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Fulham have reportedly rejected a £32million offer from Leeds United for striker Rodrigo Muniz.
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Telegraph
41 minutes ago
- Telegraph
Andy Farrell's Test team taking shape with powerhouse back line
There was no sense of a celebratory or carnival send-off for the British and Irish Lions when Andy Farrell named his first side to face Argentina in Dublin on Friday night. Technically it is a non-cap match, but good luck telling that to Farrell. The Lions head coach has picked a side dripping with potential Test-match combinations, a powerhouse back line featuring four players who weigh in at over 100kg, and his tour captain Maro Itoje. Half-backs Alex Mitchell and Fin Smith, of Northampton Saints and England, are given a first start together, the midfield of Bundee Aki and Sione Tuipulotu combines the squad's two most destructive ball-carriers, while outside stand two physically imposing wingers in Tommy Freeman and Duhan van der Merwe. It is the heaviest back line selected since Warren Gatland's series-winning picks for the third Test against Australia in 2013. Behind this imposing heft, Farrell has opted to sprinkle some stardust by starting Marcus Smith at full-back, reuniting the Smith-Smith 10-15 combination that England featured three times in the Six Nations. It is as if Farrell is the rugby fan having a first go at picking a side stacked with the 'fantasy rugby' subplots that make Lions tours so special. The pack is equally formidable, even with none of those involved in last week's Premiership and United Rugby Championship finals in the starting XV. A second-row combination of Itoje and Tadhg Beirne would be many people's Test selection, and a back row of Tom Curry, Jac Morgan and Ben Earl is laced with ball-carrying power, pace and breakdown menace. Ellie Genge and Luke Cowan-Dickie will also relish the first opportunity to lay down their markers in the front row. Yet the stamp of intent for this first act of the 2025 Lions tour comes from Farrell himself, both by his front-footed selection but also his tone. No excuses, no fear of picking up an injury before the flight to Perth the following day. In previous tours it has potentially been a game that is best to avoid for your hopes of making the Test side. But Farrell was keen to emphasise the sense of opportunity that this 23 can grab before the Leinster, Leicester and Bath players become available for the opening match against the Western Force in Perth. Huw Jones (Achilles), Hugo Keenan (calf) and Jamison Gibson-Park (glute), who are currently unavailable because of injury, are also expected to be available, according to Farrell, 'in the next week or so'. Blair Kinghorn's season for Toulouse has not yet finished. 'I want this team to put as much pressure as they possibly can [on the players watching the game from the stand], and they should want that from each other,' Farrell said. 'They should want this team on the weekend to put everyone who's in the stands under pressure, as that's what the shirt should do. It should bring the best out of everyone, and everyone has to rise to that challenge. 'You can tell with the buzz in the group, what it means to them and the excitement around the place, it just shows what it means. We have seen it in the preparation, how diligent they have been, how quickly they have come together as a group and the bond they have got already in a short space of time. Best foot forward and all that, it is all about the performance on Friday night. That is how we are going to get judged, how we want to do the shirt proud and represent the group properly on Friday night.' Farrell said he wanted to see 'cohesion and connection' from the side, including a bench that includes Henry Pollock and heavyweight experience of Tadhg Furlong, who has not played since May 3 because of a calf injury, Pierre Schoeman, Elliot Daly and Mack Hansen. '(I want) an ability to attack the game from the off and be the best version of themselves individually and collectively,' Farrell added. 'You can give yourself any excuse in terms of time together. But we've had good preparation. If you want to be a good Lions player, you have to hit your straps straight from the off. We want to see these players compete.' Beirne knows Farrell more than most, and he is one of a number of players who experienced the 2021 'Covid' tour of South Africa. He is desperate to seize the moment of playing on a proper tour with supporters for the first time. 'The expectation we would have of each other is that you can adapt to any system you're given and that's the challenge laid in front of us,' Beirne said. 'That's the challenge of being a Lion. 'Every four years there's going to be a new system, the coach is going to want to play a certain way and if you want to be a Lion, you're going to have to adapt or you'll get left behind. 'I would say if you came in here thinking that you could just play your club system or your country system, then you're probably already at a loss. 'So I think everyone comes into these things with a massive open mind and look forward to getting to play these new systems, getting to try something new and eager to learn. 'If you're not floating ideas of players in your position, you're already at a loss as well. We're in such a privileged position to come into these environments and learn from one another and get better as rugby players. Adaptation is a big part of that. We all want to be on the same page.'
