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New York Times
10-07-2025
- Sport
- New York Times
Thierno Barry to Everton: Everything you need to know about the transfer
Everton have completed the signing of striker Thierno Barry from Spain's Villarreal for an initial fee of €32million (£27.6m). Barry, a 22-year-old Frenchman, has signed a four-year contract with his new club, running to the end of June 2029. As part of this summer's transfer coverage at The Athletic, in addition to breaking news, tactical analysis and in-depth reads, our Transfers TLDR series (you can read them all here) will bring you a quick guide to each of the key deals. After spells in his native France with Toulon and Sochaux, Barry signed his first professional contract with Belgium's Beveren in 2022. In his one season there, he scored 20 goals in 33 appearances as they narrowly missed out on top-flight promotion, setting up a move to Basel. In his only full campaign in Switzerland, he played 37 games, registering 12 goals and five assists. Advertisement Just after the start of the 2024-25 Swiss season — where he got eight more goals in four games — Barry was bought by Villarreal. He featured in 35 of their final 37 La Liga matches, starting 25, and finished as their second-highest league scorer with 11 goals. Cerys Jones At 6ft 5in (195cm), Barry is unsurprisingly strong in aerial duels, making him a good target from set pieces. The long stride that comes with that height also helps him pull away from defenders — he is a good carrier of the ball and is not easily dispossessed. If he picks up possession in deeper areas, Barry is happy outmuscling opponents and dribbling. Expect to see him shoot frequently, too; he averaged 2.8 shots per 90 minutes in La Liga last season. However, don't expect him to bear a big creative burden. His strengths are getting into the box, shooting and scoring — not passing. Barry's accuracy rate for the latter in the league with Villarreal was only 62 per cent. It's an aspect of his game he will need to work on at Everton. Cerys Jones and Steve Madeley Barry should slot nicely into the direct brand of football Everton used under David Moyes last season after his appointment in January, a way of playing which massively benefited fellow striker Beto. His aerial prowess, acceleration and strength should ease his transition to the Premier League against more physical defenders, who he will love duelling with, than he'll have encountered in France, Belgium, Switzerland or Spain. Barry will shoot if given even the smallest of opportunities, having spearheaded a Villarreal attack that was dangerous in transition. On the flip side, he is still quite raw as a striker, having only turned 22 in October. His passing and link-up play are not the greatest and could be a source of frustration, though these should improve with time. Anantaajith Raghuraman Based on Barry's three professional seasons to date, his injury record is promising. He missed two games in May with a hamstring issue, but returned for the final two matches of Villarreal's season. Cerys Jones Gunter Vandebroeck, who coached Barry at Beveren, describes him as 'focused and goal-oriented'. 'Tactically, he had a lot to improve because he needed freedom to express himself, but he won his place in the team quickly by scoring a lot of goals,' he told Sky Sports. 'His positive impact on the team and the results was immediate. His unpredictability was his greatest asset. He could score at the most unexpected moments. He could score the most beautiful goals, but he also scored the ugly ones. A real goalscorer.' Advertisement Vandebroeck added: 'In his time with us, he complicated things too much. So he needed to improve his vision and decision-making in the final third to make the next steps.' Cerys Jones Barry has joined Everton on a four-year contract, running to the end of the 2028-29 season. His new club have paid Villarreal €32million, with further unspecified add-ons possible in the future. Chris Weatherspoon Assuming agent fees of 10 per cent on the transfer plus a four per cent transfer levy, Barry's arrival will add around £8million to Everton's annual amortisation costs, up to the end of 2028-29. His Everton wages are currently unknown but, as ever, will add considerably to the €32million cost of initially signing him. He only joined Villarreal last August, for a reported €13.5million (£11.6m/$15.8m at the current exchange rates). Less than a year into a five-year contract, assuming agent fees, levies and that no further add-ons crystallised in the past 11 months, Barry's book value at the Spanish side is a little under £11m. Villarreal will book any amount over that figure as profit, with some exceptions. Because this is an international transfer, five per cent of the fee is due to clubs which had a hand in Barry's development between the ages of 12 and 23. Barry is still only 22, so they won't have to hand over the full five per cent, but we estimate around €1.3million will be shared between Basel, Beveren and four French clubs. After that, Villarreal's expected profit on Barry will be around €18.8million, albeit that figure would reduce if Basel included a sell-on clause in last summer's deal.
