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O Changchun Yatai continua tentando tirar Dudu do Palmeiras. Nesta semana, os chineses formalizaram uma nova proposta pelo atacante: 13 milhões de euros para o Verdão (quase R$ 51 milhões) e 4 milhões de euros (mais de R$ 15,5 milhões) de salários anuais para o jogador, que assinaria um contrato válido por quatro temporadas.O Palmeiras recusou mais uma vez.

Esta é, no mínimo, a quarta investida do Changchun Yatai sobre Dudu.A última havia sido em dezembro. De acordo com apuração do LANCE!, o valor oferecido ao Palmeiras na época era igual (13 milhões de euros). O que aumentou agora foi a proposta salarial para o atacante.

Como o Palmeiras se mostra irredutível nas conversas, os chineses tentam seduzir o jogador. Mas Dudu tem declarado que ainda deseja ganhar títulos pelo clube e que não pensa em sair tão cedo.

O camisa 7, que ganhou aumento em fevereiro do ano passado, tem contrato com o Verdão até o fim de 2020. O clube pagou 6 milhões de euros ao Dinamo de Kiev (UCR) por 100% de seus direitos econômicos. Metade deste valor foi aportado pela Crefisa, que receberá a mesma quantia de volta quando o atleta for vendido.

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England’s Test-match counties are pressing for greater financial support from the England and Wales Cricket Board, and stronger guarantees of international fixtures

Cricinfo staff23-Apr-2010

England’s Test-match counties have warned that ambitious plans for ground improvements, alongside the bidding war for international fixtures, could result in financial turmoil unless the ECB increases financial support to the counties and guarantees international games.The nine counties that host international cricket were promised a further meeting next week with Giles Clarke, after making their case for greater funding and a less aggressive tendering process at the ECB’s annual meeting at Lord’s on Thursday.Their efforts will have knock-on effects throughout the domestic game in England. Not only could the smaller counties, already in financially precarious position, lose money but other areas such as women’s and amateur cricket could also be affected.The counties who have category A grounds – those capable of hosting Tests – originally set up a working party to plan their campaign in March over “a growing concern about the long-term sustainability and viability of the current Test match venues,” according to a Yorkshire statement.In recent years hosting rights have increasingly been decided purely by the highest bid, rather than other factors, and with many international venues spending plenty improving facilities, English cricket has been left needing to supply a hefty number of international matches to meet the counties’ needs.The overbidding has left counties in a vulnerable position, with rain-affected Tests leaving them fearing heavy losses. “These nine grounds have invested substantial amounts of capital into the redevelopment of their stadiums in recent years. Indeed, many are still in the process of completing substantial capital programmes,” Yorkshire said.”It is important that these grounds are able to deliver an acceptable return on investment from these assets. The current bidding process for grounds to stage major matches has resulted in substantial financial pressure across the game and created risk for venues, which needs to be addressed.”The review will last two months, at which point the Test counties will deliver their own recommendations to the ECB.

Charlotte Edwards, the England women’s captain, has said the return of Sarah Taylor and Claire Taylor to the squad is a huge boost in her team’s attempt to defend the World Twenty20 title

Cricinfo staff26-Apr-2010Charlotte Edwards, the England women’s captain, has said the return of Sarah Taylor and Claire Taylor to the squad is a huge boost in her team’s attempt to defend the World Twenty20 title. Both batsmen were among the top ten run-getters in the competition in 2009. England were beaten by West Indies in a Twenty20 series in November last year, and Edwards acknowledged that home advantage meant the hosts were strong contenders in this year’s tournament.”We have obviously really missed her [Claire Taylor’s] experience more than anything and we also missed Sarah Taylor as well,” Edwards said in an interview with the ICC. “They are two of our top four batters. If any side loses two of their top batters they would struggle. It would leave a hole and we are really looking forward to getting them back on board.”Edwards said the defeat to West Indies last year, in the context of the World Twenty20, had helped them prepare better than other teams for the competition. “We are really excited having been there in November as we saw what the conditions are going to be like and I think we actually want to be a step ahead of most of the teams,” she said. “I think I misread the conditions of the West Indies when we were there in November. They had quite slow wickets and actually at Warner Park the outfield is not that quick, so I guess it is going to be different strategy that we need to put in place now.”West Indies, Edwards said, have improved considerably and she tipped them to be the surprise team of the tournament. “I think it’s just going to be Australia, New Zealand and India but having seen the West Indies and how they played in St Kitts in November I think they are going to be real threat to all the teams,” she said. “They are on home soil as well and they have shown they can play some fantastic cricket. They are always improving year on year – they could be a surprise team for the tournament.”When asked to name the players she thought were the ones to watch out for, Edwards said: “Deandra Dottin is going to be a key player for the West Indies. I think she is an awesome talent. What I’ve seen of her with both bat and ball has been really exceptional and l have been really impressed by her. Having been in India recently, I think their young spinner Gouhar Sultana is likely to be a real threat. All the teams are playing really good cricket and the Australians have the likes of Shelley Nitschke in the form of her life.”The women’s World Twenty20 gets underway on May 5.

