Glasgow Rangers head coach Danny Rohl recently revealed that he needs players who “understand” what it means to play for the Ibrox giants.

With the January transfer window less than a month away, the German manager said that he has learned which of his players are up to the task of playing for the club.

Whilst he said that he knows which players need to improve, the window will provide him with a chance to replace those players instead of trying to help them improve.

Rangers lining up move for new midfielder

Despite sporting director Kevin Thelwell’s departure at the start of last week, there is already work going on in the background to bolster the former Sheffield Wednesday manager’s side.

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According to GIVEMESPORT, Glasgow Rangers are one of the clubs eyeing up a deal to sign exciting Tromso central midfielder Jens Hjerto-Dahl in the upcoming January transfer window.

The report claims that the Light Blues have sent scouts to watch the 20-year-old talent in action in recent weeks, as Rohl lines up a move to sign the midfield whiz.

It adds, though, that Premier League side Sunderland are also interested in Hjerto-Dahl, which means that there could be some stiff competition for his signature in January.

GIVEMESPORT also reports that the Norwegian youngster is not expected to cost a fortune, although no exact price tag has been mentioned.

Why Rangers should sign Hjerto-Dahl

Rangers should push to beat Sunderland to a deal for the 20-year-old central midfielder because he could be a Nicolas Raskin repeat for the Scottish Premiership giants.

The Gers signed the Belgian star from Standard Liege in January 2023 for a fairly modest fee of £1.7m, in a move that could be replicated by Hjerto-Dahl, who could sign in January for another modest fee, given that he is not expected to cost a fortune.

On top of the Tromso midfielder potentially joining in a similar transfer deal, the Norwegian gem could also offer similar qualities to Raskin in the middle of the park with his performances.

Hjerto-Dahl, who was described as a “unicorn” by Belgian scout Elijah Michiels, is another central midfielder who can make an impact at both ends of the pitch as a natural number eight.

The Rangers and Sunderland transfer target has been a regular for Tromso in the Eliteserien in the 2025 campaign, starting 28 of his 30 appearances, and has shown some promising signs with his displays.

As you can see in the table above, he has some fairly similar statistics in comparison to Raskin’s full season in the Premiership last term, with his work in and out of possession, which is why he is such an exciting prospect.

Given that Hjerto-Dahl is four years younger than the Belgium international, his statistics in comparison to the Rangers star’s are fairly impressive, as they show that he can impact games as a scorer and a creator of goals, without neglecting the defensive side of the game.

The Norway U21 international could arrive in January and use the first five months to adjust to Scottish football and life in Glasgow, as Raskin did in the second half of the 2022/23 campaign, before being ready to shine in the 2026/27 campaign.

Whilst supporters may not want to hear about long-term signings and preparing for next season, the reality of the situation is that the Gers are already nine points off first place in the league, have not won a game in the Europa League, and are already out of the League Cup.

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Dan Emery

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Instead of chasing short-term results and signings, Rangers need to ensure that they have a long-term strategy in place that will ensure that they are competitive in the long run, which Hjerto-Dahl will, hopefully, be a part of.

Sunderland fans have waited an awfully long time to see their beloved team face off against Newcastle United again in the Premier League at the Stadium of Light.

Indeed, it’s been ten long years since the Black Cats last did battle with the Magpies in the Tyne-Wear Derby on their own patch in the league, with the Wearside hosts running out as slim 1-0 victors.

Regis Le Bris would gladly take another nervy win like that right now, with Jermain Defoe the hero on the day that guided Sunderland away from their ongoing relegation troubles, with that vital strike.

Remembering Defoe's Derby Day heroics

Of course, Sunderland will feel disheartened if they come up short against their sworn enemy from Tyneside, but it’s not as make-or-break as other ties have been in recent memory between the two fierce rivals.

With six league wins already notched up this season, Le Bris and Co. are nowhere near the bottom three positions in the challenging division. But, back in April 2015, the Black Cats just about had their heads above water when facing off against John Carver’s Toon.

Thankfully, Defoe had packed his shooting boots for the tense game, with this stunning volley ending up being the difference-maker, which handed Sunderland their first win in nine league clashes, and placed the ex-Tottenham Hotspur striker firmly in the Stadium of Light good books.

Amazingly, the diminutive centre-forward would never come unstuck against Newcastle when donning Sunderland red and white, with a memorable 3-0 win also collected in 2016, while another goal in the eventful Derby would fall his way in a 1-1 draw at St James’ Park.

