Setting their sights on a rising star, Manchester United are now reportedly preparing a formal move to sign an alternative to Carlos Baleba, who has a release clause worth £74m.

Ruben Amorim admits "good to hear" INEOS support

Back to domestic action following the international break, Man United travel to face Liverpool in an attempt to upset the odds and compile their rivals’ recent misery.

Victory would mark the first time that Ruben Amorim has secured back-to-back wins in the Premier League, and three points at Anfield would also see his side reach league win number 11 of the Portuguese’s reign.

While those stats are undeniably damning, the former Sporting CP boss retains the backing of INEOS and admitted in his pre-match press conference that it’s “good to hear” that support.

That support is likely to stretch to the January transfer window, in which the Red Devils could reportedly turn towards a rising star in the middle of the park, instead of the heavily-linked Baleba.

Amorim is personally very keen on the Brighton star and pushed to bring him to Old Trafford in the summer, according to Fabrizio Romano, and those links remain as the Red Devils pursue an “important” midfield signing for 2026.

Man Utd preparing formal move for Froholdt

According to reports in Spain, Man United are now preparing a formal move to sign Victor Froholdt from Porto in the January transfer window, with a mid-season deal for Baleba described as very difficult by the likes of Romano.

The impressive teenager reportedly has a release clause as high as €85m (£74m), but that has not deterred INEOS, who are determined to improve Amorim’s squad.

Dubbed “fantastic” by scout Jacek Kulig, Froholdt is enjoying quite the rise. Having only just joined Porto from Copenhagen in the summer, he’s already attracting even greater interest. Whether he moves on from Portugal so quickly after arriving remains to be seen, however.

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Given United’s weakness in midfield, game time is unlikely to be an issue for the Dane despite his tender age and United should push to secure his signature if the chance comes their way in 2026.

Froholdt’s blend of youth, impressive form and physicality is turning heads at United, and he could be well-suited to the Premier League’s demands.

The teenager’s ability to break up play and quickly transition from defense to attack aligns with the fast-paced football United aim to play under Amorim, and Froholdt’s release clause means that there is even a way to bypass negotiations with Porto.

However, it would require a seismic investment from INEOs, and one that could represent a gamble considering his lack of experience.

Roma boss Gian Piero Gasperini was heavily critical of his team's attacking unit after their defeat against the Czech top-flight team Viktoria Plzen in the Europa League. The manager expressed some harsh words after his team went down 2-1 on home soil, with the solitary goal coming from Paulo Dybala's spot-kick.

• Roma boss furious will team's attack

  Ahead of the 2025-26 season, Roma's biggest signing was deemed to be Piero Gasperini, the manager who led Atalanta to Europa League success in 2023-24. However, after his arrival, Roma are yet to showcase their best performance in the continental event, having lost two of their three games in the competition. In Serie A, Roma sit fourth with five wins and two losses, having gone down 1-0 at home to rivals Inter in their previous match. They have the lowest goals scored among the top six teams. In the Europa League, they boast just three goals, including Dybala's penalty from the Plzen game. Having now lost three of their last four games, Gasperini has called on his players to step up and provide more goals.

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  Gasperini demands more shots and more goals

  Gasperini said after the game: "The team fought until the end, trying to equalise and score. We were sluggish in our finishing. There are a lot of players who haven't scored in a long time, we need to do some soul-searching. Why? There are problems. Confidence in the players comes from their performances, from their results. Especially in the first half, there was a lot of space; if it wasn't exploited, we have to ask ourselves why. We had the opportunity to play well, especially to get into the box more. These are things we need to do to increase our attacking prolificness.

  "Can the situation be resolved with these players? It must be resolved with these players. Everyone needs to provide one more assist, one more shot, one more goal. Everyone, even if some of their scores aren't that high. I've seen very good performances from several players, but with these results, they're being judged negatively."

• Dybala criticises co-stars amid rough patch

  Dybala's penalty was his 200th goal for club and country but the Argentine criticised the team for not doing what they do during the training sessions. He even went on to say that they will never win if they are not nasty. 

  "We lacked nastiness, we will never win like this," he said. "I think today, unlike the match against Inter [at the weekend], we created fewer chances. We started poorly because we conceded two goals early on, and it becomes difficult, because in Europe it's always difficult when you go 2-0 down. If you underestimate your opponents, that's the result, and we'll never win."