Cricinfo previews the Pro20 final between Warriors and Lions in Port Elizabeth

Firdose Moonda12-Mar-2010If the Warriors had been told five weeks ago that they would face the Lions in the final of the Pro20, they probably would have taken it. The Lions go into the final as definite underdogs. They have just two South African players in their ranks – Neil McKenzie and Alviro Petersen – compared with the Warriors’ seven. The names Ashwell Prince, Mark Boucher, Jacques Kallis, Makhaya Ntini, Nicky Boje, Johan Botha and Wayne Parnell are enough to intimidate most international opposition, let alone a domestic franchise, particularly one that has been reduced to whipping boys of late.Since winning the 2006-07 Pro20 crown, the Lions have been on a dizzying, downward spiral. They languished at or near the bottom of the log in both the SuperSport Series and the MTN40 and fared equally poorly in the twenty-over competition. The season after winning the title, they did not manage to beat a single South African franchise in the next edition of the competition. The Lions did, however, earn a victory over Zimbabwe and tied a match with the Eagles. The next season was much of the same, with the Lions losing to every franchise except the Cobras, where the match was tied.This season, the Gauteng-based franchise has been plagued by more administrative infighting and yet again, they’ve suffered on the field. A poor four-day campaign and missing out on the final four in the 40-over competition led to many a headline about the Lions meowing like kittens. Their achievement in the Pro20 may be just the remedy to heal a fractured union.Richard Cameron, one of the Lions’ young stars who picked up career-best figures of 4 for 23 against the Titans in the second leg of their semi-final, said the team enjoyed the tag of underdogs. “I think our spirit and togetherness as a team was one of the things that helped us win the semi-final,” Cameron said. The Lions are certainly going to need more than just that, if they hope to overcome a talented Warriors side.History doesn’t provide much indication of who the favourites are though. In the three seasons since the Champions Twenty20 League presented itself as an incentive for the domestic Pro20, all six franchises have reached the final. In the first season, when the inaugural Champions League was postponed, the Dolphins (who ended at the bottom of the log this time) and the Titans reached the final. Last season, the Cobras and the Eagles made the trip to India and this year it will be the Lions and the Warriors.The men from the Eastern Cape are labelled favourites because they have been the in-form side since winning their maiden franchise trophy in the MTN40 just over a month ago. One thing the Lions can hope for is that the likes of Boucher, Kallis, and Ntini will be preoccupied with the impending Indian Premier League. Kallis and Boucher will join up with the Royal Challengers Bangalore, who play the first match on Sunday, so the pair is unlikely to feature in that encounter.Ntini is representing Chennai this season, and their first match is also on Sunday. He spent a fair amount of time warming their bench last season but has been in sublime form for the Warriors. Ntini is the Warriors’ highest wicket-taker in the competition, with 10 wickets at an average of 18.90. Wayne Parnell and Rusty Theron are also IPL players, although this will be their first season in the glamourous competition. Parnell was bought for US $610000 by the Delhi Daredevils while Theron was only just picked up by Kings XI Punjab after a successful season as the best death bowler in the tournament.While the dollars in their eyes may cloud some of the Warriors’ players’ views, captain Davy Jacobs has been known to impress upon his troops on the importance of adding to their trophy cabinet. Before the MTN40 he said the team’s sponsors, Chevrolet, said they “expected a trophy after three seasons of sponsoring the team.” That prediction was spot on. Should the men from the Eastern Cape collect two cups this season, that should keep the men with the money very pleased indeed.

