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of the armory The growing interest in Danilo now comes with a very clear background. The Botafogo midfielder looks increasingly like a player who is already halfway out the door.

The 24-year-old was unexpectedly pulled from Botafogo’s match against Corinthians on Sunday, officially due to “personal reasons”. This information was given globo esporte.

Questions were immediately raised over the timing in Brazil, especially as Danilo was expected to start in such an important match. So it is becoming impossible to ignore the bigger picture around him.

Botafogo won 3–1 even without him. However, talks afterward were almost entirely about the midfielder’s future.

And Arsenal are right in the middle of it right now.

Arsenal are leading the English interest

As mentioned earlierArsenal have already made contact with Danilo’s staff. They have moved beyond simple scouting to more concrete player positioning.

It matters even more now. This is because the perception in Brazil is that Danilo’s departure after the World Cup is becoming inevitable.

The midfielder is enjoying the best form of his career, with 9 goals and 3 assists in 21 matches this season, and is expected to be named in Carlo Ancelotti’s Brazil squad.

Botafogo believe a strong tournament could boost his value to €40m (£34m), while current market expectations are still closer to €25m-30m (£21m-26m). So Arsenal’s timing looks smart.

While many clubs are waiting to see how the World Cup changes the market, the Gunners have already started laying the groundwork around the players’ camp.

Why was Danilo released?

Now reports from Brazil suggest that the decision to remove Danilo from the Corinthians match was influenced by several factors at once.

There was concern about fatigue after four starts in 12 days. He is also undergoing treatment for an ankle problem that still troubles him at times. Most importantly, Danilo himself is completely focused on saving his chances of going to the World Cup.

This created some tension internally.

according to globo esporteDanilo told manager Franklim Carvalho before the match that “His head wasn’t in the right place to play.”. Despite initially remaining in the squad, he was withdrawn completely due to another conversation on the morning of the match.

Furthermore, if Danilo had played against Corinthians, he would have reached 13 league matches and would have been ineligible to represent any other Brazilian club in the first division. Staying at 12 leaves the door open for Palmeiras or Flamengo.

Nevertheless, Botafogo reportedly believe it is highly unlikely that any Brazilian club will be able to reach the €40m (£34m) figure they want. Europe remains the priority – for both club and player.

‘Risk management’ before the World Cup

At this point, every decision surrounding Danilo seems to be tied to the World Cup.

Brazilian reports suggest he may not play again before the tournament. Despite still being theoretically available for upcoming matches, the situation is being viewed as a mix of physical precautions, transfer planning and pure “risk management”.

Danilo does not want to decide his future even before the World Cup. The feeling around the player is that the tournament could completely change the level of clubs pushing for him. And this is where Arsenal comes back into the picture.

Danilo wants another opportunity in Europe and specifically in England. After his mixed spell at Nottingham Forest, there is a strong feeling around the player He still has something to prove at Premier League level.

fulham, Manchester United, newcastle and tottenham All have been added in recent weeks. But Arsenal now appear to be the club moving forward with the most purpose in England.

And as Botafogo are already preparing for life after Danilo, the market around him is getting even hotter.

The New Jersey Devils got a lot of answers this week that will help shape their immediate future.

They are known to have the 12th pick in the 2026 NHL Draft. They know the salary cap is $104 million.

However, should they select 12th overall? And, how will the official salary cap affect New Jersey next season?

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ipswich town achieved direct promotion to the Premier League after finishing second in the Championship.

Chuba Akpom played a role in Ipswich Town’s return to the top flight, managing two goals and one assist in 29 league appearances.

The English club initially signed him on loan from Ajax in August 2025.

Earlier that month, Sport Witness broadcast news Ipswich Town included a compulsory buyout in case of promotion. The same source said the price was €8m plus €2m in potential bonuses.

With their promotion to the Premier League confirmed, Ipswich Town made the 30-year-old be permanent On Tuesday. He has signed a contract at Portman Road until 2029.

Details of sale to Ipswich Town

De Telegraaf journalist Mike Verweij is delighted with Chuba Akpom’s permanent move to the English club and discussed the deal on the podcast Kick-Off. football news Circulating my comments.

The forward joined the Dutch club from Middlesbrough in August 2023 for around €12.3m.

Verweij says the sale raised €9.3m for Ajax.

Alex Kroos was technical director when Akpom moved to England on loan and left Ajax in January. The journalist praised the official for adding a buyout clause as part of the temporary deal.

“Alex Croes didn’t do many things right, but this is clearly a top segment,” He said.

“Especially because you see he didn’t even come on as a substitute in those promotion matches against Queens Park Rangers. He sat on the bench for 90 minutes. That’s been the situation for the last few weeks.

“I think the Ajax management are happy. Otherwise, you would not only not have got him back, but you would also have had to pay his huge salary next year. And you would never have been able to sell him for €9.3m.”

