كشف حسام البدري المدير الفني لمنتخب مصر عن موعد معسكر الفراعنة المقبل استعدادًا لمواجهتي توجو في التصفيات المؤهلة لنهائيات أمم إفريقيا، وموقفه من ضم رمضان صبحي لاعب بيراميدز.

ويستعد منتخب مصر لمواجهة توجو في السابع عشر من نوفمبر المقبل، في ثالث جولات التصفيات المؤهلة لنهائيات أمم إفريقيا الكاميرون 2021.

وقال البدري في تصريحات صحفية اليوم السبت: “منتخب مصر سيُقيم معسكرًا مفتوحًا من أول نوفمبر المقبل؛ استعدادًا لمباراتىي توجو”.

وتابع: “معسكر المنتخب سيضم لاعبي أي ناد لن يكون لهم ارتباطات في هذه الفترة”.

وواصل: “طالبت وزير الرياضة وعمرو الجنايني بالتواصل مع الأندية من أجل مساعدة المنتخب ودعمه الفترة المقبلة باللاعبين”.

وأردف: “إعلان القائمة المحلية للمنتخب قد يكون بعد يوم 6 نوفمبر المقبل، إذا تأهل الأهلي والزمالك لنهائي دوري أبطال إفريقيا”.

وعن موقف رمضان صبحي، أوضح: “قد يتواجد في معسكر نوفمبر معي، إذا رأيت أنني في احتياج له”.

جدير بالذكر ان منتخب مصر وتوجو يتواجدان في المجموعة السابعة والتي تضم معهما جزر القمر وكينيا.

The general consensus must see Paul Pogba as an ideal, natural leader.

Be it his inspired work in motivating the France players in the FIFA World Cup final, the vocal outlook in games or cheerful demeanour, he’s often pinpointed as the one to lead Manchester United forward by fans. A bulking, ridiculously talented driving force in central areas, he looks captain material.

On paper.

Indeed, his performances as United captain suggest otherwise. Now looking at the way Pogba’s influencing the Red Devils and having a stunning season personally, in which he’s scored 14 goals and assisted 10 in all competitions (stats via WhoScored), anybody would want to put the captain’s armband around him.

As did Ole Gunnar Solskjaer in the FA Cup quarter-finals against Wolves.  However, this backfired on him as United were unceremoniously knocked out in rather a whimper. Pogba might be the club’s star man in attack and a popular figure at the back, but he still hasn’t adapted to the pressures of being the side’s captain.

Whenever he’s been captain this season, the French maestro’s underperformed. Yes, he scored the Red Devils first goal, a penalty, in his first game as captain. But even then, Pogba was unconvincing, as he ended up being in the later matches as well. He ends up taking too much pressure on himself, making silly mistakes, getting frustrated and putting his team-mates under pressure.

Pogba might be many things, but he’s still not United captain-worthy. He shouldn’t be burdened with this added pressure either. If Ole Gunnar Solskjaer learnt anything from the Wolves game,  it’s for him to let French midfielder be pressure-free and see him weave his magic for the Red Devils.

There’s no doubt Pogba is a wonderful player. Nemanja Vidic, Roy Keane or Bryan Robson, he is not.

United fans, who do you want to receive the captain’s armband right now? Join the discussion by commenting below. 

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Manchester United fans on Twitter have been busy reminiscing about their former striker Wayne Rooney, after a video emerged highlighting the bullish forward’s passion and commitment to the cause.

England’s all-time top goalscorer made 559 appearances for the Red Devils over the course of a 13-year stay at Old Trafford, in which he scored 253 goals and recorded 146 assists.

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The current D.C United marksman is arguably one of the greatest players in the club’s history, and the video on Twitter has got fans reminiscing about their glory days during a time when their players showed plenty of passion and determination.

United, now managed by Ole Gunnar Solskjaer, are sat in sixth-place in the Premier League, and face an uphill battle to qualify for the Champions League.

It seems that their current period is so difficult to enjoy that they have been forced to take to days gone by for a source of entertainment.

Well, that’s if their reactions on Twitter are anything to go by…

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Ross Barkley will naturally sit at the forefront of the pre-match narrative as Everton prepare to welcome Chelsea to Goodison Park on Sunday afternoon. The former Evertonian will return to his former club as a markedly different player to the one who departed in January 2017.

