أعلن النادي الأهلي، عن غياب أحد لاعبي الفريق الأول لكرة القدم بالقلعة الحمراء، عن المباراة المقبلة أمام فاركو، في الدوري المصري.
ويلتقي الأهلي، مع فاركو، غدًا الجمعة، ضمن منافسات الجولة الثانية من مسابقة الدوري المصري الممتاز، في تمام التاسعة مساءً بتوقيت القاهرة والسعودية.
طالع.. خاص.. حقيقة طلب زيزو الحصول على قيمة “غرامات الزمالك” من الأهلي وكشف أحمد جاب الله، طبيب الأهلي، في تصريحات للموقع الرسمي، عن إصابة ياسر إبراهيم مدافع الفريق بعد خضوعه لفحوصات طبية خلال الساعات الماضية قبل مواجهة فاركو.
وأوضح أن الفحوصات الطبية أثبتت إصابة ياسر إبراهيم بتمزق في العضلة العانية للفخذ اليسرى.
وأكد أن اللاعب سيغيب عن مواجهة الفريق أمام فاركو، موضحًا أنه سيبدأ برنامجًا علاجيًا وتأهيليًا من أجل التعافي.
وكان الأهلي قد تعادل مع مودرن سبورت بهدفين لمثليهما، في الجولة الافتتاحية لمسابقة الدوري السبت الماضي.
India hammered as many as 111 runs in their last seven overs – at nearly 16 runs an over – to post a mammoth total of 235, their fifth-highest in T20Is. During that phase, Ishan Kishan, Rinku Singh, Suryakumar Yadav, Ruturaj Gaikwad and Tilak Varma combined to clobber ten sixes and five fours, after India had managed only three sixes in the first 12 overs of their innings.That surge in the scoring rate proved to be the difference in the end as India posted the second-highest T20I total against Australia, who fell short for a 44-run loss after Ravi Bishnoi and Prasidh Krishna broke their back with three wickets apiece.The only time Australia threatened India was when Marcus Stoinis and Tim David belted 81 off 38 deliveries together for the fifth wicket after Australia were 58 for 4 in the eighth over. But Bishnoi had David caught for 37 off 22 in the 14th over, and when Stoinis fell to Mukesh Kumar for 45 from 25 in the next over, it was all but a formality for India.Australia’s middle and lower order crumbled to lose 5 for 16 to hand India a 2-0 lead in the five-match series.
Jaiswal goes 4, 4, 4, 6, 6
That the pitch at the Greenfield International Stadium was on the slower side was evident as early as the second over of India’s innings, when Nathan Ellis’ slower deliveries had already forced mistimed shots from India’s openers. Yashasvi Jaiswal, however, ensured the powerplay ended with a tall total total of 77.Jaiswal alone smashed 53 from 25 balls inside the first six, with nine fours and two sixes. The fun had begun when he targeted Glenn Maxwell in the third over, lofting inside-out over cover and slog-sweeping behind square for a four each. And come the fourth, Jaiswal bashed Sean Abbott for 4, 4, 4, 6, 6 off the first five balls. It started with two slashed boundaries to point, and finished with two pulls for sixes over deep square leg.But it was the four in between which was the most delightful: Jaiswal waited for a shortish delivery just outside off, before guiding it very late and past the wicketkeeper for four. The tone was set, even as he departed with one ball in the powerplay remaining.
Kishan switches gears before death overs
After the powerplay, Kishan and Gaikwad could tick off only 47 runs in the next seven overs. Much of that control from Australia was down to birthday boy Tanveer Sangha, who gave away just 17 from his first three overs, and Adam Zampa’s second over that went for eight.But Kishan, whose first 26 runs had consumed 22 balls, rammed another 26 from his next ten as India headed into the death overs. He first hit a six and a four off Maxwell in the 14th over, before spoiling Sangha’s day with two more sixes in the 15th. The second of those took him to a half-century, before Stoinis ended his stay on 52 off 32 balls.
Rinku repeats finishing heroics
Suryakumar’s stay lasted for just 10 balls for 19 runs, and with 14 balls left, Rinku arrived and faced nine of them. Six of those deliveries went either to or over the boundary, as he cracked an unbeaten 31 at a strike rate of 344.44. After Abbott’s first over was taken for 24 by Jaiswal, it was Rinku’s turn to pummel 4, 6, 4, 4, 6 off him in the 19th over. Three of those hits were pulled, which went for a four each to deep midwicket and deep square leg, with one of them flying for six over midwicket.And like Jaiswal, one of those shots stood out, when Rinku reached out to a low, dipping full toss outside off while the ball was angling across, and sent that soaring over Abbott’s head for six. The bat turned in his hands, but the ball still ended miles back.
