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The disastrous display in the return leg of the Coppa Italia Derby might spell the end of the time of a few underwhelming deputies at Inter, especially Mehdi Taremi and Kristjan Asllani, who have rarely been positive contributors this campaign, La Gazzetta dello Sport relays (via Fantacalcio).
The Nerazzurri thought to have added a third top-notch striker landing the Iranian marksman on a free transfer from Porto. He has proven to be vastly inferior than Lautaro Martinez and Marcus Thuram. He has scored just three goals, two of which were penalty kicks. The partial justification is that he has been nursing a sports hernia for most of 2025.
Inter will seek to offload both Taremi and Asllani in the summer. The former is under contract for two more seasons with a €3M annual salary. He could still have suitors in Europe or, more likely, in the Middle East.
Instead, the Nerazzurri invested €14M to acquire the midfielder from Empoli three years ago. They considered him a potential top player, but he has struggled to fill Hakan Calhanoglu’s shoes when called upon. More worringly, he has hasn’t progressed much since joining.
Our Take on Inter, Taremi, and Asllani
Even the mighty Giuseppe Marotta can’t win them all on the transfer market. Both signings were more than defensible given what they had accomplished at Porto and Empoli. At least they didn’t waste too much money. There’s no common thread between the two flops as they are at polar ends of the age spectrum. Should they indeed depart, perhaps the management will go for players in their prime to restore and improve their bench.
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Manchester United are hoping to offload Andre Onana before Monday’s transfer deadline but are in a race against the clock to do so. Desperate times call for desperate measures, so much so that the club reportedly offered West Ham the chance to sign Onana on loan this week, to which the Irons ‘turned down’ the proposal, as per The Guardian. United’s attempts to sanction the exit of the Cameroonian come after he was left out of Ruben Amorim’s starting XI for the first two Premier League fixtures of the campaign. Onana returned for Wednesday’s Carabao Cup encounter away to Grimsby Town, but oversaw a calamitous display that ultimately contributed to the Reds getting knocked out in the second round. Andre Onana set to stay at Old Trafford Reports over the last week have suggested United have been actively pursuing a deal for Antwerp’s Senne Lammens. However, the situation has gone quiet in recent days, prompting some concern among fans that Lammens is now unlikely to make the switch. Should that be the case, Amorim will be navigating the term, until at least January, with Onana, Altay Bayindir and 39-year-old Tom Heaton as his only options between the sticks. Bayindir has been called upon in both PL outings thus far, and will presumably retain his place when the Reds host Burnley on Saturday afternoon. What other business will United oversee before Monday? Elsewhere on the market in the build-up to deadline day, United have agreed a £40 million deal with Chelsea for Alejandro Garnacho, as well as a £40 million loan plus buy obligation deal with Napoli for Rasmus Hojlund. Tyrell Malacia is reportedly in talks with La Liga outfit Elche, and Antony is angling for his desired return to Real Betis.
Phillies' Kyle Schwarber makes all kinds of MLB history vs. Braves
Kyle Schwarber made sure his Philadelphia Phillies bounced back after being swept by the New York Mets earlier this week. Schwarber went 4-for-6 with four home runs and nine RBI in Philadelphia's 19-4 win over the Atlanta Braves on Thursday. His first home run of the night came in the first inning, a solo shot for his 46th of the season. In the fourth inning, the three-time All-Star blasted his second home run of the night (47), this time a two-run knock. Schwarber’s third long ball came in the following frame, with his 48th being a three-run homer. Finally, in the seventh inning, Schwarber hit his fourth home run (49) of the night to right field to come within one dinger of 50 for the season. The 32-year-old made all kinds of history on Thursday against the Phillies’ division rival. He already surpassed his previous career high for home runs in a single season, but also became just the fourth player in franchise history to have four homers in a game and the first since Hall of Famer Mike Schmidt did so in 1976. Additionally, Schwarber is only the 21st player in MLB history to achieve this feat, and the fifth player all-time with at least four homers and nine RBI in a game. Plus, Schwarber joined the Athletics’ Nick Kurtz and Seattle Mariners’ Eugenio Suarez as the only players to have a four-homer game this season — the first time this has occurred. Clearly, Schwarber and the Phillies were anxious to get out of Queens and return to Philadelphia. The Phillies’ offense scored just eight runs across the three-game set against the Mets. They scored 19 runs off the Braves’ pitching at Citizens Bank Park. Schwarber received “MVP” chants from Phillies fans on Thursday, and rightfully so. He’s on his way to breaking Ryan Howard’s previous franchise record of 58 home runs in a season, which earned him the 2006 National League MVP.
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Cowboys land three-time Pro Bowler in Micah Parsons trade
It may be no consolation to Dallas Cowboys fans, but their team did land an outstanding defensive player as part of the stunning blockbuster that sent Micah Parsons to the Green Bay Packers on Thursday. The Cowboys have traded Parsons to the Packers in exchange for a pair of first-round draft picks and defensive tackle Kenny Clark. While Clark is nowhere near the same caliber player as Parsons, he has been one of the top players at his position in the NFL for several years now. Clark spent nine seasons with the Packers after they drafted him in the first round out of UCLA in 2016. He became a full-time starter in 2017 and has started every game in which he has played since. Clark started all 17 games for Green Bay the past three seasons and has missed just one game in the last four years. He had a career-high 7.5 sacks and nine tackles for loss in 2023, which is when he made his third and most recent Pro Bowl. The 6-foot-3, 314-pound tackle also made the Pro Bowl in 2019 and 2021. Almost all Cowboys fans would have preferred for their team to work out a long-term extension with Parsons. The tension between the two sides simply escalated to the point where a divorce became the most viable option. If the Cowboys felt they had no choice but to trade Parsons, they at least seem to have maximized the return. The future first-round picks will give them flexibility to build through trades and/or the draft. It should also soften the blow — even if only slightly — that they landed a 29-year-old player who has played like an elite defensive tackle throughout much of his career.
Report reveals Cowboys’ final contract offer to Micah Parsons
Micah Parsons may not have wanted to leave the Dallas Cowboys, but it sounds like the star pass-rusher has secured himself a significant raise by doing so. Parsons was traded to the Green Bay Packers on Thursday in a stunning blockbuster deal. As part of the agreement, the Packers signed him to a 4-year, $188 million contract extension. The deal includes $136 million guaranteed. Parsons is now the highest-paid non-quarterback in NFL history in terms of both average annual salary and total guarantees. The $47 million average annual value on his new contract dwarfs the $41 million per year T.J. Watt got from the Pittsburgh Steelers and $40 million Myles Garrett got from the Cleveland Browns earlier this offseason. According to Ian Rapoport of NFL Media, the Cowboys’ final offer to Parsons was for around the same annual salary as Watt and Garrett — $41 million or so per year. “Jerry Jones said when they had their negotiations with Micah Parsons they got to what he thought was an agreement, which was about $41 million or a little less per year in new money. He thought they were done,” Rapoport said. “The agents wanted to keep going. The Packers kept going. It is $47 million per year in new money on the extension. Micah Parsons’ agents did right by him. That is a $6 million-plus difference.” Jerry Jones has said publicly that he had a handshake agreement with Parsons in April but that Parsons’ agent torpedoed the deal. If that is true, that would mean Parsons had an offer for $40-41 million per year before both Watt and Garrett signed their deals, which would have reset the market. It would now be an understatement to say that Parsons reset the market with the Packers. Jones has gone into damage control mode by making some laughable claims about the trade, but there is no question Parsons is the big winner in the deal.
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