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Manchester United's Alejandro Garnacho appeared to ignore a young fan hunting an autograph while sitting in his Range Rover in an awkward viral clip.

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Garnacho was approached by the supporter after Sunday's FA Cup exit to Fulham at Old Trafford. The United forward was seen scrolling on his phone in the front seat of his Range Rover, worth around £120,000, before driving off without acknowledging the autograph hunter – as per .

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Garnacho has divided opinion among United fans amid the club's dismal 2024-25 campaign, but has scored seven goals while creating another six in 41 appearances across all competitions. In January, there were several stories linking him with a move to Napoli and Chelsea, and it has been reported United could invite offers for the academy graduate again this summer.

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Garnacho was invovled in a flashpoint with United fans in November, when he refused to celebrate his goal against Leicester at Old Trafford having been goaded by a fan before a game with PAOK days earlier. The fan said to Garnacho, "Pass better today, score a goal and work on your touch as well, yeah?" Garnacho walked away and replied, "Why are you not playing man?"

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United are next in action against Real Sociedad in the first leg of their Europa League last-16 tie on Thursday night before hosting Arsenal in the Premier League on Sunday, with Garnacho in line for a starting role in both matches.

The India keeper-batter suffered a blow to the helmet while batting in the second match on Saturday

ESPNcricinfo staff27-Feb-2022India wicketkeeper Ishan Kishan has been ruled out of Sunday’s third T20I against Sri Lanka in Dharamsala.Kishan underwent a precautionary CT scan, as advised by the team’s medical staff, after he copped a blow on the helmet during the second T20I on Saturday. He was subsequently discharged after a brief period of observation for concussion at a hospital in Kangra.A BCCI statement, released on Sunday, said the scan’s findings were normal. “The BCCI Medical Team,” the statement said, “will continue to closely monitor his signs of concussion.”The incident occurred in the fourth over of India’s chase on Saturday, when Kishan was beaten by a sharp bouncer from Lahiru Kumara. The impact of the delivery had Kishan taking off his helmet even as the Sri Lankan fielders gathered around him. Kishan batted on for three more deliveries before being dismissed for a 15-ball 16.In the absence of Kishan, India may turn to Sanju Samson to keep wicket and to Mayank Agarwal to open the batting.Agarwal was summoned after Ruturaj Gaikwad was ruled out of the series with a wrist injury. Agarwal had been quarantining in Chandigarh, a four-hour drive from Dharamsala, along with the rest of India’s Test squad to face Sri Lanka from March 4.A seven-wicket win over on Saturday gave India a 2-0 lead and their 11th successive T20I victory, a run that started at the World Cup last year following twin losses to Pakistan and New Zealand.1139 GMT The article was updated with confirmation that Kishan would miss the third T20I.

Southampton could be set for a welcome windfall as one of their stars is attracting concrete interest ahead of the January transfer window, with Russell Martin seemingly happy to let him leave.

Southampton expected to be active in January

The Saints signed 15 new players over the summer as they looked to adapt to life in the Premier League, but that is yet to bear fruit as they sit rock bottom.

With just one win to their name all season, Southampton are already five points from safety and threatening to be cut off from the other 19 teams in the division. Their most recent defeat, a 3-2 loss to table-topping Liverpool, clearly showed their problems as all three goals stemmed from mistakes from Martin’s side.

First, they lost the ball inside their own penalty area, before Alex McCarthy misjudged a race with Mohammed Salah and to rub salt in the wound, summer signing Yukinari Sugawara handled the ball inside the box to concede a spot kick which Salah duly converted to seal all three points.

Things are not likely to get any easier immediately for the St Mary’s side, with games against high-flying Brighton, Chelsea, Aston Villa and Tottenham in their next four before a trip to Fulham, all of whom are in the top half of the Premier League as things stand.

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The Saints are expected to be active in January despite their numerous summer additions, with a move for Romano Schmidt having already been mooted on the south coast.

St Mary’s exits may be needed to balance the books though, and now one man could be on the chopping block.

Belgian side willing to pay £8m+ for Southampton striker

That comes as reports in Belgium claim that Champions League side Club Brugge are ready to shell out to sign out-of-favour Southampton man Paul Onuachu permanently in January.

The striker has been out of favour since his arrival on the south coast and spent last season out on loan with Turkish side Trabzonspor, where he found the net 17 times in 25 appearances.