Australia’s off-track chase
Both captains expected dew to play a role in the second half of the match, and naturally, Matthew Wade had opted to bowl. But dew had set in even while India were batting, and the hosts left Australia with a required rate of nearly 12 an over. That pressure forced them to keep swinging, and despite motoring along to 31 without loss in the first two overs, they soon lost 4 for 27 by the eighth over.One of those wickets came when a sharp, well-judged catch by Tilak sent the first T20I’s centurion Josh Inglis back for 2, with Bishnoi grabbing two wickets out of the first four. That is when Stoinis and David got together and counter-attacked, but a meltdown either side of that rapid partnership left Australia in must-win territory ahead of the third T20I.
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Manchester City could reportedly be forced to loan out £50 million-rated ($68m) Jack Grealish amid a lack of permanent transfer options.
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Grealish, who arrived at the Etihad Stadium from Aston Villa in 2021 for a then-British record £100m ($136m), now appears to be at a crossroads in his City career. The 28-year-old has two years left on his current deal, which earns him a substantial £300,000 per week, but interest in the forward has yet to materialise into any concrete offers, prompting City to explore a temporary move, as revealed by
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Pep Guardiola’s side are in the United States to prepare for their upcoming Club World Cup clash against Moroccan champions Wydad Casablanca, and Grealish is absent from City’s travelling contingent that landed in Boca Raton. Club sources indicate that while City are not actively pushing the player out, they are open to discussions. However, the £50m price tag remains firm.
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A potential return to Aston Villa is now under serious discussion, according to the However, the West Midlands club are unlikely to commit to a full transfer given the financial weight of Grealish’s current salary. A temporary deal would allow Villa to bring back their former star without shouldering the full cost of his wages.
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Once the centrepiece of a record-breaking transfer, Grealish now finds himself in a situation where a loan move is his most likely path to regular football. Whether that means a return to Villa Park or a move abroad remains to be seen, but it is clear that change is coming for the English star.
“If he’s available, he will be selected,” McCullum says amid concerns around Moeen’s spinning finger
Matt Roller21-Jun-2023
Moeen Ali inspects the damage to his spinning finger•Getty Images
England hope that a week’s gap between the first and second Ashes Tests will enable their bowling attack time to recover ahead of back-to-back fixtures at Lord’s and Headingley, following a heavy workload at Edgbaston this week.The second men’s Test starts on June 28 at Lord’s and England are only expected to train twice before then, giving their bowlers time to recharge after spending 208.4 overs in the field during their two-wicket defeat to Australia in Birmingham.”Seven days is actually quite a long time to give everyone a good rest,” Ben Stokes, England’s captain, said. “We’ll meet up again in three or four days’ time I think, and we’ll assess how everyone’s going and we’ll have to make a decision from there.”There is particular concern around Moeen Ali’s spinning finger, which he cut open on the second day of the first Test on his return to red-ball cricket following a 21-month absence. Moeen was clearly struggling to grip the ball and only bowled seven overs on the final day – precisely the moment when Stokes would have hoped to lean heavily on his primary spinner.”I told Mo to tell me if his finger was sore, and I’d sensed that it was even before that,” Stokes said. “For him to come back into his first Test match and operate in the way that he did and really put himself through the pain barrier for the team [was great].”You could see what it meant to him going out to play for England again with a huge smile on his face. I selected him for his match-winning moments. He had a few of them with the ball and nearly got us over the line… [The break] gives Mo a good chance for his finger to heal up.”Related
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England are yet to decide if they will call up another spinner as cover for Moeen, but were expected to discuss the possibility on Wednesday. Rehan Ahmed, Liam Dawson and Will Jacks are among the front-runners if they decide to do so. They may also consider fielding a four-man seam attack at Lord’s, not least after Joe Root’s tidy returns with his offbreaks across the first Test – though Brendon McCullum said that Moeen would play if available.”I thought Mo did a great job,” McCullum said. “He bowled a couple of absolute jaffas in the game and that was what his role was, to try and make breakthroughs when he had the opportunity with the ball, and with the bat, to try to disrupt it a little bit. I thought he did that pretty well too.”We’ll monitor Mo’s finger over the next few days and hopefully he’ll