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O meia Daniel firmou contrato com a Ponte Preta até o fim do Paulistão. O jogador sofreu com seguidos problemas físicos durante a carreira.Foram duas cirurgias no joelho direito e passagens discretas por São Paulo e Coritiba desde então. Com uma preparação individualizada na Macaca, Daniel acreditar ter condições de voltar a atuar em alto nível o quanto antes.

– Eu aprendi a conviver com essa situação, o joelho nao é mais o mesmo. Eu fiquei feliz com o carinho que fui recebido aqui, com um trabalho legal, bem individualizado, o que não tive em outros clubes. Espero corresponder e retribuir. Estou convicto que vai ser um ano muito bom para mim individualmente. Estou muito perto de voltar a jogar muito bem – afirmou Daniel.

O jogador de 24 anos vai disputar posição com Léo Artur e Tiago Real, os únicos meias de origem do elenco alvinegro. O atleta enfatizou que espera fazer uma boa campanha pela Ponte Preta.

– Depois da lesão talvez tenha faltado um pouco mais de paciência dos outros clubes. Futebol existe esse imediatismo e acaba tirando espaço de quem precisa de um pouco mais de tempo. Eu também tenho participação nisso, era um pouco novo, tinha de procurar mais. Aqui na Ponte senti um carinho totalmente diferente. Por isso acredito que vou embalar e dar certo aqui – disse o meia.

À disposição de Eduardo Baptista, Daniel ficou no banco dereservas na vitória sobre o São Bento, por 1 a 0, no último domingo. A primeira chance para estrear na Macaca pode vir no sábado contra o Ituano, fora de casa.

Antonio Conte is reportedly now eyeing up a move to sign Jordan Veretout for Tottenham Hotspur in the January transfer window.

The Lowdown: Sound familiar?

Spurs fans may have heard of Veretout before, as he has played in the Premier League with Aston Villa, under former Lilywhites manager Tim Sherwood.

He was not exactly a hit at Villa Park, lasting just one season there, but he has come on leaps and bounds since then.

Now playing under another former THFC boss in Jose Mourinho at AS Roma, the central midfield player currently has four goals and eight assists in total so far this term, and is now catching the eye of former Serie A coach Conte.

The Latest: Conte monitoring

As per Calciomercato, Conte is now ‘monitoring’ Veretout’s situation at Roma, as there is a chance that he could be sold.

The player apparently likes Conte from what he saw during the manager’s time in Italy, and is currently valued at between €25-30m (£20.9-25.1m), but it is ‘unlikely’ that he will move this month.

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The Verdict: Get it done

At 28 years of age, Veretout is entering his prime, and so now is the best time to go out and buy him if he is the man Conte wants.

The £91,000-per-week ace would give the North London club that extra bit of creativity needed in the middle of the park, as his 1.9 key passes per game in Serie A so far this campaign is matched only by Son Heung-Min in Conte’s squad in the Premier League, not to mention his six assists in the Italian top flight – no Tottenham player has more than three league assists.

Nonetheless, having seen him up close in Serie A, he is a player that Conte will know how to get the best out of, and a move for the France international in this window would present a shrewd bit of business.

In other news, find out who Spurs have now joined the race to sign here!

Despite managing to valiantly claw back from being 2-0 down to secure a 2-2 draw against Manchester United in their latest Premier League match thanks to goals from Jacob Ramsey and Philippe Coutinho on his debut, Aston Villa were unfortunately struck with a concerning injury blow that will have some fans worried.

What’s the news?

In a recent article for Birmingham Live, Villa journalist Ashley Preece shared some details on the issue that forced defender Ezri Konsa off the pitch to be replaced by Kortney Hause at half-time.

He said: “Konsa took a whack to his hip and, after attempting to run it off before the second half, had to come off at the break after shaking his head to fitness coach Jordan Milsom saying he couldn’t continue despite having some painkillers in the dressing room.”

Preece also added that Villa will be “sweating” over Konsa’s fitness now and that it “doesn’t look too good” in terms of his chances of being available for their next match against Everton at Goodison Park next weekend.

A big miss?

So far this season, Konsa has played in all but one of Villa’s 20 Premier League games so far this season, showing how highly rated he was by former Villa manager Dean Smith earlier in the season as well as current boss Steven Gerrard.

