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O Fluminense anunciou nesta terça-feira (7) o retorno de Thiago Silva. Formado nas categorias de base do clube, o zagueiro de 39 anos assinou contrato até julho de 2026 e chega como principal reforço da equipe comandada por Fernando Diniz para a temporada.

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O jogador desembarca no Rio de Janeiro para se juntar ao restante do elenco ao fim da temporada europeia, após o término de seu vínculo com o Chelsea, da Inglaterra.

A janela internacional de transferências abre no dia 10 de julho. Portanto, Thiago Silva estará à disposição da comissão técnica para as oitavas de final da Libertadores e Copa do Brasil – caso o Tricolor consiga a classificação.

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O Fluminense venceu a concorrência de equipes da Inglaterra e da Arábia Saudita para garantir o retorno de Thiago Silva ao clube após 16 temporadas.

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Depois de deixar Xerém, o zagueiro se transferiu para o futebol europeu, onde se tornou ídolo dos gigantes Milan, da Itália, PSG, da França, e Chelsea, da Inglaterra. Com 4 Copas do mundo no currículo, Thiago Silva disputou 113 jogos oficiais pela Seleção Brasileira e contribuiu com sete gols.

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تعادل منتخب مصر أمام نظيره الكويت، في المباراة المقامة بينهما الآن، ضمن منافسات بطولة كأس العرب 2025، على ملعب استاد لوسيل، لتصبح النتيجة 1-1.

ويلتقي منتخب مصر مع الكويت، في إطار منافسات الجولة الأولي من عمر مواجهات دور المجموعات لبطولة كأس العرب 2025، بقطر.

وسجل هدف منتخب مصر الأول، والتعادل، محمد مجدي أفشة من ركلة جزاء نجح في تنفيذها في الدقيقة 86 من عمر اللقاء. هدف مصر الأول أمام الكويت في كأس العرب 2025.. أفشة

طالع.. فيديو | عمرو السولية يهدر ركلة جزاء في مباراة مصر والكويت

وتحصل منتخب مصر على ركلة الجزاء، عن طريق مروان حمدي بعد عرقلته من حارس مرمى الكويت سعود الحوشان، في الدقيقة 83، تحصل على إثرها على بطاقة صفراء ثانية ليطرد من اللقاء، ويكمل منتخب الكويت المباراة بـ 10 لاعبين. ركلة جزاء منتخب مصر وبطاقة حمراء لحارس مرمى الكويت سعود الحوشان

وكان منتخب الكويت تقدم عن طريق اللاعب فهد الهاجري، في الدقيقة 65، برأسية من داخل منطقة الجزاء بعد عرضية مرسلة من ركنية من الجانب الأيسر.

ويتواجد منتخب مصر في المجموعة الثالثة من بطولة كأس العرب، مع منتخبات الكويت والأردن والإمارات.

West Ham boss Nuno Espírito Santo faces a fresh concern about star winger Jarrod Bowen, with the Englishman poised to play a key role in the Hammers’ fight against relegation.

The 2025/26 campaign has plunged Bowen into the most challenging period of his West Ham career. While the 28-year-old continues delivering on an individual level, his club finds themselves in a perilous battle at the wrong end of the Premier League table that threatens to define his future.

The Hammers captain has been West Ham’s top goalscorer for four consecutive Premier League seasons, netting 47 times in that period, cementing his status as the club’s talisman since his arrival from Hull City in January 2020.

Bowen is surely a shoo-in for Thomas Tuchel’s 2026 World Cup selection, having only missed out on two England squad inclusions since 2023, but the questions lie around his long-term future with West Ham currently in a dogfight.

Sunderland 3-0 West Ham

West Ham 1-5 Chelsea

Nottingham Forest 0-3 West Ham

West Ham 0-3 Tottenham

West Ham 1-2 Crystal Palace

Everton 1-1 West Ham

Arsenal 2-0 West Ham

West Ham 0-2 Brentford

Leeds 2-1 West Ham

West Ham 3-1 Newcastle

West Ham 3-2 Burnley

Bowen will get real encouragement by the fact West Ham have just won back-to-back home games for the first time since last year, and the Irons are a club he absolutely adores. He put pen to paper on a long-term seven-year deal back in 2023, keeping him at the club until 2030, but those were very different times back then.

