Felipe Anderson fechou um pré-contrato com o Palmeiras, mas ainda não fez menções ao clube e à transferência em suas redes sociais. Não há uma cláusula contratual que impeça o meia-atacante de falar do Verdão, mas antes disso acontecer ele deseja cumprir seu vínculo com a Lazio.
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Pelo menos até o final do Campeonato Italiano, Felipe Anderson não deve comentar sobre a ida ao Palmeiras. Isso se deve ao respeito que nutre pela Lazio, clube que soma duas passagens e mais de 300 partidas. O jogador fez apenas um post anunciando que não seguiria na equipe.
A Liga Italiana tem seu encerramento agendado para o dia 26 de maio, cerca de um mês e 10 dias adiante da data de oficialização da transferência, na segunda-feira (15).
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Apesar da convicção da escolha e ânimo em atuar no Verdão treinado por Abel Ferreira, o meia-atacante quer terminar a temporada europeia em alta. Ele é um dos principais jogadores da Lazio e deseja encerrar sua passagem no Velho Continente, que já dura 11 anos, de forma positiva.
Com pré-contrato acertado junto ao Palmeiras, Felipe Anderson se apresenta à equipe em julho. Após o encerramento da temporada europeia, ele terá um período de férias até iniciar os trabalhos no Verdão. Aos 31 anos, ele assinou vínculo válido até 2027.
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Em sua segunda passagem pela Lazio, o brasileiro participou da campanha da equipe na Champions League e ajudou na classificação ao mata-mata, mas caiu para o Bayern de Munique nas oitavas de final.
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Felipe Anderson bateu o recorde de partidas seguidas no clube italiano, que antes pertencia ao zagueiro Alfredo Monza, com 124 jogos em sequência no fim da década de 1930. O reforço palmeirense soma 144 confrontos consecutivos pelo time romano.
Richard Thompson insists 100-ball format will not change before end of current rights cycle
ESPNcricinfo staff07-Sep-2025
Richard Thompson, ECB chairman, insists the 100-ball format will remain for 2026•AFP/Getty Images
The tight turnaround between England’s international and the Hundred is a “short-term issue” which ECB chairman Richard Thompson has pledged will be solved for the next TV rights cycle.England’s men played one day before the start and two days after the end of the Hundred this year, leaving all-format players short on relevant preparation for the ongoing ODI series against South Africa. The same scenario will play out in 2026, with the Hundred expected to start two days after an ODI series against India and three days before the first Test against Pakistan.New investors in the Hundred will expect their England players to be available throughout the tournament. Jamie Smith, Jamie Overton and Ollie Pope missed London Spirit’s first game of this season, the day after the fifth Test at The Oval, which their incoming co-owner Nikesh Arora described as “disappointing” while calling for “better planning” by the ECB.Thompson acknowledged that the schedule is too crammed, speaking in his capacity as an ambassador for the Alzheimer’s Society during England’s third ODI against South Africa on Sunday. “There are no easy answers, but the reality is we can’t have our cake and eat it,” Thompson told Sky Sports.”We want England players to play. This is our premium white-ball competition and we want England players to play in it. What we have to do is find a way of ensuring the schedule before and after the tournament [is better]. Take this year: the gap was a day or two days… That can’t be right.Related
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“If we’re going to get this level of investment, we’ve got to commit to ensuring our England players are available. We don’t want that to be at the expense of the success of England. We need to find a balance, and ultimately we can look at the schedule and we can try and free up time.”We’ve done this deal in the middle of a rights schedule. Come ’28, when we then cut the next deal for the next four years, we can cut this in a different way. We might have a short-term issue here, but we can overcome that.”Ultimately, if a player feels they’re injured, they’re going to rest themselves. They won’t want to play on an injury. England is still everything here. But we are not prepared to accept that you can’t find a halfway house and work with the owners to ensure that the owner will get what they need, and England will get what it needs.”Thompson also said that the tournament’s format will not change from 100-balls-a-side to T20 during the current broadcast cycle, which runs to the end of the 2028 summer, and denied that the sale of stakes in the eight Hundred franchises equates to selling the month of August to private investors.”I can categorically tell you it’s 100 balls next year,” he said. “I don’t think anything will change in this rights cycle. Sky [the Hundred’s main broadcaster] have bought 100 [balls a side]. Sky are not going to want to change that. It’s up to the owners and the ECB to decide what that might be in the future.”This is not English cricket selling off the family silver. This is English cricket bringing in investors to enable us to have a tournament that could challenge the IPL.”
