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When Moise Kean signed for Everton, Marcel Brands told his family that the club would look after him.

“We will take of your son,” the Toffees figure said to his mother on the day he signed his contract.

Unfortunately, that statement was far from the truth. Kean only started six Premier League games last season before he was remarkably taken on loan by PSG this campaign.

The 21-year-old’s time in Merseyside has not gone according to plan. Once a wonderkid at Juventus, he has only bagged four goals for Everton and has even been substituted on and off in the same game.

As he slowly trudged down the Old Trafford sideline after being hauled off by Duncan Ferguson last term, it painted a desperately sad image.

This was not the promise Brands had made when Kean first signed.

However, after a stellar campaign in France, Everton really need to consider handing him a proper opportunity. Alongside the likes of Neymar and Kylian Mbappe, the youngster hasn’t looked out of place.

He has been ruthless in front of goal, showing an extraordinary amount of confidence for someone who appeared to be so shy at Goodison Park.

From an Everton point of view, the focus has always been on bringing through Anthony Gordon; the jewel in the crown of their academy.

He might be homegrown but Everton would be foolish to waste a player like Kean. After all, he’s shown mesmeric form at the highest level throughout 2020/21.

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The youngster has scored 17 goals in 40 outings for PSG this term, scoring three Champions League goals on their run to the semi-finals.

Kean’s early form was impeccable. After his first 13 games in the French top-flight, he’d found the back of the net on nine occasions. He even scored against Barcelona in the last 16 of Europe.

The striker shone under Thomas Tuchel before he was given the boot by Paris chiefs but he was clearly a player the German loved.

Tuchel described him as “fearless” earlier in the campaign, a word you wouldn’t have associated with his opening year in English football.

His confidence levels are flowing and if he is willing to have a second opportunity at Everton, they must take it with open arms.

PSG don’t have an option to buy Kean in the terms of his loan deal but he surely won’t be short of many suitors.

Everton are reportedly seeking a bid of £40m to sell the attacker but they must avoid losing him at all costs; he is one of the best young talents in European football.

AND in other news, Worse than Holgate: Ancelotti surely enraged by Everton gem who made just 15 passes…

Everton could be set to receive a significant injury boost ahead of their Premier League encounter with Arsenal at Goodison Park this evening.

What’s the word?

In his pre-match press conference, Rafa Benitez revealed star defender Yerry Mina is in contention to make his long-awaited comeback from injury after making a successful return to first-team training.

“Yerry Mina has today done part of training session, so he is getting closer, we will see how he reacts in the next couple of days to see if he’s available or not, ” the Spanish tactician told reporters.

But that wasn’t where the good news ended for everyone associated with the Toffees. Striker Salomon Rondon could be a surprise inclusion in the matchday squad after limping off against Liverpool, while Andre Gomes is also available for selection once again.

“Rondon, we are assessing him, we are waiting, he is feeling better but we need to wait for the scan and see how he’s doing.

“Andre Gomes has been training, we are missing just Dominic Calvert-Lewin and Tom Davies, the other players at the moment are available,” Benitez concluded.

Rafa Benitez will be buzzing

News that Everton are set to be boosted by the return of up to three first-team stars will leave Benitez absolutely buzzing. The Blues are currently enduring an eight-game winless run in the top-flight, piling the pressure on the 61-year-old.

Therefore, it’s the potential comeback of Mina that the former Real Madrid boss will be eagerly anticipating the most, given his importance to the team.

The Colombia international made an impressive start to the current campaign, losing on just one occasion before picking up a thigh problem.

And his underlying numbers highlight Mina’s influence over proceedings. As per WhoScored, the 27-year-old has averaged 1.5 interceptions per league game this season, four clearances and 2.8 aerial duels won, placing him in the top four for each metric compared to his teammates.

In the South American’s absence, Everton have picked up just one point from a possible 18, highlighting the significance of Benitez’s latest update on his fitness situation. He will be absolutely elated if he’s able to select him this evening.

And, in other news…“My understanding is”: Alan Myers drops Everton DoF update that’ll have fans intrigued

Crystal Palace have been linked with a move for wantaway Paris Saint-Germain defender Layvin Kurzawa, with the January transfer window fast approaching.

What’s the story?

According to French outlet Jeunes Footeux (as relayed by The Hard Tackle), the Eagles have been offered the opportunity to sign the 29-year-old over the coming months as he searches for regular game-time.

The report doesn’t mention an expected asking price for Kurzawa, but the left-back only signed a new four-year deal in June 2020, so he’s unlikely to come cheaply.

