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Após passar pela recuperação de uma lesão no joelho, o volante William Oliveira volta a ficar a disposição do técnico Guto Ferreira para a sequência do Campeonato Brasileiro. O atleta chegou até a entrar em campo pelo Sub-23 no Campeonato Brasileiro de Aspirantes na última quinta-feira (15) onde foi titular e capitão na vitória do Vozão sobre o Fluminense por 2 a 1.

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– Junto com a comissão escolhemos por jogar no Sub-23 para eu poder pegar ritmo de jogo. Todos sabemos que o Campeonato Brasileiro é muito pegado e disputado. E como sempre fiz, quero estar no meu melhor quando tiver minha oportunidade de jogar novamente. Sou muito grato a esse clube que sempre me abraçou quando precisei. O torcedor pode ter certeza que vou dar tudo dentro de campo – disse William.

O experiente volante de 29 anos deve atuar também no próximo compromisso do clube pela competição de base que tem data marcada para a próxima quinta-feira (22) onde o Alvinegro visita o Coritiba. Contudo, não está totalmente descartada a possibilidade de William aparecer entre os relacionados para a partida contra o Sport, no próximo domingo (25), em confronto válido pelo Brasileirão.

Atleta de papel importante na campanha do título da Copa do Nordeste de 2020, ele disputou 22 compromissos na temporada passada e colaborou para a melhor campanha da história do clube na elite do futebol nacional, classificando o Vozão pela primeira vez para uma competição internacional.

Somando desde sua chegada em janeiro de 2019, ao todo foram 46 jogos pelo clube de Porangabuçu em três temporadas. Números esses que só tornaram ainda mais doloroso não poder ajudar os companheiros que já conhece tão bem.

– Ficar de fora é sempre bem difícil. Até porque jogador só consegue mostrar seu trabalho quando está dentro de campo. Nós que jogamos em um clube gigante como o Ceará sentimos que ficar de fora é muito ruim. Mas graças a Deus nesse momento difícil tive o apoio da minha família, da comissão técnica e de todos os funcionários do clube. O que me ajudou demais na minha recuperação. Tenho certeza que as coisas vão melhorar daqui para frente – finalizou.

Wolverhampton Wanderers appear to have found some stability in the leadership of Gary O'Neil, who has the skills and the style to enjoy a successful tenure at Molineux for many years yet.

Having taken the reins at Bournemouth following the sacking of Scott Parker in 2022/23 – previously serving as the 43-year-old's understudy on the South Coast – O'Neil led the Cherries to unlikely survival on their return to the Premier League, though he was dismissed anyway for the progressive football of Andoni Iraola.

But Wolves know a gem when they see one, and after Julen Lopetegui's departure, O'Neil was brought in and he has worked wonders in guiding the Old Gold away from danger and securing a comfortable 13th-place top-flight finish – accruing five extra points (46 in total) to last season's 41-point haul.

1.

Matheus Nunes

Manchester City

01/09/2023

£53m

2.

Ruben Neves

Al Hilal

24/06/2023

£47m

3.

Diogo Jota

Liverpool

19/09/2020

£41m

4.

Morgan Gibbs-White

Nottingham Forest

19/08/2022

£25m (rising to £42.5m

5.

Nathan Collins

Brentford

04/07/2023

£23m

And that's despite last summer's mass exodus, with three of Wolves' record player sales occurring one year ago, leading to Lopetegui's frustrations boiling over and his eventual resignation.

This all bears testament to O'Neil's managerial wherewithal and his faculty for fashioning success from testing circumstances. On the plus, Wolves now enter this year's summer transfer window with little concern over meeting Premier League Profit and Sustainability rules.

Though the Midlands club's best players are being targetted regardless…

The players that could leave Wolves this summer

The obvious one. Pedro Neto is in high demand despite spending half of the 2023/24 campaign on the sidelines nursing injuries, though there is good reason for this after the Portuguese racked up three goals and 11 assists from only 24 matches in all competitions.

The 24-year-old is an immense talent and it's little wonder that, as per The Telegraph, Manchester City and Newcastle United are snooping around with hopes of completing a deal in the coming months, though Wolves have stressed he will cost £60m.

He's not the only one attracting interest from Premier League rivals, however, with tough-tackling titan Joao Gomes on Arsenal and Manchester United's radar following his excellent performances in the Molineux midfield.