After his winner against Fiorentina in the Conference League final that year, which gifted West Ham their first major trophy since the 1980s, optimism around the London Stadium was high.

However, amid fan protests against the ownership and their steep decline in the last two years, speculation surrounding Bowen’s future is rife.

Liverpool are exploring a deal to sign Bowen ahead of 2026, with West Ham reportedly willing to consider selling their captain if they receive an ‘irresistible’ offer. The connection to Anfield isn’t new, but the circumstances have changed dramatically. Former Liverpool manager Jürgen Klopp previously described Bowen as his favourite player outside his own squad, and Bowen actually shares an agent with Reds defender Andy Robertson.

Arne Slot’s side could be keen on the 28-year-old as an heir to Mohamed Salah, but he’s also been linked with the likes of Tottenham and Newcastle.

West Ham dealt Jarrod Bowen blow as Nuno faces fresh concern

That is according to CaughtOffside, who also report the star forward’s stance on leaving West Ham in 2026.

As per their information, it isn’t good news, with Bowen looking to leave West Ham next summer and potentially compete for a Champions League club to test his own ambitions.

With 130 goal contributions in 250 appearances since joining from Hull, Bowen’s contribution at West Ham absolutely dwarfs his teammates.

The fan favourite’s departure would leave a gaping void that West Ham’s current squad lacks the quality to fill. Beyond stats, Bowen embodies leadership, consistency and the ‘West Ham way’ during very turbulent times – qualities desperately needed as the club battles a drop to the Championship.

Selling a homegrown hero who married into East London royalty and delivered European glory would also come as a major disappointment to the fanbase.

Replacing Bowen’s goals, assists, work rate and leadership would require multiple signings, and perhaps even more than that.

The task would be David Sullivan’s biggest one yet, and amid all-time high unrest over his leadership, the chairman needs to tread carefully.

After a generally productive international break for many of Rangers’ stars, can they bring this form back to Glasgow?

John Souttar, Liam Kelly and Connor Barron were all part of the Scotland squad that remarkably qualified for a first World Cup in 28 years, while Nicolas Raskin started both of Belgium’s matches as they booked their spot in North America, thrashing Liechtenstein in the midfielder’s hometown of Liège.

On Tuesday, striker Bojan Miovski scored his ninth goal for North Macedonia, albeit there was little cause for celebration given that his team were demolished 7-1 by Wales in Cardiff, their heaviest defeat for two and a half years.

While Miovski being back among the goals is undoubtedly good news for Danny Röhl, he does need to improve his performances on the domestic stage.

Rangers' lack of attacking firepower

While many supporters would blame now-dismissed manager Russell Martin’s ineptitude, the club’s poor recruitment over the summer is surely the key factor behind their underwhelming form this season.

This is most abundantly clear in attacking areas where, despite being a goal machine during his two seasons at Aberdeen, Miovski has netted only twice since joining Rangers from Girona for £2.6m in August.

Meantime, Youssef Chermiti has scored only once for the club so far, despite arriving from Everton for £8m, potentially rising to £10m with add-ons, thereby making him the club’s most expensive signing of the post-liquidation era, surpassed only by Tore André Flo’s move in 2000.

This is in complete contrast to last season when Rangers’ top three scorers, namely Cyriel Dessers, Václav Černý and Hamza Igamane, bagged 63 goals between them across all competitions, which represented 55% of all goals the club netted.

With the trio having all departed, new manager Röhl requires the attacking players he has inherited to step up and start contributing, something one “huge talent” in particular is yet to do thus far.

Thelwell signing has been a bigger waste than Chermiti & Miovski

In the summer, Rangers spent around £30m on 13 new recruits, including splashing a reported £5m to sign Thelo Aasgaard from Luton Town.

Upon his arrival, Scottish football analyst Kai Watson labelled him a “technical dribbler” who “loves to take on opponents and get shots away”, while journalist Jamie Allen asserted that he was a “huge talent”.

However, supporters have not seen very much of that thus far, with Aasgaard’s most noteworthy contribution being that red card he received during the League Cup semi-final defeat to Celtic at Hampden.

The table below underlines the fact that Aasgaard has not performed as expected to date. Aasgaard’s statistics are not terrible when compared to his Rangers teammates, ranked second for shots, first in terms of shots on target as well as in the top four when it comes to successful dribbles per 90.

