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Ideia surgida no ano passado, a Liga de Clubes recebeu uma nova proposta para iniciar operações. De acordo com o ‘Ge.com’, a LiveMode e a 1190 apresentaram um projeto de estruturação da Liga, que passaria a representar os clubes da Série A em negociações comerciais, como direitos de transmissão e patrocínios para o Brasileirão.

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As empresas propuseram a entrada de um sócio, que aportaria inicialmente 800 milhões de dólares (R$ 4,2 bilhões) em troca de 20% da Liga, em um período de 50 anos. Ainda segundo o veículo, o repasse aos clubes seria feito em três parcelas anuais. Se concretizado, o processo terá início a partir de 2025, visto que a Globo detém os direitos até 2024.

Para evitar a perda da parceria, as empresas sugeriram aos clubes que, caso apareça uma nova oferta pela compra dos direitos nesse período de 50 anos, a Live Mode e a 1190 teriam direito de cobrir a proposta. A LiveMode foi fundada por ex-proprietários do extinto canal Esporte Interativo, enquanto a 1190 é do argentino Hernan Donnari, ex-VP da Fox Sports, e do chileno David Belmar, ex-CEO da TVN.

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O nome do investidor é mantido em sigilo. O grupo quer primeiro a assinatura do acordo para depois passar mais detalhes sobre a origem do dinheiro e garantias.

Michael Vaughan, the former England captain, has told Azeem Rafiq that he is “sorry for the hurt he has gone through”, after speaking publicly for the first time since being implicated in the Yorkshire racism scandal.Vaughan has been stood down from BBC Test Match Special’s commentary team for the forthcoming Ashes, in the wake of Rafiq’s claim that he had once told a group of four Asian players at Yorkshire “there are too many of you lot, we need to do something about it”.However, speaking to BBC Breakfast’s Dan Walker, Vaughan insisted once again that he had no recollection of using such words, adding that he had been “proud as punch” to take the field at Trent Bridge in 2009 alongside the homegrown trio of Rafiq, Adil Rashid and Ajmal Shahzad, as well as Pakistan’s overseas player, Rana Naved-ul-Hasan.”I don’t [remember saying that],” Vaughan said. “My recollection from that day, as I’ve said, I was a Yorkshire player for 18 years, I was the first player to sign for that club that was not born in the county, so for 18 years we had gone from me being the first to sign for the club, Sachin Tendulkar being the first from overseas, to players being able to sign from other clubs.”It was my last few games and I remember it clearly that I was proud as punch that we had four Asian players representing Yorkshire Cricket Club.”Speaking at the DCMS hearings in Westminster last week, Rafiq had told the parliamentary select committee that it was “important not to make it all about Michael”, adding that he might not have remembered making derogatory comments “because it’s not important to him”.Vaughan admitted that that comment “hurts”, and reiterated his claim that he had never used racist language. However, he acknowledged that, in the course of his 18-year professional career, including ten with England, “I’d be lying if I would sit here now and say that I never heard words or conversations that I would certainly pick out now.”‘That [comment] hurts,” Vaughan added, “because I’ve always felt that every single team that I have been involved in, the biggest praise I ever got as England captain for six years was that I was the kind of person that really galvanized the group, got the team working together as one. I wanted everyone in the dressing room to feel included.”I’m sorry for the hurt that [Rafiq] has gone through,” Vaughan added. “Yorkshire Cricket Club, I believe, is me. It has been my life whether I have been a player or not, I believe that once you have played for Yorkshire you are always a Yorkshire player and I am sorry for all the hurt that he has gone through.”Time can never be a healer but hopefully time can be a way of Yorkshire Cricket Club never going through this situation again, and not putting themselves in a position of denial that they treated the players so badly.”In the course of the interview, Vaughan was read out a number of his tweets, including a complaint that ‘Not many English people live in London… I need to learn a new language’, and a reply to the actor and comedian, Adil Ray, suggesting that Moeen Ali should ask young Muslims if they are terrorists to help make society a safer place.”I look back at my 12 years in social media, I regret many tweets,” Vaughan said. “I apologise deeply to anyone I offended with those tweets.”We all make mistakes and, in my life, I’ve made quite a few mistakes on Twitter. I apologise for that, but I can’t suddenly get rid of it. That’s happened, but I think sometimes through social media, people can presume who you are and interpret who you are because of a tweet or two. I know who I am, and I hope the people around me, who were close to me, know exactly who I am.”Asked if he felt he could rehabilitate his career in light of the controversy, Vaughan conceded: “It’ll take time. I’ve no doubt about that. But I’m sure over time people will see that the true me.”I won’t be doing the Ashes,” he added, in the wake of the BBC’s decision to withdraw him for editorial reasons, although he is at this stage still expected to take part in the Australian host broadcast for Fox Cricket. “I understand the story is all about Azeem Rafiq and racism in cricket. I just hope in time I will have that chance to come back. The one thing I have loved more than anything since retiring is talking cricket, and I hope I can do that again.”

