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Almost identical to David Beckham, former defender Paul Parker grew up in east London before going on to represent both Manchester United and England in what proved a glistening playing career.

Parker made his name at Fulham before his impressive stint with rivals Queens Park Rangers caught the attention of the Red Devils, where he went on to win four major trophies, including the first two Premier League titles under Sir Alex Ferguson.

But more than 23 years after his retirement, Parker is set to swap the pitch for the pond when he participates in a new finishing programme called Angling Outlaws, which will be aired on BT Sport next year.

We spoke exclusively to the 57-year-old about several different subjects within football…

Where do you rank both Luke Shaw and Aaron Wan-Bissaka in terms of Premier League full-backs?

“If you’re looking at a pairing, then you have to say they may be the best in the league at this moment in time on current form. Luke Shaw, this season, has shown the reasons why he should be a Manchester United player. He was starting to show that before and then got injured but he got no help from the previous manager.”

Are you surprised that Donny van de Beek has played so little?

“He should have got a load of time. He hasn’t been given an opportunity; I think it’s wrong. I don’t know why United play two holding midfielders at home. When you look at what United are about attacking wise, they’re playing with one attacking player.

“He does work well with Fernandes, he works well with Cavani, he works well with Mata, but he hasn’t been given the opportunity. He should be starting games with Fernandes, Pogba and Cavani. He’s played in big games; he’s played in a Champions League semi-final. I think he’s been let down in certain ways and should have been managed better.”

Is Michail Antonio good enough to be West Ham’s first-choice striker next season?

“Personally I think they’re going to have to get another striker in. Antonio has done incredible, he went through a stage in the season where he deserved fans in the stadium, because he started this run.

“He’s done wonders with them, his performance at Wolves when he did his hamstring, that’s the best his all-round game has been. He made one of the goals, made such an unselfish run for Lingard. He’s learned how to play that role.”

How do you assess your cousin Ben Johnson’s season?

“He hasn’t let himself down. He’s started in big games. He made his debut at Man City; he’s played at Old Trafford twice this season and he’s done well. He’s feeling more and more confident. He’s done himself justice, but I’m sure he will get to a certain point where he wants to become a regular.”

Would you like to see QPR sign Charlie Austin permanently?

“The easiest thing to say if you always look to have experience through the middle. I look at when he left QPR, he went to Southampton and West Brom on Premier League money. He would have to take a massive drop in money. I think they could go out and get a younger striker which would balance the books rather than put everything into one player.”

Have you ever fished before?

“As an 11/12-year-old, I did. I have been out once so far; I went out in a place in Essex and caught an oversized goldfish. It was a goldfish in steroids. It still hasn’t caught me, it’s not fast and furious, I wouldn’t say I was rushing to get back. I’m not a big fan of touching fish, it makes me want to wash my hands.”

Do you know Frank McAvennie, Ray Houghton or Tony Gale?

“I know all of them quite well. I know Frank from playing against him – I made my top-level debut playing against Frank for Rangers against West Ham and I have played a lot of ex-pro games against him. The other two I know well because we were at Fulham together. We signed Ray Houghton on a free transfer from West Ham – maybe the best free transfer of all time, his career will tell you that. Tony Gale, I have known since I was 14 as a kid to when I was an apprentice and I used to clean his boots.”

Paul Parker will be joining Ray Houghton, Tony Gale and Frank McAvennie on BT Sport’s Angling Outlaws, next summer.

With the help of Outlaw Pro, the four former pros will be trying their hand at fishing, with the quadruplet facing off at the end of the six-part series to see who knows their slide tackles from their tackle boxes.

يأمل المدرب الألماني، يورجن كلوب، المدير الفني لنادي ليفربول، أن يظل لاعبه الدولي الإنجليزي جيمس ميلنر لموسم آخر مع حمُر الميرسيسايد.

ميلنر (36 عامًا) لديه عقد مع ليفربول ينتهي بنهاية موسم 2021/2022 الجاري.

وتلقى ميلنر أكثر من عرض للرحيل عن ليفربول، وعلى رأسها فريقي أستون فيلا وكريستال بالاس، بجانب ليدز يونايتد.

وذكر الصحفي الإيطالي الموثوق “فابريزيو رومانو” بشبكة “سكاي سبورتس” البريطانية، فإن كلوب يريد من ميلنر التجديد والتوقيع على العقد في أقرب وقتٍ ممكن.

اقرأ أيضًا.. صراع خارج الخطوط بين ليفربول ومانشستر سيتي على صفقة هجومية مميزة

وأوضح أن العقد الجديد سيكون لمدة عام آخر حتى 30 يونيو 2023، مؤكدًا أن العرض متواجد على الطاولة لدىّ ميلنر بالفعل، مُشيرًا إلى الأمر متروك لصاحب الـ”36″ عامًا بشأن التجديد.