Chelsea are making transfer plans ahead of the looming January transfer window that opens in just over one month’s time, with Enzo Maresca and co setting their sights on a Real Madrid player who wants out of the Bernabeu.
The Blues have made a respectable start to the 2025-26 season under Maresca, currently sitting third in the Premier League table with 20 points from 11 matches.
Their position represents a solid foundation for Champions League qualification, sitting just six points behind league leaders Arsenal and level on points with Tottenham and Aston Villa. However, the campaign has been significantly hampered by a mini-injury crisis that has tested the depth of Maresca’s squad to its limits.
The injury problems have been particularly concentrated in specific positions, most notably defence, and that has created selection headaches for Maresca whilst forcing him to constantly rotate his lineup.
Levi Colwill, Cole Palmer, Benoit Badiashile, Enzo Fernández, Pedro Neto, Dario Essugo, Liam Delap, Reece James, Wesley Fofana, Tosin Adarabioyo, Andrey Santos and Josh Acheampong have all spent time on the sidelines at various points already this term, and some are still a way off recovering.
Roméo Lavia also returned to the treatment table yet again recently and will be out for at least a month after injuring his quadriceps (Fabrizio Romano).
The Belgian launched his water bottle in frustration after being hauled off inside eight minutes away to Qarabag in the Champions League last week, and it’s not hard to see why considering the sheer amount of games he’s already been forced to sit out.
Taking their plethora of absentees from this campaign into account, Maresca has done fairly well to steer them towards a top three place, but reports suggest that he’s still not satisfied with the overall Chelsea squad despite being backed with a near-£300 million warchest last summer.
Premier League Clubs’ Summer Spending
Rank
Club
Gross Spend
Sales
Net Spend
20.
Bournemouth
£136.7m
£202.5m
+£65.8m
19.
Brighton
£67.7m
£127.5m
+£59.8m
18.
Brentford
£92.8m
£152m
+£59.2m
17.
Wolves
£105.6m
£126.5m
+£20.9m
16.
Chelsea
£296.5m
£314.4m
+£17.9m
According to TEAMtalk, Maresca wanted Chelsea to sign Real Madrid’s Rodrygo during the last window, and he could now have another chance to bring the Brazilian to Stamford Bridge.
Rodrygo 'on the brink' of Real Madrid exit as Chelsea 'push' for January deal
According to their information, after growing ‘frustrated’ under Xabi Alonso, Rodrygo is now ‘on the brink’ of leaving Real in the winter.
Rodrygo
The 24-year-old has started just two La Liga matches so far this term, and with the 2026 World Cup looming, he’s growing increasingly tempted by a move to the Premier League as Chelsea and other top English sides circle.
As per TEAMtalk, Chelsea are making a ‘late push’ for Rodrygo despite Man City being the overwhelming favourites for his signature, and Real have slashed his asking price by £35 million.
Once valued at around £88 million by Alonso’s side, Real president Florentino Perez is now prepared to negotiate a fee just above £53 million — which suddenly opens the door for Chelsea and other interested sides to make a move for the ex-Santos sensation.
Rodrygo, who has won La Liga three times and the Champions League twice during his time there, initially seemed out of reach, but a deal could be genuinely possible now given the player’s own frustration and dramatic drop in asking price.
The South American would bring versatility, proven quality and top pedigree to Chelsea’s youthful side.
Rodrygo bagged 14 goals and 11 assists in 50 appearances for Real just last season, including five strikes in the Champions League, but his £283,000-per-week wages could be a sticking point amid Chelsea’s carefully curated wage structure.
