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The Sun. A paper that divides opinion, to say the least, and one that is hardly a respected outlet for most people.

Obvious reasons aside, the paper hasn’t developed the best reputation over the years, and their latest story on Everton’s need for a Lucas Digne replacement – based on The Sun’s ‘revelation’ –  has done little to restore any credibility on their part.

The Toffees secured the signing of the France international from Barcelona back in the summer for a fee of £18m, or did they?

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As The Sun report, Marco Silva’s side will be in need of a replacement for Digne when the 25-year-old returns to Catalonia upon the expiry of his season-long loan deal at Goodison Park – this, obviously, isn’t true, as the former Lille man signed a five-year contract.

Astonishingly poor reporting, that.

Again, to make matters worse, the man who The Sun have tipped as Digne’s replacement on the blue half of Merseyside is none other than Tottenham’s Kieran Trippier.

To give them a slither of credit, the England international’s future could be in doubt at Spurs after a woeful season, so to link him with a move away makes a shred of sense.

Contrastingly, what makes no sense whatsoever is the fact that Trippier is a right-back, whilst Digne is a left-back.

Basically, The Sun have linked a right-back with a move to Everton, to replace a left-back who is set to return to his parent club after his loan deal ends, despite him not being on loan. Nice one.

Credit to them, those masterminds over at The Sun still haven’t realised their error. The story has been up on their site for six days now, so at least they’re loyal to their nonsense.

أعلن سيد عبدالحفيظ، مدير الكرة بالنادي الأهلي، سلبية المسحة التي خضعت لها بعثة الفريق الأول لكرة القدم أمس.

يلتقي الأهلي مع الوداد البيضاوي المغربي، في التاسعة من مساء غد السبت، بتوقيت القاهرة، الثامنة مساءً بتوقيت المغرب، في ذهاب نصف نهائي دوري أبطال إفريقيا، على استاد محمد الخامس بالدار البيضاء.

أقرأ ايضًا.. بي إن سبورت تعلن معلق مباراة الأهلي والوداد في ذهاب نصف نهائي دوري أبطال إفريقيا

وأجرت بعثة الأهلي أمس مسحة جديدة في مقر الإقامة بمدينة كازابلانكا؛ استعدادًا لمواجهة فريق الوداد المغربي، في حضور شريف أبو العينين، مدير الإدارة الطبية بالاتحاد الإفريقي لكرة القدم كاف.

وخضعت البعثة للمسحة وفقًا للإجراءات التي أقرها الاتحاد الإفريقي، فيما كانت البعثة قد أجرت مسحة في القاهرة منذ عدة أيام وجاءت نتيجتها سلبية للجميع.

وكان الاتحاد الإفريقي قد طلب إجراء مسحة قبل سفر الفريق إلى المغرب، بجانب مسحة ثانية قبل ٤٨ ساعة من المباراة، إلى جانب ملف طبي شامل لكل لاعب بالفريق.

[ad_pod ]It appears as though Barnsley manager Daniel Stendel can do no wrong. He’s guided the club to the verge of promotion back to the Championship but even the little things are being hailed by club supporters.The club’s official Twitter account posted intriguing video footage of the German at Alton Towers as he was being interviewed by a Sky Sports reporter and Tykes fans were full of praise for him once again.

Supporters of the Yorkshire club have been raving about Stendel for most of the season and one fan was quick to utter that he was about to receive legendary status. Another individual thought he was at that stage already.

The footage shows the Tykes manager walking around the theme park, provoking one supporter to say it was bizarre but brilliant.

Barnsley are currently second in League One, five points ahead of third-placed Portsmouth who have a game in hand and six ahead of Sunderland who have played three fewer.

The Reds are targetting an instant return to the Championship after being relegated last term.

Here’s what supporters had to say.

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Tottenham Hotspur striker Harry Kane believes he could miss the rest of the season, according to the Daily Telegraph.

The striker sustained a potentially serious ankle injury during Spurs’ 1-0 win over Manchester City in the first leg of their Champions League quarter-final at the Etihad.

What’s the word?

The report claims that Kane is poised to undergo a scan but the England captain is not positive about his chances of making a swift recovery.

Spurs, of course, are attempting to finish in the top four, while Kane had the chance to win the Premier League Golden Boot in 2018-19.

Instead, it appears that he will miss the remaining six games of the campaign, including the second leg against City in the Champions League.

Kane is, however, said to be hopeful that he will be fit to play in England’s Nations League campaign this summer.

The Three Lions face Holland in June in the semi-finals.

Dele Alli is said to have sustained a potential broken hand against City, too, and the Telegraph claim the club are exploring the possibility of the midfielder playing with protective gear.