يُذكر أن ميلنر رغم تقدمه في العمر، لا يزال يشارك بشكل أساسي مع كلوب، وهذا الموسم شارك في 25 مباراة بمُختلف المسابقات، ولم يسجل أي هدف وقدم 3 تمريرات حاسمة.

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O São Paulo anunciou nesta sexta-feira um novo patrocinador. O clube fechou com a empresa de bebidas Poty um contrato de dois anos. A partir de 2017, a marcará passará a estampar o Guaraná Poty no calção do Tricolor. Os valores do acordo não foram divulgados.

O contrato prevê, além da marca no calção do uniforme de jogo, a realização de ações de ativação, como a utilização de um camarote no Morumbi para ações de relacionamento, placas estáticas no CT da Barra Funda, marca no site do clube, além da colocação de latas do refrigerante sobre as mesas de entrevistas coletivas organizadas pelo Tricolor.

– O patrocínio do São Paulo vai nos dar uma visibilidade nacional e até internacional. É um clube com uma história muito bonita. A Poty está em fase de expansão, buscando novos mercados. Estamos deixando de ser uma marca regional para buscar o mercado nacional e a visibilidade que o clube nos dará é um dos caminhos para sermos conhecidos em todo o país – comenta José Luiz Franzotti, Presidente da Poty, em entrevista ao site oficial do São Paulo.

O Tricolor, por sua vez, comemorou a chegada de mais um parceiro. A diretoria de marketing voltou a destacar a entrada de receitas no uniforme em um ano da gestão do presidente Carlos Augusto de Barros e Silva. Partiu do 0 na saída de Carlos Miguel Aidar para cerca de R$ 33 milhões. Agora, a Poty entra para o time de Prevent Senior, Corr Plastik, TIM, FIAP, Joli e Copa Airlines.

– A estratégia da Poty de utilizar a parceria com o São Paulo como plataforma para nacionalizar sua marca é um atestado do novo momento da instituição, que retomou sua credibilidade no mercado. Os últimos doze meses mostraram que com um trabalho sério e competente é possível atrair, mesmo em tempos de crise, negócios fundamentais para o clube. Nosso foco constante nas entregas e na comprovação do retorno do investimento dos parceiros fortalece os acordos e vem abrindo oportunidades em diversas frentes – disse Vinicius Pinotti, diretor de marketing do São Paulo.

SOBRE A POTY

O São Paulo divulgou um texto em seu site descrevendo a empresa com a qual fechou parceira. De acordo com a publicação, a Poty, indústria brasileira de bebidas, está comemorando 65 anos. Foi fundada em 1951 no município de Potirendaba, São Paulo, com foco em produzir refrigerantes. Hoje, mais de 100 produtos compõem o mix entre refrigerantes, sucos, água, chá, isotônico, energético, tônicas, licores alcoólicos entre outras bebidas.

O texto diz que a empresa é 100% legal e tem as certificações ISO 9001:2008 e ISO 14001:2004. Os produtos da Poty são comercializados nos Estados de São Paulo, Minas Gerais e Mato Grosso do Sul. A Empresa tem sua matriz em Potirendaba, onde se localiza a Indústria e um centro de distribuição e conta com outros espalhados por sua área de atuação.

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Charlton Athletic bolstered their promotion hopes with an emphatic victory over Plymouth Argyle earlier this week, with the three points moving the side up into the playoff zone.

It also stretched their unbeaten run to ten games, which could prove to be a game-changer when the post-season swings around as they are proving to be undefeatable right now.

And Nigel Adkins deserves plenty of credit as he has continued that run of form despite taking over from Lee Bowyer last month.

On Tuesday night, he made a bold call to axe – or rest – one of his star performers, Ryan Inniss and evidently, it paid dividends as they kept a clean sheet on their way to a storming 6-0 victory.

Having signed in the summer, the 25-year-old has endured a campaign blighted by injury and after missing 27 straight league games, including Adkins’ first match in charge against AFC Wimbledon.

But he stepped in to keep a clean sheet against Doncaster Rovers, looked just as solid against promotion rivals Sunderland and Ipswich struggled to score past him, too.

Therefore to drop him in midweek was certainly a major call to make with him rounding back into form himself.

Speaking after clinching the 6 foot 5 titan in the summer, Bowyer waxed lyrical about his ability to the club’s official website, he said:

“It has been difficult as there are not many right-footed centre-halves out there but we have managed to get a very good one. Ryan is a winner, it is important when you have players like that at the back, and he’s a leader, an organiser and in that centre-half position that is what we were looking for.”