With Defoe further noted as loving the burden of scoring the goals to keep his team afloat, it will be intriguing to see in the here and now whether any stars will come to the surface for Le Bris who are willing to take the pressurised clash by the scruff of its neck.

One attacker could well be itching for a start to prove himself in this regard, having once been labelled as a “goal machine” by scout Jacek Kulig.

The "goal machine" who can Le Bris' answer to Defoe

Amazingly, Dick Advocaat had only occupied the Stadium of Light dug-out for two games when Defoe produced that moment of magic.

Le Bris also enters into the unknown later on today, having never overseen such a fierce and intense showdown, with a Defoe-style figure perhaps what he needs, too, to get one over on Eddie Howe’s tricky visitors, in the form of Brian Brobbey.

After all, the Dutchman has already chipped in with a memorable goal on Wearside, himself, when he powerfully got the better of David Raya late on in November to hand his new side a deserved share of the points against table-topping Arsenal.

With a further goal and assist also coming his way this season, despite just one limited Premier League start, he could be just what the doctor ordered for Sunderland in attempting to unnerve Howe and Co later on, with main striker option Wilson Isidor also deep in a six-game barren patch in front of goal in league action.

Dropping Isidor for Brobbey to lead the line might well prove to be an inspired switch, therefore, with the 23-year-old’s exposure to more game time perhaps catapulting him to reach Defoe’s insane Premier League numbers.

To date, Brobbey already has a stunning 144 goals next to his name playing for Ajax at senior level and youth level, alongside his glimpses of brilliance in England, with Defoe bowing out from his long-established Premier League career with a venomous 163 top-flight efforts.

Brobbey’s career goal numbers

Level played at

Games

Goals + Assists

Ajax (senior team)

163

56 + 24

Ajax U19s

41

37 + 7

Ajax U21s

34

17 + 5

Ajax U17s

25

26 + 6

RB Leipzig

14

0 + 3

Sunderland

10

2 + 1

Ajax Youth League

8

5 + 0

Sunderland U21s

1

1 + 0

Sourced by Transfermarkt

Further noted as being a “natural born killer” in front of goal by Kulig, Brobbey will be chomping at the bit to be thrown in for just his second Premier League start of the season.

A bolt from the blue strike from the Amsterdam-born menace could see him be instantly held in the same high esteem as Defoe before him.

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Since taking the manager’s job almost six years ago, Mikel Arteta has got a lot right at Arsenal.

The Spaniard has taken a team that felt destined to fall further down the Premier League table and turned them into serious challengers.

Moreover, in addition to overhauling the culture at the club, he also completely revamped the squad, getting more transfers right than wrong.

However, as with all managers, he has also made his share of mistakes in the market, and one of his more recent ones feels like the sort of signing Unai Emery would’ve made.

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Unfortunately, while the likes of William Saliba and Gabriel Martinelli were unquestionably hits, every other signing is either up for debate or an outright flop.

Worse yet, the Spaniard broke the club’s transfer record in his second summer, bringing in Nicolas Pepe from LOSC Lille for a whopping £72m.

The Ivorian would eventually leave the North Londoners by mutual consent, having racked up a middling tally of 27 goals and 21 assists in 112 games for the club.

Other flops signed during that period include Lucas Torreira, Denis Suarez, Stephan Lichtsteiner and Sokratis Papastathopoulos.

Overall, while he did bring in two huge hits and a couple of players on the cusp of being hits, it would be fair to say that Emery didn’t have a great track record when it came to signing players at Arsenal, but what about Arteta?

Well, the former captain has been at the Emirates for far longer, so there are far more players to judge him on, and overall, you’d have to say he’s been more successful than his predecessor.

Yes, there have, of course, been plenty of flops such as Fabio Vieira, Albert Sambi Lokonga, Pablo Mari, Raheem Sterling and Willian, but there have been significantly more hits.

For example, Declan Rice, Jurrien Timber, Riccardo Calafiori, David Raya, Ben White, Gabriel Magalhães and Leandro Trossard are just some of the players who arguably get into almost every other team in the league.

Would Emery have eventually got better at identifying targets if he had been given more time and given in excess of £900m? Possibly, but we’ll never know.

With that said, one of the manager’s recent signings might be heading for the flop pile and feels like someone the club would have bought under the previous regime.

The Arteta signing who looks like he belongs in the Emery era

So far, most of Arsenal’s summer signings have looked good to great this season.

