Pavel Pogrebnyak claims he would be happy to play for Reading in the Championship and isn’t thinking about leaving the club.
The Russian forward was one of the Royals’ star signings last summer after they beat off competition from a host of clubs to secure the former Stuttgart and Fulham player on a free transfer.
The 29-year-old signed a four-year contract, reportedly worth £40,000-a-week, and has been tipped to leave Reading following their relegation to the Championship.
Despite only scoring eight goals in the Premier League this season, recent speculation has suggested a number of clubs are tracking the Russia international.
Pogrebnyak has now moved to calm fears about his future by insisting he would be happy to stay with Reading for the remainder of his contract.
He told Sport Express: “So far I don’t know anything about my future. It’d be great to stay in England.
“I’ve a four-year long contract with Reading so how could I say I don’t want to play here? If it happens like this then I’ll play in the Championship.
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“We’ll talk about my future with Anton Zingarevich in the near future.”
Liverpool are preparing an audacious January move for Swansea attacker Michu, according to reports from The Metro.
Reds boss Brendan Rodgers is thought to be keen to reinforce his attacking options next month, with his team becoming overly reliant on Uruguayan striker Luis Suarez.
Michu has been in fine form since his summer arrival at the Liberty Stadium, weighing in with a staggering 13 goals in all competitions so far.
The Swans’ manager, Michael Laudrup, has placed a £30m price tag on the Spaniard’s head to keep interest at bay, but it’s thought that the Anfield club will offer £10m, five times the fee the parted with for his signature, next month.
Michu is, by trade, an attacking midfielder, but has been impressive playing as a central striker in recent weeks.
Rodgers sees the 26-year-old as an ideal fit for his current system with his sound technical ability and passing range impressive so far this season.
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Liverpool are also thought to be chasing Chelsea’s back-up striker Daniel Sturridge, however his £80,000-per-week wage demands could scupper any deal.
Theo Walcott and Tom Ince are other options, but it’s unclear as to whether the club will push through moves during January.
There were some neat parallels to Borussia Dortmund’s opening game with Werder Bremen. In what is the Bundesliga’s 50th season, the two teams also met on the opening day in the competition’s first season. BVB were Champions of Germany then but lost 3-2 on that day. Forty nine years later, history didn’t repeat itself in North Rhine-Westphalia, as Jürgen Klopp’s side edged past Werder.
Dortmund didn’t have the swagger which they ended last season with. Still, they were able to spark into life when it mattered most as they punished Thomas Schaaf’s team for missing some great opportunities. Marco Reus returned to Borussia with greater status than when he left in 2006. Much greater in fact – now he’s the German Player of the Year.
Reus showed why Dortmund paid €17 million for him as he took advantage of some poor defending after 11 minutes. Jakub Blaszczykowski poked the ball towards Reus which should have been cut off by Aleksandar Ignjovski. Instead, Ignjovski got his legs in a tangle, as he would do for most of the night, allowing the ball to roll through to Reus who finished nonchalantly.
Werder responded despite characteristic pressing from Die Schwarzgelben. Soon after, Aaron Hunt slipped Eljero Elia through on goal down the left hand side but he could only fire at Weidenfeller. Minutes later, they were to come closer. BVB failed to clear a corner as the ball looped up towards Marko Arnautovic. His well executed volley could only find the base of the post.
Thomas Schaaf’s side couldn’t break the Dortmund defence in the rest of the half, even if debutant Eljero Elia was continually getting the better of Oliver Kirch down the left hand side. Kirch wasn’t the only full back having problems as Ignjovski toiled at left back for Werder. Most who faced Blaszczykowski last season did too but the Serbian cut an isolated figure on Friday night.
His exit from the pitch mid way through the second half helped his side, though it wasn’t before Dortmund threatened to double their lead. Sebastian Mielitz tipped over Neven Subotic’s header five minutes after the break with the Champions seemingly finding their rhythm.
Yet, they dropped off and the 65th minute substitution of striker Nils Petersen for the struggling Ignjovski gave Bremen some much needed momentum. With Dortmund offering little, Werder took advantage of some poor defending.
With just over 15 minutes to go, Borussia thought the ball had drifted out. Goalkeeper Roman Weidenfeller appealed in vain before the ball was squared to Marko Arnautovic wide on the right hand side. He chipped in to the centre where Euro 2012 star Theodor Gebre Selassie flicked a header into the far corner – not a bad finish for a right back.