As per WhoScored ratings, the 25-year-old colossus (7.33) is only second to Jayden Stockley (7.48) and is also proving to be a huge aerial threat in this side, again ranking behind the target man striker (9.8) for aerial duels won (6.8) this term.

In his place, Adkins opted for Norwich City loanee Akin Famewo and he delivered alongside skipper Jason Pearce.

The 22-year-old gem was graded amongst the Addicks’ star performers with a 7.6 rating, better than the rest of the backline and only bettered by the goalscoring Stockley.

Famewo was a commanding presence, recording a game-high three blocks, putting his body on the line to deny Argyle a goal despite his side romping to an easy victory.

Whilst the young defender also put in four clearances and two interceptions, on top of winning 100% of his battles in the air, as per SofaScore.

The decision to rest Inniss for Famewo certainly turned out to be a blinding call from Adkins, and that’ll be good to know should the former Palace graduate pick up another injury or if further rotation is needed.

AND in other news, Addicks outcast fired Nigel Adkins a timely reminder this week…

قرر الجهاز الفني لنادي الزمالك بقيادة الفرنسي باتريس كارتيرون، ضم 7 لاعبين جدد إلى قائمة الفريق الإفريقية استعدادًا للمشاركة في دوري أبطال إفريقيا.

وكانت قرعة دور المجموعات لبطولة دورى أبطال إفريقيا أسفرت عن وقوع الزمالك في المجموعة الرابعة، بجانب الوداد المغربي، وبترو أتليتكو وساجرادا الأنجوليين.

ووفقاً للموقع الرسمي للزمالك، قام مسؤولو القلعة البيضاء بقيد 7 لاعبين جدد في القائمة الإفريقية للفريق خلال الساعات الماضية، بعد التشاور بين إدارة الكرة برئاسة أمير مرتضى منصور، والجهاز الفني بقيادة باتريس كارتيرون.

وأنهى النادي إجراءات قيد كل من عمر السعيد، والإيفواري رزاق سيسيه، والمغربي محمد أوناجم، والحارس الصاعد السيد عطية، وحسام أشرف، وماجد هاني، ومحمد طارق، في القائمة الإفريقية.

طالع | رابطة الأندية تعلن مواعيد مباريات الزمالك في الدور الأول لـ الدوري المصري

وكان الاتحاد الأفريقي لكرة القدم حدد يوم 12 فبراير الجاري موعدًا للقاء الزمالك وبترو أتلتيكو في الجولة الأولى لمباريات دور المجموعات، وستقام المباراة باستاد القاهرة في الساعة السادسة مساءً.

وحدد “كاف” يوم 19 فبراير موعدًا لمباراة الأبيض أمام ساجرادا الأنجولي، والتي ستقام في أنجولا ضمن مباريات الجولة الثانية لمباريات دور المجموعات.

يرى المدير الفني للفريق الأول لكرة القدم بنادي مونتيري، خافيير أجيري، أن مواجهة كروز أزول في الدوري المكسيكي في الوقت الحالي أهم من الأهلي في بطولة كأس العالم للأندية 2021.

ويلتقي الأهلي ومونتيري في الدور الثاني من البطولة التي ستقام على أرض دولة الإمارات العربية الشقيقة يوم 5 فبراير المقبل في تمام الساعة السادسة والنصف مساءً بتوقيت “القاهرة”.

وسبق ودرب أجيري منتخب مصر ولكنه رحل بعد الخروج من بطولة كأس أمم إفريقيا 2019 والتي أقيمت على أرض الفراعنة عقب الخسارة أمام جنوب إفريقيا 0-1 على ستاد “القاهرة” الدولي.

اقرأ أيضًا.. قنوات أبو ظبي تعلن حصولها على حقوق بث مباريات كأس العالم للأندية

وتحدث المدرب المكسيكي على مواجهة الأهلي المرتقبة في تصريحات نقلتها موقع ناديه الرسمي، وقال: “هناك أشخاص يحللون ويعملون على تقارير وفيديوهات للمنافس”.

وتابع: “محظوظ لأنني دربت منتخب مصر، أعرف الأهلي جيدًا، لديهم خمسة لاعبين في كأس أمم إفريقيا الآن وأعرفهم جيدًا”.

وأضاف: “لكنني لست منخرطًا في تفاصيل أكثر في الوقت الحالي، أركز على مواجهة كروز أزول، فهم يستحون احترامنا، وبعد مباراة الغد سأركز على الأهلي”.