However, his chances under Martin have been few and far between; the striker started his first game of the season against Liverpool and was not even part of the squad for the first five games of the campaign.

It was claimed that the Saints were “prepared to keep him” if no suitable bid came forward, hardly a ringing endorsement of Martin’s faith in the striker, and his reluctance to start the Nigerian has proved that yet further.

Now, they and he may be offered a way out. After Onuachu was “told to find a new club” by the Saints, Club Brugge have shown an interest provided that they can get a deal done for “an amount under ten million euros” [£8.3m], though of course negotiations could drive that higher.

Onuachu, meanwhile, is keen to leave the south coast side permanently and “is already looking forward to a return to the Jupiler Pro League”, where he starred for Genk before joining the Saints in 2022.

Out of contract in 2026, Southampton may not get a better chance to minimise their losses on the forward, who they paid £15m to sign in 2023, while those funds could be used to battle relegation.

The American defender played all 90 minutes, denying Ipswich a goal as Palace earned a crucial three points in Premier League action

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U.S. international Chris Richards helped lead Crystal Palace to an important three points in a 1-0 victory over Ipswich Town in Premier League action on Saturday.

The 24-year-old completed the most passes of the match, connecting on 37, six tackles, and won nine duels in an important defensive performance that led to a clean sheet and a huge win.

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The lone goal on the day came off the boot of winger Ismaila Sarr, who chipped Ipswich goalkeeper Alex Palmer from close range after playing a lovely one-two pass with Daichi Kamada on the edge of the box.

Palace move up to 11th in the standings with the win, one point ahead of 12th place Brentford and seven points shy of European soccer next season.

Fellow U.S. international Matt Turner went unused as the backup goalkeeper on the bench.

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Since the start of the new year, Palace have lost just two matches and drawn just once across 12 matches in all competitions, recording nine wins during the span. Saturday marked their fourth-straight win.

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Palace next return to the pitch after the international break when they take on Fulham in the FA Cup on March 29. Richards, meanwhile, is expected to be a part of the USMNT roster for the CONCACAF Nations League semifinals during the break.

Franchise’s prolific run-scorer set to return following a recovery from a wrist injury

Himanshu Agrawal01-Apr-2022Suryakumar Yadav is fit and available to play for Mumbai Indians against Rajasthan Royals on Saturday. He had missed the tournament opener due to his ongoing recovery from a hairline fracture he sustained during the home series against West Indies last month.Suryakumar was at the NCA for rehabilitation for over three weeks in the lead up to the IPL, and is now set to return to action for the first time in over a month.”Yes, he is [available],” Mumbai’s director of cricket operations Zaheer said on Friday. “He has been practicing, so that [him playing] is something which we are all eagerly waiting for.”Next is the question of where he would bat. For India, Suryakumar has most played at No. 5 or No. 6, where he has been one of the designated finishers. At Mumbai, though, he has been a phenomenon at No. 3 since 2018. 
In this four-year period, he has amassed 1733 runs for them at a strike rate of 137. Out of his 58 innings since, 39 have come at No. 3, where he has hit seven of his 12 half-centuries. Will that mean he continues to play a similar role?”There is a possibility depending on the opposition we are playing and the conditions we are playing in,” Zaheer said on the prospect of Suryakumar being a finisher, like he is with the Indian team. “We might opt for those kind of options, but at the end the decision is pretty much [to] stick with whatever has been working for us and whatever a player can bring in in terms of maximum impact.”Although Suryakumar started at No. 3 for India in his first T20I innings against England in 2021, he has mostly been used at a rung or two lower in his short T20I career so far. Batting at No. 5 means he is likely to play the role of a finisher as opposed to likely batting in the powerplay in the top order, and Suryakumar has taken to it well so far.Although with only a sample size of two innings at No. 5, he has cracked 34 off 18 balls and 65 from 31 deliveries in the first and third T20Is respectively against West Indies, each time rescuing India from a tricky position.”To have that kind of a flexibility is always an advantage,” Zaheer added. “Tactically you will have that advantage, and that’s how we are also looking at it.”Meanwhile, Mumbai’s wicketkeeper-batter Ishan Kishan too was given the go ahead to take the field against Royals after he was struck on his toe by a Shardul Thakur yorker on Sunday. Kishan was thus forced to go for a scan when Mumbai took the field to defend their total, with Aryan Juyal taking over the gloves. It was only after nine overs that he returned to keep wicket.”He is absolutely fine,” Zaheer said. “We’ve taken the necessary actions, [it was] just on the precautionary side whatever was required. He has been practicing and training regularly. We had a gap in between, so that obviously helped him as well to prepare for this game. He’s fully fit and available.”

