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Chris Coleman has admitted that the pain of losing 6-1 against Serbia five years http://www.authenticmilwaukeebrewers.com/Neftali-Feliz-Jersey ago will never leave him as the Wales manager returns to the country for a crucial World Cup qualifier in Belgrade with a warning for his players that they need to deal with a hostile atmosphere and those periods when their opponents are enjoying a “power play”. Sitting third in Group D and trailing Serbia and the Republic of Ireland by four points with five matches remaining, Wales have little margin for error on Sunday night in Belgrade, where a defeat would leave their hopes of qualifying for next year’s World Cup finals in Russia hanging by a thread. Wales’ Neil Taylor gets two-game ban for tackle that broke Séamus Coleman’s leg Read more The task is made considerably harder because Coleman will be without Gareth Bale, his most influential player, through suspension as well as Neil Taylor, who is serving a two-match ban. To compound matters, Hal Robson-Kanu withdrew from the squad on Thursday and added his name to an injury list that includes James Collins, Andy King and Ben Woodburn, leaving Wales looking rather depleted, especially in attack. Although Coleman refuses to be downbeat and remains sanguine about the team’s prospects in Belgrade and beyond, he is prepared for the fact that Orlando Arcia Womens Jersey Serbia will evoke some painful memories. The Wales manager admitted that everything came flooding back when he paid a visit to the country in March. “It was only a recce but I had butterflies in my stomach: ‘Here we go, I remember this place,’” Coleman said, recalling the chastening defeat in Novi Sad that led to many Wales supporters calling for his resignation. “I can’t say this is another game in the group because it’s not for more than one reason. And one of the reasons is that [game in 2012]. I suffered there, we suffered there – and it was my fault. That will never leave me. Nor should it. It will be like that if I went back to Belgrade with my wife for the weekend. “But I can’t wait for this game. I know it’s going to be tough but I like meeting those challenges. With Balo in the team or not, I can’t guarantee a win. And we’re desperate for a win. But what we must do is perform. We have to stand up to them and not go away with our tails between our legs having missed the game, because that’s unacceptable. I won’t accept that, but I don’t expect it from these players. For some time now they’ve stepped up to the mark.” Michael O’Neill: ‘If I named a 35-man squad, Martin O’Neill would be in it’ Read more Although Coleman admitted http://www.authenticmilwaukeebrewers.com/Paul-Molitor-Jersey Wales would miss the experience and knowhow the absent senior players could have provided, he pointed to the presence of Ashley Williams, the captain he described as a “natural born leader”, to set an example to others that they must “do anything but turn away from the challenge”. Coleman added: “You go to these places and it’s almost like there’s a stage in the game where there’s a power play. All of a sudden, from wherever it comes, the crowd start getting really rowdy, the opposition up the tempo for five or 10 minutes and they bombard you. You stand up to it or you duck it. There’s no third option. “This will come in Belgrade, I know it will before we kick a ball, and that’s what we’ll talk about with our players. You need to answer all the questions physically, mentally and tactically. It’s international football, your country against their country. It’s not war but it’s what you stand up for and what they stand up for and bang, it comes together. Something’s got to give and it’s whoever’s capable or not of mentally standing up to itZlatan Ibrahimovic’s departure from Manchester United was confirmed on Friday when the Premier League published the list of players released by the clubs who were part of the top flight in the 2016-17 season. Ibrahimovic suffered a serious knee injury against Anderlecht in April and is expected to be out until early 2018, by which point he will be 36. United decided not to take up an option to extend his contract by a season. Manchester United’s álvaro Morata pursuit complicated by David de Gea Read more The Swede scored 17 Premier League goals last season and 28 in all competitions, including the winner in the EFL Cup final. José Mourinho is trying to Robin Yount Womens Jersey sign álvaro Morata from Real Madrid to strengthen United’s options in attack. Ibrahimovic was the most notable name among the players released by the clubs. Arsenal confirmed the departure of the striker Yaya Sanogo and among the players leaving Crystal Palace are Joe Ledley, Jonathan Benteke and Fraizer Campbell. As anticipated, John Terry was listed as a free agent after leaving Chelsea and Ga?l Clichy, Jesús Navas, Pablo Zabaleta, Bacary Sagna and Willy Caballero were among those released by Manchester City. Arouna Koné’s Everton exit and those of Joey Barton from Burnley and Darren Fletcher from West Bromwich Albion were also confirmed. The biggest exodus of senior players was from relegated Sunderland, whose release list included Victor Anichebe, Jan Kirchhoff, Seb Larsson, Joleon Lescott, John O’Shea and Steven Pienaar
