Jogo de despedida de Luís Fabiano, um dos maiores artilheiros do São Paulo, acontecerá em breve

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Uma das promessas de campanha do presidente Julio Casares, o jogo de despedida de Luís Fabiano, um dos maiores artilheiros da história do São Paulo, está com o projeto quase pronto. Desta forma, deve acontecer em breve.

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Em agosto do último ano, o LANCE! havia confirmado sobre as negociações com o atleta para que uma partida de despedida fosse realizada no estádio do Morumbi em 2023.A ideia era que, além do jogo, também fossem realizados eventos, shows e lançamentos de produtos durante a partida. A priori, a ideia era que acontecesse nesta pré-temporada, mas ao que tudo indica, deverá acontecer mais para frente.

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Em entrevista ao ‘Canal do Nicola’, Eduardo Toni – diretor de marketing do Tricolor – afirmou que está tudo pronto para que a despedida aconteça.

-Sim. Em relação ao Luís Fabiano, é uma promessa de campanha de Júlio. Temos trabalhado nisso e estamos com o projeto praticamente pronto. É só uma questão agora de datas para fazer um jogo de despedida do Fabuloso, que tantas glórias nos trouxe – afirmou Eduardo Toni.

Luís Fabiano é visto com frequência nos bastidores durante os jogos do São Paulo no Morumbi e frequentemente visita o CT da Barra Funda. No último ano, participou de diversos especiais antes da final da Copa Sul-Americana, incluindo entrevistas com o Calleri.

Os detalhes de como a partida festiva seria realizada são desconhecidos ainda, mas segundo o L! levantou, a ideia partiu do próprio presidente Julio Casares e envolveria a presença de outros ídolos do Tricolor que sempre ‘estão em casa’, como o ex-atacante Aloísio Chulapa.

Sobre uma possível transmissão, a ideia é que ela seja feita pela plataforma de streamingSPFCplay, serviço de streaming oficial lançado pelo Tricolor em 2022.Em três passagens pelo São Paulo, o ex-camisa 9 cravou seu nome como o terceiro maior artilheiro do clube, com 212 gols marcados em 352 partidas realizadas.

Suryakumar, Hardik-Chawla crush SRH to raise hopes of mid-table contenders

A sensational unbeaten 102 off 51 balls from Suryakumar Yadav on the back of Piyush Chawla and Hardik Pandya’s three-wicket hauls helped Mumbai Indians (MI) to their fourth win of the season as they got the better of Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) by seven wickets in Mumbai. The win also lifted MI out of the bottom of the table to ninth.A run fest was promised at Wankhede Stadium with SRH visiting. Who would have doubted this considering the last time SRH and MI clashed, record books were rewritten. Instead, the MI bowlers came to the fore as SRH were restricted to 173 for 8. In reply, the SRH bowlers also got the new ball to move around and got three powerplay wickets.But Suryakumar decided to do Suryakumar things as he launched an attack on the SRH bowlers, Marco Jansen in particular, to get things back on track. Tilak Varma played the perfect foil with 37 not out off 32 adding 143 off 79 balls with Suryakumar to help MI seal the win in 17.2 overs.1:14

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A T20 or a Test?

First nine balls: 26 for 0.Next 19 balls: 6 for 3.Chasing 174 at a venue where scores in excess of 180 have been breached in six out of ten innings this season coming into this game did not feel like a daunting ask, but the SRH bowlers made life extremely tough for the batters. There was a lot of swing and seam available and, initially, the bowlers even struggled to control the swing. They bowled 18 extras in the first three overs, but once they found their lengths, batting started to feel arduous. The ball zipped off the surface, the batters were beaten multiple times, and wickets started to fall.It was the Test-match length that got the SRH quicks the wickets. Jansen first struck with a seaming delivery that Ishan Kishan could only edge to first slip. And when it’s Test-match length we are talking about, how can Pat Cummins not come into the picture? Cummins bowled a sensational first over, a wicket-maiden in which Rohit Sharma was dismissed off a big top edge. Bhuvneshwar Kumar then got Naman Dhir for a nine-ball duck, dismissed flashing to first slip.Not a single run was scored off the bat between overs 1.3 and 4.4 with MI all over the place.1:23

