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Yahoo
11 hours ago
- Business
- Yahoo
Raul the new named linked with the vacant RB Leipzig head coach role
Bild reports that former Real Madrid Castilla head coach and ex-striker, Raul, is a new name linked with the vacant RB Leipzig head coaching role. Raul is leaving his role as head coach of Real Madrid's second team, Castilla, as he looks to take the next step in his career. The former striker has previously rejected former club Schalke, as they search for their new head coach. It has been rumoured that there has been contact between Leipzig and Raul. Advertisement However, the name that is gaining traction is head coach Alexander Blessin. kicker reports that Blessin and former Werder Bremen head coach Ole Werner are both candidates for the role as well. Leipzig ares struggling to find a new permanent head coach as their two main candidates are Cesc Fabregas and Oliver Glasner, both have valid reasons not to leave their current clubs, especially as Leipzig failed to qualify for Europe. Fabregas is continuing to build a project at Como, while Glasner has qualified for the Europa League with Crystal Palace after winning the FA Cup. This past season has proven a reality check for Leipzig, as without Champions League football, they are no longer as attractive destination as they first thought. GGFN | Jack Meenan
New York Times
2 days ago
- Entertainment
- New York Times
Crystal Palace's player of the season: Daniel Munoz – the wizard of transitions
As Oliver Glasner prepared to hand over the award for player of the year at Crystal Palace's FA Cup winners' celebration party earlier this week, the camera filming the event focused on the card he was holding. Anyone watching the screens set up on either side of the stage would have seen the name on that card several times before Glasner concluded his speech and actually announced it. But regardless of the result being revealed slightly prematurely, it was a fitting 29th birthday present for Daniel Munoz. Advertisement The Colombian received Palace's players' player of the year award from club captain Joel Ward, too. He is also The Athletic's choice as their player of the season — a prize comprising nothing more than admiration and acknowledgement. Munoz's talents make manager Glasner's system work so well. Without his seemingly limitless energy to race up and down their right flank, Palace would have been far worse off over the season. As 2024-25 progressed, so did Munoz's partnership with Ismaila Sarr, who had been a new signing last summer. They became accustomed to one another as Sarr learnt the role as a No 10 and Munoz offered support with his customary overlapping runs. It has not all been perfect — there have some defensive concerns at times, with Glasner pointing out things to work on after April's 5-2 Premier League defeat at Manchester City — but there have been very few occasions when Munoz has made errors or left others exposed, and most of those came early in what was his first full season in English football. Munoz started 46 of the season's 48 games — the two he missed through suspension included the 5-1 league home defeat against Arsenal in December — and availability is a crucial quality. His four league goals and six assists mark a considerable improvement on last season, when he failed to score and made four assists in 16 appearances following a January move from Genk in Belgium. It was his ball across goal that was met perfectly by Eberechi Eze for the winner in the FA Cup final, and that kind of pass has become a trademark. But he has also scored some excellent goals, popping up in the right place at the right time and having the confidence to take on a shot. The finish to a wonderful team move in the league win against Fulham in February, where he rifled the ball into the roof of the net, is a perfect example. His late equaliser in the 1-1 draw with Newcastle United at Selhurst Park in November led Glasner to race down the touchline and join in the celebrations by the corner flag. In truth, a handful of the squad could have been our choice here — Jean-Philippe Mateta, Sarr, Dean Henderson and Will Hughes have all had outstanding seasons, too. Advertisement Sarr, after a slow start, has come alive. His two goals in the FA Cup semi-final against Aston Villa were great examples of his shooting precision and directness. He has become undroppable with 12 goals and eight assists in all competitions. Henderson, the hero in the cup final after saving Omar Marmoush's penalty, has enjoyed the first full season of his senior career without injury and it has shown. His self-confidence is extremely high and he has produced many match-saving or winning saves to become a firm fan favourite. In any other season, Hughes would have probably won. Until suspension was followed by illness in March, he had been the most consistently strong performer, also contributing significantly in attack. But his place was taken by Daichi Kamada for the run-in. Mateta's 14 league goals make it 30 across the previous two seasons. Despite ending with fewer than last year, his contribution has again been invaluable, and his hold-up play has improved notably as well. The head injury sustained in the FA Cup win over Millwall in early March may well have denied him the chance to eclipse last season's total and potentially earn our player of the season award. None of those, though, can match what Munoz has offered Palace this season. He has developed into a key component of a team who embrace playing on the transition and with lots of energy. Glasner often focuses on the total number of high-intensity runs his players make, and Munoz tends to be near the top of those rankings. Yet for all he brings to the team, he does not yet have a fans' song. It was at the end of last season that one supporter in the Main Stand at Selhurst Park tried to launch one. 'We're off to see the wizard, the wonderful Daniel Munoz,' he sang, to no avail. After Munoz signed a new contract earlier this year, there should be no prospect of a summer departure. He would be extremely difficult to replace if he did go. Instead, Palace should look forward to him making a name for himself in the Europa League next season. Maybe then he might be serenaded from the terraces with a song in his honour.