Then came the response of Champions five minutes later. The skilful Mario Gӧtze was subbed on quickly by Jürgen Klopp and minutes later, he was celebrating the winning goal. As Werder couldn’t retain the ball, Gӧtze played a one-two with Robert Lewandowski before the 20-year-old found himself through on goal. He rolled the ball past Mielitz to the delight of a relieved Signal Iduna Park.
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Nils Petersen (or as he’s a loanee from Bayern Munich, perhaps it should be Agent Petersen) missed Werder’s only other chance to equalise on 85 minutes. He failed to guide in the lively Arnautovic’s cross as it bounced off his body and wide.
It was a tame end for a Werder Bremen side that looked promising in patches. Borussia Dortmund weren’t at their swashbuckling best by any means but they had a clinical touch in front of goal proving why they’re Champions. Improvement is needed if they’re to retain their crown for a third season running but they’re unbeaten in 29 league games – an achievement not to be sniffed at.
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“They will pose a threat this evening to Arsenal’s proud record of never having lost a Champions League encounter to foreign opposition at the Emirates.”
These words from the Arsenal programme were all too poignant come the end of Wednesday night. That proud record of the Gunners had disappeared by then, as Schalke continued what has been a glorious last week.
So they’d won away at their arch rivals and Champions of Germany, Borussia Dortmund – impressive. Their victory at the Emirates wasn’t too bad either. Because for the second time in five days, Schalke came away from home and outclassed top opposition. It’s easy to write off Arsenal’s performance as insipid but in all honesty, the side from Gelsenkirchen made them look that way. Schalke kept their discipline so well that it wasn’t until a minute before the end of the game that goalkeeper Lars Unnerstall had to make a save.
The home side had threatened in the first half. Atsuto Uchida looked vulnerable at times as the Gunners poured down the left hand side but anything that went into the box was dealt with by Joel Matip or Benedikt Höwedes. Any hopes Arsenal had of breaking down their visitors were effectively ended when Huub Stevens brought on Jermaine Jones for Marco Höger at half time.
Jones was unlucky to not be picked for the Revierderby at the weekend, having been in good form this season. His presence on the pitch at the Emirates seemed to fix any leaks there were in the first half as Arsenal could not create a clear-cut chance in the second.
Schalke weren’t having such problems as they probed down either flank, and it was down the right hand side where they were having most joy. André Santos cut a lonely figure as time and again, Jefferson Farfan, or Uchida, found space down the right to deliver into the box. It should have produced a goal at the end of the first half but last season’s top scorer in the Bundesliga, Klaas-Jan Huntelaar put wide from just a few yards – an altogether puzzling experience.
If Arsenal expected to get away with giving another great chance to a man with the nickname “The Hunter,” then they were mistaken. Huntelaar lashed in a one-on-one in the second half to give Schalke a deserved lead in London.
Suddenly the home side had an urgency about them which hadn’t been present for the previous 75 minutes. Schalke weren’t worried though as they killed off the hosts five minutes from time. As on Saturday in Dortmund, their second came from a simple counter attack. This time Ibrahim Afellay finished off Jefferson Farfan’s cross, setting off a silent fire alarm across the Emirates as the home faithful disappeared swiftly into the night. In one noisy corner of the stadium, celebrations were under way. It had been another great night for Schalke.
In truth, it had been a great night for the Bundesliga as well, especially with Borussia Dortmund’s victory over Real Madrid. It’s commonplace to hear the division being praised for its fans, for its atmosphere, for the stadiums and in general, for the sensible policies in place in German football. Yet performances in Europe, excluding Bayern Munich, have belied the quality of football in the country. Wednesday night proved to Europe just how capable the likes of Schalke are.
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Domestically, the Gelsenkirchen outfit are seven points behind Bayern in the Bundesliga title race but having ended Arsenal’s proud record at the Emirates, Schalke showed they have nothing to fear.
Arsenal midfielder Mikel Arteta says he has been really impressed by the form of full-backs Kieran Gibbs and Carl Jenkinson this season, according to Goal.
Gibbs and Jenkinson have been instrumental in the Gunner’s fine start to the campaign. Arsenal have only conceded two goals in their first five games in all competitions. The north London club’s defensive competency has been paramount to their unbeaten start to the Premier League season.
Arteta, who himself has played a key holding role for Arsenal so far this season, was full of praise for the young duo, “I think they’ve been very consistent. I think Gibbs has been playing really well. I think he’s finding himself more comfortable going forward.”