Again, Fosun won't let him go cheap and have set a £40m asking price on the Brazilian star, though recent rumours suggest that Thomas Partey might be leaving the Emirates this summer and Gomes could represent a shrewd buy for Mikel Arteta's trophy chasers.

To see such stars depart would be both poignant and concerning for Wolves supporters, who would see their team act to sign fitting replacements lest the club suffer a regression after promising work over the past months.

Especially when other high-cost players on the books must be shipped out first, with the time possibly right for Nelson Semedo to end his stay at Molineux.

Nelson Semedo's season in numbers

Wolves signed Semedo from Barcelona in a whopping £37m deal back in 2020, though this is including add-ons and it's unlikely that that initial figure has ever been reached in full.

The Portugal international has completed 145 appearances in total and has been a key part of O'Neil's season, starting 36 matches in the Premier League.

But he's now 30 years old and one of the club's highest earners, with journalist Liam Keen even suggesting that he is one of the most probable departees this summer.

Matches played

36

Matches started

36

Goals

0

Assists

1

Clean sheets

4

Pass completion

81%

Key passes per game

0.7

Tackles per game

2.2

Clearances per game

2.2

Recoveries per game

5.2

Dribbles per game

1.4 (64%)

Duels won per game

5.1 (52%)

Penalties committed

2

Yellow cards

11

Red cards

1

The thing is, as the table above portrays, the 28-cap international has put up solid numbers throughout the campaign, entrusted by O'Neil to use his experience and athleticism to charge the squad down the right flank, but he must be sold regardless.

Let's dig into why.

Why Wolves must sell Nelson Semedo

Semedo is out of contract next summer and so will enter the final year of his deal aged 30 and off the back of a campaign that has not suggested that he is irreplaceable.

Wolves appear to be in the market for a right-back, with TEAMtalk reporting that West Ham United's soon-out-of-contract defender Ben Johnson is on their radar.

When considering that he actually takes home as much as the aforementioned Neto and Gomes. combined, it seems obvious that if there is a way to sell him first, this must be enforced to potentially save the sales of some high-importance pieces at Molineux.

1.

Goncalo Guedes

£90k-per-week

1.

Pablo Sarabia

£90k-per-week

3.

Nelson Semedo

£80k-per-week

3.

Fabio Silva

£80k-per-week

5.

Hwang Hee-chan

£70k-per-week

6.

Matheus Cunha

£60k-per-week

7.

Boubacar Traore

£55k-per-week

8.

Pedro Neto

£50k-per-week

8.

Matt Doherty

£50k-per-week

8.

Max Kilman

£50k-per-week

*15.

Joao Gomes

£30k-per-week

As you can see, only Pablo Sarabia and Goncalo Guedes take home heftier earnings than Semedo in the Wanderers squad and considering that the Portugal ace is now at the final stretch of his contract and has been criticised for his "frustrating" displays by journalist Nathan Judah, it may well be time to cash in.

According to Football Transfers' player valuation tool, Semedo still boasts a market value of around £13m, so this would appear the right time to tempt potential suitors into making an offer.

O'Neil has proven in the past his ability to make good with the tools at his disposal, but by freeing up the wage bill of Semedo and perhaps even recouping some of that initial outlay, he could even have the means to sign a young and eager new star to take his place.

Wolves may already have a perfect Kilman heir in "versatile" academy gem

Gary O’Neil’s star defender is attracting interest from a Premier League rival.