Supporters often lamented his failure to influence the game for prolonged periods of time, as sporadic bursts of star quality were seldom maintained with consistency or longevity. Barkley failed to fully discover his mojo on Merseyside, and the incredibly frustrated supporters regularly came down on the local-born prodigy with vehement criticism.

The criticism which was regularly vented at Barkley was merely a symptom of the frustration amongst supporters who want to see their club break free from the mediocrity of mid-table no-mans land. Whenever a player steps into the senior squad and showcases a level of talent beyond the level Everton are currently at, feelings of expectation and optimism arise simultaneously, but the fans are merely setting themselves up for disappointment.

Ademola Lookman is the most recent example of a precocious talent who is revealing signs to suggest that he can establish himself as a top level star in the future. A short-term loan move at RB Leipzig produced the kind of results which Everton were hoping for: Lookman finished his spell with five goals and four assists to boast from just twelve fixtures under Ralph Hasenhuttl. You could even compare that to Barkley’s loan spell with Sheffield Wednesday, four goals in 13 appearances preceding his ascension into an Everton regular.

The former Charlton wing-wizard was expected to come back and rip the Premier League to shreds, but that expectation was flipped on its head when the Bundesliga outfit returned in the summer with a permanent deal on the agenda.

Lookman reportedly expressed his desire to return to RB Leipzig amid the fresh dose of interest, with the arrivals of Richarlison and Bernard lending reason to believe that first-team opportunities would be hard to come by. This is where the beginning of the end may well have started.

Rather than applying an element of common sense to the situation, disgruntled supporters took personal offence to Lookman’s desire to leave the club and began to turn on the 21-year-old. Questions were subsequently asked about his level of professionalism despite the fact he had every right to feel impulsed to return to Germany.

After all, RB Leipzig handed him a genuine platform to showcase his talent and his scintillating performances hinted he was right at home. Just like Jadon Sancho, he thrived away from the spotlight of English football. Back at Everton, though, he has made just three Premier League starts this season.

His development has been restricted by Silva’s reluctance to hand him a string of starts but no doubt fans will pinpoint the blame on the player’s apparent attitude problem, further souring the relationship between fans, player and club. Lookman is the most exciting talent to emerge at Everton since Barkley but it seems the club are fighting a losing battle to blood him into the first-team.

Ronald Koeman recognised his talent and commendable attitude shortly after he arrived at the club from Charlton: “I am really impressed with his attitude and his training because he can be a really top player.” There is plenty of evidence to vindicate Koeman’s claim for the future, yet Everton look destined to let another massive talent slip through the net due a short-sighted approach to the transfer market which has saturated the squad and negatively impacted on the England youth international.

Lookman is exactly the type of player to take Everton to the next level, but it’s unlikely that he will stick around to fulfil his star potential given what has happened since he stunned Germany on loan last season.

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Charlton enter the international break on a fantastic run of form – the Addicks haven’t suffered defeat in seven games having played out a 0-0 stalemate with Bristol Rovers on Saturday.

Lee Bowyer named a much-changed side for the clash with the Pirates and it paid off. Now, though, the Charlton boss will have some difficult decisions to make when the club competition resumes at the end of March.

On the chalkboard

Bowyer sprung some surprises at the weekend as he opted for a 3-5-2 formation, straying away from the 4-1-2-1-2 which has been so successful in recent weeks.

That tactical change saw stalwart Naby Sarr and Chris Solly drop to the bench, while Krystian Bielik stepped in at centre-half having previously impressed at the base of a midfield diamond.

Charlton were excellent from back to front and Bowyer will have a dilemma to solve over the international break.

Spoilt for choice

Sarr has been a rock at the back for the Addicks this season and is a firm fan favourite, so Bowyer’s decision to drop the Frenchman, even considering the quick turnaround of fixtures last week, was a surprise.

Fortunately the gamble paid off, with Jason Pearce, Patrick Bauer and Bielik excelling as a trio – the real star, though, was, Anfernee Dijksteel.

