Aston Villa boss Unai Emery looks to be plotting his next move in the transfer market after reportedly already submitting an offer for a talented midfielder, according to reports.
Are Aston Villa in the title race?
In a surprising claim, speaking to Premier League Productions via Birmingham Live, pundit Michael Owen has claimed that Aston Villa are in the conversation regarding the English top-flight title race.
Owen stated to the outlet: "Spurs have been one of the stories of the season so far. I love the way they play. It has given everybody, Liverpool, Spurs, Aston Villa are up there now as well, it has given everybody a little bit of lift to say 'okay, this could be a little open now. Newcastle United are another team."
He then added: "So, it’s open. The Premier League is open after results like that. But it’s a marathon, not a sprint, as we know. Manchester City always get better and better throughout the season. But, at the moment, it’s looking really open."
In a recent Aston Villa transfer update, it has been reported that the Villans are keen to bring in Sevilla left-back Marcos Acuna in January after nearly landing the Argentina international in the summer. It is believed that Sevilla would be open to selling Acuna for the right price; nevertheless, no fee has been specified as a potential benchmark to enact any deal.
Aston Villa are currently on international duty and will return to competitive action at home against West Ham United on the 22nd of October, which will present a chance for the Villans to continue their bright start to the campaign and build on their current position of fifth in the Premier League table.
Aston Villa summer signings
Fee
Pau Torres (Villarreal)
£33m
Moussa Diaby (Bayer Leverkusen)
Undisclosed
Youri Tielemans (Leicester City)
Free
Rico Richards (West Bromwich Albion)
Free
Nicolo Zaniolo (Galatasaray)
Loan
Clement Lenglet (Barcelona)
Loan
All fees according to Sky Sports
Aston Villa transfer news – Dani Ceballos
According to one Aston Villa transfer update from Spain, Real Madrid midfielder Dani Ceballos is a target for the Villans and they have reportedly even received an offer for his services from the Premier League outfit.
The report states that Aston Villa would be willing to pay up to €30 million (£25.8 million) for the Spain international, who has seen his playing time at the Santiago Bernabeu significantly diminish since he renewed his contract at the Spanish giants in the summer.
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Over the course of his time in Madrid, Ceballos has managed to conjure up 124 appearances in all competitions, registering six goals and 12 assists and has two Champions League crowns and one La Liga triumph to his name (Ceballos' statistics – Transfermarkt).
Once labelled "untouchable" by Carlo Ancelotti, Ceballos has excelled in comparison to his positional peers across Europe's top five divisions in the art of successful take-ons, averaging around 2.44 per 90 minutes in the last 365 days, according to FBRef.
Possessing previous experience of English football from his loan spell at Arsenal, where he worked under Aston Villa boss Emery, Ceballos could add some composure and familiarity in the engine room for his former boss at Villa Park.
Imran Tahir, playing for his seventh county at the age of 39, took four wickets in a T20 match in England for the first time
ECB Reporters Network06-Jul-2018 ScorecardThe irrepressible Imran Tahir turned the match on its head as Durham Jets claimed their first win of the Vitality T20 Blast season and Leicestershire Foxes suffered a first defeat.The Pakistan-born South African leg spinner, playing for his seventh county at the age of 39, took four wickets for 14 in his four overs, his best figures in England and the sixth time in his T20 career he has taken four wickets or more.He was the main architect of a Leicestershire collapse from 83 for 2 in the 12th over to be 120 all out in 18.3 overs, the turning point in the chase occurring when Tahir had Neil Dexter stumped at the second attempt by Stuart Poynter and bowled Colin Ackerman within the space of four deliveries.Having hung on to a stinging return catch earlier to remove Cameron Delport, Tahir claimed his fourth success when Mohammad Nabi hit him straight to long on.Tahir said: “”I always believe I will take wickets. Sometimes I go for a few but you have to gamble to get wickets and if you put people under pressure you will get wickets. This is my seventh county in England but everywhere I go I enjoy my cricket and I meet different people and I always want people to remember my cricket and remember my character.”The Foxes struggled to build any momentum on a very humid evening. They were 33 without loss after the Powerplay overs but neither Delport nor Dexter were timing their shots particularly well and quickly fell behind the required run rate.After slipping from 83 for 2 to 86 for 5 in the space of nine deliveries they were facing an uphill struggle and their attempts to up the scoring rate simply cost them more wickets as big hits found the fielders, James Weighell and Nathan Rimmington each picking up a couple of cheap wickets. Dexter top scored with 35.Download our T20 Blast Podcast