Daily Mail
an hour ago
- Daily Mail
Marcus Rashford 'emerges as SHOCK target for English Champions League club' - as Man United outcast looks to get his career back on track this summer
Newcastle are reportedly eyeing-up a shock move for Man United outcast Marcus Rashford this summer. Rashford, 27, has been exiled at Old Trafford, last playing for the Red Devils in December and he was loaned out to Aston Villa for the second half of the season. The forward impressed at Villa Park scoring four goals and adding six assists in 17 appearances in all competitions, but his future remains up in the air and he is not in Ruben Amorim 's plans. The 27-year-old's contract, which sees him earn £315,000-per-week, runs until 2028, and his wages could prove to be a stumbling block to any transfer. However, according to The Sun, Newcastle are ready to move for Rashford this summer and take him out of his United limno. The report claims that the Magpies believe they can provide the forward with an ideal platform to rebuild his career, while they would also offer him Champions League football. Mail Sport has previously reported how Rashford's dream move is to join Barcelona and his agent met with Deco, the Catalan giants' sporting director, last month, but no transfer has subsequently materialised. United value Rashford at around £40million and would like to facilitate a permanent exit, but the report goes on to add that Newcastle are keen to sign him on a loan deal. Any money United make from a potential Rashford sale would count as pure profit in their PSR calculations. Rashford is understood to want to play in the Champions League as the 62-cap England international aims to win a place in Thomas Tuchel's World Cup squad next summer. Rashford was called up by Tuchel back in March, but he was absent from this month's internationals after missing the final period of the season due to a hamstring injury. The report adds that Newcastle view Rashford as an extra option to complement talisman Alexander Isak, who is expected to remain at St James' Park this summer despite being viewed as an ideal signing for several clubs. Meanwhile, shortly after Rashford was first excluded by Amorim for the Manchester Derby in December, he dropped the bombshell that he is ready for a 'new challenge and the next steps.' 'For me, personally, I think I'm ready for a new challenge and the next steps,' he told Henry Winter in an interview. 'When I leave it's going to be 'no hard feelings'. You're not going to have any negative comments from me about Manchester United. That's me as a person. 'If I know that a situation is already bad I'm not going to make it worse. I've seen how other players have left in the past and I don't want to be that person. When I leave I'll make a statement and it will be from me.' When asked if he would always be a Red at heart, Rashford – who has been at the club from the age of seven and who made his debut in 2016 - replied: 'Yes! 100%. 100%.' Before he departed to Villa on a deal which included a £40m option to buy, Amorim had said Rashford 'has to change' to win back his place and it seems unlikely that he will play for United again. United have also already signed Matheus Cunha from Wolves this summer and are hoping to add Brentford's Bryan Mbeumo, knocking Rashford further down the pecking order at Old Trafford.
Times
an hour ago
- Times
Footballer denies deliberately getting booked in ‘betting scam'
A former Livingston FC footballer has appeared in court accused of a betting scam by deliberately getting himself booked in a Scottish Premiership match against Celtic. Keaghan Jacobs, 35, is alleged to have attempted to cheat at gambling by picking up the yellow card on purpose during a game against the Hoops at the Tony Macaroni stadium in October 2019. Court papers state that the player is said to have 'acted in a manner whereby he would receive a yellow card for the purpose of enabling or assisting others to cheat at gambling'. Jacobs, above, will go on trial with his co-accused, Conan McDiarmid, in October ALAMY Jacobs, who now plays for the Lowland League club Gala Fairydean Rovers, entered a not guilty plea when he appeared at Edinburgh sheriff court on Wednesday. Sheriff John Cook set down a date for trial in October and issued a bail condition that Jacobs, from Edinburgh, cannot approach or contact his co-accused, Conan McDiarmid. McDiarmid, 40, is facing a charge of allegedly placing bets, and arranging for others to place bets, on Jacobs receiving the caution from the referee Willie Collum. He is alleged to have placed bets 'in the knowledge that it had been arranged that Jacobs would act in a manner whereby he would receive a yellow card during the match'. McDiarmid, from Bonnyrigg, Midlothian, pleaded not guilty in May and will stand trial alongside Jacobs at the capital court in October. Both men are being prosecuted under the Gambling Act 2005, Section 42, 1A. The match resulted in Livingston beating Celtic 2-0 on October 6, 2019. The Celtic midfielder Ryan Christie was shown a straight red card in the 25th minute before second-half goals from Scott Robinson and Lyndon Dykes clinched the points for the Lions. Jacobs played the full 90 minutes and was shown a yellow for an illegal challenge on the winger Jonny Hayes in the 95th minute. Jacobs is a South African national who had two spells with Livingston between 2007 and 2015 and again between 2017 and 2022. The midfielder played 252 times for the West Lothian club, scoring 23 goals, and has also played for Falkirk, Arbroath and the South African side Bidvest Wits. Jacobs is believed to have made football history when he played alongside his three triplet brothers — Kyle, Devon and Sheldon — in a Scottish Third Division match between Livingston and Albion Rovers in April 2010. The 2-0 win in front of just over 600 supporters is said to be the only time four brothers have turned out for the same professional senior team in the same match. McDiarmid played as a defender with a number of amateur clubs including Edinburgh United and Whitehill Welfare before he retired in 2020 and moved into management.
