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A Seleção Brasileira deve entrar em campo contra o Uruguai com duas novidades nas laterais: Yan Couto e Carlos Augusto devem ser os escolhidos por Fernando Diniz para o clássico sul-americano nesta terça-feira (17), pela Eliminatórias, em Montevidéu. Ambos estreiam como titulares com a Amarelinha e são pouco conhecidos pelo público do país, mas querem se firmar na posição de olho em 2026.

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Yan entrará na vaga de Danilo, machucado e já cortado. Diante da Venezuela, o garoto do Girona-ESP entrou ainda no primeiro tempo para substituir o titular lesionado. Formado pelo Coritiba e campeão mundial sub-17 em 2019, o lateral deixou o Brasil muito cedo e hoje, aos 21 anos, pertencente ao grupo City, quer se tornar conhecido dos brasileiros, muito além do seu cabelo rosa.

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– Gostaria que povo brasileiro me reconhecesse mais, tivesse esse laço mais íntimo. Espero começar a construir isso agora, para ter uma trajetória na Seleção. Talvez nem todo mundo acompanhe, cheguei com 18 anos (na Europa), esse ano tive uma mudança de mentalidade, esse ano estou mostrando meu futebol, minha melhor versão.

– A cor preferida da minha irmã é rosa, quando eu fiz o cabelo ela ficou muito feliz. Mas eu fiz mais o cabelo para falar para minha família que esse ano era meu, queria fazer uma grande temporada, estou conseguindo jogar agora na Europa, na minha melhor versão. O cabelo não é para me achar nem nada, sou muito tímido, é mais para eu olhar no espelho todo dia e ver que sou uma nova pessoa, e que posso mostrar em campo meu melhor momento.

Carlos Augusto tem semelhanças com Yan além da estreia como titular na Seleção. Formado no Corinthians, o lateral-esquerdo deixou o Brasil sem fazer muito seu nome por aqui e acabou indo cedo para a Europa rumo ao Monza-ITA, que na época disputava a segunda divisão do país. Depois de três anos por lá, ele chamou a atenção da Inter de Milão, onde está desde o meio de 2023. Quem diria que ele já foi “patinho feio”.

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– Sempre fui o patinho feio na base. Até fiquei trocando de posições, atacante, meia, zagueiro, fiz tudo. Quando você vem ao lado desses jogadores, pensa que aquilo foi um aprendizado, foi bom para crescer como pessoa. Só tenho que agradecer por esses momentos.

Aos 24 anos, Carlos ganhou a posição de Guilherme Arana, seu antigo companheiro de Corinthians. Apesar de no Brasil ainda não estar entre os mais conhecidos, na Itália ele foi convidado até para defender a seleção, mas não aceitou. Certo mesmo é que o futebol italiano acabou sendo essencial para sua carreira, inclusive na chegada à Seleção.

– Eu fui chamado, mas nem pensei na hipótese de aceitar. Cresci no Brasil. Por respeito aos italianos, não me via como italiano, meu coração sempre foi brasileiro, nem pensei na hipótese de ir.

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– Minha transição para o futebol italiano foi essencial para a minha carreira, não tive sequência no Corinthians, ir para lá me ajudou a pegar confiança, crescer como pessoa, entender o futebol italiano, que é mais tático. Quando jogava no Brasil, me falavam que eu era defensivo. Na Itália, dizem que sou ofensivo. Espero trabalhar as duas partes para ser o mais completo possível.

Com trajetórias semelhantes e estreando juntos como titulares da Seleção Brasileira, ambos têm a chance de brilharem e ocuparem uma posição que tem tido dificuldade para firmar novos jogadores. Tanto o lado esquerdo quanto o direito não têm titulares absolutos e essa pode ser a chance de dois jovens se firmarem pensando na Copa de 2026.

Glasgow Rangers head coach Danny Rohl will be fully aware of the size of the task at hand after his team were beaten 3-0 by Brann on Thursday night in the Europa League.

Calling it ‘his team’ may be unfair at this stage, though, as he has not been in the building for a full week, yet, and has not had a chance to make any of his own signings.

Instead, the former Sheffield Wednesday manager is dealing with the fallout of Russell Martin’s 17-game tenure in charge of the Scottish Premiership giants.

Rohl has to attempt to stop the rot and get the team back to winning ways to climb up the Premiership table and the league phase of the Europa League.