Minutes

1,041

9th

Goals

1

7th

Assists

1

8th

Shots per 90

1.7

2nd

Shots on target per 90

1

1st

Big chances missed

2

2nd

Accurate passes per 90

19.2

12th

Key passes per 90

0.8

8th

Successful dribbles per 90

1.4

4th

Average rating

6.76

8th

Ultimately, however, he has scored only one for the club to date, on target against Dundee United last month, registering his first assist at Dens last time out, albeit scorer Djeidi Gassama did do most of the work.

This lack of end-product has seen his estimated market value, as recorded by Football Transfers, drop to around £3.4m, well below the fee Rangers paid to sign him.

Meantime, the Merseyside-born winger has been on fire for Norway, scoring four times in 24 minutes as his national team demolished Moldova 11-1 at the Ullevål in September, having marked his international debut with a goal in the reverse fixture in Chișinău back in March.

Thus, with Norway back at the World Cup for the first time since France ’98, Aasgaard will certainly be included in Ståle Solbakken’s squad that travels to North America next summer, but he’ll be desperate to improve his club form before then.

In Glasgow, Aasgaard has started three of Danny Röhl’s six matches in charge, but was introduced off the bench during the last two against Roma and Dundee.

With Röhl having switched to a 3-4-2-1 formation, there is one fewer attacking position up for grabs, and Aasgaard so far is not doing enough to suggest he should be ahead of Gassama, Miovski, Chermiti, Danilo or Mikey Moore in the pecking order.

Considering he cost £5m, surely Sporting Director Kevin Thelwell envisaged that the Norwegian would be a guaranteed starter, but this is certainly not the case. Considering he was a player that Martin pushed to sign, it isn’t ideal when the manager is sacked after just 15 matches in charge.

Thus, while Chermiti and Miovski have established themselves as key figures in Röhl’s team, one could certainly argue that Aasgaard has been the biggest waste of money from last summer.

Rangers star looks set to become Ibrox's new Hamza Igamane under Rohl

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ByBen Gray Nov 16, 2025

The board elections will be held on October 6 after plenty of controversy in the lead-up

Mohammad Isam05-Oct-2025BCB president Aminul Islam has said he operated within the board’s constitution in the election process last month. His statement was in reference to a letter he issued to the country’s sports secretary on September 18, in which he asked to cancel the previous councillor nomination forms and instructed them to submit new forms.A writ petition challenged the validity of Aminul’s letter, and on September 22, the country’s High Court had issued a ruling along with an interim order suspending the effectiveness of the letter.On Sunday, the chamber judge of the appellate division, Justice Farah Mahbub, ruled that the High Court’s suspension order would remain in force. It paves the way for the BCB election to be held on October 6 amid a cloud of controversy, including manipulation and interference.Aminul explained he had issued the letter as he had not received sufficient names of cricketers or organisers from the country’s districts and divisions.Related

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“I want to clarify one thing. There was a writ against my letter,” Aminul said. “The letters that were addressed to me as the BCB president had mentioned clearly the three important areas in the BCB election. The chairman of the district or divisional sports body, who is usually the district or divisional administrator, has to sign it. Since these sports bodies don’t exist now, there are ad-hoc committees which must have a cricketer and an organiser in the body.”When these lists reached me, I saw only three [districts/divisions] qualified [in the criteria]. Shariatpur and Jamalpur were among those that qualified. So we couldn’t do an election with three individuals. I was forced to send the letter [on September 18], based on the constitution. Thereafter, there was a writ against the letter. It was cleared today. This election is such that a lot of things came against my name. I want to defend myself [by saying] that I was always within the constitution.”Aminul also ruled out government influence or interference and said that the country’s sports adviser was trying to “ensure a fair election”.”I don’t remember exactly when I said that the sports adviser requested me [to participate in the elections]. The sports adviser always helped me during my tenure [as BCB president]. I want to thank him for it,” Aminul said. “He is a person at the ministerial level but I know that he spent night and day, going to different places so that we can have a fair election and we can form a good board.”I didn’t think there was any influence. I feel I need to continue for Bangladesh cricket. If anyone feels I am not good enough, I am ready to leave any time.”Aminul Islam was named BCB president in May•BCBAminul did not answer questions about Tamim Iqbal’s withdrawal from the election and Faruque Ahmed’s return to the BCB, after being ousted from the president’s position in May. Tamim had alleged interference in the election process, particularly referencing Aminul’s letter.Faruque’s return has come as a surprise, as he reportedly had a falling out with the country’s sports ministry. He then became a BCB councillor, which was also controversial as he had sent his nomination form a few hours after the deadline. Aminul said that if he gets re-elected as president on Monday, he will have zero tolerance against conflict of interest, a problem that has plagued the BCB for years.Aminul, at the start of his BCB presidency on May 30, had said his term was going to be a “quick T20 innings”. At the end of his tenure [on October 5], he used another cricketing term to describe his experience.”[On the field] there is a technique. You can’t bowl more than one or two bouncers in the over. You can’t bowl a no-ball. Here, there were plenty of no-balls. Beamers were not judged as no-balls.”