  His opinion on his team's sluggishness echoed what Gasperini shared. "We lacked determination, we came in feeling sluggish, that's the truth. It's sad to say, because we prepare a lot during the week, we watch a lot of videos and we tell each other things, but lately we haven't done them. Now we shouldn't worry, we have to look at the mistakes of the last few games but also look at the positives, run, fight and get out of it," he added.

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  What's up next for Gasperini's Roma?

  After seven Serie A games, attacking midfielder Matias Soule is their top scorer with three of the team's seven goals. Although the Gialorossi are up against seventh-placed Sassuolo this weekend and then face a Parma side with just one win under their belts so far this term. After that, they will be back against the higher-ranked sides like AC Milan, who they face on November 2, before facing Scottish side Rangers on November 6 in the Europa League. On one hand, the rapid flow of fixtures is expected to cause fatigue, but this also provides a chance for the entire unit to sharpen their attacking prowess before taking on Milan and Rangers.

استقر حسام حسن، المدير الفني لـ منتخب مصر الأول لكرة القدم، على استبعاد لاعب فريق بيراميدز من قائمة المنتخب في معسكر نوفمبر.

منتخب مصر يستعد في الوقت الحالي لخوض معسكر في فترة التوقف الدولي الخاص بشهر نوفمبر الحالي، استعدادًا لبطولة كأس أمم إفريقيا 2025 بالمغرب.

طالع|بيراميدز يكشف تفاصيل إصابة مصطفى فتحي ومدة غيابه

ومن المقرر أن يلعب منتخب مصر في بطولة ودية بالإمارات تضم منتخبات الرأس الأخضر وإيران وأوزبكستان.

وأكد مصدر بمنتخب مصر لـ”بطولات”، أن مصطفى فتحي، لاعب فريق بيراميدز، لن يلحق بمعسكر نوفمبر وسيتم استبعاده للإصابة.

وخرج مصطفى فتحي مصابًا بعد دقائق من بداية مباراة بيراميدز أمام التأمين الإثيوبي في ذهاب دور الـ32 من بطولة دوري أبطال إفريقيا، بسبب تعرضه للإصابة بمزق في العضلة الخلفية.

وسيغيب مصطفى فتحي عن الملاعب قرابة 4 أسابيع، وسيخضع خلالها لبرنامج تأهيلي مع الجهاز الطبي لتجهيزه للعودة في أقرب وقت ممكن.

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O vínculo de Mariano com o Atlético-MG se aproxima de um fim. O jogador descarta a possibilidade de se aposentar e tem expectativa de uma possível renovação com o clube. O vínculo do lateral se encerra ao fim de dezembro de 2023.

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Um dos mais experientes entre a equipe atual, Mariano falou em coletiva de imprensa na última quarta-feira (27) sobre o assunto e disse que não pretende se aposentar.

– Aposentadoria, não. No momento, não penso. Creio que ainda tenho muita coisa para acrescentar ao futebol. Não teve ainda nenhuma conversa minha ou da parte do clube (renovação), e entendo. Nesse momento da carreira, tem essa situação de tempo, um dia após o outro. Estou bem tranquilo também do trabalho que venho fazendo no Atlético.

+ Titular do Atlético-MG sofre acidente de carro em Belo Horizonte

O jogador foi contratado pelo Galo em 2020 e participou dos títulos do Brasileirão no mesmo ano, e da Copa do Brasil de 2021. Oscilou em desempenho, mas segue com a titularidade no esquema atual de Scolari. O lateral não irá se aposentar, mas seu futuro no clube mineiro é incerto.

– Se não acontecer, sairei com a cabeça erguida – declarou sobre a renovação.

+ Felipão desabafa sobre placares baixos do Atlético-MG: ‘Tá faltando gol’

O diretor de futebol atleticano Rodrigo Caetano já se posicionou sobre contratos e disse que não é o momento para tratar sobre de renovações, para evitar desviar o foco da recuperação no Campeonato Brasileiro.

+ Próximos jogos do Atlético-MG: onde assistir e calendário com datas e horários das partidas

Além de Mariano, Réver, que já pensa em aposentar, Hyoran, Bruno Fuchs, Saravia e Maurício Lemos também contam com apenas mais três meses de contrato com o Atlético-MG. Contudo, com Lemos há claúsula de renovação automática, e Fuchs está emprestado pelo CSKA Moscou, com opção de compra.

