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Leeds United are in good spirits on the field, but a club employee has shed some light on an unusual injury sustained by a first-team star in recent times.

What's the latest news involving Leeds United?

Speaking to LUTV, Leeds United defender Liam Cooper has run through some of his favorite memories with the Yorkshire giants, detailing that winning promotion in the 2019/20 campaign under Marcelo Bielsa is his most cherished moment at the club.

Cooper stated: "My favourite moment would definitely be the promotion to the Premier League. After all the hardships and the ups and downs we had together as a group, to achieve what we did with that group of people, a special, special group of people, that was definitely my biggest moment at Leeds United."

Of course, Leeds are in a similar predicament at present as they bid to return to the Premier League at the first time of asking, though they have made a solid start and haven't lost in their last six Sky Bet Championship fixtures. Nevertheless, Italy international Wilfried Gnonto has been ruled out until after the next international break and will need minor surgery to rid himself of an ankle issue, which is something pundit Alan Hutton believes could be a hindrance to their tilt at promotion.

In conversation with Football Insider, Hutton stated: "Sometimes it can be tough when you’ve had a tough pre-season and you’ve been on international duty. He’s not really had a break and the Championship is a really hard league. But Gnonto is now one of the star players at Leeds, who are doing alright.

"I thought he would’ve got a move away, but it didn’t happen. It’s a real shame for him. No time is a good time to get injuries, but this is really not ideal when Leeds need him to help chase Leicester down at the top of the table."

What has been said about Djed Spence?

As per The Official Leeds United Podcast, Leeds United's head of medicine and performance, Rob Price, has given some insight into Djed Spence's freak injury, as described in Leeds Live's copy of events, sustained at Thorp Arch.

Price stated: "Djed was really unfortunate. Last week, he's gone into a challenge in training, his foot slipped from underneath him and he's ruptured the lateral ligament of his knee. Ninety per cent of these heal pretty well within eight weeks. We do some injections to try and promote the healing in that area and we protect it and his rehab is based on that. So, at the minute, he’s a week into this and we're just progressing really, really slowly, but it's a freak accident. It could have happened to anyone."

Spence, who was once described as "unstoppable" by Get French Football, has managed to make just one appearance for Leeds United so far since joining on loan from Tottenham Hotspur, coming off the bench at Elland Road for nine minutes in a 0-0 draw with Sheffield Wednesday, as per Transfermarkt.

Leeds United fans and boss Daniel Farke will hope the England Under-21 international can return to the fold and play his part in the not too distant future at Elland Road.

رد جناح الفريق الأول لكرة القدم بنادي أتلتيك بلباو، نيكو ويليامز، على أنباء اهتمام برشلونة بضمه في الميركاتو الصيفي الحالي.

وارتبط اسم ويليامز في الفترة الماضية برغبة برشلونة في دفع الشرط الجزائي لتدعيم صفوفه الهجومية خاصة في حالة رحيل، رافينها، وعودته إلى الدوري الإنجليزي أو ربما السعودية.

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وتحدث ويليامز عن الأمر خلال حواره مع إذاعة “كادينا كوبيه” الإسبانية، وقال: “سعيد جدًا في أتلتيك بلباو، فهو النادي الذي أعطاني كل شيء، هو من منحني الثقة وراهن علي بنسبة 100%”.

وتابع: “الأمر واضح تمامًا، أتلتيك بلباو هو بيتي، الآن أركز على كأس أمم أوروبا 2024 من أجل تحقيق اللقب، أما الباقي فلا أعرف ماذا يحدث”.

واستمر: “أشعر بالراحة مع أتلتيك بلباو، لذلك جددت عقدي، كنت أعلم أنني أريد الاستمرار، الأمر ذاته من جانب النادي لأنه المكان الذي أحلم بالتواجد فيه”.

وعن لامين يامال: “يقوم بواجباته المدرسية في غرفته، طفل جيد ولكنه ناضج بالنسبة لعمره، لدينا علاقة جيدة”.

وعما إذا كان لاعبو برشلونة يمزحون معه بشأن الانتقال إلى برشلونة: “نحن لا نتحدث عن تلك الأشياء، فهم جادون للغاية في معسكر المنتخب”.