Things are looking up for Chelsea.

Despite a couple of poor results earlier in the season, Enzo Maresca’s side are second in the Premier League, with a chance to cut Arsenal’s lead to just three points on Sunday.

Then on Tuesday night, they showed the continent just how dangerous they are by beating Spanish champions Barcelona 3-0.

One of the stars of that game, and of Chelsea’s season, was Estevao, and so fans should be excited about reports linking them to someone who could be seen as the original version of the wonderkid.

Chelsea target the original Estevao

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For example, Nottingham Forest’s man-mountain Murillo has been touted for a £79m move to Stamford Bridge, as has Athletic Bilbao’s £62m Nico Williams.

However, as talented as those two are, neither one can accurately be described as the original Estevao, unlike Vinícius Júnior.

Yes, according to a recent report from Football Insider, Chelsea are one of a couple of teams interested in signing the Real Madrid superstar.

In fact, the report goes further, revealing that should the Brazilian be up for sale in the summer, the Blues will be one of the frontrunners for his signature, alongside Manchester City.

However, the report has confirmed that, even though he’d have just a year left on his deal, Los Blancos would demand a fee of around £80m.

Even so, Vini Jr is a genuinely world-class player and someone Chelsea should be happy to break the bank on, especially as he’s the original Estevao.

Why Vini Jr is the original Estevao

Now, when it comes to the similarities between Vini Jr and Estevao, there are a few that are quite obvious and somewhat surface-level.

For example, they’re both exciting wide players, they’re both Brazilian, and now they’ve both played for the national team.

However, what makes the Madrid star the original version of the Chelsea star is how they were both spoken about prior to their big-money moves to Europe.

The Blues ace, for example, was labelled a “future Ballon d’Or winner” by respected analyst Ben Mattinson a few months before his deal was agreed.

Likewise, when the 25-year-old arrived in Spain over seven years ago, president Florentino Perez said: “He’s a player who is already considered one of the great hopes of Brazilian and world football.

In short, the West Londoners’ new prospect looks to be following in the footsteps of the former Flamengo ace, and they’ll certainly hope he continues.

After all, despite having a slow start to life in the Spanish capital, the São Gonçalo-born monster has now amassed 340 appearances for the biggest club in the world, during which he has scored 111 goals and provided 89 assists.

Appearances

340

Starts

267

Minutes

24,291′

Goals

111

Assists

92

Points per Game

2.15

Moreover, he’s helped the club win everything there is to win in the game, including two Champions Leagues, three La Ligas and one Copa del Rey.

Finally, he also has some sensational underlying numbers to his name, with FBref ranking him in the top 1% of attacking midfielders and wingers in Europe’s top five leagues for progressive carries, the top 3% for successful take-ons, the top 6% for shot-creating actions and more, all per 90.

Ultimately, with all that in mind, it’s hard to disagree with Ronaldo’s assertion that Vini Jr is “the best player in the world,” and therefore, Chelsea should be doing all they can to sign him next year, especially as he could help Estevao’s development.

Chelsea have already signed another exciting star who's "just like Estevao"

Chelsea have already signed another youngster who could become another Estevao for Enzo Maresca.