ByAngus Sinclair May 24, 2024

Ireland’s men will not play a full international fixture this home summer, after Pakistan and New Zealand’s scheduled tours were postponed at a virtual board meeting on Wednesday.Warren Deutrom, Cricket Ireland’s chief executive, remains hopeful that the three scheduled ODIs against England can go ahead in some form, but said that “numerous challenges [still] have to be resolved” which “will take a little while to work through”. This will be the first Irish summer since 2005 not to feature a full international.New Zealand’s entire European tour has now been postponed, with the scheduled fixtures against Scotland – an ODI and a T20I – also canned following the recent postponement of the planned matches in the Netherlands.”We deeply regret that we can’t provide any international cricket at home to our fans this year, but we were always up against it with our entire home international programme coming in the first half of the season,” Deutrom said.”It had become fairly obvious following the recent series of Government announcements in the Republic and UK that the New Zealand series was not feasible. While of course it’s disappointing for the fans in Northern Ireland who I know were looking forward to the visit of the World Cup runners-up, given the circumstances we entirely understand NZC was left with no choice but to stay at home.”David White, NZC’s CEO, said: “These are extremely difficult times for international cricket and we feel deeply for our friends in the northern hemisphere, whose season has been so badly disrupted. Hopefully, in brighter and less dangerous times, we can return and play the games that have been postponed.”Gus Mackay, Cricket Scotland’s CEO, said: “We are obviously disappointed that New Zealand’s European tour has been postponed, however, it was to be expected under the current circumstances. We will work closely with New Zealand Cricket and look at opportunities in the future when they are next touring Europe.”Pakistan’s two T20Is in Ireland, scheduled for mid-July, were due to take place immediately before their tour to England. Deutrom said that complications regarding government timelines, bio-security, quarantining players and finding a window to fit in around the England series meant that it “just hasn’t been possible to find a way to get the matches played”.ALSO READ: Cautious PCB open to possibility of summer tour of EnglandWasim Khan, the PCB’s CEO, said: “We fully respect and endorse Cricket Ireland’s decision at this difficult time. As we have all reiterated, the safety and security of players, officials and fans comes first. The PCB stands firmly with CI in these difficult times and we look forward to revisiting Ireland again as soon as normal services resume.”Regarding the three-match ODI series in England, initially scheduled for mid-September, Deutrom said that Ireland would “try to be as flexible as possible”, but admitted “numerous challenges have to be resolved” regarding dates, bio-secure venues, and quarantine requirements. “We will continue to work with the ECB on trying to make these fixtures happen, but the issues involved will take a little while to work through.”Deutrom also confirmed that no firm decision has been made regarding the Euro T20 Slam, which was due to start this year after its inaugural season was postponed in 2019. A final call will be taken next month, but with all cricketing activity in Ireland suspended until June and the game feeling the financial strain of the pandemic, it appears unlikely that the competition will be able to go ahead.

Will Pant get a game? Will India swap Jadhav for Pandey? They have questions to answer

The Preview by Deivarayan Muthu10-Feb-20206:09

Can India find an answer to Ross Taylor?

Big pictureAs if injuries to Kane Williamson, Trent Boult, Lockie Ferguson and Matt Henry weren’t enough, New Zealand were hampered by absence of Scott Kuggleijn and Mitchell Santner for the second ODI. Tim Southee, too, battled an illness while Ish Sodhi had been released to play a four-dayer against India A in Lincoln.Southee soldiered on and meticulously took down India captain Virat Kohli, but had to leave the field after finishing his ten overs. So depleted were New Zealand that they had to call their assistant coach Luke Ronchi as a substitute fielder. Yet, they dug deep enough to overcome a batting collapse and a late scare from Ravindra Jadeja to sew up the series.But problems – even outside fitness reasons – persist. Ross Taylor has fired in both the ODIs, but the rest of the middle-order has faltered. Williamson’s return at Bay Oval, his home ground, could remedy some of those issues. He had a proper workout on the eve of the game, and is set to resume his mouth-watering tussle against Jasprit Bumrah. Santner and Kuggleijn are also coming along well, according to bowling coach Shane Jurgensen, while Sodhi has flown back to Mount Maunganui and rejoined the squad along with fast bowler Blair Tickner.After India had conceded the series in Auckland, Kohli reckoned that the team management might use this dead rubber to test out their bench. Wicketkeeper-batsman Rishabh Pant, who hasn’t played a single match so far on tour, might get a look-in on Tuesday. Will there be some room in the middle order for Manish Pandey too? Allrounder Shivam Dube is also among India’s reserves and hasn’t played in the team’s last nine ODIs.Form guideNew Zealand WWTWL (last five completed matches, most recent first)
India LLWWLKedar Jadhav works one off his hip•BCCI