تحدث بيب جوارديولا، المدير الفني لفريق مانشستر سيتي، عن تحقيق لقب بطولة الدوري الإنجليزي الممتاز اليوم الأحد، عقب الفوز ضد وست هام.

وتلاقى الفريقان في الجولة 38 من الدوري الإنجليزي، حيث فاز مانشستر سيتي بنتيجة 3-1، ليتوج رسميًا باللقب للموسم الرابع على التوالي.

وقال جوارديولا في تصريحات نشرتها شبكة “بي بي سي” العالمية: “لقد دفعنا آرسنال إلى مستوى آخر، قبل ذلك كان ليفربول، وفي الموسمين الماضيين كان آرسنال، كان هذا أمرًا لا يُصدق”.

وأضاف: “لقد تفهمنا الرسالة ونعلم أنهم سيكونون هناك (في المنافسة) لعدة سنوات قادمة”.

وواصل: “أرتيتا مدرب شاب، يتمتع بموهبة كبيرة، لقد أرسلوا لنا رسالة مفادها أنه يجب علينا توخي الحذر في السنوات القليلة المقبلة”.

وأردف: “عندما انتقلت إلى هنا، لو قال أحدهم إنني سأفوز بستة بطولات دوري في سبعة مواسم، كنت سأقول إنك مجنون، مستحيل بأي حال من الأحوال، بالنظر إلى كل هؤلاء اللاعبين في مانشستر يونايتد وليفربول وتشيلسي، كل هذه الفرق، الآن نحن جزء من ذلك”.

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واستكمل: “السر؟ لا أعرف، هناك الكثير من العمل، لا أقول إنني مدرب سيء لكني أحظى بدعم لا يصدق من النادي، لدينا أخلاقيات العمل هذه، الجميع يقومون بعملهم، هذه هي الحقيقة والواقع”.

وعما إذا كان قد فكر في إمكانية صنع التاريخ عن طريق الفوز بأربعة ألقاب متتالية، قال: “ليس في البداية، ولكن في يناير/فبراير قلت أن أحدًا لم يفعل ذلك، لما لا؟”.

وأوضح: “من خلال الخبرة السابقة، نفكر دائمًا في الألقاب قبل شهرين من نهاية الموسم، ليس من الجيد التفكير في الأمر في نوفمبر وديسمبر”.

وعن استمراره مع مانشستر سيتي، قال: “الحقيقة هي أنني أقرب إلى الرحيل من البقاء، لقد تحدثت مع النادي، شعوري هو أنني أريد البقاء الآن، سأبقى الموسم المقبل وسنتحدث خلال الموسم، لكن ثمانية أو تسع سنوات، سنرى”.

Mohammed Shami and Ravindra Jadeja ripped through Sri Lanka’s top order after India set them 410 to win the Delhi Test or survive the best part of four sessions to save it

The Report by Karthik Krishnaswamy05-Dec-2017
Scorecard and ball-by-ball detailsBCCI