ByJack Salveson Holmes Nov 26, 2025

Afghanistan’s right-arm fast bowler Mohammad Saleem has been ruled out of the upcoming three-match ODI series against Bangladesh in Abu Dhabi due to a groin (adductor) overload.As a result, Saleem will report to the ACB’s High Performance Center for rehabilitation, a release by the Afghanistan Cricket Board said.In Saleem’s place, right-arm medium-pace bowler Bilal Sami will be joining Afghanistan’s squad for the ODIs against Bangladesh.Twenty-three-year-old Saleem has played two ODIs so far, with both of those matches coming against Bangladesh in July 2023. He last played for Afghanistan in his solitary Test, which was against Sri Lanka in Colombo in February 2024.Saleem’s replacement Sami, meanwhile, has played for Afghanistan only once, which was on ODI debut against Zimbabwe in December 2024. Sami, 21, has played 25 List A games, where he has 44 wickets at an average of 25.72. He represented Afghanistan Under-19 at the World Cup in 2022, where he got four wickets in five matches.Sami was recently in action at the Ghazi Amanullah Khan Regional One Day Tournament, Afghanistan’s domestic List A competition, which ended in September. There, he was his team Speen Ghar Region’s second-highest wicket-taker with ten wickets at an average of 22.90, and an economy rate of 4.97.Afghanistan’s first ODI against Bangladesh will take place on Wednesday, October 8.

Green has made three half-centuries in his last three T20Is when batting at No. 4, all in successful chases, and has struck 14 sixes across those innings

Alex Malcolm24-Jul-20251:38

Watch – Green hammers back-to-back fifties for Australia

Fitting the giant puzzle piece of Cameron Green into Australia’s best XI in each of the three formats has been one of the more vexing challenges the national selectors and coaching staff have faced across the all-rounder’s career to date.They have yet to find the right spot for him in Tests, with their latest attempt to settle him at No. 3 returning some dividends after previous stints at No. 6 and No. 4. But whether he stays there remains to be seen especially when he returns to bowling later in the year.They aren’t the only team to have trouble finding his optimal role in T20 cricket specifically. He batted in four different positions in his first seven BBL games for Perth Scorchers. He debuted for Australia in T20Is at No.6 but then opened in his next seven games.Related

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Mumbai Indians (MI) paid AUD 3.15 million for his services ahead of the 2023 IPL and bounced him through four different spots, despite having success at No.3 including scoring an unbeaten 100 off 47 balls against Sunrisers Hyderabad.MI released him and Royal Challengers Bengaluru took on the challenge in 2024 and used him in four different positions including batting in three different spots in his last three games of that season.But as Australia looks to regenerate their T20I line-up ahead of the 2026 World Cup following the retirements of David Warner and Matthew Wade, Green looks like he may have become the new fulcrum at No.4.Once the exclusive domain of Glenn Maxwell, who now looks set for a slightly different role as a specialist spin-hitter in certain scenarios given his indifferent play against pace bowling in recent times, Green looks to be thriving in what is arguably one of the toughest roles in short-form cricket.Four of his last six innings have come at No. 4, either side of a ten-month layoff due to back surgery. In those innings he has scored 36 off 29 and 62 not out off 39 against Scotland last September, and 51 off 26 and 56 not out off 32 against West Indies in the first two T20Is in Jamaica. The last three of those innings have come in successful chases. Against Scotland he walked in during the powerplay at 18 for 2 with Australia needing 150.Cameron Green and Josh Inglis put up a big stand•Randy Brooks/AFP via Getty ImagesAgainst West Indies in the first T20I, he walked out in the powerplay again and watched Australia slump to 78 for 4 chasing 190. In the second one, he again entered in the powerplay chasing 173 and shared a record third-wicket stand with Josh Inglis.”He’s playing beautifully,” Inglis said after Tuesday’s win at Sabina Park. “He’s been champing at the bit for this series. At the end of the Test series he was so excited to get into the colours, and he obviously hasn’t played much T20 cricket in the last few years. So I think to do what he’s done so far in this series has been outstanding. He’s put the bowlers under pressure, but I think he’s read the situations of the game really well also.”There has been some luck involved. But what has been noticeable is Green’s ability to hit both pace and spin from the outset. In game one, he walked out to face a fired-up Alzarri Joseph who was bowling quicker than anyone had in the game and launched three of his first five balls for six whilst getting pinned on the shoulder in between. There was a sizeable gulf between the way Green handled the pace and bounce compared to Maxwell at the other end.