Patrick Vieira must swoop

Palace manager Patrick Vieira embarked on a successful spending spree over the summer, replacing several ageing campaigners with multiple exciting, young acquisitions.

However, he failed to replace Dutch international Patrick van Aanholt on the left-hand side of defence, leaving academy graduate Tyrick Mitchell as the only natural option in that position.

Therefore, Kurzawa may be the ideal addition, providing an experienced alternative to the 22-year-old after proving his capability at the highest level following six-and-a-half successful years at the Parc des Princes.

Since arriving in Paris from Monaco in 2015, the £10.8m-rated full-back has made 153 appearances for the capital club, scoring 14 goals and providing 23 assists, winning 13 major trophies along the way.

After putting pen to paper on fresh terms last year, Kurzawa labelled his younger self as “a little more crazy” before claiming his improved form was down to his new level of maturity, while also revealing he admires basketball star “Lebron James” after copying his celebration.

However, things have not gone to plan for the attack-minded defender in recent months.

The arrival of wonderkid Nuno Mendes and Juan Bernat’s return from a long-term injury has forced Kurzawa down Pochettino’s pecking order significantly, limiting him to just nine minutes of first-team action throughout 2021/22.

As a result, Vieira must pounce for the 5 foot 10 gem during the winter window, continuing his Palace revolution by adding some much-needed cover and competition for Mitchell.

In other news… Vieira can continue his Selhurst Park revolution with move for £25m “warrior” with “outstanding quality”

Many Glasgow Rangers fans were left fuming as some news emerged before their game at home to St. Mirren in the Scottish Premiership on Boxing Day.

As per the official website of the Teddy Bears, there will now be a reduced capacity at Ibrox following an announcement from First Minister Nicola Sturgeon.

The game will still go ahead despite concerns over rising Covid-19 cases, which has already seen two matches in the English Premier League in Liverpool versus Leeds United and Wolves versus Watford already being called off.

Nonetheless, there will now be a reduced amount of tickets available for the fixture against St. Mirren, much to the dismay of the Light Blues faithful, in what has put a damper on an otherwise celebrated football tradition.

Rangers fans on Ibrox restrictions

These Gers were left fuming as the news was shared on the club’s official Twitter page, with one RFC supporter even going as far as to claim that it was ‘disgraceful’:

“The bemusement surely must be sarcasm, the restrictions being imposed on everyone here has NO place in SCIENCE. Sturgeon has gone too far.”

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“Is that it? Where is Stewart Robertson? As an @spfl board member he needs to explain to fans why the decision to move the winter break didn’t follow the 11/1 vote when curtailing the season 2 seasons ago did. From the outside it looks like corruption to benefit 1 club.”

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“Limiting capacity to less than 1%, with absolutely NO DATA to support this action, DISGRACEFUL! And what happens if ALL of those with a ST or match ticket turn up??? The police will be forced to let the fans IN to avoid a public disturbance outside …. Just saying…”

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“Not a word of anger about bringing the shutdown forward. Just new dates with times. This is detrimental and disadvantageous to Rangers going forward successfully this season.”

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“Is that it? Why are we not kicking up a fuss at the fact the break was brought forward so fans could have chance to see games yet now our fans won’t get that at all on Sunday! Absolute farce! We should be asking for compensation”

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“Joke”

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In other news, find out what claim from this Rangers player’s father has fans talking here!

Many Glasgow Rangers fans are far from happy with a tweet from the club in the aftermath of the Glen Kamara racism row.

On Thursday, as the Gers were knocked out of the Europa League after losing 2-0 to Slavia Prague, the Finland international claimed to have been racially abused by Ondrej Kudela. This has led to Slavia releasing a statement defending their player (slavia.cz), while Rangers have also made it clear that they will be standing by their man and have offered him their full support (rangers.co.uk).

On Saturday, a number of teams shared messages backing Kamara, and the Gers decided to retweet plenty of them. They even shared a photo from their Glasgow rivals of Scott Brown holding up a Show Racism the Red Card sign, and added the hashtag #OldFirmUnited.

There has been plenty of discussion about the use of the Old Firm phrase, with Celtic saying they are not a part of it while Rangers wear it with a badge of honour (Glasgow Times). In this case, however, many supporters were upset that the club decided to use Kamara’s situation to have a dig at their rivals.

These fans took to Twitter to share their displeasure.

Let’s see what the Rangers fans had to say below

“Delete this before anymore people see it.”

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“Delete, the # at the end is a snide dig that seriously wasn’t needed during something like this.”

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“So many better copy choices could’ve been man than this. Delete this.”

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“no no I’m sorry but no”

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“No references specifically to Glen, an old stock picture with Brown smiling at what? And a dig at our club thrown in, This wasn’t support at all, Others yeah I get it but this no.”

