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Qatar Tribune
04-08-2025
- Sport
- Qatar Tribune
Al Duhail sign Frankfurt's Europa League winner Brazilian Tuta
TNN/QNA Doha Al Duhail Club has announced the signing of Brazilian defender Lucas Silva Melo, nicknamed 'Tuta', from German club Eintracht Frankfurt. The 26-year-old player, who plays as a center-back, has great experience, having started his professional career with Brazilian club Sao Paulo before moving to the German league through Eintracht Frankfurt. He was then loaned to the Belgian side Kortrijk before his transfer to Al Duhail was announced. Tuta was part of the Frankfurt team that won the Europa League in 2022. He played 186 matches for Frankfurt who signed him in 2019 from FC Sao Paulo and fielded him from 2020 after a one-year loan to Belgium's Kortrijk. 'Tuta has been an important part of our team in recent years and has played a major role in Eintracht's development and success in that time,' board member for sport Markus Krosche said. 'After winning the UEFA Europa League, he'll forever be part of the club's history. As such, we naturally agreed to his request to move clubs. We wish him all the best for his future career.' Al Shamal conclude training at camp in Netherlands Al Shamal SC's first football team have concluded their external training camp in the Dutch city of Tiel in preparation for the upcoming football season (2025-2026). Al Shamal lost to Dutch club Telstar 2-1 in the match held on Monday, concluding the team's friendly matches as part of its external training camp. The match was average, with both teams trading control of the game. Al Shamal's technical staff, led by Spaniard David Prats, was keen to field as many players as possible in the camp to assess their performance before returning to Doha to continue preparations for the upcoming season, which begins on August 14. At the camp in Netherlands, Al Shamal played four friendly matches against Al Wasl of the UAE, Dongen of the Netherlands, Leerdam of the Netherlands, and Telstar of the Netherlands. Al Shamal are expected to kick off their Qatari football league campaign on August 14 against Al Ahli in the Doha Bank Stars League at the Khalifa International Stadium. Al Shamal, who finished sixth in the league table last season with 32 points, aspire to achieve better results next season and compete for higher positions thanks to the new reinforcements from the players who joined the team during the current summer transfer window.
Daily Record
17-07-2025
- Sport
- Daily Record
Livingston boss hopes to clear striker hurdle as he eyes signings
David Martindale hopes Willem II front man Jeremy Bokila will be cleared to sign Livingston boss David Martindale admits he's looking to make three new additions - and is hopeful his move for striker Jeremy Bokila can clear a major hurdle today. The 36-year-old former Willem II front man appeared as a trialist in Livi's recent friendly against Kortrijk and Livi are aiming to get Governing Body Endorsement approval on the move today. Bokila, who made 23 appearances in the Dutch top flight last term, is a former DR Congo international. Martindale says he's in discussions about two more moves but is unsure whether they'll be loans or permanent arrivals. Speaking after last night's Premier Sports Cup defeat to Kilmarnock, the gaffer said: "I've got a GBE panel and I'm pretty confident it will get passed. The player's coming from a real top level. He's a wee bit older but will give experience in that top line. "I needed to bring competition up there. Zak Rudden's a wee bit younger and got good energy and legs. He's different to Robbie (Muirhead). Bringing a striker in who is going to compliment those two and I think you need that depth in the Premiership. "There's two younger ones. I'm speaking to their parent clubs just now whether that's going to be permanent or a loan deal. If I can get those three in the building I'll be over the moon." Martindale admitted, though, that any additions to the squad will have to mean departures, saying: "Sometimes you've got to bring them in to help players move on. We do need to trim the squad at that point but I'm looking to bring two or three in and probably looking to move two or three on."
BBC News
05-07-2025
- Sport
- BBC News
Muirhead scores in friendly draw with Kortrijk
A Robbie Muirhead free-kick earned Livingston a 1-1 draw against Belgian side Kortrijk at their training camp in the follows Thursday's 3-1 victory over Greek outfit Aris, when the goals came from Daniel Finlayson, Graham Carey and Andy Martindale's team open their season away to East Fife next Saturday in the Premier Sports Cup.