“He’s put the bowlers under pressure, but I think he’s read the situations of the game really well also.”Josh Inglis on Cameron Green

But when spin was thrown at Green and Mitchell Owen straight out of the drinks break, Green picked up three twos into the leg side with good placement and sharp running to complement Owen’s power at the other end before later unleashing himself.Green has hit nine sixes in the series out of Australia’s 29 across the two games so far. They have out-hit West Indies, who won two World T20 titles with a power-based brand, by eight across the two matches. Green has struck 16 sixes across his last four innings at No.4 in T20Is. What will impress Australia’s leaders the most is his fearlessness, especially when contrasted against his tentativeness at times in his Test career. His form at the back-end of the Test series in brutally challenging conditions, combined with his experience in the IPL will have no doubt boosted his confidence ahead of this series.It is very early in Australia’s build towards the T20 World Cup next year in India and Sri Lanka. They have three more games in this series plus another 12 (and possibly more) before the tournament starts. But one of Australia’s key targets across those games was to bed down a middle-order combination that could succeed the one that won them the 2021 T20 World Cup.A power combination of Green, Tim David, Owen and Maxwell in some kind of order looks ominous for opponents, with Marcus Stoinis still in consideration to come back in at some stage. That would follow a likely top three of Mitchell Marsh, Travis Head and Inglis. Green could be the man to gel it all together if his form at No.4 continues.

Southampton have been granted permission following a managerial application ahead of Championship action returning, it has been revealed.

Southampton fan pundit calls for “experienced” manager

The Saints and Sport Republic have taken their time in regards to appointing Will Still’s permanent successor after sacking him at the beginning of the month.

A number of bosses have been linked with the St Mary’s vacancy, but it is interim manager Tonda Eckert who has been catching the eye after back-to-back wins against QPR and Sheffield Wednesday prior to the international break.

There have been suggestions the 32-year-old is in line to receive the permanent Southampton manager job, however, the pressure is on Sport Republic after a number of failures in recent times. Southampton fan pundit Ray Hunt even stated that supporters “want to see an experienced manager” come in.

“Sport Republic have appointed five permanent mangers in their three full seasons in charge. During that period, they have overseen two relegations from the Premier League, and one promotion with their only success, Russell Martin, but failed to give him the tools needed to succeed in the top flight.

“Moving forward, fans will want to see an experienced manager, who’s widely respected with a clear structure. We cannot repeat mistakes from the past. It is a huge task they simply have to get right. Take your time, give Tonda time in that interim, but ultimately make the right decision. The fans won’t tolerate another failure.”

Meanwhile, it has been added that Eckert is set to get the next three Championship fixtures to increase his chances of landing the role.

Now, it has been revealed the lengths the Saints have had to go to for Eckert to be in the dugout over the coming weeks despite already being employed as U23 coach.

Southampton apply for new visa to keep Eckert in charge

According to Sport 1, ‘Southampton applied for a work visa for Eckert for the upcoming matches so they could continue working with him’. It is claimed that the Saints ‘already received this visa for the next few games – meaning Eckert can continue’.

Tonda Eckert’s coaching career

Role

Years

1.FC Koln U17

Assistant manager

2013-2016

RB Salzburg YL

Assistant manager

2016-2017

RB Leipzig YL

Assistant manager

2017-2019

FC Bayern U17

Assistant manager

2019-2020

Barnsley

Assistant manager

2020-2022

Genoa

Assistant manager

2022-2025

Southampton U23

Manager

2025

Southampton

Interim manager

2025 – present

Eckert had a different visa as U23 coach, with the situation labelled ‘complex’ as ‘England’s employment law is extremely complicated, especially in football’, with clubs needing to ‘provide detailed justifications to the authorities as to why they prefer a foreign coach to an English candidate’.

Should Eckert get another positive result at The Valley this weekend and then again at home to Leicetser City and away to Millwall, then the speculation surrounding him landing the job on a long-term basis will only increase.

Southampton told to appoint new manager over Eckert who "ticks every box"

Some spots are taken, but with India having played just five T20Is this year, there could be competition for the remaining positions

Shashank Kishore18-Aug-202515:24

Will Gill get a chance? Can Shreyas make a comeback?

Who will return – Gill and/or Jaiswal?