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Durham were 48 for 1 after the Powerplay overs, their return swelled by a 17-run over by the left-arm spinner Callum Parkinson, whose first three deliveries went for four-four-six off the bat of the visiting captain, Tom Latham. The only other maximum of the first six overs came from Paul Collingwood, who drove his first ball back over the head of Ben Raine and almost into the radio boxes on the top level of the Grace Road pavilion.Collingwood and Latham added 30 in 15 balls but Latham gave his wicket away somewhat by smacking a wide full toss from Zak Chappell straight to the fielder at backward point.Durham needed Collingwood to score heavily with Ben Stokes, who made an unbeaten 90 in a losing cause as he returned from injury in his side’s opening fixture against Yorkshire, not available this time.The 42-year-old former England man used all his experience with some nicely improvised shots but fell for 36, run out by a direct hit by wicketkeeper Lewis Hill as he tried to steal a run as Mohammad Abbas appealed for leg before.Abbas, the Pakistan pace man, was easily the pick of the Foxes attack, delivering a tantalising mix of yorkers and slower balls to concede only 15 runs in his four overs, just six of them at the death. He surrendered only one boundary and bowled 14 dot balls and deserved more than just the wicket of Weighell, whom he yorked with his next ball after Collingwood’s dismissal.Chappell took two wickets in five balls to reduce Durham to 62-4 in the ninth over, bowling Ryan Pringle with the help of the bottom edge of the bat and beating Will Smith’s head-back swing across the line.But Ryan Davies hit 22 off 14 balls on his Durham debut before becoming Afghanistan off-spinner Mohammad Nabi’s first victim as a Leicestershire bowler, and Poynter’s unbeaten 29 off 26 balls ensured Durham’s bowlers had something to defend.
Ominous, brooding clouds were hanging over Tottenham Hotspur's Stadium earlier this year, with a miserable 2022/23 campaign failing to yield European qualification, leaving the outfit looking set for a future drenched in misery.
As a bitter by-product of Spurs' failures, talisman and star man Harry Kane pushed for a transfer to German champions Bayern Munich, completing a £100m move to Bavaria and leaving behind the club's record goalscorer and a "legend of the game", according to Statman Dave.
But with Ange Postecoglou's managerial appointment, Tottenham have been systematically revitalised and now look poised for an exciting challenge for top four, perhaps even in with an outside shot at the Premier League title.
Why are Tottenham playing so well this season?
Postecoglou's mounting revolution is soaked in a sort of intuitive understanding of the flow that the Australian manager strives to implement; like a river, he aims for a sense of constancy in the cascade – in Spurs' case, the attacking moves – but also a power in which opposition find wading upstream a taxing task indeed.
And this stream of freshly delivered philosophy is only going to strengthen and grow as the months rage on, with the players nurturing their understanding of collective and individual assignments in a squad steeped in fluidity and dynamism.
The newfound attacking impetus is evidenced through the recharged energy levels, with Tottenham currently taking more shots than any other side in the league (138); last season, they finished seventh in the shot-taking table (518).
To think that, already, 26% of last season's total have been taken before even a fifth of the season is promising indeed, illustrating the promising positions Postecoglou's side are drifting into with a regularity that only breeds offensive fruits.
It's not just the strength in attack that is reaping rewards for the club thus far, though, with the fluidity in transition and dynamism injected into the structural progressions proving invaluable.
James Maddison was signed from Leicester City for £40m and his all-conquering creativity in the centre has allowed the likes of Heung-min Son to wreak devastation in the final third, with the England international already chalking up two goals and four assists in the Premier League.
Kane might have departed but Son – the new club captain – has been reborn in a centre-forward role and has scored six times from his last four outings in the league, all serving as the focal frontman.
Frankly, the different components have dovetailed seamlessly under Postecoglou's sage stewardship, and now there is a crystallising possibility that the Lilywhites could be involved in a title race this term.
It's early days, of course, but based on the evidence so far, they have found the formula best served to fuel their squad's fire, and do not look out of place at all in this new, free-flowing system.