Newcastle United have purchased some real gems over the last few years when flexing their muscles across various transfer windows.
Just this summer gone, the Magpies splashed out a substantial £69m to land Nick Woltemade, and it’s already looking like it was a necessary splurge to make, with the skilful, yet towering German now up to four Premier League goals, despite the new campaign still very much being in its infancy.
Other, more shrewd purchases in recent memory have also seen Eddie Howe and Co. land both Kieran Trippier and Dan Burn, who remain as mainstays in his XI to his day, despite both being veteran figures at St James’ Park, while a deal to snap up Sandro Tonali for £55m back in 2023 continues to pay off.
The best recent bit of business of them all, however, could be obtaining Bruno Guimaraes, with the much-loved Toon captain even being hailed as “special” by his manager at the weekend, as another clutch moment from the Brazilian in black and white secured a last-ditch 2-1 win over Fulham.
Guimaraes' hero status at Newcastle
Acquired for a cheaper fee than both Woltemade and Tonali at the £40m mark back in 2022, it’s clear, now that Newcastle won themselves an almighty bargain picking up the South American from Lyon when they did.
Indeed, the Rio De Janeiro ace has become a “talisman” for the Magpies – as he was recently labelled by Match of the Day pundit Michael Carrick – with goals and assists aplenty, 52 combined to be exact, always matched by a hunger to battle away and fight for his beloved side, across his 166 appearances and counting on Tyneside.
From his mammoth 11,032 minutes in the Premier League, Guimaraes has won a very high 915 duels.
Yet, that is also coupled with his incisive play in the forward areas, with his 6510 accurate passes across the same span of matches, often resulting in him finding a teammate in the forward areas who can steer the Toon to a win.
The well-respected number 39 – who has also been dubbed a “joy to watch” this season by Toon-based blog Mouth of the Tyne – does also take matters into his own hands in the attacking positions, with a bumper eight goal contributions next to his name this campaign.
All of this overwhelming evidence points in the direction of Guimaraes being an unbelievable, earth-shuddering steal, but there is a new star emerging at St James’ Park now who might well be viewed as Newcastle’s most prized purchase since the 27-year-old’s impactful arrival.
Newcastle have another Bruno bargain
Guimaraes’ longevity in a Magpies shirt should be commended, with his midfield partner in Joelinton, beginning to show signs of decay, while he continues to stand out as a fine wine.
Malick Thiaw will hope he’s viewed as such a revered element of Howe’s team down the line, with the decision to bring in the 6-foot-4 centre-back this summer for just £34m already being viewed as another Guimaraes-style masterstroke.
Thiaw’s PL numbers for Newcastle (25/26)
Stat – per 90 mins*
Thiaw
Games played
6
Goals scored
0
Assists
0
Touches*
48.7
Accurate passes*
33.5 (88%)
Ball recoveries*
4.0
Clearances*
4.0
Total duels won*
5.0
Stats by Sofascore
Just ten games have come the Düsseldorf-born warrior’s way on Tyneside to date, and yet, he is already being branded as “absolutely sensational” to watch by Newcastle-based writer Thomas Hammond.
The table above only backs up all the wild praise the three-time Germany international has been receiving, with the commanding number 12 not looking out of place whatsoever in the Premier League – despite struggling to hold down a first-team spot at AC Milan – as seen in him averaging an unerring 88% pass accuracy, on top of winning five duels on average across his six outings in the tough league so far.
He very much stood out against Fulham too, in much the same way Guimaraes did, with eight duels heroically won, further reinforcing how much of a bargain the Toon have managed to pull off by acquiring Thiaw for a measly £34m.
With two Champions League clean sheets also under his belt, seeing Mouth of Tyne further boldly state that Thiaw can play at the “very top”, it’s clear that one of the centre-back spots in Howe’s XI is now nailed on to be taken up by the new fan favourite.
Already a recipient of his own catchy chant by the Newcastle fans, too, it does remain to be seen what Thiaw’s long-term career looks like in England.
Right now, though, he looks to be treading down the same, success-laden path as Guimaraes in being a staple for many years to come.
