Oliver Glasner is set for talks with Bayer Leverkusen on Friday as the German side move closer to talks crystal Palace Manager.

BILD report that things could move quickly around the Crystal Palace boss as his time at Selhurst Park comes to a close.

From Crystal Palace to Leverkusen

The newspaper reports that Bayer Leverkusen’s decision on its next manager may be imminent. And Oliver Glasner, his preferred candidate, is close to being safe.

According to information from BILD, Glasner’s agent and Leverkusen are in talks about this situation. Those conversations have now progressed much further. A formal meeting with Glassner is planned for Friday.

The German club has been following the deadline for the last one week. Glassner wanted to end the first season in the Crystal Palace and avoid interacting with any lovers up to that point.

After winning the Europa Conference League on Wednesday, he is now ready to negotiate and put forward a deal. The internal deadline for his appointment has been set at the end of May or beginning of June at the most. Glasner has been the first choice for a long time.

Leverkusen’s chances improve

Bild has learned that Leverkusen’s chances of convincing him are better than before. Oliver Glassner can imagine himself taking the job. CEO Fernando Caro and sporting director Simon Rolfes had held extensive discussions with the title-winning manager years earlier.

The question is whether Glasner wants to return to the Bundesliga. He is still attracted to the Premier League after his success at Crystal Palace. He wanted a top job, but they were already filled with other candidates.

This at least improves Leverkusen’s chances. According to BILD, what attracted Glasner is that Bayer already has a strong, developing team and the money to bring in more stars. A budget of €100m has been set for the summer.

With talks scheduled for Friday, it appears that terms will be set. And Glasner could be set for a quick return to the Bundesliga following his success at Selhurst Park.

napoli has put brighton and hove albion Striker Ivan Ferguson is at the top of their wish list as they look for a replacement for Rasmus Hjolund.

courier del mezzogiorno The report adds that sporting director Giovanni Manna is already active in the transfer market for next season to find a replacement for the Danish forward.

Brighton striker tops this list

The newspaper reports that Romelu Lukaku is in the squad, but is expected to leave this summer. The Belgian has been left out of the Serie A squad after staying in Belgium for injury treatment against the club’s wishes.

This has strained his relationship with them And now options are being explored. Manna is working on multiple profiles while trying to save the bank from collapse.

According to the newspaper, Ivan Ferguson of Brighton is ‘at the top’ of current thinking. He has spent a season on loan at Roma, but it has not been good. They’re not buying him out at the end of the season.

It could give Napoli the chance to ‘take advantage of the opportunity’ for a striker they have ‘always admired’ for his physical strength. However, there is no mention of how much Napoli would be willing to spend.

However, Corriere makes it clear that Manna has to be careful with finances and needs to ‘cut costs’ at the club overall. This shows that they will not come and offer Brighton a big sum.

Loan deal looks likely

Transfermarket currently values ​​the 21-year-old at €25m. This is a significantly lower fee than his value of €65m in 2023. However, there is little chance of Napoli spending that kind of money on him at this point.

Instead, this interest is very likely to develop into a loan bid. That’s what they did with Rasmus Hjolund this season.

He paid a €6m loan fee to Manchester United for the season. They’ll make it permanent this summer. A similar deal for Ivan Ferguson could make sense and would be in line with the need to cut costs.

For now, it looks like Manna is simply preparing his list of options, but the Brighton striker is at the top of it.

napoli has put brighton and hove albion Striker Ivan Ferguson is at the top of their wish list as they look for a replacement for Rasmus Hjolund.

courier del mezzogiorno The report adds that sporting director Giovanni Manna is already active in the transfer market for next season to find a replacement for the Danish forward.

Brighton striker tops this list

The newspaper reports that Romelu Lukaku is in the squad, but is expected to leave this summer. The Belgian has been left out of the Serie A squad after staying in Belgium for injury treatment against the club’s wishes.

This has strained his relationship with them And now options are being explored. Manna is working on multiple profiles while trying to save the bank from collapse.