Bowyer’s men fought valiantly in abhorrent weather conditions but there were still elements off class about their display. Dijksteel, who came in on the right of a five-man midfield/defence, particularly impressed.

The 22-year-old’s last-minute, point-saving tackle to nick the ball off the toe of Liam Sercombe was the cherry on top of a solid performance that should give Bowyer a difficult decision to make when the Addicks host Bradford on 30th March.

It would certainly be harsh for the boss to drop any of the defenders who did so well last time out but it’s a nice headache for Bowyer to have – defensive depth is a commodity at any level.

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Loads of Rangers fans have been sharing their views on the club’s award ceremony, which took place on Sunday night.

Rangers got back to form last week with two clinical and professional performances.

After the Old Firm heartbreak, the Gers responded with a 3-0 domination of Hearts at Ibrox before a trip to Motherwell, where a Scott Arfield hat trick was enough for all three points again.

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Following Sunday’s game, the players attended the club’s yearly award ceremony, the results of which you can find here.

Unsurprisingly, Alfredo Morelos swept up top goalscorer, player of the year and players’ player of the year, while Ryan Kent won young player of the campaign and Ryan Jack claimed goal of the season with his effort in the Old Firm.

Meanwhile, fan favourite Allan McGregor was handed the John Greig Achievement Award, an extremely prestigious achievement.

As a player and manager, Greig racked up five league titles, eight Scottish Cups and seven Scottish League Cups at Ibrox.

The club spoke to McGregor after he collected the award, and he appeared to be stumbling over his words as he expressed his delight.

Fans are heaping praise both on his clear passion for the club and the award, as well as the fact that he seems to have had a little bit too much fun at the ceremony.

Either way, you can find some of the best Twitter reactions down below…

Mauricio Pochettino to commence talks over transfer policy following damaging lacklustre performances in previous windows.

It’s a tale as old as time Tottenham Hotspur not spending big in the transfer window, but it doesn’t make things any easier for fans to digest when it happens, and Mauricio Pochettino knows all too well that this must change if they want to shake the club’s disastrous reputation both on and off the field.

As per the Telegraph, the Argentine is due to hold talks with chairman Daniel Levy over his future in charge at the club, and we don’t doubt that, within these conversations, the topic of transfer expenditure will be broached.

Indeed, Pochettino, like everybody else, sees the opening of the new stadium as a symbolic beginning to a new and exciting chapter at the club – one where they are willing to spend big to bring in the most iconic names in world football, and challenge their rival ‘big six’ members, all of whom have benefited from investing heavily in the market in recent years.

“I am happy and proud to finish a chapter this season, competing the way we compete, helping the club, the fans, the players to be better,” said Pochettino (via the Telegraph). “We are not in Chigwell any more, we are not at White Hart Lane with 36,000. The magnitude of the club has grown ten times, 100 times, we are in another dimension. We cannot operate in the same way as five years ago.

“It is about Daniel Levy, it is about talking and whether I am going to be involved or not – that is the decision of the club.”

“Now it looks like a big club when you arrive here. Before you could say ‘But the stadium only holds 36,000’. But now, when you arrive here, there is no point in thinking like a small club. You must think like a big club if we want to challenge the big clubs in Europe.”

The Spurs boss has hit the nail on the head when he discusses big club and small club mentality. Too long have Tottenham sat back in the market, teetering between huge marquee signings and recruiting for the future, without any real obvious intention of short term or long-term success.

They’ve played it too safe and they’re suffering because of it. Levy needs to accept the fact that money is a pre-requisite for success; that flops will inevitably happen, but for the good of the club, he must commit and make sacrifices, otherwise they will find themselves in the same position over and over again. Premier League purgatory – no one wants that.

Tottenham fans, who would you like to see moved in and out of the club this summer? Let us know in the comments below…

سقط قطبا الدوري الإسباني، ريال مدريد وبرشلونة، بهدف نظيف سكن شباك كل منهما، حيث هُزم الأول أمام قادش، والثاني تلقى خسارة على يد خيتافي.

ريال مدريد فرط في إمكانية الحفاظ على صدارة الدوري الإسباني، بعدما سقط على ميدانه “ألفريدو دي ستيفانو”، بهدف لوزانو الذي كتب لـ قادش انتصار تاريخيًا، هو الأول في تاريخ النادي الأصفر.

