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Manchester City are now ready to sanction a player sale, which will help them to sign a new £70 million defender, according to a recent report. Pep Guardiola’s side continued their terrible run of form on Wednesday night, as they were beaten 2-0 in the Champions League by Juventus, putting their chances of qualification in severe jeopardy.

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It is now just one win from their last ten games in all competitions for City and Guardiola, and with their season in danger of falling apart, January could be arriving at a good time, as the Blues have their eye on potential arrivals.

The first player City are looking to sign in January is midfielder Ederson from Atalanta. The Blues have been missing Rodri since he suffered his season-ending injury, and now, they believe Ederson is the man to replace him. The Italian side want to keep hold of the Brazilian, but a deal could be done for around £42 million.

City are also seriously considering signing Antonee Robinson from Fulham in January. The USA international is under contract until 2028, and it will cost City £40 million to get a deal over the line in 2025.

Man City ready to sanction Dias sale to sign England star

According to TEAMtalk, Manchester City are considering the sale of Ruben Dias, so they can sign a new centre back, with Marc Guehi the main man on their shortlist.

Dias, who earns £180,000 a week, has been at the Etihad since 2020, when he joined from Benfica, and during his time there, he has been a key part of the defence that has won Premier League, FA Cup, Carabao Cup and Champions League titles. The Portuguese has even gone on to captain the City team on numerous occasions, but he could soon be on his way out.

This report states that City are considering a “reluctant” sale of Dias so they can bring in a new centre-back. The club are keen to refresh their squad with top young talents, and Guardiola is aware that he needs to strengthen his defence, so is keen to bring in a new centre-back either in January or the summer at the latest.

City are interested in signing Crystal Palace’s Guehi, who was labelled as being “great” in the summer by John Stones, and have placed him on their transfer shortlist. City are keeping a close eye on his situation, and he could be available for less than £80 million; Palace were looking to get £70 million during the summer. However, his arrival is likely to depend on an exit, and Dias’ name is the one being mentioned.

Premier League Stats 2024/25

Ruben Dias

Marc Guehi

Apps

12

15

Goals

0

2

Progressive passes

70

63

Passes attempted

1072

801

Passes completed

1006

679

Tackles (Won)

9 (5)

20 (10)

Interceptions

11

9

Blocks

9

26

Clearances

31

77

There are a number of teams interested in signing Dias, with Chelsea very interested in a potential deal. Furthermore, Dias remains focused on helping City, but he would also be open to taking on a new challenge at an elite European club.

Apart from some of the decisions, which the players didn’t agree with, they felt the match officials didn’t control the South Africans’ sledging

Mohammad Isam04-Apr-2022

Bangladesh will lodge an official complaint about South Africa’s “deplorable” sledging during the Durban Test after, according to them, the umpires ignored their on-field complaints. The BCB is, in fact, planning to complain to the ICC about both the sledging as well as the overall umpiring during the game.Bangladesh have already filed one complaint – about the umpiring – during the ODI series, but want to take up some other issues that cropped up during the Test, which Bangladesh lost on the final day by 220 runs after collapsing for 53 in their second innings.Related

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Speaking to ESPNcricinfo, BCB cricket operations chief Jalal Yunus said, “We have already lodged one complaint about the umpiring after the ODI series. The match referee [Andy Pycroft] had an argument with our manager Nafees Iqbal, but then we gave him a written complaint. We will lodge another official complaint about this Test match.”Mominul Haque, the Bangladesh captain, also spoke up, joining Yunus as well as team director Khaled Mahmud, selector Habibul Bashar and Shakib Al Hasan in expressing disgruntlement with the umpiring.”Sledging is quite normal, but the umpires didn’t seem to notice it,” Mominul said after the game. “The umpiring in the match is not in our control, but I think the ICC should think about bringing back neutral umpires.”On Sunday, after the fourth day’s play, Mahmud and Bashar criticised the match officials, while Shakib, who left the tour early because of personal reasons, had also tweeted that the ICC should look at reinstating neutral umpires considering the improved Covid-19 situation in most parts of the cricketing world. At the end of the fourth day’s play, Tamim Iqbal was also seen speaking to the umpires but it is not clear what they spoke about.Bangladesh made lbw appeals on multiple occasions during South Africa’s second innings, especially in the first two sessions on Sunday. They opted for a review when Dean Elgar was given not out on the field by umpire Marais Erasmus in the fifth over after being hit on his back leg. But he survived on umpire’s call as ball-tracking showed that the ball was only clipping off stump.Then, in the 19th over of the innings, Bangladesh successfully overturned Adrian Holdstock’s not-out decision for an lbw against Sarel Erwee. According to ESPNcricinfo’s ball-by-ball commentary, it “looked so out to the naked eye and it was a surprise that the on-field call was not given despite a screeching appeal”.In the 26th over, Khaled Ahmed was denied an lbw decision against Keegan Petersen. Bangladesh didn’t take that review but replays showed that it would have hit the stumps and would have been out had the review been taken.The main indication that emotions were running high was when, on the fourth morning, Ebadot Hossain, while bowling, threw the ball back in Dean Elgar’s direction after it was hit to him, and the pair exchanged words. Umpire Holdstock had to ask the players to calm down.Yunus also went back to the issue with the sightscreens, which delayed the start of the Test. He said that Bangladesh had expected the umpires to make up for the lost time as the Test went along.Should we go up? In this case, they did, and got the wicket of Sarel Erwee•AFP/Getty Images