This then shows how much of a big miss he would be if he were to spend a significant period of time out of action due to this hip injury, something that would ultimately severely worry fans.

Also, one other worrying aspect with this situation at the moment is the lack of depth in the centre-back position with the Midlands club saying goodbye to Axel Tuanzebe earlier in the window.

Moving forward, the best thing that everyone at Villa can hope for is that Konsa can recover from this injury as soon as possible and that Hause and Tyrone Mings can keep things tight at the back if he misses the Everton game or any other matches after that.

Fortunately for Villa, with Hause managing to deliver a solid display in the second half against the Red Devils, this should be encouraging for Gerrard and the Villa fans that he has what it takes to fill in for Konsa.

In other news: Villa could secure another transfer masterclass with £49k-p/w gem who “has everything” – opinion

Celtic have been dealt a huge injury setback ahead of their upcoming Premiership fixture.

What’s the latest?

In recent comments made on The Go Radio Football Show (via Vital Celtic), The Celtic Exchange podcaster known as Tino revealed that Callum McGregor will miss at least Saturday’s clash with Dundee United and Wednesday’s Old Firm derby as a result of the facial injury the 28-year-old picked up against Alloa Athletic.

Speaking about the condition of the central midfielder, the podcaster said: “I’ve heard that Callum McGregor picked up a concussion and I believe there’s a ruling in place that you need to wait something like 12 days [before being able to play again].

“So, I’m not sure exactly how that plays out, maybe someone can tell us on that. I think he numerically could be ruled out of [the Dundee United and Rangers fixtures]. I don’t think there’s any fracture to his jaw from what I’ve heard.”

Ange will be livid

Considering just how integral a part of the Celtic side McGregor is, the fact that the Scotland international looks set to miss out on both the Dundee United and Rangers games as a result of an injury picked up against League One Alloa Athletic is sure to have left Ange Postecoglou livid.

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Indeed, over his 18 Premiership appearances this season, the £6.75m-rated midfielder has been in impeccable form for the Bhoys, scoring one goal, registering two assists and creating three big chances for his teammates, as well as making an average of 1.9 key passes, 0.6 interceptions, 1.4 tackles, 72.7 total passes and winning 53% of his duels per game.

These returns have seen the £30k-per-week man average a SofaScore match rating of 7.31, ranking the 28-year-old as the seventh-best player in the entirety of the Scottish top flight.

As such, it is clear for all to see that being without McGregor for both the Dundee United and Rangers fixtures will severely reduce the Bhoys’ chances of picking up maximum points in the games – with anything but six points from the next two outings potentially having disastrous consequences in the Hoops’ bid to reclaim their Premiership crown this season.

In other news: Ange must now axe “arrogant” £15k-p/w Celtic flop by landing “incredible” £5k-p/w gem

Tottenham and West Ham are both weighing up moves for Adama Traore, according to The Telegraph.

The Lowdown: Summer links

This isn’t the first time that Spurs have been linked with a move for the Wolves winger. Back in the summer when Nuno Espirito Santo was the man in charge at Tottenham, Daniel Levy had two offers rejected for the Spain international.

Traore, who shares the same agency as Spurs right-back Matt Doherty, has made 19 appearances this season prior to Wolves’ trip to Manchester United this evening but is yet to register a goal or an assist. However, it appears as if Antonio Conte is very keen for Spurs to go back in for the ‘electric’ winger once again.

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The Latest: £20m Traore claim

The Telegraph’s John Percy provided an update regarding Traore’s future on Sunday lunchtime.

He claimed that Spurs and West Ham are both keen on signing Traore, and the London duo believe that an offer in the region of £20m could be enough to persuade Wolves to do business.

The Verdict: Smart move?

Traore has just 18 months remaining on his Wolves contract, and it seems as if Spurs feel they could take advantage by signing the winger for a fee which would be £5.2m less than his Transfermarkt valuation. Conte also has just Lucas Moura and youngster Jack Clarke as right wingers, so a swoop for Traore would help to balance his options on either flank.

The only thing lacking from Traore’s game appears to be his end product, with Jurgen Klopp describing him as ‘unplayable’ back in 2020, while Pep Guardiola feels that no one can ‘handle’ his speed.

If Conte can bring the best out of Traore when it comes to improving his output of goals and assists, a £20m move could prove to be a bargain, especially when you consider that Wolves wanted £70m for him just 18 months ago.

