This means that he will be able to leave as a free agent, and given that he currently holds a market value of £6.3m, signing him could represent a real bargain for any club looking to secure his signature.
The Latest: Strakosha eyed
As per Corriere della Sera’s Roma edition (via Sport Witness), the St. James’ Park faithful ‘would like’ to sign Strakosha once his contract expires, and they are one of a few ‘admirers’ in England.
It does not look like a new deal with Lazio will be struck, as manager Maurizio Sarri wants ‘someone else’ between the posts, and so this is a move that could well happen should they manage to avoid relegation from the Premier League.
The Verdict: No-brainer
With the chance to sign Strakosha for free, it is surely a no-brainer for the North East club.
Crucially, he is just 27 years of age, and so would hold a healthy sell-on value, even if it does not quite work out on Tyneside.
Nonetheless, there is no reason why it should not work out, given how highly he is regarded in Italy, with former Lazio goalkeeper Silvio Proto once dubbing him as ‘explosive’ and a ‘phenomenon’.
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At six-foot-four, the Albania international is a colossus, and with Martin Dubravka now 33, Strakosha is a worthy and cheap replacement, allowing the new owners on Tyneside to splash their cash in other areas of the pitch.
In other news, find out which £51m-rated star who outshone Cristiano Ronaldo NUFC are now eyeing here!
Wolves have been pretty busy during the previous summer and winter transfer windows with players leaving the club and new ones coming in.
Looking ahead to the upcoming summer window, it seems as though this could once again be the case for the Old Gold in their latest attempt at strengthening their squad.
What’s the news?
According to a recent report from journalist David Ornstein in The Athletic, Wolves are eyeing Sporting Lisbon midfielder Matheus Nunes as a potential replacement for Joao Moutinho, whose £100k-per-week contract at Molineux is set to expire in the summer.
In 125 combined appearances for Sporting’s senior and U23 sides, the midfielder has scored nine goals and provided 11 assists along the way.
Moutinho heir at Wolves
This current campaign has seen the Brazilian-born midfielder make 28 league appearances for his club and even have his first taste of Champions League football with six appearances to his name.
To highlight how much of a well-rounded midfield option he is for his side, the 23-year-old has racked up a total of 23 tackles, 26 interceptions and 23 crosses in the Portuguese league this season, putting him in the top ten for each statistic in Sporting’s squad.
His overall performances have earned the Portuguese international a season rating of 7.08 from WhoScored, making him Sporting’s sixth-highest rated player for this campaign.
This rating would make him the highest-rated Wolves player by the same metric, showing what an impressive player the £27m-rated gem is at a fairly young age.
Labelled as an “unbelievable” player by Goncalo Santos as well as being “one of the best players in the world today” according to Manchester City boss Pep Guardiola, Nunes certainly has a lot of hype around him, which could make him an exciting recruit for Bruno Lage’s side.
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With Wolves’ track record of signing players from Portuguese clubs, Nunes, who has a better technical rating than Moutinho at this stage of his career according to SofaScore, could be an ideal long-term figure for the Midlands club and follow in the footsteps of the other players that have joined the Old Gold from Portugal such as Ruben Neves, Fabio Silva and Chiquinho among others.
In other news: Wolves plot swoop for “special” £33m Mendes client, he’s better than Trincao…
When I was a young whippersnapper supporting any team who happened to be at the top of the Premier League table, I never thought I’d live to see the day a footballer was worth £100million. But before making even a quarter of a century without succumbing to fatal demise, I find myself almost regurgitating my morning Vimto over a copy of The Telegraph, claiming Manchester United intend to spend that exact figure on Real Madrid’s Gareth Bale this summer.
It seems illogical the European champions would demand a fee superior to the world-record-breaking sum they coughed up two summers ago for a player they apparently now want to get rid of. It seems improbable two separate institutions could spend £187million on the same person, for his ability to kick around a pig skin, in the space of two years.
For pretty much any other club in world football, I’d advise their money be better spent elsewhere, spread more evenly across a diverse array of transfer targets; but for a Manchester United team in desperate need of everything the 25 year-old offers, he might just be worth that ridiculous nine-figure fee.