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SKY does a SKY

After three overs in which nine runs were scored, Suryakumar decided enough was enough. He first took on Cummins before reserving special treatment for Jansen. He went 4, 4, 6 in the seventh over before swatting Jansen over fine leg for a flat six as overs six and seven yielded a combined 38 runs. From 4 off 7, Suryakumar moved to 32 off 14 in no time and all the initial momentum that SRH had gained was lost.Tilak played the role of the second fiddle to perfection even as Suryakumar kept on going. In all, Suryakumar walloped Jansen for 32 runs off nine balls, which included four fours and two sixes, and he reached his fifty off 30 balls.Hardik Pandya and Piyush Chawla took three wickets apiece•AFP/Getty Images

There were a few concerned faces in the MI dugout – and no doubt among people interested in India’s fortunes at the T20 World Cup next month – when Suryakumar was seen limping for a bit, but the big hits didn’t cease. A Bhuvneshwar slower ball was mowed over long-on before Shahbaz Ahmed was swept twice in two balls. Suryakumar then raced from 82 to 96 in three balls going 4, 4, 6 in the 17th over. And then, with six needed to win and four for his century, he backed away and went inside out over the covers off T Natarajan to finish the job.This was Suryakumar’s second IPL hundred, and sixth in T20 cricket.

Head rides his luck early

It was a strange sort of powerplay with the ball for MI. They didn’t bowl badly but hardly found any luck going their way. Travis Head got going with an inside-edged four past leg stump in the first over off Nuwan Thushara and then one more in the second over off debutant Anshul Kamboj. Kamboj should have had his maiden IPL wicket in the next over when he had Head’s off stump splat on the ground, but he had over-stepped. Head ended up taking him for 19 in the over, and SRH were away.Jasprit Bumrah took out Abhishek Sharma, caught behind for 11 off 16, but SRH still managed to reach 56 for 1 in the powerplay. MI would have been miffed because they drew 18 false shots in the first six overs, but only got one wicket to show for their effort.1:54

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Chawla and Hardik turn the tide

Kamboj had another chance to send back Head, but Thushara failed to hang on to a relatively simple chance at deep third in the eighth over. The 23-year-old Kamboj finally had luck going his way when a bail-trimmer sent Mayank Agarwal packing. Thereon it was the Chawla and Hardik show.At 88 for 2 after ten, SRH were placed comfortably, but Chawla changed things by picking up Head for a 30-ball 48. A slog sweep was smashed straight to deep backward square leg before Hardik took out Nitish Reddy with a short-length ball that was spooned straight up. Chawla then had Heinrich Klassen playing on as SRH slipped from 90 for 2 to 96 for 5 in 11 balls.Jansen and Shahbaz Ahmed resisted for a bit, but Hardik had them back in the 16th over with SRH at 125 for 7 and soon 136 for 8 with Chawla snaring Abdul Samad. That SRH even breached the 170-run mark was down to Cummins’ unbeaten 17-ball 35.Eventually, it wasn’t enough.

'Jose Mourinho is a monster!' – Ex-Chelsea & Man Utd boss brought 'charisma and conviction' to Roma as Gianluca Mancini reveals how coach changed him

Roma star Gianluca Mancini spoke highly of his former head coach Jose Mourinho, crediting him for instilling a winning mentality at the club.

  • Mancini reserves praise for Mourinho
  • Labelled ex-Man Utd & Chelsea boss a 'monster'
  • Credited him for driving change at the club
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    Roma centre-back Mancini was effusive in his praise for former head coach Mourinho while speaking about the impact the legendary manager had on him and the team. Mancini credited the Portuguese icon for instilling hunger and an elite mentality at the club and labelled him a "monster."

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    Mourinho was appointed Roma head coach at the start of the 2021-22 season. In his maiden season in Rome, the former Inter and Real Madrid boss fired the Giallorossi to Conference League victory. He stayed at the Stadio Olimpico for another 18 months, during which they also made it to the Europa League final, but the club parted ways with him in January 2024 following a string of poor results. Regardless, he is arguably among the greatest figures in modern Roma history.

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    Speaking to , Mancini said: "What was Mourinho for my career? A monster who arrived and made me say, 'Yes, he can change my story and that of all of us.' Jose gave us charisma, mentality, and conviction. On the pitch, I was his leader; sometimes I overdid it, going a bit too far… but I did it because I felt he would lead us to victory."

