, with bosses threatening to exclude him from the squad for the remainder of the season if he doesn't leave.

The report stated that Marseille would make this clear to him when he returns from the Africa Cup of Nations with Senegal and, significantly, the holders were knocked out on penalties by the hosts Ivory Coast on Monday night.

Burnley hope Marseille threat works

Marseille signed Gueye from fellow French club Le Havre in 2020, but the circumstances of that deal were controversial. FIFA found that he'd already agreed to join Watford, only to go back on his word, and they subsequently banned him from playing for four months.

As a result, while Gueye has played 103 games for the club overall, he's only featured three times this season, coming off the bench in a few Ligue 1 matches before he headed off to AFCON.

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Burnley can only hope that Gueye, who spent the second half of last season on loan at Sevilla, hasn't already shaken hands with a rival suitor, and that he sees the light when he returns from AFCON. The threat of not featuring for the next four months or so should be a fairly powerful one.

Lionesses star Georgia Stanway got into a drinking contest during Bayern Munich's Bundesliga title celebrations.

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• Bayern win Women's Bundesliga
• Stanway stars in league triumph
• Drinks huge beer at celebrations

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  Bayern Munich Frauen retained their Bundesliga crown earlier this month, with England ace Stanway scoring in a crucial 2-1 win over Bayer Leverkusen. Now the season is over, thousands turned out in Munich to celebrate their triumph, with Stanway and team-mate Pernille Harder drinking beer out of a huge glass – without getting too far.

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• WHAT BAYERN MUNICH SAID ABOUT THE CELEBRATIONS

  In an Instagram video, the German giants wrote: "🏆 POV celebrating the championship in front of thousands – on a Tuesday at noon… 🤯🤩🥹Danke, liebe Bayern-Fans!!! ❤️🤍."

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  Stanway's decision to leave Manchester City for Bayern in 2022 has proven to be a shrewd one. While she won seven trophies at the Women's Super League side, she has now lifted two consecutive Bundesliga titles and is arguably playing some of the best football of her career in Germany.

Celtic could lose a rising star at Parkhead either in January or the summer transfer window as talks are now said to be in the works between the man in question and two high-profile clubs, as per a report.

Celtic's questionable youth development…

Over the years, youth development has become an increasingly complex issue at Celtic despite the club retaining a core of long-serving homegrown players, such as Callum McGregor, James Forrest, Stephen Welsh, Anthony Ralston and Mikey Johnston. Several youngsters have elected to try their luck at first-team level elsewhere in recent times as the climb from underage, or more recently B team level, increases in difficulty at Parkhead.

Liverpool prospect Ben Doak, former viral wonderkid Karamoko Dembele, Liam Morrison, Barry Hepburn, Vincent Angelini, Leo Hjelde and Aidan Borland are just some recent examples of Lennoxtown's youth exodus over the past few years, which has prompted concern among fans of the Scottish Premiership holders as to where the next crop of talent may come from in Glasgow's east end.

One man in recent times who has looked certain to make the grade is Republic of Ireland Under-21 international Rocco Vata, who has already gone on to make four senior appearances at the club and has emerged at B team level as one to watch for the future (Vata statistics – Transfermarkt).

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Speaking about the Glasgow-born winger in the summer, Brendan Rodgers looked to have talked up his chances of potential integration into the senior side, stating in an interview cited by The Irish Independent: "I remember Rocco as a young player when I was here last. He’s developed physically. There are aspects of his game that he needs to work on to make the next jump but his attitude is good. He’s strong, quick, he wants to score goals. There is lots of development he needs, if he’s willing to do that."

Despite this, he could now be the next prodigious talent to slip through the fingers of Celtic before too long, as a new report on his future indicates.

Juventus and Monaco pencil in Rocco Vata talks

According to Football Scotland reporter Mark Hendry, European giants Juventus and Monaco have scheduled talks with Vata's entourage as his deal at Celtic runs into its final stages, which will leave the Irishman able to depart in summer 2024 for a nominal fee of £340,000 in cross-border compensation.