dd as it might sound given the strange, clamorous dealings of the last week, the sense of a very public meat-exchange taking place somewhere just out of sight, the Premier League transfer window doesn’t actually open until next month. Not that you’d know it right now. Manchester United already seem to be covering themselves by simply trying to sign all the footballers, immediately, all the time. Three weeks before the window actually opens Virgil van Dijk is sitting outside St Mary’s in his car looking sad with a bunch of petrol station carnations and a card that says “Sorry” on the back seat. Meanwhile Romelu Lukaku is doing a decent job of convincing everyone he’s one of the most valuable footballers in the world, if only by weight of constant, self-regarding repetition, like the boy at school http://www.authenticmilwaukeebrewers.com/Orlando-Arcia-Jersey who gets to be captain because he’s got a really good pair of boots and he keeps going on about how he might have a trial with Norwich. The forgotten story of … how the white ball was dismissed as an unwanted fad Read more In the middle of which the fact Riyad Mahrez is still on the market has perhaps got a little bit lost. Yes, really, that Riyad Mahrez. Remember him? It is a week now since Mahrez announced in a sensational heartfelt open letter that he no longer wanted to play for Leicester City, a sensational heartfelt open letter that will have been tucked away safely in the No-Shit-Sherlock file by anyone who witnessed his appearances on the field of play last season. There have been plenty of noises off so far. The assumption is that some kind of deal has been half-done, or various deals raised and tendered. Mahrez has been linked with Arsenal, Chelsea and Monaco. One newspaper raised the prospect of an “amazing move” to Barcelona. Although when you think about it this wouldn’t be that amazing, given his genuine, sui generis brilliance two seasons ago. And this is the point about Mahrez. He was, lest we forget, Leicester’s best player when they won the league. He was a genuine force in their Champions League run. He remains a lovely, louche, slouching little wedding cake figurine of a footballer. Mahrez can dribble, shoot, pass, track back and make and score goals. His touch has the precision, the alluring sense of cruelty of the very best, even Paul Molitor Youth Jersey when he’s ambling around the pitch looking like a disappointed minor eastern European royal, sixth in line to the throne of Syldavia out on a particularly tedious public walkabout in the crumbling city centre tiergarten. Advertisement Mahrez is in a sense one of our own, a domestic success story, from Championship to title-winning player of the year. And yet you get the feeling he might still end up being appreciated a little more outside the Premier League. Lionel Messi is a fan. Atlético Madrid’s players kept calling Mahrez “a craque” before their quarter-final in the spring. Whereas in England there is a sense Mahrez has been pushed a little to the back of things. The idea of a slightly effete one-season wonder has gained a surprising degree of traction. No doubt Mahrez’s style is a part of this, a footballer so casual in his movements at times you expect to look down and notice he’s played the last 60 minutes in espadrilles and a linen safari suit. Even at his best Mahrez doesn’t so much run as mooch purposefully on legs so thin they resemble a single standard leg split in half, swaying like a dandelion stem one way, then gliding off in another direction entirely. Some say Mahrez has only one trick, the one where he dummies on his left foot, cuts inside, dummies again, then dummies again. But what a trick it is – all http://www.authenticmilwaukeebrewers.com/Robin-Yount-Jersey the trick you’ll ever really need, based on the ability to stop and start quicker than any other person on the pitch, a miracle of power-to-weight ratio, and a unique kind of creative physicality, swaying and bending and feinting with a range of movements that are all his own. Football transfer rumours: Manchester United battling Milan for Andrea Belotti? Read