Barcelona Set To Sign Young Brazil Defender

Barcelona wants to sign a new defender from Brazilian football and would’ve already identified their target.

According to the information from Brazilian journalist Jorge Nicola on Rádio Bradesco Esportes FM, the player wanted by Barcelona is Fluminense defender Marlon who has been on the radar of the Catalan team’s for quite a while, and can move to the Camp Nou.

As mentioned by the journalist, the representative of Barcelona in Brazil, André Cury, would have met with president Peter Siemsen at Fluminense’s training centre to enquire about the transfer values of the defender to move to the Spanish team.

The idea of the representative would be to pass on the information received from Fluminense to the Catalans.

On the other hand, Barcelona would have competition from other European teams in their pursuit of Marlon this summer.

Italian sides AS Roma and Juventus have also made inquiries for the Fluminense player’s situation, but an official proposal is yet to be made.

Last year, Barcelona reportedly reached an agreement for a first-option on Marlon, Kenedy and Gérson.

Kenedy is currently at Premier League side Chelsea, while Gérson was sold to AS Roma.

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Barcelona Set To Sign Young Brazil Defender

Hearts Defender Ruled Out For 10 Weeks

Accra Hearts of Oak defender Isaac Oduro has been ruled out for 10 weeks after picking up a leg injury in the club’s MTN FA Cup match with Samartex FC last Saturday.

The defender sustained a fracture of the leg injury in the fourth minute of the club’s 2-4 penalty loss defeat to the Division One outfit in their round of 32 tie.

Oduro was playing his second game of the season after he had recovered from an ankle injury that kept him out of most of their pre-season campaign.

Club physiotherapist Okyere Baffour Agyei has confirmed that the player had an injury in the early stages of the game and was quickly rushed him to the Samreboi Hospital for observation.

He said he took an X-ray and it was realized that there was a fracture to the fibula – the distal one-third – so they gave him medication and took him to the theatre to put his leg in a cast.

The player has returned to Accra and will see an orthopedic specialist who will give further details on the length of the injury.

However, Baffour Agyei said, “We know for a normal bone fracture injury, it takes six weeks to come out of the cast and also depending on how the healing goes, the rehabilitation too will take a number of weeks; so normally, and at best, by the 10^th week, if everything goes according to plan, he should return to training – so that is what we are looking at, at the moment.”

 

Hearts Defender Ruled Out For 10 Weeks

Defender Luke Shaw Returns To Manchester United Training

Luke Shaw has returned to training as he battles back to fitness following a horrific double leg break.

The Manchester United defender, 20, has not featured since suffering the horrific injury in the Champions League clash against PSV Eindhoven back in September.

Luke Shaw returns from leg break

He has now stepped up his recovery and resumed light training at the club’s Carrington training base on Monday.

United midfielder Juan Mata confirmed the news as he uploaded a picture of the pair to his Instagram account.

Defender Luke Shaw Returns To Manchester United Training

Defender Banned For Throat-Slit Gesture

Werder Bremen defender Papy Djilobodji has been banned for three games after making a throat-slitting gesture during Saturday’s 1-1 draw with Mainz.

Referee Manuel Graefe missed the incident, but German football officials reviewed the matter.

Senegal international Djilobodji, on loan from Chelsea, made the gesture towards Mainz winger Pablo de Blasis.

Werder have appealed in a bid to ensure Djilobodji, 27, can help them battle relegation from the Bundesliga.

They are one point above the drop zone with seven games left to play.

“We maintain that the ruling of a three-match ban is unjustifiable,” Bremen chief executive Thomas Eichin said.

Djilobodji, who joined Bremen in January, faces a further one-game suspension after picking up his fifth yellow card against Mainz.

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Defender Banned For Throat-Slit Gesture

Wa All stars Defender targets Top Four finish

Ghana youth international and Wa All stars utitlity defender Joseph Adjei has set his target on a top four finish when the 2016 domestic season unfolds.

The 20 year old center back charged his colleagues to push for a place in the top four if they to progress forward as a club.

Adjei touted the youthful nature of Wa All Stars as the need to project the image of the club and the playing staff.

Adjei has been an ever present figure for Wa All Stars since his arrival at the Malik Jabir Park.

The Black Satellites versatile defender raised the bar for his colleagues ahead of the much awaited 2016 football season.

The robust centre back rallied the playing staff to secure a first ever top four spot for the Wa based premier league campaignerd in a bid to project the image of the club to the Ghanaian football fraternity and beyond.

Speaking exclusively to sports crusader, Adjei said, “I am targeting a top four finish come next season. I think we have the qualities to to seal a top four spot although we are a youthful side”.

On the need for a top four spot as a group of young and inexperienced players, Joseph Adjei cited the global exposure that comes with it.

He said, ” It is advantageous to finish in the top four because of the promotion it brings to the club and the playing staff. The players are given enough platform to market themselves to the football family”.

Joseph Adjei was part of the Satellite side that were bundled out of the 2015 WYC in New Zealand at the hands of Mali. The Wa All Stars centre back formed a defensive partnership with Ismail Abdul Ganiu and Richard Akrofi in a water tight defence for Jimmy Corbblahs men at the Wa Park.

Wa All stars Defender targets Top Four finish