تقدم فريق الهلال السعودي، بالهدف الأول، أمام منافسه العين الإماراتي، في المباراة المقامة بينهما حاليًا، ضمن منافسات بطولة دوري أبطال آسيا.
ويلعب الهلال مع العين، في إطار مواجهات الجولة الثالثة من عمر مباريات مرحلة الدوري لبطولة دوري أبطال آسيا في الموسم الحالي 2024-2025.
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وأحرز هدف الهلال الأول أمام العين، الظهير الأيسر البرازيلي، رينان لودي في الدقيقة 26 من عمر الشوط الأول للمباراة.
وجاء هدف لودي من تصويبة صاروخية، من على حدود منطقة الجزاء سكنت مرمى العين، لتعلن التقدم لـ الزعيم الهلالي. هدف الهلال الأول أمام العين في دوري أبطال آسيا
الهلال كان قد حقق الفوز في أول جولتين على الريان القطري 3-1 والشرطة العراقي 5-0، على الترتيب.
بينما فريق العين الإماراتي كان قد تعادل في الجولة الأولي أمام السد القطري 1-1، وخسر أمام الغرافة القطري 4-2 في الجولة الثانية.
O Palmeiras saiu de campo vitorioso diante do Independiente de Valle, no Equador, pelo placar de 1 a 0. Além dos três pontos conquistados fora de casa, o triunfo garantiu a classificação matemática antecipada da equipe para as oitavas de finais da competição continental.
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Titular do Verdão na partida, o zagueiro Renan destacou a importância do confronto, ressaltando a dificuldade de enfrentar o adversário em Quito e comemorando o objetivo alcançado, a classificação. Vale lembrar, que essa foi a primeira derrota do Dell Vale em casa na história da Libertadores, além de garantir o Palmeiras como a maior sequência invicta de um visitante na competição.
– Vitória muito importante para nossa equipe. Sabíamos da importância de garantir a nossa classificação e de enfrentar o time deles fora de casa, mas graças a Deus fizemos um jogo muito bom e conquistamos nosso objetivo.
Jogando a 2800 metros acima do nível do mar, o camisa 3 fez uma partida extremamente sólida durante os 90 minutos que permaneceu em campo. Estatisticamente, o zagueiro somou três cortes, duas interceptações, dois desarmes, um chute travado e 66% de aproveitamento nas divididas.
– Jogar na altitude realmente é muito complicado. Demora um pouco para você se adaptar, mas com o tempo a gente vai ficando mais acostumado. Ficamos bem cansados no fim, porque falta um pouco de ar, mas conseguimos fazer uma grande marcação e não tomar gols. Vitória muito importante – enfatizou o atleta sobre a altitude.
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Cada dia mais consolidado no esquema de três defensores, Renan vem ganhando sequência, e entregando um futebol de qualidade para a equipe. Sobre a boa temporada, o jovem agradeceu a Abel Ferreira e o restante do grupo pela confiança.
– Estou me sentindo muito bem. Tenho melhorado a cada dia e agradeço ao professor Abel Ferreira e a todo elenco pela confiança.
Ainda com mistérios na escalação inicial, o Palmeiras volta a campo na noite desta sexta-feira, diante do Red Bull Bragantino, pelas quartas de finais do Campeonato Paulista. Em confronto único realizado na cidade de Bragança Paulista, o empate leva a classificação para as cobranças de pênaltis.
– Esperamos fazer um grande jogo agora no Campeonato Paulista e conquistar a vaga para a semifinal. Vamos trabalhar para isso – finalizou.