Son’s time

Son Heung-Min’s time has come.

The South Korea international scored a handful of goals when Kane was absent earlier this season and stepped up in his absence against City, scoring the only goal of the game.

In total, he has netted 18 goals in all competitions this term and Mauricio Pochettino would be wise to play him as a striker in Kane’s absence.

Indeed, Son is perhaps the finest attacker at the club outside of the Three Lions star and he offers both intense pace and an eye for goal.

There is not a better or more obvious substitution Spurs can make.

Harry Redknapp may have won the hearts of the nation thanks to his recent TV escapades, but he has done precious little to convince the fans of the clubs he has left in ruin.

The former Birmingham manager has recently defended himself for his role in plunging the club into a state of financial ruin that could see them deducted 12 points, enough to land them into a relegation dogfight.

“It’s surely down to the people who run the club, like the chief executive and the chairman, or whoever, to know if we’ve got any money to spend,†he toldÂThe Daily Telegraph.

“I didn’t know anything about Financial Fair Play. I was never warned by anyone at the football club that there was going to be a problem with that,†he continued.

Adding, “I don’t think any of the signings were mine. I was taking John Ruddy on a free transfer from Norwich and instead they brought in David Stockdale from Brighton. The director of football [Jeff Vetere] wasn’t brought in by me either.â€

Unfortunately for Redknapp, the man who once terminated an interview after being referred to as a ‘wheeler dealer’, his account is hard to believe.

Disgraced presented Richard Keys had this to say in response via his Twitter account: “Of course he didn’t. Same bloke f****d up QPR Pompey & West Ham & might have done at Spurs but for Daniel Levy. Let’s hope he’s out of the game now and can’t do anymore damage – whoever he was.â€

Indeed, Spurs fans can find solace in the fact that Daniel Levy, for all his frugality in the transfer market, has turned the club into what it is today; they can sit comfortably knowing that the man in charge is, despite common misconceptions, doing the best he can for the club, and they will soon reap the benefits of his guidance.

This, of course, follows unrest over the club’s failure to sign any players in the previous two windows.

Tottenham fans, has this changed your opinion of Daniel Levy – and, if not, why? Let us know in the comments below…

There is no doubt that change is needed at Goodison Park next season. Indeed, if Marco Silva is to make a real stamp on Everton history in a positive way, he has to look towards the board for help. Clearly, a lot of money has been wasted over the last few years, but the investment cannot stop.

Fans have been on an emotional rollercoaster this season at Goodison, that’s for sure. With results going up and down, literally no one knows what the Toffees will do next. Perhaps that hints at a building process more than anything but it’s fair to say the team have been far from wholly convincing.

However, through all the unease, last weekend proved to be one hell of a performance from the squad, and after battering Chelsea 2-0, is it finally time to look onwards and upwards to what can be a successful spell for the Portuguese in charge?

We are going to look at a couple of requests that the 41-year-old should ask the board for, in order to truly begin a new era at Everton.

Make loan deals permanent 

After a busy summer of predominantly loan deals last year, Marco Silva should look to go one better this summer and push to make them permanent. Andre Gomes and Kurt Zouma have been two of the most standout players within the Everton side this season, at times pulling the team through games where they have looked below par.

Should Silva manage to sign these two players on long term contracts, it would bring a sense of stability within the side, knowing that there isn’t a huge need to go out and look for new quality players in these positions.

It would be huge for the Toffees’ future if he were to secure two of their most consistent performers in the Premier League.

Address the striker issue 

Since joining from Besiktas, Cenk Tosun has not been the striker to replace the on fire Romelu Lukaku. With such high hopes, the Turkish attacker has struggled and, in turn, has left Silva struggling with who to pick up front.

It can be argued that Dominic Calvert-Lewin isn’t experienced enough just yet to hack a full Premier League season as the main hitman, as well as noting that Richarlison isn’t an out and out striker and can not be relied on when it comes down to scoring all the goals.

Silva must look to the market in order to find someone who can help Everton put the ball in the back of the net week in, week out and have the same effect that Lukaku did a few years ago.

Another big game, another loss for Leeds United in their quest for Premier League promotion. The Whites needed to put down a marker against challengers Sheffield United, but now they’re face to face with the play-offs.

They collapsed against top-of-the-table Norwich City during their 3-1 loss in February and they failed to show their true colours against the Blades on Saturday. If you can’t win your promotion six-pointers you don’t deserve to go up, and when the pressure’s on, Leeds have proved they can’t.

They now sit in third, five points behind Norwich, who also beat them early in the season, and one point behind Sheffield United. The gap to West Brom in fourth is six points and, despite them bizarrely sacking their manager earlier this month, they could catch them if they don’t regain some backbone soon.

