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O Palmeiras oficializou o primeiro reforço para 2017. Nesta segunda-feira, o clube anunciou a chegada de Raphael Veiga, meia que jogou no Coritiba. O atleta de 21 anos de idade assinou até o dia 25 de dezembro de 2021 e se apresentou na Academia de Futebol dizendo que realiza um sonho, já que era torcedor do Verdão na infância.

– Eu venho de uma família praticamente inteira palmeirense e foi meu avô, que era muito palmeirense, que começou com tudo isso. Ele passou pro meu pai, que passou para mim e para o meu irmão. Desde pequeno, esse sonho foi aumentando, até que comecei a jogar bola e sempre tive em mente vestir a camisa do Palmeiras – disse o jogador, ao site oficial do clube.

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‘Por causa da posição, gosto do Alex, mas, quando eu era menor, até tentei ser goleiro por causa do Marcão, mas não consegui. Ainda bem que não deu certo no gol (risos)’, brincou o reforço

-Serão duas emoções jogar no Allianz Parque: a primeira de torcedor, e depois a de jogador. Acho que serei um jogador torcedor dentro de campo – reforçou.

O Verdão comprou 65% dos direitos econômicos do atleta, e por isso pagou R$ 4,5 milhões. Em 19 jogos pelo Coxa no Brasileiro, Raphael fez três gols e deu três assistências. Ele agora se junta ao atual campeão nacional.

– Eu estou realizando um sonho. Estou bastante contente com tudo isso que está acontecendo na minha vida. Fico muito feliz por chegar ao Palmeiras e ainda mais nesta fase. Estou chegando para ajudar. Acredito que 2017 vai ser um ano muito importante e eu, assim como todos os outros, quero fazer parte – completou.

Além de Raphael Veiga, Keno já está em São Paulo para acertar os últimos detalhes do seu contrato de quatro temporadas. Além deles, Hyoran, da Chapecoense, também está acertado.

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Leicester City’s top four chances took a huge blow on Friday night with a 4-2 humbling at the hands of Newcastle United.

Despite having been widely fancied to claim all three points and bolster their bid for a Champions League place, the Foxes turned in a horrendous defensive showing in falling to defeat to the Magpies.

Goals from Joe Willock and Paul Dummett put Newcastle in charge before a brace from Callum Wilson extended the visitors’ advantage. Marc Albrighton and Kelechi Iheanacho managed to reduce the deficit for Brendan Rodgers’ men late on but the damage had already been done.

One of the main culprits for Leicester’s awful defensive showing was Turkish centre-back Caglar Soyuncu.

Starting alongside Wesley Fofana and Timothy Castagne, the 24-year-old was utterly disastrous throughout the game. His match started off horrendously as he almost conceded a penalty by tripping Wilson on the edge of the box in the first few minutes.

It then got even worse in the most harmful way as he attempted a turn in defence, only to be robbed by Willock, who then went on to score past Kasper Schmeichel.

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Soyuncu’s game did not improve, either. Of the seven duels he attempted, he only won one according to SofaScore – a shocking rate considering he was effectively the senior centre-back in the Leicester defence.

Within that, he was extremely rash, conceding three fouls during the game – a number which was not worsened by any player on the pitch.

It was not just in his defensive work that Soyuncu was shocking. He was also routinely guilty of wasting the ball, having lost possession on 12 occasions – only two of his team-mates were more careless on the ball.

Considering that the former Freiburg man is rated at £36m by Transfermarkt, his performance against Newcastle was certainly not befitting of that valuation.

AND in more news, Brendan Rodgers is set to stay at Leicester according to Brian Deane…

Daniel Farke’s Norwich City side are considering a move for Celtic’s Ryan Christie in the summer transfer window.

What’s the talk?

That’s according to a report by the Daily Mail (via the Daily Record), who claim that Celtic are eager to sell the 26-year-old this summer, as the attacking midfielder’s contract, rather strangely, expires in January of 2022 – meaning that the winger is free to talk to potential new suitors ahead of a what could be a free transfer in next season’s winter market.

It is then claimed that as a result of Celtic’s urgent desire to sell, both Norwich and Burnley are keen on a move for the £8.1 million-rated Scotland international.

Webber must move

Despite the fact that Celtic have endured something of a season to forget this term, Christie has remained one of the brighter sparks coming out of Parkhead.