Succinctly, it's all going rather swimmingly. The likes of Maddison and Yves Bissouma are thriving, Son's prowess has been restored and a defence that leaked goals like a faulty tap last year has been fixed (albeit still needing further improvement).
However, there are still a few members of the squad who have not quite cemented an unwavering starting berth, and Dejan Kulusevski is one who will need to ramp up his game if he is to continue to earn his place despite already matching his Premier League goal tally from last season.
Is Dejan Kulusevski playing well?
Kulusevski was signed in the summer from Juventus on a reduced £25m transfer after joining on an 18-month loan in January 2022, and has now scored nine goals and supplied 16 assists from 65 appearances across all competitions.
He burst onto the scene with quite the impact, posting five goals and eight assists from just 14 starts in his first Premier League term, earning praise for his energy as a "non-stop machine" by one journalist.
However, last season the Swede saw his progress hampered by thigh problems that ruled him out for ten matches, and he consequently only scored twice in the Premier League all season – a tally that he has indeed already equalled this term – and had pundit Glenn Murray remarking that he was "blowing hot and cold."
Indeed, the 23-year-old has netted in victories over Bournemouth and Sheffield United this term after starting all seven of the Lilywhites' top-flight encounters, but his overall displays have not been conducive to an unwavering position down the offensive right channel.
Against Liverpool, Spurs secured victory to rise to second in the table but only clinched three points against the resolute Reds after Joel Matip's attempted clearance rifled into Alisson's net in the dying embers.
A win's a win and it was a most emphatic one at that, but as The Evening Standard's Dan Kilpatrick wrote in his post-match ratings, handing Kulusevski a 6/10: 'Saw plenty of the ball and gave Robertson a tough evening but was too predictable at times and could not turn possession into many chances.'
Having spent over a quarter of the match with a two-man advantage, he surely should have done more with his 68 touches, making five key passes but only chalking up 0.15 in xA (expected assists), also taking just two blocked shots.
While he has not been poor at all, Kulusevski is yet to be benched this term and has probably not produced the level of importance to put him on the same pedestal as the likes of Son and Maddison, and with a long season still ahead, it might be wise to hand Manor Solomon a shot at impressing in his less-used position on the right wing.
Should Tottenham start Manor Solomon?
Solomon is primarily a left-winger but he has been deployed on the right sporadically this term, and Postecoglou might be inclined to shuffle the pack somewhat and provide the Israel international with a starting berth in Kulusevski's stead on the right flank against Luton Town next Saturday, in a match that Spurs will be confident of winning.
Solomon was signed on a free transfer after leaving Shakhtar Donetsk in the summer after impressing on loan with Fulham last season, scoring in four successive Premier League matches in February and March and being lauded for his “stunning” efforts by journalist Josh Bunting.
This season, the versatile winger has only started twice in the Premier League but earned two assists on his first start in a 5-2 dismantling of Burnley.
Described as a "pocket rocket" by pundit Jamie Redknapp last season, the 37-cap international ranks among the top 2% of attacking midfielders and wingers across Europe's top five leagues over the past year for pass completion, the top 5% for goals scored, the top 2% for successful take-ons and tackles and the top 6% for interceptions per 90, as per FBref.
This level of tenacity and enthusiasm is exactly what Spurs need in their pursuit of silver-laden success this season, and while Kulusevski is a "great talent", as was said by his former teammate Cristiano Ronaldo, Solomon must be utilised too to provide Postecoglou's burgeoning outfit with another reliable dimension.
The £60k-per-week star was impressive in his cameo against Liverpool and fashioned three key passes in just over 21 minutes, taking 31 touches and losing possession only twice.
Crisp and composed, Solomon certainly offers something different, and he must now be unleashed from the start to continue his integration within this thriving Tottenham team.
O Palmeiras encerrou a fase de grupos da Libertadores com a melhor campanha da competição até o momento. Foram seis jogos, com cinco vitórias, um empate e nenhuma derrota. Um total de 17 gols marcados – média de quase três por partida – e somente dois sofridos.
A goleada por 5 a 0 sobre o Tigre, da Argentina, nessa quarta-feira, com gols de Raphael Veiga, Gustavo Gómez, Zé Rafael, Gabriel Veron e Rony, foi o que sacramentou a boa campanha nesta fase. Além disso, fez com que o clube paulista subisse para a 7ª posição entre os times que mais marcaram gols na história da principal competição sul-americana.