Celtic told to sign "different class" star with great pace and unique skill

Celtic have a shortage of quality in the wide areas due to recent injury problems.

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The Hoops are yet to propose any form of contract extension in an attempt to tie the 18-year-old down for the long term and both of his suitors sent scouts to watch him in action for his country's under-19 side. They also sent a delegation to watch a recent match between Celtic B and Brighton & Hove Albion's development squad, where Vata found the back of the net.

Starring in the Lowland League this campaign, Vata has registered nine goals in eight outings for Celtic B as he continues to blossom in Scotland's fifth tier (Vata statistics – Transfermarkt).

Labelled "exciting" by talent scout Jacek Kulig last year, it looks like Vata could now be snapped up by one of Europe's big guns unless the Hoops manage to act quickly to guarantee he remains in Glasgow.

For last five years, the competition has been slotted at the end of the season. which has meant that the Ranji-winning side has not lost form

The Preview by Sreshth Shah11-Feb-2019Big PictureIn English football, the Community Shield – played between the Premier League winners and the FA Cup winners from the previous season – usually marks the beginning of the new season. The Irani Trophy, named after former BCCI treasurer Zal Irani, was quite like that – played between the Rest of India side and the previous Ranji Trophy winners. From 1965-66 to 2012-13, it was the curtain-raiser for the season that would follow, and fans were given a reminder of the stars from the previous year.But for the last five years, the competition has been slotted at the end of the season. It means that the Ranji-winning side has not lost form waiting for a contest scheduled more than six months later, and for the neutral, the contest has been much more even. In the 15 Irani Trophies contested leading up to the rule-change in 2013, Rest of India lost just twice. Since then, they have won only two times.This year, however, in Ajinkya Rahane, Mayank Agarwal and Hanuma Vihari, Rest of India have half of India’s Test batsmen. Throw in Shreyas Iyer and Ishan Kishan, and that’s an enviable top order. As a whole, their batsmen are stronger than Vidarbha’s, but with this tie being important for each of them (more on that later), the contest could be much closer than what the XIs suggest.Vidarbha, entering the match as successive Ranji champions, are looking to earn consecutive Irani Trophy triumphs too. In a brutal display of batting prowess last year, they rode on the back of Wasim Jaffer, Ganesh Satish and Apoorv Wankhade to amass 800 for 7, against a bowling unit comprising R Ashwin, Navdeep Saini, Siddarth Kaul, before their pacers did just about enough to bowl out Rest of India and take a trophy-clinching lead. This year’s Rest of India bowlers are more inexperienced, and Vidarbha would look to capitalise on that again.ESPNcricinfo LtdVidarbha, however, will be without their pace spearhead Umesh Yadav, because of a “niggle”, their captain said on Monday. Aditya Sarwate – who dismissed Cheteshwar Pujara for 0 and 1 in the Ranji final will be the centre of focus as the bowlers will try to match their batsmen’s performances. The Rest of India bowlers, however, make up for their lack of experience by coming into the match in red-hot form. Between them, Dharmendrasinh Jadeja, Ankit Rajpoot, Sandeep Warrier and Tanveer-ul-Haq have 195 Ranji Trophy wickets this season.Last year’s competition was indeed a drab affair, but there’s hope this time. The average first-innings score at the VCA Stadium in Nagpur this season is 394, and all three games at the ground this season have produced an outright win. That could get Rest of India excited after last year’s hammering, but they won’t be too pleased knowing that it’s Vidarbha who have won on all three occasions.Form guideVidarbha WWWDW (last five completed matches, most recent first)