Over the 26-year-old’s 32 appearances in the Scottish Premiership, he has scored five goals and registered eight assists, as well as taking an average of 2.7 shots and making an average of two key passes per game, culminating in an average SofaScore match rating of 7.28 – ranking him as the Bhoys’ third-best performer in the Scottish top flight.

Alongside these impressive performances, the £12,000-per-week star’s versatility is also a major plus point to his game, with the Scot being able to comfortably operate from the centre of midfield, attacking midfield, either the left or right-wing and as a centre-forward.

This is something that is likely to appeal to Farke, as the Norwich boss currently only has Kieran Dowell and Marco Stiepermann as options for the number 10 role in his side, with Christie – whom Alex McLeish claimed is “on a different level” to his fellow Celtic players – appearing to be an upgrade on both players, as they each struggled for goals and assists in the Championship this season.

As such, it would be highly advisable for Stuart Webber to start negotiations with Celtic as soon as possible regarding a move for Christie, or else the Canaries could end up missing out on the midfielder to Sean Dyche’s Burnley side, who could well be a direct rival of Norwich around the Premier League relegation zone next season.

In other news: Forget Hanley: Webber must launch NCFC bid for £2.4k-p/w ace dubbed “one of the best” – opinion

In an exclusive interview with Football FanCast, Steve Bull, who is a Wolves Hall of Famer, has claimed that Oli McBurnie is frustrated at Sheffield United but can’t see his former club signing the 24-year old this summer.

Wolves have been linked with a £15 million move for the striker, who became Sheffield United’s record signing when he joined for £20 million from Swansea City in 2019.

McBurnie has found chances and goals difficult to come across this season, as have all of the Blades strikers, but the Scotland international has just one goal to his name in the Premier League this season.

Speaking on if he could see McBurnie making the move to Molineux and why he might want to leave Sheffield United at the end of this season, Bull told FFC:

“I can’t see that happening to be fair but I think Oli McBurnie is frustrated at Sheffield United so he might want to get away but I can’t see it myself.

“I think Wolves will be looking more towards a Portuguese striker with Mendes’ links, but I’ve said before that we do need somebody who has done it in the Premier League.”

Sheffield United are currently bottom of the league for both points and goals scored with their top scorer, David McGoldrick having scored just six times in the league.

Wolves have not performed much better in the final third since Raul Jimenez got injured in November as Pedro Neto and Ruben Neves are their joint top scorers with five goals.

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Herói do Botafogo na noite de ontem, Sassá saiu do banco de reservas para sofrer e converter o pênalti salvador. Para quem era tão importante há tão pouco tempo, pode parecer estranho não começar jogando, mas o próprio atacante entende e concorda com a opção do técnico Jair Ventura.

– Ele conversou comigo. Eu ainda não estou 100% fisicamente, sinto um desconforto. Mas não quero ficar fora. Quero estar junto com a equipe. Fui feliz mais uma vez e contribuí para a vitória – comemora artilheiro que, com 11 gols, se juntou a Robinho, do Atlético-MG, e Gabriel Jesus, do Palmeiras, na briga pelo título de maior goleador do Campeonato Brasileiro.

Sassá já havia ficado no banco na partida anterior, contra o Figueirense, quando já se esperava que ele começasse jogando. A lesão foi na coxa direita e Jair Ventura ainda prega cautela quanto à utilização do atleta.

– Temos que ir com calma. Queremos pensar o Sassá para todo o campeonato – explicou o técnico.

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In an exclusive interview with Football FanCast, Rob Lee, who is a Newcastle United Hall of Famer, asked for the Magpies’ Head of recruitment, Steve Nickson, to come out and admit he got it wrong over bringing Joelinton to the club and paying £40 million for him.

Newcastle smashed their record transfer fee before the 2019/20 season as they splashed out £40 million for Joelinton who was playing for Hoffenheim at the time and finished the season with seven goals and seven assists, his best-ever return.

Joelinton is now into his second season on Tyneside and it is still unclear what his best position is having been played as a striker and a winger on both flanks with little effect, which has raised multiple questions over who brought him to the club, with reports suggesting the deal was agreed five months prior to the Brazillian signing.

Speaking on who he wants to come out and take the blame for the Joelinton signing and how the club doomed him from the beginning, Lee told FFC:

“First of all, I want to know who spent £40 million on Joelinton. If it was Steve Nickson, then come out and hold your hands up and say ‘yeah, I sanctioned and put forward that deal’, but I’m sure he won’t.

“Secondly, the club should have made it clear from the beginning that he’s not a centre forward and they could’ve done that by not giving him the number nine shirt.