The ex-Bayern Munich assistant manager will surely be using his first few games to assess the squad and decide what he needs ahead of the January transfer window in a couple of months.

One player who may need to improve his performance on the pitch to avoid being replaced in January is loanee left-back Jayden Meghoma.

Why Rangers may need to replace Jayden Meghoma

The left-back situation was an odd one during the summer transfer window. Martin allowed Jefte and Ridvan Yilmaz, two fairly experienced left-backs with plenty of games under their belts for Rangers, to depart on permanent deals, whilst only bringing in Meghoma on loan.

Max Aarons, a right-footed right-back, was trialled at left-back at the start of the season, but the former England U21 international has not started a game since he was sent off in the 6-0 loss to Club Brugge in August.

Meghoma, who worked with Martin at Southampton, was an interesting signing because he arrived on loan with very limited experience in his career to date. Per Transfermarkt, he had played four games for the Saints, four games for Brentford, and 14 games on loan at Preston.

Unfortunately, the 19-year-old left-back’s inexperience has shown at times in matches, as it did in the loss to Brann, as he failed to mark Jacob Lungi Sorensen for the host’s second goal.

TNT Sports commentator and former Rangers striker Ally McCoist noted that it was “remarkable” that the defender allowed Sorensen to get goalside of him with such ease.

McCoist also described Meghoma and Rangers’ marking for the goal as “diabolical” in the clip above, before later going on to analyse how easily and remarkably the full-back got eased out of the way.

It is not just the Europa League in which the teenage loanee has struggled, though, as he has also failed to excel in the Premiership for the Light Blues.

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Jayden Meghoma

Appearances

5

Goals + assists

0

Key passes per game

1.0

Ground duel success rate

58%

Aerial duel success rate

33%

Error leading to shots

2

Possession lost per game

14.4x

Stats via Sofascore

As you can see in the table above, the Englishman has lost the majority of his aerial duels and made multiple errors that have led to shots for the opposition.

Heart & Hand podcaster David Edgar noted “that entire back four needs replaced in January” after the 3-0 loss to Brann, which, of course, includes Meghoma.

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With this in mind, Rohl may need to push for the club to bring in another left-back to, at the very least, compete with Meghoma, or to come in and take his place in the starting XI.

In August, it was reported that Rangers had made contact with Monaco to secure a deal for 21-year-old left-back Kassoum Ouattara, and the club should reignite that interest.

Why Rangers should swoop for Kassoum Ouattara

As aforementioned, Meghoma, who has less than 50 club appearances in his career, is the only senior and natural left-back option in the Rangers squad, which is why the club need to add another player in that position.

Ouattara has played 63 times for Monaco and Amiens, per Transfermarkt, and has played 31 matches in Ligue 1, which shows that he has more experience, and more experience at the top level, than Meghoma.

The French full-back showed a great threat at the top end of the pitch in Ligue 1 across 12 appearances for Monaco in the 2024/25 campaign, which suggests that he could offer quality in the final third from a left-back position for Rangers.

24/25 Ligue 1

Kassoum Ouattara per 90

Percentile rank vs full-backs

xA

0.29

Top 5%

Chances created

1.38

Top 17%

Successful crosses

1.62

Top 7%

Cross accuracy

41.2%

Top 9%

Successful dribbles

1.15

Top 12%

Assists

0.23

Top 9%

Stats via FotMob

Ouattara, who has been described as a “very offensive” defender by writer Kai Watson, carries a threat with his ability to cross the ball as an overlapping left-back, as evidenced by the statistics in the table above.

He created three ‘big chances’ in five starts in Ligue 1, one of Europe’s major leagues, whilst Meghoma has only created one ‘big chance’ in five starts in the Premiership this term, per Sofascore.

On top of potentially providing an upgrade on the Rangers left-back from an offensive perspective, Ouattara is also more reliable defensively in aerial situations.

The 21-year-old defender has won 2.0 aerial duels per game and won 63% of his battles in the air, per Sofascore, across five appearances in Ligue 1, whilst Meghoma has won 0.6 per game in the Premiership, winning just 33% of his aerial duels.

This suggests that Ouattara may have handled the situation against Brann more effectively, as he is not as easy to beat in aerial contests, which could improve the team’s defending from set pieces.