Legspinner stars at Merchant Taylors’ School with matchwinning four-wicket haul

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Mason Crane sparked a spectacular Middlesex collapse as Glamorgan opened their 2025 Vitality Blast campaign with a five-wicket win at Merchant Taylors’ School.The 28-year-old leg-spinner struck with his first ball on the way to figures of 4 for 28 as the hosts capitulated from 45 for 0 to 124 for 9 in their 20 overs.Kane Williamson top-scored with 25 and Ryan Higgins hit a quick-fire 21 amid the clatter of wickets.Glamorgan had troubles of their own in reply, slipping to 64 for 5, before superb ball-striking from Asa Tribe and Dan Douthwaite in a stand of 64 in 38 balls saw Glamorgan home with four and a half overs to spare.On a two-paced pitch of variable bounce, Williamson and skipper Stephen Eskinazi managed one boundary in the first six overs before the former swept Hayden Kerr over the ropes for six to suggest a change of momentum.Those hopes were dashed when Eskinazi swept Crane’s first offering to a catcher in the deep, before hesitation in running proved fatal later in the over as Williamson was run out by Kerr’s direct hit. The first ball of Crane’s next over accounted for Ben Geddes, whose decision to reverse sweep saw his stumps scattered.The Glamorgan fielders were excellent throughout with Tribe holding onto a good catch at deep mid-on to dismiss Leus Du Plooy and give Crane his third wicket and the four-fer was sealed when Luke Hollman, who sparkled briefly, lobbed one tamely to Timm Van der Gugten.Ryan Higgins followed up his 44 in Thursday’s defeat to Sussex with a six and two fours in another hard-hitting cameo, but he holed out off Douthwaite (2 for 18) as the hosts’ innings fell away.Kiran Carlson looked in a hurry to head back to Wales, hoisting an early six before Zafar Gohar got him to loft one in the hands of Du Plooy and fellow opener Will Smale was bowled by a beauty from Noah Cornwell which broke a bail in the process.Ben Kellaway perished caught behind from an attempted ramp off Tom Helm and when the same pair accounted for the dangerous Colin Ingram in the same over, Glamorgan were 40 for 4 at the end of the powerplay.All eyes were now on Cooke, who got an unbeaten hundred the last time Glamorgan visited the school in 2023 and he soon pummelled a short one from Hollman over the ropes.Helm returned to have him caught at point with the first ball of a new spell, a slower delivery slashed low to De Caires at point, but Tribe, who’d patrolled the boundary expertly when Glamorgan fielded wrestled back the initiative for the visitors with some brutal hitting.Four times in four overs he cleared the, ropes treating spin and seam with equal disdain, and with Douthwaite belatedly joining in the fun Glamorgan scampered home.

Root and Crawley got fifties in the chase as India’s six dropped catches in the match proved costly

Matt Roller24-Jun-20251:53

Did we see a refined version of Bazball?

Headingley has become the home of the run chase, and England hauled in a target of 371 to prove it. Set up by Ben Duckett’s dazzling 149, and sealed with a six by Jamie Smith, they romped home in just 82 overs to seal a sixth consecutive win in Leeds – all while bowling first – and to take a 1-0 lead in the Anderson-Tendulkar Trophy.It left Ben Stokes to breathe a sigh of relief after his decision to field on Friday morning, and India to dwell on the countless opportunities they missed to take control of this Test. They hit five centuries to England’s two, but lower-order collapses of 7 for 41 and 6 for 31 proved costly – as did their six dropped catches.This was a chastening way to start a new era for India, with Shubman Gill’s sparkling first-innings century long forgotten as he reflected on a heavy defeat in his first Test as captain. After series losses against New Zealand and Australia, India have now lost seven of their last nine Tests, and may only have Jasprit Bumrah available for two of the next four on the England tour.Bumrah was borderline unplayable in Australia, taking 32 wickets in the series, but was unusually ineffective after his first-innings five-for at Headingley. He went wicketless in England’s run chase, and was seen off by Duckett and Zak Crawley, whose partnership of 188 in 42.2 overs laid the foundations for a victory cruise despite the lingering threat of rain.3:26