come right for the next one. You have planning for everyone… but I’m pretty confident that over the next few days, we can get on top of Mo’s finger and that’ll give us an opportunity to select him in the next game. If he’s available, he will be selected.”Stokes marked Stuart Broad and Ollie Robinson out for putting in “incredible” shifts on the last evening but James Anderson, for so long the leader of England’s attack, had an off-game. He returned match figures of 1 for 109 and was overlooked when England took the second new ball in the final stages of the Test.Speaking before play started on Tuesday, Anderson admitted to Sky Sports that he was “still searching for a bit of rhythm” on his return from a groin niggle that kept him out for over a month, including England’s 10-wicket win over Ireland.James Anderson chats with Ben Stokes•PA Photos/Getty Images
“It’s been difficult,” Anderson added. “I feel like I do need a bit of game time to get back into it and it has been five-six weeks since I last played. I feel like I’ve bowled OK but I definitely feel like there’s more there.”Mark Wood, overlooked for the first Test, will come into contention at Lord’s.Stokes himself bowled seven overs in each innings and took two vital wickets, trapping Steven Smith lbw in the first innings and inducing a chop-on from Usman Khawaja in the second with a leg cutter. He hardly celebrated Khawaja’s dismissal – “I was absolutely flying on caffeine,” he explained – but said he saw his bowling workload as “a massive boost”.”I’ve put my body through more than it’s actually been through over the last year, which is obviously great signs for myself and another confidence boost for me,” Stokes said. “Getting through that, knowing we’ve still got four games coming up has given me a massive boost.”I can’t remember the last time I’ve sort of been able to continually bowl. I was just really happy that I was able to get a good long spell in, and I just love being in that situation. I love bowling long spells, especially when the game’s on the line.”
Gary Ballance, the former Yorkshire and England cricketer who recently relaunched his career with his native Zimbabwe, has announced his retirement from all forms of cricket with immediate effect.Ballance, 33, made four centuries in 23 Test appearances for England between 2014 and 2017, a record that compared favourably with many other players to have debuted in a similar period.However, he was heavily implicated in Azeem Rafiq’s explosive testimony during the DCMS parliamentary hearings in Westminster last November, after his use of the racial slur “P**i” had been deemed to be “banter” in the initial report into allegations of institutional racism at Yorkshire.His career within English cricket ended amid the controversy, and after several months of open-ended leave on mental health grounds, Yorkshire released him from his contract at the end of the 2022 season, shortly after he was charged by the Cricket Discipline Commission alongside six other Yorkshire cricketers, including Michael Vaughan (who was subsequently cleared) and Matthew Hoggard.His move back to Zimbabwe – whom he had represented at Under-19 level prior to his England call-up – had been a bid for a fresh start, and it was initially a successful one too. He signed a two-year contract with ZC in December and played a total of eight international matches between January and March, including a one-off Test against West Indies in Bulawayo in which he scored a memorable 137 not out.The feat made him only the second Test cricketer to score centuries for two different nations, after Kepler Wessels, the former Australia batter and South Africa captain. However, after signing off with an unbeaten 64 to seal last month’s ODI series against the Netherlands, Ballance has now decided to call time on his relaunched career.”After much thought, I have decided to retire from all forms of professional cricket with immediate effect,” he said in a statement.”I had hoped my move to Zimbabwe would provide me with a new-found happiness for the game and I will always be thankful to Zimbabwe Cricket for providing me with an opportunity to return to international cricket and welcoming me into their team.”However, I have reached the stage where I no longer have the desire to dedicate myself to the rigours of professional sport and this would do Zimbabwe Cricket and the game itself a disservice, should I carry on. I wish them every success going forward.”I have been fortunate to have some incredibly memorable moments in cricket, winning County Championships with Yorkshire and gaining the ultimate honour of representing England and Zimbabwe. I want to thank all of my clubs, coaches, support staff, teammates and supporters for their guidance and encouragement over my career, it has been a privilege.”It is now time for me to move on to the next chapter of my life. I will be making no further comments on my decision at this time.”He retires with a total of 1653 runs at 40.31 from his 24 Tests, and 12031 first-class runs at 47.74 all told, including 42 centuries and a further eight in List A cricket.
Tottenham Hotspur chiefs are making plans ahead of the summer transfer window, as they sense an opportunity to sign one highly-rated forward for free.
