تترقب جماهير كرة القدم في القارة السمراء اليوم الإثنين، مراسم قرعة دور المجموعات لبطولة كأس الكونفدرالية الإفريقية لموسم 2025-2026، التي تعد واحدة من أبرز المحطات في مشوار الأندية الباحثة عن المجد القاري.
وتشهد النسخة الحالية مشاركة قوية للكرة المصرية من خلال الزمالك والمصري البورسعيدي، بعد نجاحهما في تخطي العقبات في الأدوار التمهيدية.
فقد عاد الزمالك للتألق القاري من جديد بفوز كاسح على ديكاداها الصومالي بنتيجة إجمالية (7-0)، بينما واصل المصري مشواره بثبات بعدما أطاح بـ الاتحاد الليبي بنتيجة (2-1) في مجموع اللقاءين.
وسيكون دور المجموعات هذا الموسم مشتعلاً بمشاركة نخبة من الأندية الإفريقية البارزة مثل الوداد الرياضي وشباب بلوزداد واتحاد الجزائر وكايزر تشيفز وزيسكو يونايتد وغيرها من الفرق التي تبحث عن اللقب القاري.
طالع أيضًا | موعد قرعة كأس الكونفدرالية الإفريقية 2025-2026 اليوم القنوات الناقلة لـ قرعة كأس الكونفدرالية اليوم
تُبث فعاليات قرعة كأس الكونفدرالية عبر قناة “أون تايم سبورتس” المصرية، إلى جانب قناة “بي إن سبورت الإخبارية” المفتوحة على القمر الصناعي نايل سات.
Half-centuries from 21-year-olds Ben Kellaway and Asa Tribe propelled Glamorgan to a 40-run Vitality Blast South Group win over Gloucestershire at Bristol, leaving the trophy holders without a victory in five matches.The visitors posted 189 for six after winning the toss, Kellaway hitting a career-best 53 and Tribe a scintillating 63 not out off 28 balls, with five sixes and five fours. Ajeet Singh Dale claimed three for 17 from four overs.In reply, Gloucestershire stumbled to 149 for nine, Cameron Bancroft making 52 and D’Arcy Short 34. Leg-spinner Mason Crane finished with a career-best four for 20 as the Welsh county secured a fourth group success.Batting at number three, Kellaway found himself facing only the third ball of the game after Will Smale had been bowled by David Payne. It was 27 for two in the fourth over when Kiran Carlson miscued a pull shot off Singh Dale to be pouched at mid-wicket.Kellaway had still moved to 34 by the time the six-over powerplay ended with his side 48 for two. Colin Ingram increased the scoring rate with a straight six off Short’s first delivery and claimed another maximum by smacking Tom Smith over long-off.A pulled six took Kellaway to his maiden T20 fifty off 30 balls, with nine fours, but he fell in the next over advancing down the pitch to off-spinner Ollie Price to present wicketkeeper Bancroft with a simple stumping and Ingram went for 38, taken at fine-leg off Singh Dale.Chris Cooke and Dan Douthwaite fell cheaply, the former superbly caught one-handed by Price at long-on. But Tribe ensured Glamorgan of a competitive total with a late blitz that saw 22 come off the 19th over, bowled by Smith and a further 19 off the last, sent down by Payne.Glamorgan opted to take pace off the ball as early as the second over of Gloucestershire’s reply, delivered by left-arm spinner Imad Wasim. Bancroft got the scoreboard ticking with a four and a six off the first two balls of the third over, bowled by Timm van der Gugten.Miles Hammond fell for a ten-ball duck, sweeping a catch to deep mid-wicket off Imad, and by the end of the powerplay Gloucestershire were anchored on 30 for one. Bancroft and Short put together a stand of 63 without ever cutting loose and when Short top-edged a sweep off Crane to be caught at short fine leg the hosts were 76 for two in the 12th over.Price fell lbw to a full delivery from Crane and Jack Taylor was caught at fine leg by Ingram off Ned Leonard before Ben Charlesworth suffered a second successive first ball duck when driving a catch to long-off to give Crane his third wicket.Bancroft had taken 43 balls over his half-century and when he top- edged a reverse sweep of Crane to be caught at short fine-leg the outcome was beyond doubt, despite a late assault by Graeme van Burren, which brought him 32 runs off 14 balls.