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Desde a chegada de Germán Cano, em 2022, a torcida do Fluminense se acostumou a celebrar os gols da equipe tricolor fazendo o L com as mãos, em homenagem a Lorenzo e Leonela, filhos do Rei da América. A partir do momento em que o argentinochegou, foram 86 comemorações de gol que receberam a marca do artilheiro em 138 partidas. Com média de 0,62 gols por partida, a torcida campeã da América se condicionou a comemorar gols “fazendo o L” jogo sim, jogo não, e por isso vem sentindo falta da homenagem do atacante que convive com jejum de gols.
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A falta de gols de Germán Cano vem afetando diretamente na capacidade do Fluminense em vencer os seus rivais do Rio de Janeiro. O último gol de Germán Cano em clássicos aconteceu na final do Carioca do ano passado, em 9 de Abril, quando o tricolor derrotou o Flamengo por 4 a 1, em épica virada que garantiu o bicampeonato. Desde então, quase um ano se passou, e o tricolor fez 12 clássicos sem conseguir a vitória nenhum deles.
Para conseguir se classificar à sua quinta final de Campeonato Carioca seguida, o Fluminense precisa repetir o feito atingido no ano passado diante do mesmo rival. Com desvantagem nos critérios de desempate da competição, o tricolor precisa vencer pelo menos por 3 a 0 caso queria seguir sonhando com o tricampeonato.
Para derrubar a vantagem conquistada pelo Flamengo no primeiro jogo, o atual campeão Carioca conta com a quebra da seca do artilheiro que convive com uma sequência de 5 jogos sem marcar. Nesse período, Germán Cano atuou em 3 clássicos com a camisa tricolor e voltou para casa com duas derrotas e um empate, resultados que não podem se repetir caso o Fluminense ainda queira ser campeão.
Top-order batter Sadaf Shamas returns to the squad; Gull Feroza and Najiha Alvi are left out but named among the non-traveling reserves
ESPNcricinfo staff25-Aug-2025
Fatima Sana will lead Pakistan for the first time in an ODI World Cup•ICC/Getty Images
Pakistan have picked uncapped 20-year-old batter Eyman Fatima in their 15-member squad, led by Fatima Sana, for the upcoming women’s ODI World Cup. The same squad will also play the three home ODIs against South Africa starting September 16, which will act as preparation for the World Cup starting September 30.This will be the first time Sana will be leading her side in an ODI World Cup. She had also led Pakistan at the World Cup qualifiers held in Lahore earlier this year.Eyman Fatima was not part of the squad for the qualifiers but comes into the new squad along with Sadaf Shamas, in place of Gull Feroza and Najiha Alvi, who are among the five non-travelling reserves alongside Tuba Hassan, Umm-e-Hani and Waheeda Akhtar.Getty Images
Eyman Fatima made her T20I debut earlier this month, against Ireland in Dublin, but got to bat only twice in three games for scores of 23 and 4.The main squad of 15 and the five reserve players will take part in a 14-day camp before the South Africa series, starting August 29 under the coaching staff led by Muhammad Wasim. South Africa are set to arrive in Lahore on September 12.Pakistan will begin their World Cup campaign on October 2 against Bangladesh before taking on India on October 5. Pakistan will play all their seven league games in Colombo and the semi-final as well, if they make it to the knockouts. The second semi-final will be played in Navi Mumbai. The final will be held either in Colombo or Navi Mumbai on November 2, depending on whether Pakistan make it or not.Pakistan Women squad for ODI World Cup and South Africa ODIsFatima Sana (capt), Muneeba Ali (vice-capt), Aliya Riaz, Diana Baig, Eyman Fatima, Nashra Sandhu, Natalia Pervaiz, Omaima Sohail, Rameen Shamim, Sadaf Shamas, Sadia Iqbal, Shawaal Zulfiqar, Sidra Amin, Sidra Nawaz (wk), Syeda Aroob Shah Non-traveling reserves: Gull Feroza, Najiha Alvi, Tuba Hassan, Umm-e-Hani, Waheeda Akhtar