Therefore, the Monaco youngster is a player who could arrive at Ibrox as an immediate upgrade on Meghoma with his play both in and out of possession at full-back.

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This is why Rohl should be pushing for the club to bring the left-back to Ibrox as his first signing when the January transfer window opens for business, if they can convince Monaco to part ways with the promising youngster.

USMNT and Club América winger Alejandro Zendejas has recovered from the muscle injury he sustained during the October international window while on duty with the United States. The setback sidelined him for three league matches, but after returning to full training this week, he’s ready to feature in Saturday’s season finale against Toluca.

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  The 27-year-old winger, who missed several weeks with a muscle injury sustained on USMNT duty in October, has recovered fully and could feature as América fine-tune ahead of the playoffs. Head coach André Jardine is likely to manage his minutes carefully to prevent another setback after his earlier recurrence against Cruz Azul, when he was forced off just 18 minutes into his return.

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  Meanwhile, Isaías Violante is almost certainly ruled out until the playoffs as he continues recovering from a muscle injury. The 21-year-old hasn’t featured since América’s 3–0 win over Santos on Matchday 12, and he’s still training separately from the group.

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  Henry and Zúñiga close to returning

  Captain Henry Martín remains sidelined, having not featured since Matchday 8 against Chivas. The striker has managed just three appearances this season in what’s been one of the most challenging stretches of his career due to injuries. José Zúñiga, meanwhile, returned to light training on Tuesday after missing four games with a similar issue, but he’s still unlikely to be available against Toluca.

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Lancashire set to be without Liam Livingstone after hamstring injury sustained while playing twice in 24 hours

Matt Roller08-Jul-2025Lancashire coach Steven Croft believes a “stupid” schedule contributed to a hamstring injury that will sideline Liam Livingstone for the rest of the T20 Blast group stages, as counties weigh up a potential reduction in the volume of cricket that they play for 2026.Livingstone pulled his hamstring during Lancashire’s win over Derbyshire on Saturday afternoon, their second T20 fixture in the space of 24 hours after winning at Northamptonshire on Friday. Their team bus only arrived back in Manchester at 3.30am on Saturday morning due to traffic on the M1, and they were back on the field at 3pm later that day.Saqib Mahmood also left the field during Saturday’s game, and Croft – who took over from Dale Benkenstein on an interim basis in May – said that the schedule was “a bit of a mess”. He told LancsTV: “They’re some of the world’s best players out there… It feels pretty stupid and silly, and is putting the players at risk. We saw two players walk off the field through injury.”Related

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On Livingstone, Croft said: “It might have gone at any time, but getting minimal sleep and such a quick turnaround to play elite sport is a tough one… I probably wouldn’t say it’s all down to the schedule – it might be – but it’s not helped one bit for that player who’s walked off, and looks like it might be a bit of a lengthy time on the sidelines.”It is something that seriously needs to be looked at… We’re aware that we’ve got four competitions in the country, so you can’t really extend the season any more. That is the county grind, as people say… You feel like if something doesn’t happen, we’re not going to get the best players on the park.”The Professional Cricketers’ Association (PCA) has lobbied for a reduction in back-to-back T20 fixtures, where the same team plays twice on consecutive days. But they are still commonplace in the Blast, in which the majority of fixtures are played from Thursday to Sunday, and there are signs that any changes to the men’s domestic schedule for 2026 will only be incremental.The Blast appears set to return to three groups of six – rather than two groups of nine – next year, with each team playing 12 matches (including two inter-group fixtures) rather than 14. The quarter-finals and Finals Day will also be brought forward to July from September, meaning the competition will finish before the Hundred rather than being split in half by it.There is less clarity on the future of the County Championship: counties are discussing a handful of options for next year’s format, some of which involve a reduction to 12 matches per team while others maintain the existing number of 14. Somerset and Surrey have both publicly backed a 14-match season, with an eight-team Division One and a ten-team Division Two.”There is so much potential for the competition to grow its fanbase,” Surrey’s chair, Oli Slipper, and chief executive, Steve Elworthy, said in a joint statement, noting the strong attendances at The Oval this year. “The red-ball game needs all the counties to get behind it, to prioritise it and to promote it. It is a unique and historic sporting competition, and we should embrace it for the benefit of the whole game.”The review into county scheduling is being run by the Professional Game Committee, a subcommittee authorised by the ECB board and chaired by Warwickshire chair Mark McCafferty. A decision on the 2026 schedule is anticipated later this month, and any changes would require the support of 12 out of the 18 first-class counties.