طالع | الأهلي يعلن التشخيص النهائي لإصابة محمد محمود.. وتطورات حالة صلاح محسن

وسيلتقي مونتيري وكروز أزول صباح الغد، الأحد، في تمام الساعة 5:06 صباحًا بتوقيت “القاهرة، ويحتل منافس الأهلي المركز السادس من مباراتين فقط برصيد 4 نقاط.

وعن انضمام لاعبيه لمنتخبات بلدهم قبل كأس العالم للأندية قال: “ليس هناك فخر أكبر من تمثيل بلدك، الاستماع إلى النشيد الوطني في بطولات مختلفة يجعلك فخورًا، ليس هناك هدف أسمى، لن أقدر على منعهم أو طلب عدم سفرهم”.

Wolverhampton Wanderers’ young star Max Kilman has recently been linked with a move away from Molineux.

Kilman out?

Football Insider recently revealed that the Black Country club were strongly considering offloading the 23-year-old next season, whether it be a permanent transfer or loan move.

This comes after Kilman put pen to paper on a new five-year deal back in October with his contract not due to expire until 2025.

Kilman is adored by his teammates at the club, particularly by skipper Conor Coady who told the club’s official website that he was “outstanding” who is “brilliant to have around.”

Responding to a fan on Twitter, Spiers revealed that manager Nuno Espirito Santo was exploring the option of a possible season-long loan spell at the start of the season, but added it could be too late for such a move now.

Transfer Tavern Verdict

The jury is still out as far as Kilman is concerned, even though the 2020/21 campaign is the most first-team football he has played so far in one season.

The Englishman is yet to score a goal for Wolves but has provided one assist, averaged 1.3 tackles and 2.2 clearances (Whoscored).

Whether his performances will force the Wolves hierarchy to reconsider keeping him at the club, remains to be seen. Nevertheless, Kilman’s future seems to be out of his hands at this point.

In other news, Wolves star who is ‘hard to stop’ on brink of setback amid exit rumours – Report.

West Ham visit Manchester United on Sunday looking to stake their claim to Champions League qualification, but David Moyes has revealed there are a number of injury concerns.

The Irons are six points behind the Red Devils, albeit with a game in hand, and can put the pressure on fourth-placed Chelsea with a win after the Blues’ goalless draw with Leeds United on Saturday.

Manchester United have beaten West Ham in each of their previous two meetings this season, but required extra time to eliminate the Irons from the FA Cup last month. However, their Premier League form has been underwhelming, with five draws in their last eight fixtures.

Moyes will be without Jesse Lingard at Old Trafford, with the on-loan midfielder ineligible to face his parent club. With that in mind, here’s a potential line-up the Hammers may field…

Moyes confirmed on Friday that West Ham are facing a number of injury concerns ahead of travelling to Manchester United this weekend, but hopes that those facing late fitness tests will be able to feature.

“We’ve got a couple of slight doubts behind the scenes on a couple of players, who have just picked up slight injuries which I’m hoping will be okay,” he said. “I won’t know until tomorrow [Saturday] to see how a couple of them are going.

“That’s just something I’m nursing behind the scenes a little bit. It might be that they’re all okay, it might be that they’re not okay – that’s where it is.”

Lingard will be one who cannot feature against the Red Devils due to the terms of West Ham’s loan agreement, depriving Moyes of a four-goal, two-assist option who has been involved in more goals than any Hammers player since his arrival at the London Stadium.

“He’ll be a big loss because he’s had a big impact on the team and how we’ve played. He’s been a positive signing for us, coming in in January, so it is a loss to us, but we’ve got other people,” Moyes added.

Lingard is likely to be the only player who started Monday’s 2-0 win over Leeds to be withdrawn from the West Ham line-up against Manchester United, barring a tactical shift from the east London outfit or a late injury.

Jarrod Bowen will be expected to take over the England international’s place in the team and replace Pablo Fornals on the right wing, with the Spaniard changing sides and Said Benrahma moving centrally.

Bowen has not started either of West Ham’s last two Premier League games after falling out of the team which beat Tottenham Hotspur 2-1 last month, although the £25m-rated maestro has won plaudits this season, with Dean Windass telling Football FanCast that “he’s proved me wrong”.

Sunday’s trip to Old Trafford will be a big test for Benrahma after Moyes vocalised his desires to see a better end product from the Algerian after beating Leeds.

Benrahma is yet to score in claret and blue since his initial arrival on loan from Brentford last summer, while providing five assists in 22 appearances, of which he has started 12, across all competitions.

Moyes could look to reduce his forward options in Lingard’s absence, which may open the door for Ben Johnson to feature at left-back in a return to a five-man defence, or Mark Noble to start in a more congested engine room to try and thwart the dangerous Bruno Fernandes.