Rest of India DWWLLIn the spotlightThere will be some eyes on Ajinkya Rahane, who had lukewarm tours of England and Australia. Apart from the fact that MSK Prasad, the chief selector, has said that Rahane is in the running for a World Cup spot, the batsman would be looking to make amends for a season where he threatened without getting the big runs. Iyer and Kishan will have their own goals, with the former visibly slipping away from India reckoning, and the latter losing prominence among India’s growing list of wicketkeeper-batsmen.Aditya Sarwate got the big wicket of Cheteshwar Pujara for the second time in the match•PTI Aditya Sarwate will be the man who Rest of India will be most wary of. Not only has the slow left-arm bowler bamboozled batsmen in Nagpur, he’s a fine batsman too. His five-wicket haul and 102 sealed Vidarbha’s spot in the final, where he took 11 wickets and made an important 49 in the second innings to take their lead beyond Saurashtra’s reach. A dominating all-round show against the country’s best players could help him leapfrog into India A reckoning.Team newsVidarbha had a settled XI in the final but will bring in Darshan Nalkande for the injured Umesh Yadav. Akshay Wakhare hadn’t planned on his side to win the Ranji Trophy; he got married on Sunday. Despite his marriage reception scheduled for Wednesday, Wakhare has put those plans on hold and has made himself available for the Irani Trophy match.Vidarbha (probable): 1 Faiz Fazal (capt), 2 R Sanjay, 3 Wasim Jaffer, 4 Ganesh Satish, 5 Mohit Kale, 6 Akshay Wadkar (wk), 7 Aditya Sarwate, 8 Akshay Karnewar, 9 Akshay Wakhare, 10 Darshan Nalkande, 11 Rajneesh GurbaniRest of India have a problem of plenty. A packed middle order of India batsmen may force Rinku Singh and Karnataka seamer Ronit More to miss out. They also have two wicketkeepers, which means Saurashtra’s Snell Patel is likely to be slidelined.Rest of India (probable): 1 Mayank Agarwal, 2 Anmolpreet Singh, 3 Ajinkya Rahane (capt), 4 Hanuma Vihari, 5 Shreyas Iyer/Rinku Singh, 6 Ishan Kishan (wk), 7 K Gowtham, 8 Dharmendrasinh Jadeja, 9 Tanveer-ul-Haq/Rahul Chahar, 10 Ankit Rajpoot, 11 Sandeep WarrierPitch and conditionsWarm, sunny conditions are expected on all five days. The surface in Nagpur has been result-friendly since last year’s Irani Trophy. Teams would prefer batting first and wearing the pitch down, especially since both sides have quality spinners. This season, spinners have taken 67 out of 99 wickets at the VCA Stadium in Nagpur .Stats and trivia Rest of India are chasing their 29th win, while Vidarbha are looking to become only the third Ranji winners in history to also defend their Irani Trophy title Wasim Jaffer will be appearing in his eighth Irani Trophy match. His 286 last year is the highest individual score of the competition Sarwate (61) needs 10 wickets to finish with the most scalps for the first-class seasonQuotes”Irani Trophy is very important for getting noticed. I earned my India cap after a hundred in this competition, and it was the same for Jaffer too”
“We respect Vidarbha, they are a very good team. They’ve done very well, winning back to back is not easy. But for us, it’s all about playing good cricket and fair cricket”

Eighteen wickets fall on thrilling second day of first Test with West Indies in control against England