Wales Online
30-06-2025
- Sport
- Wales Online
I knew something was off about Cardiff City transfer — and it points to a bigger problem
Our community members are treated to special offers, promotions and adverts from us and our partners. You can check out at any time. More info 'About Roko Simic I cannot speak many things," said Erol Bulut, Cardiff City's manager on the day the striker was to sign for the club. "It's a club signing, so, from what I know, he will get loaned to Kortrijk. Maybe in the future he will be good for Cardiff, but for now I cannot say any more." That answer from Bulut set off immediate alarm bells for me and, understandably, supporters who read them on this website. Bulut had been desperate to add a starting striker and some pace on the wings in the final throes of last summer's transfer window, instead he got a player not deemed ready for Championship football who was loaned out to Belgium without kicking a ball. A Yousef Salech-type signing back then might have just made a big difference. Equally, there were wingers Cardiff were keen on but couldn't get done for one reason or another. Join the Cardiff City breaking news and top stories WhatsApp community Simic's addition raised eyebrows from the off, though, particularly given Bulut's apparent lack of knowledge about him and the fact Cardiff had forked out a not-insignificant £1.7m for him. Last weekend he sealed a loan move to Karlsruher in the Bundesliga 2. Our understanding is that the loan deal includes an obligation to buy once the striker hits a certain threshold of games, meaning Simic might never kick a ball for Cardiff. The fee would be around £1.3m if the sale clause is triggered, however RB Salzburg did insert a 10 percent sell-on agreement when they transferred him. Opinions differ on the 21-year-old, who endured a rotten loan spell at Kortijk, plagued by injuries, a lack of form and a struggling team which had to change manager during his stint there. Some believe he clearly wasn't good enough not to be fancied by two Kortrijk managers, Omer Riza or Aaron Ramsey. Others insist he should have been given an opportunity, pointing to chances afforded to Michael Reindorf and other academy players. Either way, the whole thing has been handled dreadfully and it felt like he had to prove more than anyone else he was worthy of game time. He might not have pulled up trees at under-21s level, but his scoring record was not to be sniffed at. In an interview with WalesOnline, he insisted he was ready if Riza wanted to try to change things up in a bid to arrest a woeful run of form — which ultimately led to relegation. The call never came. Ramsey took him to Norwich City for the last game of the season, but he remained an unused substitute in the final-day defeat. A video of him angrily throwing his unused playing shirt into the crowd did the rounds on social media afterwards and it's hard not to sympathise with him in that situation. If he was ever going to be thrown a bone it was that day – I think everyone thought his time might be up there and then. If he really was brought in as a club project, with nothing riding on the final game, surely there was value in playing him? Again, opinions differ. Perhaps there was more value in bringing on a young talent like Tanatswa Nyakuhwa, who was handed his debut on the wing that day. No one sees what goes on on the training ground, of course. Riza insisted he just wasn't doing enough to get in front of Salech or even Yakou Meite in the latter stages of the season. That might well have been the case, but the striker has clearly got talent and has a solid, if unspectacular, record at a number of clubs across varying standards. It all points to the misalignment in strategy at the club, particularly in relation to transfers, something which needs to be addressed moving forward. It's why supporters have been banging the drum to appoint someone to help lead that and bring together all footballing aspects of the club in harmony. One positive, on the other side of the coin, is that the other club signing of a similar nature, Ryotaro Tsunoda, has been pictured training with the first team during pre-season over the last week. The Japanese centre-back earned rave reviews in Belgium for his style of play, which, if reports are to be believed, will likely suit Barry-Murphy's own footballing philosophy. He's a player you'd likely forget about because he, like Simic, is yet to kick a ball for Cardiff, despite being contracted for the last 18 months. Football is, for the most part, a meritocracy and Simic's critics will say that if he was good enough he would have been given the nod. And I can see that logic. But the whole thing just seemed doomed from the start. Who was in his corner? Who was going in to bat for him or who was advocating for the long-term benefit of this transfer? Tough questions to answer. For Simic, though, he now has a clean slate out in Germany to prove his detractors in this corner of the world wrong. And no doubt there will be many Cardiff eyes will be tracking how he does there. Sign up to our daily Cardiff City newsletter here.
BBC News
28-06-2025
- Sport
- BBC News
Portuguese club keen on Lagerbielke
Braga are in talks with Celtic over a possible deal for centre-back Gustaf Lagerbielke, but a number of Championship clubs are also said to be interested in the 25-year-old. (Sky Sports), externalScotland Under-21 defender Matthew Anderson, 21, has completed a cut-price move to Belgian second-tier outfit Kortrijk from Celtic in search of regular first-team football. (The Herald, external - subscription required)Rennes have cut their valuation of Kyogo Furuhashi by half to £5m as they look to offload the 30-year-old Japan forward who joined from Celtic for £10m in January. (L'Equipe via Glasgow Times, external)Read the rest of Saturday's Scottish gossip.