He will continue to captain South Africa and sees it as his responsibility to help with the transition
Firdose Moonda22-Oct-20194:32
India’s consistent pressure made us weak in every Test – du Plessis
Faf du Plessis will continue to captain South Africa despite overseeing one of their worst Test results since readmission – he sees it as his responsibility to ease them through the transition. South Africa last suffered successive innings defeats in Tests in 1935-36, and though they have been whitewashed by Australia twice since 1992, their defeats then were not as stark as they are now. Du Plessis, who has led the side since mid-2016, will not use the results as a reason to jump ship and wants to oversee a process that will enable a new leader to take over in due course.”How I see my journey unfolding with this team is to help with the transition period,” du Plessis said at the press conference after the Ranchi Test. “That’s something we spoke about before that wasn’t necessarily the case before. Graeme Smith was a successful captain for a very long time and then after that, it was like, ‘what now, who is going to captain the side, what’s going to happen?’ This period is to try and make that process a bit smoother, identifying the next leaders, identifying the next captains, working with them, and then when that time is right, that time will be right.”His reference to Smith and his golden generation will only make the India series’ result sting even more. It was under Smith that South Africa last won a Test in India, in 2010 and remained unbeaten in an away Test series for nine years. But earlier this year, South Africa lost a home Test series to Sri Lanka and now they haven’t merely lost in India, they have been outplayed and exposed, something du Plessis puts down to inexperience.”I found the tour really tough,” he said. “We have had a very mature Test team for a while, guys that have played 30, 40 and more Test matches. Now you look in the dressing room and its five, six, seven, eight, ten Tests.”South Africa’s most experienced player on this trip is du Plessis himself, with 61 Test caps, and only five of the 16-man squad had toured India before. Of those, Dean Elgar showed he has made some progress from 2015 by scoring a century, but Temba Bavuma did not. Similarly, in the bowling department Kagiso Rabada, who debuted in that series, showed flashes of brilliance but Vernon Philander, who was injured after one Test on the 2015 tour, didn’t. A combination of the inability to bowl out the opposition even once and a failure to bat big is how du Plessis summed up what went wrong.”When we play in the subcontinent, our style of bowling is not successful. You have to adapt your style to the style that is required. Obviously, someone like Dale Steyn was effective in the subcontinent because he has a similar skill set. He is a skiddy bowler off the pitch, hits the stumps, whereas if you are missing the stumps a lot or bouncing it over the stumps, it’s not as effective here.”Seam bowling is one area; spin they [India] were better than us and from a batting unit, exceptional ruthlessness in the way they put massive scores on the board. That’s one of the reasons why mentally we were so weak towards the end. Obviously, they did bat first every time, which made it easier but they still to put on 500, 500, 600 and the scoreboard pressure, the effect that it has on you mentally as a batting line-up, it takes a lot of energy and it takes a lot of toll. You just feel like there’s no opportunity or no moment in the game when you can hide. Your body is tired, your mind is tired and then you make mistakes.”Mind games have long haunted South Africa, mostly at major tournaments but now even in the longer format and du Plessis believes its an area that needs improvement fast. “Our next journey is to try and make sure we get a lot stronger as a cricketing team mentally. As you can see, a tour like this reveals that there is a lot of mental scars that can happen and then obviously it’s difficult to come out of the hole. We played our best match in the first match and the consistent pressure that was on us made us weaker with every Test match that we played. It tells me we are not mentally strong as a team and that some work is required in that department.”This tour is the first place du Plessis will look at when it comes to identifying who is mentally strong enough to keep playing at this level and who will form the next leadership group. “When you go through extreme hardships like this, in the hardships, you will still find guys that are up for Test cricket.”Like who? Quinton de Kock scored one century, Keshav Maharaj was brave with ball and bat, Senuran Muthusamy showed all-round potential and Zubayr Hamza played one sprightly knock.The same cannot automatically be applied to Bavuma, the man being groomed as du Plessis’ successor. He scored 96 runs in six innings and was moved down the order from No. 4 to 5, swapping places with du Plessis. His numbers suggest he is not ready to take over just yet, but his mindset reveals something else. In a revealing press conference in the second Test, Bavuma spoke frankly about his battle to convert and acknowledged that his best was not good enough at the moment. Like du Plessis, he recognised his responsibility and he knows what’s expected of him. For now, that’s all South Africa can ask for. It will take time before Bavuma is performing at the level required of a captain, or South Africa find someone else who is and no-one can say how much.The next few months will not be easy as South Africa host England at home for four Tests. When the same sequence of fixtures was played four years ago, South Africa lost both series and their captain, Amla. This time, if du Plessis sticks to his word, they are are only at risk of the former.
Glasgow Rangers have had success with player trading in recent seasons as they have brought in young talent and sold them on for profit further down the line.
Nathan Patterson came through the academy before his move to Everton and Joe Aribo arrived from League One Charlton and was eventually sold to Premier League side Southampton.
The best example in recent years, however, has been Calvin Bassey as the versatile defender arrived on a free transfer from Leicester City before being sold to Dutch giants Ajax for a club-record fee in the summer of 2022.