The Report by Valkerie Baynes24-Jan-2019West Indies 127 for 6 (Dowrich 27*, Holder 7*) lead England 77 (Jennings 17, Roach 5-17) by 339 runs
England were entitled to stride off the Kensington Oval after less than an hour’s play on day two with their chests thrust forward and grins on their faces, a job well done. They had, after all, restricted West Indies to a total of 289 on a pitch both captains wanted to bat on first.Three and a half hours later, the entrance to the field had become a dizzying turnstile for touring batsmen with shoulders hunched and jaws slack, trying to fathom what had just happened.What had just happened was an absolute demolition job as West Indies’ pace attack, led by Kemar Roach, bowled England out for 77, the lowest Test total to be posted in Bridgetown and 212 runs short of the home side’s modest first-innings score.Roach’s stunning spell of five wickets for four runs in 27 balls left England reeling at 48 for 6 and, with Jason Holder and Alzarri Joseph contributing two wickets apiece, the scene ended in carnage for the tourists, who had only four batsmen reach double figures with none of them making it to 20.On a day when 18 wickets fell, however, there was much more to come as England’s Ben Stokes and Moeen Ali combined to put West Indies under some pressure at 61-5.Shimron Hetmyer, West Indies’ top-scorer with 81 in the first innings, threatened to steady the second with Shane Dowrich, until Hetmyer fell for 31 late on a spectacular day of action.Dowrich remained unbeaten on 27 at the close along with Holder (7 not out) as the West Indies held a lead of 339.After James Anderson had claimed 5 for 46 to move level with Ian Botham’s record of 27 five-wicket hauls for England, and Stokes’ 4 for 59, England looked to be in a comfortable position at the end of the West Indies’ first innings.Then came Holder and Roach.West Indies captain Holder had Keaton Jennings caught cheaply, slicing a drive straight to gully to send England to lunch at 30-1.At the resumption, Roach cut loose. He flummoxed Rory Burns and Jonny Bairstow, forcing both to chop onto their stumps. At the other end, Joe Root was lbw for 4.Roach then claimed the wickets of Stokes and Moeen with consecutive balls. First to go was Stokes with an lbw that withstood England’s review. But when Roach caught Moeen on the hop with a blazing short ball next delivery that found a thick top edge, Joseph was there, on the boundary at fine leg, to pluck the catch from mid-air and add to the day’s spectacle in thrilling fashion.By the time Roach had Jos Buttler caught behind by Dowrich off a short, sharp delivery it seemed as though mere moments had punctuated the West Indies quick’s haul and, in the scheme of things, they had.Joseph combined with Dowrich to dismiss Ben Foakes for just 2, while Sam Curran was bounced out, caught by Shai Hope off the bowling of Shannon Gabriel, before Adil Rashid was last to fall.While the day belonged to Roach, Moeen and Stokes added intrigue where no more was needed. As in the first innings, West Indies’ batsmen have so far failed to build on starts, with openers Kraigg Brathwaite and John Campbell falling early and Darren Bravo making a forgettable return to Tests after two years by adding just 1 to his first-innings total of 2.At stumps Moeen had 3 for 41 off 12 overs and Stokes 2 for 31 off 11.A talking point before the match was West Indies’ decision to pick just one spinner and four quicks, while England opted for two slow bowlers and left out Stuart Broad. Given the success of the home side’s fast bowlers, selection must remain at the forefront of England’s analysis.Anderson added Joseph’s wicket to his four from day one and Stokes ended West Indies’ first innings with the wicket of Hetmyer but, by the time Hetmyer fell again, caught by Buttler off the bowling of Curran, who had edged Broad out of the team, all that seemed so long ago.