Yahoo
2 days ago
- Business
- Yahoo
RB Leipzig eye Alexander Blessin for managerial role
RB Leipzig seems to have a new favorite to take over as head coach after the refusals of Oliver Glasner and Cesc Fàbregas. The name of the moment is Alexander Blessin, coach of St. Pauli. In addition to strong internal support, he has a powerful ally: Jürgen Köpp, global director of football at Red Bull. Known for his aggressive style of play and focus on developing young talents, Blessin embodies the philosophy that marked the Ralf Rangnick era in Leipzig. Furthermore, he knows the club well: between 2012 and 2020, he worked in the RB Leipzig youth categories, which reinforces his connection with the team's identity. This article was translated into English by Artificial Intelligence. You can read the original version in 🇧🇷 here. 📸 Stuart Franklin - 2025 Getty Images
The Sun
3 days ago
- Business
- The Sun
Crystal Palace in talks to complete Atletico Madrid star transfer with Ben Chilwell set for Chelsea return
CRYSTAL PALACE are in talks to sign defender Reinildo Mandava. The Atletico Madrid left-back will be a free agent this summer and is being eyed by Premier League clubs. 2 2 Palace want the Mozambique star as competition for Tyrick Mitchell. Ben Chilwell joined on loan from Chelsea in January but is not expected to stay. Yet Everton and Fulham are also fans of Reinildo. The 31-year-old, previously linked to Barcelona and Manchester United, joined Atletico from Lille in 2022. He has since played 102 times for the club, scoring once and assisting two goals. Reinildo started ten LaLiga and three Champions League matches this season. Palace boss Oliver Glasner wants to wrap up transfer business quickly having moaned about the time it took to do deals last year. And it is set to be a busy summer at Selhurst Park with them keen to bolster their squad ahead of their first ever Europa League campaign. JOIN SUN VEGAS: GET £50 BONUS But Palace risk losing key players like Marc Guehi and Eberechi Eze. Guehi's contract expires in a year's time and Newcastle could reignite their interest after seeing a £70million bid rejected last summer. As for Eze, he is believed to have a release clause of around £65m and reports have linked him with the likes of Aston Villa and Man Utd.
BBC News
3 days ago
- Entertainment
- BBC News
'The year when things changed for Crystal Palace'
A first major trophy lifted with victory over Manchester City in the FA Cup final at Wembley. This will be the season that supporters can point to as when things changed for Crystal start of the campaign was tough and it took Palace until October to win their first Premier League match, but hardly anyone will think about that when looking back on this did the double over their rivals Brighton, beat Millwall in the FA Cup on the way to lifting the trophy and are now set for their first season in Glasner has continued to build his reputation as an exciting manager in the league and his 3-4-2-1 system has become synonymous with how the Eagles Mateta, Ismailia Sarr and Eberechi Eze will go down as one of the Eagles' most exciting forward lines in recent Eze has cemented himself in Crystal Palace history as the scorer of the goal that brought them their first piece of major silverware.