Com a goleada sobre os argentinos, o Alviverde chegou a 347 bolas na rede em 190 partidas disputadas em 20 edições. É a maior marca entre todos os brasileiros. O Cruzeiro, com 307, na 11ª colocação geral, é quem mais se aproxima do Palmeiras entre os brasucas.
TIMES COM MAIS GOLS NA HISTÓRIA DA LIBERTADORES
1º – River Plate-ARG – 594 gols em 357 jogos 2º – Peñarol-URU – 555 gols em 369 jogos 3º – Nacional-URU – 549 gols em 391 jogos 4º – Boca Juniors-ARG – 459 gols em 293 jogos 5º – Olimpia-PAR – 440 gols em 310 jogos 6º – Cerro Porteño-PAR – 401 gols em 309 jogos 7º – Palmeiras-BRA – 347 gols em 190 jogos 8º – Bolívar-BOL – 345 gols em 237 jogos 9º – Colo-Colo-CHI – 336 gols em 241 jogos 10º – Universidad Católica-CHI – 335 gols em 221 jogos
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كشفت تقارير صحفية إنجليزية، عن رغبة نادي تشيلسي الإنجليزي في التوقيع مع أحد مهاجمي الدوري الإنجليزي الممتاز خلال فترة الانتقالات الصيفية المقبلة.
ويطمح المدير الفني لفريق تشيلسي، إنزو ماريسكا، إلى تعزيز صفوف فريقه قبل بداية الموسم التحضيري استعداداً لمنافسات الموسم الجديد.
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وذكرت صحيفة “ديلي ميل” البريطانية أن تشيلسي يستهدف التوقيع مع، دومينيك كالفيرت لوين، مهاجم إيفرتون هذا الصيف.
وتابعت الشبكة الإنجليزية أن مهاجم إيفرتون يعد ضمن الخيارات التي يدرسها إنزو ماريسكا مدرب تشيلسي الجديد، بهدف تعزيز خط الهجوم.
وبحسب ما ورد في الصحف الإنجليزية فإن كل من إيفان توني وكالفيرت لوين، يتصدران قائمة تعزيزات تشيلسي الهجومية في الموسم الجديد، وذلك بعد فشل المفاوضات مع فيكتور أوسيمين مهاجم نابولي الإيطالي.
وانضم كالفيرت لوين إلى نادي إيفرتون قادماً من فريق شيفيلد يونايتد في صيف 2017، وسينتهي عقده مع ناديه الحالي في الموسم القادم 2025.
وشارك المهاجم الإنجليزي هذا العام في 38 مباراة مع إيفرتون في جميع المسابقات، حيث ساهم في إحراز 11 هدفاً ما بين الصناعة والتسجيل طوال الموسم.
O Flamengo trabalha nos bastidores para que o jogo diante do Palmeiras, neste domingo, no Allianz Parque e pelo Campeonato Brasileiro, seja adiado. O motivo: o surto de Covid-19, que assolou jogadores, comissão técnica e profissionais do departamento de futebol do clube.Veja a lista completa dos desfalques para o duelo contra o Palmeiras.
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E, após solicitação junto à CBF, alegando prejuízo técnico, inclusive, o LANCE! conversou comRodrigo Dunshee de Abranches, vice-presidente geral e jurídico do Fla, que ainda não está mobilizado por uma ida ao STJD – o que fez o Goiás na estreia do Brasileiro, contra o São Paulo, por exemplo, obtendo êxito nos tribunais, com dez casos do novo coronavírus. O foco na Gávea, hoje, é de esperar a entidade esportiva:
– Preferimos aguardar a posição da CBF antes de pensar em qualquer situação. A CBF sabe que a situação é grave e está piorando rápido. Vamos esperar – disse o dirigente rubro-negro, em contato por telefone.
Mais cedo, o próprio Dunsheefoi ao Twitter afirmar que o Palmeiras “quer levar vantagem, mesmo com risco pessoal”. E pediu uma análise “justa” da Confederação Brasileira de Futebol.
– Não surpreende o Palmeiras ser contra o adiamento. Quer levar vantagem, mesmo com risco pessoal. O que espero é que a CBF analise o tema de forma justa, pensando na saúde de todos e a situação excepcional que foi uma viagem de oito dias com intensidade de contato entre os atletas – postou.