Bale has always struck me as a Manchester United player, a winger-forward of imperious pace, power, industry and netting prowess, with enough technical quality to rightfully succeed the likes of Ryan Giggs, David Beckham and Cristiano Ronaldo on the Red Devils’ flanks. He would have thrived under the clinical counter-attacking football of scintillating velocity that defined United under Sir Alex Ferguson, and become the biggest benefactor of Paul Scholes’ driving through balls into the final third.
But now, the Red Devils need Bale’s eclectic mix of talents more than ever. They’re a few superstars short of a title-winning side and a penetrative threat that can be depended upon for goals has been absent from their forward line for much of the season – particularly since Angel Di Maria’s early superlative form turned surprisingly sour.
Wayne Rooney’s underappreciated pace is a running cliché and Ashley Young has performed considerably better than expected when called upon. But overall, United have been static up front this year – dependent more on the aerial dominance on Marouane Fellaini to punch holes going forward – and with the exception of Di Maria’s deft lob against Leicester City, we’re yet to see them roar up the pitch in the manner of old. In fact, they’ve scored just two counter-attacking goals this season – five less than the Premier League’s best in that regard, Manchester City.
Louis van Gaal’s attempted to take the team in a new direction this season – his much-discussed philosophy of ball retention juxtaposed by long, angled passes. But physically demanding counter-attacking is an integral part of the Premier League and there are few attackers in world football who suit that basketball-paced style better than the Welshman.
Not that Bale is all about the counter-attack, although his capacity to convert wide open spaces into goals was the catalyst for his £87million move to the Bernabeu, after netting 26 times during his coming-of-age campaign at Tottenham Hotspur. Since joining Real Madrid, he’s succumbed to La Liga demands by improving his ability in tight spaces, with deft flick-ons, nutmegs, tidy one-twos and reverse passes aplenty.
And more than counter-attacking itself, it’s the manner in which the winger has refined his abilities so perfectly for Premier League football – his athleticism, his ability to produce stunning technique whilst moving at incredible speed, his overall workrate and original tutoring as a defender – that would make him such a valuable asset for a United side seemingly moving away from English ideals.
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But perhaps most importantly of all, Manchester United need a bold statement this summer – a declaration they’re a part of the European elite once again. It will take a lot to shake Chelsea’s confidence of retaining the title and Arsenal are rather chuffed with themselves amid a purple end to an otherwise ordinary 2014/15 campaign; but Bale is the kind of signing – and £100million is the type of transfer fee – that can psychologically shift the balance of power back into United’s favour.
Should a combination of the above events secure United’s first Premier League title since Ferguson’s resignation, then Real Madrid’s £100m man will be worth every penny. The longer they go without the English crown in the legendary Scot’s absence, the harder it will become.
Sri Lanka seamer Akalanka Ganegama bowled his side into a commandingposition with six for 43 as England were dismissed for only 112 on the firstday of the crucial third Under-19 Test at Worcester.Although the home side bounced back immediately, reducing Sri Lanka to sixfor four, the tourists ended the day 12 runs ahead with three first-inningswickets standing.Essex left-armer Justin Bishop did the damage for England, taking threewickets in the first four overs of the Sri Lanka innings.Had left-hander Jehan Mubarak not got himself out for 49 just before theclose, cutting Chris Tremlett straight to point, Sri Lanka would have beenin a stronger position.Ganegama picked up four of the last six England wickets and was instrumentalin reducing England to 46 for eight before Hampshire all-rounder Tremlett,on his England Under-19 debut, helped add 66 for the last two wickets andremained unbeaten on 39.Play did not begin until 12.15 because of damp patches on the square but SriLanka made up for lost time, reducing England to 26 for five at lunch.Before the match, England replaced Mark Wallace as captain with Ian Bell.Bell had skippered the side for the three one-day internationals and thefirst Test when Wallace, the appointed captain, was injured. England won allfour games and Bell led the side well whereas Wallace had a poor match atNorthampton in the second Test, which Sri Lanka won by 151 runs.
Lancashire have announced a strong profit for 2007 but their chief executive, Jim Cumbes, has warned about the cost of staging international matches.Despite the poor weather during last season, which had a severe impact on matches at Old Trafford, the club made a profit of £185,174 after tax. However, Lancashire also had to pay more to host their international games, a Test against West Indies and ODI against India.”With much of the club’s profit going towards increased staging fees, it limits the amount of funds available to invest back into the ground, which is going to be critical for the clubs with larger grounds, which of course includes Old Trafford,” said Cumbes.”Lessons must be learnt from the 1970s and 80s when international grounds fell into decline due to lack of profits from international matches which in turn led to lack of investment.”Lancashire are entering the first phase of a major redevelopment of Old Trafford, starting with a new outfield. Work will begin in August meaning Lancashire’s home matches will be played at outgrounds such as Liverpool and Blackpool. Work will continue with the building of a new £12m conference and banqueting facility early in 2009.”By and large it has been another very satisfactory year for the club both on and off the field,” added Cumbes. “Cricket is our raison d’etre and we will continue to invest in that side of the business, but we are approaching a critical time in terms of our redevelopment plans.”If we are to continue to stage top class international cricket, we must firstly secure funding to realise our vision of creating a ground with world class facilities. In that respect we need the certainty of international cricket over a long period of time in order to be able to create a programme of continued re-investment.”
The Supreme Court of India has dismissed the Cricket Association of Bihar’s (CAB) petition that asked for the court to hand over the final Mudgal report on corruption in IPL 2013, along with the sealed envelope containing thirteen names related to the investigation, to the Justice Lodha probe committee that is currently entrusted with the case.The two-judge bench of Justices TS Thakur and FMI Kalifulla also allowed the Lodha panel an extension till December 31 to suggest reforms to the functioning of the BCCI, a task handed to the panel by the court.The sealed envelope referred to by the CAB was the one handed over to the Supreme Court by the Mudgal committee in February 2014, which contained the names of 13 individuals and allegations of sporting fraud against them. Four of those individuals, including former BCCI president N Srinivasan, had been named by the court and the Mudgal committee was asked to continue its probe into the 13 individuals and was given greater investigative powers. Its final report was submitted in November 2014.When Nalini Chidambaram, the CAB’s legal counsel, opened her arguments, Justice Thakur questioned why her client was keen on handing over the Mudgal committee report and the sealed envelope to the Lodha panel – why could the Lodha panel not seek, if it wanted, the same? “If the Committee wants to look into it without affecting the image and reputation of some persons, it can consider it,” Justice Thakur said. “So long as no request comes from Justice Lodha Committee on record, there is no need of passing any order.”It is understood that the Lodha panel has not found it necessary to ask the court for the same as the entire investigative material of the Mudgal probe committee is available to them. All the three reports prepared by the Mudgal committee were made available to BB Mishra, the investigative officer who had been appointed to probe the allegations against IPL chief operating officer Sundar Raman, one of the four names disclosed by the court along with former BCCI president N Srinivasan and the now banned pair of franchise owners – Gurunath Meiyappan and Raj Kundra.According to a BCCI official if the Lodha panel wanted, it could “requisition” the material from Vivek Priyardashni, the investigative officer who has replaced the now-retired Mishra. More importantly, the official pointed out, it was not part of the Lodha panel’s mandate to probe the names mentioned in the envelope. “It is a question of merely whether it is germane or not germane with reference to administrative reforms [which the Lodha panel has been tasked with recommending]. There is no task put to the Lodha committee to further investigate or punish any of the people in the sealed envelope,” the official said.Asked why the CAB found it necessary to file the plea, Chidambaram said her client feared all the hard work of the Mudgal probe committee could be laid to waste otherwise. “The Mudgal committee took the pains of investigating the corruption scandal and gave a sealed cover naming 13 persons, adding further investigations needed to be done [against those named]. A detailed investigation followed and a third report was submitted. But only excerpts from the third report were given to us. So we said all the time and effort of the committee has gone to waste.”Hence, Chidambaram said, the CAB wanted the third report of the Mudgal committee along with the sealed envelope be made available to the Lodha panel. It could only help them in their current exercise of suggesting BCCI reforms, the counsel said.”This is necessary since the Justice Lodha Committee has to have the benefit of the full text of the Justice Mudgal Committee report to appreciate the extent of the malaise which has set in in the game of cricket, so that while suggesting the administrative reforms for BCCI it can suggest measures to ensure that in future the reputation of the game of cricket will not be sullied by any scam.”If the full text of the third report is not given to the Justice Lodha Committee, the time and effort spent by Justice Mudgal Committee and the investigating team and the heavy expenditure incurred by the respective governments will go totally to waste,” the CAB had noted in its plea, which was filed earlier this week.
ScorecardHaseeb Hameed made his first-class debut for Lancashire•Getty Images
On a day when interruptions for rain refreshed the bowlers’ energy and disturbed the batsmen’s concentration, Lancashire’s top order nevertheless made good progress in the game that could confirm their team’s promotion to Division One.Lancashire will regain their place at English cricket’s top table if they beat Glamorgan at Old Trafford and a score of 161 for 3 suggests they have done some of the groundwork. Yet while victory may be hard to obtain over the next three days – the weather forecast for Sunday might dismay the most intrepid adventurer – promotion is surely only a matter of time and its achievement will give particular pleasure to Karl Brown.Brown ended the day unbeaten on 80 and his innings was particularly praiseworthy given that he had strode out to bat on seven occasions, lunch and tea breaks included.Had one been told when the season began that either Brown or Paul Horton would be released, one could have got quite short odds on it being the former. But Old Trafford announced on Thursday that Horton would not be given a new contract and 24 hours later Brown was making his seventh half-century in 12 Championship innings.The short-term beneficiary of the decision to dispense with Horton’s sterling services was Haseeb Hameed, who marked his debut by making 28 against Glamorgan and helping Brown put on 76 for Lancashire’s first wicket.Hameed’s debut has been keenly awaited by Lancashire’s more informed supporters and he certainly looked the part during his 149-minute innings before he was trapped leg before by Graham Wagg, the left-arm seamer, cannily bowling round the wicket to exploit Hameed’s tendency to play through the on side.Alviro Petersen then added 49 in 13 overs with Brown before he was caught by Chris Cooke at short extra cover for 29 when trying to drive David Lloyd through the off side. Brown, though, continued imperturbably onwards. Having reached his fifty off 124 balls with seven fours, he was well set at tea on 60 not out, at which point 40 overs remained to be bowled in the day’s allocation.Although only twelve of those overs were sent down, there was still time for Wagg to have Ashwell Prince caught at mid-wicket for four by Will Bragg. Thus Prince and Petersen’s combined score of 33 was a mere 514 runs fewer than the pair had managed against Glamorgan at Colwyn Bay last month.On that occasion even Wagg was unable to part them but the Glamorgan allrounder was the pick of his side’s attack on the first day of this game and has now taken 38 Championship wickets in 2015, this in addition to his 736 runs.Glamorgan will not win promotion to Division One in September but Wagg has still had a season to treasure.
ScorecardAlex Hales picked an opportune moment to compile another hefty first-class score•Getty Images
If we ever discover whether Trevor Bayliss would have embraced Kevin Pietersen had the new regime in England cricket decided to let bygones be bygones earlier this year, it will not be any time soon. In that regard, though, his attitude towards Alex Hales may be informative.If Hales would like to emulate any of the England players he has admired as his own game has developed, it is Pietersen. He discovered at an early age that his height and reach gave him an advantage as a batsman and extravagant hitting soon became a hallmark of his style. Hales, too, has a touch of the showman about him, undaunted – indeed, driven on – by big crowds.He is the only England batsman to score a century in international Twenty20, in which format he also has a 99 and a 94. When he landed an opportunity to go to the IPL this year, even though he was only making up the numbers for Mumbai Indians towards the end of the tournament, he regarded it as one of the most exciting moments of his career.Yet he craves recognition in all formats, not only in the longer limited-overs version, in which England’s ambivalent attitude towards him was still evident during the World Cup, when he was selected only when England were on the verge of a humiliating exit, but in Test cricket, where Pietersen thrived and where David Warner has proved that supposed T20 mavericks can adapt in not only nailing down a place in the Australian Test side but landing the job of vice-captain.There is no doubt at all now, after some up and down times in the early part of his career when he struggled to master the differences in approach needed to be successful in all formats, that he can dominate high quality bowling in the Championship. Back in April he made 236 against Yorkshire and if there is another attack that rivals the champions for all-round potency it is Warwickshire’s, against whom he would have had a second double hundred of the summer had he resisted impetuous urges just a little longer.Having hit 28 fours and two sixes in making 189 from 215 balls he tried to hit Chris Wright over the top and was bowled middle and off. Until then, although he had technically been dropped at backward point on 12 – in truth a difficult chance for Ian Westwood from a ball travelling at speed – there had been few errors and a good many passages in which it was difficult for any of the Warwickshire bowlers to contain him.Four times he hit three fours in the same over, off Keith Barker, Jonathan Trott and twice against Boyd Rankin. Both his sixes came off Jeetan Patel, the first driven down the ground, the second a superbly timed pick-up that cleared the longest boundary.Candidly, Hales admitted that while he tries not to think about his prospects of playing Test cricket, it is difficult not to. Asked if this might be his moment, he said he feels ready.”I can’t get ahead of myself but I feel as ready as ever have done for Test cricket and I’d love to get the chance,” he said. “I’ve felt in good form all year. I went through a bit of a slump in the middle of the season, getting myself out but I’m motivated to finish the season well.”I hope it’s my time. I feel I’m playing as well as I ever have done.”Hales has worked hard to eradicate the shortcomings in his game that previously let him down in four-day cricket, particularly in shot selection and knowing when to leave the ball.”In the past I’d waft at balls outside stump but I’ve made a few small changes to my technique that are paying off.”I’ve had a good two years in the Championship after a slump in 2013. I’ve still got a lot of work to do in this game and what remains of the season but I feel my game has come on and if the challenge comes up I’m ready for it.”As if to prove the point, in terms of readiness to step up to the next level, his three scores against Warwickshire this season have been 86 not out in Twenty20, 103 in a 50-over match and now this.There was another hundred scored. Steven Mullaney, a solidly honest performer in all forms of cricket, was rewarded at last after a season in which he has averaged in the 30s without posting many stand-out scores, completing his first Championship hundred since late in 2013 as he and Hales put on 257 for the second wicket, a record for Nottinghamshire against Warwickshire.William Porterfield, standing in as captain with Varun Chopra rested because of a wrist injury, saw little reward until late in the day for his decision to bowl first. The pitch played better than anticipated and while the ball “swung all day” according to the batsmen, Porterfield’s bowlers were not able to exploit it as they would have wished.Rikki Clarke was probably the pick, while Rankin picked up two wickets through his ability to find extra bounce. Rankin left the field early after feeling dizzy, apparently the result of clash of heads with Wright as Warwickshire celebrated a wicket, which is one for the catalogue of bizarre injuries. He is expected to be well enough to resume on the second day.
Sunday, October 18, 2015 Start time 1330 local (0800GMT)3:44
Agarkar: Kohli and Raina’s form a big concern for India
Big Picture
Now we have a series. Although India have competed, it has taken them four matches to actually win one and to remind South Africa this tour has only just begun, and that there is still a long way to go. The one-way traffic has stopped and hopefully, the ping-pong has begun.Although MS Dhoni was around even before the second ODI, he was mostly being criticised for his bowling plans and his contributions with the bat were minimal. But a game-changing 92 later, India’s leader seems to be back, and it seems only natural that his men will follow.South Africa would have been anticipating this. They knew the bubble would burst, that both India and Dhoni would be back. But how they respond will be crucial. AB de Villiers has already instructed the batsmen to take responsibility for their defeat in the second ODI, which suggests South Africa are more inclined to do some self-examination than scruitinise the other side too much. They should not navel-gaze too much, but just enough to know that what let them down in Indore was the same thing that has often let them down before – a soft middle order.India will also want some improvement from the batsmen, especially for the likes of Virat Kohli and Suresh Raina to build on what have been fairly consistent, solid starts. The hosts’ end game though, will be to take the lead for the first time on this tour.