According to the newspaper, Ivan Ferguson of Brighton is ‘at the top’ of current thinking. He has spent a season on loan at Roma, but it has not been good. They’re not buying him out at the end of the season.

It could give Napoli the chance to ‘take advantage of the opportunity’ for a striker they have ‘always admired’ for his physical strength. However, there is no mention of how much Napoli would be willing to spend.

However, Corriere makes it clear that Manna has to be careful with finances and needs to ‘cut costs’ at the club overall. This shows that they will not come and offer Brighton a big sum.

Loan deal looks likely

Transfermarket currently values ​​the 21-year-old at €25m. This is a significantly lower fee than his value of €65m in 2023. However, there is little chance of Napoli spending that kind of money on him at this point.

Instead, this interest is very likely to develop into a loan bid. That’s what they did with Rasmus Hjolund this season.

He paid a €6m loan fee to Manchester United for the season. They’ll make it permanent this summer. A similar deal for Ivan Ferguson could make sense and would be in line with the need to cut costs.

For now, it looks like Manna is simply preparing his list of options, but the Brighton striker is at the top of it.

armory Defeated Sporting in the last eight and secured a place in the Champions League semi-finals.

The Gunners won the first leg 1-0 in Portugal and the return leg at the Emirates ended in a goalless draw on Wednesday. That meant Kai Havertz’s goal last week proved to be the difference between the two sides.

Martin Zubimendi played the full 90 minutes in both legs against the Lions. He has been a regular under Mikel Arteta since joining the Gunners from Real Sociedad in July 2025, playing 3,842 minutes in 48 matches.

His Premier League statistics are as follows:

• Appearances: 32
• Start: 31
• Total minutes: 2,680
• Minutes per game: 84

Before his move to the north London club, there were reports of interest from Real Madrid. Last October, he refused to discuss The La Liga giants said he has “tried everything” to join Arsenal.

Real Madrid link follow Arsenal star

After yesterday’s match, Arsenal’s Martin Zubimendi spoke to Cadena Ser’s El Larguero and uncheck Has released his comments.

There have been no concrete claims of Real Madrid’s interest in the 27-year-old recently, but that hasn’t stopped them from being asked about it.

Responding to that he said: “I don’t have any answers, but I’m not paying much attention to them all. I guess it’s in the past, and I have other things on my mind. It’s not a bad thing.”

Mikel Arteta’s side will face Atletico Madrid, who defeated Barcelona, ​​in the Champions League semi-finals.

Upon facing Diego Simeone’s side, Zubimendi explained: “I know them well already, and this weekend they have a match against Real Sociedad, so we’ll see how it goes. Anyway, I think they are in very good form, with a lot of confidence and emotion, as is typical of Atlético de Madrid. We already know them from the group stage, but this will be different.”

The midfielder on the Gunners’ recent struggles

Arsenal have won one of their last five matches in all competitions. In the same period, the Gunners lost to Manchester City in the EFL Cup final and were knocked out of the FA Cup by Southampton. This includes the league defeat to AFC Bournemouth last weekend.

Mikel Arteta top the table, six points behind second-placed Manchester City, who have a game in hand.

Martin Zubimendi also spoke to reporters in the mixed area infobae Has released his comments.

On the Premier League’s three recent defeats, he said: “It’s been tough, for the team and for me personally. We have games every three days. When you’re injured, you have to recover quickly, and today [against Sporting] There is proof of this.”

Arsenal’s remaining matches this season

The Gunners have six league matches and at least two more in the Champions League this season.

Their fixture list is as follows:

• vs manchester city [away] on 19th April
• v newcastle [home] on 25th April
• atlético madrid [away] on 29th April
• in fulham [home] on 2 may
• atlético madrid [home] on 5 may
• vs west ham [away] on 10th may
• v burnley [home] tbd
• v Crystal Palace on 24 May

🇧🇷 Exclusive: Arsenal tracking Lucca Marques

⭐️ 18-year-old’s rapid growth draws attention
⚽️ Youngest player to score in Copa Libertadores in Sao Paulo history
🇩🇪 Borussia Dortmund also interested
➡️The Gunners can make a formal offer in the summerhttps://t.co/u7LuPMgUyJ #afc #bvb

– Sports Witness (@Sport_Witness) 3 April 2026

MIAMI – As the Miami Heat look to bounce back from the pain of a heartbreaking loss to the Houston Rockets on Saturday, the team looks to end its four-game losing streak against the San Antonio Spurs. As the Heat’s Bam Adebayo faces off against sensation Victor Wembanyama, head coach Erik Spoelstra will talk about how they are similar in one area.