The 22-year-old Gibbs is part of a long-line of highly talented left-backs that have played under manager Arsene Wenger. In recent years, Gibbs had been an understudy to Gael Clichy who left the club in 2011 to join champions Manchester City. However, despite Clichy’s departure, last season Gibbs only managed to play for the Gunners 20 times due to persistent injuries.
Despite this, Arteta believes that Gibbs has the raw talent to be successful in the red of Arsenal, “He’s rapid and can make a big difference. It’s tough for a wide man to defend [against] a full-back like him.”
Arteta, who joined the Gunners from Everton last season, also believes that Carl Jenkinson has deputised well in place of Bacary Sagna who is currently suffering from a reoccurrence of a leg injury, “Carl is finding himself more comfortable. He’s had four or five games under his belt, he’s done a whole pre-season with us and you can see he’s confident.”
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Jenkinson has also added more to his game as an attacking threat, as Arteta eluded to, “Against Montpellier he put a brilliant cross in for Gervinho to score the goal. That’s what we need because we’re missing players. When you’re replacing someone like Bac [Sagna] it’s not easy because you’re under a lot of pressure. I think they’ve been really good.”
Like Arteta, Jenkinson joined Arsene Wenger’s side at the beginning of last season from Charlton Athletic. The 20-year-old failed to make an impact last season but is displaying a growing maturity and with the current form he is in, it is perhaps difficult to envisage Sagna retaining his place at right-back.
Cardiff City manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer has made an approach to sign Hannover striker Mame Biram Diouf, according to the Guardian.
Solskjaer worked with the former Manchester United forward during his time as Molde manager, and now hopes to do the same in the Premier League.
The Bluebirds have already been active during the January transfer window, with Norway international Magnus Wolff Eikrem joining the club from Heerenveen, while a deal for Mats Moller Daelhi is expected to be completed with Molde before Saturday’s crucial clash with West Ham.
Solskjaer now hopes he can bring in Diouf to add more firepower to his Cardiff frontline for the second half of the season.
A Hannover spokesman confirmed Cardiff had approached the Bundesliga club about the possible signing of Diouf.
The Welsh club are reportedly willing to pay around £2.5million for the 26-year-old, who has managed an impressive total of 30 goals in 61 appearances for Hannover.
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His spell with Manchester United was not so successful however, as Diouf managed to make just five Premier League appearances over the course of three years at Old Trafford, managing just a single goal.
We have to assume that Arsenal’s poor injury record over the years has more to it than simply the misfortunate of buying injury-prone players. It also comes down to the idea we’re often led to believe that Arsene Wenger will continue to do things his way in spite of clear evidence that attempts to point him in another direction.
One of the most obvious cases is Abou Diaby and his recurring injury problems. It’s quite plain that much of his troubles over the years have stemmed from that injury suffered against Sunderland in 2006. Based on stories that have circulated in recent years, it’s led to complications with his growth, taking into account he was still only 20 at the time.
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The club aren’t oblivious to this, stating in 2010 that they were investigating the matter and that they possibly rush players back too early from injury. As I’ve pointed out before, it’s very difficult to isolate one problem from the club without it having an effect on something else. The club’s inability to add strength in depth has obviously led to the need to rush back players like Jack Wilshere, Bacary Sagna and countless others. It’s not a stick to beat the club with over their lack of spending; it’s just the way it is.
Arsenal like to keep their privacy as much as possible, so for that we’ll never get a good understanding of what goes on in training, bar a few picture updates on the club’s official website scattered throughout the season. Yet we are led to believe that Wenger overexerts the players in training, often playing out mini-games and forcing strain on the players’ muscles.
That’s one of the key points here: many of the players’ injuries have been muscle related. We’re so used to hearing that a player will be out for three weeks, with the obvious indication that it’s a strain or pull. Such is the regularity that it simply can’t amount to bad luck
There may also be a correlation in the rise of injuries to the departure of Gary Lewin in 2008 and the club’s replacement Colin Lewin taking over. Again, we’re not fed too much information on the credentials and input of the staff behind the scenes, but once more it surely isn’t a coincidence.
Regardless, this matter falls well within the borders of what Wenger needs to address in what could be his final year with the club. Other teams go through potentially damaging injury spells, but not to the extent of Arsenal. There is a drawback to using younger players so regularly in the way Arsenal do. Furthermore, Cesc Fabregas’ injury problems suddenly came to halt as soon as he made the switch to Barcelona. Pep Guardiola is notably meticulous in his backroom staff, so there is surely a lot to take from the different environment the player was working in.
