Matheus Nascimento vai voltar ao Botafogo com atuações positivas na bagagem. O atacante marcou dois gols nos dois jogos que fez pela Seleção Brasileira sub-17 nesta semana, ambos contra o Paraguai, em Assunção, e sai da Data Fifa com um saldo positivo.
+ Botafogo passaria Cruzeiro e estaria fora do Z4 na Série B só com pontos conquistados sob Enderson Moreira
Os amistosos da equipe comandada por Paulo Victor Gomes foram visando o Sul-Americano da categoria. Matheus Nascimento deixou a marca dele no triunfo por 3 a 0 na quinta-feira e voltou a repetir a dose neste domingo, dessa vez com uma vitória por 3 a 1.
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A seleção sub-17 abriu o placar com Matheus Nascimento, em grande jogada de Savinho.pic.twitter.com/zlMLeYg9F5
— Olheiros (@olheiros) September 2, 2021
O atacante do Botafogo é titular da Seleção de base e deve ser o titular da Canarinho sub-17 no Sul-Americano, ainda sem data marcada por conta da pandemia do novo coronavírus.
Após os compromissos com a Seleção, Matheus Nascimento retorna para o Brasil já nesta segunda-feira. A delegação canarinho desembarca em São Paulo e, de lá, o atacante parte para o Rio de Janeiro. Desta forma, ele deve ficar à disposição de Enderson Moreira para a partida contra o Confiança, pela Série B do Brasileirão, no próximo sábado.
Logistical challenges have caused the PCB to replace Multan, which was one of the venues lined up to host Zimbabwe’s limited-overs series in Pakistan later this month, with Lahore. ESPNcricinfo understands that the PCB and the city government in Multan had a disagreement over the financial outlay, with the PCB deciding it would cost less for Lahore to host the leg of the tour that had initially been planned for Multan.The tour, comprising three ODIs and as many T20Is, remains as scheduled with the exception of the venue switch. It will begin when a 32-man Zimbabwe squad arrives in Lahore on October 20. Multan was scheduled to host the ODIs on October 30, November 1 and November 3, followed by three T20Is in Rawalpindi on November 7, 8 and 10. The dates of the matches are most likely to remain the same, but it is not yet clear which venue hosts which format.The change of venue means a five-member Zimbabwe delegation will arrive in Pakistan tomorrow to assess arrangements for the bio-secure bubble. The delegation will begin its reconnaissance in Lahore and will travel to Rawalpindi on Monday before flying back to Harare on October 14.This tour is the second by Zimbabwe to Pakistan in the last five years. In 2015, they became the first Full Member nation to visit Pakistan since the Lahore terror attack on Sri Lanka’s team bus in March 2009. Since then, Pakistan has played host to an increasing number of high-profile matches, beginning with the PSL final in Lahore in 2017. An ICC-sanctioned World XI arrived to play three T20Is later that year, and the entirety of the PSL took place in Pakistan this year. Sri Lanka and Bangladesh came to Pakistan to play international cricket as recently as February 2020, before a Test match against Bangladesh scheduled in Karachi in April was postponed indefinitely due to the Covid-19 pandemic.The Zimbabwe tour will make Pakistan just the second Full Member country to host international cricket at home during the pandemic. England hosted to a full summer of cricket that saw West Indies, Pakistan and Australia play bilateral series, while the IPL, currently ongoing, was moved to the UAE.After enduring a rough period in May and June with regards to the transmission rates of Covid-19 in the country, Pakistan has been largely spared the worst of the pandemic. Even so, no crowds will be permitted for the series against Zimbabwe, or indeed the three remaining knockout fixtures of the Pakistan Super League, scheduled to be played in Lahore next month. The PCB accrued some experience of the requisite Covid-19 procedures when Pakistan toured England, and has created a bio secure environment which is currently in force for the ongoing domestic season.
