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Liverpool don’t need Aubameyang, says coach Klopp
Liverpool, Jan 30 (IANS) Liverpool chief coach Jurgen Klopp said the club does not need Arsenal-bound Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang, opining they do not “urgently” need another striker.
Aubameyang, 28, has played under Klopp at Borussia Dortmund where he joined from St Etienne in July 2013.
“Auba is really a good guy,” Klopp was quoted as saying by DAZN on Tuesday. “Of course, reading the newspapers, you ask yourself if all these things must happen. But in fact things are mostly not that controversial as they are presented. In the end everybody will be happy.
“In the first half of the season he also scored often, although last summer he wanted to go to China allegedly. He is a great player but he does not play in a position for which we urgently need new players,” he added.
Meanwhile, speaking at a Rheinische Post gala dinner in Dusseldorf, Bayern Munich president Uli Hoeness said the drama surrounding Aubameyang at Dortmund “cannot be good for football.”
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Sunil Gavaskar gives his opinion of GT allrounder Rahul Tewatia
The left-handed batsman from Haryana is garnering praise from all quarters for the way he’s finishing games regularly in the most exciting IPL season.
Gavaskar reckons Tewatia’s whirlwind knock in Sharjah (in IPL 2020) where he smashed West Indies pacer Sheldon Cottrell for five sixes in an over, gave him the confidence that he belongs to the big stage.
Speaking on Cricket Live on Star Sports, Gavaskar said, “That assault on Sheldon Cottrell in Sharjah gave him the belief to do the impossible and the confidence that he belongs here. We saw the impossible (he did with the bat) the other day as well. There’s no twitching or touching the pads (which shows a batter’s nervousness) when he bats in the death overs. He just waits for the ball to be delivered and plays his shots. He’s got all the shots in the book, but most importantly his temperament to stay cool in a crisis is brilliant.”
Gavaskar has also nicknamed the 28-year-old cricketer the ‘ice-man’ and lauded Tewatia’s ability to remain unruffled during the tense moments.