CINCO CASOS EXTERNADOS HOJE
Após os mais recentes exames, o Flamengo constatou mais cinco infectados nesta quarta: Marcos Braz (vice-presidente de futebol), Gabriel Batista, Rodrigo Caio, Renê e Thuler. Ao todo, são 14 casos positivos para Covid-19 entre os que viajaram pelo clube para o Equador – onde a equipe de Domènec Torrent enfrentou Independiente del Valle e Barcelona-EQU, pela Libertadores.
> Confira a tabela do Campeonato Brasileiro
O QUE DIZ A CBF (ATUALMENTE)
Contudo, a tendência é que o jogo deste domingo não seja adiado. O secretário-geral da CBF, Walter Feldman, salientou, nesta quarta-feira, ao programa “Seleção SporTV”, que o fato do Flamengo ter 13 membros de sua delegação infectados com o novo coronavírus não é suficiente para que a partida válida pela décima segunda rodada do Brasileiro seja postergada.
– Do ponto de vista de critério, trabalhamos muito para estabelecer mecanismos e dar continuidade para estabelecer partidas. Ampliamos o número de testes para 40 jogadores por equipe. Vemos como está cada elenco. Avaliamos que o Flamengo tem o número de jogadores suficientes para entrar em campo, escolher o plantel de acordo com a realidade suficiente, assim como outros já tiveram suas partidas canceladas – e, em seguida, foi categórico:
– A decisão oficial será dada em breve. Mas é provável que seja mantida a partida do ponto de vista regulamentar – completou Feldman.
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Victoria spinners Fawad Ahmed and Jon Holland picked up three wickets each as Western Australia were bowled out for 243 having chosen to bat at the MCG. At stumps on the first day, the Bushrangers were 1 for 20 in reply, with Marcus Harris on 17 and set to be joined by a new partner after Travis Dean was bowled for 3 by Jhye Richardson from what became the last ball of the day.Western Australia recovered from early trouble after they fell to 2 for 8 in the fourth over of the match. Opener Jon Wells was brilliantly caught at third slip by Aaron Finch diving to his right off the bowling of Chris Tremain, and discarded Test batsman Hilton Cartwright followed in the next over when he was bowled by Scott Boland for a duck.Mitchell Marsh and Will Bosisto steadied the Warriors with a 65-run partnership before the spin bowlers started to make an impact. Marsh was bowled by Fawad for 43, Marcus Stoinis was caught off Holland’s bowling for 24, and Bosisto was also caught off Fawad for 57 shortly before tea.Wicketkeeper Josh Inglis contributed a valuable 46 before he was lbw to Tremain. Holland finished with 3 for 60 and Fawad picked up 3 for 58. Victoria, who have won the past three Sheffield Shield titles, entered this round in the unfamiliar position of being last on the table, and are searching for their first win of this summer’s tournament.
Manchester United have undergone a major change in their goalkeeping department ahead of the new season. David De Gea has departed United following a 12-year spell, while Andre Onana has been recruited as his replacement.
The former Inter Milan ‘keeper joins the club along with Mason Mount, yet it appears as though Erik ten Hag isn’t finished with his transfer business, especially regarding outgoings.
Is Dean Henderson leaving Manchester United?
Henderson appears to be leaving Old Trafford this summer, with Nottingham Forest keen on signing him for a fee in the region of £20m.
The £100k-per-week Englishman however hasn’t made the move just yet, with injury issues preventing him from securing the switch.
He enjoyed a successful loan spell at Forest last season, and it is perhaps the best time to make the move away from United, having played just 29 matches for the senior side since making his debut in 2020.
He was even dubbed “terrible” by reporter Chris Philpotts previously and Ten Hag will be keen to get his high earnings off the wage bill, while bringing in someone younger as a replacement.
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With this in mind, the Red Devils have shown interest in Turkish ‘keeper Altay Bayindir, and they will be hoping to sign him before the transfer window shuts.
Who is Altay Bayindir?
According to Turkish outlet CNN Turk (via Sport Witness), United have ‘started official attempts’ to bring the player to the Premier League this summer.
The 25-year-old has a low release clause, which currently stands at just €6m (£5m) and this could allow Ten Hag the opportunity to bring in a decent backup option to Onana, while still having plenty of funds to fuel a few more transfers.