Leeds notoriously falter at this stage of the season, but it seemed like this year would be different. They’ve played some really attractive football at times, and even scraped to victories in matches they would usually lose in, like Bristol City away a couple of weeks ago.

This loss though will have alarm bells ringing and rightly so.

It’ll be a blessing for Marcelo Bielsa to reach an international break because it’ll give the squad time to start afresh. Their next fixtures are Millwall and Birmingham, so they have the opportunity to get back on the horse. But that doesn’t change the fact Norwich and Sheffield now deserve automatic promotion much more than them.

Leeds fans, where do you think it went wrong against Sheffield United at the weekend? Join the discussion by commenting below…

كشفت تقارير مغربية عن قائمة الوداد أمام الأهلي في مباراة الإياب بدور نصف نهائي دوري أبطال إفريقيا.

الأهلي يلاقي الوداد يوم الجمعة المقبل على استاد القاهرة الدولي في تمام التاسعة مساء في إياب دور نصف نهائي البطولة القارية.

طالع أيضًا.. حلم الريمونتادا.. رئيس الوداد يحفز لاعبيه بـ مكافأة خاصة للتأهل أمام الأهلي

ووفقًا لموقع “le 360” المغربي فإن قائمة الوداد ستشهد غياب كل من صلاح الدين السعيدي الذي يخضع للحجر الصحي بسبب إصابته بفيروس كورونا، وأيوب العملود بسبب الإصابة.

وسيضطر الأرجنتيني ميجيل أنخيل جاموندي المدير الفني للفريق للبحث عن العناصر البديلة لتعويض الأسماء الغائبة.

وكان الأهلي نجح في الفوز على نظيره الوداد المغربي بهدفي علي معلول ومحمد مجدي أفشة في المباراة التي أقيمت على ملعب محمد الخامس بالمغرب في ذهاب دور نصف النهائي. قائمة الوداد لمباراة الأهلي:

رضا التكناوتي، وعيسى السيودي، عبد اللطيف نوصير، وإبراهيم نجم الدين ،والشيخ إبراهيما كومارا، هيثم البهجة، وإبراهيم النقاش, وحمزة أسرير، ووليد الكرتي، ويحيى عطية الله، وأيمن الحسوني، وإسماعيل الحداد، وبديع أووك، وزهير المترجي ثم يحيى جبران ، بدر كادرين، الايفواري جباجبو، كاسنغو كازادي

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Liverpool fans have taken to Twitter to react after discovering that Raheem Sterling had voted for Harry Kane as his choice for the PFA Player of the Year, whilst Virgil van Dijk voted for the Manchester City forward.

All three players have enjoyed excellent campaigns, but it is somewhat strange that Sterling has voted for a player who missed a chunk of the season through injury, and also hasn’t been involved in the title race like he and van Dijk have.

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Kane has still managed to notch 17 Premier League goals, whilst Sterling has 15 to his name, but it is van Dijk who has arguably had the biggest impact on proceedings – the Dutchman and Sterling are the two front-runners for the award.

As a result of that, some Liverpool fans have suggested that their former player and academy graduate has strategically voted for Kane so that he has a better chance of winning the award himself.

Let’s see what the Reds supporters have been saying about it all on Twitter…

Liverpool have developed a number of young talents over the years who have either gone on to break into the first-team or seek moves away to secure regular football. 

Of course, with success revolving around money nowadays in the football world it’s very difficult for younger players to work their way into the manager’s plans, especially in the Premier League.

The likes of Trent Alexander-Arnold and Joe Gomez have managed to do it in recent times at Anfield, but there’s an awful lot of players who have had to settle for loan moves instead.

One player who’s currently spending time out on loan is Taiwo Awoniyi.

Indeed, Liverpool signed the Nigerian for £990k (as per Transfermarkt) back in 2015 but he’s failed to work his way into the first-team fold, with five loan moves to his name. He’s currently plying his trade at Belgian side Mouscron.

Awoniyi has seven goals and two assists to his name in nine appearances after joining Mouscron on loan back in the January transfer window, which appears to have caught the attention of Schalke (as per Liverpool Echo). And, it’s believed that the Reds would ask for £12.9 million for the striker, which would provide them with a large profit.

Michael Edwards has worked wonders over the years at Anfield by getting the best possible fee out of the sale of a number of players, including the likes of Philippe Coutinho and Dominic Solanke. So, he could pull off another masterstroke by getting almost £13 million for a player who hasn’t even featured for the Reds first-team.

Liverpool fans, how pleased would you be with £12.9 million for the attacker? Join the discussion by commenting down below!