Postecoglou and Levy under pressure as Spurs prepare for Man United
Spurs boss Ange Postecoglou, despite his squad being blighted by injuries to key first-team stars, has been under mounting pressure in recent weeks.
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The same can be said for ENIC and chairman Daniel Levy, who face fresh protests from disgruntled supporters against United this weekend, amid claims that private Qatari investors are planning a phased buyout of Tottenham.
Spurs have won just one of their last eight Premier League matches, losing 13 in the league alone already, with Postecoglou’s side languishing in 14th.
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The Australian appears to be walking a tightrope when it comes to keeping the Spurs job, and reports this week have linked the Lilywhites with a succession of potential Postecoglou replacements in Simone Inzaghi, Thomas Frank, Edin Terzić and Andoni Iraola.
“Managers have gone a lot quicker than Ange, and not done as bad as his results, and sadly you can only hide behind injuries for so long, irrespective of how much it’s affecting the team and how difficult it is to get through that period,” said ex-Premier League boss Sam Allardyce on the No Tippy Tappy Football podcast.
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“You’ve got to find a way to get results, and I think that as the game is today, his inability to change – and to provide a way of playing to win – is much more important than the style of play, and he doesn’t seem to accept that.”
Tottenham attempted to back Postecoglou in January, albeit mostly in dramatic last minute fashion. Antonin Kinsky, Kevin Danso and Mathys Tel joined to bolster a number of key areas in the team, with Spurs also making a late attempt to sign Axel Disasi, who ended up joining Aston Villa instead.
Whether or not Postecoglou remains in the dugout for 2025/2026 remains to be seen, but Spurs are planning to bolster the squad again this summer.
Tottenham hold talks with Malaga winger Antonio Cordero's camp
As per The Boot Room and journalist Graeme Bailey, Malaga winger Antonio Cordero is attracting Tottenham’s interest, with the highly-rated winger available for nothing later this year as his contract expires at the end of this campaign.
Tottenham have reached out to Cordero’s representatives for talks, but the north Londoners will have to beat off a host of other clubs to acquire his signature, with Newcastle thought to be in pole position right now.
Nevertheless, a transfer race is never over until the player officially puts pen to paper, so Spurs are still in with a shout of acquiring the Spain Under-19 international ahead of next campaign.
Cordero has scored four goals and registered six assists in all competitions for the Spanish Segunda División side this term, with football analyst Ben Mattinson calling him an “exciting” and “direct” forward player.
Brendon McCullum, England’s Test head coach, believes “it would be awesome” for Rehan Ahmed to be signed by an IPL franchise for the 2023 season in Friday’s auction in Kochi.Rehan became the youngest man to take a five-wicket haul on Test debut on Tuesday, running through Pakistan’s middle and lower order to return figures on 5 for 48 and swing the Karachi Test England’s way.He played 14 T20 Blast games for Leicestershire last summer and five times for Southern Brave in the Hundred, and is available at a base price of INR 40 lakh (£40,000 approx.) in Friday’s auction. There is rarely much demand for overseas spinners at the auction, but Rehan’s low price point and huge potential could convince a franchise to take a punt on him.”It would be great,” McCullum, who played in the first 11 IPL seasons and recently coached Kolkata Knight Riders, told the BBC’s . “It would be awesome if he did. Why not? Why not get an opportunity to go and play under different coaches and different captains and rub shoulders with different players and pick up those experiences? What 18-year-old kid anywhere else in world cricket is going to get those chances? I think we should encourage it.”Related
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Mo Bobat, the ECB’s performance director, said in October that Rehan had been “inundated” with offers from franchise leagues for the 2022-23 season and that “English cricket has a real responsibility to manage him carefully”. He has already pulled out of one tournament – the Pakistan Junior League – this winter and has a contract with Andy Flower’s Gulf Giants in the inaugural ILT20 in the UAE in January and February.His availability for that tournament could be curtailed if England pick him for any of their ODI series in South Africa in late January, their Test tour to New Zealand in February or the Lions tour to Sri Lanka, but McCullum said he would “encourage him to play as much franchise cricket as he can”.McCullum said: “He’s got a real future. He’s a guy who has been on the radar of English cricket for a little while. It took some courage from Stokesy [Ben Stokes] and a few people to thrust him into this opportunity. The more we’re prepared to do that, the more we can discover how talented people are and how much they can grow on the big stage as well.”The important thing for Rehan is that we continue to look after him. He won’t be in every squad and I’ll encourage him to play as much franchise cricket as he can, and get as many experiences around the globe and play with different players, under different coaches and in different conditions.Ben Stokes hands a stump to Rehan Ahmed after England’s victory in Karachi•Matthew Lewis/Getty Images