“There hasn’t been impartial umpiring in this Test match,” he said. “It started on the first day. We were held up for half an hour at the start of the game because of the sightscreens. We were deprived of the initial advantage.”To make up this half an hour, they extended the lunch session, instead of starting early, which we usually see. It is definitely at the umpire’s discretion, but generally we see them making up for lost time by starting early. These are subtle technical things.”It is, however, understood that both the teams had agreed to the playing conditions, which includes the rule when it comes to making up for lost time, before the start of the Test.Yunus said that Bangladesh were also concerned about how the umpires treated the Bangladesh players when they complained about the sledging by the home side.”They surrounded [Mahmudul Hasan] Joy when he went out to bat,” he said. “They were saying something. He couldn’t say anything back since he is a junior player. It was deplorable. Instead of controlling the situation, the umpires warned our players whenever we made complaints against the sledging.”Sledging definitely took place from both sides, but when they started it and took it overboard, we complained to the umpires. It wasn’t acceptable. We properly condemn it. We have to accept the umpires’ decisions, but the ICC must reinstate neutral umpires.”

تواصل حسام حسن المدير الفني لـ منتخب مصر الأول، هاتفيًا مع أحمد قندوسي لاعب سيراميكا كليوباترا، للاطمئنان على حالته، بعد الإصابة الخطيرة التي لحقت به في مباراة فاركو بالدوري المصري.

وتعرض أحمد قندوسي لإصابة قوية خلال مباراة فريقه أمام فاركو في بطولة الدوري المصري، بعد تدخل عنيف من ياسين الملاح لاعب الفريق السكندري، اضطر على إثره لمغادرة أرض الملعب.

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وأعلن سيراميكا كليوباترا أن قندوسي سيخضع لعملية جراحية ثم برنامج علاجي من أجل العودة من جديد إلى الملاعب.

ومن جانبه، أكد إبراهيم حسن مدير المنتخب للقندوسي أن كل إمكانيات المنتخب المصري متاحة له خلال فترة إصابته من أجل عودته سريعًا للملاعب.

ووجه أحمد قندوسي الشكر للثنائي حسام وإبراهيم حسن، معبرًا عن سعادته البالغة بهذا الاتصال الهاتفي.

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Essex implosion undermines slow approach, as Root prepares to enter on day three