Aurelien Tchouameni seems to have put his struggles with form behind him and has also become more popular than ever in the Real Madrid dressing room.

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Aurelien Tchouameni is certainly enjoying his current purple patch at Real Madrid, with his return to form coming at the right time for head coach Carlo Ancelotti, who has had to deal with multiple injuries. The French midfielder's popularity within the Madrid dressing room has surged, too, after dropping a surprising piano performance at an airport on one of Los Blancos' recent away trips.

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According to Cadena SER, Tchouameni's Real Madrid team-mates have been impressed with his resolve to turn things around amid a furious wave of criticism. Ancelotti has had to deal with a truckload of injuries throughout the season. With Eder Militao suffering an ACL injury, and David Alaba recovering from one, the Italian manager fielded Tchouameni as a makeshift centre-back, an experiment that, to be fair, didn't work out as expected.

Earlier in the season, reports emerged that stated that the Real Madrid hierarchy was not happy with the Frenchman's performances. In fact, Tchouameni was whistled by the home supporters at the Santiago Bernabeu in a game against Celta Vigo.

In recent weeks, though, with the emergence of Raul Asencio and the return of Alaba to full fitness, Tchouameni has returned to his preferred position in midfield and looks rejuvenated in the middle of the park, producing top performances on a more consistent basis.

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The same report further mentioned that Tchouameni's fluency in Spanish has also impressed those in the first team, with his strong command of the language attributed to his mother, who is a Spanish teacher.

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After starting for Real in the second leg of the Champions League round of 16 against Atletico Madrid, Tchouameni will be expected to retain his spot in the XI when the La Liga holders travel to the Ceramica to take on Villarreal on Saturday, March 15.

Chelsea are now closely monitoring a new defender for Enzo Maresca, it has been reported, as they look to consolidate their newfound position back towards the top of the Premier League.

Chelsea march on

An impressive comeback against London rivals Tottenham saw Chelsea run out 4-3 winners in north London on Sunday, and move up to second place in the Premier League in the process.

The Blues were 2-0 down inside 15 minutes thanks to two slips from Marc Cucurella which allowed Tottenham through on the attack, but goals from Jadon Sancho and a penalty from Cole Palmer brought them level on the hour mark.

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From there, they pressed their advantage as an Enzo Fernandez half volley and a second penalty from Palmer, this time a panenka, put them on course for all three points, though a stoppage time goal from Heung Min-Son made the scoreline closer than it perhaps should have been.

After the game, Maresca once again played down talk of a potential title challenge despite his side being Liverpool’s closest challengers as things stand.

“Arsenal, [Manchester] City and Liverpool probably don’t slide – like Cucurella did,” he joked. “To be serious, we are not ready. We are far from these teams, but we focus on day-by-day and trying to improve the team.

“The plan or the idea is to not let the players slow down. They cannot drop because they know another player is waiting to come in.”

One area that remains a concern is the heart of defence, with Benoit Badiashile looking error-prone and Axel Disasi having yet to regularly feature in the Premier League this season. Now, in keeping with Chelsea’s recent transfer policy, the Blues are eyeing another young talent.

Chelsea keen on Thiago Silva 2.0

That comes as Sky Germany report that Chelsea are one of two Premier League sides keeping a close eye on Brazilian defender Vitor Reis ahead of a potential summer move. The Blues have already raided Palmeiras once in the last 12 months, landing impressive forward Estêvão Willian in a deal worth up to £52m, with the teenager joining in the upcoming summer.

And he could be joined by fellow Palmeiras star Reis, with Florian Plettenberg revealing that the Blues are “closely monitoring” Reis ahead of the summer.

Still just 18-years-old himself, Reis is believed to have a bright future ahead of him, with Football Analyst Ben Mattinson taking to X to dub him the “heir to Thiago Silva” and a “future star” at centre back.