Former Rangers centre-back Calvin Bassey.
Sky Sports reported that it was a deal that could rise to £23m – making it the biggest fee received in Rangers history. Yet, if you adjust for football inflation, it is not the biggest sale the club have ever made, as they raked in a huge fee for Giovanni van Bronckhorst in the 2000s.
How much Rangers paid for Giovanni van Bronckhorst
The Light Blues reportedly splashed out a fee of £5m to sign the versatile midfield star from Dutch side Feyenoord ahead of the 1998/99 campaign.
Van Bronckhorst hit the ground running in Scotland with a fantastic return of eight goals and eight assists in 35 Scottish Premiership matches in his debut season.
Giovanni van Bronckhorst
The terrific Dutchman, who could play at left-back, in holding midfield, or in central midfield, went on to rack up 21 goals and ten assists in 107 appearances for the Glasgow giants in all competitions.
His superb form for Rangers across his three years in Scottish football convinced English and Premier League giants Arsenal to swoop in for his signature in the summer of 2001.
Giovanni van Bronckhorst's transfer value in 2024 money
As per the Totally Money index, the Gunners paid an initial fee of £12.15m at the time to take him to London, which represented more than £7m in actual profit for the Gers, who had paid £5m to Feyenoord to sign him three years earlier.
However, in 2024 money – which Totally Money has adjusted for footballing inflation through the years – it's suggested that fee of £12.15m would now be worth a staggering £27.4m, which is more than £3m more than the deal Ajax agreed with the Light Blues to snap up Bassey in 2022.
This shows that Rangers struck gold with the signing of van Bronckhorst from Feyenoord in 1998 as they went on to make a staggering profit on the left-footed powerhouse, whose move to Arsenal was for a significant fee that would have been a club-record fee in 2024 money.
Giovanni van Bronckhorst's post-Rangers playing career
Left
Joined
Year
Fee
Rangers
Arsenal
2001
£12.15m (£27.4m in 2024 money)
Arsenal
Barcelona
2004
Free
Barcelona
Feyenoord
2007
Free
Feyenoord
Retired
2010
N/A
Via Transfermarkt & Totally Money
As you can see in the table above, the Netherlands international, who – of course – went on to manage at Ibrox, was never sold for more than Rangers raked in for his services as Arsenal and Barcelona both allowed him to leave on a free transfer after three years with each club respectively.
Therefore, the Scottish giants seemingly maximised his value when they decided to sell him in the summer of 2001, which further illustrates how much of a blinder the Light Blues played with his sale.
قدم مدرب فريق ليفربول، آرني سلوت، آخر التحديثات الخاصة بشأن فريقه وذلك قبل مواجهة لايبزيج بمسابقة دوري أبطال أوروبا 2024/25.
ويلاقي ليفربول نظيره لايبزيج ضمن منافسات الجولة الثالثة من مرحلة الدوري، بدوري أبطال أوروبا، غداً الأربعاء، على ملعب “ريد بول أرينا”.
وتمكن ليفربول من تحقيق الفوز في أول مواجهتين بدوري أبطال أوروبا، على ميلان وبولونيا.
بينما خسر لايبزيج أول مباراتين له في دوري أبطال أوروبا، أمام كل من أتلتيكو مدريد ويوفنتوس.
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وفي المؤتمر الصحفي قبل المباراة قال آرني سلوت عن نظام البطولة الجديد: “لقد فهمته جيدًا ولكنني لا أعتقد أنه يمكنك تكوين رأي عادل عنه حتى الآن، أنا معجب به إذا سألتني الآن ولكن هذا لأننا سنلعب 6 مباريات من أصل 6، سنرى ما هو نهاية هذا النظام بعد دور المجموعات”.
وأضاف سلوت: “لا نعرف نتائج الفرق الأخرى، يمكننا أن نختار فرقًا لا نريدها في الدور التالي، لكن يتعين علينا أن نتأهل أولاً، هذه هي صعوبة هذا الشكل من البطولة، ربما تعرف أنك ستواجه الفريق الأول أو الثاني، من الصعب بالنسبة لي أن أقول ذلك الآن، دعونا ننتظر ونرى”.