Stand-in South Africa captain Keshav Maharaj has been ruled out of the second Test against Zimbabwe in Bulawayo because of a left groin strain. Allrounder Wiaan Mulder will lead the side in the second Test starting July 6.Maharaj captained South Africa in Test cricket for the first time after Temba Bavuma did not recover from the hamstring strain he suffered in the World Test Championship final. Maharaj returned a match-haul of four wickets with his left-arm spin apart from scoring a half-century in the second innings. He sustained the injury while batting on the third day of the first Test, which South Africa won by a whopping 328 runs.This will be Mulder’s first time of leading a team in first-class cricket. He has made 87 red-ball appearances, 20 of them in Tests. His only experience of captaining the team came for Leicestershire in the quarter-final of the One Day Cup 2022 against Kent. Mulder is coming off a productive match, scoring his Test best of 147 in the second innings to follow his four-wicket haul in the first innings.Fellow left-arm spinner Senuran Muthusamy has been named Maharaj’s replacement for the next Test while Lungi Ngidi, originally set to join the squad ahead of the game, has been released. Maharaj was not part of the T20I tri-series to follow, with New Zealand being the third team.

Gloucestershire opener adds unbeaten fifty second time around as hosts follow on

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Gloucestershire 381 (Charlesworth 160, Phillips 64, Hartley 6-116) and 98 for 0 (Charlesworth 61*) trail Lancashire 557 by 78 runsTom Hartley produced another stellar performance to put the skids under Gloucestershire as Lancashire made the running on day three of the Rothesay County Championship match at the College Ground, Cheltenham.Having posted a career-best innings of 130 with the bat on day two, the England slow left-armer returned notable figures of 6 for 116 – his best for Lancashire – to again steal the Festival show. Replying to Lancashire’s mammoth 557, the home side were dismissed for 381, conceding a first-innings deficit of 176.Ben Charlesworth staged an outstanding season’s-best knock of 160 and Joe Phillips weighed in with 64 as Gloucestershire advanced confidently to 296 for 3. But Hartley then induced a collapse which saw the hosts lose their last seven wickets for 85 runs in 26 overs.Lancashire captain James Anderson enforced the follow-on and Gloucestershire made a better fist of things second time around, Cameron Bancroft and Charlesworth safely negotiating 30 overs to stage an unbroken opening stand of 98. Gloucestershire still trail by 78 runs and Bancroft (35 not out) and Charlesworth (61 not out) will be called upon to muster further resistance on a pitch offering some assistance to spin when they return in the morning.The day had begun full of hope for Gloucestershire. Resuming on 179 for 1, Charlesworth and Phillips set a new county record partnership for the second wicket in matches against Lancashire, eclipsing the 160 registered by Bill Athey and Paul Romaines at Bristol in 1984. Phillips perished soon afterwards, superbly held at short square leg by Keaton Jennings off the bowling of Chris Green as Lancashire effected an early breakthrough and terminated a profitable alliance of 171 in 47.3 overs.Charlesworth and Ollie Price applied themselves diligently to the task of cussed defiance and, in between performing the hard yards, these two took advantage of sufficient poor balls to post a half-century stand from 104 balls. Desperate to make something happen, Lancashire were indebted to Hartley, who persuaded Price to slice a cut shot to Luke Wells at backward point in the 72nd over. Price had contributed 31 to a stand of 58 for the third wicket, and Gloucestershire were 249 for 3, still 308 runs behind and with further graft required. Charlesworth was joined by Cheltenham-born Miles Hammond and these two advanced the score to 259 for 3 by lunch.With the new ball available upon the resumption, Anderson returned at the Chapel End, only for Hammond to greet him with an off-driven four and another boundary behind square. Charlesworth then crunched the former England man through the covers off the back foot to bring up his 150 from 233 balls with his 20th four.But Charlesworth’s resistance ended soon afterwards, the 24-year-old left hander inexplicably advancing down the pitch to Hartley and being stumped by Phil Salt with the score 296 for 4. His dismissal sparked an alarming collapse in which the home side lost six wickets for the addition of 62 runs in 21.1 overs.Hammond had traded almost exclusively in boundaries, his brisk 36 including six fours and a six, when he miscued an attempted drive and offered a return catch to Hartley. On a roll by now, Hartley struck again in his next over, dismissing Graeme van Buuren lbw without scoring, before persuading James Bracey to pop a catch up to short square leg to complete a remarkable five-wicket haul.Having seen their middle order blown away by Hartley, Gloucestershire’s tailend fared no better against Lancashire’s back-up spinners. Zaman Akhter fell lbw to Green and Ajeet Singh Dale succumbed in near-identical fashion to Wells’ legbreaks. Hindered by a hamstring strain, Marchant de Lange emerged with Phillips as a runner and the big man suggested a possible escape route for Gloucestershire by smiting two huge sixes. But Hartley returned to have the South African held in the deep, leaving Todd Murphy high and dry on 22 not out, as the hosts fell 27 short of saving the follow on.Bancroft and Charlesworth restored calm during a final session that, in stark contrast to what had gone before, failed to yield a single dismissal. Watchful in the face of a new-ball examination at the hands of Anderson, Gloucestershire’s openers initially focused their efforts on occupying the crease and taking up time. But as Lancashire’s bowlers began to tire, so the opening partnership flourished.Picking up where he left off in the first innings, Charlesworth went to 50 from 64 balls with seven fours and a six, his antics causing the threat of further collapse to recede into the distance. His captain proved rock-solid, Bancroft chiseling an unbeaten 35 from 86 balls to serve notice that Gloucestershire remain in the fight.