Thurston reaches a century, Curran 82 in strong reply to Glamorgan
ECB Reporters Network23-Aug-2020
Charlie Thurston acknowledges the applause from his team-mates on reaching his century•Getty Images
If Northamptonshire’s policy of using the Bob Willis Trophy as a development competition is to be deemed a success, they need more stories like this second day at Wantage Road when Charlie Thurston made 115, his maiden century for the club, and Ben Curran 82 as they responded to Glamorgan’s 259 with 288 for 5.Thurston and Curran have limited top-level experience but have been handed extended opportunities this season and both have looked comfortable in their first XI appearances but were in need of scores to underline their potential.So it would have been to the relief of the pair and the club – taking some flak for their results despite their stated intentions – that both delivered. They shared a second-wicket partnership of 176 as Northamptonshire finally realised runs from their top order.Thurston has been on the fringes at Northamptonshire for a few years after making a century against them for Loughborough MCCU in 2017, also at Wantage Road. He was handed county debuts in all three formats in 2018 but never a proper chance to launch his career.This has been his opportunity. He made 96 in the second innings at Edgbaston in the first match of the Bob Willis Trophy, part of a tremendous rearguard that saved the game from a helpless position.And this should have been an even closer near-miss if Kieran Bull had held a regulation chance at slip off Tim van der Gugten with Thurston on 99. Next ball he worked a single to long leg and raised his century in 145 balls with 10 fours and a six.He was very fluent and soon built on his overnight 30. He played a beautiful back-foot punch to bring the 100 up, then flicked van der Gugten for two to reach fifty in 67 balls with six fours. He then uppercut Marchant de Lange over point for six to take the stand into three-figures.But with his career-best in sight after lunch, he dragged Callum Taylor – who enjoyed a dream first-class debut with a whirlwind century on day one – into his stumps trying to cut a ball from the offspinner round the wicket that was too tight to do so.Curran was also impressive. Initially more watchful than Thurston, he took an hour to find his first boundary of the day. He edged de Lange over the slips cordon before hooking him for four over square leg. He cut the same bowler for his seventh four to reach fifty in 112 balls, his second of the season and seventh of his 17-match career.Curran had one moment of fortune as he reverse-swept Bull in his first over and edged to first slip, only to find the fielder had moved away trying to anticipate where the ball might have gone had Curran made his intended contact.But he enjoyed no luck three overs after lunch as a thick outside edge from van der Gugten was spectacularly held by Nick Selman diving one-handed to his left at second slip. It left Curran one short of his first-class best made against Sussex in September 2018 in his fifth appearance. This was his 12th game since.The partnership broken, Northamptonshire wobbled from 202 for 1 to 234 for 4 as Luke Procter drove van der Gugten lazily to mid-off to fall for just 3 and the hosts were made to wait by the rain to take the lead.Play resumed at 5.10pm and Rob Keogh got in a mess trying to defend Dan Douthwaite and was bowled for 20 but Ricardo Vasconcelos, down the order this week with him both keeping wicket and captaining the side in place of the rested Adam Rossington, ensured Northamptonshire went to the close in a strong position.
A breezy five-over chase helped them pick up their first points of the season
The Report by Karthik Krishnaswamy20-Aug-2020Is the DLS method a fair way to determine targets in rain-shortened T20 games? Graeme Smith, the former South Africa captain, recently said he doesn’t think so, and he could have used Thursday’s CPL game between the Barbados Tridents and the St Lucia Zouks as an example to support his argument.It was shaping up to be a slow-scoring tussle between two spin-heavy attacks on a two-paced pitch. Rain arrived, ate away more than two hours of action, and transformed the nature of the contest. Rather than a 20-over target in the region of 145, the Zouks had to chase a far less challenging 47 in five overs, and they got home with ease, with five balls to spare.The Zouks attack – Mohammad Nabi in particular – bowled well enough to be deserving victors, but rain and the arithmetic of DLS rendered everything about the first innings almost irrelevant. To rephrase the cliche about games of two halves, this was a game of two games, or maybe even two entirely different sports.Luck favours the chasing sideLuck plays a fairly influential