But it’s an issue that the club can’t allow to continue. Sure, leg breaks happen and they’re well out of the club’s control. But taking action to maximise a squad’s contribtuon over the course of a campaign isn’t beyond them. It does take a level of ruthlessness on the manager’s part to simply say the staff aren’t good enough, but a club like Arsenal, who need to make the most of their resources, can’t afford to be charitable on the basis of long-standing camaraderie.
It just takes a little bit of planning and care for what has become the norm. The injury factor has battled against the club in previous years where a Premier League title was a possibility, with the most obvious being 2007-08. A big worry from this is that Wenger, with all the thought that he puts into his managing of the club, has done so little on the injury front. It seems as though, once again, the club are just covering their eyes and hoping the matter resolves itself. But a club as big as Arsenal simply can’t afford to neglect the idea of risk management.
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Sir Alex Ferguson has classified the 12 point lead Manchester United have in the Premier League over neighbours and arch-rivals Manchester City as “sensational”.
And United’s manager reiterated in his programme notes ahead of Monday’s FA Cup tie against Reading the importance of taking advantage of the Citizens’ stumble in the last league fixture, according to The Guardian.
“Once I knew City had lost [at Southampton, 3-1] we’d been gifted an enormous opportunity to push on,” Ferguson wrote.
Aware of the importance of increasing the lead over City, Fergie changed his plans of resting a few of his key players ahead of the European clash against Real Madrid at the Bernabeu.
“A nine-point lead was good but not sensational – the chance of a 12-point advantage was a different story, so I scrapped my plans to rest a fair number of players [for Everton] with Real Madrid in mind three days later,” he added.
Ferguson also explained that his squad understood the message a win would send out that they did not let him down saying that “the players sensed the opening for them was there”.
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Manchester United ended up beating Everton 2-0 with Ryan Giggs and Robin van Persie scoring the goals to start pulling away from the pack in the Premier League table.
If this season was supposed to be the antithesis to the stuttering nature of the previous campaign for Jermain Defoe at Tottenham Hotspur, then we’re perhaps left with as many questions as answers as the season winds down this month.
Universally adored by the White Hart Lane faithful and still able to produce moments of scintillating magic, the constants that have always adorned Defoe’s game have been as present this term as they have any other. And most importantly, so have the slew of goals, too.
This season has seen the England man knock away a respectable 15 goals in all competitions this term as he’s looked to confound the doubters that saw no place for him under Andre Villas-Boas’ new outlook at the club.
Far from fading into the periphery and out of the club all together, Defoe has of course experienced a startling change of fortunes under Villas-Boas, after a season on the fringes under Harry Redknapp.
Whereas last season saw the former-West Ham man accumulate a frustrating 11 starts in the Premier League under the now QPR manager, he’s wielded both the trust and backing of Villas-Boas this term, racking up 26 starts and counting in the top-flight this season. Not bad at all for a man who seemingly possessed no future under the Portuguese at the start of the campaign.
Yet while Defoe has managed to adapt where many of his contemporaries – stand up Mr. Darren Bent – have failed, for as delighted as the N17 crowd have been to see one of their heroes experience yet another renaissance at the club, the 30-year-old’s campaign hasn’t been without its negatives.
Certainly, if this term has underlined the glowing credentials that underline Jermain Defoe’s game, then it’s also thrown up the same issues that have perpetually undermined it.
Given the atrocious season that Emmanuel Adebayor has endured this season, dwelling upon the negatives of Defoe’s skillset hasn’t been a particularly popular aspect amongst many quarters of the Spurs support. Defoe isn’t without his doubters at White Hart Lane, but if there has been a traditional susceptibility to wear the rose-tinted glasses when viewing his performances, Adebayor’s woes have most definitely seen them adorned a little more frequently this year.
But if this season was Defoe’s big opportunity to really lay down a marker down at the club and look to really push on at the peak of his powers in a Tottenham shirt, then the results have been something of a mixed bag.
The 25-goal season that many had down as a given for Defoe should he be given a string of starts hasn’t been quite as forthcoming as perhaps some had expected and although assumptions are always dangerous in this game, this season has perhaps put a real dent in the notion that he has what it takes to carry the burden of a top-four side’s goal threat.
A faulty argument some might suggest, give Defoe’s presence in the fourth-placed finishing sides of both last season and 2010. But while it’s important not to devalue the goals he scored during both of those seasons, it’s perhaps just as important to analyze just why he continues to live with such question marks hanging over his credentials.
After a series of devastating displays at the start of the season, it’s been suggested by some that Villas-Boas’ deployment of the England-man has begun to have something of an adverse effect on him as the goals have dried up in the New Year and beyond. But this isn’t the first time that we’ve seen Defoe struggle to go the distance goalscoring wise.