Abhishek Sharma and Sanju Samson are the incumbent opening batters, having paired up in each of India’s last 12 T20Is.Abhishek was the standout batter in the most recent T20I series India have played, against England in January. He topped the charts with 279 runs at a strike rate of 219.68, including a 54-ball 135 at Wankhede. Not to forget the left-arm spin alternative he provides – he picked up three wickets in five overs in that series.Samson has been a slightly more hit-and-miss. He struggled with injury and inconsistent form in the IPL and against England, where he was repeatedly troubled by Jofra Archer’s hard lengths and high pace. But, prior to that, Samson was sensational against South Africa and Bangladesh, hitting three centuries in five innings.With Abhishek seemingly a shoo-in, unless the selectors opt for continuity, Samson could yet miss out if Shubman Gill or Yashasvi Jaiswal is picked to open.Jaiswal was India’s back-up opener during last year’s T20 World Cup. Gill, India’s Test captain now, was a travelling reserve, but was subsequently named captain in Zimbabwe and vice-captain to Suryakumar Yadav in Sri Lanka.

The compelling case of Shreyas Iyer

With Suryakumar, Hardik Pandya and Axar Patel locked in for the middle order, two – or even three – middle-order spots remain.At No. 3, it could be a close contest between Tilak Varma, the incumbent, and Shreyas Iyer. Tilak, like Abhishek and Samson, was impressive in South Africa with two centuries and 280 runs at a strike rate of 198.48, but his IPL was a modest one: 343 runs in 13 innings at an average of 31.18 and strike rate of 138.30.Shreyas, meanwhile, lit up IPL 2025 for Punjab Kings. His strike rate of 175.07 was only behind that of Chris Gayle (2011) and Suryakumar (2023) among those with 600 or more runs in a season. Shreyas’ spin-hitting, especially, makes him a tantalising prospect.If the two are in contention for No. 3, with Suryakumar at No. 4, India could opt for a middle-order finisher as second keeper, if Samson doesn’t make the cut. In which case, Jitesh Sharma, proven in that role for Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB), could be in the mix.

Varun and Kuldeep | Varun or Kuldeep?

Kuldeep Yadav was recovering from injury at the time and missed India’s T20I series against England at the start of the year – the only T20Is India have played in 2025. In his absence, Varun Chakravarthy made a big case for himself by topping the wickets charts, his 14 wickets in five games coming at an economy rate of 7.66.That performance helped Varun make a late entry in India’s ODI squad. He was subsequently part of the Champions Trophy-winning side, in the UAE, where he and Kuldeep played as part of a four-pronged spin attack.If Varun and Kuldeep are to feature together in the XI, it’s likely India will either have to sacrifice batting depth or play just one specialist seamer, with Hardik as the second seam option, like they did at times in the Champions Trophy.

Who joins Bumrah and Arshdeep?

If fit, Jasprit Bumrah and Arshdeep Singh, India’s highest wicket-taker in T20Is, walk into the side. The third seamer’s spot could be a toss-up between Prasidh Krishna, IPL 2025’s purple cap winner, and Harshit Rana, who picked up three wickets on debut against England in January after coming in as a concussion sub for Shivam Dube.

Dube, Parag, Rinku…?

And now the lower-middle order.Nitish Kumar Reddy is recovering from injury and is unlikely to be considered. The others in the fray are Washington Sundar, the only frontline offspinner in contention, Dube, Riyan Parag and Rinku Singh. Among them, Rinku may find it hard to break in if the selectors prefer someone who can chip in with the ball.Dube has been a regular in the T20I squad when fit over the past two years, and was the highest run-getter for Chennai Super Kings (CSK) at IPL 2025. Parag, who missed the South Africa and England series, is back having recovered from a shoulder injury. But he last played nearly a year ago against Bangladesh.Two other left-field alternatives could be Ramandeep Singh, who was drafted in as Reddy’s replacement for the England T20Is, and legspinning allrounder Vipraj Nigam, who was recently part of a camp for targeted players at BCCI’s Centre of Excellence.The two had contrasting IPLs. Nigam, 20, had a breakout maiden season with Delhi Capitals, picking up 11 wickets in 14 matches. He also hit 142 runs at a strike rate of nearly 180. Ramandeep was in the side for the series against South Africa late last year, but didn’t do much, and struggled with the bat for Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR), was dropped, and ended the season with 47 runs at a strike rate of 134.28 from seven innings.