role in T20 contests; over five overs, with the batting team still having ten wickets to play with, this role is magnified. The Zouks hit seven fours and two sixes in their chase, and of those nine boundaries, four were miscues – including the first two that Rahkeem Cornwall edged behind the wicket in the first over to set the tone of the chase – and one was a chance that Mitchell Santner couldn’t wrap his hands around at long-on.Over a longer contest, these moments of fortune play a smaller role in deciding the result. The Tridents, moreover, had an attack made for this Tarouba surface, with four frontline spinners, but three of them didn’t get to bowl at all. The fourth, Rashid Khan, picked up two wickets and could have had a third (the chance Santner failed to grab off Nabi) but ended up going for 24 in his two overs.Rain interrupted the Barbados Tridents innings•CPL via Getty ImagesTridents hurry off the blocksPerhaps the one thing the Tridents got wrong was Jason Holder’s decision at the toss – why bat first if rain is imminent? – but the opening exchanges suggested they were on the right track. The two-paced nature of the pitch was already in evidence – and the Tridents had an attack to make full use of it later on – but in the meanwhile, Johnson Charles was taking full toll of some ordinary new-ball bowling from the Zouks. He slapped the first ball of the match – a short one from the left-arm spinner Saad Bin Zafar – to the cover point boundary, and then hammered a wildly inconsistent Obed McCoy for two fours and a six in the second over. By the time he was out for 35 off 19 in the fourth over, his opening partner Shai Hope had only faced two balls and was yet to open his account.Nabi applies the strangleCharles and Corey Anderson – who slapped a full-toss straight to cover – fell in successive Scott Kuggeleijn overs, and the Tridents ended the powerplay 53 for 2. At the other end, Nabi bowled a typically shrewd spell of strangulating offspin, varying his pace, reading the batsmen’s intentions, giving neither right- nor left-hander any room, and getting his arm ball to deviate like a legcutter. He got the wicket of Hope, for an unconvincing 19 off 16, with one of these arm balls, and ended with figures of 4-0-19-1.Zouks wrest control despite Holder cameoFew batsmen in world cricket time the ball as well as Holder does when he’s on song, and on a pitch where most of his team-mates struggled to middle the ball, the Tridents captain strode in at No. 5 and dispatched the ball to all parts – a pulled six off Kesrick Williams was particularly jaw-dropping in its effortlessness – while scoring 27 off 12 balls. But once he fell to a Williams slower ball, the Tridents innings lost all momentum. Roston Chase and Mark Deyal – two of four offspinners used by the Zouks – picked up three wickets in the space of nine balls, before Santner and Ashley Nurse added an unbroken, run-a-ball 22 for the eighth wicket. That left the Tridents poised for a bit of a slog, with 11 balls remaining and the dangerous Khan still to come, but the rain came down and rendered everything that came before meaningless.
Glasgow Rangers have four Premiership matches remaining of the 2023/24 campaign, needing to win them all while hoping Celtic slip up along the way.
With the final Old Firm clash taking place at Parkhead, the odds are against the Light Blues, but it is clear Philippe Clement will push his team to the limit.
Firstly, the Light Blues face Kilmarnock at Ibrox on Sunday afternoon in what is a must-win match for the club.
Clement delivered an injury update in his pre-match press conference on Friday, saying Oscar Cortes and Danilo won't play again this season, while Connor Goldson suffered an injury during training in midweek, also ruling him out for the season.
The Belgian did give a positive update on Ridvan Yilmaz, claiming that he was a “maybe” for Sunday. Hopefully, the Turkish defender can return to the starting XI as the Gers have missed his presence on the left side of the defence.
With this news in mind, here's a look at the starting XI that could take to the Ibrox pitch on Sunday afternoon.
1 GK – Jack Butland
Rangers goalkeeper Jack Butland
The Englishman picked up both the Men’s Player’s Player of the Year and Men’s Player of the Year awards last week in the annual Rangers award ceremony, signifying how vital he has been this season.
Across 53 games in all competitions, Butland has kept 25 clean sheets and conceded 44 goals. Another few between now and the end of the season could give the club a great chance of adding another trophy or two to the cabinet.
2 RB – James Tavernier
James Tavernier
Despite there being five games left of the season, Tavernier picked up the Sam English bowl, which is awarded to the club’s top scorer.