Martin Zubimendi has been pulling the strings from deep, Eberechi Eze got his North London Derby hat-trick, and Noni Madueke has been the most direct attacker in the team.

However, there is one player who arrived to plenty of fanfare, but has so far underwhelmed: Viktor Gyokeres.

Many fans and pundits alike saw the Swede as the goalscoring number nine that the Gunners had been crying out for, but so far, he has looked unconvincing, to say the least.

For example, in 18 appearances, the former Sporting CP “powerhouse” forward, as dubbed by analyst Ben Mattinson, has scored just six goals, and while that is not terrible, it’s not enough from a £63m striker.

Appearances

18

Start

14

Minutes

1192′

Goals

6

Assists

0

Goal Involvements per Match

0.33

Minutes per Goal Involvement

198.66′

Moreover, unlike Gabriel Jesus, or even Kai Havertz for that matter, the former Coventry City star doesn’t offer an awful lot off the ball, nor is he adept at helping craft chances.

In fact, this was something Sky Sports’ Gary Neville picked up on earlier in the season when he called him a “misfit” because, unlike a lot of his teammates, “he’s not technically amazing.”

This dual problem of not getting into goalscoring areas enough and also offering little in build-up play was on show against Brugge, when in 62 minutes of action, he failed to get in on the actiona, took just 12 touches and played four passes.

With all that said, there is clearly a player in there – we saw it for that brilliant goal against Leeds United earlier in the season – but if he doesn’t improve quickly, it feels like a matter of when and not if he falls to third in the pecking order.

Therefore, while it might sound harsh, Gyokeres is looking more like a signing Arsenal would have made under Emery than Arteta.

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حقق فريق إنتر ميامي، بقيادة النجم ليونيل ميسي، لقب بطولة الدوري الأمريكي لكرة القدم نسخة 2025، للمرة الأولى في تاريخه عقب فوزه على فانكوفر، مساء يوم السبت.

واستضاف ملعب “لوكهارت” مباراة نهائي بطولة الدوري الأمريكي لتلك النسخة، بين إنتر ميامي بطل القسم الشرقي وفانكوفر بطل القسم الغربي، حيث توجت كتيبة ليونيل ميسي باللقب، بعدما فازت بثلاثة أهداف مقابل هدف.

كان إنتر ميامي قد تقدم بهدف سجله اللاعب إديير أوكامبو، في الدقيقة الثامنة من عمر الشوط الأول، بالخطأ في مرمى فريقه.

وفي الدقيقة 60، تمكن فانكوفر من تسجيل هدف التعادل عن طريق اللاعب علي أحمد، ولكن إنتر ميامي عاد بهدفين سجلهما رودريجو دي بول وتاديو أليندي، في الدقيققتين 71 و96.

وشارك ليونيل ميسي في مباراة اليوم كأساسي رفقة إنتر ميامي، وخاضها حتى النهاية، وصنع الهدف الثاني والثالث، ليقود الفريق إلى لقب الدوري الأمريكي الأول في تاريخ النادي.

Arsenal star Gabriel Magalhães is nearing a return from injury after the Brazil defender was spotted “flying off the handle” during a friendly football match in South London this week.

Arsenal injury latest

The Gunners centre-back is just one of several injuries for manager Mikel Arteta to contend with heading into the busiest part of the season.

The Spaniard was typically coy this week when asked if any of Declan Rice, William Saliba, Leandro Trossard and Jurrien Timber would be available to face Wolves.

Saliba has been absent for the past four fixtures with an ankle injury, and Arteta said of the France defender: “It was something quite small because it came from an ankle injury that he had, and then he started to modify the way he was running, and he started to overload an area, which is something common.

“But at some point, it became uncomfortable to continue training and playing and we had to stop.

“He hasn’t trained with us yet. We have an extra day. Let’s see if he can be available (to face Wolves) or not.”

Arteta has been missing his first-choice centre-back pairing since Gabriel picked up a thigh injury during the November international break, but onlookers believe the 27 year-old is close to a return after he was filmed in an intense incident in London this week.

A friendly match between supporters of Brazilian side Botafogo was called off after the controversial tackle, and although the £150,000-a-week Arsenal star did not play in the match, a witness told The Sun he looked he “didn’t look injured”.

Arteta typically keeps his cards close to his chest when it comes to injuries, but his number six may well have just raised more questions for his next press conference.