They might not have the trophies to show for it, but Tottenham Hotspur have been blessed with some extraordinarily talented players over the last decade or so.

The names that probably jump out to most would be Harry Kane and Son Heung-min, who created one of the best goalscoring partnerships in Premier League history.

However, both of them get the plaudits they deserve from the wider footballing public, which cannot always be said for another sensational star of the 2010s: Mousa Dembélé.

Interestingly, one of the club’s biggest flops in recent history was compared to the brilliant Belgian before things went terribly wrong for him.

Dembélé's Spurs career

After making a name for himself in the Premier League with West London outfit Fulham, Dembélé secured his big £15m move to Spurs in August 2012 at 25 years old.

The Antwerpen-born star scored on his debut for the club in a 1-1 draw with Norwich City and would go on to make 42 appearances in all competitions that year, firmly establishing himself as one of the first names on the team sheet.

The next few seasons would see the former AZ Alkmaar gem further entrench himself as one of the most talented players at the club, and when Mauricio Pochettino was appointed manager in May 2014, he got even better.

The Argentine’s appreciation for the midfielder was evident, and in April 2017 he dubbed the then-29-year-old a “genius” before going on to compare him to greats such as Diego Maradona, Jay-Jay Okocha and Ronaldinho.

If that wasn’t enough, the former Southampton boss also boldly claimed that had he signed “him at 18 or 19 years old, he would have become one of the best players in the world.”

Unfortunately, Dembélé was also rather injury-prone, and after a couple of years of constant setbacks, he was finally sold to Chinese side Guangzhou R&F for around £11m in January 2019.

In all, he made 249 appearances for the club, scoring ten goals and providing ten assists, and some suggested that one of their targets that summer would be his replacement, only for said player to become one of the biggest flops in recent history.

Tanguy Ndombele's Spurs career

Yes, the former Spurs flop who was compared to the incredible Dembélé was Tanguy Ndombele, and no, the comparison didn’t come from us.

Instead, it was a reasonably common one made in the summer of 2019, with articles from the Metro and the Guardian as just a few examples that told fans the former Lyon star would replicate the tough yet technical style of play the Belgian could regularly produce for them in years prior.

Unfortunately, we know that didn’t happen, and instead, the club essentially wasted £63m as the then-22-year-old couldn’t get to grips with life in North London.

Over the next five years, he would make just 91 appearances for the Lilywhites, scoring ten goals and providing nine assists while also going out on several loans.

He spent the second half of the 21/22 season back with Lyon, the whole of 22/23 with Napoli – where he didn’t even play – and the whole of 23/24 in Turkey with Galatasaray.

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Goals

10

Assists

9

Goal Involvements per Match

0.20

Loan Moves

3

However, perhaps worst of all, Daniel Levy and Co weren’t even able to recuperate any money from his failed stint with the club as he moved to OGC Nice for free this summer following the expiration of his contract.

Ultimately, while Ndombele was unlucky at points, he has to go down as one of the worst flops in Spurs’ recent history, which makes the comparisons to a player as incredible as Dembélé look even more ridiculous in retrospect.

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Ahead of their return to Premier League action against Brighton & Hove Albion this weekend, Newcastle United have reportedly received a second injury boost alongside Alexander Isak’s return.