The captain has scored 24 times already this term, which is his best-ever career total during a single campaign.
3 CB – John Souttar
John Souttar
The centre-back has started every single Premiership match of 2024 thus far and due to Goldson suffering a season-ending injury, he will be in the starting XI for the final five games of the season.
Following an injury-disrupted debut season in Glasgow, Souttar has shown his class under Clement, emerging as one of the first names on the team sheet in recent months.
4 CB – Leon Balogun
Rangers defender Leon Balogun.
The Nigerian defender is out of contract at the end of the season, but it looks as though contract talks will be placed on hold until after the Scottish Cup final.
He returned to the starting XI against Hearts in the Scottish Cup semi-final recently, as Goldson was surprisingly dropped, but the duo of him and Souttar will be the backbone in the remaining games.
5 LB – Ridvan Yilmaz
Borna Barisic will be dropped from the starting XI, as it feels like even a half-fit Yilmaz would be a better option.
The Turk has been missing since returning from international duty with a hamstring injury, but if he is ready to go, then Clement should unleash him from the start against Killie.
The £5m signing in 2022 has shown plenty of class under the Belgian and could be an important player next season, if he stays fit, that is.
6 CM – Mohamed Diomande
Mohammed Diomande
Although technically just at the club on loan right now, Diomande will officially join the Light Blues on a permanent deal in the summer.
At 22 years old, he represents the type of player which Clement will be hoping to add more of this summer; young, limitless potential and the chance of selling them on for massive profits.
His control of the game could be crucial against Killie.
7 CM – John Lundstram
John Lundstram for Rangers.
Another player who is out of contract in a few weeks, Lundstram might well be coming to the end of his spell in Glasgow as no talks have commenced.
He has missed just one game since Clement arrived, a 2-0 win over Motherwell on Christmas Eve, but his influence has waned in recent weeks.
8 RW – Ross McCausland
Rangers forward Ross McCausland.
The young winger’s previous league start came against Killie coincidently back in February, but he should be unleashed on Sunday.
The Northern Irishman has plenty of work to do in order to make himself a regular in the first team, but the more often he plays, the better he will get.
Two goals and three assists aren’t the greatest of returns, something which McCausland will be hoping to add to over the next few weeks.
9 AM – Todd Cantwell
Fabio Silva and Todd Cantwell
The 26-year-old has endured plenty of highs and lows this term. The attacking midfielder has missed 13 games due to injury, but he has scored six times while registering six assists across all competitions this season.
Against St Mirren, Cantwell made one key pass, attempted four shots, succeeded with 100% of his dribbles and took 52 touches as he looked keen to make things happen for the Light Blues in their eventual 2-1 win.
10 LW – Dujon Sterling
Dujon Sterling
The utility man might be called upon to feature on the left wing due to Clement’s injury issues in that position.
The Englishman has played on the right wing a few times this season, which means a stint on the opposite flank shouldn’t faze him too much, especially as he knows it isn’t a permanent move.
Sterling will give 100% commitment to the cause regardless of where he plays and this will show during the clash against Killie.
With the end of the campaign fast approaching, the question remains as to whether Erik ten Hag will still be in charge of Manchester United for the start of next season, following what has been a turbulent second year in the dugout for the Dutchman.
While the hope of securing silverware still remains ahead of next week's FA Cup semi-final showdown with Coventry City, on the Premier League front, the Red Devils now look almost certainties to miss out on Champions League qualification.
The suggestion at present is that Ten Hag will still be given time to work under the new Sir Jim Ratcliffe regime, although after failing to win any of their last three league games, the pressure is on to get results over the coming weeks – starting away to AFC Bournemouth this evening.
GK – David De Gea
RB – Aaron Wan-Bissaka
CB – Raphael Varane
CB – Victor Lindelof
LB – Luke Shaw
CDM – Casemiro
CM – Christian Eriksen
CM – Bruno Fernandes
RW – Antony
LW – Jadon Sancho
ST – Anthony Martial
Amid that desperation, perhaps the former Ajax boss could trial something that he is yet to do during his time at Old Trafford, with Mason Mount set to be central to this novel approach…
Mason Mount's season in numbers
There's no denying that United's new number seven has endured an underwhelming first season in Manchester following his £55m switch from Chelsea, the England international looking like a certainty to miss out on Euro 2024 amid what has been an injury-ravaged campaign.
