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Ex Arsenal and AC Milan star sends Hearts verdict as Tony Bloom opens up major chance
He also counts Valencia, Rangers, and Aston Villa amongst his former clubs. Sign up to our Hearts newsletter Sign up Thank you for signing up! Did you know with a Digital Subscription to Edinburgh News, you can get unlimited access to the website including our premium content, as well as benefiting from fewer ads, loyalty rewards and much more. Learn More Sorry, there seem to be some issues. Please try again later. Submitting... A former Arsenal and AC Milan defender is excited to see what Tony Bloom's investment can do for Hearts. The Jambos are entering a new era, backed by the Brighton and Hove Albion owner's £9.86m commitment in exchange for a 29% minority stake at Tynecastle. He has also provided his Jamestown Analytics software for the club to use, and that has been pivotal behind much of the recruitment done in the summer transfer window. Advertisement Hide Ad Advertisement Hide Ad Philippe Senderos is well known mainly from his time down south with Arsenal, but also featured at AC Milan, Fulham, Valencia plys more in a well travelled career. One of the stops later in his journey was Rangers and the former Swiss defender still keeps an eye on Scottish football. While not an immediate threat to Rangers and Celtic, Senderos believes Bloom's involvement makes Hearts an interesting watch. Philippe Senderos on Tony Bloom at Hearts He told BoyleSports: 'I see it as an opportunity for Scottish football to add another team that could potentially compete. To have only Celtic and Rangers - that's not beneficial to anyone, even though it's been the story for many years, and I might be controversial, I don't know. 'But to have another team that could compete, with extra financial support or extra support in general, I think is a good thing. And why not bring in the experience and what Brighton has done into Scotland? That could be a great opportunity for Scottish football to continue to develop.' A return to European football will be on the agenda at Hearts, missing out this season after a bottom six Premiership finish. They were in last season's league phase of the Conference League, Senderos well aware of how big that could be for clubs like the Jambos from time as sporting director at Swiss side Servette. Advertisement Hide Ad Advertisement Hide Ad How Hearts would benefit from European football participation He added: 'Yeah, I can't speak highly enough of these competitions. They give clubs that can't compete in the Champions League or Europa League the chance to have a great journey in Europe and see different things. 'It's great for the fans, the league, and the club itself. I've experienced it as a sporting director at Servette - we've qualified for the Europa League and the Conference League group stages in recent years - and it's amazing. 'Financially, it makes a contribution. You need a squad capable of competing in multiple competitions, so you have to be smart about investing, but it helps you grow and attract better players because you're playing in Europe.'
STV News
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- STV News
Aasgard hopes strong season at Rangers can propel him to the World Cup
Rangers summer signing Thelo Aasgard hopes to thrive in his first season at Ibrox, and cap it with a place at the World Cup with Norway. Aasgaard made the move to Glasgow last month after an impressive second half of the season with Luton Town. The former Liverpool academy player made his name at Wigan Athletic and his club career has been matched with progress through the age groups for Norway. That hard work culminated with a dream international debut in March, scoring and setting a goal up in Norway's 5-0 World Cup qualifier in Moldova. The 23-year-old admits that was the fulfillment of a childhood dream. 'Little moments like [that debut] you manifest throughout your career so for it to be reality is just fantastic,' Aasgaard told STV. His international career may be in its infancy but he's a man in a hurry, wanting to establish himself as a man Norway need if they reach the World Cup in North America next year. He believes Rangers can give him the platform to earn more caps and stake his claim for a place alongside Erling Haaland, Martin Odegaard and others. 'I think so,' he said. 'A big goal of mine is to play in the World Cup next year. 'So I want to show the manager that I want to fight for my place. 'I think playing European football helps. Playing in the top division in the country helps. Hopefully I can get a few caps. 