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Manchester United ‘join Manchester City, Bayern in Warren Zaire-Emery race’
Manchester United reportedly join the race for 17-year-old Paris Saint-Germain midfielder Warren Zaire-Emery, who is also wanted by Manchester City and Bayern Munich....Click Here To Continue Reading>>
Manchester United are the latest team to show an interest in signing Paris Saint-Germain’s teenage sensation Warren Zaire-Emery, according to a report.
Regarded as one of the brightest midfield prospects in world football, the 17-year-old has already become a regular fixture in the PSG XI since becoming their youngest-ever player in August 2022.
Zaire-Emery was just 16 years, four months and 29 days old when he made his Parisiens debut last season, and he now boasts three goals and five assists from 45 games for the French champions.
The 2006-born starlet also holds the honour of being PSG’s youngest-ever goalscorer at 16 years, 10 months and 25 days, and he has demonstrated his versatility by playing as a right wing-back as well as a central midfielder.
Zaire-Emery has largely featured as a number eight in the opening stages of the 2023-24 season, scoring one goal and setting up five more in 12 matches, netting a long-range thunderbolt in his side’s 3-2 win over Brest last weekend.
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The midfielder’s exploits at club level have seen him rewarded with the France Under-21s captaincy by Thierry Henry, and he is believed to be garnering interest from a host of Europe’s elite teams.
According to 90min, Man United are one of a handful of clubs keeping tabs on Zaire-Emery’s displays, alongside arch-rivals Manchester City, Bayern Munich and Borussia Dortmund.
Zaire-Emery signed his first professional contract last summer, and those terms are due to expire in the summer of 2025, but the report adds that PSG are still confident of tying him down to fresh terms.
An agreement in principle is already thought to be in place, and Zaire-Emery’s renewal will see the Frenchman become one of the best-paid teenage footballers on the continent.
Furthermore, Zaire-Emery himself is not believed to be considering an exit from the Parc des Princes at this juncture, as he is hoping to force his way into Didier Deschamps’s Euro 2024 squad by continuing in the same vein with PSG.
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As such, Man United will likely need to focus their midfield search elsewhere as Erik ten Hag seeks to bolster an ailing engine room, which he did over the summer with the loan signing of Sofyan Amrabat.
The Red Devils have the option to make the 27-year-old’s deal permanent next summer, but he has struggled to make an immediate impression at Old Trafford, where he has also been deployed as a left-back in his earliest weeks at the club.
Fred and Zidane Iqbal were both allowed to seek pastures new ahead of the 2023-24 season, and Man United are also facing uncertainty over the future of Scott McTominay, who was heavily linked with a departure over the summer.
Newcastle United are thought to be weighing up a January move for the Scotland international as a replacement for the banned Sandro Tonali, but Man United would not be expected to sanction a mid-season exit.
However, Dutch outcast Donny van de Beek should be on the move in 2024, and the Red Devils are also said to be keeping a close eye on Royal Antwerp’s Arthur Vermeeren and AC Milan’s Tijjani Reijnders.
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Arsenal captain Martin Odegaard was back to his best during the 2-1 win over Wolverhampton Wanderers in the Premier League on Saturday.
The Gunners made it three league wins on the bounce after beating Wolves at the Emirates Stadium. Bukayo Saka opened the scoring in the sixth minute.
A wonderful bit of team play contributed to Odegaard doubling the lead in the 13th minute.
Arsenal should have been out of sight with the chances in the final third, but they had a nervy finish in the end after Matheus Cunha scored, four minutes from time.
A defensive mishap from Oleksandr Zinchenko paved the way for the goal, but the Gunners managed to hang on for a well-deserved victory over Gary O’Neil’s side.
In our view, Odegaard was clearly the man of the match with one of his best performances of the season.
The Norwegian was inconsistent with his form earlier this campaign, but he appears to be finding his feet at the right time for the Gunners in their title pursuit.