There’s no denying that Adebayo and Wembanyama are completely different players, as Spoelstra mentioned, but in the context of how other teams prepare for each player, both of their strengths offensively come from across the court. It could also be argued that both Adebayo and Wembanyama are anchors for their respective teams on both sides of the ball.

“[Wembanyama] He’s their leading scorer, and so he’s doing it all over the field. Obviously a completely different player than Bam [Adebayo]But it’s probably just like when you’re preparing for Bam offensively, all over the floor, handling, screening, playing at the three-point line, playing in the post, playing off the drive, they screen for him,” Spoelstra said before Monday night’s game against Wambayama and San Antonio.

“So you have to be prepared for all those things. And our defense has been prepared for those types of situations all season long,” Spoelstra continued. “And then if you don’t prepare for him to be at the rim, you know, that’s irresponsible. He’s going to be there. They have great defense, and he changes a lot of things at the rim, and we don’t want to take off the breaks or show so much respect, but you’ve got to know where your outlets are, and all that kind of stuff fits into how we want to play.”

Erik Spoelstra speaks about the challenge of facing a player like Spurs’ Victor Wembanyama: #HeatNation pic.twitter.com/vwOH22JRtc

– Zachary Weinberger (@ZachWeinberger) 23 March 2026

DPOY race between Heat’s Bam Adebayo, Victor Wembanyama

The Heat’s captain could also be added in another way in Adebayo and Wembanyama, both of whom are potential contenders for the NBA’s Defensive Player of the Year (DPOY). Adebayo has not received this award his entire career, with many believing he deserves at least one award up to this point due to his elite ability to cover every position, while Wembanyama may be on his way after being the block leader for the past two years.

A few weeks earlier, on March 10, Spoelstra told ClutchPoints that it could be a “two-man race” between Adebayo and Wembanyama for DPOY.

“These next six weeks, if we can really defend the same way we’ve been defending the last month, I think it’s a two-man race for Defensive Player of the Year. I think that’s the flavor you have,” Spoelstra told ClutchPoints.

Spoelstra continued, “They’ve won at an extremely high level, San Antonio, and their defense has consistently been a notch above our defense, but we’re starting to catch them in that.” “But it just depends on what flavor you like, a unicorn shot blocker that completely changes everything in the paint, or a unicorn one-through-five that nobody can scheme in this league. And that performance, you know, has a real unique ability to impact the game defensively.”

Erik Spoelstra was asked about Jaime Jacquez Jr.’s 6MOY chances and if winning has an impact, he would say he should be a winner and the conversation turns to the W.

I’ll mention the same about Bam Adebayo and how it could be a two-man race for DPOY with Wembley. #HeatNation pic.twitter.com/8ORCzHkhZu

– Zachary Weinberger (@ZachWeinberger) 10 March 2026

At any rate, the main focus for Adebayo and Spoelstra is to finish the season on a positive note and avoid the play-in tournament, as entering Monday’s game against the Spurs and Wambayama, Miami is 38-33, leaving them in ninth place in the East.

Oklahoma City Thunder veteran Alex Caruso attempted to make a unique defensive stop during the second quarter of Tuesday’s 113-108 win against the Orlando Magic. Caruso used his shoe to stop Tristan da Silva, who was driving to the rim for a layup.

Caruso received a technical foul, and the Magic were awarded a goaltending layup. caruso addressed the play After the game, according to Justin Martinez of The Oklahoman.

Caruso said, “I’d never been in that situation before. It came next to me. So, I was like I’m going to use it.” “I just thought I was going to block it. Honestly, I didn’t know what the call was going to be. I didn’t know it was going to be goaltending and a take. If I had known that, I probably wouldn’t have made it.”