Newcastle injury news

After injuries controlled the narrative for much of Newcastle’s last campaign and they failed to welcome further depth in the summer transfer window, concerns would have started to creep in when Eddie Howe was struggling for numbers once again before the international break. With defeat at Fulham followed by two draws against Manchester City and Everton, the Magpies desperately needed some reprieve.

Handed that break courtesy of the international break, Howe’s side have since been handed the positive news of Isak’s return to training ahead of their clash against Brighton & Hove Albion this weekend.

Newcastle have been without a goal in open play since his injury against Fulham four games ago, highlighting just how crucial a role he plays at St James’ Park. As they look to get back to their best in front of goal, however, the Swede isn’t the only one set to make a Newcastle return.

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As reported by the Shields Gazette, Callum Wilson is also back in training and in line to make his return for the first time in five months against Brighton this weekend. The veteran forward has been sidelined all season, but is finally set to make his return and hand the Magpies much-needed depth behind Isak.

Howe confirmed the returns in his press conference, telling reporters: “I don’t think they’ve been fit together for a sustained period for a long time. That’s had a negative effect on us a team of course because they’re two outstanding players, but also for themselves.

“They almost need each other to help propel them to their best performances. There’s nothing like that pressure of someone else competing for your shirt or playing with you, because when they’ve played together they’ve done really well together, albeit we haven’t seen it as much as we’d like.

“They’re two hugely influential characters off the pitch as well. Callum we’ve talked about many times, his energy and positivity. Alex is a totally different character but there’s an aura about him. We’re a much better team when we have both players around.”

"Outstanding" Wilson still has role to play at Newcastle

Whilst his current £46,000-a-week contract is set to expire at the end of the season and it remains to be seen whether he’ll put pen to paper on a new contract, Wilson still has a role to play at St James’ Park this season, and an important one at that.

An experienced forward, had Wilson been available in Isak’s absence then those draws against Manchester City and Everton, especially the latter, may have ended in three points.

As the festive fixtures approach, having both Isak and Wilson available should prove to be a major boost for Howe and Newcastle in pursuit of European qualification this season.

The last few years have been nothing short of remarkable for Ipswich Town.

The Tractor Boys have gone from midtable in League One to just about holding their own in the Premier League, and while there is a long way to go, Kieran McKenna could just work another miracle for the third season on the bounce.

However, to do that, he will need his star players to give that little bit more, as after nine games, the club are still without their first win and currently sit on just four points with a goal difference of negative 11.

There have been some standout performers, such as Liam Delap, but others, like summer signings Omari Hutchinson and Sammie Szmodics, haven’t quite hit the ground running and are being outperformed by a former Ipswich star released for nothing in the summer.

Hutchinson and Szmodics' form this season

So, before we get to the player in question, let’s look at the underwhelming output from Hutchinson and Szmodics so far this season.

Now, before the pitchforks come out, we aren’t saying that the pair have been terrible so far, but given the money they cost and the form they showed last year, it would be fair to say that they haven’t exactly lit the Premier League up thus far.

For example, the club opted to spend up to £11m on the Irish international following his unreal campaign with Blackburn Rovers last year in which he racked up 33 goals and four assists in 48 games, but so far this season, he’s scored just twice in nine games.

Hutchinson and Szmodics’ recent form

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Hutchinson

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50

48

Goals

11

33

Assists

6

4

Goal Involvements per Match

0.34

0.77

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9

Goals

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2

Assists

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0

Goal Involvements per Match

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Likewise, the former Chelsea prospect made his move to Portman Road permanent for £20m in the summer after scoring 11 goals and providing six assists in 50 appearances last season, but in nine games this year, he has produced just a single assist, which is a lower return than one of his former teammates who left East Anglia in the summer.

Kayden Jackson's form this season

The former Ipswich star in question is Kayden Jackson, who joined Paul Hurst’s Tractor Boys in the summer of 2018 for around £1m from Accrington Stanley.

It was a record sale for the League Two champions as, during the 17/18 campaign, the Bradford-born poacher racked up a sensational haul of 15 goals and 16 assists in just 49 appearances, equating to an average goal involvement every 1.58 games.

Unfortunately, the Englishman could not maintain that sort of form in the Championship, and he ended his debut campaign with a paltry tally of four goals and two assists in 38 games as the club suffered relegation to the third tier.