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    Roma have begun a new era ahead of the 2025-26 season, with former Atalanta boss Gian Piero Gasperini at the helm. Roma narrowly missed out on a Champions League spot last season, but will be aiming to finish in the top four this time around when their season kicks off against Bologna on August 23.

Phil Simmons joins PNG as 'specialist coach' for T20 World Cup

Cricket PNG said in a press release that he had been recruited because of his extensive experience of local conditions

ESPNcricinfo staff20-May-2024Phil Simmons, who coached West Indies to the 2016 T20 World Cup title, has joined Papua New Guinea as a ‘specialist coach’ ahead of the 2024 edition of the tournament in June.Simmons’ second stint as West Indies coach ended soon after their group-stage elimination at the 2022 T20 World Cup in Australia and he has worked extensively in franchise cricket since, coaching Trinbago Knight Riders, LA Knight Riders and Karachi Kings. He will support head coach Tatenda Taibu, the former Zimbabwe wicketkeeper, and Cricket PNG said in a press release that he had been recruited because of his extensive experience of local conditions.”My role here is as a consultant coach and [will be about] how I put across my experience, not just playing in World Cups but playing in the Caribbean and the things that we should be looking at to make sure we do it right in the Caribbean and especially the venues that we play at.Related

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“As a player internationally, for fourteen years and then as an international coach for eighteen years, it’s been a long time in the game. It’s always brilliant to come home, always brilliant to come back to any part of the West Indies. You know how beautiful it is here. I’m looking forward to getting home, which is Trinidad.”PNG arrived in St Kitts at the end of last week after a four-day journey from Port Moresby. They are due to train and play various unofficial warm-up matches over the coming days before facing Oman and Namibia in official warm-up fixtures in Trinidad and Tobago next week.They have been drawn in Group C of the World Cup itself. They will face co-hosts West Indies in their opening match in Guyana on June 2, then play Uganda four days later at the same venue. They will then travel back to Trinidad to face Afghanistan on June 14 and New Zealand on June 17.Simmons said: “Their energy is unbelievable: their warm-up alone yesterday got me tired. The guys look like they have settled in really well… I’ve known the head coach for a long time and he’s always energetic. There is always a lot of energy, but the players seem to be pushing him where that is not so, and I like that atmosphere in the team.”Batter Assad Vala will lead PNG, who will be playing their second T20 World Cup, after a winless campaign in 2021.

عملاق الدوري السعودي يستهدف التعاقد مع إيدرسون من مانشستر سيتي

كشفت تقارير صحفية برازيلية تطورات جديدة بشأن مصير إيدرسون مورايس حارس مرمى مانشستر سيتي قبل إغلاق سوق الانتقالات الصيفية.

ويثير إيدرسون الكثير من الجدل حول مستقبله، وما إذا كان سيستمر في صفوف مانشستر سيتي، أو سيرحل قبل إغلاق باب سوق الانتقالات الصيفية.

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وبحسب الصحفي البرازيلي “برونو أندرادي” فإن النصر السعودي يرغب في التعاقد مع إيدرسون بطلب من مدرب الفريق خورخي خيسوس.

وكانت أندية سعودية بجانب النصر قد رغبت في ضم إيدرسون العام الماضي، والذي ارتبط أيضًا بالانضمام لصفوف جالطة سراي التركي وكذلك الدوري البرازيلي.

ويملك إيدرسون الذي قضى ثمانية مواسم في مانشستر سيتي، عقداً مع النادي حتى عام 2026، ويرغب النادي الإنجليزي بتعويض رحيله، بالتعاقد مع جيانلويجي دوناروما من باريس سان جيرمان.

ولن ينتقل إيدرسون مورايس إلى فلامنجو البرازيلي، على الرغم من النقاشات الواسعة بين جماهير النادي، حيث لا يرغب الحارس بالعودة إلى البرازيل حاليًا.

ويحتاج إيدرسون لحسم مستقبله، وما إذا كان سينتقل إلى السعودية أو يفضل اللعب في جالطة سراي التركي، أو حسب ما تردد من تقارير مختلفة، بأنه ينوي الاستمرار في إنجلترا.