Alan Gardner06-May-2022

There is only one Nobel Prize winner to have played first-class cricket – and it is not hard to see why the game appealed to Samuel Beckett. Waiting is a practically part of the mise-en-scene. And so, while the players of Essex and Yorkshire embraced their roles to the full during an engaging tussle at Chelmsford – and other protagonists commanded the stage in far-flung parts of the county circuit – Joe Root stood in the wings and readied himself for a first bat of the summer.His wait was extended into day three, presumably at his own discretion after the fall of Yorkshire’s second wicket with 6.5 of the scheduled overs remaining. The batter emerging from the marquee serving as the away team dressing room turned out not to be Root 66, but Revis 77, 20-year-old allrounder Matthew promoted up the order as nightwatchman.With England’s new Test captain, Ben Stokes, launching himself into the season with trademark vigour at the expense of Worcestershire’s bowlers, and a number of Root’s international team-mates past and present notching hundreds already in this round of Championship action, the sense was that Yorkshire’s No. 4 would be champing at the bit to do his bit. But there was no requirement to add to the three overs of offspin he bowled on day one, and he largely remained inscrutable behind his shades while trooping from mid-on to fine leg as Essex extended Yorkshire’s stay in the field to five sessions.Perhaps his reticence come the evening was well judged: Root made 0 and 2 on his first visit to Chelmsford in 2012, and a golden duck when Yorkshire were bowled out for 50 on this ground (but still went on to win) four years ago. On this much flatter surface, Essex chiselled out the wickets of Adam Lyth, George Hill and Dimuth Karunaratne – to the last ball of the day – as Root opted against an examination by Sam Cook, Shane Snater and Simon Harmer in the fading light.It may have ranked a few notches below Root’s much-anticipated return to the fray – or Stokes teeing off at New Road, for that matter – but the morning began in Chelmsford with all eyes on Paul Walter, the high-tower Essex batter in search of his maiden first-class hundred. Walter had been 89 not out overnight, having spent the large part of day one putting in place Essex’s foundations alongside Alastair Cook, and there was an atmosphere of expectancy around the County Ground as the members bustled in to take their places.They could afford to take their time, safe in the knowledge that Walter would not be rushing to the landmark. Having been out for 93 against Northamptonshire last week – just shy of his first-class best, the 96 he made against Gloucestershire last season – and after enjoying a couple of reprieves on Thursday, this was an opportunity not to be passed up.To the complete absence of ball-by-ball updates on Sky Sports News and hastily compiled Twitter highlights packages, Walter ticked along in his quest. He started by playing out a maiden from Jordan Thompson, moved into the 90s with a push to mid-off, then crept closer with a sliced drive wide of the slip cordon for four. Thompson came perilously close to locating his outside edge on 98, but after 45 minutes of the morning session – and 28 balls in the 90s – a fine leg glance ran away to the rope and enabled Walter to remove his helmet and raise his bat for the first time in professional cricket.Walter knows a bit about waiting, too, having made his Essex debut in 2016 (batting at No. 10) as a 22-year-old. His hundred came off 263 balls, although despite an increasingly lugubrious reputation in the longer format, he was first brought into the set-up on the back of his long-levered hitting in T20 – one mighty six in a 2nd XI fixture leaving its mark on a window pane in Chelmsford’s famously compact press box.There was an occasional glimpse of higher gears, such as when Walter thumped Dom Bess into the hospitality suites at cow corner, but no sense that Essex were keen to set about Root and Co. with the ball. Such was their dedication to platform-building, that you might have imagined this was in fact Cape Canaveral readying for a space launch (under the aegis of NASA Hussain, of course). At the 110-over cut-off, they were still well shy of 300 and a third batting bonus point, with Walter and the nightwatchman, Sam Cook, batting through most of the morning in compiling a 73-run stand.Yorkshire were complicit, with both Walter and Matt Critchley put down in consecutive overs from Dom Bess. But the drawback of Essex’s stodgy approach became apparent when they promptly lost 5 for 24 in the space of 16.3 overs after lunch. After more than six hours at the crease, Walter could be forgiven a tired swipe at Bess, to be caught at backward point, but Essex’s middle order then departed in a hurry: Adam Rossington missed his first ball from Bess, which hit the top of off, before Feroze Khushi was given out caught behind and Critchley bowled by one which perhaps kept a touch low.From 303 for 3, and seemingly intent on batting their way into an impregnable position, the Essex innings was threatening to subside for less than 350. It took some calculated biffing from Harmer, with five fours and three sixes in his half-century, to lift them above 400 – the last-wicket pair adding 58 at almost exactly a run a ball, and extending Root’s spell patrolling the outfield a little longer.

أكد الإيطالي كارلو أنشيلوتي المدير الفني لفريق كرة القدم الأول بنادي ريال مدريد، على صعوبة مواجهة خيتافي غدًا الأربعاء، في بطولة الدوري الإسباني.

ويحل ريال مدريد ضيفًا على خيتافي غدًا، في ملعب كولوسيوم، ضمن منافسات الجولة 33 وقبل أيام قليلة من ملاقاة برشلونة مساء السبت، في نهائي كأس ملك إسبانيا.