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“Well said Rangers but that hashtag is just petty”

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In other news, many Rangers fans slam this BBC pundit’s comments.

Lucas Moura put on a show as Tottenham Hotspur returned to winning ways after a disastrous week.

Jose Mourinho made a statement with his team selection, dropping the likes of Eric Dier and Gareth Bale following two abysmal defeats in key fixtures.

Spurs first lost the North London derby without putting up much of a fight and then were embarrassingly knocked out of the Europa League to Dinamo Zagreb, who mounted a stunning three-goal comeback in Croatia on Thursday.

But this win over Aston Villa in the Premier League moved them back into European contention and sixth place, and centre to it all was the Brazilian.

Talismanic striker Harry Kane got on the scoresheet once again – taking him to the top of the goalscoring charts – but he also provided a key involvement in their opening goal, finding Moura before he fired across the goal for Carlos Vinicius to tap home.

He will reap the rewards and take much of the plaudits, as he often does, though the £22.5m-rated dynamo was fully in control of this match in an unfamiliar no.10 role.

As per SofaScore, Moura was graded among Spurs’ best performers with a rating of 7.9 – only Tanguy Ndombele got close (7.7).

The 28-year-old attacker was heavily involved in every attack, as seen by the sheer number of touches he had on the ball.

His 85 touches was only bettered by one player, and by one touch too, in Pierre-Emile Hojbjerg (86). The pair were a good 20 touches ahead of any other Spurs star, so that speaks volumes on his influence in the match.

Similarly, Moura proved to be a major source of creativity, managing four key passes from his 35 successful passing attempts (80% accuracy rate) and five successful dribbles. Both of which will have contributed to Spurs’ attacking returns substantially.

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By comparison, the rest of the Spurs squad could only combine for three key passes between them – one each from Giovani Lo Celso, Sergio Reguilon and Kane.

Villa could barely stop him, as he drew a whopping six fouls, three more than Kane, who is the most fouled player in Mourinho’s squad, as per WhoScored statistics.

Moura also put in a great shift defensively, and that’s the sort of attitude Mourinho would have been looking for in response to their nightmare of a week.

He won 14 duels from 21 battles, both on the ground and in the air, and even recorded four clearances and one tackle. Joe Rodon, who started at centre-back, didn’t clear the ball from danger as much as Moura whilst only three other players managed more tackles.

The Evening Standard’s Dan Kilpatrick dubbed the £110k-per-week winger his ‘star man’ and added: ‘Easy to see why Mourinho loves him after an excellent display offensively and defensively. Ran tirelessly, with and without the ball and got a superb assist for Vinicius.’

Kane may have bagged the winner, but based on the evidence above, Moura absolutely stole the show at Villa Park.

AND in other news, Levy could seal a perfect Winks upgrade with Spurs swoop for £65k-p/w “amazing talent”…

Manchester City have not been shy when it comes to buying players from Spanish clubs over recent years such as Ferran Torres, Rodri and Aymeric Laporte among others.

Looking ahead to the next summer transfer window, it seems as though the Manchester club have set their sights on securing another one of La Liga’s star figures.

What’s the news?

According to a recent Twitter post from journalist and transfer expert Fabrizio Romano, City are “interested” in signing Villarreal defender Pau Torres this summer.

As a product of Villarreal’s youth system, the centre-back has made a combined total of 194 appearances for their senior and youth teams, prior to their Champions League semi-final clash against Liverpool this evening.

In those appearances, the 25-year-old has chipped in with 12 goals and four assists along the way.

In terms of his defensive capabilities, the Spaniard has the second-highest number of interceptions (39) and clearances (103) out of anyone in Unai Emery’s squad for this La Liga campaign.

Also, with a combined number of 57 tackles and blocks, Torres is clearly a very capable defensive figure.

Supporters will be thrilled

Having been described as a player that “fits perfectly in teams which want to play out from the back, with coaches who think that way,” by Paco Lopez, this would make the Spain international a seemingly good fit for Pep Guardiola’s side.

To put that into perspective, only nine other players in La Liga have completed more passes than the Villarreal centre-back this season (1562).

Taking into account how three of the Premier League’s top five passers this season are City defenders, this shows just how suitable a player like Torres could be for the reigning league champions at the back.

With that in mind, it would surely be a massive positive for the City fans to hear that Guardiola has his eyes on bringing another defender that can play his type of football to the Etihad Stadium.

Moving forward, securing a deal for the Spaniard this summer could be a great bit of business from the Manchester club and further strengthen what is already a rather strong defence.