Harmison: Not sure India believed they could get Duckett out

Duckett was sublime, starting his innings slowly before accelerating against India’s weaker links. He was particularly severe on Ravindra Jadeja, whom he reverse swept into submission, and Prasidh Krishna, whose five wickets in the match could not disguise an eye-watering economy rate of 6.28, the most expensive in India’s Test history.England wobbled in the afternoon against Prasidh and Shardul Thakur, but Smith and Joe Root saw them across the line with 14 overs remaining in the final hour. Root was characteristically cool in his unbeaten 53, while Smith took Jadeja for 18 runs in an over, including sixes over square leg and mid-on, to see his team across the line.Duckett and Crawley had reached the lunch break unscathed, battling through probing early spells from Bumrah and Mohammed Siraj before tucking into India’s change bowlers. Duckett cut and pulled with total control until his hundred was a shot away: on 97, he offered a chance when he pulled Siraj to deep square leg, but Yashasvi Jaiswal dropped his third catch of the match.Siraj was furious, and made no effort to hide it. He had drawn Duckett into a verbal battle after drawing an outside edge which skewed away through a gap in the slip cordon soon after lunch, and could only watch in frustration as Duckett reverse swept Jadeja for four to reach three figures, his ~ Test century and his first in the second innings of a match.Duckett punched the air to celebrate and then got back to work, milking Jadeja for off-side runs as he packed his leg-side field. But Prasidh prised the game open from the other end, first drawing an edge from Crawley which flew to first slip, and then nipping one back off the seam to induce a chop-on from Ollie Pope, England’s first-innings centurion.Shardul Thakur got Ben Duckett and Harry Brook back-to-back•Getty ImagesDuckett continued to race along, his strike rate edging closer to 100 as he reverse slapped Jadeja over cover-point for the first six of the final day. It took the reintroduction of Thakur to remove him on 149, driving straight to short cover, and when Harry Brook strangled his first ball down the leg side, India were back in the game.Stokes survived Thakur’s hat-trick ball, and saw England through to an early tea with Root for company. After a brief hold-up for a rain shower, Stokes and Root both survived lbw appeals as Gill burned through India’s last two reviews. But with the partnership on 49, Stokes top-edged a reverse sweep straight to his opposite number at short third.Smith strode out at No. 7 as though determined to prove his mettle after an ill-timed first-innings dismissal, and set to work alongside Root. The same pair took England close to the line in a nervy chase against Sri Lanka in Manchester last year; this time, they took them over it with an unbroken stand of 71.Some of Gill’s decisions will come under scrutiny: Siraj went unused between the 41st and 81st overs, while Bumrah did not get the chance to bowl in the final 17 overs of the match. He is only due to play in three of the five matches in this series, and India’s performance suggested their attack will struggle badly without him.The result was vindication of Stokes’ decision at the toss, and means that five of the last seven Headingley Tests have been won by a team chasing at least 250 in the fourth innings. And if this chase was not the white-knuckle ride of the 2019 Ashes, it was a clinical performance which hinted at a more complete, more rounded England approach.

Opener Finlay Bean put a difficult start to the season firmly behind him, compiling a superb maiden double hundred spanning more than nine hours as Yorkshire fought back against Rothesay County Championship leaders Nottinghamshire at Trent Bridge.Replying to the home side’s 487, Yorkshire – with only one win so far after earning promotion to Division One last season – closed on 414 for 6.Bean batted for 564 minutes for his 224, hitting 30 fours and one six before being caught at slip off spinner Farhan Ahmed, having shared partnerships of 130 with Matthew Revis (54 not out) and 101 with skipper Jonny Bairstow (41), left-arm spinner Liam Patterson-White taking 3 for 129 from a marathon 52 overs.Unable to make Yorkshire follow on after having them 154 for 3 overnight, Nottinghamshire look likely to have to settle for a draw, which would see their lead over Surrey cut to six points after the champions won at Worcester earlier in the day.Bean, with five career first-class hundreds against Division Two opposition, had found runs much harder to come by against Division One attacks this season, averaging a paltry 13.66 over his first 12 innings of the current campaign, with a top score of just 31.Although he had a flat pitch and the less bowler-friendly Kookaburra ball in his favour here, he nonetheless had the Test-match quality and know-how of veteran Mohammad Abbas to contend with, not to mention the pace of Dillon Pennington and a couple of decent spinners in Liam Patterson-White and Farhan.Yet he came through each challenge impressively, giving away only one genuine chance before his dismissal when a shot travelling at speed was put down on 170, his return to form timely in that Yorkshire’s next fixture, against Essex starting on Sunday, is being hosted by his own club side, York.His innings here – made barely half a mile from the scene of his Second XI record 441 against Nottinghamshire’s second team in 2022 – was an essay in concentration and patience, one of the longest played by a Yorkshire batter in the county’s history.Having been 86 overnight, he was 50 minutes in the 90s before cutting Farhan to third for his 16th four to reach 102 from 236 balls in the morning session. After tea, he had to negotiate more than 40 minutes in the 190s before going to 200 from 450 deliveries, pushing a single into the leg side with 17-year-old Farhan by then in his 34th over.Yorkshire lost only one wicket before lunch as Dan Moriarty, sent in as nightwatcher after Dawid Malan had fallen in the last over of the second day, went to drive Patterson-White but could only edge to Freddie McCann at slip. Moriarty protected one end for almost an hour.The conditions demanded patience of Nottinghamshire, too, as Bairstow then bedded in with Bean on a pitch that was yielding some help for the spinners, but not as much as they had hoped for. Two bursts with the second new ball before and after lunch could not unseat either and it was an hour into the middle session before another breakthrough came.The introduction of the medium pace of Lyndon James almost yielded a dividend for Nottinghamshire as Bean chipped perilously close to short extra-cover on 152, moments before Patterson-White struck Bairstow on the front pad and had his lbw appeal upheld.Swapping James for Abbas at the Radcliffe Road end likewise almost paid off, Bean surviving a hard chance to McCann at midwicket on 170. Unperturbed, the left-hander drove Patterson-White through the off-side to overtake his previous best of 173 versus Glamorgan last year before he and Revis guided Yorkshire to 320 for 5 at tea.His marathon came to an end 15 minutes before the close as Farhan turned one to have him caught at slip trying to work to leg, almost every spectator in the ground then rising to applaud as he walked back to the dressing rooms.