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Botafogo-SP e Novorizontino se enfrentam nesta segunda-feira (27), às 21h, no Santa Cruz/Arena Nicnet, em jogo válido pela sétima rodada da Série B do Campeonato Brasileiro. Para esta partida, as odds do Lance! Betting são as seguintes: a vitória do time de Ribeirão Preto tem odds a 3.07, o empate marca 2.93 e a vitória do time de Novorizonte marca 2.42.

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Estatísticas de Botafogo-SP e Novorizontino

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⚽ PROVÁVEIS ESCALAÇÕES

BOTAFOGO-SP (Técnico: Paulo Gomes)
Michael; Matheus Costa, Lucas Dias e Bernardo Schappo; Wallison, Emerson Negueba, Matheus Barbosa, Gustavo Bochecha e Patrick Brey; Alex Sandro e Toró.

NOVORIZONTINO (Técnico: Eduardo Baptista)
Jordi; Rodrigo Alves, Luisão, Danilo e Renato; Paulo Vitor, Geovane, Marlon e Patrick; Waguininho e Rodolfo

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✅FICHA TÉCNICA
Londrina x Volta Redonda
Série C – Sexta rodada

Data e horário: segunda-feira, 27 de maio de 2024, às 21h (de Brasília)
Local: Santa Cruz/Arena Nicnet, em Ribeirão Preto (SP)
Onde assistir: Canal GOAT, Premiere, TV Brasil
Árbitro: Savio Pereira Sampaio (DF)
Assistentes: Lucas Costa Modesto (DF) e Jordana Pereira Batista (GO)

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Heat’s only point came from an abandoned fixture while Thunder have just three wins from nine matches

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A half-century from Phoebe Litchfield trumped Sarah Glenn’s four-for to secure a win for Sydney Thunder over Brisbane Heat. Set 154 to chase, Heat never looked in contention to chase the target – they were reduced to 10 for 3, then 30 for 4, inside the first half of their innings.To add to Heat’s troubles, Chinelle Henry retired hurt on 10 after she was hit on the jaw by a Shabnim Ismail bouncer. Annie O’Neil provided some late impetus to the chase, scoring 33 off 21. She was caught off the last ball of the innings, giving Georgia Voll her second wicket and Thunder a 23-run win.Heat’s loss keeps them at the bottom of the table, having earned just one point – from an abandoned game – this year.Earlier in the evening, Thunder were victims of a collapse themselves: they were reduced to 33 for 4 right after the powerplay, and 93 for 6 by the 13th over. It was only thanks to Litchfield’s rear-guard effort – she hit eight fours and one six during her 43-ball stay at the crease – that Thunder recovered. She fell in the 17th over, after which, a boundary-laden 26 not out off 19 from Em Arlott took them past the 150-run mark.Heat’s Glenn took three of Thunder’s first four wickets, and finished with figures of 4 for 18 from her four overs. However, she ended up on the losing side.

Owner Ali Tareen says he would “rather lose the team standing on my feet than run it from my knees”

Danyal Rasool25-Nov-2025Multan Sultans owner Ali Tareen has announced he will not renew his ownership of the PSL franchise. In a statement on social media, Tareen said he was bidding farewell to the franchise he has owned for seven years.In doing so he appeared to take a parting shot at PSL management, saying he would “rather lose the team standing on my feet than run it from my knees”. That was in keeping with an ongoing dispute with the league, as well as hinting at differences that seem to have built up with the other owners”Being part of this team has been one of the greatest honours of my life,” Tareen’s statement said. “Despite the financial losses year on year, I never once thought about walking away. The Sultans have always meant more to me than just numbers. And I have always been willing to go as far as needed to protect it.”The statement, posted soon after the five other franchises formally confirmed that they had decided to renew ownership of their respective teams, throws a spanner into the works of the 11th edition of the PSL. The tournament is already set to expand to eight teams, which means two new owners. If the PSL and Tareen fail to strike a deal, as now seems increasingly inevitable, the PCB will have to hunt for a third.Tareen’s statement represents the low point of a relationship that has been deteriorating for the best part of a year. During this time, Tareen has stepped up his criticism of the PSL management, which he accused of a lack of transparency and vision.

To all Multan Sultans fans,

Being part of this team has been one of the greatest honours of my life. I love the fans, I love this team, and I absolutely love being able to represent South Punjab. Something my late uncle Alamgir Tareen was especially proud of.

Every season, I…

— Ali Khan Tareen (@aliktareen) November 25, 2025