وأفاد سلوت: “لا أعتقد أبدًا أن خسارة مباراة فكرة جيدة، أينما كنت في الموسم، فأنت تريد دائمًا أفضل نتيجة ممكنة، نواجه فريقًا جيدًا، ويؤدي بشكل جيد في الدوري الألماني”.
وعن المصابين أوضح سلوت: “لم يسافر كونور برادلي وهارفي إليوت وفيديريكو كييزا أيضًا، لذا لدينا بعض المشكلات، لقد تعرض ديوجو لضربة، وسقط على الأرض، أعتقد أنه مصاب بكدمات، لذا سيتعين علينا أن نرى كم من الوقت سيستغرق الأمر لعودته”.
وأكد سلوت: “لا يمكنك أن تطلب المزيد من النتائج ولكن هناك دائمًا مجال للتحسين، لم نتفوق على تشيلسي، لكن الشيء الجيد هو أنه عندما نواجه فريقًا مثل تشيلسي أو مانشستر يونايتد، فإننا نقاتل من أجل كل لحظة يمكن أن تكون حاسمة”.
واختتم سلوت حديثه قائلاً: “نأمل أن نتمكن من لعب مباراة أكبر مثل ميلان أو يونايتد حيث نكون أكثر هيمنة، سخر الكثير من الناس من استثمار تشيلسي كثيرًا ولكن في رأيي لقد فعلوا ذلك بشكل جيد ومثل هذا الفريق القوي، وسوف يكونون أفضل في السنوات القادمة”.
The 18-year-old allrounder has withdrawn from the Australia A squad and will be rested from the Women’s National Cricket League
ESPNcricinfo staff06-Dec-2019
Rachel Trenaman playing for Australia in England•Getty Images
Rachel Trenaman, the Sydney Thunder and New South Wales allrounder who has been named in the Australia A squad to face India A, has taken time away from the game to focus on her mental health.Trenaman, 18, played twice for the Thunder during this season’s WBBL and was part of the Australia A one-day squad for the series that will take place in Brisbane next week.She has now stood down from that series and will be rested from the Women’s National Cricket League which resumes in January.”We’re proud that Rachel was brave enough to speak up, and we’re here for her,” Dominic Thornely, the NSW Breakers head coach, said. “I know the cricket family is right behind her and we wish her the very best.”Sydney Thunder’s acting general manager Chris Botherway said Trenaman had the full support of the Thunder, Cricket NSW and Cricket Australia.”Rachel is a highly thought of young person who has the respect of her team-mates, coaches and support staff at Sydney Thunder and NSW Breakers,” he said. “Player health and well-being will always be our top priority and we will provide Rachel with all the time and support she needs to make a full recovery.”Trenaman is the latest Australian cricketer to step back from the game for mental health reasons this season. Sophie Molineux, the Melbourne Renegades and Australia allrounder, announced last month that she was taking a break which followed the decisions taken by Glenn Maxwell, Will Pucovski and Nic Maddinson.Pucovski and Maddinson returned for Victoria in the last round of Sheffield Shield matches while Maxwell is back in training with Victoria.
Contratação de maior expectativa na temporada, Douglas Costa foi apresentado em caráter oficial na tarde dessa quarta-feira (26) no formato tradicional de entrevista coletiva onde também estavam presentes o presidente Romildo Bolzan e o vice, Marcos Herrmann.
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Como esperado, logo no início o jogador hoje com 30 anos de idade não poupou palavras para expressar o sentimento de felicidade em poder retornar a equipe que surgiu para o futebol profissional e da qual é torcedor confesso:
– Sensação incrível passar 12 anos fora. Eu sempre carreguei o Grêmio comigo. Volto ao clube que me projetou, que me deu tudo. Poder devolver tudo isso, é o que trabalho no dia a dia. Realizo mais um sonho na minha vida. O Grêmio sempre me quis e eu o Grêmio. Alinhamos tudo isso de uma maneira bem positiva. Muito feliz de estar aqui.
O sentimento de nostalgia chegou, inclusive, a tomar conta do atleta ao falar sobre a diferença de panorama que vive na sua carreira onde, se no princípio havia um forte tom de incerteza, agora a sensação é de muito contentamento por ser encarado como referência aos nomes também formados no Cristal.