Mohammed Shami and Ravindra Jadeja ripped through Sri Lanka’s top order after India set them 410 to win the Delhi Test or survive the best part of four sessions to save it. Bad light brought the fourth day to an end with a theoretical 13 overs remaining, with Sri Lanka struggling at 31 for 3.Sri Lanka came within six balls of going to stumps just one down. Nigel Llong had a long look at his light meter before motioning Jadeja to bowl, and he duly picked up two wickets in what turned out to be the last over of the day. First, Dimuth Karunaratne stretched forward to defend a topspinner that dipped on him, and nicked to the keeper, playing for non-existent turn. Three balls later, the nightwatchman Suranga Lakmal made a mess of his attempt to block a stump-to-stump delivery, cue-ending the ball into the ground and back onto his stumps.Shami had given India their first breakthrough with an exhibition of searing pace and accuracy. He sent down two bouncers that reared dangerously towards Sadeera Samarawickrama’s head. The batsman evaded the first one, falling onto the floor while swaying out of line, but couldn’t avoid the second, ball kissing his glove and bouncing off his right shoulder to gully.The effort of those back-to-back bouncers in the Delhi smog quickly told on Shami; he vomited and went off the field thereafter. Lakmal had shown similar symptoms while bowling in the morning session, when Sri Lanka again came out with a number of their fielders wearing face masks.There was no such discomfort for India’s batsmen in their second innings; three of them scored half-centuries, with the declaration arriving as soon as Rohit Sharma brought up his in the 10th over after tea.There were two major partnerships in India’s innings. Shikhar Dhawan and Cheteshwar Pujara added 77 for the third wicket at just under four-and-a-half an over, and Virat Kohli and Rohit added 90 for the fifth at just under a run-a-ball. Kohli and Rohit only hit eight fours between them, but picked up a steady stream of singles and twos against spread-out fields as Sri Lanka waited for a declaration. Kohli holed out in a bid for quick runs, soon after reaching his fifty and passing 600 runs for the series.Having secured a 163-run first-innings lead in the sixth over of the morning, India came out with clear intent to score quickly. M Vijay, normally so watchful outside off stump, repeatedly looked to drive the new ball on the up, and, having hit two fours in this manner, nicked Lakmal behind on 9.Instead of Pujara, Ajinkya Rahane walked in at No. 3, having scored 4, 0, 2 and 1 in his four previous innings in the series. Rahane likes the ball coming on to the bat, so perhaps this was an effort to have him face a harder, newer ball than normal. The experiment didn’t come off. He struggled to middle the ball in his 37-ball innings, as a control percentage of 64 would suggest, and survived two close lbw shouts before holing out while looking to hit Dilruwan Perera over long-on.Pujara was the freer-scoring batsman in his third-wicket partnership of 77 with Dhawan. He came out full of urgent intent and was typically twinkle-toed against the spinners, stepping out frequently, working the ball into gaps, often calling “two” loudly as soon as he had hit the ball.He hit successive fours off Dilruwan early in his innings, an off-drive and a square-cut, and went to lunch batting on 17 off 15 balls. He found the boundary three more times after lunch before he was caught at slip off Dhananjaya de Silva, playing for turn when the ball went on with the around-the-wicket angle.As in the second innings in Kolkata, Dhawan took his time initially and switched gears effortlessly to reduce the gap between runs and balls. It took him 63 balls to hit his first four, a late-cut off Dilruwan, but the boundaries flowed thereafter, as he stepped out against the quicks, went over the top against the spinners and, as always, scored heavily square of the wicket on the off side. As in Kolkata, he seemed set for a century when he was dismissed, beaten by Sandakan’s turn when he danced down the pitch and went for a big hit.In the morning, Dinesh Chandimal HAD extended his score from an overnight 147 to a career-best 164 before becoming the last man out in Sri Lanka’s first innings. He added 30 for the last wicket with Lakshan Sandakan, who ended up unbeaten on 0 off 20 balls. The No. 11 was beaten multiple times by Ishant Sharma and Shami, but defended stoutly when the line was on the stumps.Chandimal went for his shots, and picked up three fours in the morning, two of them with cuts and uppercuts. That shot, in the end, cost him his wicket, as he sliced Ishant straight to Dhawan at third man.

Despite Ish Sodhi’s five-for, New Zealand conceded a first-innings lead of 173, and will go into the third day trailing India A by 109 runs with eight wickets in hand