Tottenham boss Thomas Frank has lavished praise on a few members of his squad ahead of their Carabao Cup tie at Newcastle on Wednesday.

Tottenham prepare for Newcastle tie after 3-0 win at Everton

After his predecessor, Ange Postecoglou, ended the club’s 17-year wait for a trophy at the back end of 2024/2025, Frank will undoubtedly be judged on his charge for major silverware.

Spurs are currently third in the Premier League table and back to winning ways after victory against Everton on Sunday, and much like their north London rivals Arsenal, they’ve been excelling at set pieces.

The Lilywhites have scored from a dead ball situation on five different occasions this term in the league, the same number as Bournemouth, with it being no coincidence that the Cherries and Frank’s side occupy a place in the top three behind Arsenal.

While concerns have surrounded Tottenham’s lack of creativity from open play, with summer signing Xavi Simons off to a slow start after being signed as their new star playmaker, Frank has undoubtedly embraced this new ‘set piece revolution’ happening up and down the Premier League.

Spurs travel to St. James’ Park for their next clash as Frank looks to inspire a cup run, but they face a tricky test against the current Carabao champions who have won five out of their last seven matches in all competitions.

Tottenham also have nine players unavailable for the clash, including star defenders Cristian Romero and Destiny Udogie, with Kevin Danso set to partner Micky van de Ven at the heart of Frank’s defence once again after impressing against Everton.

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Frank has piled praise on Danso for his excellent form since coming to replace Romero, but the Austrian has been somewhat overshadowed by van de Ven.

The latter has proved magnificent since Frank took over from Postecoglou, with reports suggesting that Tottenham are prepared to double van de Ven’s salary in a bid to keep him out of Real Madrid’s clutches.

The Dutchman’s brace against Everton condemned the Merseysiders to their first ever defeat at the brand-new Hill Dickinson Stadium, with Frank lavishing his star centre-back in the build up to Wednesday.

Thomas Frank says Micky van de Ven is becoming a new leader at Tottenham

Van de Ven was named as part of Spurs’ leadership group earlier this season, alongside Ben Davies, Guglielmo Vicario, James Maddison and Romero, with Frank explaining how he’s since repaid the faith.

Commenting further in his pre-match press conference before Newcastle, Frank also explained how he’s gone up another level behind-the-scenes.

While van de Ven is tied down until 2029, if the 24-year-old continues in this fine form, Spurs must surely be worried about the prospect of Real swooping in to tempt him amid their hunt for new centre-backs.

That being said, the defender will command a premium, so the pending availability of free agents like Ibrahima Konate, Dayot Upamecano and Marc Guehi could sway them elsewhere.