Against Wolves, he had 97 touches with 77 passes at an accuracy of 89 per cent. He had no defensive work to do, but was brilliant with his attacking display.
Odegaard managed six key passes and created three big chances for Gabriel Jesus, Leandro Trossard and Eddie Nketiah respectively, but they failed to extend the lead.
The Gunners should have been out of sight with at least a five-goal margin, but they were made to work hard for the victory after a late consolation strike from Cunha.
The win over Wolves has seen the club extend their lead at the top of the table to four points.
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Twenty-year-old Serbian sixth seed Hamad Medjedovic is crowned the Next Gen ATP Finals champion with a captivating victory over Arthur Fils in Sunday’s final.
Twenty-year-old Serbian sixth seed Hamad Medjedovic was crowned the Next Gen ATP Finals champion with a captivating victory over Arthur Fils in Sunday’s final.
Emulating the feats of his compatriot Novak Djokovic in November’s ATP Finals, Medjedovic brought home another trophy to Serbia with a 3–4[6], 4–1, 4–2, 3–4 [9], 4–1 victory in just after two hours.
Medjedovic’s success caps off a stellar breakthrough year for the 2003-born protege, who reached the first round of Wimbledon and the French Open for the first time in 2023 and came close to breaking into the top 100, getting as high as world number 102 in October....Click Here To Continue Reading>>
“I can’t believe I have won this title, but it’s going to give me a lot of confidence for 2024. Arthur is an amazing player; he’s Top 40 for a reason, so I’m really happy,” Medjedovic said on the court.
“It was tough after the first set. I changed my clothes and recovered and started to play good again. I didn’t play good when I had match points in the fourth set. I wasn’t relaxed, I was very stiff. Thank God I recovered and I was just trying to stay relaxed as much as I could and I managed to do it in the end.”
2023 ATP Finals Champion: Novak Djokovic 🇷🇸2023 Next Gen ATP Finals Champion: Hamad Medjedovic 🇷🇸Learning from the best 👀 pic.twitter.com/ie284rcZ3M— Tennis TV (@TennisTV) December 2, 2023
Making a name for himself throughout the tournament with his blistering serves, the Serbian fired 19 aces past Fils throughout the contest and won 88% of points behind his first serve in total.
Medjedovic also kept his mistakes to a minimum, only producing nine unforced errors and 32 winners, as well as saving all four break points he faced against his French foe.
The 20-year-old recovered from a couple of early unforced errors in the fourth-set tie-breaker to bring up two match points, although he failed to take either of them as Fils took the contest to the distance.
However, an inopportune unforced error from Fils on break point allowed Medjedovic to establish an early two-game lead in the fifth set, and the Serbian quintessentially confirmed his champion status with an ace on match point.
Alongside his Next Gen supremacy, Medjedovic also took home three Challenger level titles in the 2023 season, as well as getting to the semi-finals of the Astana Open and Swiss Open on the ATP Tour.
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Sports Mole rounds up all of the latest injury and suspension news ahead of Sunday’s La Liga clash between Barcelona and Atletico Madrid.
Barcelona will be aiming to return to winning ways in La Liga when they host Atletico Madrid on Sunday night.
Xavi’s side are currently fourth in the table, level on points (31) with third-placed Atletico ahead of this weekend’s huge fixture, and here Sports Mole rounds up the team news....Click Here To Continue Reading>>
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BARCELONA
Out: Gavi (knee), Marc-Andre ter Stegen (back)
Doubtful: None
Sports Mole’s predicted XI: Pena; Araujo, Kounde, I Martinez, Cancelo; Pedri, Gundogan, De Jong; Raphinha, Lewandowski, Felix
ATLETICO MADRID
Out: Pablo Barrios (knee), Thomas Lemar (Achilles), Vitolo (knee)
Doubtful: None
Sports Mole’s predicted XI: Oblak; Gimenez, Witsel, Hermoso; Molina, De Paul, Saul, Koke, Riquelme; Morata, Griezmann
For data analysis of the most likely results, scorelines and more for this match please click here.
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