In other news: Spurs will be offered chance to sign 84-goal ace once likened to Zidane in the next 14 days

Paul Harris was a completely different bowler today. In Nagpur his sole aim, especially in the second innings, was to clamp down on India’s batsmen. He went about doing so by pitching consistently on leg stump or outside and turning the ball into the right-handers from the rough. The Indian batsmen played him conservatively from the crease. They played into Harris’s hands and he succeeded in stemming the run flow. His attempt today had drastically different results.On a harder pitch, which didn’t take much turn from the rough, Harris tried to apply the same leg-side suffocation but was punished by Virender Sehwag and Sachin Tendulkar, as well as umpire Ian Gould.Umpires have taken flak for not taking a firmer stand on the indiscretions of the players but Gould exercised his power and penalised Harris each time he bowled a straighter delivery behind the batsman’s legs. Harris, however, refused to change his line and forced Gould into calling the ball wide on 12 occasions.Corrie van Zyl, the South African coach, accepted Gould’s decision but said his spinner suffered only because the ball was not turning. “You can see it as a negative line and the umpire did think so, too, and obviously those were called wides,” he said.About five years ago, the standard playing regulations for Test matches were amended in an effort to prevent negative leg-side bowling. Law 25.1 – Judging a Wide – states: “For bowlers whom umpires consider to be bowling down the leg side as a negative tactic, the strict limited-over wide interpretation shall be applied.”An ICC spokesperson admitted that in order to prevent bowlers from easily adopting leg-theory to stem the run-flow, the law needed to be updated. “Some bowlers like Shane Warne used leg-side bowling as an attacking option, while some have used it negatively to frustrate batsmen and stem scoring-rates. It’s usually pretty obvious when it is attacking because there is a short-leg in place and the ball is turning, so it becomes difficult for batsmen to survive, let alone score runs.”Another factor that thwarted Harris’ plan was the way Sehwag and Tendulkar dealt with him. They were happy to deflect him to the on side whenever there was no fielder at short leg. Otherwise they let the straighter ones go, confident the ball would not turn. Sehwag even slog-swept for a six over deep midwicket and then reverse swept when Harris tried to cram him.van Zyl said Harris could have been more diligent in his approach. “Some of them did turn out of the rough and some of them didn’t. But Harry [Harris] did a good job for the team, but it was a lot tougher than it was in Nagpur, where there was some assistance.”

Sunderland sit fifth in the League One table after 19 games played following their 1-1 draw with Oxford United at the weekend.

Lee Johnson’s side have games in hand over Wycombe and Plymouth above them and are two points off top of the table as it stands.

They host Morcambe at the Stadium of Light on Tuesday night as they hope to move further up the division and closer to the automatic promotion spots.

Axe him

Heading into the game, Johnson may begin to ponder potential changes to his starting XI. With fixtures coming thick and fast heading into the festive period, it could be worth making alterations and one player who should be brutally axed from the side after his performance against Oxford is central defender Bailey Wright.

The Australian international struggled at the weekend and could benefit from sitting on the bench and having the chance to recoup. He may just be in need of a rest in order to recharge and be 100% ready to go again in the next match.

As per SofaScore, he gave possession away a whopping 29 times from centre-back. He completed just 53% of his attempted passes, including three of his 15 long balls. This shows that he was abysmal with the ball at his feet and failed to play out of the back with efficiency as he continuously handed possession straight back to Oxford with his dreadful distribution.

Therefore, Johnson should allow him to rest up in midweek ahead of next weekend’s clash with Plymouth, offering another player an opportunity to come in and perform. Sunderland cannot afford to be so loose with their passing if they want to continue pushing up the table to achieve promotion and the head coach should not easily brush past Wright’s struggles on the deck.

The defender has shown that he has the quality to put in quality performances at this level, having previously been compared to Liverpool’s Virgil van Dijk.

Black Cats legend Kevin Phillips previously said of him:

“He’s been a great signing. I don’t know the player, but I just get the feeling that he’s a leader and a voice in the dressing room.

“Sometimes the manager can only say so much and then you want of your senior experience players to pipe up and put a few people in their place and give encouragement and be a leader. He seems like that.

“The stats just show what an important player he is. He’s almost to Sunderland what van Dijk is to Liverpool at the moment with those incredible stats.”