Botafogo e Goiás medem forças nesta segunda (2), às 20h, no Nilton Santos, em partida válida pela 25ª rodada do Brasileirão. O jogo terá transmissão do SporTV e Premiere. O Lance! acompanha o duelo em tempo real.
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Os ingressos disponibilizados para a torcida do Glorioso já esgotaram e a casa estará cheia para empurrar o time na noite de segunda.
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FOGO PRECISA VENCER Líder máximo e soberano no primeiro turno do Brasileirão, o Botafogo tem o pior início de returno da história entre os campeões da primeira metade do campeonato. O Glorioso perdeu os últimos três jogos do torneio e viu sua diferença de pontuação cair para sete pontos. Com apenas uma derrota em casa no Brasileirão, o Botafogo conta com sua força no Nilton Santos para recuperar o embalo.
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O Goiás também não vive um momento simples. Na zona de rebaixamento, o Esmeraldino não vence há quatro rodadas e precisa ganhar para se livrar da zona da degola. No primeiro turno, o Goiás foi um dos dois times que conseguiram bater o Alvinegro.
BRASILEIRÃO 25ª RODADA BOTAFOGO x GOIÁS
Estádio:Nilton Santos Data e Hora:2 de outubro, às 20h (Brasília) Árbitro:Braulio da Silva Machado (SC-FIFA) Assistentes: Guilherme Dias Camilo (MG-FIFA), Thiaggo Americano Labes (SC) e Grazianni Maciel Rocha (RJ) VAR:Rafael Traci (SC-FIFA) Onde assistir: SporTV, Premiere e em tempo real noLANCE!
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BOTAFOGO (Técnico: Bruno Lage) Lucas Perri, Di Plácido, Adryelson, Cuesta e Hugo; Marlon Freitas, Tchê Tchê (Gabriel Pires) e Eduardo; Luís Henrique (Segovinha), Victor Sá e Tiquinho Soares
GOIÁS (Técnico: Armando Evangelista) Tadeu; Maguinho, Lucas Halter, Bruno Melo e Hugo; Morelli, Willian Oliveira e Guilherme Marques; Allano, Anderson Oliveira e João Magno (Matheus Babi).
The noise and, from many, joy from Liverpool’s wretched run of form of late is perhaps a marker of just how mighty Anfield has become over the past decade.
It is ten years since Jurgen Klopp took the reins from Brendan Rodgers, the last Reds boss before Arne Slot to succumb to a four-game losing run.
But Liverpool are vastly different to that long-forgotten iteration, and Slot has within his grasp some of the best players in world football. The 5-1 win over Eintracht Frankfurt in the Champions League served as a reminder that this is a team capable of winning all the biggest prizes – again.
However, some individuals are struggling, and the team as a unit has struggled to find fluent form. One of the biggest culprits would be Alexis Mac Allister, whose grace ability and determination in the engine room is crucial for the performance of the Slot machine.
Mac Allister's form for Liverpool
Mac Allister is undoubtedly one of the best midfielders in the Premier League. Certainly, he is among the most complete, the most spirited, the most inventive.
Arne Slot and Alexis Mac Allister for Liverpool
But he hasn’t been quite right this year, with Sofascore recording he has lost 57% of his ground duels in the league thus far, only making one tackle per match.
Whereas the Argentine has been virtually undroppable across his first two years in a Liverpool shirt, he now looks more vulnerable in the starting line-up, and the midweek win over Frankfurt emphasised this, for he was left on the bench after lasting only an hour against Manchester United.
Mac Allister’s form has been a concern this season, but he is an elite player and crucial to Liverpool’s success. The 26-year-old has, in some ways, given Slot his own version of Thiago Alcantara, whose career was cut short right before the Dutchman’s arrival. But, as with Thiago, Liverpool seem to be finding a way to perform without the star in the mix.
The tempo-setting, line-breaking maestro offered something unique in the Liverpool engine room, and in this, Liverpool evolved in that later Klopp team.
The problem, of course, is that the retired 34-year-old was rarely fit. Across four campaigns on Merseyside, the Spain star managed only 98 appearances across all competitions.
But his technical quality, vision and awareness were faculties unlike anything else Liverpool had. In Mac Allister, the Reds have a midfielder with stylistic similarities, but there’s actually another man in Slot’s first team who could be Liverpool’s new version of their former superstar.
Liverpool's new version of Thiago
Sometimes in football, the timings just don’t work out. Steven Gerrard missed the Klopp era by a whisker, leaving for LA Galaxy only months before the German’s historic appointment.
Luis Suarez and Steven Gerrard at Liverpool together.
Likewise, Thiago would retire from football prematurely at the end of the 2023/24 campaign, having made only one appearance that year due to non-stop injury setbacks. He was 33 years old.
Thus, he missed the incipient Slot era and the Premier League title that would arrive at Anfield’s doorstep just one year after he hung up the boots.
The greatest travesty of it all is that the stylish Spaniard boasted a playing style which is tailor-made for the calculated, composed build-up Liverpool have developed since Klopp’s departure. Gone (last season, at least) is the frenetic, out-of-control football that Slot’s predecessor employed – emphatically and to silver-laden success.
Thiago is one of the greatest technicians of his generation. He would have been the linchpin for this version of Liverpool. But Slot may have an heir in Curtis Jones.
Yes, you read that right. No, this argument does not centre around the basis that Jones is on the same level as the former Barcelona and Bayern Munich sensation in his prime.
But the Liverpool-born star shares certain qualities with his one-time teammate, with both among the squad’s most reliable players on the ball and bearing combative sides, emphasised through robustness in the challenge and tough-tackling defensive contributions.
Jones graduated from Liverpool’s academy and has been with his boyhood outfit ever since, and though he played a role under Klopp’s wing, Slot’s tactics have given rise to his skillset and seen him become “one of the most underrated players in England”, as said by one Premier League analyst.
Jones is an effortless passer. He’s intelligent with his decision-making, and he is tactically disciplined. As per FBref, the Three Lions star ranks among the top 11% of midfielders across Europe’s top five leagues for assists, the top 8% for goal-creating actions, the top 2% for pass completion, the top 12% for progressive passes and the top 13% for progressive carries per 90.
He’s also well-seasoned within this Liverpool team, and when the likes of Mohamed Salah and Virgil van Dijk depart, both into their penultimate years on Merseyside, he will be among the leading figures at the club.
Most Apps for Liverpool (active players)
Player
Age
Apps
Mohamed Salah
33
413
Andy Robertson
31
349
Virgil van Dijk
34
331
Alisson
33
307
Joe Gomez
28
245
Curtis Jones
24
190
Data via Transfermarkt
Thiago joined Liverpool from Bayern Munich for £20m in 2020 and would ebb and flow. Never in doubt was his technical quality, nor the fact that he could have been a divisional great with better luck on the injury front.
There’s no question that he would have been a sublime component in Slot’s system, but in Jones, the Netherlands native has found a like-styled player who could now take the next step in his development and play a crucial deep-lying role to promote Liverpool’s ball-playing abilities.
At Frankfurt, Jones took a staggering 139 touches of the ball, linking play together and completing 122 of 127 attempted passes. This is his strength, and Slot must give him free rein from the outset to rise to the next level and take Liverpool with him.
Liverpool have signed a Salah-type player who's got the "pace of Torres"
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Karnataka government-appointed commission recommended that large-scale events be relocated to venues “better suited” to handle big crowds
Shashank Kishore25-Jul-2025
Royal Challengers Bengaluru fans gather outside the M Chinnaswamy Stadium•AFP/Getty Images
The M Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru is ill-equipped to host large-scale events in a safe manner. This is the finding of the Justice John Michael D’Cunha Commission, appointed by the Karnataka government to investigate the stampede that caused the death of 11 people and injuries to more than 50 during Royal Challengers Bengaluru’s (RCB) victory celebrations.In its report, the commission stated that the stadium’s “design and structure” are inherently “unsuitable and unsafe” for mass gatherings. It further warned that continuing to hold high-attendance events at the venue would pose “unacceptable risks to public safety, urban mobility, and emergency preparedness”.The report, which was shared with the Karnataka government and has been seen by ESPNcricinfo, indicted RCB, the franchise’s event partners DNA Entertainment, and the Karnataka State Cricket Association (KSCA) for their role in the tragic stampede on June 4.Related
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Citing “systematic limitations”, the commission has also “strongly recommended” that large-scale events be relocated to venues that are “better suited” to handle significant crowds. “Any future venue should adhere to international standards,” the report stated.This leaves the future events at the venue in the lurch. The Chinnaswamy Stadium is scheduled to host a number of “high-attendance” events in the next few months, including the opening game, a semi-final and potentially the final of the Women’s ODI World Cup between September and November 2025. For now, the KSCA has said that the upcoming Maharaja Trophy, the state’s franchise-based T20 competition, starting on August 11, will be played behind closed doors.The report outlined several key requirements that the Chinnaswamy Stadium, among the older venues in the country (built in 1974), doesn’t have a provision for, like “purpose-built queuing and circulation areas separated from public roads, sufficient entry and exit gates to manage mass ingress and egress, integrated access to public transport and nearby tourist hubs, comprehensive emergency evacuation plans in line with global safety norms and adequate parking and drop-off facilities to accommodate large volumes of attendees”.The panel also recommended action against KSCA chief Raghuram Bhat, ex-secretary A Shankar, ex-treasurer ES Jairam – both of whom resigned citing “moral responsibility” in the aftermath of the incident – RCB vice-president Rajesh Menon, DNA Entertainment Networks MD T Venkat Vardhan and VP Sunil Mathur.It also said that police officers B Dayananda, Vikash Kumar, Shekhar HT, C Balakrishna and AK Girish – all were removed from their posts by the chief minister after the incident – were responsible for being part of the arrangement.The Karnataka government, led by chief minister Siddaramaiah, who called for celebration on the steps of the Vidhana Soudha in a post on X after the victory, is expected to decide on the recommendations at the next cabinet meeting.
تحدث لاعب ليفربول عن إشادة محمد صلاح، جناح الفريق الأول لكرة القدم وقائد منتخب مصر، به خلال ظهوره في تدريبات الريدز.
برغم من موهبة الشاب ستيفان بايتيتش إلا أنه لم يشارك إلا بشكل قليل تحت قيادة آرني سلوت، النجم الشاب البالغ من العمر 21 عامًا، والذي غاب عن الملاعب بسبب إصابة في أوتار الركبة منذ مايو الماضي حقق بداية رائعة في آنفيلد لكن مستواه تراجع بعض الشيء الفترة الماضية.
بعد اختياره لاعب الشهر في ليفربول في يناير 2023، أشاد محمد صلاح به: “إنه لاعب وشخص رائع، يسعى دائمًا للعمل بجد، منذ أن بدأ اللعب معنا ربما كان أفضل لاعب لدينا، لذلك نأمل أن يحافظ على هذه الثقة ويواصل التألق”.
اقرأ أيضًا | خليفة محمد صلاح المحتمل يصدم ليفربول
ظهر بايتيتش خلال موسم 2022/2023، حيث شارك في 19 مباراة، وبرز كأحد أبرز المواهب الواعدة في موسم صعب للريدز وكان واحدًا منن ضمن الموهوبين الذين أشاد بهم يورجن كلوب.
وقال بايتيتش بأنه كان سعيدًا جدًا بكلمات صلاح، حيث قال في تصريحات سابقة وأعادت صحيفة”ميرور” الإنجليزية نشرها اليوم، في إطار تسليط الضوء على لاعب اختفى عن ساحة ليفربول ذلك الموسم: “عندما يقول لك صلاح هذه الأشياء، حاول ألا يقل مستواك أبدًا”.
وأتم: “عندما يخبرك المدرب أو لاعبون من هذا المستوى بهذه الأمور، فهذا يمنحك ثقة أكبر لخوض التدريبات في اليوم التالي وتقديم المزيد، عليك أن تحاول أن تحافظ على تألقك وأن تواصل التعلم من الأفضل والأكثر خبرة منك”.
وقضى بايتيتش النصف الأول من الموسم الماضي على سبيل الإعارة في صفوف سالزبورج، قبل أن يقضي الثاني مع لاس بالماس.
O Palmeiras treinou na manhã deste sábado (14), na Academia de Futebol, dando sequência à preparação para o confronto diante do Atlético-MG, pelo Campeonato Brasileiro. A bola rola nesta quinta-feira (19), às 19h, no Allianz Parque, pela 27ª rodada.
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O treino iniciou com uma ativação muscular na parte interna do CT. Na sequência, os jogadores realizaram um coletivo de uma hora, sendo divididos em duas equipes com 11 atletas cada. O treinamento teve a presença de Crias da Academia do sub-16, e a comissão técnica de Abel Ferreira, de acordo com o clube, “exigiu transições rápidas, amplitude, entre outros conceitos”.
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Lesionado, Atuesta deu sequência ao processo de transição física e fez movimentações em dimensões reduzidas com outros jovens da base alviverde. O atacante Dudu, que se recupera após cirurgia no joelho, na parte interna, continuou seu tratamento com o Núcleo de Saúde e Performance. O camisa 7 publicou um vídeo de sua evolução em sua rede social.
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O elenco do Palmeiras folga neste domingo (15) e retoma a programação na segunda-feira (16), às 10h, com novo treino na Academia de Futebol. Na partida do primeiro turno, no dia 28 de maio, o Verdão empatou com o Atlético-MG em 1 a 1 no Mineirão, em Belo Horizonte (MG). O jogo ficou marcado pela anulação de um gol de bicicleta marcado por Rony que gerou bastante insatisfação por parte dos palmeirenses,
O Alviverde não vence no Brasileirão há três jogos e busca retomar o caminho das vitórias. No momento, a equipe de Abel Ferreira é a quarta colocada com 44 pontos, 11 pontos a menos que o líder Botafogo.
تعادل منتخب مصر للناشئين “مواليد 2009” بقيادة المدير الفني حسين عبد اللطيف سلبيًا مع نظيره الأردني، في ثاني مبارياته الودية، التي أقيمت بالعاصمة الأردنية عمان في الرابعة عصر اليوم السبت.
الجدير بالذكر أن المباراة الأولى التي أقيمت يوم الخميس الماضي، انتهت بفوز منتخب مصر بهدف نظيف، رغم النقص العددي بسبب طرد أحد لاعبيه في شوط المباراة الثاني.
طالع.. منتخب مصر يتقدم بطلب إلى اللجنة المنظمة لبطولة كأس العالم للناشئين
وشهدت المباراة ندية كبيرة من منتخبي مصر للناشئين ومنتخب الأردن، والعديد من الفرص للمنتخب المصري، رغم هطول الأمطار وتأثر المواجهة بالأحوال الجوية.
يذكر أن بعثة منتخب مصر ستغادر الأردن صباح الأحد في طريقها إلى القاهرة، بعد نهاية المعسكر التدريبي الذي بدأ في ملاعب مركز المنتخبات الوطنية بمقر الاتحاد المصري لكرة القدم، في الرابع من الشهر الجاري واختتم بمواجهتي المنتخب الأردني.
A decisão do Corinthians em não renovar os contratos de Gil, Cantillo, Giuliano e Renato Augusto, somado a aposentadoria de Fábio Santos, vai representar um alívio financeiro na folha salarial do clube para 2024.
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Com a saída do quinteto sacramentada, o Timão terá uma economia de R$ 3 milhões. O valor representa uma redução de 16% na folha salarial do clube, que gasta cerca de R$ 18 milhões para pagar os salários de todos os jogadores do atual elenco.
Dos atletas citados, Renato Augusto é o único com destino definido. Após ser comunicado que não teria seu contrato renovado com o Timão, o staff do meia de 35 anos encaminhou acordo para o camisa 8 defender o Fluminense em 2024.
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QUEM FICA?
Paulinho e Ruan Oliveira são os únicos jogadores em fim de contrato cuja renovação já está acertada. Ambos se recuperam de lesões ligamentares no joelho, e o Corinthians é obrigado por lei a dar todo o amparo médico aos jogadores. Segundo apurado pelo Lance!, o Timão irá oferecer um contrato de seis meses para Paulinho.
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A nova diretoria do Corinthians vai se reunir nos próximos dias com os empresários de Bruno Méndez para tentar renovar com o zagueiro uruguaio, e está em negociações com o Shakhtar Donetsk para prorrogar o empréstimo do meia Maycon.
And just like that, after only five months and 13 league games at the Southampton helm, the Will Still experiment at St. Mary’s is over.
There was so much hype surrounding Still’s appointment after he had made quite the name for himself in France when spearheading a 17-game unbeaten run in charge of Stade Reims.
But, with only two Championship wins under his belt from those games mentioned, it did feel like only a matter of time before the underwhelming 33-year-old was put out of his misery.
It will be intriguing to see who the Saints turn to next as they attempt to get out of their second-tier slump and rise back into the promotion reckoning, with interim boss Tonda Eckert even in with an outside shout, having masterminded a 2-1 win over Queens Park Rangers on Wednesday night.
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Indeed, Sky Sports’ Lyall Thomas has already confirmed that Eckert will lead Southampton out again on Saturday as crisis-stricken Sheffield Wednesday come to St. Mary’s, as the club continues to weigh up whether he’s a viable candidate for the full-time job.
If he were to guide the Saints to another league win, he would surely be in the conversation. But, there are various other names also being linked to the ongoing EFL opening.
Reports have suggested that EFL veteran Tony Mowbray could be in the running, alongside ex-Middlesbrough boss Michael Carrick, with the Saints’ sporting director Johannes Spor also casting his net out to Germany, on the hunt for a successful replacement for Still.
Sky Sports has even boldly suggested that former Southampton midfielder Adam Lallana would be interested in becoming the next head coach, with Lallana assisting Eckert for the time being during his temporary duties.
The same report does state that it is an unlikely option at this moment in time, owing to Lallana’s complete lack of experience as a head coach.
But, it could well be deemed an inspired choice from left-field, all the same, with the second-tier side perhaps gaining their own Frank Lampard-style figure in the process, who continues to take the Championship by storm with Coventry City.
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Once upon a time, Lampard was in much the same position as Lallana, as he tried to navigate a coaching career post a glittering playing career from midfield.
While it hasn’t always been smooth sailing for Lampard during his managerial career to date, with tricky spells at both Everton and Chelsea, he has been largely a hit in the Championship, as evidenced by him steering the Sky Blues to the top of the EFL’s elite division right now.
Lampard’s record as manager
Stat
Championship
Premier League
Games managed
94
104
Wins
46
38
Draws
23
21
Losses
25
45
Goals scored
157
145
Goals conceded
108
153
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Off the back of his “fantastic” stint at the CBS Arena to date – as journalist Sam Cunningham has labelled it – Lampard has managed to collect 46 victories from 94 second-tier games, with Lallana now wanting to kickstart his own EFL managerial journey, to try and follow in the ex-Chelsea icon’s footsteps.
After all, Lallana would no doubt command the same respect Lampard clearly holds, with the former St. Mary’s playing icon going on to bag a hefty 60 goals and collect a weighty 47 assists while on the South Coast.
He would surely want to make his own Saints side as entertaining to watch as Lampard’s rampant Sky Blues, therefore.
Moreover, Lallana will be hungry to be a success as a main manager, having played under some of the best in the managerial game in the form of Jurgen Klopp and Roberto De Zerbi, alongside also working closely with Lee Carsley in the England U21 set-up.
Russell Martin also gave a glowing assessment of the 34-year-old when he was still manager at St. Mary’s, with the recently sacked Rangers boss lauding Lallana as a “brilliant” voice to have around the dressing room. He’s also been hailed in the past as “very intelligent” by De Zerbi.
Southampton will know that they need to get this managerial appointment spot on, having been on the receiving end of a litany of blunders in recent years, with Nathan Jones and Ivan Juric also going down as failures, as an outside-of-the-box appointment, such as Lallana, is possibly eyed up.
After all, as a Saints player, the one-time Premier League title winner would once score 11 goals and collect ten assists in league action, to seal promotion to the big time. Can he repeat the same magic as a rookie replacement for Still?
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