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The defender is under contract in Sao Paulo until 2028, meaning that it would likely take a significant fee to lure him away from the Brazilian side, especially given that next summer would be midway through their domestic season and they will already be losing Estêvão.

Meanwhile, Arsenal are also thought to be interested in the talent as they look for yet more defensive reinforcements, which could leave Chelsea with a fight on their hands.

Powell gave Capitals a sniff with three back-to-back sixes in the last over and a controversy followed

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Did Delhi Capitals get their plans all wrong against Buttler?

The end was chaotic with Delhi Capitals threatening to call their players back and sending an assistant coach on to the field to get a call overturned, but the serenity of yet another Jos Buttler hundred trumped all else in the final equation.Buttler began looking unable to get bat on ball. His first 11 runs took 14 balls, eight of them off edges. By the time he was done, though, the opposition captain Rishabh Pant didn’t look happy with his bowlers, the bowlers didn’t look happy with the fielders, and the fielders looked sick of the leather hunt. Buttler ended with 116 in 65 balls, hitting nine sixes, one of them 107metres long.Rajasthan Royals lost their sixth toss in seven matches, the joint-worst luck at the toss, but that was the last thing they lost as Buttler’s third century of the season set them up for the highest score of this IPL, 222, which they defended eventually comfortably.It came down to 36 required off the final over, and Rovman Powell hit the first three for sixes. The third of those was a high full toss. The batter and the Capitals dugout immediately remonstrated to get a no-ball call, but it wasn’t called on the field. Then the dugout stopped play, insisting on the third umpire’s intervention, but the playing conditions allow the third umpire to come in only if it is a foot-fault no-ball or if there has been a dismissal off the ball. Obed McCoy made a comeback after the break to bowl a dot and get Powell off the last ball.A circumspect start
You wouldn’t have guessed from the start what carnage we were about to witness. Khaleel Ahmed troubled him with his left-arm angle and also some seam movement, and Buttler edged away two boundaries in the first over. Shardul Thakur followed it with a maiden, and Lalit Yadav snuck in a boundary-less over of part-time offspin.A massive shift in momentum
So far Devdutt Padikkal has been an innocent bystander as Buttler has carried on hitting hundreds, but in this game Padikkal took the pressure off Buttler by hitting three fours in Mustafizur Rahman’s first over. Buttler followed it up with two sixes off Khaleel in the sixth, turning it into an acceptable powerplay of 44 for 0.Royals have been the best batters of spin this IPL, comfortably averaging the highest and scoring the fastest against them. Capitals’ spinners have been among the best. But both Buttler and Padikkal went after Axar Patel and Kuldeep Yadav, taking 12 and 15 from the eighth and the ninth overs.When Buttler put the returning Thakur in the top tier in the 10th over, he messed around with all of Capitals’ plans, who were missing Ricky Ponting, who had to stay back because a family member had tested positive for Covid-19.2:02

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Pant felt forced to go back to Lalit to give him a cushion for an expensive frontline bowler, but Buttler tucked into his non-turning offbreaks, taking 35 off his two overs. Buttler enjoyed great support from Padikkal, who offered a majority of the strike to Buttler despite going faster at the start of the innings and scoring a 35-ball 54 himself. Padikkal’s dismissal in the 16th over brought out a bigger headache for Capitals: Sanju Samson, who just went after everything in his 19-ball 46.Buttler’s pristine hitting continued, making his grip on the orange cap formidable. In fact he has scored more in boundaries than the second-highest run-scorer in the competition.Shaw, Warner get a quick start
If there is an opening pair that can scare you in a defence of 222, it is David Warner and Prithvi Shaw. Shaw began with two fours first two balls, Warner went to 28 off 13, and if the dew had materialised, the chase was on. Prasidh Krishna, though, cramped Warner up and drew the edge to slow Capitals down.Spinners control middle overs
R Ashwin and Yuzvendra Chahal once again controlled the middle overs. Ashwin had Sarfaraz Khan in the sixth over, Chahal backed it up with tight overs, and Ashwin then got Shaw caught at deep cover. When Prasidh came back to get Pant, bowling hard lengths again, to make it 124 for 4 in the 12th over, it seemed game over.Powell turns it around
It was in the 18th over that Powell struck fear. They needed 51 to win off 18, and Powell hit two sixes right at the end of the over to make it 36 off the last two. Prasidh came back to seemingly kill the game with a wicket-maiden, bowling around the wicket with a strong cover field on the fence and hiding the ball wide.However, the last over was to be bowled by McCoy who had had an ordinary night, conceding 26 off the ninth over. And when Powell began to send them into the night sky, the nerves were palpable. Conferences became longer, the pauses between deliveries too. The one between third and fourth was the longest because Capitals wanted a decision reversed, which was not possible under the playing conditions.A slower short ball after the layoff brought the dot, and that was the game.