New York Yankees starter Gerrit Cole has historically struggled to pitch to Boston Red Sox star third baseman Rafael Devers, and in Saturday's 7-1 loss to Boston, Cole did everything in his power to pitch to Devers.

In the first at-bat, Cole threw four pitches to Devers, all inside, with the fourth pitch of the at-bat hitting Devers. In the second at-bat for Devers in the third inning, Cole elected to intentionally walk Devers with one out and nobody on.

In a game that the Red Sox won handily, Boston manager Alex Cora ripped Cole in the aftermath of the victory for hitting Devers in the first inning.

"I wasn't surprised at all [about the intentional walk] because in the first at-bat I felt that [Cole] hit [Devers] on purpose," Cora said after the game. "He doesn't want to face him. That's the bottom line. He told us with the intentional walk that in the first at-bat he hit him. He hit him. … We took exception to that."

With 13 games remaining in the regular season, the Red Sox are four games out of the second wild-card spot in the American League playoff race. While it will be difficult to make up that ground, the Red Sox are still more than happy to play spoiler to the Yankees in their hopes of capturing the AL East crown.

The Yankees still hold a 2.5 game lead over the Baltimore Orioles for first place in the AL East.

Philadelphia Phillies star Bryce Harper just spearheaded the franchise's NL East title and has hopes of bringing a World Series title to the city of Philadelphia.

In 541 plate appearances this season, Harper is batting .287 with 30 home runs and 87 RBI and remains a force in the middle of the order for the Phillies.

But that doesn't mean that he hasn't contemplated what he will do once his playing career is done. In fact, he has two distinct ways that he wants to remain involved in baseball once he eventually retires. Harper discussed those options with 's Tom Verducci.

"I talk to Scott [Boras, his agent] a lot and I tell him, ‘I want to coach after I’m done, but I want to go to college.’ That’s my dream,” he says. “I want to do it really bad. Scott always gives me crap. He's like, ‘You’re going to be a Hall of Famer … [and] you're going to go back and coach college kids?’

“I just want to put the baseball [playing] version of myself behind me and put my coach’s cap on. I want to do it that way at a college. I would never want to do it at the Major League level."

But just because Harper doesn't want to manage in the major leagues, doesn't mean he wouldn't want to be involved in the professional game entirely once his playing days are done. In fact, he could see himself owning a major league team someday.

“I could be an owner on the Major League level. I would love to do that. I’d rather own and do that. I would like to be an owner/president. I would like to do what [Phillies president of baseball operations Dave] Dombrowski does, but ownership-wise. So, I'd like to be [like Derek] Jeter [was with the Miami Marlins].“That's like my biggest dream. But coaching college would be great. Yeah, I think that would be awesome to work with kids at that age. It’s just a different vibe. Kind of different mindset, too. You know, I don’t want to lie to kids, either. Kids get lied to so much at the college level nowadays, too.