The 2009/10 season was Defoe’s goalscoring zenith at the club, as he notched up a superb 18 league goals to fire Spurs into the top-four for the first time in the Premier League era. But following the turn of the year that season, Defoe’s goalscoring heroics came to something resembling a grinding halt and far from catalysing his side to success, only four league goals came from January until the end of the season.
And as we’re witnessing this season, while his goalscoring gifts remain a priceless asset, that attribute alone isn’t enough to hide some of his wider failings.
If Tottenham are to progress forward as a club, they need a man for all occasions – someone who can hold the ball up, bring others into play and offer a presence in front of goal over the entire course of the season and perhaps most importantly, a presence in the game over an entire 90 minutes.
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Jermain Defoe has done an outstanding job of altering his game to fit within a style of play that ultimately does not play to his strengths, but for as well as he’s done to adapt, it’s simply not enough to serve as a first choice option for another season.
Does this mean he has to be consigned to the scrap heap or even sold this summer? Not by any stretch of the imagination and his ability to create something out of nothing – personified beautifully during his goal off the bench against Manchester City recently – is a gift that Spurs would be foolish to sell.
But if he does stay, Defoe must accept his role as a wider squad player. With his 31st birthday on the horizon this October, the Beckton-born forward isn’t going to find a higher level to ply his trade upon.
First-team football might not be a banker for him next season, but he still has an important role to play at Tottenham Hotspur. It might just be time for supporters to accept that such a role might not be quite as close to the forefront as some would ideally prefer.
After a rather uplifting and frankly surprising comeback from two goals down against the might of Coventry City, things weren’t looking too bad for the Shakers, with two draws against stiff opposition and a narrow defeat to one of the league’s favourites.
However, since then it appears that Peter Shirtliff’s tactical prowess has come to the fore resulting in a flurry of dismal performances and turgid tactical decisions. The lull began at home to Nott’s County when attempting to hold the ball and play fell on deaf feet, as a limp and flaccid forward pairing of ‘the Shop’ Lenny John Lewis and on loan scurrier Mark Cullen failed to offer any cutting edge in front of goal. It was all too easy for County, after the repellent Lee Hughes claimed a dubious goal very early in the game, it was plain sailing from there on in, and after 85 minutes of uninspiring football they added the sucker punch in the dying minutes.
Following cries for managerial resolution, Shirtliff resumed his post and took the Shakers into his alleged fifth and final game at home to Lancashire rivals Preston. If a template was drawn before the game of ‘how not to win’ then it was most certainly implemented. Exiling the talent of Peter Sweeney on the left wing, and showing not a modicum of interest or respect to natural width led the Shakers to a tediously similar performance to that against Nott’s County – with the exact same result. Accompanying the air of embarrassment that Preston fans outnumbered Shakers fans at Gigg, was the desperate roars of ‘we need a manager’; and I couldn’t of uttered it better myself.
With the bookmakers equally as confused as the fans, the Bury hot seat is still up for grabs. With Phil Brown reportedly heading off to Coventry, the overwhelming lack of creditable candidates is becoming more and more apparent. An unfounded rumour whispering itself across message-boards seems to imply that Andy Morrell is being lined up for the job which would more than satisfy the majority of Shakers’ fans. Whilst Brian Fenton and the board refuse to comment or shed any light, the fans are left bemoaning inexplicable decisions, for example the loaning out of marksman Andy Bishop to conference side Wrexham. Fair enough – he ain’t scoring – at which point Shirtliffe should have put his arm around Bish’ and reignite him, maybe a run in the reserves even. Instead we are left with the hardworking, lovable but frankly abysmal John-Lewis to lead our line. It just strikes me the lack of vision – surely the arrival of MBE David Healy would have refuelled Bish’? That would have been a strike force to boast about at this level for sure – Bishop and Healy.
With rumours as hot as Chris Brass’ nose after his bewildering and famous own goal, could it be that the Bury board are holding out for the imminent dismissal of ex-Bury boss Alan Knill? With Scunthorpe the only side below the Shakers in League one, it would appear his tenure is coming to an end, and with previous success at Gigg Lane it would not surprise me if he were to make an ignominious return. This though would split Shakers fans, some would be outraged, some nervously welcoming. If it weren’t for his sickening badge kissing and constant job sniffing I would be open to the possibility, however if I were Brian Fenton I would consider this bridge officially burnt. However, what is clear is the need for a new manager, and quickly.
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