Arsenal are now reportedly making a massive bid to land a new forward for Mikel Arteta as they look to fix their problems in front of goal.

Arsenal struggle from open play

Arsenal’s fifth draw of the season saw them lose more ground on Liverpool in the Premier League title race. The Gunners laboured to a 1-1 stalemate with Fulham at Craven Cottage, rescuing a point through William Saliba’s goal just before the hour mark.

It was their third goal from a corner in a week, and it has underlined their reliance on set pieces for goals, at the detriment of their attack. As per CBS reporter James Benge, Arsenal have managed to create at least 1 expected goal from open play on just three occasions in fifteen Premier League games this season, while they rank a lowly 13th in the division for open play expected goals this season.

Clearly, there are problems in attack. Neither Gabriel Jesus nor Raheem Sterling have troubled the scorers in the Premier League so far this campaign in almost 400 minutes of action combined, while Gabriel Martinelli, Kai Havertz and Leandro Trossard have 11 goals between them, only four more than Arsenal’s defenders.

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Mikel Arteta, speaking after the draw with Fulham, bemoaned the small “margins” in the game, that saw Gabriel Martinelli ruled offside in the build up to what would have been a winning goal.

“Very disappointed not to win the game, overall we absolutely dominated the game from start to end, we did all the things that we wanted to do during the game and unfortunately we concede one goal in one shot but the way the team played, the way the team wanted to win, it was unbelievable and very unfortunate for millimetres to win or don’t win in this league and that’s the disappointing thing tonight.”

Now, Arsenal want to sign a new forward to help them close those margins.

Arsenal make £50m+ striker bid

That is according to reports in Spain, that claim the Gunners are back on the trail of Brighton striker Joao Pedro. The Brazilian has been a player of interest to the Gunners previously and has thrived at the AMEX Stadium since his arrival from Watford.

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Brighton content creator Ryan Adsett dubbed him “magic”, and he has already managed four goals and three assists in just nine outings for the Seagulls this season.

As per the report, this has caught the eye of Mikel Arteta and co., with the report claiming that the young Brazilian “fits perfectly into Mikel Arteta’s plans”, adding that the Spaniard sees Pedro “as a fundamental piece to further strengthen the squad”.

To that end, it is claimed that “the Gunners are willing to pay between 55 and 65 million euros to secure his services” [£45m-£54m], with the report adding that Arsenal have made a “first offer” in that region for the Brazilian.

Though a January move seems unlikely, the versatile 23-year-old could well be one to watch in the summer transfer window.

Chelsea have been warned off a transfer bid for Jobe Bellingham, with the Premier League giants told the England U21 international is “not ready”.

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Another busy summer is being speculated on at Stamford Bridge, with the Blues seemingly ready to freshen up their ranks despite investing over £1 billion ($1.3bn) on fresh faces since their Todd Boehly-led ownership group arrived in west London.

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Bellingham, the younger brother of Real Madrid superstar Jude, is said to be a player in Chelsea’s sights. His potential, at just 19 years of age, has been noted while catching the eye at Championship promotion hopefuls Sunderland.

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Any top-flight move would represent a big jump, though, and World Cup-winning former Blues midfielder Emmanuel Petit has told of the somewhat surprising gossip: “I have a lot of respect for Jobe Bellingham, but he isn’t ready to play for Chelsea, they cannot be compared to Sunderland in any way. It would be a jump of three or four steps, he is doing great things at Sunderland and has been linked to many top clubs, but he wouldn’t be right for Chelsea. That shouldn’t be their priority.”

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Chelsea are wary of seeing Jobe slip through their net having previously missed out on Jude, as he headed to Borussia Dortmund on the back of breaking through at Birmingham. They have already spent big on several midfielders, including splashing out nine-figure fees for Argentine star Enzo Fernandez and Ecuadorian enforcer Moises Caicedo.