Associated Press
14-05-2025
- Business
- Associated Press
ENGIE and NHOA Energy Break Ground on 400 MWh Battery Project in Belgium
KALLO, Belgium--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 14, 2025-- NHOA Energy, the global provider of utility-scale energy storage systems, today celebrated with ENGIE the groundbreaking of a 400 MWh battery energy storage system (BESS) in Kallo, Beveren, Belgium. The project will be delivered by NHOA Energy to ENGIE under a supply contract and a long-term service agreement. The ceremony held this morning in the presence of Mathieu Bihet, Federal Minister of Energy, Marc Van de Vijver, Mayor of Beveren, Vincent Verbeke, CEO of ENGIE Belgium, and Lucie Kanius-Dujardin, Global Managing Director of NHOA Energy, marked the official start of construction on ENGIE's battery park. This comes after the selection of ENGIE in the 4th Capacity Remuneration Mechanism (CRM) auction by the Belgian grid operator, Elia. The CRM was set up by the Belgian government to address the anticipated shortage of installed power capacity, partly due to the planned partial phase-out of Belgian nuclear plants in 2025. This project in particular will play a key role in supporting the region's energy transition while also repurposing the former Kallo power plant, which operated on natural gas and fuel oil until its closure in 2011. NHOA Energy's European power electronics and engineering capabilities, developed in almost two decades of energy storage field experience, will guarantee the performance, resilience and cybersecurity of the Kallo BESS which, once operational, will supply energy for up to four hours, meeting the electricity needs of over 48,000 households. 'It is with great pride that we are launching the construction of this battery park in Kallo today, together with the Minister of Energy, the municipality, and our valuable partners. This is ENGIE's second large-scale park in Belgium, a project that can only be realized through close cooperation with all of them. By developing this additional flexible capacity, we are contributing to the optimal use of wind and solar energy and meeting the needs of the electricity grid,' commented Vincent Verbeke. ' Visit View source version on [email protected];[email protected] KEYWORD: BELGIUM AUSTRALIA/OCEANIA EUROPE AUSTRALIA INDUSTRY KEYWORD: TECHNOLOGY UTILITIES TRANSPORT LOGISTICS/SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT BATTERIES ENERGY SOURCE: NHOA Copyright Business Wire 2025. PUB: 05/14/2025 07:44 AM/DISC: 05/14/2025 07:43 AM
BBC News
16-03-2025
- Sport
- BBC News
Independents knocked out of European Cricket League
Guernsey champions Independents have been knocked out of the European Cricket League in islanders - who finished fourth in their rain-affected five-team group - were beaten by 50 runs Belgian side Beveren in the first knockout hit an impressive 195-7 off their 10 overs, led by Mansoor Malangzai's 55 off 14 balls that included eight was supported by Abdul Rashid's 45 off 13 balls and knocks of 36 by openers Hadisullah Tarakhel and Jamshed Stokes was the pick of the Guernsey bowlers with 3-36 while Ryan Harris had figures of reply Independents started well as openers Tom Nightingale and Stokes each hit 37 as they put on 53 for the first they quickly began to slip behind the run rate as Nathan Le Tissier's 29 not out off 17 balls was the only other score in double figures as Independents ended on 137-4 off their 10 overs. Mixed fortunes in group games Independents made the knockout stages having finished fourth in the group the first day washed out all 10 games were reduced to five overs per side and played on began with an eight-wicket loss to Italian side Roma as their score of 52-3 was chased down in under three recovered to beat Portuguese side Malo by 24 runs as Nightingale hit 42 off just 10 balls as they made crushed Independents by 10 wickets in their third game before beating Gibraltar's Mediterranean Vikings by 14 runs in their final game.