Only one goal and one assist to show for his efforts this term, Mount has failed to replicate the consistent form that he showcased for much of his emergence at Stamford Bridge, where he chipped in with 68 goal involvements in 195 games in all competitions.
Dubbed the "complete midfield player" by Ten Hag upon his controversial arrival in his new surroundings last summer, the one-time Derby County loanee has since been restricted to just 16 appearances in all competitions – including just four league starts.
However, with the versatile playmaker now fit and available once again – and with Scott McTominay now enduring his own stint on the sidelines – perhaps tonight's trip to the Vitality Stadium could be the perfect time for Mount to be unleashed from the start once again.
Why Mount should start vs Bournemouth
During Sunday's thrilling 2-2 draw with rivals Liverpool, Ten Hag opted for a midfield trio of Bruno Fernandes, Kobbie Mainoo and Casemiro, although there is certainly justification to drop the latter man, as he won just five of his 11 duels and lost possession on 16 occasions at the base of the midfield.
In the absence of McTominay – and with the "unhappy" Christian Eriksen hardly in the picture at present – Mount could be the biggest beneficiary of Casemiro's continued woes, with the Brazilian having been 'really poor' at the weekend, as per GOAL's Richard Martin.
For the first time, Ten Hag could then take the somewhat risky approach of dropping young Mainoo into a deeper berth, with Mount and Fernandes completing that midfield trio, thus providing a more mobile and energetic unit in the centre of the park.
Fresh from scoring a stunner in a more advanced role against Jurgen Klopp's side, it may seem counterproductive to relocate Mainoo further back, although the teenager does boast impressive defensive prowess, having averaged 3.1 tackles and interceptions per game this season.
With Sofyan Amrabat – who looks set to depart at the end of his loan this summer – now an afterthought, there are few other alternatives if Ten Hag does wish to oust Casemiro, ensuring the 18-year-old may have to be re-housed and Mount can come into the fray.
Manchester United manager Erik ten Hag
While that midfield unit of Mount, Mainoo and Fernandes has yet to be trialled from the start this season – with the former Blues man having been absent for much of Mainoo's rise this term – now could well be time for the United boss to truly take the handbrake off against the Cherries.
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أعلن الاتحاد المصري لكرة اليد عن مواعيد مباريات دور الـ16 ببطولة كأس مصر موسم 2024-2025.
وحدد اتحاد اليوم يومًا واحدًا لإقامة الـ8 مباريات المؤهلين للدور ربع النهائي من عمر البطولة المحلية.
موعد مباراة الأهلي والزمالك في الدوري المصري لكرة اليد
ويشارك في دور الـ16 كل من، سبورتنج – دلفي – هليوبوليس – الأهلى – إتحاد الشرطة – الشمس – البنك الأهلى – الجزيرة – أصحاب الجياد – سموحة – طلائع الجيش – الطيران – الزهور- العبور – القناة – الزمالك.
وكان فريقا الأهلي والزمالك قد صعدا لدور الـ16 بشكل مباشر عن طريق القرعة، ليصطدم المارد الأحمر بهليوبليس، والفارس الأبيض بالقناة. مواعيد مباريات دور الـ16 من بطولة كأس مصر
مباراة سبورتنج ضد دلفي، يوم الثلاثاء 18-3-2025 الساعة السادسة بصالة سبورتنج.
مباراة هليوبليس ضد الأهلي، يوم الثلاثاء 18-3-2025 الساعة السابعة بصالة الشروق.
مباراة اتحاد الشرطة ضد الشمس، يوم الثلاثاء 18-3-2025، الساعة السادسة بصالة اتحاد الشرطة.
مباراة البنك الأهلي ضد الجزيرة، يوم الثلاثاء 18-3-2025 الساعة الثامنة بصالة القوات المسلحة بسموحة.