The Report by Shashank Kishore in Vijayawada24-Sep-2017File Photo – Shreyas Iyer’s counter-attacking 97-ball 108 rescued India A from a precarious position•PTI With the national selectors trying out different options at No. 4 in the one-day set-up, Shreyas Iyer continued to present his case across formats. A month after hitting an unbeaten 140 that helped India A win the tri-series in South Africa, his counter-attacking 97-ball 108 rescued the side from a precarious 114 for 4 and put them on the road to victory on the second day of the first unofficial Test against New Zealand A in Vijayawada.Iyer, who walked in to bat at No. 5, following Karun Nair’s dismissal, amassed 78 of those in little over an hour before lunch to put New Zealand on the defensive quickly. In Rishabh Pant, Iyer found a partner who matched him stroke for stroke. Pant, who was not considered for the longer format during the A tour in South Africa, made an impression immediately, hitting 67 to swell India A’s lead to 173.In their second innings, New Zealand were on 64 for 2 when bad light forced a premature end to proceedings, and they once again wasted a steady start from the openers Jeet Raval and George Worker, who had added 41 runs. The visitors still need 109 to make India A bat again, with the possibility of a three-day finish looming large.The post-lunch session was particularly entertaining as it turned into a mini-contest between Iyer and Pant, both capable of playing audacious shots at different times. While Iyer drove, slapped and walked down the pitch to flat-bat fast bowlers over their heads repeatedly, Pant backed himself to clear long-off and long-on when spinners bowled in his hitting arc. Not even Iyer’s dismissal forced Pant to adopt a circumspect approach, an inside-out hit over long-off against the turn proving there was more to his range than just brute force. His 26-ball half-century was a chanceless fare in which he favoured the straight boundaries – six of his nine fours and both sixes coming in the region.The day began with much promise for New Zealand A as Ish Sodhi, who prised out Priyank Panchal and Sudip Chatterjee late on the opening day, had Nair chop on in the 31st over. The India A captain, who had battled calmly until then shaped to cut but erred in trying to play back to a flipper that cramped him for room. R Samarth, who progressed to make his third successive half-century for India A, then fell into the short-ball trap to give New Zealand more voice.Samarth gloved an attempted hook off Scott Kuggeleijn to George Worker, who was strategically placed at leg slip, to leave India A wobbling at 114 for 4. With the ball still fairly new, the visitors went full tilt with their pace battery. Setting attacking fields came with the risk of conceding runs in pursuit of wickets. On Sunday, however, Iyer’s breathtaking onslaught, which got him into his groove, had a cascading effect as Pant’s fearless innings handed India A a convincing lead.Amidst the carnage, Sodhi held his own, picking five wickets. Initially branded a flat and skiddy bowler, Sodhi, who spoke of having to reinvent his methods, tossed it up to get the batsmen to commit mistakes, even if it came with the risk of being tonked. The delivery that got Iyer proved his efficacy at doing the same. After being hit for a huge six over long-off, he tossed the ball again, but landed it wider, as an another attempt from Iyer at clearing the ropes resulted in a slice to cover. Pant carried on from where Iyer left off, but once he fell, the innings swiftly ended, with Todd Astle, the legspinner, bagging two lower-order wickets.New Zealand A started well in their second innings, with Jeet Raval and Worker blunting the India A attack for over an hour, the focus clearly being on crease occupation over run-scoring. But being circumspect against spin, even to deliveries which batsmen may try to put away most times, resulted in two false shots. Raval misjudged a sweep and was bowled to a Shahbaz Nadeem delivery that spun back in to hit the leg stump, while Henry Nicholls, the captain, was out lbw to Karn Sharma, beaten by sharp turn back in from the rough. Will Young and Worker, however, ended the day without any further hiccups.

Chelsea are currently "more active" on a deal for Ajax starlet Mohammed Kudus than rivals Arsenal, according to journalist Ben Jacobs.

Is Kudus joining Chelsea?

Before a ball has even been kicked this season, Chelsea and Arsenal are already in stiff competition with one another. Instead of on the field it's in the transfer market, as both London clubs pursue the same transfer target: Kudus.

The Ajax attacking midfielder has blossomed into one of the most promising young players in world football during his time in Eredivisie, and is subsequently the subject of increased transfer interest from Europe's elite.

Brighton had initially appeared the front-runners for Kudus' signature but have seemingly dropped out of the race for the Ghanaian international. Now Chelsea and Arsenal have taken the lead, with the former potentially pipping their London rivals to the post in a £40m deal.

Both Chelsea and Arsenal have already improved their attacking ranks this summer – Christopher Nkunku and Nicolas Jackson making a move to the Blues and Kai Havertz swapping Stamford Bridge for the Emirates – but there is evidently room for further improvements.

According to Jacobs, Chelsea are currently the team "more active" on a deal, while there hasn't been much movement on Arsenal's side.