However, over the next few years, and especially with the arrival of McKenna, Jackson’s fortunes would start to improve, and by the time he left for Derby County this summer, he was the longest-serving player at the club and had a reasonable record of 28 goals and 23 assists in 199 appearances, of which 99 were from the bench.

He might not have made the jump up to the Premier League with his former teammates, but the 30-year-old is enjoying another promising season in the Championship this year, already scoring three goals and providing two assists in 14 games, meaning he is outperforming Szmodics and Hutchinson as things stand.

Ultimately, while his start to life at Portman Road was far from ideal, Jackson eventually proved to be a useful striker for the club, and we’re sure the Ipswich faithful are happy to see him kicking on at Derby this season.

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أعلنت رابطة الليجا، مواعيد مباريات الجولة التاسعة والعشرين الدوري الإسباني لموسم 2024-2025، بما في ذلك مواجهتي برشلونة وريال مدريد.

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Real Madrid are reportedly in negotiations with Vinicius Junior to extend the Brazilian's contract amid ongoing links with the Saudi Pro League.

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• Vinicius Jr's contract runs until 2027
• In talks over new Real Madrid deal
• Reports of €1bn offer from Saudi Arabia

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• WHAT HAPPENED?

  According to , Madrid and Vinicius sat down for contract talks two weeks ago but an agreement is not close. Los Blancos' offer is said to have been rejected by the Brazilian because it is too low, especially with Saudi Pro League officials allegedly offering him a €1 billion (£834m) contract.

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  The 24-year-old, whose contract runs until 2027, is reportedly going to be the subject of a €300m (£250m/$310m) bid from the Saudi league but Madrid are still favourites to retain the forward for a while yet, despite this eye-watering proposal.

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  Madrid boss Carlo Ancelotti did, however, admit that he would "understand" if the Brazil international moved to the Middle East due to the aforementioned lucrative offer on the table.

  "They're individual decisions. But to me, [Vinicius] looks happy and excited about staying here and winning trophies with Real Madrid. I think he's thinking about choosing glory," he added.

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  Aside from contract speculation, Vinicius will hope to lead his Madrid side to victory in a top-of-the-table La Liga clash at home to Atletico Madrid this weekend.

Leeds United now appear to have finally reached a decision on the potential signing of Cheikhou Kouyate after several days of mixed reports.

Leeds looking for midfield additions

As it stands, Daniel Farke will be choosing two of Joe Rothwell, untried youngster Charlie Crew and summer addition Ao Tanaka for his midfield double pivot after a pair of injuries handed the Leeds boss a major blow in his pursuit of promotion from the Championship.

Ethan Ampadu was forced off in the first half of Leeds’ win over Coventry City with a knee injury, before midfield partner Ilia Gruev suffered a similar fate three days later in a draw with Norwich City.

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Farke revealed that he didn’t expect Ampadu to return until the end of 2024, explaining that: “It’s a serious knee injury, he’s damaged his lateral ligament. The doctors have recommended conservative treatment so doesn’t need surgery, but it’s difficult to predict how long he’ll be out. Ten weeks until he’s back in team training.”

Gruev is likely to be similar after the club confirmed a “significant injury to his meniscus” which will require “an extended period of rehabilitation”.

Having sold both Archie Gray and Glen Kamara over the summer, midfield was already a weak point for Farke in terms of numbers, and two major injuries have made it a major area of concern at Elland Road, and has led to speculation about a potential addition.

Farke talked down the prospects of signing a free agent though, explaining that: “On the midfielder position, after the horrendous news with Ilia Gruev, my attitude [is] I actually don’t like October signings of free agents. I don’t believe in it, but when the times are strange, you have to think about it.”

Now though, a decision appears to have been made once and for all, with the Leeds board deciding to go ahead with a deal for the former AFCON winner.

Leeds United make decision on Kouyate

That is according to Football Insider’s transfer correspondent Pete O’Rourke, who just 48 hours after suggesting that a deal for free agent midfielder Cheikhou Kouyate was unlikely to go ahead is now reporting that Leeds have made yet another U-turn and are ready to proceed with his addition.