Harry Maguire issues 'no excuses' warning to Man Utd team-mates after getting a 'lot better' acquainted with Ruben Amorim's system during 'tough' pre-season

Harry Maguire has warned his Manchester United team-mates that there can be "no excuses" heading into the 2025-26 campaign after a strong pre-season under Ruben Amorim. The Red Devils fell to a shocking 15th-place finish in the Premier League last term, their lowest position in over half a century, marking one of the darkest chapters in the club’s storied history.

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For the first time in years, United will be completely absent from European football after their painful Europa League final defeat to Tottenham Hotspur in Bilbao back in May. Without continental competition on the calendar, their fixture count could drop significantly. Should they exit early from the League Cup or FA Cup, the team could even end up playing only 40 matches over the course of the campaign.

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The reduced workload puts an even greater emphasis on excelling in the Premier League, which now becomes the club’s undisputed priority. United’s top brass have made it clear that a return to European football by the 2026-27 season is non-negotiable. For that, the team must perform well domestically to earn a place among the continent’s elite.

WHAT MAGUIRE SAID

Maguire, who has featured sparingly in pre-season preparations, starting just one of the club’s opening four summer friendlies, is fully aware of the significance of this season. Speaking to , the centre-back emphasised the need for accountability and unity as the club seeks redemption.

"I just want to be part of a successful team this season," Maguire said. "I think last season was a tough season for everyone individually, but also as a team, as a squad, as a club. This season, there are no excuses. We're going to have a lot of time to prepare for the Premier League games, and we've got to make sure we're ready. So, for myself, it's making sure I'm available, I'm fit, I'm ready to go, and give everything I can to this team and this club."

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United have had a gruelling pre-season under Amorim, and Maguire believes that the Portuguese manager has built a strong tactical foundation for the upcoming season.

"It's something that [Ruben Amorim] reiterated, that we didn't have enough time on the training pitch," Maguire continued. "This pre-season, it's been tough on the legs, but the majority of it has been tactical. So, it's nice to do the drills that are tactical rather than running around poles and running around the pitch.

"It's been an enjoyable pre-season, but a pre-season that we've all learnt from. We know the system a lot better, and we've just got to take that into the games now."

رسالة فليك إلى لاعب برشلونة بعد رفض طلبه بالمشاركة في كأس خوان جامبر

حقق برشلونة ثاني انتصاراته على التوالي مساء أمس بالفوز ضد ليفانتي بثلاث أهداف لهدفين خارج ملعبه في الجولة الثانية من الدوري الإسباني لكرة القدم.

وعلى الرغم من انطلاق الموسم الجديد بشكل جيد فإن برشلونة يفتقد خدمات لاعب خط الوسط الشاب بيرنال الذي تعرض لإصابة خطيرة في بداية الموسم الماضي ولم يشارك منذ ذلك الوقت.

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وكان بيرنال يعد جزءا من خطط برشلونة للموسم التحضيري لكنه لم يشارك ولو مباراة واحدة مما أثار الشكوك حول لياقته البدنية.

وبحسب صحيفة “سبورت” الإسبانية فإن لاعب خط وسط برشلونة سيعود إلى الملاعب بالقرب من الشهر المقبل، وقد اتخذ هانز فليك قراراً بشأنه عندما كان اللاعب يصر على العودة مبكراً للملاعب.

ونقل هانز فليك رسالة للاعب خط الوسط الشاب مارك بيرنال: “أريدك لمدة 15 عاماً وليس لمباراة ودية”، وجاء ذلك رداً على رغبة بيرنال في المشاركة في كأس خوان جامبر ضد كومو.

وكان برشلونة قد مر بموقف مشابه مع جافي لاعب خط الوسط العام الماضي، حيث قام بإدارة الوقت الذي يستطيع فيه اللاعب اللعب، متجنباً حدوث أي انتكاسات.

 

Negociação entre Puma e São Paulo pode gerar polêmica com o Palmeiras

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Com uma relação cada vez mais desgastada com a Adidas, a sua atual fornecedora de material esportivo, o São Paulo já começa o trabalho de bastidores para arrumar uma substituta. O LANCE! apurou que o clube do Morumbi já tem em mãos ofertas de empresas dispostas a vesti-lo em 2024, quando o contrato com a multinacional alemã acaba. E uma delas promete gerar polêmica no futebol brasileiro.