Harper turns 32 in mid-October, and has plenty of baseball left in front of him. But once he's done, expect him to stay involved the game that he loves so much.

Reigan Heskey, the son of former Liverpool and England legend Emile, has overtaken Phil Foden and Jadon Sancho with his goals at the Under-17 World Cup. England secured their spot in the last 32 in Qatar as they finished second to Venezuela in Group E. The Young Lions then eased into the last 16 of the tournament as they got the better of South Korea on Saturday.

England overcome early scare to reach last 16

England endured an early scare as Dante Headley was bundled off the ball by Kim Ji-sung, who rifled his effort into the roof of the net. However, referee Abdou Abdel Mefire spared the Young Lions' early blushes as he blew for a foul in Headley's favour.

Liam Bramley's side went ahead midway through the first half as Seth Ridgeon's pass was inadvertently turned into the South Korea net through Jung Hui-seop. The game as a contest was settled 10 minutes before the break as Heskey doubled the Young Lions' advantage after heading Bradley Burrowes' cross past Park Do-hun.

The Young Lions had a few chances to extend their lead but were comfortable as they progressed to the next round of the U17 World Cup, where they will face Austria on Tuesday.

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Heskey's header against South Korea on Saturday was his fourth goal of the tournament. The 17-year-old scored an early penalty in a resounding 8-1 win over Haiti last week before bagging a brace in a 3-0 victory against Egypt as England followed up their opening Group E 3-0 defeat to Venezuela in fine fashion.

Heskey is now tied with four more players in the race for the competition's Golden Boot, with Samuele Inacio, Vit Skrkon, Rene Mitongo, and Kim Yu-jin also locked on four goals. However, the quintet are behind Portugal forward Anisio Cabral in the race for the individual award.

Cabral moved ahead of the chasing pack with a vital brace in Portugal's 2-1 win over Belgium, a result that set up a last-16 meeting with Mexico, who themselves progressed to the next round with a 5-4 penalty shootout triumph over Argentina.

Foden and Sancho were key in 2017 triumph

Heskey's goal against South Korea means he has overtaken the tallies of two former Manchester City graduates from eight years ago. Phil Foden and Jadon Sancho each struck three times in India as England ultimately came from behind to beat Spain 5-2 in the U17 World Cup final back in 2017.

However, Heskey has some way to at least match Rhian Brewster's eight-goal haul in 2017. Brewster came in clutch for England as he bagged a hat-trick in the quarter-final win over USA and again in the semi-finals as the Young Lions got the better of Brazil in the semi-finals.

The 25-year-old also bagged a decisive goal in the final win over Spain, halving the deficit shortly before half time after Sergi Gomez had netted a first half brace. Morgan Gibbs-White, Foden – twice – and Marc Guehi then completed a second half comeback in a resounding victory.

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Heskey's father, Emile, will hope his son can continue his upward trajectory as England look to the future to determine who their next main striker will be. Harry Kane is currently the leading light for the national team, but at 32 years of age, the Three Lions need to start future-proofing their frontline.

Reigan was promoted to the City U21s ahead of the season having struck 18 goals and provided seven assists in 19 Under-18 Premier League appearances last season. However, Emile is concerned about England's future striker options, particularly as head coach Thomas Tuchel overlooked a backup forward for Kane for the November internationals with Foden used as a false nine off the bench against Serbia on Thursday night.

"We've been lucky over the years we could see where the next strikers were coming," the elder Heskey said on recently. "We had a chain of players who could go from that next level, I came in after [Alan] Shearer and Rooney came after me, but where do we look now? We always had that chain but we are struggling to find [the next one] now."

England play their final World Cup qualifier on Sunday evening as they take on Albania. Tuchel's side have already booked their spot at the 2026 showpiece and will look to round off qualification with a 100% record, and without conceding a goal having kept seven successive clean sheets.

Rangers invested heavily in the summer but, given their current predicament, expect plenty more signings in January too.

During the summer transfer window, led by manager Russell Martin and sporting director Kevin Thelwell, the Gers signed 13 new players, splashing around £30m, a huge amount for a Scottish club.

The most expensive of these additions was striker Youssef Chermiti, arriving from Everton for £8m which could rise to £10m, their second-most expensive signing of all-time, but the Gers still appear light in attack, so could new manager Danny Röhl demand the addition of a new centre-forward he knows rather well.