David Warner entered the press conference room several minutes before the scheduled start. He chatted with the journalists in the front row, sharing his knowledge about Aminul Islam, the former Bangladesh captain who resides in Australia, whom he knows by his nickname Bulbul.Warner is one of several big names in this season’s BPL, here because of his ban from Australian cricket till March this year. The BPL is his third T20 franchise tournament since he picked up the ban after Global T20 Canada and the CPL, while he has also spent time playing grade cricket back home.”Life has been good for me,” Warner said about his forced break from the international arena. “I have been spending time with the family. I wouldn’t be able to do that if I was sitting in the sidelines. It is about getting the best out of myself and growing as a human being. The most important thing was being a father and husband at home. Now it is down to playing cricket again and making sure I get Sylhet Sixers on top of the table.”Warner said that he has been in good form in Sydney grade cricket, which will help him build towards a comeback in a couple of months when he completes serving the ban.”I was having a conversation with Waqar [Younis, Sylhet coach] today about playing club cricket in Australia at the moment. The wickets are quite low and slow. It has been tough to adapt to those conditions but I have had a very good run of form at home and having played here in Dhaka and Chattogram before, I know what the wicket is going to be like. So for me it is about getting into a routine and rhythm and making sure I can lead from the front, from the top. So it makes it easy for the guys coming in,” he said.Leading Sylhet will also be an interesting opportunity for Warner. He is in charge of the likes of Liton Das, Sabbir Rahman, Nasir Hossain, Taskin Ahmed and Afif Hossain, all of whom are regarded as some of the most talented cricketers in Bangladesh, often distracted by off-field factors.”I am extremely grateful to be leading the side. For me it is about making sure that we as a whole, including the support staff and management, can get the best out of the players. We have to establish our best XI when we get into the park and make sure we do the right things in training. I have to make sure I am doing my job right, which is scoring runs and leading the guys on the park,” he said.He, however, played down the duel with Steven Smith, who will be on opposite side for Comilla Victorians on Sunday.”I will just treat it as another game. It is not just taking on one player but taking on a team of eleven players. It is about making sure that our bowlers know how to get Smith out, and then tackle the rest of the guys,” he said.Warner said that his own form in the BPL could play a part in his return for Australia. “It is up to the selectors whether or not they want to pick me. At the end of the day, all I can do is score runs in this tournament and the IPL, keep putting my hand up and making sure that I am the best person I can be,” he said.Younis said that he is depending on Warner, apart from overseas fast bowlers Sohail Tanvir, Mohammad Irfan and Pat Brown, and legspinners Imran Tahir and Sandeep Lamichhane.”I think we picked a pretty balanced team. We have all bases covered. We have a good bowling line-up with couple of really good overseas fast bowlers and legspinners. Sandeep Lamichhane and Imran Tahir are both world-class. Warner will lead the team from the front. I have worked with him in the past and we get on really well. Hopefully we will challenge other teams in this tournament and play really well,” he said.

Virgil van Dijk admits that Liverpool's 2-2 draw with Manchester United "feels like a loss", as he comforted Jarrell Quansah for a costly error.

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Liverpool drew with United in wild gameQuansah gave ball away cheaply before Bruno Fernandes goalVan Dijk sorely disappointed WHAT HAPPENED?

Liverpool were forced to settle for a point against United despite a dominant display that saw them have 28 shots compared to the hosts' nine. Luis Diaz gave the Reds the lead early on before Bruno Fernandes capitalised on a Quansah giveaway in spectacular fashion to score from the centre circle. A superb Kobbie Mainoo strike then gave United a shock lead, before a late Mohamed Salah penalty rescued a point for the Reds. Van Dijk, though, was far from satisfied.

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Liverpool are fighting tooth and nail for the Premier League title and the draw leaves them level on points with leaders Arsenal and second on goal difference. They are also one point ahead of third-placed Manchester City, and Van Dijk believes the Reds have dropped points.

WHAT VAN DIJK SAID

Van Dijk told BBC MOTD: "It feels like a loss, it is our fault again. We had so many chances and we should finish the game off. Unfortunately the individual mistake that happened with the equaliser and we had so much time to put it right, but we were in a rush. Still after being 2-1 down we created so much."

He added: "We should have been 2-0 up at least, but in football unfortunately if these things don't happen you give them the feeling they could come back and it happened."

Asked about whether Quansah will be affected by his error, he replied: "He shouldn't. Mistakes happen in football everyone who has a career in football makes mistakes you can only learn from it."

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Liverpool are still competing on multiple fronts and face Atalanta in the first leg of their Europa League quarter-final on Thursday. They will then face Crystal Palace in their next Premier League game three days later.