A Puma iniciou o processo de aproximação com o Tricolor, o que seria uma negociação normal para ambas as partes se não fosse um pequeno detalhe: a também multinacional alemã tem desde 2019 contrato de exclusividade em território brasileiro com o rival Palmeiras. E o acordo vai até o final de 2024.

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O L! levantou que existe o mesmo tipo de acordo de exclusividade entre Umbro e Santos (no caso, o contrato prevê exclusividade da marca para o Peixe entre os grandes paulistas), o que fez com que a empresa inglesa, que chegou a fazer uma consulta ao São Paulo – sem boa reação na Vila Belmiro -, desistisse de seguir com as tratativas.

Mas o que muda com a Puma? A empresa tem rivalidade acirrada com a Adidas. E, se tratando de futebol, a situação piorou consideravelmente nos últimos anos, incluindo a própria ‘aquisição’ do time alviverde, substituindo justamente a empresa das três listras.

Nesse ponto, ‘roubar’ mais um clube brasileiro de expressão, que era servido pela principal concorrente, seria mais um ‘golpe’ da Puma e uma oportunidade de crescimento frente à rival.

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CONTRATO COM EMPRESA TERCEIRA AJUDARIA

Por mais que Puma e São Paulo tenham flertado, ambos procuraram e encontraram uma saída para poderem assinar um acordo: o uso de uma empresa terceirizada. Há essa brecha no contrato do Palmeiras com a empresa.

O próprio Tricolor conhece bem o funcionamento desse tipo de acordo. Passou por isso em 2016, quando quase dois anos após assinar com a Under Armour, também com cláusula de exclusividade no território nacional, viu a empresa aparecer em outros clubes, como o Fluminense.

Explicando: o São Paulo assinaria contrato com uma empresa. E esta compraria os uniformes da Puma para atender o Tricolor.

É como a Nike, por exemplo, fez com o Santos, Coritiba e Bahia em um passado recente. O acordo desses clubes, na verdade, era com uma loja virtual de artigos esportivos e não com a multinacional estadunidense, exclusiva em São Paulo para o Corinthians.

CHIADOS NO LADO VERDE, REVOLTA NO LADO TRICOLOR

Conforme o L! revelou, Palmeiras e Puma passaram momentos de desacordo no decorrer do último ano: há reclamações do clube quanto à distribuição dos produtos e o preço praticado pela empresa no mercado. A situação, contudo, melhorou entre as partes. Nada parecido com o que se passa entre São Paulo e Adidas.

Ainda em dezembro, o capítulo de desacordos entre as partes ganhou mais um capítulo, com os uniformes do clube usados na pré-temporada ainda exibindo a marca da Roku, fabricante de players de mídia on-line, cujo acordo venceu há três meses e não foi renovado. A situação só deve mudar no fim de janeiro, quando, enfim, o clube deverá lançar parte da sua nova coleção.

Não é o primeiro atrito entre o clube do Morumbi e a multinacional alemã. Também em setembro, o clube se viu refém da marca esportiva e taxou como ‘descaso’ o fato da terceira camisa são-paulina, que faz alusão ao agasalho usado pelo elenco campeão mundial de 1992, ter sumido das lojas após esgotado o primeiro lote.

Lançada em agosto, a peça esgotou em um fim de semana. E a reposição do lote de 3 mil unidades, prometida pelo Tricolor à torcida na ocasião em até 15 dias, demorou quase dois meses. Depois de arrecadar quase R$ 1 milhão no fim de semana de lançamento da camisa, a previsão do marketing são-paulino é que o clube deixou de arrecadar mais R$ 6 milhões com a peça por causa das listas de espera de clientes feitas por lojas.

Desde o ano passado, o clube reclama de não ter tratamento semelhante a de rivais também servidos pela marca, como Flamengo, Atlético-MG e Internacional. As queixas giram em torno dos valores pagos e material disponibilizado à venda, com a ausência de camisas e agasalhos na mesma variedade.

No início de 2022, a rescisão chegou a ser estudada pelo jurídico tricolor, mas os valores da multa impediram o avanço do planejamento. O contrato entre as partes vai até o fim do ano que vem. A desavença é tamanha que o técnico Rogério Ceni entrou no ‘fogo cruzado’ ao usar roupas da Under Armour, antiga fornecedora são-paulina, no jogo contra o Juventude, em abril, pela Copa do Brasil.