The participation of Australian players in the third edition of the IPL took a positive step forward with their players union, the Australian Cricketers Association (ACA), stating that they’re close to receiving the security report from the IPL authoritie

Cricinfo staff03-Feb-2010

The participation of Australian players in the third edition of the IPL has taken a step forward with their players union, the Australian Cricketers Association (ACA), saying it is close to receiving the security report from the IPL authorities. That will be followed by an assessment by a security firm, after which the players will be advised.The precautions come after a warning issued by the Shiv Sena, a Mumbai-based regional political party, that Australians would be barred from playing matches in Mumbai in response to the ongoing attacks on Indian students in Australia.The ACA took the warning seriously and said it would take all necessary precautions before sending its players to India for the Twenty20 tournament starting March 10. The IPL chairman Lalit Modi said he would pass on the security plans only to the national boards and not the player unions.”I fully expect it [receiving the security plans] will happen and I’ve advised the players that we expect it will happen, it’s just we’re at the point where we’re just waiting on getting the plans,” ACA chief executive Paul Marsh told AAP. “We are getting close, there’s a few details we’re trying to get through, there’s a commitment there to give it to us provided we meet certain restrictions and obligations. Hopefully we’ll get there.”Marsh said there was still some work left to do before they release their players for the tournament.”Once we get these IPL plans we’ve got an independent security company to help put together a report for us that’ll outline the situation in India in general and also get a view of plans in place,” Marsh said. “They’ll provide a recommendation that we’ll be passing on to the players as to whether or not they think it’s safe to tour.”We’ve had briefings with the government already and the government has given us briefings around Shiv Sena and the players. Once this report’s put together, will get the relevant information on that. You can confuse people by giving people little bits of information along the way.”Marsh added that though they didn’t regard it as a terrorist threat, they were taking the issue very seriously.”You’ve got to take the threats legitimately, there’s been two threats made to the Australian players,” he said. “The advice we’re getting is they’re an extremist political party, they’re not a terrorist group. They’ve got a history of making pretty outrageous comments for the purpose of seeking attention. You can’t rule out that there may be some action taken here.”

Celtic centre-back Cameron Carter Vickers has dropped an update on his future at Parkhead.

What’s been said?

In recent comments cited by Football Scotland, the 23-year-old stated his belief that, while he is thoroughly enjoying life at Celtic after joining the club on a season-long loan deal this summer, it is a little too early to be discussing a permanent switch from Tottenham Hotspur to the Premiership side – although the Bhoys are reported to have an option to buy the defender for a fee of around £6m.

Speaking about his future, the USA international said: “I am enjoying my time up there and it is all going well. But I think it is a bit too early. It’s not fully down to me as well. So it is obviously discussions that will have to be had at the end of the season.”

Carter-Vickers can finally replace Van Dijk

Considering just how important a part of the Celtic side Carter-Vickers has become since his temporary switch to Parkhead this summer, the prospect of signing the centre-back on a permanent basis is sure to be one that excites the Bhoys fanbase.

Indeed, over his 13 Premiership appearances this season, the £1.8m-rated man has helped his side keep six clean sheets, scored two goals and provided his teammates with one assist, as well as making an average of 1.5 interceptions, 0.7 tackles, five clearances, 81.4 passes and winning 73% of his duels per game.

These returns have seen the £20k-per-week defender who Jan Vertonghen dubbed an “absolute beast” average a highly impressive SofaScore match rating of 7.45, ranking him as the fourth-best performer in the entirety of the Scottish top flight.

And, while there is still a very long way to go in the current campaign, Carter-Vickers’ returns so far in a Celtic shirt very much appear to be on course to match those of Virgil van Dijk’s during his own first season at the club, when the Netherlands international helped his side keep 20 clean sheets, scored five goals and registered one assist over his 36 Premiership appearances.

As such, should Celtic indeed go on to make the Tottenham defender’s temporary switch a permanent move at some point this season, it would certainly appear as if Ange Postecoglou has finally found an apt replacement for the club’s former star centre-back – something which would undoubtedly bode incredibly well for the future of the Hoops.