This is why resting the £13k-per-week dud for a game could be beneficial in the short and long term. If Johnson can get the player who Phillips believed to be important to the side in League One then it could be a boost to the squad, but the player who turned up against Oxford did not show those same qualities and that is why he must be brutally axed from the XI.

Ange Postecoglou’s Celtic side bounced back from their 3-2 defeat to Bayer Leverkusen with a 2-1 win over Aberdeen this afternoon.

Goals from Jota and Callum McGregor sealed the three points for the Hoops, keeping them within four points of the Premiership summit.

The scores were level at half-time after Liel Abada conceded a penalty to the away side, which Lewis Ferguson duly converted, before McGregor won the match in the second half.

Forget McGregor

McGregor picked up a goal and an assist and could take the bulk of the plaudits from today, but another player who is deserving of applause is centre-back Cameron Carter-Vickers.

The £20k-per-week gem was an unsung hero at the back as he put in a superb display to keep Aberdeen at bay and ensure that the Hoops came away with all three points. It is easy to see the attackers scoring goals and getting assists and think that they were the stars of the show, but defenders are equally as important as their actions decide whether or not their teammates’ contributions in the final third ultimately make a difference.

Defensively, the American was a rock. As per SofaScore, he won three of his four duels (75%) on the pitch, making two tackles, one interception and four clearances. He also ended the match without being dribbled past once and committed zero fouls. This shows that he was reliable at the back for Postecoglou and that Aberdeen were unable to get past him throughout the game, with Abada’s concession of a penalty the only blot on the defensive copybook.

On the ball, Carter-Vickers was composed and assured. As per SofaScore, he had a whopping 91 touches of the ball and completed an impressive 95% of his attempted passes. This included six of his 10 longer pass attempts and he only gave possession away four times in the entire match, highlighting how crucial he was to Celtic controlling the game as he was not a liability with the ball at his feet. It could have caused issues for the Hoops had he been sloppy with his passing and handed Aberdeen chances to break.

Therefore, he provided a platform for the attackers to build upon and was pivotal to the final result. Whilst others also deserve praise for their individual displays, Carter-Vickers was an unsung hero and should be given immense credit for his performance.

AND in other news, Celtic closing in on key deal for 24y/o midfielder…

Scorecard and ball-by-ball detailsEoin Morgan peppered the boundary with some mighty blows in a thrilling display•Getty Images

England’s new fearless batting approach, led by an audacious 45-ball 85 from Eoin Morgan, got their international winter off to a winning start, but it required an accurate over from James Anderson to secure England the opening Twenty20 international. After posting 202 for 6, their highest score in Twenty20s, England turned the D/L equation into their favour after South Africa had been in the winning position an over before and when a thunderstorm arrived at the Wanderers the home side needed to be 129 after 13 overs, but Anderson had conceded just six from his third over to put England ahead of the rate.Although England will happily take the result it was an unfulfilling end to a match packed with powerful hitting as Morgan led the way, with England’s highest individual Twenty20 score, adding 98 in nine overs with Paul Collingwood who clubbed 57 off 32 deliveries in a full-blooded batting performance. They certainly lived up to the promise of not taking a backward step after coming out of their shells during the Champions Trophy.South Africa responded through Loots Bosman as he cracked 58 off 31 balls, adding 97 for the first wicket with Graeme Smith in 8.3 overs, before England claimed crucial wickets. Collingwood deserves credit for making the right call in recalling Anderson to the attack, after South Africa moved ahead of the D/L target when Albie Morkel swung Graeme Swann for six.Alastair Cook pulled off a vital diving save at backward point to prevent a certain boundary from Anderson’s second ball back and after conceding a wide he responded by going for two off the next three balls. When AB de Villiers could only club a single to midwicket England were ahead and the heavens opened.When Bosman and Smith were together South Africa were making rapid progress towards the target in a similar manner to how they chased down 206 to beat West Indies here during the opening match of the 2007 World Twenty20. England’s quicks tried to mix up their deliveries but overdid the variety; Tim Bresnan’s second over went for 14 and Sajid Mahmood’s second cost 19 as South Africa had 67 on the board after six overs. Bosman’s 26-ball fifty was the second fastest for South Africa, but when Smith carved to deep cover England started to claw back. Collingwood held a steepler to end Bosman’s charge and Mahmood trapped JP Duminy lbw for 6.Following the bowler-friendly conditions of the Champions Trophy, this was the Wanderers back in more familiar form as boundaries flowed across and over the boundary with regularity. Even though the game lost seven overs, 17 sixes were hit which is enough to make the bowlers question their vocation.The first-ball dismissal of Joe Denly (his second in two Twenty20 internationals) meant an early arrival to the middle for Jonathan Trott for the most hyped homecoming since Kevin Pietersen. After a predictable first-ball bouncer he made England’s first statement of the tour with four consecutive boundaries off Dale Steyn’s first over.Collingwood made his intent clear when he launched Morkel for a leg-side six and despite the two early wickets England’s fifty was up inside the six-over Powerplay. The team was certainly living up to the new positive approach instilled by Andy Flower and the absent Andrew Strauss. It wasn’t dull.Trott’s contribution was ended when he chanced a single to backward point and was beaten by a sharp return even though the bowler, Roelof van der Merwe, almost messed up his attempt at breaking the stumps. However, it brought in another in-form batsman.Morgan has provided the middle-order with the power for so long lacking in England’s limited-overs side and this display was another demonstration of his awesome striking ability. One six over the leg-side went out of the ground, off Steyn no less, leaving gasps of amazement from those watching. Yes, the Wanderers is at altitude. Yes, the pitch had the pace and bounce batsmen enjoy. But it was a monumental blow nonetheless.He followed up by dispatching the struggling Morkel for 14 off three balls before Collingwood made it 21 from the 14th over with a thumping six over long on. Smith made regular bowling changes, moved his field around all over the place, but was powerless to stop the onslaught.Both Collingwood (27 balls) and Morgan (29 balls) reached their half-centuries in the 15th over and by the time Collingwood carved to deep cover the pair had added 98 in 9.1 overs. Briefly South Africa slowed the charge with three wickets in 15 balls, but Morgan kept his head to regain the momentum and took 29 off his last seven balls with his full array of drives, deflections and mighty blows. In terms of whetting the appetite for the tour ahead, this certainly wasn’t a bad start.