وقال أنشيلوتي في المؤتمر الصحفي للمباراة: “نعلم جميعًا صعوبة مواجهة خيتافي، فريق قوي يمتلك أفكارًا واضحة، وكلما اقتربنا من نهاية الموسم، تكون المباريات أكثر أهمية لجميع الفرق”.

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وأضاف: “نعرف جميعًا مشاكلنا هذا الموسم، خسارة ميليتاو وكارفاخال كان من الصعب تعويضهما، وغيّرنا أسلوب اللعب كثيرًا ليتناسب مع خصائص اللاعبين، وحتى الآن لم نجد التوازن، ولذلك نجد صعوبة في الفوز”.

وعن حالة مبابي قبل مواجهة خيتافي: “لن يكون متاحًا لمباراة الغد، لكنه سيتدرب هو وميندي خلال الأيام القادمة وأعتقد أن كليهما سيكون جاهزًا لمواجهة الكلاسيكو ضد برشلونة”.

وواصل بالرد على إمكانية إقالته حتى إذا فاز ببطولة الدوري والكأس: “في كرة القدم كل شيء يمكن أن يحدث، ليس لدي خلاف مع أحد وأحب التواجد على هذه الدكة لأطول فترة ممكنة، وأي يوم ستنتهي فيه فترتي مع ريال مدريد، سأرفع قبعتي امتنانًا لهذا النادي”.

وتجنب الحديث عن صافرات الاستهجان ضد مبابي في بيرنابيو مساء الأحد الماضي: “كيليان يعاني من الإصابة، ولا يستطيع المشاركة، لكنه يفعل كل شيء من أجل التواجد في مباراة السبت المقبل”.

وشدد: “لدينا هدف واضح وهو الفوز بالبطولات الثلاث المتبقية، الدوري والكأس وكأس العالم، لكن أعتقد أن الدوري والكأس يعتمدان على الفوز ضد برشلونة وانتظار هدية أخرى في الدوري، ولكن في هذه اللحظة، علينا أن نفكر في مواجهة خيتافي، ثم النهائي مساء السبت، لا نريد الذهاب لما هو أبعد من ذلك”.

وواصل تحليل وضع ريال مدريد: “في إيطاليا يقال إنه كلما حدثت مشكلة تكون يدك اليسرى السبب، حدث هذا أيضًا في الدور الأول، خسرنا العديد من المباريات، ولكن أحاول أن تكون علاقتي مع الجميع بناء على هويتي، عليك أن تُظهر حقيقتك، هذا الموسم غضبت في الكثير من المرات، يجب أن تحترم وتحصل على الاحترام”.

وعن جدول المباريات المزدحم، رد أنشيلوتي: “لا أشتكي من الجدول. شيء يمكن أن يحدث كثيرًا، لم نتمكن من خوض مواجهة أتلتيك بلباو يوم السبت واللعب يوم الثلاثاء، ولكن لدينا وقت للتعافي، قد يكون من الأفضل أن تكون المباراة في وقت مبكر أكثر، لأن الكثير من الأشخاص يكونون نائمين في هذا الوقت، وأتمنى أن لا يحدث ذلك مع فريقي”.

واختتم: “برشلونة الآن يبدو أنهم أفضل منا، ولكن النهائيات غير متوقعة أبدًا، وأعتقد أن هناك مبالغة في تصوير ريال مدريد كضحية في النهائيات”.

It’s been about a year and a half since Tottenham Hotspur decided to appoint Ange Postecoglou as their new permanent manager.

Since then, it would be fair to say the Australian has got some things right, like bringing back the entertainment factor to the team, but also some things wrong, such as his inability to deal with the team’s consistency problems.

However, one area where he has generally found more success than failure has been transfers, as the likes of Micky van de Ven, Dominic Solanke, Brennan Johnson, James Maddison and others have generally improved the team.

That said, there have been a couple of duds, including one Postecoglou was initially very excited about but should probably be moved on in the summer.

Postecoglou's poor signings

Before we get to the player in question, it’s worth examining another of Postecoglou’s questionable additions to Spurs’ squad: Timo Werner.

The former Chelsea ace joined the club on a surprise six-month loan deal in January of this year, and while there was initial optimism that the Australian’s attacking philosophy would help unlock the Werner of old, that optimism quickly faded.