When Caruso realized it was too late to put his shoe back on during the game, he decided to use it.

“As soon as I got my shoe in my hands, I was thinking of using it,” Caruso said. “Not in a malicious way, but I’m going to try to make a play to stop the ball. It’s one of those weird NBA plays that probably won’t happen for the next 10 years.”

“As soon as I got my shoe in my hand, I thought about using it… It’s one of those weird NBA plays that probably won’t happen for another 10 years.”

Alex Caruso finding a technique for using his shoes to block a shot.

(via @justintohoops)pic.twitter.com/8QyPsPf1OB https://t.co/DPknnY5ha1

– ClutchPoints (@ClutchPoints) 18 March 2026

Alex Caruso finished with eight rebounds, two points and two steals in the Thunder’s win.

Thunder seal playoff spot with win against Magic

All-Shy Gilgeous-Alexander’s 40 points led the Thunder to a five-point win against the Magic, extending their winning streak to eight. The defending champion Thunder clinched a playoff spot with 13 games remaining in the regular season.

Despite an injury-filled campaign, due to the absence of Jalen Williams – the All-NBA forward has played only 26 games – the defending champions have remained on top of the Western Conference standings throughout the season.

Gilgeous-Alexander recorded his 129th consecutive 20+ point game. On the second night of a back-to-back, the Thunder will face the Nets on Wednesday.

Brighton & Hove Albion scout Bert Konterman has informed the club about FC Twente youngster Ruud Nijstad.

This is according to the man himself, Via Twenty Insights. He admitted that he has approached Brighton about the 18-year-old as he continues to impress at the Dutch club.

Nijstad is considered by many to be one of the Netherlands’ most promising young talents. Some have compared him to a modern-day Gerard Piqué, praising his composure, skill with his left foot and ability to initiate attacks from defence.

He broke into Twente’s first team this season, and established himself as a highly sought-after prospect in the process.

Big clubs are monitoring him

He has been the subject of intense speculation even before the summer transfer window. Barcelona reportedly made significant efforts to sign him in the January transfer window.

Manchester City, Chelsea and Tottenham are all keeping an eye on the defender as well. It is unlikely that these three will be the only ones watching his performances in the Premier League.

According to him, Brighton are definitely aware of him kontermann. He admitted that he had already told the Seagulls about Nijstad. The matter was put to him during an appearance on D’Osttribune.

“I really enjoyed the match against Feyenoord,” He said.

“I just wrote down the ages of all the FC Twente players. It’s incredible that this is a team with so much potential for the coming years.

“Ruud Nijstad was fantastic, Stav Lemkin was good, Thomas van den Belt was important, Lammers was decent, and Orjsätter is getting better and better.”

“You say: If they stay together, Tijman van Wissing replied.

“I agree with that, but the point is that if you work for Brighton & Hove Albion, you also know that they have Nijstad on their radar. You probably already do.”

brighton tipped

“Right, I was impressed. I told them about it,” The Brighton scout replied.

“Those guys are not good enough yet for the first team (at a club like Brighton). You can buy them, but then you have to make a deal to keep them at FC Twente for two to three years.”

It would not be a surprise for Brighton to approve such a transfer deal. The Seagulls have certainly not been afraid to sign young players from the Netherlands.

Matt Wiffer, Yankuba Minteh and Jan Paul van Hecke are prime examples. All three are now first team regulars for Brighton under Fabian Herzeler.

Van Hecke gives the example of how Brighton sign young players early and loan them out to develop elsewhere. The club has also signed youngsters such as Yoon Do-young, Malik Yalkouye and Ibrahim Osman, who are currently on loan.

A similar deal would make a lot of sense for Nijstad, especially as competition looks to be increasing.

PHOENIX – Jalen Green hit the game-winner for the Phoenix Suns in a 113-110 double overtime win against the Orlando Magic on Sunday, turning a perhaps forgettable performance into an unforgettable one.

Despite hitting 6 of 26 shots from the field, his final performance was the most important. A fadeaway corner 3-pointer that sealed the win.