Speaking to GIVEMESPORT, Jacobs said: "Nothing has really moved with Arsenal and Kudus at this point. They made an inquiry a couple of weeks back, but I think that it's fair to say at this stage that Chelsea are the more active on Kudus and perhaps have even offered him a slightly better package as well.

"So I would be looking more at Chelsea than Arsenal at this stage.”

Kudus can play in central midfield or in a more advanced position, while also being comfortable as a centre-forward, offering both Chelsea and Arsenal great versatility.

However, both clubs have centre-forwards capable of dropping into deeper number ten positions – Nkunku for Chelsea and Havertz for Arsenal – potentially making Kudus an expensive luxury for both sides.

Given that Martin Odegaard, Gabriel Jesus and Havertz are all available to Mikel Arteta, Kudus would likely find it difficult to break into the Arsenal side. Chelsea's options are a little less established in attacking spaces, meaning a move to Stamford Bridge may be more suitable.

How good is Kudus?

The Ajax man, who has been hailed as "exceptional", who produced 11 goals and four assists in Eredivisie last season, adding a combined six goal contributions in the Champions League as well. Seven goals in 24 matches for Ghana too highlights just how effective Kudus can be in attacking areas.

Compared to attacking midfielders and wingers in the Champions League last season, Kudus ranked in the top three percent of players for combined goals and assists per 90 (1.41), as well as goals per shot on target (1). Such wonderful statistics highlight his efficiency in front of goal, something that is thoroughly impressive given he is not a traditional number nine.

Kudus is also very comfortable with the ball at his feet, boasting an 82.9% pass accuracy last season in the Champions League. He is particularly proficient when it comes to medium and long range passes, and is also capable taking players on with a 64.7% successful take-on rate.

A strong, physical runner with good passing and great finishing ability, Kudus could comfortably fit in at either Chelsea or Arsenal. Whether either side can thrash out a deal for the Ajax wonderkid is up for the debate.

The hardest part, Sarfraz Ahmed might reasonably think, is over. Becoming Pakistan’s limited-overs captain always loomed as the greater challenge, given the depths to which they have fallen there. But he’s come through that with flying colours, the Champions Trophy win the icing on a captaincy record that currently reads 14 wins from 17 matches (ODIs and T20s).Taking over the Test captaincy, by comparison, should be easier, given it is a more successful, settled side. Except that it is here that expectations will be highest – Sarfraz, after all, has the shoes of Misbah-ul-Haq to fill, Pakistan’s most successful and longest-serving Test captain.”It will be very different to ODIs and T20s,” Sarfraz told ESPNcricinfo. “Misbah did so well for so long and he really built the side up, a side that had some great success and was very stable.”So it will be a real challenge to follow on from that. And Tests anyway are not easy. You need some serious patience. I will try and do as best as I can. I’ve had some success with the limited-overs captaincy and hope I can do likewise with the Tests.”The exits of Misbah himself, and his middle-order comrade Younis Khan, mean that Sarfraz will effectively be overseeing as big a transition as Pakistan have faced in Tests since 2010. Their retirement leaves the side considerably less stable and identifiable than it had hitherto been, a quandary Sarfraz recognises.”If you look at the Test side right now, there are only 4 or 5 players settled in the XI,” Sarfraz said. “Asad Shafiq, Azhar Ali, myself, Yasir Shah and now Amir. In the middle we used to have Misbah and Younis with whom we knew, whatever position we were in, they could get us out of it.”If you batted first, you knew with them that we could target 400. That gave a sense of comfort. Now we have players coming in, like Babar [Azam]. Asad will move up the order in Tests now. Azhar will be there. These guys are the type of guys I hope, I feel, can take Pakistan along like Misbah and Younis used to.”As the schedule currently stands, it will be some time before he really gets a chance to build the Test side. To the bounty of 2016-17 – they played 15 Tests between July 2016 and May 2017 – comes the drought this season. Pakistan have a Test series against Sri Lanka in October-November this year, and then nothing – for now – until a two-Test tour of England next summer.Continuity of selection, Sarfraz said, will be the theme even in those limited opportunities. “Whoever we get in to the Test side, we’ll try and take them along for the future and build a team around them. We want to give guys a full opportunity so that they if they tour once, we don’t just drop and forget them.”The other challenge will be an individual one. Wicketkeeper-batsmen leading their sides across all formats are not that uncommon anymore. But that doesn’t make the role any less burdensome. Sarfraz’s batting has more or less held firm since he established himself in the Test side in early 2014 but his glovework has oscillated: generally unblemished to pace but error-prone to spin.But, as Sarfraz pointed out, captaincy is something his batting and wicketkeeping have had to accommodate almost from the start of his professional career. “I’m probably one of the only players in Pakistan history who has captained from junior level all the way up,” he said. “I’ve captained at club level, U-19, in every format, at domestic also.”I’ve come step by step. When I became T20 captain, I was vice-captain first. When I became ODI captain, I was vice-captain. Now I’m Test captain, I was vice-captain. So of course this is a challenge but I’m prepared for it. My responsibilities have increased so I will have to work harder on my fitness but I’ve been working hard on the ‘keeping and batting as well.”