الجميع ظن أنّ برشلونة سيحاول استغلال الفرصة، وخاصًة قبل كلاسيكو الأرض، ولكن النادي الكتالوني هُزم هو الآخر، بهدف خويمي ماتا، خارج قواعده.

اقرأ أيضًا.. كورتوا عن هزيمة ريال مدريد: من الصعب شرح ما حدث.. قادش تفوق علينا في كل شيء!

شبكة “أوبتا” العالمية للأرقام والإحصائيات، كشفت عن مفارقة غريبة وهي أنّ آخر مرة خسر فيها ريال مدريد وبرشلونة كلاهما في الليجا، قبل الكلاسيكو، ذلك كان في أبريل 2003.

الأغرب في الأمر أنّ ريال مدريد خسر أمام أتلتيك بلباو بنتيجة 4-2، بينما برشلونة خسر أمام ديبورتيفو لاكورونيا وبنفس النتيجة أيضًا.

وفي نفس السياق ذكرت شبكة “ميستر شيب” الإسبانية، أنّ ريال مدريد وبرشلونة لم يخسرا في نفس اليوم دون تسجيل أهداف، لأول مرة أيضًا مُنذ 20 عامًا و164 يومًا، عندما حدث ذلك في 6 مايو 2000، حين خسر برشلونة 2-0 أمام رايو فاليكانو، بينما الملكي هزم أمام ألافيس بهدف نظيف.

Martin Dubravka has built up a reputation as one of the Premier League’s top goalkeepers since his initial loan arrival at Newcastle from Sparta Prague last January.

Newcastle made a shrewd move in negotiating an option to buy the stopper at the end of his temporary deal, and the Slovakian has gone from strength to strength this season.

His ability had come into question in recent weeks after some high profile errors, but on the whole, his contribution to the Magpies has saved many more points than it has cost them.

But although Dubravka’s contract at St James’ Park is not due to run out until 2022, the Newcastle Chronicle worryingly report that his agent, Pavel Zika, while speaking to the Czech media, has insisted there is interest in his client from European giants Juventus, as well as other Premier League clubs.

He also added, however, that both his, and the player’s, preferred option is to sign an extended deal at Newcastle.

It is easy to see why players would have their heads turned when the likes of Juve are among their admirers, but Dubravka arrived at Newcastle as a relatively unknown figure, and it was Rafa Benitez who gave him the platform in the biggest league in the world.

Any thoughts he may harbour of playing in the Champion’s League, or for a European elite club, should be placed on the back-burner, and his sole focus should be on repaying the faith Newcastle had in him.

Obviously, down the line, his Champion’s League dream will almost certainly lie away from Gallowgate — unless some, as yet unknown, multi-billionaire transforms the Magpies into the next Manchester City — but for now, he should continue building his reputation exactly where he is.

He is adored by the legion of Toon fans who sit behind him in either the Leazes or Gallowgate Ends, singing his name game after game, and he will not be idolised in the same way at many other clubs.

Of course, playing contract negotiations out in public is an old trick, and we believe the likelihood is simply an agent trying to frighten a few extra pounds out of the club when his improved deal is offered.

What are your thoughts on Dubravka? Will he sign a new deal and stay at Newcastle in the long term? Let us know below…

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A video posted on Twitter by Leicester’s Ben Chilwell from England training has gained traction with many fans laying into Dele Alli who was the centre of attention in the footage.

The focus was on Alli’s small calf muscles as Tweeters hammered the Spurs man for having skinny legs, or as one fan put it – the calves of a ten-year-old. A certain Leicester fan meanwhile said that Chilwell’s reaction reminded them of David Brent from television programme The Office.

Supporters of both Leicester and Spurs used it as a chance to bicker over Chilwell’s future, urging the Foxes man to join Alli in north London. One Spurs fan said it was great to see them making friends whilst another claimed it would be great banter with the pair of them in the same squad next season.

However, one member of the Foxes faithful sarcastically commented that the left-back would rather play for a team who knows how to win the Premier League, something that Tottenham have not experienced since 1961.

Here’s the best of the reaction: