da betsson： Tottenham Hotspur are “dreaming” of signing a £67 million former PSG star after their triumph in the Europa League final on Wednesday night.

Tottenham summer transfer plans after Europa League win

da supremo： Now that their 17-year wait for a piece of major silverware is officially over, chairman Daniel Levy has a real to-do list to sift through ahead of Spurs’ final Premier League game of 2024/2025 and the summer transfer window’s opening.

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An historic night in Bilbao, where Brennan Johnson etched his name into Lilywhites folklore by scoring the winning goal in their 1-0 win against Man United, has also gifted the club a major boost when it comes to their recruitment drive.

Tottenham vs Man Utd – best performers on the night

Match Rating

Guglielmo Vicario

7.7

Yves Bissouma

7.6

Cristian Romero

7.4

Bruno Fernandes

7.4

Destiny Udogie

7.2

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Not only will Tottenham have a far greater pull when it comes to enticing the continent’s best players, but they’ll also have more funds to play with given the seismic financial windfall they’ll receive from both winning the Europa League and competing in the Champions League next season.

According to BBC journalist Sami Mokbel, Tottenham chiefs believe they need to sign more experienced players to complement their very young squad of rising stars, and this is made all the more possible by their victory in midweek.

Spurs are also targeting a defender, midfielder and forward, with Levy looking to strengthen across the board.

As per GiveMeSport, the north Londoners have held discussions with the representatives of Lyon star Rayan Cherki, who’s bagged 20 goals in all competitions this season, with Crystal Palace defender Marc Guehi still a Tottenham target for the summer as well after their failed £70 million bid in January.

Spurs have a £21m first option in place for Real Betis midfielder Johnny Cardoso from last year, as part of the deal which saw Giovani Lo Celso head to La Liga, so the USA international is another option.

Tottenham "dreaming" of signing ex-PSG star Xavi Simons

According to reports in Spain, following their Europa League winners’ medal, the north Londoners are launching “ambitious” plans.

It is now believed that ex-PSG star and RB Leipzig attacking midfielder, Xavi Simons, is firmly on their agenda.

The Netherlands international has scored 11 goals and bagged an additional eight assists in all competitions, but his asking price is around £67 million, so Levy and co will need to significantly invest in his capture from the Bundesliga.

Nevertheless, it’s reported Tottenham are “dreaming” of signing Simons after their historic night in Spain earlier this week, and they stand a much greater chance now that they can be deemed champions of Europe.

Those within Spurs apparently hold a real belief that they can convince both the 22-year-old and his club to green-light a move to N17, especially following their Europa League celebrations.

“He’s developed really well,” said Bayern Munich sporting director Christoph Freund about Simons last year.

“I think he’s going to have a really good career at the highest level. He has everything, mentality, character and is just an exceptional player.”

And who opens with Saeed Anwar? Our panelists discuss in the latest episode of Dream Team

Sreshth Shah03-Aug-202041:19

We pick a post-1990 Pakistan Test XI

In this episode of , Osman Samiuddin, Danyal Rasool and Ahmer Naqvi put their heads together to find Pakistan’s greatest Test XI since 1990. Watch to find out if your favourites make the cut.6:21

Shoaib Akhtar or Waqar Younis?

Nothing shouts “1990s Pakistan” like the image of Wasim Akram and Waqar Younis delivering toe crushers in tandem. If their pace and wiles aren’t enough, throw in Shoaib Akhtar with his menacing speed, and the wristy magic of Mohammad Asif. Spare a thought also for Mohammad Zahid, whose brief career was good enough to earn praise from even Brian Lara. Plenty of contenders, but only three make it. Decisions, decisions.5:34

Fingerspinner or wristspinner?

Saqlain Mushtaq was at one point in this era the second-best spinner in the world. In the mid-90s, Mushtaq Ahmed was outstanding in England, New Zealand and Australia. Saeed Ajmal was a late bloomer, making his Test debut at 32, but swiftly rising to become one of the best offspinners of his generation. Danish Kaneria was great at his peak. And Yasir Shah has alternated between sensational and downright ordinary. Plenty of arguments to make for all five. Who do the pick as their chosen one?9:03

Does Babar Azam make it in the middle order?

Younis Khan provided Pakistan their batting backbone in the 2000s. Mohammad Yousuf once scored 1788 Test runs in a calendar year. Inzamam-ul-Haq’s claims cannot be ignored. Misbah-ul-Haq surprised you whenever you weren’t expecting it. Ijaz Ahmed and Azhar Ali are what people call underrated. Asad Shafiq has Sobers-like numbers at No. 6. And of course, there’s Babar Azam, who’s on his way to greatness. Which four from this lot make the team?More Dream Teams

Cameron Green is confident he could fill a variety of roles at the T20 World Cup 2024 following his IPL with Royal Challengers Bengaluru where he emerged in a middle-order position.Green finished IPL 2024 with scores of 37*, 1, 46, 32*, 38* and 27 (most recent last) during RCB’s late surge into the playoffs, having returned to the side largely batting at No. 4 to No. 6 before the final match where he filled in for the absent Will Jacks at No. 3.Previously, Green’s most impactful T20 innings had come either opening or at No. 3 – the latter bringing his maiden T20 hundred in IPL 2023 – and his evolution in a variety of positions, aiding by the guidance of RCB batting coach Neil McKenzie, has grown his confidence while handing Australia some potentially important options in the Caribbean.Related

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“Think that’s the beauty of what I’ve been exposed to in the last few years, there’s never been a really consistent spot to really lock in but at the same time I’m pretty thankful for that,” Green told reporters. “Feel like I can jump in at many different roles, [I] think that’s where I see myself this tournament, maybe plugging holes in the team. It’s a pretty good team to get into. Wherever I got told I’m playing [I] think I’ve got a bit of confidence and an idea of where to bat anyway.”It’s pretty different when you bat up [in] the top [order], two fielders out at the start, you can play pretty proper cricket. Maybe took me a while to really work out how to go about it [in the middle order]. You can still give yourself 10 balls to kind of get yourself in, where sometimes when you are inexperienced it doesn’t feel like you have 10 balls.”Green may not make the starting XI at the beginning of the tournament, although he could potentially squeeze Marcus Stoinis out of the side, but Australia are open to playing eight batters if conditions warrant it. In that make-up, Green’s bowling would become a vital element to the balance of the side, another area of his game where he learnt to deal with the pressure of a high-scoring IPL. He finished with an economy rate of under nine.Green has been managed very precisely by Australia this year after a challenging 2023 where the effect of moving straight from the IPL to the Test tour of England took its toll. Green lost his place in the Test side before being recalled against West Indies following David Warner’s retirement. The selectors then left him in Sheffield Shield cricket rather than play T20Is against New Zealand, a decision rewarded with a magnificent 174 not out in Wellington.That was largely based on the knowledge that Green would have a full IPL to prepare for the T20 World Cup and he has benefited from blocks of red and white-ball cricket, but juggling formats will continue to be a key part of Green’s career.”I’ve definitely noticed [the difference], this is probably the most prepared I’ve been for some sort of tour,” he said. “You always move from a Test tour into a T20, a T20 into a Test tour so it’s pretty extreme but that’s the beauty of the IPL this year is you actually got some unbelievable practice leading into this.”It’s a fine balance, seeing if you can prioritise some sort of tournament before others. With that T20 [series against New Zealand] we had the IPL after so they thought maybe more beneficial to stick with red-ball cricket for that summer, but that will chop and change.”

Elgar, Browne half-centuries set platform for visitors on opening day in Canterbury

ECB Reporters Network24-May-2024Essex recovered from an early evening wobble to reach 287 for four at stumps on day one of their Vitality County Championship derby with Kent at Canterbury.Openers Dean Elgar and Nick Browne scored 77 and 65 respectively, putting on 146 for the first wicket.Joey Evison took two for 38 for a Kent attack weakened by injuries, but after reducing Essex to 224 for four, they were unable to shift either Jordan Cox or Michael Pepper, who were unbeaten on 51 and 35 at the close.When Essex won the toss and chose to bat a collective groan was uttered by the Spitfire Ground die-hards, who came in hope rather than expectation.A healthy first day crowd of 1,200 watched a one-sided first session unfold as an undercooked attack toiled.Browne was on nought when he drove at Stewart and Evison couldn’t cling on to a tough chance at mid-on, but that was about as close as Kent came during a sterile opening session.The hosts’ morning was summed up when Elgar reached 60 after a misfield from Zak Crawley, who sprinted 50 yards and clawed the ball back from the boundary, only for it to ricochet off his trailing arm and go back over the rope for four.An already injury-hit bowling attack was weakened further when Wes Agar injured his shoulder while fielding just before lunch, at which point it was 102 for nought.Browne reached 50 with two off Evison, but Matt Parkinson finally broke through in the 46th over, when Elgar charged down the wicket and was stumped by Harry Finch.Evison then produced a beauty that swing back in and bowled Browne middle-stump, which meant it was time for Cox to walk out at the St. Lawrence for the first time since his cross-Thames flit last year.He was given diplomatic applause, took ten balls to get off the mark and then hit Parkinson back over his head for six. At that point Cox looked like he was going to “go hard or go home”, but he reined himself in the face of some miserly Kent bowling and it was 185 for two at tea.Tom Westley flashed at Arafat Bhuiyan and was caught at first slip by Crawley for 21, but Grant Stewart couldn’t hold on to a violent return catch offered by Cox when he was on 15.Matt Critchley survived a strong lbw shot from Evison, only to be trapped in front by the same bowler in his next over for 13, but Kent opted not to take the new ball due to Agar’s ongoing absence.Cox continued to play watchfully while Pepper injected some aggression to tilt the contest back in Essex’s favour. They made an unbroken stand of 63 during the day’s final hour and Cox brought up his half-century with successive fours off Parkinson in the final over.

Nottingham Forest are “ready” to make their move for an England international in the summer transfer window, according to a new transfer claim.

Damaging draw for Nottingham Forest as Marinakis takes centre stage

Nuno Espirito Santo’s side suffered a poor afternoon at the office on Sunday, drawing 2-2 at home to already-relegated Leicester City in the Premier League, affecting their Champions League qualification hopes badly.

Amid the disappointment, Forest continue to be linked with potential additions in the summer window, but the quality of their signings is likely to be affected by which European competition they qualify for next season, something owner Evangelos Marinakis is all too aware of.

Liverpool centre-back Jarell Quansah has been linked with a move to the City Ground at the end of the season, with the 22-year-old struggling for regular playing time this season, and unlikely to oust Virgil van Dijk or Ibrahima Konate any time soon. He could be an exciting young option with a bright future in the game.

Forest are also believed to be considering a move for Manchester City attacking midfielder James McAtee, with the Englishman in a similar situation to Quansah, in terms of not being a key starter for one of the biggest teams in the country.

Nottingham Forest "ready" to sign Loftus-Cheek

According to MilanLive [via Sport Witness], Nottingham Forest are “ready” to move for AC Milan midfielder Ruben Loftus-Cheek this summer, and could pay just £17m for his services.

The 29-year-old could leave the Serie A giants at the end of the season, following an injury-plagued campaign, though Fulham and West Ham are also mentioned as possible destinations. Meanwhile, Roma’s “excellent” relationship with Milan could give them the edge in the race to snap him up.

Loftus-Cheek could be an interesting option for Forest this summer, with the former Chelsea man a 10-cap England international who appeared for the Three Lions at the 2018 World Cup, playing four times. He is one of the best dribblers in his position in Europe, ranking in the 92nd percentile for progressive carries by central midfielders in Europe’s big five leagues.

The midfielder has now racked up 66 appearances in a Milan shirt, scoring 10 goals – it would be more if it weren’t for injury problems – and Owen Hargreaves has spoken of his admiration for him.

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Loftus-Cheek only has two years remaining on his current Milan deal, so they seem happy to cash in this summer, and he would be a shrewd addition for Forest, adding experience and physicality in the middle of the park, and not at an extortionate price.

Playing shots is not the only way to be positive. Cheteshwar Pujara has shown that to keep his side alive in the Adelaide Test

Sidharth Monga in Adelaide06-Dec-20182:15

Top-order should have batted better – Pujara

“” – Cheteshwar PujaraIndia should get this pro tip – given out originally to the – printed out in a large font, headline it “Commandment of Che” and stick it up on the white board in their dressing room. And carry it everywhere.**Perhaps in a smaller font, they should stick the Commandment of Arvind Pujara too: “To hold your mind for so long is the most difficult part of batting. You decide anything in your life. Let’s say you say you won’t lie today, but somewhere you will end up doing it. So many things happen on a cricket field that can set your mind doing other things than the way you know is best to bat. He is able to bat those long innings because he can hold his mind.”India came to Adelaide with their best chance to beat Australia in a series in Australia but also with a terrible recent record in the first Test of series. Starting with England’s tour of India in 2016-17, India have beaten only West Indies and Sri Lanka in the first Test of a series. The rest involves losses in England and South Africa, one to Australia at home, and a draw against Sri Lanka at home. India came aware of that record.Virat Kohli said they wanted to play “not tentatively”. They wanted to impose themselves early. “Not wait to find out what the condition of the pitch is going to be”, “read it really early”, and “alter our game accordingly”, unlike in South Africa and in England. He didn’t want rash shots, but the focus clearly was on seizing the game early. You live through that prolonged build-up, the photo shoots, the press conferences, you walk out on the first morning of the series, the mind starts racing ahead of the body, you work yourself up, and as it is you are naturally excitable. You feel like being rushed into everything. It must be easier for professionals to hold their mind, but it can’t be easy, and that is the light through which you might want to look at the first session.ALSO READ – Long live the ChesistanceFor starters, India won the toss. They have never lost a Test after Kohli has won the toss. Their last defeat despite winning the toss came four years ago, in Brisbane. They won this toss on a dry hot day, with temperatures expected to nudge 40. They were up against an attack that didn’t have a fifth bowler. This was a great opportunity to put the miles in the bowlers’ legs, make them come back for spell after spell, demoralise the attack. Yet the mind can get ahead of you. Either you don’t trust your defence or you can’t hold your mind, and you start doing things you know are not right.Let’s get a couple of things out of the way. This was not the usual Australian road. Pujara said it took him two sessions to figure out what shots he could play on this pitch. And we will come back to that soon. Also the bowling from Australia was great execution of Test-match plans. Bowl full but not half-volleys. Bowl fast. Exploit the occasional spongy bounce and the occasional seam movement. Cricviz data says the average pace of 144.46 ks over the first 10 overs was Australia’s fastest in a year, and the average pace of 142.78 over 25 overs was the fastest by any team this year.Then there was a new plan to Virat Kohli. Teams target him in the channel outside off when he first walks in, but here he was tucked up and made to play every ball without any room. Of the 16 balls bowled at him, two were short balls, 12 straight at him with square leg plugging the single, and only two were bowled outside off. Kohli had a waft at the second of the sucker balls; it is a plan he will look to counter in the rest of the series.

“Those who have not seen Pujara bat with tail in domestic cricket are the most surprised at this aspect of Pujara’s game: the manipulation of the strike, the big hits; an IPL joke always crops up. Imagine watching highlights with a voiceover that is stunned at watching what you have been doing all your life.”

Every other specialist batsman played a bad shot. Asked a question, each of them responded with shots. You wondered if they didn’t trust their defence or if they couldn’t hold their mind. KL Rahul, bowled or lbw in his last eight innings, looked to play at everything. M Vijay kept fending at short balls, and then flayed at the full one. Ajinkya Rahane’s only response to Nathan Lyon evoked some of the hapless West Indies batsmen in India: just play your shots. Rohit Sharma gave it away after getting set. That after having little time to adjust to the bounce differential in Australia.ALSO READ: ‘One of my top five innings’ – Pujara on his Adelaide hundredAmid all the carnage one man kept trusting his defence, kept trying to understand the situation and conditions to play accordingly. This is what brings him under pressure, if not from the team then from the fans and commentators. “He is getting stuck,” it is said. “He is building the pressure on his partners.” Well, he is just batting, trying to negotiate the tough spell before he can capitalise on a softer ball and a tired attack. Pujara had a control rate of 85%, the joint-best with R Ashwin, whose entire innings was played against the old ball. He left alone 53 balls, 23 more than other specialist batsmen put together.And when it was time to strike, he struck with great vengeance and furious anger, but only because he knew he needed to do so with only the long tail for company. And he took two sessions to know what he could play. Others began to do it in two balls at times.Those who have not seen Pujara bat with the tail in domestic cricket are the most surprised at this aspect of Pujara’s game: the manipulation of the strike, the big hits. An IPL joke always crops up. Imagine watching highlights with a voiceover that is stunned at watching what you have been doing all your life.Hopefully his team-mates aren’t. Thanks to him, they still have a fair chance. They themselves have been at the receiving end of a lost toss and a middling total by an opposition. They know how difficult it can be to chase. They will want their bowlers to make sure Australia are chasing a decent total and not 120-odd. They will want to exploit the weakened batting. They will be thinking all this because one man refused to play shots and chose to understand and play according to the situation. Never forget the Commandment of Che.

Looking towards the summer transfer window, Manchester United have now reportedly been offered the chance to sign a serial winner represented by the same agency as Patrick Dorgu.

Man Utd's summer plan taking shape

Whilst step one of Manchester United’s transfer plan will be to win the Europa League later this month and confirm their shock place in next season’s Champions League, they simply need to invest no matter the outcome against Tottenham Hotspur. Ahead of his first full season in charge, Ruben Amorim will have the chance to prove doubters wrong, but will finally need players who suit his system to do exactly that.

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If recent rumours are anything to go by then it will, indeed, be a busy summer for the Red Devils on both the incomings and departures front. Already, players like Antony and Marcus Rashford could be heading for the exit door as the start of a hefty clear-out at Old Trafford, which Amorim will be desperate to see end with plenty of fresh faces.

Meanwhile, on the incomings front, names such as Ronald Araujo and Yann Bisseck have threatened to steal the headlines as of late. Two defenders who squared off in one of the best Champions League semi-finals in recent memory, as Inter Milan came out on top to win 7-6 on aggregate, both would undoubtedly improve the current Manchester United backline.

Amorim is well aware of the need for improvement too, having told reporters in the build-up to his side’s Europa League semi-final victory over Athletic Bilbao: “For me, in that moment and you look at Premier League, we are the worst team since I arrived in terms of results. That is my idea. In the end of the season, we can be the worst team in Premier League history with a European title.”

However, despite that admission, the lure of Old Trafford remains there to exploit amid reports that Manchester United have now been offered the chance to sign a serial winner.

Man Utd offered chance to sign Kingsley Coman

According to Caught Offside, Manchester United have now been offered the chance to sign Kingsley Coman from Bayern Munich this summer by the winger’s agent. The Frenchman’s representatives have been knocking on doors around European football hoping to seal a move this summer, with Old Trafford seemingly among those.

A serial winner having won league titles at Bayern, Paris Saint-Germain and Juventus as well as the Champions League in Bavaria, Coman may not be at the peak of his powers but he would help change the mentality in the Manchester United dressing room.

What’s more, a deal could be made easier by the fact that Coman is represented by the same agency as Patrick Dorgu, who completed a move to Old Trafford in January. With contact already established and a relationship already built between both parties, the Red Devils have an ideal opportunity.

Dubbed a player who has “incredible talent” by former Bayern manager and current Barcelona boss Hansi Flick, Coman could yet rediscover his most clinical form at Manchester United this summer.