Newcastle United forward Anthony Gordon was named the U21 European Championship Player of the Tournament after England secured the trophy in remarkable fashion on Saturday.

The former Everton prospect featured in all six of his country's matches on their way to success in the final against Spain, thanks to a goal from Curtis Jones, and has been recognised for his outstanding performances at the tournament.

He arrived on Tyneside from the Toffees in January and struggled to find his feet after his £45m move, with one goal and zero assists in 16 Premier League appearances during the second half of last season.

However, the winger was converted into a striker by England U21 manager Lee Carsley and could be like a new signing in that role for Eddie Howe over the coming years.

Who have Newcastle signed this summer?

They have enjoyed a relatively quiet summer transfer window so far as Sandro Tonali from AC Milan has been the only major addition, alongside youngster Yankuba Minteh – who is now on loan at Feyenoord.

The Italian joined on a permanent deal from the Serie A giants for a fee in the region of £55m to bolster Eddie Howe’s midfield options ahead of the 2023/24 campaign.

Eddie Howe can, however, find the solution to Callum Wilson’s long-term heir without dipping into the market to sign another striker to take his place in the future.

At the age of 32, the England international is heading closer to the final years of his career and is eight years older than Alexander Isak, meaning the club are potentially starting to think about what life will look like after his departure.

Instead of Dan Ashworth splashing the cash on a shiny new centre-forward to eventually replace the ex-Bournemouth marksman, Howe could convert Gordon into a number nine in the same way that Carsley did.

What position does Anthony Gordon play?

The 22-year-old has plenty of years left ahead of him to develop and develop he is doing having been phenomenal at the European Championships.

The talented youngster caught the eye with his performances and contributed with two goals to go along with one assist in five starts.

Wilson and Alexander Isak both scored regularly throughout the 2022/23 Premier League campaign but the latter's ability to play on the left flank could open the door for Gordon to play centrally in the future.

Indeed, the Sweden international scored ten goals and provided one assist in 17 league starts last term, a contribution every 1.55 starts on average – in comparison to Gordon's goal or assist every 1.67 starts at the U21 Euros.

Whilst the 23-year-old Swede boasts a better ratio in front of goal than the £21m-rated Gordon, the wide man's dismal form in that position suggests that Newcastle would be better off playing him centrally and the ex-Real Sociedad star out wide in attack.

In doing so, Howe could unearth the long-term heir to Wilson's position in the team as Gordon would be able to use his pace to stretch defences down the middle of the pitch while providing a threat as a goal scorer and creator alongside Isak.

There is no guarantee that the youngster will be able to replicate Wilson's 18-goal and five-assist haul that the former Bournemouth ace managed in 31 Premier League matches last term, but the "frightening" talent – as he was once dubbed by ex-Leeds goalkeeper Paddy Kenny, has the potential to be an excellent centre-forward, given his Player of the Tournament accolade at the Euros.

قاد الدولي المصري محمود حسن تريزيجيه، فريقه طرابزون سبور، للفوز على كونيا سبور بنتيجة 3/1، في إطار منافسات الدوري التركي.