“The minute he was given the number nine shirt he’s a centre forward. He’s the club’s most expensive signing and with him being a forward player as well as the number nine, people instantly expect him to score 20-25 goals a season.”

Joelinton has been an ever-present under Steve Bruce, despite his poor form and decision making in the final third.

Since arriving at Newcastle, he has managed just seven goals and seven assists in 72 games – that output was the same as what he got in his final season with Hoffenheim.

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Um dos maiores ídolos da história do Corinthians, o ex-meia e hoje comentarista Neto completou 50 anos na última semana. Para comemorar a data, listamos 15 fatos sobre a fera e colocamos na galeria acima, com 15 fotos. Veja!

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Birmingham take on Watford at Vicarage Road in the Championship on Saturday as they look to build momentum from their win in midweek.

Bowyer’s side came away with all three points when they beat Reading 2-1 on Wednesday. This was their first game with Lee Bowyer in charge after Aitor Karanka was sacked last week.

Lukas Jutkiewicz netted his 50th goal for the club in the fourth minute before Harlee Dean scored the winner with 20 minutes left to go. They are now six points and one place above the relegation zone.

It seems as if Bowyer will keep a similar starting XI going into this fixture, with a couple of additional changes to maintain their improving run of form. There are no known injury concerns for the Blues at the moment, which leaves lots of options for the manger.

Here’s how Football FanCast expects Bowyer to line his side up against Watford, with two changes from the team which started against Reading in midweek…

Mathew Etheridge unsurprisingly starts in goal, and his saves could prove costly against a dangerous Watford side who have scored the fourth-highest amount of goals in the Championship this season.

The backline remains the same, with Harlee Dean and Marc Roberts starting to create a formidable partnership in central defence. Kristian Pedersen and Maxime Colin both look set to retain their places as full-backs after also impressing on Wednesday.

The £4.05m-rated Ivan Sunjic could return to their midfield after missing out on their win in midweek, but Rekeem Harper should keep his place in the starting lineup after a superb display against Reading.

Jeremie Bela continues on the left and has scored three goals and set up six so far this season. Ivan Sanchez Aguayo could come in on the right-hand side of midfield if Lee Bowyer chooses to stick with a 4-2-2 formation. Aguayo has also impressed this season, setting up two goals.

Scott Hogan and Jutkiewicz should both lead the line again for Birmingham. Hogan is their top scorer this season with six goals and Jutkiewicz netted in Bowyer’s first game in charge.

Tottenham Hotspur veteran Moussa Sissoko was perhaps the one negative from Wednesday night’s emphatic Europa League victory over Wolfsberger AC.

But tht merely continues a worrying trend that should see the 31-year-old moved on in the summer.

He’s gone from a regular under Jose Mourinho to a mere bit-part player and certainly looks like a shadow of his former self.

Both Victor Wanyama, 28, and Mousa Dembele, 31, were sold by Spurs when the writing was on the wall, so Daniel Levy and co could repeat that feat here with Sissoko.

On the Chalkboard

The £16m-rated Frenchman had started 11 games in a row in the Premier League for Spurs between October and December this season but now finds himself down the pecking order, having only started two of their last seven outings, via Transfermarkt.

Therefore, it was on Sissoko to deliver when given an opportunity, just like on Wednesday night when Mourinho started him alongside Harry Winks, though in return, the bustling midfielder showed that he was terribly out of form as he graded as Spurs’ worst player (6.6) as per SofaScore ratings.

Usually, the former Newcastle man is solid defensively and very active in terms of work-rate, managing an average of 1.2 tackles on the season but against the Austrian minnows, he failed to manage a single tackle and was instead dribbled past once by the poorer quality team.

Sissoko was also weak and lightweight, winning only two of five duels in the 81 minutes he was on the pitch – this was the worst of any Spurs midfielder who started the match, whilst substitute Marcel Lavinier – a 20-year-old debutant at right-back – won double the number of battles in only 16 minutes of action, via SofaScore.

Though, his disappointing display in what was a routine win for Spurs was merely a microcosm for his overall form for the club – it’s trending downwards, and at 31, he really should have no long-term future at the club especially amid links to RB Leipzig livewire Marcel Sabitzer, and the emergence of Oliver Skipp.

In terms of Europa League starters, Sissoko ranks worst for average WhoScored rating in the whole squad (6.35) – only the young academy hopefuls that have received minutes from the bench have been graded worse.