مباراة أصحاب الجياد ضد سموحة، يوم الثلاثاء 18-3-2025 الساعة السادسة بصالة القوات المسلحة بسموحة.
مباراة طلائع الجيش ضد الطيران، يوم الثلاثاء 18-3-2025 الساعة السادسة بصالة طلائع الجيش.
مباراة الزهور ضد العبور، يوم الثلاثاء 18-3-2025 الساعة الثامنة بصالة الزهور.
مباراة القناة ضد الزمالك، يوم الثلاثاء 18-3-2025 الساعة السادسة بصالة هيئة قناة السويس.
Just as Sunderland thought they'd got their Championship season back on track with a 2-0 away win at Cardiff City, the Black Cats were dealt the harshest possible blow against Blackburn Rovers.
The Riversiders ran rampant at the Stadium of Light in a comprehensive 5-1 drubbing, with Mike Dodds' troops trudging off battered and bruised at the end of such a crushing defeat.
Murmurs of positivity that came after the win away in the Welsh capital have now been very much drowned out with an overwhelming wave of disgruntled Sunderland fans voicing their rage.
They all would have been understandably angered by Patrick Roberts' no-show against John Eustace's clinical visitors, after the former Celtic man was deemed fit enough to return to the XI yesterday.
Patrick Roberts' performance vs Blackburn in numbers
Having missed his side's last seven Championship matches before being thrown back into the first-team mix yesterday, Dodds must have been thinking he should have continued to leave Roberts out of his lineups owing to his disastrous afternoon against Blackburn.
The sub-par Sunderland number ten would last just 55 minutes in total, before being hauled off for 16-year-old Chris Rigg to be a bright spark by scoring the Black Cats' consolation strike of the day.
Sunderland winger Patrick Roberts.
In contrast, the dire 27-year-old winger would be unable to register a single shot on the Blackburn goal.
Moreover, the usually tricky 5 foot 6 attacker would also fail to complete a single successful dribble in the one-sided encounter or even win a duel from the four he attempted.
It will be an easy decision for Dodds to make, therefore, in axing Roberts from his next starting lineup when Sunderland face off against Bristol City to try and make amends for the sobering nature of this dreadful defeat.
Sunderland winger Patrick Roberts.
Callum Styles will also be nervous about his spot in Dodds' starting elevens going forward after his nightmare showing against the Riversiders, the Barnsley loanee caught out time and time again in the left-back spot.
Callum Styles' performance vs Blackburn in numbers
The interim Sunderland boss will also be left cursing his decision-making to start Styles at full-back over ex-Leeds United man Leo Hjelde, with the Hungary international out of his depth all afternoon against the buoyed-on Blackburn attackers.
The Sunderland number 28 would have a torrid time trying to keep tabs on the likes of Ryan Hedges and Sammie Szmodics advancing through at will for the away side, resulting in Styles being dribbled past twice in the 5-1 loss.
On top of that, the January recruit would fail to relieve the constant pressure on the Sunderland goal effectively, with two failed long balls up the pitch as Blackburn went about rubbing salt into the wounds of the lacklustre Wearside hosts.
Given a scathing 2/10 match rating by Roker Report journalist Andy Tomlinson after the game, who described Styles' display as 'all over the place' from a defensive point of view, the 24-year-old will also most likely fall victim to Dodds ringing the changes against the Robins.
Minutes played
90
Touches
81
Dribbled past
2x
Possession lost
13x
Accurate long balls
0/2
Duels won
4/7
Dodds will hope his Sunderland players have got their most abject displays out of their system, with the Bristol City home game up next a perfect possible way to get doubters back on side by bouncing back with a victory.
However, if another loss comes about straight after this humbling 5-1 defeat, the natives at the Stadium of Light could become even more restless and agitated.
Sunderland must now ditch this struggling dud who earns more than Ekwah
This Sunderland man could find himself out of Mike Dodds’ starting XIs going forward.
BBC Radio 5 Live pundit Alan Hutton is under the belief that Tottenham "will have always been in contact" about signing a speedy player for 2024/2025.