وواجه طرابزون سبور نظيره كونيا سبور، في الجولة 31 من الدوري التركي، على ملعب “كونيا أرينا”.

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افتتح محمود حسن تريزيجيه التسجيل لصالح طرابزون سبور، بحلول الدقيقة 19، بتسديدة صاروخية في مرمى أصحاب الأرض، بعدما تلقى تمريرة حاسمة من توماس مونييه.

وعند الدقيقة 59، وقع إيدن فيسكا على ثاني أهداف طرابزون، في شباك كونيا سبور من علامة الجزاء.

وجاء الهدف الأول لصالح كونيا سبور بحلول الدقيقة 79، حينما نجح ستيفن نزونزي في تسجيل هدف من صناعة فالون إيثمي.

وأحرز فونتس الهدف الثالث لصالح فريق طرابزون، عند الدقيقة 89.

وبهذا الفوز، ارتقى رصيد طرابزون سبور إلى النقطة 52 بالمركز الثالث في سلم ترتيب الدوري التركي، بينما تجمد رصيد كونيا سبور عند النقطة 33 بالمركز السادس عشر. أهداف مباراة طرابزون سبور وكونيا سبور 3-1 الدوري التركي

Tottenham Hotspur are interested in signing Udinese striker Beto this summer to ease starring talisman Harry Kane's workload, according to recent reports.

What's the latest on Beto to Tottenham?

That's according to one Spanish outlet, who claim that Spurs – alongside Bayern Munich, Napoli and Real Madrid – could secure the services of the formidable forward.

Beto is valued at €30m (£26m) by his Serie A outfit – the fee a clause in his contract – and with I Bianconeri unwilling to conduct business for a lesser fee, the interested suitors are yet to commence negotiations.

With recent reports that Bayern are pushing for the transfer of Kane, reaching an agreement in principle despite facing an obstinate hurdle in Spurs chairman Daniel Levy, the requirement to sign a new first-rate forward is only magnified.

Should Tottenham sign Beto?

While the emphasis at Tottenham this summer will be on bolstering the backline and restoring balance to the squad through eradicating the seasonal issues of a leaky defence, targetting a centre-forward is certainly not a bad shout.

Manager Ange Postecoglou will have his work cut out in replenishing Spurs after an eighth-placed finish confirmed European football to be outside the side's reach next year, and Beto would add a new dimension to the fold.

Standing at 6 foot 4, the £3k-per-week ace has maintained a steady rate of scoring in Italy, bagging ten times in Serie A last term before netting 11 strikes this time around.

The Brazilian menace would also add a new dimension to the fold, offering greater physicality than Kane and perhaps utilising his imposing stature to serve as a conduit, and a focal point from which the likes of Heung-min Son and Dejan Kulusevski could wreak havoc with well-timed inversions.

This is evidenced through FBref, with the 25-year-old ranking among the top 18% of forwards across Europe's top five leagues over the past year for successful take-ons, the top 11% for clearances, the top 26% for interceptions and the top 25% for aerials won per 90.

The consistency within the top quarter of positional peers across the aforementioned metrics illustrates an aptitude in physicality across the park.

And for all Kane's excellence – having scored 30 goals from 38 league matches this year – he ranks below the bottom 50% mark for each defensive statistic FBref has to offer.

Reporter Sam Tighe even said: "The way Beto spooks defenders is amazing. Chuck a ball into the channel for him to chase and even if he doesn't latch onto it, defenders panic under his pressure and end up making the craziest decisions or panicked clearances."

With statistical likeness to Alexander Mitrovic and Ollie Watkins, with the Fulham striker hailed as a "monster" by Andy Naylor while Aston Villa's goal-happy striker has been dubbed "lethal" by pundit Trevor Sinclair, the Lilywhites would secure a gem with qualities fit for Premier League football.

He would bring a brutish presence and a new angle for the attack, Kane is one of Europe's foremost forwards and deserves all the plaudits for his prolific brilliance and leadership skills, but perhaps what the club needs is a new striker to add something different when the situation demands it.