In other news: Ange must brutally axe “rattled” £17k-p/w Celtic liability who can be “Sunday League”

Jerome Taylor has declared that Australia look beatable ahead of the first Test starting at the Gabba on Thursday, despite West Indies’ disappointing performance in their tour match last week

Peter English23-Nov-2009

There will be two Mr Crickets at the Gabba this week and both left-handers will shuffle in the middle order. If Shivnarine Chanderpaul’s friends had been more alert it could have been him with the game’s most comprehensive nickname, but he became Shiv and Michael Hussey got the never-to-be lost label.It’s one Hussey has tried to under-play but the great sportspeople who aren’t natural geniuses require obsession to drive them past the above-average. Chanderpaul, a tiny labourer who has proved himself over 121 Tests and 15 years, has willed himself towards the top shelf of batting and from Thursday Hussey will attempt to re-establish himself as a must-have in Australia’s list.”He’s amazing really, he’s been phenomenal, particularly in the last few years,” Hussey said of Chanderpaul, who held out the Australians for 442 runs at 147.33 in the Test series last year. “He’s had his ups and downs over the years as well. I remember when he first came on to the scene he was unbelievable, then he had a bit of a down patch, but in the last couple of years he has been unbelievable really.”Hussey was the same, with a magical start followed by a trough that lasted until the final innings of the Ashes when he finished the lost series with 121. In an effort to avoid thinking about anything other than saving the game, Hussey turned his back on Ricky Ponting while he was waiting for the third umpire’s decision. Not even running out the captain would alter Hussey’s focus.It is this intensity that made him an outstanding batsman in those never-ending county and Sheffield Shield seasons and convinced the selectors that after 11 first-class years he was ready to be a Test player. In a couple of seasons he was the closest Australia had to Bradman; at the moment he is the nearest to the exit.Yet when it comes to cricket obsession, Chanderpaul makes Hussey’s attitude seem carefree. When the West Indies step off the bus at the team hotel Chanderpaul doesn’t say “see you later”, but “see you tomorrow”. He’s off for room service, to watch some cricket videos and analyse his game some more. Don’t expect to run into him at the hotel bar unless it’s the only place showing a cricket game. And he is surely the only person who lives in Florida and owns a bowling machine.An Australian who has throw-downs on the outfield is usually attempting to drive so hard that the fence pickets snap or the advertising signs dint. At Allan Border Field last week Chanderpaul felt like defending, so he just let the ball run into his dabbed bat. There was no follow-through or flair. It was more like the way a father first teaches his children to stop the ball than the drill of an international batsman. The activity was for a player who just wanted to hold a piece of wood and touch something red.At 35, Chanderpaul is a year older than Hussey, who is starting to tone down his training so he can remain a fixture in all forms of the game. During the one-day series in India, where he scored 313 runs in six games, he barely practised to stay fresh. Hussey was never a big video watcher in his room like Chanderpaul, but he was always a hard trainer. Now he is more worried about “feeling comfortable with my game and getting my mind right”.This is what Hussey has been thinking about to improve his batting. “I have analysed my dismissals over the past year in Test cricket and there have been a few that have been a bit of bad luck and things just not going right. But the ones that I feel I have been in control in, that I stuffed up really badly, are the ones where I have been a little bit too tentative. I’ve been trying through the last three one-day series to come out a bit more confident. And if you’re going to get out cheaply at least it’s on my terms, being more confident rather than being tentative or negative.”That’s not the sort of detailed analysis Michael Clarke or Brad Haddin or Mitchell Johnson or Peter Siddle would offer. The alterations worked in the one-day arena but Hussey has to transform that into his Test play so he can hold his spot. Four summers ago he was the new face in Australia’s side, a 30-year-old debutant facing West Indies at the Gabba. He was so nervous that he tried an unsuccessful hook shot on 1.”It was a great experience but a horrible emotion,” he said of his first innings. Three months later he had three centuries and was a fixture in the middle order.”It’s nice to have done the full circle,” he said. “But I certainly believe in myself that I am still good enough to be at this level, can perform consistently at the highest level, and have the burning desire to go further and further.” Chanderpaul knows that feeling too.