Teammates rushed him, shit broke out in the Mortgage Matchup Center, and what could have been disappointment for the Phoenix faithful turned into pure glee.

When Green walked into the press conference room, he was surprised that it was his first NBA game-winner. But winning the game may not have been the only thing on his mind as he prepared to take the final shot.

At that point, it’s double OT, we were just trying to get home,” Green joked. “But like I said, my teammates, my coaches kept talking to me all night. Just keep shooting. It doesn’t matter what the last shot is.”

When I asked Jalen Green why he didn’t think too much about taking that last shot on a tough night of shooting, he joked.

“At that point, it’s double OT, we’re just trying to get home.”

Continued: “But like I said, my teammates, my coaches talked to me all night long. It’s just… pic.twitter.com/Lxw0JF4Qs4

– Hayden Cilley (@HaydenCilley) 22 February 2026

Originally, the play was designed for Colin Gillespie. However, head coach Jordan Ott said Green had told Royce O’Neale to look for him if there was room.

It’s safe to say there was, and the rest is history. As mentioned earlier, he took 26 shots, but most of them were his normal looks. Despite Green’s obvious frustration, he continued taking his usual shots.

Every single property being promoted is something that can never be taken for granted. There must have been a good portion of game-winners in it.

Jalen Green’s game-winner shows irreplaceable impact for Suns

With Devin Booker, Dillon Brooks and Jordan Goodwin sidelined Saturday, someone had to step up. Green wasted no time in taking matters into his own hands.

Early in the game, he seemed to settle for perimeter shots. However, as the game progressed, he attacked the paint more often and opened up shooting pockets for his teammates.

One thing remained the same: He was getting to his spots and attempting the shots he always does. Although some fans were not happy, his shot-making is what makes him stand above the rest.

“I think it’s pretty normal when you miss that many games,” head coach Jordan Ott said when asked about Green’s streak and game-winner.

“You’re not able to practice, not be able to get into much rhythm … but what’s hard is to go through that and then hit a shot like that. He’s an unbelievable shot maker, unbelievable scorer. That’s what those guys do.”

Jordan Ott said @Amanda_Pflugrad That he still has full confidence in Jalen Green after tonight’s performance.

“I think it’s very normal when you miss so many games. You don’t get to practice, get a lot of rhythm… but what’s hard is to go through that and… pic.twitter.com/p1rUPFRA7v

– Hayden Cilley (@HaydenCilley) 22 February 2026

His irreplaceable influence grew even more on Saturday. He could see his minutes reduced or he might not play at all if the Suns play in back-to-back contests on Sunday.

Despite this, he would likely sink his first game-winner within moments.

Entering the second half of the season, the Utah Jazz have the third-worst record in the Western Conference at 18–38. With their deteriorating situation, the Jazz must be eager to get back on track and show signs of improvement.

or are they?

With their chances of winning a title penciling in on dietary restrictions, many believe the Jazz are ready to tank and get a better shot at going No. 1 overall in next year’s draft.

For sports commentator Colin Cowherd, it seems like the guys in Salt Lake are totally fine with sucking up this season.

“I think the Utah fans, who almost have a collegiate experience because it’s a smaller NBA market, I think they’re into it. I think they know it. I think they go to the games and enjoy it with their friends, but if you ask them if you can get the number two pick or the number 14 pick, they’ll take number two,” Cowherd said on his podcast.

“Utah has been bad for several years. What does another 12 games or 26 games mean at the end of the year?”

The NBA recently fined the Jazz $500,000 for “compromising the integrity” of the league by keeping their healthy players on the bench. Lauri Markkanen and Jaren Jackson Jr. did not play in the fourth quarter of their games against the Orlando Magic and Miami Heat last week. Utah lost both games.

Jackson is now out for the season as he plans to have surgery on his left knee.

Last year, the Jazz took the No. 5 overall pick, using it on Ace Bailey. In 2024, he went 10th overall, surpassing Cody Williams. They were taken No. 9 overall in 2023, passing up Taylor Hendricks, who is now with the Memphis Grizzlies.