more The word “player” can sound slightly silly in football. Professionals don’t “play” football. They enact football. They process it. Sergio Ramos inflicts football. Mahrez is a player though, all inventiveness and gaiety of movement, with an obvious connection to the teenage street footballer who had to be told to stop kicking a ball around after midnight on the streets of his housing estate in Sarcelles, in the Paris suburbs. It is hard to think of the last time English football threw up a player like this. Chris Waddle perhaps, who had the same mix of precision and swaying, feinting invention. Mahrez also reminds me of the great Djalminha, a mid-range Brazilian of the 1990s who during his time in La Liga could score or make a goal of such insolence it just made you want to laugh. Mahrez sails against other kinds of modern trends, the bulked up, hard-running game of sprints and hustle. Hand-picked by Leicester’s scouts for his difference, the counterpoint of his technique and grace in a very physical league, he still gets tired. He was said to be exhausted towards the end of the title-winning season. But then this is exactly the kind of player English football doesn’t usually produce, or nurture, or garland with honours; and to whom it should perhaps be offering a little grace, a margin for failure. Hopefully Mahrez will stay in the Premier League. Arsène Wenger has been spotted striding around the south of France with ￡150m in his hand looking flushed and bothered, like a man attaching himself slightly desperately to the end of the office conga line. He really could do much worse than sign Mahrez, who has the precision and the playful high-grade http://www.authenticsandiegopadres.com/Randy-Jones-Jersey invention Arsenal have missed in the absence of Santi Cazorla. More than this Mahrez represents something else, a reminder that in between the collisions and the managed forms things such as invention and artistry, the outsider with a trick can still bloom and thrive and inspire
Argentina defeated Brazil 1-0 in front of 95,569 fans at the MCG, Lionel Messi took an unassuming bow in front of his adoring fans and the merchandise stalls did a brisk trade all night, but one couldn’t help departing Australia’s sporting colosseum just a little miffed by the cynicism of a hype-heavy Superclásico. Argentina’s winner came in the 44th minute, when a short corner ended up at the feet of ángel Di María – the game’s most compelling player throughout – who curled in a deep, troublesome cross. Nicolás Otamendi’s glancing header hit the upright but it was Gabriel Mercado who tapped home the simplest of chances from the rebound. Otherwise, genuine excitement came in fits and spurts. On a bitterly cold Melbourne http://www.officialcardinalsbaseball.com/authentic-30-jonathan-broxton-jersey.html night, teeth didn’t stop chattering until the sixth minute, when Di María latched on to a through ball from Paulo Dybala and sliced his left-footed shot into the upright from a tight angle. Argentina were controlling possession in the early stages, setting a template for the rest of the night. Spiky, omnipresent but often unpolished Di María was in everything, including the hands of the trainers. Saudi Arabia footballers ignore minute's silence for London attack victims Read more It took a quarter of an hour, but Philippe Coutinho became a menace on the right side for Brazil. On 18 minutes Augusto had their best chance of the first half, but curled his long-range strike high when Argentina’s defence had been split open. Soon after Coutinho pounced again, and had only keeper Sergio Romero to beat, but laboured over his opening to be closed down. Low-level niggle and needle started to increase, but middling intensity in the contest and crowd restlessness was confirmed by a Mexican wave at the half-hour mark. Otherwise, the best it got for Brazil was a long-range miss from Fillipe Luís after Willian made the better-positioned Jonatan Maidana look many more than his 31 years. As for Messi, a deft touch here and there was about it, the great champion showing only brief glimpses of his lustrous best. Not so Di María, who imposed himself on the game through sheer force of personality. Advertisement Brazil started off brighter in the second half, as Willian took it upon himself to raise their collective tempo and make things happen, and Brazil grabbed the game by the scruff of the neck. Brazil’s best chance of an equaliser came on 62 minutes but proved tragicomic; both Gabriel Jesus and Willian thundered wide-open chances into their closest upright, and the moment passed. In patches, you couldn’t have imagined a more muted crowd of this size, especially once both sides