“His skill is not a problem, his attitude is absolutely brilliant. We’ve just got to get as much experience into him as possible. That’s not just at Test level but in leagues as well. I couldn’t be happier for him: it will give other kids around England some motivation that if you work hard enough and you’ve got skill and the game is your passion, then you can actually achieve it, maybe sooner than you thought.”If Rehan is not picked up in Friday’s auction, he will spend the first two months of the English season with his county, Leicestershire. He played only three County Championship games out of a possible 14 last year, and was seen as the second spinner behind the slow left-armer Callum Parkinson.Asked if he would like to see Rehan given more opportunities in the Championship, McCullum told Sky Sports: “You can’t force anyone to do anything. But I think maybe a few people might have realised just how talented he is and what a difference he can make in the game.”I’m pretty relaxed, to be honest. [He could] go and play some franchise cricket around the world, get some exposure to different conditions and try and play as much cricket as you possibly can, and get as many experiences as you possibly can in the shortest period of time. We’ll end up benefiting from it.”Stokes said that Rehan’s emergence was “seriously exciting” for English cricket. “One thing I was very impressed with is that the more he got into the game, the more confident he felt in himself to start talking to me about fields and what he wanted the batsmen to try and do,” he told Sky.”Legspinners are absolute gems. They can change the game and we’ve seen that in that spell yesterday afternoon when he came in and bowled us to victory. For an 18-year-old to have the ability that he does, being nowhere near the finished article in my opinion, is seriously exciting.”Rehan was watched by his father, Naeem, throughout the Karachi Test, whom England invited into their pre-match huddle when Nasser Hussain presented Rehan’s cap. “That cap presentation was absolutely brilliant,” McCullum said. “There were a few tears flowing around the dressing room after that.”Even a couple of days deep into it, the boys were still talking about how amazing that moment was and sometimes reminds you that you should never take it for granted. Rehan is just an amazing story. He’s a guy who loves the game so much, his family love the game so much.”He’s clearly got a huge amount of talent and ability. And we’ve just got to allow him to be able to go up at his own pace. We’ll give him the opportunities when they come but also we’ll look after him when we need to. He couldn’t have been any more impressive than what he’s been so far.”
The former opener said that some tough selections call will need to be made
Andrew McGlashan08-Nov-2022
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Matthew Hayden has urged Australia’s selectors to be ruthless as they build towards future World Cups following the team’s early exit for the T20 event on home soil.There is expected to be a significant turnover in players for the 2024 T20 World Cup in West Indies and the USA, but before that, there is the ODI World Cup in India next October. The selectors have taken the first step towards that tournament by naming a full-strength squad to face England later this month with Travis Head given the chance to cement a position as Aaron Finch’s replacement at the top of the order.Only one change was made from the squad that won the 2021 T20 World Cup in the UAE with Tim David replacing Mitchell Swepson although Cameron Green later came in for the injured Josh Inglis. Finch has said he won’t make an immediate call on his future but is not expected to feature in the 2024 edition while Matthew Wade is unlikely to feature. Steven Smith’s position will also be up for debate while there may be a restructuring of the bowling attack away from the all-format quicks.Related
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Hayden, speaking in his capacity as Pakistan’s team mentor, drew comparisons from his playing days when the selectors made bold calls to rebuild teams with an eye on future World Cups.”The Australian team has some thinking to do. There has to be some freshness,” Hayden said. “And I think one of the great strengths of Australian cricket has been its ability to be able to recognise when to make that gear change into a different playing roster. I think full credit and respect has to go to the players that played this tournament, [they] certainly deserve to be there.”A little bit like Mark Waugh giving away to someone like myself after World Cup campaigns, it’s always been quite ruthless preparing for the next World Cup and they seemingly come around more often than not.”Just 12 months ago, we were sitting here talking about the T20 champions and that was Australia…so the tournaments are coming around quick and fast. But certainly, from an Australian cricket point of view, there has to be planning heading towards World Cups. They’re the premium events. They’re the events that everyone across the world plans for, and Australia, unfortunately, just didn’t get it right.”Hayden termed the decision to leave out Mitchell Starc for the Afghanistan match as “really significant.” At the same time, national selector George Bailey attempted to further explain the move saying it came about because Cameron Green, who had replaced the injured Finch, gave Australia another middle-overs option and they wanted to strengthen the death bowling.”Every time an Australian team goes into a major series or tournament … the expectations are very high,” Bailey said. “We’re disappointed we’re not taking part from this point on in the semis. Specifically to Starcy…it was a tactical decision, it was a match-up decision. People can make of that what they will. And they are.”However, Bailey agreed that Australia’s tournament had been left with too much catching up to do after the opening 89-run defeat against New Zealand at the SCG. Daniel Vettori, the assistant coach, has since suggested that it would have been a wiser approach from the batters to minimise the margin of defeat when victory was out of the question.”To get behind the net run rate as far as we did, it meant a lot of things were probably out of our control,” Bailey said. “Every game post that, you provide opportunities to try and chase some of that net run rate back, but you have to give credit to other teams as well. That’s where it went wrong, that first game, to be beaten so comprehensively. You’d like to think that the batting line-up should be able to find its way to 140-150 then you are probably having a different conversation.”