– Quando comecei no Grêmio, era tudo sonho. Quando você volta, vê as portas estão escancaradas, faz um filme na cabeça. Todas caminhadas que fiz, pegar ônibus, ir para o Olímpico. Era tudo incerto. Ontem tive o primeiro contato com o pessoal. Tem muitos guris de qualidade, o Jean, Ferreira, Gui, rapaziada que tem um futuro absurdo e promissor. Vi o quanto eles estavam alegres em me verem ali, sair de onde eles saíram, chegar num patamar absurdo. E eles verem agora que é palpável, é um exemplo que está aqui a ser seguido. Um exemplo que somará muito – afirmou.
Questionado sobre o esforço no sentido financeiro para se adequar a realidade do futebol nacional, Douglas preferiu não dar ênfase no tema:
– Não fico mensurando perdas, acredito que aqui vou ganhar muito. Não estou abrindo mão. Estou conseguindo ter a criação dos meus filhos. O resto fica para trás, o que vivi na Europa. Agora é focar no Grêmio e chegar no ápice da minha forma física.
Por fim, Douglas Costa deu também um panorama mais específico de como está o seu condicionamento físico e em qual estágio está o tratamento da sua lesão na região do metatarso. Tratando de antecipar, inclusive, que prefere não estabelecer um prazo específico para estar em condições de estrear.
– Tive uma lesão não muscular, mas uma fissura. Já voltei a treinar no Bayern. Agora é alinhar. Não tem prazo. É quando eu me sentir confortável e o departamento aqui também. Já começamos o treinamento especial para estar dentro de campo – pontuou.
يرى مهاجم الفريق الأول لكرة القدم بنادي ليفربول، كودي جاكبو، أن زميله محمد صلاح ليس الأسرع في الريدز وهناك من يتفوق عليه بالفعل.
وكان محمد صلاح أحد المشهورين بالسرعة الفائقة خلال فترة المدير الفني السابق، يورجن كلوب، وهي ميزة كان يستغلها من أجل تخطي مدافعي الفرق المنافسة.
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وتحدث جاكبو عمن يراه الأسرع في ليفربول خلال حديثه مع قناة “Pro: Direct Soccer” على موقع “يوتيوب”: “روبرتسون سريع ولكنه ليس الأسرع”.
وتابع: “محمد صلاح أيضًا لاعب سريع جدًا، لكنه ليس في مستوى داروين نونيز على الإطلاق”.
وأضاف: “داروين نونيز، هو أسرع لاعب في الفريق بكل تأكيد”.
وكان نونيز قد انتقل إلى ليفربول قبل 3 مواسم قادمًا من بنفيكا مقابل 85 مليون يورو، لكن الأوروجواياني يواجه انتقادات قاسية بسبب افتقاده للمسة الأخيرة في تسجيل الأهداف.
حيث شارك في 105 مباريات مع ليفربول ولكنه لم يسجل سوى 35 هدفًا وصنع 19 آخرين.
It's been a gripping campaign once again under David Moyes' guidance at West Ham United, albeit a year characterised by ups and downs, bleakness and brilliance.
Last year's stuttering season was papered over by the triumphant conquest in the Europa Conference League, which admittedly sculpted a level of success few would have envisaged when Moyes returned to the relegation-threatened club in 2019.
And despite the £105m sale of Declan Rice to Arsenal, West Ham have waded deep into the Europa League, facing Xabi Alonso's indomitable Bayer Leverkusen in the last eight, also battling a host of rivals for a qualifying league spot in next season's European competition.
David Moyes.
Long has Moyes' tactical set-up received criticism for a perceived pragmatic approach, though success speaks for itself and the Scottish gaffer has worked wonders in lifting the Irons to heights unseen in many years.
Defensive solidity and cohesion have been an intrinsic part of Moyes' style throughout his time in east London but West Ham have lost some of that grit this season, with their 54 top-flight conceded the highest tally of any side in the top 12.
Where has it gone wrong? One of the biggest issues that Moyes has had to wrestle with is the sharp fall of Nayef Aguerd, who came third in United's Player of the Season award for 2022/23, behind Rice and Said Benrahma.
Nayef Aguerd's season in numbers
West Ham signed Aguerd from French club Rennes in a £30m package back in 2022 after the Moroccan had made his name with some stellar showings, stemming from a "world-class youth academy", as was said by talent scout Jacek Kulig.
