Russia lists 38 players to compete with Vietnam; What did Thanh Hoa coach say before the opening match at the Southeast Asian Club Cup?

MU makes decision about Casemiro

Casemiro is likely to remain at Manchester United for the 2024/25 season despite rumours surrounding the Brazilian's future.

Times revealed that the "Red Devils" board of directors and coach Erik ten Hag decided to keep Casemiro. The fact that MU did not receive many attractive offers from clubs wanting to buy the Brazilian star, as well as the possibility of Scott McTominay leaving, made Ten Hag make the above decision.

Previously, Casemiro was said to be negotiating with many teams in Saudi Arabia, typically Al Ittihad. The club currently owns Karim Benzenma or Kante in the squad and wants to add an experienced defensive midfielder like Casemiro.

However, the final offer from the Saudi Arabian club was not enough to convince Casemiro or MU. Casemiro is currently receiving a salary of 300,000 pounds/week at Old Trafford. That is a very high salary, making many other big teams in the world wary if they want to approach the player.

Previously, when asked about Casemiro's future at MU, Ten Hag affirmed that he "did not see any signs that the player would not stay at the team".

What did Thanh Hoa coach say before the opening match of the Southeast Asian Club Cup?

According to the Bulgarian coach, before participating in the 2024/25 Southeast Asian Club Cup, Thanh Hoa is facing some problems. The disadvantage of the Thanh team is that the V-League has not started yet, while most of the tournaments in the region are taking place, helping the players to be in the best form.

"The V-League will not start for another month, so we are not as well prepared as our opponents. My players have just started training again. The team has only had one friendly match recently. Thanh Hoa is in the training phase, improving their physical strength. Of course, we will try to have the strongest force in this match," coach Popov assessed.

The 2024/25 ASEAN Club Cup group stage will be played in a round-robin format, with the top two teams advancing to the semi-finals. In Group A, Thanh Hoa will face Terengganu FC, Pathum United, PSM Makkasar FC, Shan United and Preah Khan Reach Svay Rieng FC.

Besides Thanh Hoa, Vietnam also has another representative, Hanoi Police. The police team will play its opening match against Buriram FC (Thailand) on August 22.

The match between Thanh Hoa and Shan United takes place at 6:00 p.m. on August 21 at Thanh Hoa Stadium.

Russia lists 38 players to compete with Vietnam

The LPBank Cup 2024 international friendly tournament with the participation of the teams of Vietnam, Russia and Thailand will take place from September 5 to 10 at My Dinh National Stadium (Hanoi). In preparation for the tournament on the occasion of FIFA Days in September 2024, the Russian Football Union has announced a preliminary list of 38 players on the RFU website.

Two stars Arsen Zakharyan and Aleksandr Golovin are not included in this list. Zakharyan is playing for Real Sociedad (La Liga) and Golovin is playing for Monaco (Ligue 1). The duo are injured and cannot join the national team this time.

However, head coach Valeri Karpin has called up many bright faces of the Russian team who are playing abroad such as goalkeeper Matvey Safonov (PSG), striker Herman Onugha (Vejle), midfielder Daler Kuzyaev (Le Harve)... Because the championship and the Russian Cup are still taking place in the coming weeks, it is expected that the Russian team will gather from September 1 in Novogorsk near Moscow. Before leaving for Vietnam, coach Valeri Karpin will finalize the list of about 24-25 players of the Russian team. The list of the Russian team participating in the LPBank Cup 2024 International Friendly Tournament will be announced at the end of August.

According to the scheduled match schedule, Vietnam will face Russia at 8pm on September 5 and welcome Thailand at 8pm on September 10. The match between Russia and Thailand will take place at 8pm on September 7.

Phil Foden won the Premier League Player of the Year award

Phil Foden has just been named Premier League Player of the Season 2023/24 by the Professional Footballers' Association (PFA).

Foden made a major contribution to bringing Man City to the Premier League championship for the fourth consecutive season last May.

Happy to receive the prestigious individual title, the English midfielder shared: "The 2023/24 season is very special for everyone at Man City. Winning this award is a great honor, I also feel proud and grateful to all those who voted for me. I also want to thank Pep Guardiola, the Man City coaches and my teammates for helping me improve every day. I also want to congratulate Kyle Walker, Rodri and Erling Haaland on being elected to the PFA Team of the Year. It's great to see them recognized in this way."

Phil Foden was in incredible form last season, scoring 19 goals in 35 Premier League appearances. He also provided eight quality assists.

During the gala, PFA members also voted Cole Palmer as the best young player after moving to Chelsea from Man City./.