Akpom hopes for better performance in PL

Before joining Ipswich Town, Chuba Akpom played for several English clubs. These include Arsenal, Brentford, Coventry City, Nottingham Forest, Hull City, Brighton & Hove Albion and Middlesbrough.

However, he has only played four matches in the Premier League with the Gunners. One was during the 2013/14 season and the remaining three were in the following season for a total of 28 minutes.

transfer market Estimate his value at €5m. The highest was €12m in June 2023, when he was at Middlesbrough.

Formula 1’s 2026 energy management reforms have a tight deadline – and the clock is ticking. Three races. Two canceled Grands Prix. One driver is threatening to walk away from the sport he has dominated for half a decade. The big new era is not going according to plan.

The FIA ​​confirmed last week what most of the paddock already knew – the 2026 rules need to be worked on. Following the first round of meetings on 9 April, the governing body issued a statement acknowledging what it diplomatically called “a commitment to make changes to certain aspects of the rules in the field of energy management”. Two further meetings are scheduled on 15 and 16 April, before a high-stakes vote on 20 April, where team principals, FIA officials and Formula 1 management will determine what, if anything, changes will be made ahead of the Miami Grand Prix on 3 May.

What happens in that room matters a lot.

Problem in layman’s terms

Start with the basics. The 2026 power unit regulations shifted the power balance in these cars to approximately 50-50 between internal combustion engines and battery-electric power. The old MGU-H – the component that used exhaust energy and kept the battery running at high speeds – is gone. It has been replaced by a much more powerful electric motor and much more complex maneuvering.

Since teams cannot produce energy as before, drivers must now create their own opportunities to recharge the batteries. On straight lines, in the braking zone, wherever they can get a moment. The problem is that cars that do this look to anyone looking at them as if they are randomly losing speed for no reason. Super clipping, when the energy management system draws power while the driver still has the throttle pinned, is as strange as it sounds.

Charles Leclerc called it “Mario Kart”. Max Verstappen went further, calling it “Formula E on steroids”. Lewis Hamilton, whose credits stand out, says the racing is the best he has experienced in the last 20 years. Hamilton isn’t wrong about Sunday’s race. He is not entirely correct about the qualifying.

Qualification has been the most visible casualty. To manage the battery reserve the cars have to be lifted and parked. They cannot move around high-speed turns like they did before. Drivers are openly dissatisfied with the amount of energy-saving and energy-harvesting tactics required in qualifying the new cars – lifting and coasting, downshifting on the straights, super clipping. An unintended consequence is that they no longer push in high-speed corners. For anyone who grew up watching Schumacher and Senna pass Suzuka’s 130R, watching an F1 car slow down before a corner that it used to take without lifting is truly disturbing.

Bearman’s accident made it a safety issue

In Suzuka the abstract became very concrete.

Oliver Bearman’s Haas was perfectly positioned when Franco Colapinto’s Alpine, ahead of him, went into crop mode in mid-corner. When Colapinto’s Alpine touched that limit midway through the corner, Bearman faced a car that had effectively dropped anchor on the racing line. “It was a huge overspeed, 50km/h, which is real, you know, it’s a part of these new rules and I think we have to get used to it,” Bearman said.

He left with a badly injured knee. The impact was 50G. it could be worse.

Verstappen did not say anything about the reason.

“Basically, one guy is stuck completely without power, and then the other one uses mushroom mode. It could be a difference of 50-60 kilometers. Really big.”

GPDA President Alex Wurz called for immediate software-level intervention.

“From a safety point of view, we should simply prevent sudden increases in power output at top speed,” he said. “This will require software that is the same for all teams.”

McLaren’s Andrea Stella had been warning for weeks before Bearman hit the wall that this exact scenario was coming. Haas boss Ayao Komatsu said immediately after the accident: “We can’t ignore it.” They won’t be able to.

What F1 rule changes are really on the table

The April meetings are Formula 1’s best attempt to push for meaningful energy management reforms for 2026 before the season goes away entirely.

The most straightforward solution: Increase how much power can be produced during super clipping. Right now, drivers are limited to 250kW when doing this, with 350kW available from lift and coast. If super clipping were increased to the same 350kW limit as Lift and Coast, it would become the preferred route, at least reducing the prevalence of Lift and Coast.

There is also a specific solution to qualify the under discussion, even if it seems counterintuitive. Strict recharge limits are also on the table. Qualifying currently allows nine megajoules of energy recovery per lap. Suzuka was dialed back to 8MJ at the last minute. Some discussions have centered on reducing it to 6 MJ, which would cost lap times but eliminate the frantic energy management scramble that is turning qualifying into a math problem.

Active aero zones are also under discussion. Adjusting where and when Straight Mode can be activated will reduce the speed difference that makes Suzuka dangerous.