By the end of the campaign, the German international had scored just two goals and provided three assists in 14 appearances, and while that’s not an abysmal return, it’s clearly not good enough for a club of Spurs’ stature.

Well, the board and manager seemed to disagree, as the 28-year-old was re-signed on a season-long loan deal with an option to buy, but based on his performances this season, we can’t imagine that’s an option that will be taken.

For example, in his 20 appearances, the Stuttgart-born flop has found the back of the net just once and provided just three assists to boot.

Werner’s Spurs record

Season

23/24

24/25

Appearances

14

20

Minutes

905′

724′

Goals

2

1

Assists

3

3

Goal Involvements per Match

0.35

0.20

Minutes per Goal Involvement

181′

181′

All Stats via Transfermarkt

In all, the decision to re-sign the experienced forward is a baffling one, but the one positive is that the club didn’t have to pay a transfer fee to do so, which cannot be said about another of the manager’s poor signings.

The Postecoglou signing who should be sold

So, with most of Postecoglou’s signings working out to some extent over the last year and a half, it should come as no surprise that the player we are talking about is Radu Dragusin, who joined the club from Genoa in January for £26.7m after being told the manager “really wanted” to sign him.

To be clear, though, we are not suggesting that Spurs get rid of the Romanian international next month, as that would be incredibly irresponsible given the current injury problems, but come the summer, he should be moved on.

Now, to his credit, the experienced defender has done reasonably well in moments this season, filling in for his injured teammates.

Nevertheless, for everything he does well, he seems to make a mistake or simply struggle to do the basics.

For example, in the Europa League alone, he’s made a whole host of errors, from his red card against Qarabağ to gifting Osimhen a goal in the game against Galatasaray and looking entirely out of his depth against Rangers last week, although he wasn’t the only one.

Moreover, he’s put in his fair share of dire displays in the league this season as well, starting in the defeats to Bournemouth, Chelsea and Ipswich Town, the latter of which was so poor that journalist Mitch Fretton described him as an “absolute horror show.”

Ultimately, while Dragusin is likely good enough to play in the Premier League, it’s become apparent that he’s not good enough to be an important player for Spurs.

Therefore, if the club want to progress under Postecoglou, they should look to sell the defender in the summer.

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Nicola publicou que tanto o atleta com direitos ligados ao Shakhtar Donetsk-UCR como seu empresário, Pablo Bueno, já estão na França acertando os últimos detalhes para que o atleta seja emprestado ao Lyon. Equipe essa onde estão os brasileiros Henrique, Lucas Paquetá e Thiago Mendes, além do ítalo-brasileiro Emerson Palmieri.

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Porém, o próprio Lyon já demonstrou a intenção de, findado o período de contrato por empréstimo, abrir conversas com o Shakhtar para adquirir em definitivo o atacante de 22 anos de idade formado no Imortal.

Assim, a tendência é que os esforços da diretoria gremista voltem com maior intensidade para a chegada de outro atleta vindo de fora do país como é o caso do brasileiros naturalizado chinês Elkeson.

Newcastle United have emphatically won successive games at St. James’ Park, and perhaps Eddie Howe’s side are finally ready to reach their former level and remind English football of their quality.

The frontline is beginning to purr, but unfortunately, Callum Wilson won’t be a part of any gains in the coming months, picking up another injury a week ago and facing an absence that will stretch well into the new year.

Alexander Isak is a striker of elite distinction, but Newcastle might be wise to invest in fresh talent up top, should they be serious about reclaiming a place among Europe’s elite.

Newcastle need a new forward

With Isak in fine fettle, Newcastle have a talisman to push them toward achieving their lofty ambitions, but Wilson is out of contract at the end of the season and whether he will earn more than a smattering of minutes is open to question.

Callum Wilson – Newcastle Stats by Season (PL)

Season

Apps (starts)

Goals

Assists

2024/25

3 (0)

0

0

2023/24

20 (9)

9

1

2022/23

31 (21)

18

5

2021/22

18 (16)

8

0

2020/21

26 (23)

12

5

Stats via Transfermarkt

William Osula’s involvement has been negligible since he joined from Sheffield United for £15m in the summer, and thus Howe needs to find a player who can serve as Isak’s foil while complementing him too.

Well, according to journalist Ben Jacobs last week, Richarlison is on St. James’ Park’s radar and is warming to the idea of leaving Tottenham Hotspur, with his Premier League career stuttering in north London.