Injuries marred his 2022/23 campaign – Aguerd was sidelined at the start of the campaign with an ankle issue sustained in pre-season – but he impressed with his robust style nonetheless, averaging 4.3 clearances per game in the Premier League and winning 64% of his ground duels, as per Sofascore.
However, he's failed to build on that first-term promise since the summer and was criticised for his error-strewn efforts, with The Athletic's Roshane Thomas noting that "defensive errors are holding him back."
Clearly, this is something that Moyes has noted, with summer signing Konstantinos Mavropanos taking the 28-year-old's place of late, Aguerd starting just one of the past five top-flight matches, with his sole start coming in the calamitous defensive display against Burnley.
While his Premier League performances this season have been punctuated with mistakes and defensive lapses, Aguerd remains a quality defender and this is revealed through his seasonal metrics, completing 80% of his passes, averaging five ball recoveries and 3.9 clearances per game and winning 65% of his ground duels.
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One would assume that strengthening the backline would be a priority position for the Hammers heading into the summer transfer window, and given that Football Insider reported back in February that Aguerd is the most likely member of the rearguard to be shipped on, despite having three years remaining on his current deal.
While captain Kurt Zouma is more likely to retain a place in the West Ham squad, there's no denying that the Frenchman has not enjoyed his finest campaign at the club, with the bosses possibly wise to consider cashing in on the 29-year-old.
Kurt Zouma's season in numbers
Zouma was appointed West Ham captain at the start of the season after leading his teammates to a noteworthy start to the season but he has deteriorated as the term has dragged on, failing to produce the kind of energetic, commanding performances that are certainly within his skill set.
Kurt Zouma: 22/23 vs 23/24 PL Stats
Stat
22/23
23/24
Matches played
25
25
Goals
2
2
Clean sheets
7
3
Pass completion
84%
82%
Tackles per game
0.4
0.6
Interceptions per game
1.2
0.8
Clearances per game
4.7
4.9
Duels won per game
2.9 (68%)
2.8 (54%)
Errors
1
0
Penalties committed
0
1
Stats via Sofascore
In fairness, when Zouma is fit and firing he is undisputably West Ham's best centre-back, described as a “colossus” by his manager in the past, but his efforts have left supporters wanting more, not least because of his promotion to the captaincy earlier in the campaign.
While the one-time Everton loanee ranks among the top 13% of centre-backs across Europe's top five leagues over the past year for goals and the top 8% for clearances per 90, as per FBref, he also ranks among the bottom 18% for pass completion, the bottom 4% for passes attempted and the bottom 5% for progressive passes per 90.
Sure, Moyes' tactical set-up doesn't call for slick-passing defensive performances, but Zouma is certainly not indispensable given West Ham's current defensive level.
Kurt Zouma's market value in 2024
Zouma's declining displays have caused a depreciation, understandably, but it's alarming to see that his market price has actually halved since he joined the club from Chelsea in a £30m transfer back in 2021.
Kurt Zouma for West Ham
Indeed, according to CIES Football Observatory's player valuation model, Zouma is currently worth just £13m, which marks a 57% decrease in less than three campaigns of service at the London Stadium.
It also marks him at a lower valuation than Aguerd, who has lost his place and has been beset with a decline of his own, still valued at £17m.
West Ham: Highest-paid Players
Player
Salary
Lucas Paqueta
£150k-per-week
Kalvin Phillips (Loanee)
£150k-per-week
Kurt Zouma
£125k-per-week
Danny Ings
£125k-per-week
Alphonse Areola
£120k-per-week
Jarrod Bowen
£120k-per-week
Sourced via Capology
Given, moreover, that Zouma is one of the highest-paid players at the club, perhaps it wouldn't be the worst thing to cash in on the player and invest in a freshly-structured defence, with the lucrative outfits over in Saudi Arabia earmarking the titan for transfer earlier in the season.
The one-time Chelsea man was also far from at his best during the 4-3 defeat to Newcastle United on Saturday afternoon, receiving a lowly 4/10 match rating from London World as the Hammers meekly wilted late on.
That showing saw Zouma make just a solitary tackle while also losing the ball on seven occasions, with his woes laid bare by the fact that he recorded a pass accuracy rate of just 76% – grim reading for a central defender.
Time will tell, but it is a bit of a concern that the skipper is not quite living up to the heights that he is capable of reaching. Approaching his 30th year, West Ham might be inclined to recoup funds and revamp their backline.
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