Rangers' search for reinforcements

Even before appointing out-of-work Röhl, Rangers had taken advantage of Sheffield Wednesday’s predicament, signing winger Djeidi Gassama for a cut-price £2.2m in July.

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The EFL Championship club entered administration this week, usually a dark day for any football club, but on this occasion it was a day of celebration, because it means Dejphon Chansiri is no longer running the club.

Supporters rushed to Hillsborough to buy tickets and merchandise, having been boycotting both, but there are serious ramifications, given that the Owls were slapped with a 12-point deduction, more could follow for failing to pay staff, meaning relegation to EFL League One appears inevitable, while a new owner still has to be found, all why Röhl walked away in July.

Thus, for as long as the administrators remain in charge, their task is to raise as much cash as possible, which includes selling players.

As a result, Sports Boom are reporting that Röhl is targeting a move for Sheffield Wednesday striker Bailey Cadamarteri, with the new boss telling the Glasgow side to put together ‘a proposed deal” for the youngster.

They add that Röhl is ‘eager to bolster his attacking options’, while adding that the German coach was an ‘influential figure in Cadamarteri’s development’, thereby potentially set to take advantage of the financial crisis in South Yorkshire by snapping up a bargain

So, could the 20-year-old soon be swapping Owlerton for Govan?

What Bailey Cadamarteri would bring to Rangers

Born in Leeds, Cadamarteri joined Sheffield Wednesday as an eight year old, making his senior debut in the EFL Trophy against Leicester City’s under-21s in October 2022.

He did not then feature for the Owls’ first team again for over a year, largely due to surgery, handed his league debut by Röhl against Millwall in November 2023, before scoring his first senior goal during a 3-1 victory over Blackburn Rovers a few weeks later.

He then also netted against Norwich, QPR and Swansea, before spending last season on loan at Lincoln City, scoring eight times in 31 outings for the Imps, his campaign at Sincil Bank cut short by a groin injury suffered mid-way through the season.

Now back at Sheffield Wednesday, given that many of the Owls’ senior players departed during the summer due to financial turmoil, he has started nine of their 12 EFL Championship matches, with the table below documenting his importance to Henrik Pedersen’s side.

Cadamarteri’s stats 25/26

Stats

Cadamarteri

Sheff Wed rank

Minutes

838

7th

Goals

1

4th

Expected goals

1.8

2nd

Shots

20

1st

Shots on target

5

2nd

Big chances missed

2

1st

Key passes

6

5th

Attempted take-ons

23

2nd

Touches in box

39

1st

Stats vs FBref & SofaScore

As the table emphasises, Cadamarteri has been an integral figure for Wednesday this season, scoring during a 2-2 draw with Wrexham at the Racecourse in August.

He has though had the most shots of any Wednesday player, missing two Opta-defined big chances, while over 18% of his total touches have come in the opposition penalty area, showing that he offers an attacking presence.

Meantime, the 20-year-old has also made an interesting choice when it comes to international football.

After representing England at youth level, he switched his allegiance to Jamaica earlier this year, debuting for the Reggae Boyz in Bermuda in September, scoring against Trinidad & Tobago in Kingston a few days later.

Thus, if Steve McClaren’s team collect four points from their two qualifiers in November, again Trinidad & Tobago and then Curaçao, they’ll be heading for a first World Cup since France ’98, which could give Cadamarteri a platform to increase his exposure and market value, currently valued at around £1.1m by Football Transfers.

Ali Maxwell labels the young striker a “finisher” while Röhl, when the pair were still together in South Yorkshire, described him as “dangerous”.

A report by Total Football Analysis agrees, noting that he ‘consistently moves around to find pockets of space’, while praising his ability to ‘occupy spaces intelligently’ and excellent penalty box positioning.

Thus, it is clear that Cadamarteri is a talented young player, one who could well be available for a slashed price, while he may be eager to re-untie with Röhl north of the border.

Summer signing Chermiti has scored only once for Rangers to date, his first goal for anyone since May 2023, looking very unconvincing overall, while fellow centre-forwards Danilo and Bojan Miovski have only two goals to their name so far this season.

Given the dearth of quality in Rangers’ striker department, the young Jamaican international could come in and be first-choice from the word go, firing the Gers up the table.

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