In other news: “Man City have discussed…”: Romano drops exciting summer update, Pep will be buzzing

As Celtic continue to stutter in this dismal Scottish Premiership campaign, Neil Lennon’s side will have no better chance of getting back to winning ways than when they take on bottom side Hamilton at home.

The Hoops are winless in their last four games in the league, and slipped to a hugely disappointing 2-2 draw against Livingston last weekend, with Scott Brown piling on his side’s misery with a red card.

Lennon may consider making some changes to breathe some new life into his team, and with that in mind, below is a look at how Celtic might line up for tonight’s clash.

Vasilis Barkas should keep his place in between the sticks, with Conor Hazard remaining on the bench. In front of him, the back-four could see some major changes, with Anthony Ralston pushing for a rare start given that Jeremie Frimpong is closing in on a move to Bundesliga giants Bayer Leverkusen.

That could see Kristoffer Ajer move into central defence to partner Stephen Welsh, with both Nir Bitton and Shane Duffy making way for him. Greg Taylor should keep his spot at left-back, however.

In midfield, Lennon may be reluctant to change things around, so that could see Ismaila Soro continue as the side’s anchor man, with Ryan Christie, Callum McGregor and David Turnbull playing further forward.

Up front, Mohamed Elyounoussi may keep his starting spot after scoring last time out against Livingston, and he could be joined with Odsonne Edouard, with the Frenchman replacing Leigh Griffiths.

Predicted XI: Barkas; Ralston, Ajer, Welsh, Taylor; Soro, Christie, McGregor, Turnbull; Elyounoussi, Edouard.

Meanwhile, Celtic could clinch a bargain deal with this forward…

Former Premier League manager Lawrie Sanchez has exclusively told Football FanCast that he isn’t surprised Crystal Palace are interested in signing Reading striker Yakou Meite.

The Eagles currently have three senior centre-forwards in their squad, but the in-form Christian Benteke is out of contract this summer, whilst Michy Batshuayi is set to return to Chelsea following the conclusion of his loan spell in south London.

That would leave Palace with only Jordan Ayew, meaning their need to add to their strike department could grow in the coming months.

And the Reading frontman is on Palace’s radar, with reports suggesting that he could be available for just £5m, with Watford and Brighton also keen.

Meite has been a consistent goalscorer during his time in the Championship, bagging at least 11 times in each of his three seasons at Reading, which is exactly the number he managed during the previous campaign in just 29 appearances.

His contract expires in 12 months’ time, which explains exactly why a proven goalscorer is available at a cut-price.

Sanchez told Football FanCast:

“I think they’re the ones that will have a nibble at him, it’ll be interesting to see what type of money they’re talking about and will be interesting to see how much money Reading want. They will need profit from some of these sales.”

Wayne Rooney is facing a battle in his bid to bring Dion Charles to Derby County this summer.

What’s the talk?

That’s according to a report by The Sun on Sunday (via Football League World), who claim that Rotherham United have entered to race to sign the Accrington Stanley centre-forward, with Derby County, Nottingham Forest, Cardiff City and Huddersfield Town all also believed to be keen on the 25-year-old.

A report by The Sun back in April revealed that John Coleman’s side would be demanding a fee of around £1.5m in order to part with the former Northern Ireland U21 international this summer.

Rooney must move

With goals having been something of a problem for Rooney’s side this season, with the Rams’ total of 36 goals for being the lowest amount scored by any Championship side in 2020/21, up front is certainly an area in which the 35-year-old must improve in the upcoming transfer market if Derby wish to have any hope of mounting a promotion push next term.

And, considering just how impressive Charles was in front of goal for Accrington this season, the Preston-born striker could prove to be an extremely astute piece of business for the Rams.

Over his 42 League One appearances for Accy in 2020/21, the 25-year-old bagged a whopping 19 goals, provided three assists and created seven big chances for his teammates, as well taking an average of 2.7 shots and making 0.7 key passes per game, culminating in an average SofaScore match rating of 6.91.

Aside from his clear eye for goal and decent creative capacity, the finances involved in a potential deal for Charles would also appear to be extremely appealing for Derby.

At present, the striker earns a modest £870-per-week at The Wham Stadium, while his £1.5m asking price is also likely to be affordable for the Rams, even with the current uncertainty regarding the club’s ownership.

As such, Rooney should be doing all he can to convince Charles – whom Ian Baraclough claimed had been “fantastic” this season – of a move to Pride Park this summer, as the centre-forward appears to have the potential to be both an improvement on a number of the club’s current options in attack, as well as one who is incredibly cost-effective for the club.

In other news: Key figure drops Derby County takeover update that’ll surely have fans buzzing – opinion