In the spotlightColin de Grandhomme din’t bowl in two of the three T20Is he played, but has been pretty tidy with the ball in the two ODIs. After removing Prithvi Shaw with an outswinger in the first game, he tricked KL Rahul into cutting a ball that was neither short or wide enough for the shot. His batting form, though, has cooled off and he has floated down the order as the hosts have looked to maintain a left-right combination. Can he land the mighty blows with the bat on Tuesday?There has been plenty of scrutiny over Kedar Jadhav’s role in the current set-up. The 34-year old has played some charming cameos while coming in with just a few deliveries left, but has bowled all of one over with the ball since the World Cup. Jadhav has one more opportunity in Mount Maunganui before the new selection panel picks the squad for the three-match ODI series at home against South Africa in March.Team newsHaving been severely depleted by injuries and illness, New Zealand have called in reinforcements in the form of Sodhi and Tickner.New Zealand (probable): 1 Martin Guptill, 2 Henry Nicholls, 3 Kane Williamson (capt.), 4 Ross Taylor, 5 Tom Latham (wk), 6 Jimmy Neesham, 7 Colin de Grandhomme, 8 Tim Southee, 9 Kyle Jamieson, 10 Ish Sodhi/Mitchell Santner, 11 Hamish Bennett/Scott KuggleijnHaving given Mohammed Shami a break at Eden Park, India might look to rest Bumrah ahead of the Test series and bring back Shami. And it remains to be seen whether Pant will take over the gloves from Rahul.India (probable): 1 Mayank Agarwal, 2 Prithvi Shaw, 3 Virat Kohli (capt.), 4 Shreyas Iyer, 5 KL Rahul/Rishabh Pant, 6 Ravindra Jadeja, 7 Kedar Jadhav/Manish Pandey/Shivam Dube, 8 Shardul Thakur, 9 Yuzvendra Chahal/Kuldeep Yadav, 10 Navdeep Saini, 11 Mohammed Shami/Jasprit BumrahPitch and conditionsThe Bay Oval rolled out a fairly slow track the last time these two sides met in an ODI at this venue in 2019. The T20I game that the Bay Oval had hosted last week was also similarly slow and provided some assistance to the bowlers. The weather is likely to be nice and pleasant for the duration of the match.Stats and trivia The last time India were whitewashed in a bilateral ODI series of three or more matches was in 1997 when they lost 3-0 in Sri Lanka.* India have played two ODIs at this venue and have won both. Henry Nicholls has made 315 runs in 10 ODI innings as an opener at an average of 35 and strike rate of 70. His last three scores at the top read: 41, 78 and 55.Quotes”The T20 series didn’t go according to plan, but we knew we weren’t too far off. We’ve played some good cricket in the one-dayers…although we’re missing a couple of guys, as a whole, the one-day side has been tracking pretty good.”
“I think Taylor’s batting really well. Once he’s set he can play on the leg side like he’s a God. We have to be precise bowling to him.”

Liverpool were sent tumbling out of the FA Cup in dramatic fashion as they were beaten 4-3 by Manchester United in extra-time at Old Trafford on Sunday.

Amad Diallo's 120th-minute strike secured the victory for the hosts, who will now head to Wembley for the semi-finals, after a thrilling clash between the two top-six sides.

Goals from Alexis Mac Allister and Mo Salah cancelled out an opener from Scott McTominay in the first-half, before a second-half finish from Antony sent the game to extra time.

Harvey Elliott may have thought he had won the match with a deflected effort in the 105th minute, but goals from Marcus Rashford and Diallo in the last ten minutes turned the game around to win it for United.

Caoimhin Kelleher had a questionable performance between the sticks. However, substitute Cody Gakpo was even worse than the goalkeeper with his poor display off the bench, as he let Jurgen Klopp down badly.

Caoimhin Kelleher's performance against United

The Ireland international has produced some fine performances in place of Alisson, including a nine-save clean sheet against Chelsea in the League Cup final, but he was not at his finest on Sunday.

Kelleher's wrists were far too weak to divert Alejandro Garnacho's shot away from danger as the ball spun up off his hands and towards his own goal, which allowed McTominay to sneak in and tap the ball into the back of the net.

The 25-year-old stopper was also slow to get down to Antony's right-footed shot that crept into the far corner. However, there were bodies between him and the Brazilian forward, which may have left him unsighted until it was too late.

Crucially, Kelleher failed to step up when he was needed most as Diallo's accurate yet weak strike dribbled past the goalkeeper, who was slow to get down to it, and found the far corner.