Similarly, in the Premier League, the French midfielder sits 14th overall (6.59), which is second-bottom for those that have started 12 or more matches – clearly, this shows that Sissoko is regressing at a worrying rate and thus, should be sold in the summer.

This is reinforced by the fact that he is down on his numbers from the 2019/20 campaign, where he averaged a rating of 6.79 in the English top-flight, and managed more tackles (1.3), more dribbles (1.4) and more key passes (0.6) per appearance, via WhoScored.

Sissoko is also among the high earners at the club, raking in a reported £90k-per-week at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium, which is better earnings than Sergio Reguilon (£80k-p/w), Pierre-Emile Hojbjerg (£65k-p/w), and even Toby Alderweireld (£85k-p/w).

The long-serving Spurs passenger must be axed from the starting XI going forward and when the transfer window reopens, the north London outfit must do all they can to make some money on him.

All in all, he’s simply no longer good enough.

AND in other news, Matt Doherty silences his harshest Spurs critics vs Wolfsberger

Tottenham Hotspur have been linked with a move for a Serie A winger this week…

What’s the word?

According to Club Doria, Spurs boss Jose Mourinho is keen on signing Sampdoria sensation Mikkel Damsgaard with the north London outfit expected to bid ‘at any moment.’

It comes after mooted interest from Premier League rivals West Ham United, who are said to have held a meeting with the 20-year-old attacker.

There are also claims that his impressive performances this season has attracted Italian giants Inter Milan and Juventus.

Earlier in the month, it was reported by Gazzetta dello Sport that his value had tripled to around €20m (£18m).

Another Bergwijn?

Indeed, the young Dane has been one of the Claudio Rainieri’s star performers since his 50m kroner (£4.5m) move from FC Nordsjælland in the summer as he ranks fifth for average rating (6.78) of any player to start at least ten times.

Damsgaard has contributed two goals and three assists in 18 appearances, per WhoScored.

Whilst no other player in the I Blucerchiati squad is averaging more than his three dribbles per 90 minutes. He successfully pulls these off at a rate of 62.5%, which means more often than not, he beats his man.

Another interesting attribute of the industrious wide man is his defensive and off-the-ball capabilities, which may well point towards why Mourinho may be so keen to sign him.

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He’s averaged the sixth-most tackles in this Sampdoria team, managing 2.4 per game, making him quite a hard man to bypass on the flank. A tackle success-rate of just over 50% highlights the sort of graft he’s able to put in to deny the opposition, via WhoScored.

We’ve seen this sort of player over in north London already with Steven Bergwijn. Whilst his goal returns have been poor – contributing only two assists in the Premier League all season – he offers Mourinho a lot defensively.

For example, no other Spurs winger is averaging more than the Dutchman’s 0.8 tackles per game, whilst his seasonal heat map shows he’s having more of an influence in his own half, meaning he’s tracking back and helping whoever is starting between Serge Aurier or Matt Doherty.

It is why the former PSV star regularly starts (eight times) over Lucas Moura (four starts) and Gareth Bale (one start) in the Premier League.

As seen above, via SofaScore, one of Bergwijn’s most intense positions is just before the halfway line.

As a further example, the following is his heatmap against Arsenal – he failed to score or assist, but was imperious towards them keeping a clean sheet as he was almost acting as a wing-back.

Indeed, SofaScore graded him an abysmal 6.4 but you bet Mourinho was still happy with his display as he managed two tackles, two clearances and one successful dribble – all similar characteristics to Damsgaard.

The versatile Sampdoria winger has also caught the eye of former Spurs midfielder Christian Eriksen – he told TV2 Sport earlier in the campaign:

“We talked together after the match. He praised me for the situation around my assist. He is a really nice person and really sweet to talk to. It was just nice that he wanted to talk to me after the match.”

That day, Damsgaard ghosted past two Inter Milan defenders before slotting Keita Balde’s second-half winner and again proved he could contribute at either end of the pitch as he won five duels and made one clearance, per SofaScore.

It’s no wonder that PL-winning boss Rainieri tipped him to have a “big future.”

As we’ve seen with Pierre-Emile Hojbjerg and Bergwijn, Mourinho loves a relentless workhorse and the Danish starlet would bring that as well as an extra creative influence in the attack, as evident throughout this piece.

For just £18m, Daniel Levy could well secure Spurs another Bergwijn-like beast.

AND in other news, £27m-rated passenger who made ONLY eight passes badly let Mourinho down on Monday…