The five-cap Turkish international has been at current club Fenerbahce since 2019 and has kept 44 clean sheets across 143 matches, winning the Turkish Cup last season.
Nottingham Forest loanee Dean Henderson.
The shot-stopper conceded 31 goals last term for the Turkish side, the same total as Henderson, yet he played more matches (26 to 18) and he also had higher pass success rate in his own half (92% to 86%), conceded possession less often per game (8.6 to 13.7) and also kept more clean sheets (nine to six), demonstrating that he could be an ideal replacement for Henderson should he leave Manchester.
His impressive pass success rate in his own half could fit in well with Ten Hag’s tactical philosophy, as he likes to build attacks from the back and this will allow him to successful pass the ball accurately to Lisandro Martinez and Raphael Varane.
The 6 foot 5 titan may not be the most exciting signing, yet with a solid number one in Onana, Bayindir would be providing some added competition for the Cameroonian across the whole season.
With a hectic schedule likely due to European commitments, the Turkish international may gain some action in the cup competitions.
With the player still to reach his prime, signing him for a fee of just £5m could turn into an excellent bargain a few years down the line.
Karun Nair’s century delayed the inevitable for India Green as they lost to India Red by 170 runs in the Duleep Trophy opener at Lucknow’s Ekana International Stadium on Sunday.India Green, in pursuit of 474, were bowled out for 303 in the final session on the fourth day, with Karn Sharma, the legspinner, taking six wickets and finishing with his first-ever ten-for. Siddarth Kaul, the fast bowler, had four wickets, including that of top-scorer Nair, also the captain, for 120.Resuming on 98 for 2, India Green lost R Samarth early, after he’d added just 13 to his overnight 46. Ankit Bawne then became the first of Kaul’s four wickets when he was bowled for 17 shortly before the first session ended.Nair, meanwhile, battled on and forged a 49-run stand with Parthiv Patel, before Karn struck again. Parthiv, who became the 48th Indian to go past 10,000 first-class runs in the first innings, was caught by Rahul Singh for 26. At that stage, India Green were reduced to 213 for 5.Nair, who during the course of the day’s play was named captain of the India A team to play two four-day fixtures against New Zealand A, brought up his 10th first-class century, but his dismissal to break a 62-run stand with Mayank Dagar, who made 45, hastened India Green’s exit. Their inability to build on two strong partnerships during the course of the day eventually proved costly.India Red take on the Suresh Raina-led India Blue in the second fixture at Green Park in Kanpur on September 13.
علّق حارس مرمى فريق مانشستر يونايتد، أندريه أونانا، على تأهلهم إلى نهائي كأس الاتحاد الإنجليزي بعد مباراة صعبة ضد كوفنتري سيتي.
وفاز مانشستر يونايتد على كوفنتري سيتي، في إطار منافسات نصف نهائي بطولة الكأس، على ملعب “ويمبلي.
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كان مانشستر يونايتد قد تقدم بثلاثة أهداف دون رد، قبل أن يستقبل 3 أهداف في الثلث الأخير من اللقاء، ويحتكما إلى الأشواط الإضافية.
واستقبلت شباك أونانا هدفًا قاتلًا، ولكن ألغته تقنية الفيديو، ليحتكم الفريقان إلى ركلات الترجيح التي حسمها مانشستر يونايتد بنتيجة 4-2.
وقال أونانا في تصريحات نشرتها شبكة “بي بي سي” العالمية: “إنه شعور مختلط، لقد تأهلنا، ولهذا السبب جئنا إلى هنا”.
وأضاف: “لقد كانت مباراة صعبة في النهاية، كنا مسيطرين ثم استقبلنا 3 أهداف بعد العديد من الأخطاء الفردية، الشيء الأكثر أهمية هو الفوز، علينا أن نتطلع إلى المباريات المقبلة”.
وواصل: “فقدنا السيطرة على المباراة بشكل ما، نحن مانشستر يونايتد، يجب أن نفوز، نشعر بأننا في حالة جيدة، ونشعر بالسعادة لبلوغ النهائي”.
وأردف: “سنعود إلى هنا للفوز (المباراة النهائية في ويمبلي)، أهم شيء هو الفوز، نحن في النهائي، هذا ما يهم”.