England have slipped from second to third place on the WTC table

ESPNcricinfo staff16-Jul-20254:06

‘Couldn’t take your eyes off it’ – Lord’s Test among the most engrossing

England have been docked two World Test Championship (WTC) points for their slow over rate during the slim 22-run victory in the third Test against India at Lord’s. England’s tally has, as a result, fallen from 24 points to 22 on the WTC points table, and the percentage points have slipped from 66.67% to 61.11%, taking them down a spot from second to third, behind Australia and Sri Lanka.England were also fined 10% of their match fees for falling short of the allotted time for over rates.As per Article 16.11.2 of the WTC playing conditions, a side is penalised one point for each over short after time allowances are taken into consideration.England captain Ben Stokes pleaded guilty to the offence, which meant there was no need for a formal hearing.The third Test, which England won to edge ahead in the series with a 2-1 lead, was a high-octane and thrilling game full of heated battles in which players often came face to face, intensity that surged towards the end of the day, individual brilliance that saw one of the fastest spells from Jofra Archer in Tests, centuries from Joe Root and KL Rahul, and a five-wicket haul from Jasprit Bumrah.The intensity of the Test went up soon after the teams went toe to toe with identical first-innings scores of 387 that reduced the Test to a second-innings showdown. Once India were set 193 to win, they took the the game to the last session with vital lower-order partnerships that Ravindra Jadeja stitched with Nitish Kumar Reddy, Bumrah and Mohammed Siraj before Shoaib Bashir, with a broken finger on his left hand, dismissed Siraj in dramatic fashion to spark off England’s celebrations as Indian hearts were left broken.Bashir has now been ruled out of the series, and replaced by Liam Dawson for the fourth Test, which begins from July 23 at Old Trafford.

Gus Atkinson joins Jofra Archer, Sam Cook and Jamie Overton as alternative seam-bowling options in England’s 16-man squad

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Stokes: We weren’t able to deliver our skills when needed

England will consider making changes to their bowling attack after a gruelling workload in their 336-run defeat to India, and have added Gus Atkinson to the squad for Thursday’s third Test at Lord’s after time out following a hamstring injury.England’s three frontline seamers – Brydon Carse, Josh Tongue and Chris Woakes – have all bowled between 77 and 82 overs in the first two Tests of the series. Atkinson joins Jofra Archer, Sam Cook and Jamie Overton as the alternative seam-bowling options in the 16-man squad for Lord’s, and the tight turnaround between Tests could prompt changes.”It’s no secret that we have spent some time in the field and bowled some overs in the first two games, and we’ll have to see how everyone pulls up over the next two days,” Ben Stokes said. “With it being a quick turnaround, there probably will be a decision we have to make given how everyone does pull up after this game.”Related

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Archer has not played a Test match since February 2021, but bowled regularly during intervals at Edgbaston this week, and Brendon McCullum hinted he will make his comeback next week. “We’ll let this one settle, and when we get to [Lord’s] we’ll have a good think about it,” McCullum told the BBC’s .Asked about Archer’s availability, McCullum said, “He’s fit and ready to go. Obviously the other boys have had two Test matches on the spin now, so you’d anticipate you would make a change at some stage with the line-up, and Jofra is one we’ll look at.”Stokes added, “Everyone’s in consideration for the game at Lord’s.”England’s margin of defeat – 336 runs – was their third-heaviest since Stokes took over as captain on a full-time basis, but he insisted that it will not affect them moving forwards. “We’ve obviously had some unbelievable wins and some bad defeats,” he said. “I feel I’m quite good – and the team is – at staying level throughout those ups and downs.”That is so important in a series where we knew coming in that it wasn’t going to be easy… We have to wipe this one under the carpet as quickly as we can, because Lord’s day one will be coming around pretty quickly. We will have one or two days to get the bodies right and recover, and all of a sudden, we will be out there flipping the coin.”He also played down the significance of England’s inability to take 20 wickets at Edgbaston. “You do have to appreciate how well India played with the bat,” Stokes said. “[They were] obviously pretty favourable conditions if someone got in; two of our lads showed that this week… You are allowed to let your opposition play well, and they definitely did that.”England squad for Lord’s Test against IndiaBen Stokes (capt), Jofra Archer, Gus Atkinson, Shoaib Bashir, Jacob Bethell, Harry Brook, Brydon Carse, Sam Cook, Zak Crawley, Ben Duckett, Jamie Overton, Ollie Pope, Joe Root, Jamie Smith (wk), Josh Tongue, Chris Woakes.