USMNT goalkeeper Matt Turner received a yellow card during Nottingham Forest's clash with Fulham on Tuesday, despite never leaving the bench.

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• USMNT keeper booked for kicking ball away
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  Turner was once again named on the bench by manager Nuno Espirito Santo as January signing Matz Sels took his place in the Forest goal. That didn't stop the USMNT star getting stuck into the action, though, as he intervened to stop Fulham restarting play quickly in the second half. Despite never actually coming onto the field of play, Turner was booked by the referee.

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  Despite not technically coming off the bench, Turner left his seat at the City Ground to kick a second ball back into play, thus stopping Fulham from restarting the game quickly. That deliberate act of gamesmanship is deemed a bookable offence and so the referee showed the yellow. Per reporter Dom Smith, the USMNT keeper responded to that decision with a shout of "f*ck off" in the official's direction.

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  Fulham were chasing the game at the point after a scintillating first-half display from Forest. Goals from Callum Hudson-Odoi, Chris Wood and Morgan Gibbs-White put Espirito Santo's side into a dominant 3-0 lead, with a Tosin Adarabioyo effort shortly after the break not enough for the visitors. Turner's USMNT team-mate Gio Reyna even made a brief cameo for the home side as Forest saw out a vital win for their Premier League survival.

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  That 3-1 win sees Forest climb three points away from the relegation zone and into 17th, just a point off Everton in 16th who got a respectable 1-1 draw away at Newcastle at the same time. Despite having an inferior goal difference Luton could move level on points with Forest if they win on Wednesday, although they face a tough test against title challengers Arsenal away from home.

Manchester City are believed to be keen on a mouthwatering transfer involving one of the brightest talents in all of world football, according to reports.

Man City news: Brighton victory, De Bruyne update, Phillips transfer news

On Saturday, City recorded a deserved 2-1 victory over Brighton & Hove Albion at the Etihad Stadium as goals from Julian Alvarez and Erling Haaland cancelled out a reply from the visitors courtesy of Ansu Fati. Speaking in the aftermath of their triumph, Citizens boss Pep Guardiola afforded special praise to Belgian winger Jeremy Doku for his role in securing all three points, stating:

"After the West Ham game he didn’t play one or two (games) because of doubts he has to play game, game, game and he is not used to it. He is an exceptional winger.

"Jeremy is so smart in defensive areas and after, he has the quality. He got to the byline and got us the first goal and there were many actions. It’s the start of many years for him in this house."

In other news, a Kevin De Bruyne update from Football Insider claims that the midfielder could be made to wait for a new deal at the Etihad Stadium as concerns continue to mount regarding his injury record. The Belgium international is expected to be out until the New Year with a hamstring issue and there is reportedly "no urgency" from the Premier League champions to sit down for talks over a contract renewal, despite the fact that his current deal expires in the summer of 2025.

Meanwhile, Fabrizio Romano has issued a Kalvin Phillips update on the future of the midfielder, saying: "Understand both City and player side consider Kalvin Phillips’ January exit ‘very likely’ at this point. Kalvin will still fight to play as much as possible in the next two months but his plan is to be regular starter elsewhere in 2024."

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Man City transfer update – Jamal Musiala

According to a Man City transfer update from Football Insider, it is believed that the Citizens are now exploring a deal for Bayern Munich midfielder Jamal Musiala, who also has interest in his services from Liverpool amid frustrations with his playing time under Thomas Tuchel.

One recruitment figure close to the situation has described the Germany international as a "potential world beater" to the outlet as his stock continues to rise at the Allianz Arena.

Champions League winner Musiala has managed to feature nine times in all competitions for Bayern Munich across all competitions this term, registering one goal and three assists in the process (Musiala statistics – Transfermarkt).

Maintaining an average WhoScored match rating of 7.06/10 for his exploits in the Bundesliga this campaign, Musiala is an extremely bright young player who could add another layer of elite quality to the Citizens' star-studded side.