Kouyate has been a free agent since his time at Nottingham Forest came to an end at the end of the most recent campaign, and though he has never played Championship football he brings a wealth of top flight experience across spells with West Ham United, Crystal Palace and Forest, while he has also managed 92 international appearances for Senegal.

Cheikhou Kouyate’s senior career to date
Club/Nation	Appearances (all comps)
Senegal	92
Nottingham Forest	36
Crystal Palace	141
West Ham United	147
Anderlecht	206

Able to play at centre-back as well as in midfield, the 34-year-old is now “undergoing a medical” at Thorp Arch in what comes as a “significant U-turn” after “talks between the two parties had collapsed at the weekend”.

His arrival, should it be completed, will come as a major boost to Leeds’ ranks as they look to mount another promotion push, and he could well be available for Friday’s clash with Sheffield United, though given his time away from football it is unlikely that he will be thrown in straight away by a manager who has publicly pondered the fitness levels of free agents.

Leeds United head coach Daniel Farke arrived in West Yorkshire in the summer of 2023 with a proven track record of getting teams out of the Championship.

During his time with Norwich City in Norfolk, the German tactician won the second division title two times in three attempts, with one relegation from the Premier League thrown in amongst that.

He failed to make it three times in four attempts in the 2023/24 campaign with the Whites, however, as his team were beaten 1-0 by Southampton in the play-off final.

Farke will now be hoping to maintain his record of getting a team promoted from the league within at least two seasons by achieving promotion this term, with his team currently sat in the automatic promotion places in second – just behind Sunderland in the table.

His full-backs were key to his success during his time with the Canaries, as Max Aarons and Jamal Lewis were both named in the PFA Championship Team of the Year for the 2018/19 campaign, with the former also making the Team of the Year for the 2020/21 campaign, with Dimi Giannoulis the left-back for Norwich in that season.

Leeds United's impressive full-backs

Farke’s ability to get the most out of his full-backs has been on display again during his time with the Whites so far, helping Archie Gray to earn a £30m move to Tottenham Hotspur after he spent the majority of last season at right-back.

Sam Byram has been a versatile and impressive operator so far this season, winning 72% of his duels across 11 appearances, whilst Jayden Bogle has made 3.2 tackles and interceptions combined per game across 12 outings in the league this term.

Junior Firpo, in particular, has thrived under the German head coach and established himself as a star for Leeds in the left-back position over the past 12 months or so.

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12

Goals

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1

Big chances created

13

3

Assists

7

3

Key passes per game

1.1

1.7

As you can see in the table above, the former Barcelona man has provided a big creative threat down the left flank, with 16 ‘big chances’ created in 38 appearances.

Firpo had only managed three assists in 43 appearances in the Premier League with Leeds, before he worked with Farke, and this illustrates how much he has improved – offensively – under the German boss.

However, the ex-Norwich boss could have had an even bigger full-back talent at his disposal if Victor Orta and Jesse Marsch had not fumbled Leif Davis at Elland Road.

Leif Davis' Leeds career

In the summer of 2018, Leeds swooped to sign the teenage starlet from Morecambe’s U18s to bolster their own academy, for an undisclosed fee.

Despite coming from an U18 set-up and having no prior experience in first-team football, Davis made his senior breakthrough under Marcelo Bielsa and ended his first year in West Yorkshire with four Championship appearances under his belt.

He then featured three times in the 2019/20 title-winning campaign and played twice in the Premier League the following season, before being sent out on loan to Bournemouth in the summer of 2021.

Appearances

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Starts

7

Goals

0

Assists

1

Big chances created

1

As you can see in the table above, Davis struggled for game time during his spell with the Cherries and did not make much of an impact in the final third.

However, at the end of that season, the English defender was still only 22 and had plenty of time left to develop and improve with more game time under his belt, as that was his first experience of even semi-regular first-team football.

Unfortunately, though, sporting director Orta and head coach Marsch decided that Davis did not have a long-term future at Elland Road and opted to cash in on him in the summer of 2022.

Ipswich Town swooped in to secure his services for a reported fee of £1m, plus add-ons, and the Whites will surely now look back on that sale with regret, as they fumbled a star who is now similar to Liverpool sensation Trent Alexander-Arnold.