What may not be coming yet is any change to the basic 50-50 power split. This is a hardware conversation that engine manufacturers (notably Audi and Honda) who have built their power units around the current regulations will aggressively oppose. Any change in that range is discussion for 2027 at the earliest.

verstappen variable

None of this happens in a vacuum. There is no negligible chance that Max Verstappen will leave Formula 1 in the near future – and Red Bull’s collapse is not the main reason. The four-time world champion has been one of the most vocal critics of F1’s new rules, particularly energy management, and he has made it clear he is not having fun right now.

We’ve written about this before – there is real merit in the criticism, even if Verstappen is the wrong messenger for it, and the contract clause that could have let him leave Red Bull altogether has not gone away. The April 20 vote is as much a technicality as it is a Verstappen retention decision, whether Formula 1 wants to frame it that way or not.

Helmut Marko, who is now a Red Bull Ring ambassador rather than the man running Red Bull’s driver program, put it clearly this week. “The current rules are overly focused on energy management – ​​this only works in conjunction with software engineers. The driver has been deprived of his key role.”

Hamilton admitted that he did not expect much from these meetings, as drivers often feel that they are not heard enough in regulatory discussions. “I hope they make big changes. We drivers don’t have a say and we don’t have any power.”

That quote from the seven-time world champion – the one who praised racing more eloquently than anyone – is one the Formula 1 leadership should consider ahead of April 20.

Good news (yes, there is some)

Formula 1 is not in freefall. Sunday’s racing has been really entertaining. There were 149 officially recorded overtaking moves in the first three Grand Prix races – significantly more than the 63 passes in the previous year’s Melbourne, Shanghai and Suzuka competitions. The race day action is real. The problem is that qualifying — the part that determines what fans watch on Sunday, the part that decides who starts where, the part that used to be appointment television — has become a chore.

Determine eligibility. Eliminate the closing-motion threat that put Bearman in the medical center. Let Sunday’s race breathe. This is the work.

The last date is the meeting of 20th April. The test is on May 3 in Miami. Formula 1 has faced difficult tasks in a short period of time. But the game will need the best rooms in that room, not the most cautious rooms.

Drivers telling you what’s broken. Suzuka’s data tells you what’s dangerous. the window is open.

use it.

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Hamburg board member Eric Heuer has made it clear that he wants to keep Arsenal’s Fabio Vieira.

The attacking midfielder joins the Gunners from FC Porto in June 2022 for €35m. He was not able to cement a place under Mikel Arteta in his first two seasons at the Emirates.

To put this in context, he played 1,886 minutes in 49 matches during that period, scoring three goals and providing 10 assists.

In August 2024, the player returned to Porto on a season-long loan. Last summer, Arsenal again sent him on loan, this time to the Bundesliga side with a €20m option to buy.

Two months ago, Sports Witness broadcast news That Hamburg will hold talks with Arteta’s side for the 25-year-old in April or May.

The decision depends on the Arsenal player

Hamburger AbendblattThe German club’s local newspaper has conducted a detailed interview with Eric Heuer. In Hamburg, he is in charge Their ‘Finance, Organization, Human Resources and Legal Affairs’.

The board member has praised sporting director Klaus Costa for securing loan deals for Fabio Vieira and Tottenham Hotspur’s Luka Vuckovic. The 19-year-old central defender has been a standout player for the club and has attracted the interest of several clubs.

“Last summer, we were looking for players in different positions. In defense and midfield, we brought Vuckovic and Vieira, two players we could only sign on loan,” He said.

“We also had candidates in both positions who we could have signed permanently despite a substantial transfer fee. However, I think we did not make any completely wrong decisions with Vuckovic and Vieira.

“In the end, Clough and his team did not exceed their budget, even in the winter transfer window, and yet they created a team that is more than competitive given the available market conditions.”

The newspaper immediately asked if the Arsenal-owned player could extend his stay.

Responding to that, Heover explained: “The situation is relatively comfortable. Fabio feels very comfortable in Hamburg, and I don’t feel that Arsenal are basing their long-term plans on him.”

“Fabio knows exactly what he has in Hamburg and HSV. Now the basic question is what the player wants. And if he wants to stay, we will sit down with the Arsenal management and discuss possible solutions, as we did with Sambi.”

“Then we will see if a transfer is possible. We are ready to experience special moments with Fabio in the long term. Whether it works and at what cost, we will see in the summer.”

Our take: Why won’t Hamburg activate the clause

Fabio Vieira’s Bundesliga statistics this season are as follows:

• Appearances: 22
• Start: 18
• Total minutes: 1,599
• Target: 5
• Assist: 5

The German club has the option to buy by activating the €20m clause, but is unlikely to take it up.

The Portuguese will have one year remaining on his Arsenal contract after this season. According to its value transfer marketIs €18m.

Eric Huver says he is not part of the Gunners’ long-term plans. Considering this and his contract situation, Hamburg will surely ask for a hefty discount to purchase him. This is only if the player wants to extend his stay.

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