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Portsmouth midfielder Ebou Adams has called on his team-mates to be fearless in the Championship this season and believes they can compete with any other side in the second tier.
The Blues were beaten on Saturday at West Ham in the first round of the Carabao Cup, but took the lead and played well for the opening 40 minutes.
Adrian Segecic’s deflected strike flew into the net just after the
Norwich are planning to promote head of recruitment Lee Dunn in an internal shake-up, with assistant sporting director Neil Adams leaving the Canaries.
Sporting director Ben Knapper will make Dunn his number two which means Adams is departing Carrow Road since first joining the club as a player 32 years ago.
He has been in his current role for nearly five years having previously been loans manager while he won
Portsmouth started the game well, pinning Southampton deep in their half as a boisterous Fratton Park crowd roared their team on.
But it was the Saints who had the best chance in the opening exchanges as Adam Armstrong was played in behind by Azaz but could not finish past Schmid, who made a crucial save with his legs.
Moments later they came close again with Armstrong sliding on to the
With Rams midfielder Ebou Adams looking like he’s bound for fellow Championship side Portsmouth, it’s a move that would see Derby County largely recoup some of the money they paid to sign the 30-year-old from Cardiff City permanently a year and a half ago.
His impact has been sensational in a Derby shirt. Without him they wouldn’t have been promoted from League One and there’s a case to say they
While Adams remains among the footballing minority – figures indicate that there are about 250 Muslim players in first teams and academies across the Premier League and English Football League – his feelings have changed in recent years.
The Professional Footballers’ Association has delivered Muslim player consideration awareness workshops at English clubs for more than a decade.
Adams says team-mates and Derby supporters have increasingly taken interest in how he
Adams joined Cardiff from Forest Green in May 2022 when the Bluebirds were managed by Steve Morison.
A tendon tear and knee injury sidelined him for 12 months, and three changes of management in that time left him struggling to hold down a spot in Cardiff’s squad when he did return to fitness last season.
By the time he left Wales on loan for a Derby County side battling to
Derby County have re-signed Ebou Adams from Cardiff City for an undisclosed fee after the midfielder helped the Rams to promotion from League One last season.
The 28-year-old Gambia international moves to Pride Park on a three-year deal having featured 17 times on loan for Paul Warne’s side last term as they sealed their return to the Championship as runners-up in the third tier.
Adams was an instrumental figure