started shuffling the deck with substitutions. A yellow card was http://www.officialcardinalsbaseball.com/authentic-37-keith-hernandez-jersey.html issued to Paulinho for his second clumsy act of the night when he brought down Rodríguez. Briefly adopting the local Australian Rules vernacular, Rafinha got one too barely a minute later for charging into Messi’s back. There was also a late injury to Gabriel Jesus, who was stretchered from the field in the final minutes following a head knock. As for the success or otherwise of a tour many consider a meaningless junket, you would have to assume many among the arena’s third-highest ever football crowd left happy, certainly the hordes of bright-eyed children in Messi shirts. But the whiff of a mild con will lingerThe prospect of a face-off between Messi and Brazilian superstar Neymar prompted very real buzz when this game was announced in February. Quiet night aside, Messi has done his bit, charming local fans in the past few days and even going so far as to lead two children onto the arena tonight as his team-mates handled one each. Not so Neymar, who chose an off-season rest. The sheer size of the crowd is certainly nothing to be sneezed at, but the more troubling figure was always more likely to come a night earlier, when only 29,785 fans turned up at 53,500-capacity Adelaide Oval to watch the Socceroos in a context-heavy World Cup qualifier. Worthy of note too is that Superclásico ticket sales hummed along unabated despite months of headlines like “Brazil don’t want to play Argentina in MCG clash, says Tite”. That one came via the since-deposed Argentinian coach Edgardo Bauza, who went in a short space of time from calling this encounter “special”, and stressing that his side were looking forward to the trip, to providing one of the least inspiring preambles to Ken Boyer Womens Jerseyny football match in recorded history. Tomi Juric brace helps Socceroos past Saudi Arabia in World Cup qualifier Read more “Because it comes after the club season the players don’t really want to know about it,” Bauza, freed from his obligations, said in March. “They want to go on holiday, they’re planning which beach they’re going to be lying on with their women. And then you tell them that they have to go to Australia! I ran into [Brazil coach] Tite in Europe recently, and I asked him if he wanted to go and play the game. He said that he didn’t. ‘OK,’ I told him, ‘let’s play out a 0-0 draw so neither of us gets attacked by our press.’ And we burst out laughing.” Advertisement Other Brazilians who joined Neymar in skipping out were Liverpool’s Roberto Firmino, plus Marquinhos, Miranda, Marcelo and Dani Alves. Appearing in their place were names that might well have come from the rosters of an unlicensed video game; fine in the A-League, not so much when you’re dropping a good deal of a week’s wages to get the whole family through the gate. Those in attendance paid anywhere from A$79 to A$475 for a seat, and learned that such a thing as a “platinum restricted view” exists. Just $229 for one of those. When Canada became the first international side to play on the MCG in 1924, their tour left them ￡372 in debt. Early indications are these sides have done a little better. One useful thing these http://www.officialathleticshop.com/authentic-8-joe-morgan-jersey.html big-money tours do is reveal the strange philosophical undercurrents in Australian football fandom. Two weeks ago, as part of a bargain-basement broadcast cobbled together by the ABC, a local comedian named Aaron Chen became an internet hate figure for an Andy Kaufmanesque pre-game vox pop, and the national broadcaster was excoriated by senior figures in the Australian game. Its sin: not taking seriously a “Liverpool” team containing the 39-year-old, four-years-retired Jamie Carragher. When you think of it that way, maybe Melbourne got a bargain
Mark Sampson says he believes “the most together team will be the last to go home” as England Women begin a month?long training camp before the European Championship this summer. With hopes high after England’s third-place finish at the 2015 World Cup in Canada, Sampson says players and staff are focused on being “the best on the planet” and have not discussed any outcome other than winning the trophy. Women’s Euro 2017: Panini launch sticker collection for tournament Read more Speaking before preparations that include friendlies, the first of which is on Saturday away against Switzerland, and a warm-weather training camp in Spain, Sampson said: “I think that the key quality in this Luis Sardinas Authentic Jersey tournament will be togetherness. The most together team will definitely be the team that is last to go home. “We’ll be working hard on the training pitch to make sure we’re fit, to make sure we understand what we’re trying to do and to make sure that whatever the opponent throws at us we’ve got the relevant weapons to find a way to win. Refusing to go home, find a way to win, and staying together. “I believe this team has the ability to be the best in the world, 100%. There’s been nothing on my mind since the final whistle of the [World Cup] semi-final than how we’re going to win this event. I’ve never once discussed with the players about getting through the group, of getting to this stage or whatever. It’s about winning. Euro 2017: England squad guide for the Netherlands finals Read more “That’s no guarantee we’ll win. – of course it’s not. We might lose our first two and be eliminated. But our focus is completely on doing everything we can to give us the best possible chance to win this event.” Sampson earned criticism from inside the women’s game after he named his 23-strong squad three months before the tournament and before the Spring Series, the climactic event in a reshaped Women’s Super League. Yet the England manager defended his decision and said the announcement was a necessary part of the squad’s preparation. “I’ve got to give huge credit to the players,” he said. “They were all made aware of the announcement and their confirmed places in the squad early and I think the work they have put in has been incredibly diligent and professional. I’ve been really impressed with their level of performance [in the Spring Series] but I’ve also been impressed by their work away from the field. This was always the intention, to do the work behind the scenes that makes the big difference when you’re put in front of all the cameras. “We said we need to rip into each other and have a right good go at this Spring Series. We said we had to compete, to tackle, to fight, to push each other. I think we arrive now with the right balance between toughness and freshness.” Uefa launches drive to boost girls’ football participation in Europe Read more England are planning to stay to the end of a tournament being hosted by the Netherlands and which begins on 16 July. “We’re looking at it that we’re away from 5 June to 7 August which seems a really long time,” Sampson said. “So we try to have a good balance as to when we switch on. When we do switch on with this team we demand the highest of standards, work ethic, competitiveness, learning – all the key qualities to be the best on the planet. But when we switch off we want to have fun, we want to enjoy ourselves and we’ve got a great balance, I think. “I’m excited by the programme we’ve got, but like anything it’s great to see it on paper, but it’s the people that make it come alive. That’s the staff, that’s the players, that have to make it come alive and make it the best possible preparation camp they’ve ever hadThe South Yorkshire police and crime commissioner (PCC), Alan Billings, acted unlawfully and irrationally when he sacked the force’s chief constable, David Crompton, a day after last year’s verdicts in the Hillsborough inquests, the high court has ruled. Lawyers for Crompton claimed there was no fair or reasonable basis for forcing him out of office. Crompton attacked the decision taken by Billings following the inquest findings into the deaths at the Hillsborough stadium disaster 27 years before. Lady Justice Sharp and Mr Justice Garnham, sitting in London, ruled in Crompton’s favour on Friday. Hillsborough disaster: deadly mistakes and lies that lasted decades Read more Billings’s decision to sack Crompton was not based on the case South Yorkshire police presented at the inquests, but on a press statement issued the following day, 27 April 2016. Garnham said the decision was http://www.authenticsandiegopadres.com/Johnny-Manziel-Jersey irrational and “wholly disproportionate”. In the judgment, Billings’s conduct at the time – refusing to consider and advise on the press statement when Crompton consulted him about it following criticism of the police’s case by bereaved families and politicians – was described as “surprising in the extreme”, “a serious error” and “wholly unreasonable”. Billings was also found to have acted irrationally and unreasonably in failing to take account of an opinion last June from the HM chief inspector of constabulary, Sir Tom Winsor, who said the sacking of Crompton was “conspicuously unfair, disproportionate and so unreasonable that I cannot understand how the PCC has reached this view”. Billings’s suspension and then sacking of Crompton followed severe criticism by families of the case made by South Yorkshire police in the two-year-long new inquests into the 1989 disaster, in which 96 people died at the FA Cup semi-final between Liverpool and Nottingham Forest. Advertisement Families and Labour politicians, including the then shadow home secretary Andy Burnham, accused Crompton of seeking to advance original 1989 smears against Liverpool supporters and blame them for the disaster, rather than stand by previous admissions of police fault. The inquests coroner, Sir John Goldring, in October 2014 rejected an application by the families for the force’s admissions and apologies to be put before the jury. At the conclusion of the inquests, the jury determined that the 96 people were unlawfully killed due to gross negligence manslaughter by the police officer in command at the match, Ch Supt David Duckenfield, and that no behaviour of football supporters contributed to the disaster. After the verdicts, Crompton issued a statement in which he fully accepted the findings of the jury and apologised for the police failures. In response to the criticism which followed the verdicts, he issued a second statement on 27 April, which explained that while South Yorkshire police accepted their culpability for the disaster, their failures had to be put in the context of “other contributory factors”. Although in media interviews Billings had suggested he sacked Crompton for the Adidas Carl Soderberg Youth Jersey conduct of the inquests, in fact it was for the press statement, arguing it implied the force was still failing to take responsibility. The legal process since has revealed that Crompton consulted Billings about the statement before he issued it, but Billings refused to look at it, saying he did not want any statement to be made at all. Garnham described that approach as “surprising in the extreme” and “a serious error”, saying Billings should have worked collaboratively with Crompton on the response. Crompton, who argued he conducted the police case at the inquests responsibly and responded to the verdicts reasonably, strongly criticised Billings after winning the judicial review. “Dr Billings has spent a huge amount of public money trying to defend actions which he was advised in the strongest terms not to pursue by Her Majesty’s chief inspector of constabulary,” Crompton said. “This money would have been better spent on operational policing … The judgment, which is damning, speaks for itself.” In a statement, Billings said he was disappointed with the decision and would seek to appeal it, although he might look for an alternative to using further South Yorkshire public money to do so. Crompton was due to http://www.authenticcoloradoavalanche.com/authentic-calvin-pickard-jersey retire anyway in November last year and was not seeking reinstatement. He could now be entitled to financial compensation, but is understood not to have commenced any proceedings yet
“I was in demand,” remembered Phil Babb. “I was on holiday and every other day I was reading the papers and I was going here, there and everywhere.” Back in 1994, the player who was once rejected by his local club Millwall appeared to have the world at his feet. Fresh from his exploits for Republic of Ireland at the World Cup in the United States, Babb joined Liverpool on 1 http://www.sandiegochargersauthorizedstore.com/dan-feeney-jersey-elite September for ￡3.6m – a then British record fee for a defender. The very next day he was joined at Anfield by Wimbledon’s John Scales for ￡3.5m as Roy Evans set about attempting to transform the fortunes of a team who had conceded 55 goals in finishing eighth the previous season. Liverpool drop interest in Virgil van Dijk after Southampton complaint Read more More than two decades have passed since then but, once more, Liverpool find themselves on the lookout for premium defensive reinforcements following a campaign that saw them concede more goals than any of the other top-four sides. But whereas more than a few eyebrows were raised in 1994 when Evans shelled out more than ￡7m for two centre-halves, the changing landscape of the modern transfer market means his successor was contemplating making Virgil van Dijk the most expensive defender in history until they were forced into a dramatic climbdown on Wednesday after being accused by Southampton of tapping him up. Klopp must now find an alternative – and quickly – in an environment that saw Manchester City shell out ￡47.5m on John Stones last August and looks as if it will become more frenzied as the summer goes on. “I don’t think they will ever be the same level as the strikers but the amount clubs are prepared to pay for outstanding defenders has certainly increased,” says Scales, who stayed at Anfield for only two seasons before moving to Tottenham. “The number of clubs at the top of the Premier League that had defensive problems last season shows there is a lack of depth in that area and that helps to drive up the price for those Amos Youth Jersey few that there are. “There’s clearly a lack of top-class defenders who are available and clubs are prepared to pay ever more to get them, so that inflates the price. When you have Sunderland earning ￡100m for finishing bottom of the table then it shows just how much money teams have got to spend now. Add to that all the other teams from Europe’s top leagues and it quickly drives the prices up.” David Luiz remains the costliest defender of all time after his ￡50m move from Chelsea to Paris Saint-Germain in 2014. That ranks only 14th in the overall list but after several higher bids were received by Napoli last summer for the Senegal defender Kalidou Koulibaly, it seems a matter of time before that is broken“It’s a cliche but a player is worth what a club is prepared to pay for him,” says Scales, who works for the English Schools FA and as a pundit for Sky Sports’ coverage of the Eredivisie. “It’s very difficult to weigh up all the factors that must be considered but one of the most important things for a defender is maturity. There are exceptions to the rule but generally you want a defender who has three or four years more experience than a younger player. Advertisement “Attacking-wise you can take more of a risk to allow them to develop their talent in a slightly less pressurised way because you’re rotating them more until they have established themselves properly. A club will have more options offensively so some of them can be taken out of the firing line much more easily http://www.greenbaypackersauthorizedstore.com/brett-favre-jersey-elite than expensive defenders that you’re buying to go in there and form a unit. You need that maturity and physical development to be able to do that because if you make a mistake it usually leads to a goal.” Since the purchase of Eliaquim Mangala for an eye-watering ￡42m in August 2014, City have been particularly wasteful in their pursuit of a high-class defender to partner Vincent Kompany. Nicolás Otamendi arrived the following summer for ￡34m, meaning that the purchase of Stones took their outlay past the ￡120m mark and Pep Guardiola is thought to be weighing up a new approach for the France defender Aymeric Laporte from Athletic Bilbao, who has a €65m release clause. Meanwhile, Manchester United could surpass the ￡30m they paid for Eric Bailly last summer with the signing of Victor Lindelof from Benfica or to bring back their youth-team product Michael Keane from Burnley. The Recap: sign up for the best of the Guardian's sport coverage Read more In terms of value for money, they may be better served taking a punt on one of the young Ajax defenders who performed so admirably in their run to the Europa League final. Matthijs de Ligt does not turn 18 until August but the Holland international has been tipped in his homeland to be the first ￡100m defender, and the Colombian Davinson Sánchez has been linked with Barcelona in recent weeks. According to Scales, however, things are never that simple. “You’ve got to be wary of the Dutch League because the pace of the game isn’t as intense as the top leagues and players need time and space to adapt to moving up a level,” he says. “Having said that, if you’ve got the talent like both of them have then you have a great chance. “The problem is you never know how they are going to do until they are thrown into the next level. Looking at the personality and mentality Brett Hundley Womens Jersey of the players is sometimes more important than their playing ability. That’s why it is so crucial that clubs do their due diligence properly
“I was in demand,” remembered Phil Babb. “I was on holiday and every other day I was reading the papers and I was going here, there and everywhere.” Back in 1994, the player who was once rejected by his local club Millwall appeared to have the world at his feet. Fresh from his exploits for Republic of Ireland at the World Cup in the United States, Babb joined Liverpool on 1 http://www.sandiegochargersauthorizedstore.com/dan-feeney-jersey-elite September for ￡3.6m – a then British record fee for a defender. The very next day he was joined at Anfield by Wimbledon’s John Scales for ￡3.5m as Roy Evans set about attempting to transform the fortunes of a team who had conceded 55 goals in finishing eighth the previous season. Liverpool drop interest in Virgil van Dijk after Southampton complaint Read more More than two decades have passed since then but, once more, Liverpool find themselves on the lookout for premium defensive reinforcements following a campaign that saw them concede more goals than any of the other top-four sides. But whereas more than a few eyebrows were raised in 1994 when Evans shelled out more than ￡7m for two centre-halves, the changing landscape of the modern transfer market means his successor was contemplating making Virgil van Dijk the most expensive defender in history until they were forced into a dramatic climbdown on Wednesday after being accused by Southampton of tapping him up. Klopp must now find an alternative – and quickly – in an environment that saw Manchester City shell out ￡47.5m on John Stones last August and looks as if it will become more frenzied as the summer goes on. “I don’t think they will ever be the same level as the strikers but the amount clubs are prepared to pay for outstanding defenders has certainly increased,” says Scales, who stayed at Anfield for only two seasons before moving to Tottenham. “The number of clubs at the top of the Premier League that had defensive problems last season shows there is a lack of depth in that area and that helps to drive up the price for those Amos Youth Jersey few that there are. “There’s clearly a lack of top-class defenders who are available and clubs are prepared to pay ever more to get them, so that inflates the price. When you have Sunderland earning ￡100m for finishing bottom of the table then it shows just how much money teams have got to spend now. Add to that all the other teams from Europe’s top leagues and it quickly drives the prices up.” David Luiz remains the costliest defender of all time after his ￡50m move from Chelsea to Paris Saint-Germain in 2014. That ranks only 14th in the overall list but after several higher bids were received by Napoli last summer for the Senegal defender Kalidou Koulibaly, it seems a matter of time before that is broken“It’s a cliche but a player is worth what a club is prepared to pay for him,” says Scales, who works for the English Schools FA and as a pundit for Sky Sports’ coverage of the Eredivisie. “It’s very difficult to weigh up all the factors that must be considered but one of the most important things for a defender is maturity. There are exceptions to the rule but generally you want a defender who has three or four years more experience than a younger player. Advertisement “Attacking-wise you can take more of a risk to allow them to develop their talent in a slightly less pressurised way because you’re rotating them more until they have established themselves properly. A club will have more options offensively so some of them can be taken out of the firing line much more easily http://www.greenbaypackersauthorizedstore.com/brett-favre-jersey-elite than expensive defenders that you’re buying to go in there and form a unit. You need that maturity and physical development to be able to do that because if you make a mistake it usually leads to a goal.” Since the purchase of Eliaquim Mangala for an eye-watering ￡42m in August 2014, City have been particularly wasteful in their pursuit of a high-class defender to partner Vincent Kompany. Nicolás Otamendi arrived the following summer for ￡34m, meaning that the purchase of Stones took their outlay past the ￡120m mark and Pep Guardiola is thought to be weighing up a new approach for the France defender Aymeric Laporte from Athletic Bilbao, who has a €65m release clause. Meanwhile, Manchester United could surpass the ￡30m they paid for Eric Bailly last summer with the signing of Victor Lindelof from Benfica or to bring back their youth-team product Michael Keane from Burnley. The Recap: sign up for the best of the Guardian's sport coverage Read more In terms of value for money, they may be better served taking a punt on one of the young Ajax defenders who performed so admirably in their run to the Europa League final. Matthijs de Ligt does not turn 18 until August but the Holland international has been tipped in his homeland to be the first ￡100m defender, and the Colombian Davinson Sánchez has been linked with Barcelona in recent weeks. According to Scales, however, things are never that simple. “You’ve got to be wary of the Dutch League because the pace of the game isn’t as intense as the top leagues and players need time and space to adapt to moving up a level,” he says. “Having said that, if you’ve got the talent like both of them have then you have a great chance. “The problem is you never know how they are going to do until they are thrown into the next level. Looking at the personality and mentality Brett Hundley Womens Jersey of the players is sometimes more important than their playing ability. That’s why it is so crucial that clubs do their due diligence properly
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