Form guide
(last five completed games most recent first)IndiaWLWWW South Africa LWWLW
In the spotlight
Harbhajan Singh would not have played in this series if not for the injury to R Ashwin, but now he has his chance to re-establish himself in the ODI set-up. He made a good start by taking two important wickets in Indore and bowling spells filled with flight to eat into South Africa’s subconscious. Harbhajan mainly played during a time when South African batsmen struggled against spin, and he will be looking to prey on even the slightest weakness from the opposition.It has not gone unnoticed to the Indian media that Dale Steyn and Morne Morkel are being outbowled by Kagiso Rabada. One reporter even asked bowling coach Charl Langeveldt whether he was concerned about his premier pacemen. However, while Rabada may be stealing the headlines, Steyn has been the one setting the tone and Morkel, who is with Shaun Pollock to lengthen his run-up and chance his shoulder positioning, has been making life awkward for the India batsmen. It is unlikely to bee too long before either seamer reclaims the mantle Rabada has poached.
Team news
The three changes India made ahead of the second game worked well for them, and they may consider keeping the same winning XI. That would mean no room for Amit Mishra, who may consider himself unlucky to miss out, and another chance for the misfiring Shikhar Dhawan. An alternative would be to promote Rahane to the opening berth and create room for another player lower down, but that may be more tinkering than India think is worth the trouble for now.India: (probable) 1 Rohit Sharma, 2 Shikhar Dhawan, 3 Ajinkya Rahane 4 Virat Kohli, 5 MS Dhoni (capt, wk), 6 Suresh Raina, 7 Axar Patel, 8 Harbhajan Singh, 9 Bhuvneshwar Kumar, 10 Mohit Sharma, 11 Umesh YadavSouth Africa’s only consideration will be whether to give David Miller another chance or opt for an all-round option in Chris Morris. Kyle Abbott, Khaya Zondo and Aaron Phangiso are likely to remain on the bench.South Africa: (probable) 1 Quinton de Kock (wk), 2 Hashim Amla, 3 Faf du Plessis (capt), 4 AB de Villiers (capt), 5 JP Duminy, 6 Farhaan Behardien, 7 David Miller/Chris Morris, 8 Dale Steyn, 9 Morne Morkel, 10 Kagiso Rabada, 11 Imran Tahir
Pitch and conditions
Another run-fest has been promised, but as we saw in Indore, that does not always mean it will materialise. The surface in Rajkot is fairly dry, and there is no dew expected. Of larger concern, security has been beefed up after a political activist Hardik Patel issued a threat to block the teams’ way to the stadium because of unhappiness over the allocation of tickets to different communities.
Stats and Trivia
The Saurashtra Cricket Association Stadium has only hosted one ODI before – a high-scoring game between England and India, in January 2013, which England won by nine runs.
Virat Kohli has gone 12 ODI innings without a half-century to make 2015 the leanest of his fifty-over career so far. In 17 games, Kohli averages just 28.64, the lowest he has averaged in a calendar year since his debut in 2008.
Despite David Miller’s lean run, which has seen him go 13 innings without an ODI half-century, 2015 has bee his best year as an international cricketer. He has played 21 ODIs and averages 47.71.
Quotes
“If I have conditions on offer I would swing the ball a lot than the rest of the bowlers.”
ScorecardSaif Hassan’s century propelled Bangladesh Under-19s to a 58 run win over Zimbabwe Under-19 in the second youth ODI in Chittagong on Thursday.Batting first, the home side made 241 for 8 in 50 overs. Saif batted till the 42nd over to make exactly 100 off 154 balls with a dozen boundaries. His opening partner Pinak Ghosh struck 65 off 99 balls with six boundaries and a six. The rest of Bangladesh Under-19s side added just 58 in their last eight overs after Pinak and Saif were dismissed in successive overs. Offspinner William Mashinge was the pick of the Zimbabwe Under-19s bowlers with figures of 3 for 37 in seven overs.In reply, the visitors were bowled out for 183 in 46.1 overs with Taufail Zaheer top-scoring with 63. Left-arm spinner Saleh Ahmed Shawon took four wickets while captain Mehedi Hasan and Ariful Islam picked up two wickets apiece.The third youth ODI will be held at the same venue on November 14.