It’s been a draining season for Tottenham Hotspur.
Ange Postecoglou’s side came into the campaign hopeful of doing one better than their fifth-place finish last year and qualifying for the Champions League, yet as things stand, they have lost more Premier League games than they’ve won and sit nearer the relegation zone than the top four places.
Now, while a significant reason for their poor results can be attributed to questionable tactics from the manager, the North Londoners have also been utterly ravaged by injuries.
The Australian hasn’t been able to field his first-choice backline for almost the entire campaign, and now he’s set to be without club-record signing Dominic Solanke for at least six weeks.
Fortunately, recent reports have touted another Premier League poacher for a move to N17 this month, a forward who might actually be better than the injured Spurs ace.
Tottenham target Premier League striker
According to a recent report from journalist Graeme Bailey, Tottenham are intent on adding a new striker to the squad this month.
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One of the players they are keen on is Brentford star Yoane Wissa, although they are not the only ones, with Nottingham Forest and Arsenal also credited with interest in reports from earlier this month.
The story does not reveal how much the 28-year-old sharpshooter might cost to get out of West London this month, but as his £25k-per-week contract is set to expire next summer, there’s a chance that said price won’t be too exorbitant.
It could be a complicated transfer to get over the line for Spurs, but given Wissa’s incredible form, it’s one well worth pursuing, especially as he might even be better than Solanke.
How Wissa compares with Solanke
So, if Spurs were to get ahead of the competition, pull the trigger, and bring Wissa to the club this month, he’d be the perfect player to step in for Solanke while he’s out injured.
However, who will get the nod to start once the Englishman returns to the fold, and who will be the long-term first choice?
Well, a way to work that out is by simply comparing their form this season, although in doing that, it’s the Brentford ace who comes out on top.
For example, in just 23 appearances this season, totalling 1639 minutes, the “massively underrated” forward, as dubbed by football analyst Ben Mattinson, has scored 12 goals and provided two assists, which comes out to an average of a goal involvement every 1.64 games, or every 117.07 minutes.
In contrast, the former Bournemouth star has scored 11 goals and provided six assists in 29 appearances, totalling 2248 minutes, which comes out to an average of a goal involvement every 1.70 games, or every 132.23 minutes.
Moreover, when we compare their relevant underlying numbers, the Congolese international once again comes out on top.
For example, the 28-year-old emerges victorious in most metrics, including, but not limited to, expected and actual non-penalty goals plus assists, progressive carries, shots and shots on target, passing accuracy, key passes, shot-creating actions and more, all per 90.
Wissa vs Solanke
Statistics
Wissa
Solanke
Non-Penalty Expected G+As
0.70
0.62
Actual Non-Penalty G+As
0.79
0.56
Progressive Passes
2.06
2.08
Progressive Carries
2.12
1.52
Shots
2.67
2.59
Shots on Target
1.28
1.07
Passing Accuracy
78.2%
70.7%
Key Passes
0.91
0.67
Shot-Creating Actions
2.25
1.86
Goal-Creating Actions
0.36
0.39
All Stats via FBref for the 24/25 PL Season
Ultimately, it does appear as if Wissa is currently the more dangerous striker out of the pair, and the fact he is playing this well for a team outside of the traditional ‘big six’ makes it all the more impressive.
Therefore, Spurs should do all they can to bring him to N17 this month, as not only could he cover for Solanke, but he might even surpass him.
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