Leif Davis is now similar to Trent Alexander-Arnold

The youngster enjoyed a terrific first season with the Tractor Boys as his return of three goals and 14 assists in 43 games helped them to win promotion out of League One.

It was then down to the left-back to show that he could step up to the Championship and the English whiz certainly did that, with an incredible 2023/24 campaign to help Ipswich finish second in the league and move up to the Premier League.

Davis, who was once hailed as an “animal” by ex-boss Scott Parker, scored two goals and provided a staggering 18 assists, with 2.9 key passes per game, across 43 outings in the division.

The 24-year-old star has now stepped up to the Premier League and his current form has landed him a comparison to Liverpool and England star Alexander-Arnold.

As per FBref, the Reds full-back is one of the most similar players to Davis, based on their respective statistics, in the top-flight this season, alongside the likes of Lucas Digne and Jurrien Timber.

Appearances

10

10

Goals

1

0

Big chances created

7

6

Key passes per game

2.5

2.2

Assists

2

1

As you can see in the table above, the Ipswich star has, impressively, outperformed Alexander-Arnold as an attacking force from a full-back position, whilst playing on the opposite flank.

This is particularly impressive when you consider that the Liverpool ace is tied for the second-most assists by a defender in Premier League history, with 59.

Therefore, Orta and Marsch fumbled Davis back in the summer of 2022 as they sold the defender before he had the chance to play a run of matches at first-team level to prove himself.

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Ipswich provided him with his big break and he has gone from strength to strength since his £1m exit from Elland Road, whilst Farke missed out on the opportunity to unearth his own version of Alexander-Arnold, but at left-back.

Aston Villa are set to be plunged further into a mini early season injury crisis as they return to Premier League action against Fulham after the October international break, it has been reported.

Aston Villa injury latest

Unai Emery’s side have put together an impressive start to the season, currently fifth in the Premier League, level on points with Chelsea and just one loss across all competitions. Their strong Premier League form has been backed up in other competitions, with two wins from their opening two Champions League games including a historic evening at Villa Park that saw them beat German giants Bayern Munich 1-0.

They are also in the next round of the Carabao Cup after a 2-1 win over Wycombe Wanderers, setting up a tie with Leicester City.

This has all come against a backdrop of injury concerns, with captain John McGinn still sidelined with a hamstring issue and not expected to return in time to face Fulham, while long-term absentees Tyrone Mings and Boubacar Kamara both work their way back to full fitness from knee injuries and Emiliano Buendia is being slowly reintroduced.

Amadou Onana and Jacob Ramsey also both missed their 0-0 draw with Manchester United before the international break, while Ezri Konsa went down in the early stages of that clash and had to be replaced, limping around the pitch with an injury that Unai Emery later admitted he was unsure of the severity of.

“I don’t know exactly, but I think it’s the hamstring. We don’t know if it’s a big or small injury. Hopefully, it’ll be a small injury,” he explained. Now, another player may miss the clash with the high-flying Cottagers.

Aston Villa’s injury list as it stands

Player

Issue

Tyrone Mings

Knee

Boubacar Kamara

Knee

John McGinn

Hamstring

Jacob Ramsey

Groin

Amadou Onana

Thigh

Ezri Konsa

Hamstring

Aston Villa winger a doubt for Fulham tie

That comes as The Athletic report that winger Jadon Philogene has picked up a knock while on international duty with England’s U21 side and is now a major doubt to face Marco Silva’s side. The winger was re-signed over the summer from Hull City, penning a five year deal worth £40,000 a week.

He had started each of Villa’s last two games against Bayern Munich and Manchester United, and was just beginning to find his feet at Villa Park.

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However, the report claims that after being withdrawn against Ukraine in the closing stages, Philogene “underwent scans on Monday” after an injury scare. Fortunately, the injury is not thought to be serious, which means that Philogene could return in the short term even if he is unable to recover in time to take on Fulham.

Emery will be hoping that his side can continue their strong form even without a host of first team options, with those out injured only set to add further depth to his squad as they return when the season wears on, aiding Villa’s bid for back to back top four finishes for the first time in their recent history.