Liverpool suffered their first real setback in their chase for the Premier League title after picking up their first league defeat of the season in their recent match against West Ham United that saw Jurgen Klopp’s side lose 3-2 thanks to goals from Kurt Zouma, Pablo Fornals and an own goal from goalkeeper Alisson Becker.

One player that featured in the match that managed to get on the scoresheet to give the Reds some hope of grabbing a positive result off the substitutes bench was striker Divock Origi who replaced Diogo Jota after 76 minutes.

Opportunity knocks

The fact that Jota failed to register a shot on target against David Moyes’ side and the fact that fellow Liverpool striker Roberto Firmino is out for the next few weeks with a hamstring injury,  means it could be a great time for Klopp to give Origi a run in the team from the start rather than bringing him off the bench to get their season back on track after the current international break.

Liverpool signed Origi, who is currently earning a weekly wage of £60k-per-week according to Spotrac, back in the 2014 summer transfer window from French club LOSC Lille in a deal worth a reported fee of £10m before he eventually moved to the Merseyside club in 2015.

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Since then, the 26-year-old, who is currently valued at £10.8m according to Transfermarkt, has made a total of 164 appearances for the Reds across all competitions in which he has managed to score 38 goals and provide 16 assists in the process, showing that he does have a knack for scoring goals in him.

So far this season, the Belgian has managed to score three goals and provide two assists in seven appearances across all competitions but has had very little chance to shine in the Premier League, playing just two minutes of action prior to the West Ham clash.

Origi, who has been described as “unreal” by fellow Reds teammate Caoimhin Kelleher in the past, has also shown that he has the ability to pop up and score at critical moments for Liverpool such as the brace he bagged in their famous 4-0 win over Barcelona back in May 2019 and their last-gasp 1-0 win over Merseyside rivals Everton in December 2018.

Taking all of this into account, if Origi was given the chance to play consistently in the Premier League moving forward and start scoring regularly, we feel that he has the potential to push Liverpool closer to the title with his knack for scoring goals alongside the likes of Sadio Mane and Mohamed Salah.

It’s time for Klopp to forget about Jota and the injury-stricken Firmino and unleash his devastating Belgian dynamo instead. It could well solve the severe blow that the Brazilian suffered last week.

In other news: Forget Salah: £67.5m-rated beast making 3.3 key passes P/G has been “fabulous” for LFC – opinion