Spurs chasing new forward deal for Postecoglou
As reliably reported, a position which Spurs are eager to strengthen this summer is out wide.
Tottenham laying groundwork to sign marquee striker with Paratici contacts
The Italian advises Spurs on a consultancy basis.
ByEmilio Galantini Mar 6, 2024
Despite the presence of Timo Werner, Bryan Gil, Dejan Kulusevski, Son Heung-min and Manor Solomon in their squad already, it is believed Tottenham are admirers of both Wolves star Pedro Neto and Eberechi Eze of Crystal Palace heading into the summer.
Manager Ange Postecoglou doesn't appear to favour Gil in his starting line up, leading to rumours that the Spaniard could in fact leave N17 this summer, while the consistently-injured Manor Solomon could quit Spurs if they end up bringing in two wingers (Dan Kilpatrick).
This would free up space for a new wide attacker for next term, and a decision must also be made on the long-term future of Werner.
Spurs 3-1 Crystal Palace
7.68
Spurs 3-2 Brentford
7.36
Spurs 2-1 Brighton
6.91
Spurs 1-2 Wolves
6.66
Man United 2-2 Spurs
6.64
The German, signed on loan from RB Leipzig in the winter transfer window, bagged his first Spurs goal against Crystal Palace last weekend and has registered a further two assists so far during his time at N17.
His deal is thought to contain a £15 million buy-option, something which may well entice the wider Tottenham recruitment team if Werner can display the kind of form which motivated Chelsea to splash £47.5m on him in 2020.
Hutton thinks Spurs will "always" be in contact over Werner deal for 24/25
Now, speaking to Tottenham News, former Lilywhites defender Hutton has suggested that Spurs will always have been in contact over signing Werner permanently for 24/25.
“I think they will have always been in contact about it,” saidHutton.
“I don’t think that will change between now and the end of the season, they will always be monitoring that situation. It always goes back to the same thing for me, he needs more than one opportunity to score a goal.
Tottenham forward Timo Werner.
"You see Eze, fantastic free-kick but before that Werner has a great opportunityone-on-one with the goalkeeper and he shows amazing speed and that’s what he’s all about getting into position.
“Sometimes I just think when he has too long to think about it, I never feel confident that he’ll score. If that was Son, I’d put him down to score. But he got his goal and he’s off the mark. Well done, it’s good for him and good for the club, but I think they’ll be monitoring the situation from now until the end of the season to see if he’s a guy that can fit in long-term or not. Then they’ll have to make the decision."
England batsman Joe Denly has been sidelined after damaging a ligament in his ankle during practice. The 33-year-old picked up the injury on Thursday, prior to the first of the five T20Is against New Zealand, and will play no part in the series. The England management has not named a replacement for Denly, who is also in the squad for two Test matches, starting November 21.Denly arrived in New Zealand after helping England to a share of the Ashes series earlier this year, scoring 94 as a makeshift opening batsman at The Oval. It has been speculated that he would be moved down to No. 3 to enable Test captain Joe Root to bat at his preferred No. 4 spot, but that plan now depends on how he pulls up after treatment and rehabilitation.England do have other options at the top of the order. Dominic Sibley is uncapped, but also a specialist who was the only one to score more than 1000 runs in Division One of the 2019 Championship. The 24-year old has been compared to Alastair Cook for the manner in which he grinds out his runs.Outside of keeping his Test place, Denly might have also been hoping to break into England’s first XI in T20I cricket. With a view to building for the T20 World Cup next October, they saw the five-match series against New Zealand as a testing ground for new talent, coming to the country having rested “seven players”, according to captain Eoin Morgan. With the likes of Ben Stokes, Jos Buttler, Moeen Ali and Jason Roy given time off, Denly had the chance to impress the team management but will now have to wait his turn.England won the first match of the series on Friday with another fringe batsman, James Vince, scoring a stroke-filled half-century. Denly’s injury made way for the hard-hitting Lewis Gregory to make his T20I debut, although he wasn’t required to bat or bowl. Tom Banton, whose strokeplay is reminiscent of Kevin Pietersen’s, is also available as reserve batsman with the T20I squad.