Alastair Cook, England’s Test opener, has said he would “love to give the captaincy a go” if Andrew Strauss was rested from the tour of Bangladesh in March 2010. Former England captain Michael Vaughan was among those who felt Strauss needed to be given a break after the tour of South Africa, which ends only a month before the trip to Bangladesh begins.”There has been talk that Andrew Strauss might take the Bangladesh tour off next March,” Cook said at a NatWest coaching session. “Hypothetically, if it was the case, I’d love to give the captaincy a go but it’s not my only goal in cricket. It’s not like I won’t be able to sleep at night if it doesn’t happen.”Cook was appointed England vice-captain after the row between Kevin Pietersen and Peter Moores ended in both men being sacked. “I’ve captained Bedford School, county age-group sides, county seconds and Essex, when Ronnie Irani was indisposed,” Cook said. “But I like being at the forefront of making decisions; always have done.”Cook made his Test debut against India in 2006 and scored a century in Nagpur, after which he went from strength to strength and became the youngest England player to reach 2000 Test runs. However, he struggled later on, most noticeably against Australia and will be challenged once again when he travels to South Africa to face one of the best fast-bowling attacks in the world.”It’s a pace attack that has everything and is probably the best in the world,” Cook said. “But I’ve done well against them and bowlers of that type before. I know what to expect and I enjoy the ball coming on.After the Ashes victory in 2009, Cook went back to Essex and worked with Graham Gooch to rectify certain technical issues. “I’ve always had a double back lift so we changed that, though I don’t hold the bat up as much as Goochie used to do when he took guard. I also worked on my body alignment and my footwork, so three major issues to tweak.”My strengths are off the back foot but you have to be careful any changes don’t compromise that. Every batsman in history probably has some technical fault or other. It’s about managing them.”

With 17 games played in the Championship so far this season, only three outfield players have played more minutes than West Brom captain Jake Livermore, who has appeared in all but two of their league games in this campaign.

During those appearances, the 31-year-old, who is currently valued at £2.25m according to Transfermarkt, has played in the central-midfield and defensive-midfield positions, as well as grabbing an assist in their 1-0 win over Birmingham City back in October.

Despite being a regular figure for Ismael this season, Livermore is one of West Brom’s oldest players and has a contract that’s set to expire in the summer, which says to us that his time at the Midlands club could be coming to an end sooner rather than later.

With this in mind, the Baggies could already have their ideal long-term replacement for the veteran who has made a total of 172 appearances for the club, with 19-year-old midfielder Aurio Teixeira.

As a product of West Brom’s youth academy, Teixeira has made 23 appearances and scored one goal for their U18 side and 12 appearances for their U23 side with one assist under his belt.

So far this season, Teixeira has made seven league appearances for West Brom’s U23 side, playing as a central-midfielder, right-midfielder and as a right-back on occasions, highlighting his versatility.

Also, Teixeira has been described as being a “very intelligent footballer with a high football IQ”, as well as being “tenacious in his game and another combative midfield player who uses his body well” by U18s manager Peter Gilbert, which should be very exciting for the Baggies fans to have a player such as Teixeira with those attributes in their youth ranks.

This could also make him a solid long-term replacement for Livermore given how the senior West Brom midfielder has had no issue showing his tenacity on the pitch, racking up a total of 33 yellow cards during his time at The Hawthorns as well as making an average of 1.9 tackles per game in the league this season.

Moving forward, if Teixeira can keep playing regularly for West Brom’s U23 side, he definitely has the potential to start knocking on Ismael’s door to get some minutes in the senior side to give himself the chance to show he has what it takes to play alongside the senior players and potentially go on to become Livermore’s long-term heir.

In other news: Massive blow: West Brom dealt injury setback that will leave fans absolutely gutted – opinion

The ECB has allowed a further reserve day for the Twenty20 Cup quarter-final between Lancashire and Somerset at Old Trafford, with no play in Manchester on Wednesday, to try and prevent the need for a bowl-out.The match is scheduled to start at 11am on Thursday, where normal Twenty20 rules will apply, but an extra hour will be available if necessary.The match was originally due to start on Tuesday, but bad weather in Manchester has caused plenty of problems and both teams feel so much is at stake it is worth the attempt to play a full game.However, a bowl-out will take place if the rain rules out any play, determining who goes through to play at finals day at Edgbaston.