'The World Cup's a massive goal and always has been since I was a kid.' The best way to achieve that goal is to be a success with Rangers as the Ibrox club look for domestic success and to enjoy continental football, starting with this week's Champions League play-off against Club Brugge. Rangers head coach Russell Martin has already spelled out what he wants to do, and now a 'frustrating' injury has cleared up, Aasgaard is ready to kick on. '[Martin told me] how he thinks show my qualities on the page, use my physique. Use my technical ability. 'He wants me to be part of the build-up phase, get some goals and get some assists. So I'll just be looking at doing that and settling in as quickly as I can. 'It was frustrating because I went last season injury-free, and it was a really good feeling at the end of the season knowing I had done all the right things to stay injury-free. 'Then this preseason, there was a few days when I was leaving Luton where I wasn't really training and there was a little bit of uncertainty around what I was doing. 'It was really frustrating and it's not nice watching from the stands.' Now he's back in action. Aasgaard is looking ahead to what he thinks can be a good year. 'I hope to achieve big things given the stature of the club,' he says. 'The support we get from the fans gives us a massive boost. 'The team is starting to gel together, certainly inside the training ground. 'I don't like putting limits on what we can achieve but I'm really excited for this season.' Get all the latest news from around the country Follow STV News Scan the QR code on your mobile device for all the latest news from around the country
Scotsman
2 hours ago
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David Martindale shares how Hibs 'crucified' Livingston at Almondvale as rotated cast dish out timely lesson
Hibs claimed a 2-0 win in a Premier Sports Cup tie at Livingston on Sunday. Sign up to our Hibs football newsletter Sign up Thank you for signing up! Did you know with a Digital Subscription to Edinburgh News, you can get unlimited access to the website including our premium content, as well as benefiting from fewer ads, loyalty rewards and much more. Learn More Sorry, there seem to be some issues. Please try again later. Submitting... Livingston manager David Martindale made a frank admission after Hibs eased to a comfortable win over his side in Sunday's Premier Sports Cup second round tie. David Gray opted to shuffle his pack as he looks to cope with the demands placed upon his squad by their European exploits and that meant the likes of Raphael Sallinger, Grant Hanley and Thibault Klidje were all handed starts after being named as substitutes for Thursday's UEFA Conference League meeting with Partizan. It was the latter of that trio that opened the scoring at Almondvale just two minutes before half-time and summer signing Josh Mulligan settled the contest in the closing stages. Advertisement Hide Ad Advertisement Hide Ad The win means Hibs will joined the likes of Aberdeen, Rangers and Celtic in the quarter-final of the competition and now sit just two wins away from a potential Hampden Park final. It also rounded off a positive few days for Gray and his player after they progressed into the play-off round of the Conference League after coming through what was a dramatic tie against Partizan despite suffering a 3-2 defeat in Thursday night's second leg. For Livi boss Martindale, there were no complaints about the defeat as he admitted Hibs deserved their win and praised Gray's men for 'flying' after a promising start to the season. Speaking after the game, he said: 'I don't think we deserved to go through, Hibs deserved it. We lost a poor goal just before half-time but I don't think there was much in the game until then. Hibs are flying and against top six teams you get crucified, that's what happens against the bigger clubs. Second half we changed shape and it helped us, we looked like we might get the next goal. But Mulligan came up with an incredible goal and then the game ran away from us.' What has David Gray said about Hibs Premier Sports Cup win at Livingston? Hibernian head coach David Gray | SNS Group 'Everyone was of a very high standard, which was to the benefit of the group. I thought it was a very professional performance, we had good control of the game and deserved to go through. I'm delighted for the players because before the game we knew people would be looking at this asking how we'd cope with another game in Europe, extra-time, coming to Livingston on an artificial pitch, and the mental fatigue because of the schedule we've been on. Advertisement Hide Ad Advertisement Hide Ad 'I thought it was a brilliant performance from that point of view. We were able to make changes and the level of performance didn't drop, so it was really good day's work from everyone. We knew this schedule was coming so had to be prepared for it, so that's why you have a squad. Your next Hibs read: David Gray delivers Hibs injury boost ahead of Legia Warsaw as signing singled out after win at Livingston