Why Cody Gakpo let Jurgen Klopp down

The Dutch forward came off the bench in normal time and was even worse than the goalkeeper, who at least made seven saves and two claims to prevent the hosts from scoring more. Unsurprisingly, Gakpo had fewer touches than Kelleher and what he did when in possession was hardly inspiring.

Cody Gakpo	Against Manchester United
Minutes played	43
Shots on target	0
Big chances created	0
Passes completed	11
Duel success rate	40% (4/10)
Stats via Sofascore

As you can see in the table above, the 24-year-old flop had virtually no positive impact on the match as he did not influence the game in the final third or get involved in possession regularly, and was bullied by United's players in physical duels.

Gakpo replaced Salah in the 77th minute and almost immediately prevented Liverpool from finishing the game off with a poor piece of play in the 79th minute, with the Reds 2-1 up at the time.

He picked up the ball inside the United half with two defenders in front of him, three teammates to his right, and one to his left, yet failed to create a 'big chance' from that situation.

The former PSV star waited an age to release the ball and Elliott, when the pass finally came his way, had no angle to either take a clear shot at goal or play it on to another teammate, which led to a blocked shot from the midfielder – allowing the hosts to go on to equalise less than ten minutes later.

Former Liverpool defender and current Sky Sports pundit Jamie Carragher seemingly hated that aspect of his performance as he posted on X that the dud plays "in slow motion", which was the case in his wasted five-on-two counter-attack.

Gakpo well and truly Klopp down badly with his dreadful display off the bench, which appeared to stoke Carragher's fire, with GOAL also handing the Dutchman a dismal 5/10 match rating, far worse than Kelleher's 8/10.

At least the Irish shot-stopper had some strong contributions during the game, which was not the case for the Dutchman, who struggled in and out of possession throughout his time on the pitch.

علق أحمد حسام ميدو، نجم الزمالك السابق، على قائمة منتخب مصر التي اختارها حسام حسن المدير الفني لمواجهتي الرأس الأخضر وبوتسوانا في التصفيات المؤهلة لكأس أمم إفريقيا.

وأعلن حسان حسن عن القائمة المختارة للمواجهتين خلال فترة التوقف الدولي في الشهر الجاري. طالع من هنا

وقال ميدو، في تصريحات عبر قناة “أون تايم سبورتس”: “أرى أنها اختيارات منطقية بنسبة كبيرة جدًا في ظل الغيابات، أحيي الكابتن حسام حسن على ضمه ثلاثة لاعبين تألقوا في الفترة الأخيرة، وأنا دائمًا أقول إن المدرب الكبير هو الذي لا يُكابر، المدرب الكبير هو الذي يأخذ قرارات بناءً على المتغيرات، اللاعبون الثلاثة هم حسام عبد المجيد وطاهر محمد طاهر وعمر كمال عبد الواحد”.

وتابع: “انضمام الثلاثي مهم جدًا في هذا التوقيت، حسام عبد المجيد يُقدم فترة مميزة ويتطور بشكل رهيب، ويمتلك مقومات المدافع الدولي، فهو طويل ويبدأ الهجمة بشكل جيد، ويجيد قراءة اللعب وتخلص من كل المشاكل التي كانت لديه”.

وأضاف: “نفس الكلام ينطبق على طاهر؛ التطور الذي حدث له هو درس لكل لاعب في مصر، عن كيفية إنقاذ مسيرته بنفسه من خلال العمل الجاد، يجب أن تضع عينيك في الأرض وتعمل فقط، ولا تسمع آراء الآخرين، فبإمكانك تغيير آراء الجميع”.

واستمر: “أخيرًا، عمر كمال الذي لم ييأس وظل يجتهد، أرى أن هذه قائمة منطقية بشكل كبير”.

 وردًا على سؤال من هو بديل محمد حمدي في المنتخب؟  أجاب: “في رأيي، كان يجب أن ينضم أحمد العش، لاعب نادي زد، لأنه يستطيع اللعب في هذا المركز، وهو من اللاعبين الذين كنت أتمنى انضمامهم للمنتخب”.

وأكمل: “مصر لطالما كانت مميزة في مركز الظهيرين، فهي مدرسة في مركز الظهير الأيمن والأيسر، حيث تشكل مفاتيح لعب وتوفر العرضيات. هل نتخيل أننا حاليًا لا نجد بديلًا لمحمد حمدي في منتخب مصر؟”.