A reportagem não conseguiu contato com a assessoria da multinacional alemã até a conclusão desta reportagem para comentar as informações.

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Hull three-for, Budinger onslaught see Leicestershire past Yorkshire

Leicestershire Foxes launched their Vitality Blast season in spectacular style with a thumping seven-wicket win over Yorkshire Vikings at the Uptonsteel County Ground in Leicester.Vikings had themselves started the season strongly with an eight-wicket win over Worcestershire Rapids the previous evening but were brought crashing back to earth in the East Midlands. They totalled a below-par 151 for 7, captain Shan Masood’s 45 off 32 balls standing out amid a bitty team effort which was heavily damaged by Josh Hull’s fiery 3 for 28.The moderate target soon appeared minuscule after Foxes openers Sol Budinger (50 off 22) and Rishi Patel (30 off 18) smashed six sixes and six fours in the first five overs. Their stand of 79 in 36 balls turned the chase into a cruise as Foxes galloped to 155 for 3 from 14.1 overs.After Foxes chose to bowl, Hull deployed his size 15s to excellent effect in a first over which cost just one run and brought the wicket of Dawid Malan, whose off stump was trimmed by a lovely ball. Ian Holland’s opening over also went for just a single in a sedate start by Vikings.Former Yorkshire allrounder Ben Mike struck first ball when he took a return catch from a spliced slog by Adam Lyth. That brought Joe Root to the crease for the 659th time in senior cricket and it isn’t a knock he will remember – three from nine balls before lifting Holland to long-on.Masood and Donovan Ferreira added 50 in 35 balls before Hull came back on to dismiss both in his first five balls. Ferreira gloved an attempted pull high to wicketkeeper Ben Cox and Masood top-edged a return catch. Both wickets owed something to the batters being surprised by pace in a highly impressive spell by the 6ft 7in left-armer.When Hull added a smart catch at short fine leg to dismiss Dom Bess off Scott Currie, Vikings were 116 for 7. Jordan Thompson smote Mike for successive sixes but Vikings’ bowlers were left with a tall task on a good batting pitch.They were hit by an immediate onslaught from Patel and Budinger who thrashed 50 from the first 22 balls. Patel lifted Dan Moriarty for successive sixes before the fourth over, from Thompson, went for 30 including three sixes for Budinger.Both openers perished in five balls went Patel skied Bess to long-on and Budinger sliced Jafer Chohan to backward point but they had left their side needing a comfy 67 from 80 balls. Louis Kimber and Wiaan Milder kept the momentum high with vibrant cameos and Foxes skipper Peter Handscomb was able to watch contently from the non-striker’s end as his side cruised home.

'You need to wait' – Arne Slot reveals latest on Darwin Nunez's exit amid Liverpool's plans to make fresh play for Alexander Isak

Arne Slot has delivered a "need to wait" update on Darwin Nunez's future at Liverpool, with the Uruguayan striker seeing a transfer mooted.

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Three years on from completing a £64 million ($86m) switch to Anfield, Nunez could soon be heading for the exit. He has taken in 143 appearances for Premier League champions Liverpool, scoring 40 goals.

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The Saudi Pro League could be his next port of call, with Al-Hilal reported to have a big-money offer on the table. Liverpool are prepared to sell after bringing in Hugo Ekitike and targeting Newcastle frontman Alexander Isak.

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Offloading Nunez would help to generate funds that can be reinvested in a swoop for Swedish sensation Isak that could end up costing a British record fee – with the Reds having already made history in that department once this summer when signing Florian Wirtz for £116m ($156m).

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Slot told reporters when asked about potential movement in and out of Liverpool’s striking department: "These are a lot of questions! As you know from me – and I think every manager works like this – you never talk about players that are not yours. I can talk to you about Hugo, who we signed recently and has done really well until now.

"I and we are very happy with the squad we are having and there is every reason to be happy about that because we won the league last season. OK, players left, but we have brought players in as well and youngsters are doing good.

"At this moment in time, Darwin might indeed leave, but things are not signed yet, so you need to wait maybe a few days before that is completely done. But there is indeed a chance he is going to leave."

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