In other news, West Ham are keen to sign a “special talent” who his manager feels “privileged” to have in his squad…

Sunderland were halted in their tracks in dramatic fashion on Saturday afternoon.

A 2-2 draw felt like daylight robbery for a Mackems side severely off the pace when they travelled to Gresty Road to face Crewe.

On the chalkboard

This was a performance that was completely out of tune with how the last few weeks have been.

Lee Johnson has made this Sunderland side a force to be reckoned with, recently seeing off fellow promotion hopefuls, Doncaster.

He has made the Black Cats’ attack infinitely better with Charlie Wyke and Aiden McGeady among the most prolific in their position in the league. The former is League One’s second top scorer while nobody has more assists in the entire division than McGeady. That stat defies belief when you consider he didn’t play until December.

Though, there are still issues lingering. McGeady’s utterly anonymous performance last weekend proved that when he’s not providing chances for Wyke, Sunderland really struggle.

The fact that Sunderland’s left winger was not his usual self was made all the more worse by Callum McFadzean’s performance. He completed a woeful 54% of his passes and lost possession 26 times.

The solution

So, how does Johnson solve a problem like this one? It’s been a difficult area for him to try and paper over.

McFadzean has shown plenty of times that he can be a liability this season; namely giving away a penalty against Wimbledon back in December. Though, the arrival of Jake Vokins has hardly helped proceedings either.

He was beaten time and time again on his debut in the 2-2 draw with MK Dons and he’s looked sluggish since. With Sunderland also struggling for creativity last Saturday, the case for Jordan Jones to start on the left has become even more appealing.

The Rangers loanee has started just one league game since his arrival in January but he’s shown with vibrant cameos off the bench in recent weeks that he simply has to be part of the XI.

Jones gave us a brief glimpse of what he could offer when he was brought on against Burton. The winger was only on the field for 23 minutes but managed three key passes – the second-highest number of anyone in a Black Cats jersey – and finished the clash with a pass success rate of 100%.

A mazy dribbler, he then truly burst onto the scene in a Sunderland shirt a few days ago. Alongside Chris Maguire, the 26-year-old formed part of a rescue act, scoring a tremendous strike from long range that helped Johnson’s men come back from 2-0 down to draw the match.

His performances should hardly be a surprise, though, especially to Glasgow Live reporter Mark McDougall who spoke about Jones when he first arrived at the Stadium of Light: “In all honesty, he should stroll League One if his attitude is right when he goes down there.”

The journalist added: “He can be a joy to watch when he’s on his game because of how direct and tricky he is.”

Indeed, supporters have already seen glimpses of that tricky nature. It’s now down to Johnson to unleash those qualities on a regular basis. He has to start more often; Vokins and McFadzean cannot be trusted.

AND in other news, Sunderland flop who lost possession 26x is becoming a huge problem…

Ralph Hasenhuttl’s injury problems at Southampton look to have grown after youngster Will Smallbone was forced off against Leicester City on Saturday night.

The 21-year-old was making just his third appearance of the season, and his first since September, in the 2-0 defeat against the Foxes, but he was forced off through knee injury in the second half.

The youngster tried to play on following a collision with Timothy Castagne but it was clear that he could not continue when he went down again just a few minutes later.

Hasenhuttl spoke to the BBC following the game about Smallbone’s injury, saying:

“We have again injured players. Will is not looking good, his knee – and now are coming a lot of games. I hope that players are coming back as soon as possible.”

The Austrian manager’s squad is looking extremely thin at the moment, following injuries to Moussa Djenepo, Nathan Redmond, Oriol Romeu and Jannik Vestergaard.

Youngsters Nathan Tella and Michael Obafemi are also injured, whilst Danny Ings was self-isolating for the game at Leicester, meaning Smallbone was selected out of position on the left-wing.

His injury represents a real issue for Hasenhuttl now, as he is seriously lacking midfield options and he may well be forced to play a similar side on Tuesday night against Shrewsbury Town in the FA Cup, due to the lack of depth currently available to him.

The Austrian suggested before the transfer window that signings were unlikely in January but following this latest injury setback, it seems clear that chief executive Martin Semmens must act to bring in some more midfield options during the current transfer window, otherwise he risks leaving Hasenhuttl with a threadbare squad.

You would also imagine that, given Southampton’s hectic schedule, Smallbone’s injury will not be the last, and if replacements are not brought in, then the Saints’ impressive start to the season could well be undone.

And, in other news… Lost possession 25x: Sloppy Southampton ace was nowhere near his best vs Leicester