Tottenham signed the Brazil forward from Everton for about £60m in 2022 and would be looking to recoup a figure in that ballpark, though the Magpies wouldn’t stretch beyond the £45m mark.

What Richarlison would bring to Newcastle

Admittedly, Richarlison isn’t exactly free from injury issues himself, having only played seven matches in all competitions this term due to recurring muscular problems.

However, aged 27, Richarlison still has several promising years ahead of him, with his relentless running and thorniness across a range of tactical roles leading Ange Postecoglou to hail him as a “constant nuisance for defenders.”

As per FBref, Richarlison ranks among the top 6% of forwards across Europe’s top five leagues over the past year for goals scored, the top 25% for assists and the top 7% for touches in the attacking penalty area per 90.

Last season, though curtailed by injury during the business end, Richarlison was a menace after finding his feet and putting a miserable debut term behind him, scoring nine goals over eight Premier League games across the winter period.

His clinical edge has seen FBref record Newcastle’s Isak as a comparable player, with the pair both athletic and mobile with prolific qualities in the final third.

Isak, of course, is able to sustain this over prolonged spells, but this would be a surefire way to replace Wilson with someone younger who could equally maintain the tactical flow of Howe’s set-up.

With six goals and three assists from eight top-flight fixtures, it’s clear that the Sweden international has something that cannot be emulated by any existing Toon member.

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With Richarlison, perhaps, that quality can be mimicked, serving as the perfect cog to propel United right back to the top of the league with strength in depth.

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New Zealand coach pleased with Kyle Jamieson prioritising Tests by not putting his name in IPL auction this year

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New Zealand coach Gary Stead is confident that Kane Williamson will be able to withstand the rigours of Test cricket when he returns from a long-standing elbow problem against England next month.”Absolutely, yep,” Stead said when asked if Williamson would be ready for the start of the series. “He’s going really well. Been talking to him regularly the last week or so and he has no issues at all, training almost completely unrestricted now.”Still just being careful around the overloading side of it so if that means he has a really big day batting just making sure he’s not doing too much the next day. It will be an ongoing thing probably for the rest of his career that we will need to keep managing.”Related

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Williamson has missed New Zealand’s last five Tests, and sat out the entire home season due to the tendon injury in his left arm. His recovery was very carefully managed by the NZC medical team, which included being limited to 20-minute batting sessions. He has now returned to the action in the IPL with Sunrisers Hyderabad – where he is averaging just 24.37 at a strike-rate of 99.48 – and as soon as his participation there is finished, will be heading to England for the three-match series.One remaining unknown for Williamson – and the other New Zealand Test players at the IPL – is how long they will have to prepare for the first Test once they reach England. They will certainly miss the two warm-up matches In late May, and if any are involved in the final on May 29, they would likely arrive just three days before the Lord’s Test on June 2, although it is a balancing act New Zealand have been through before.”That may cause us some discussions if we have a number of players who are in [the final] but we’ll cross that bridge when we get there,” Stead said.One key player who will benefit from the full warm-up period in England is fast bowlerKyle Jamieson as he opted not to put his name forward for this year’s IPL auction after bagging a US$ 2 million deal with Royal Challengers Bangalore in 2021.”Think it’s a very brave move for someone of Kyle’s age to make,” Stead said. “He’s had some experiences there and worked out what he needs as a cricketer. He wants to play all forms for New Zealand if he can, but Test cricket being the pinnacle for him is really important to him.”He identified that, we had some conversations, and I think to not put his name in the hat was something not many cricketers would do. But I congratulate him on looking after what he thinks he needs to play Test cricket.”New Zealand, who beat England 1-0 last year ahead of the winning the World Test Championship final, will be facing a side going through upheaval in the format, and now under new captain Ben Stokes.Stead, who was Canterbury coach when Stokes made a brief appearance for them in 2017 during his ban from international cricket, is hopeful his team can make life tough as soon as the series gets underway.”I imagine there will be an immediate steel to their group,” Stead said. “Think the abrasive way he plays will probably have a rub-off to the group as well. Part of what we will be trying to do is making things very, very hard for Ben Stokes as immediately as we can. And if we can do that then hopefully that might nullify the strength of the English.”But they are still a quality team. You look through the list, there’s world-class players throughout the team so it’s certainly not that we are going over there expecting just to roll them over.”