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Tottenham Signs Forward Danjuma on Loan from Villarreal

In this file photo taken on April 06, 2022 Villarreal's Dutch midfielder Arnaut Danjuma Groeneveld applauds at the end of the UEFA Champions League quarter final first leg football match between Villarreal CF and Bayern Munich at La Ceramica stadium in Vila-real. (AFP)
In this file photo taken on April 06, 2022 Villarreal's Dutch midfielder Arnaut Danjuma Groeneveld applauds at the end of the UEFA Champions League quarter final first leg football match between Villarreal CF and Bayern Munich at La Ceramica stadium in Vila-real. (AFP)
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Tottenham Signs Forward Danjuma on Loan from Villarreal

In this file photo taken on April 06, 2022 Villarreal's Dutch midfielder Arnaut Danjuma Groeneveld applauds at the end of the UEFA Champions League quarter final first leg football match between Villarreal CF and Bayern Munich at La Ceramica stadium in Vila-real. (AFP)
In this file photo taken on April 06, 2022 Villarreal's Dutch midfielder Arnaut Danjuma Groeneveld applauds at the end of the UEFA Champions League quarter final first leg football match between Villarreal CF and Bayern Munich at La Ceramica stadium in Vila-real. (AFP)

Tottenham strengthened its attacking options for the second half of the season by signing Dutch forward Arnaut Danjuma on loan from Villarreal on Wednesday.

Danjuma joined Tottenham until the end of the season and will start his second stint in English soccer, having played for Bournemouth from 2019-21.

He had been expected to join Everton and reportedly had a medical examination there before Tottenham made its move for a player who will provide competition for Son Heung-min, Dejan Kulusevski, Richarlison and Lucas Moura.

Tottenham is in fifth place in the Premier League, three points off the top four, and still in the FA Cup and Champions League.

Danjuma played a key role in Villarreal's unlikely run to the Champions League semifinals last season, when he scored 16 goals in all competitions for the Spanish team.

He hasn't been first choice for Villarreal this season.

Tottenham said the transfer of Danjuma, who has played six games for the Netherlands, is subject to international clearance.

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'Captain America' to the Rescue as Pulisic Scores 2 Goals in Milan's 3-2 Win at Lecce

08 March 2025, Italy, Lecce: Milan's Christian Pulisic celebrates scoring his side's second goal during the Italian Serie A soccer match between US Lecce and AC Milan at Stadio Ettore Giardiniero. Photo: Giovanni Evangelista/LaPresse via ZUMA Press/dpa
08 March 2025, Italy, Lecce: Milan's Christian Pulisic celebrates scoring his side's second goal during the Italian Serie A soccer match between US Lecce and AC Milan at Stadio Ettore Giardiniero. Photo: Giovanni Evangelista/LaPresse via ZUMA Press/dpa
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'Captain America' to the Rescue as Pulisic Scores 2 Goals in Milan's 3-2 Win at Lecce

08 March 2025, Italy, Lecce: Milan's Christian Pulisic celebrates scoring his side's second goal during the Italian Serie A soccer match between US Lecce and AC Milan at Stadio Ettore Giardiniero. Photo: Giovanni Evangelista/LaPresse via ZUMA Press/dpa
08 March 2025, Italy, Lecce: Milan's Christian Pulisic celebrates scoring his side's second goal during the Italian Serie A soccer match between US Lecce and AC Milan at Stadio Ettore Giardiniero. Photo: Giovanni Evangelista/LaPresse via ZUMA Press/dpa

Christian Pulisic was the hero for AC Milan on Saturday with his two goals helping the Rossoneri end a three-match losing streak in Serie A.

Pulisic first earned and converted a penalty to level the score at 2-2 after Lecce had been leading 2-0. The United States international — who is nicknamed “Captain America” — then scored the late winner in a 3-2 victory at Lecce.

The result saw Milan inch up to eighth in the Italian league. Lecce remained three points above the relegation zone, The Associated Press reported.
League leader Inter Milan also surprisingly had to fight back from two goals down to win 3-2 at home to bottom club Monza. Inter moved four points ahead of second-placed Napoli, which hosts Fiorentina on Sunday.
Milan was in deep crisis as it had also been knocked out of the Champions League by Feyenoord before its miserable run in Serie A, losing to Torino, Bologna and Lazio.
Milan thought it had got off to the perfect start at Lecce as Santiago Giménez had the ball in the back of the net after just 47 seconds but it was ruled out for offside.
Instead it was Lecce that took the early lead, within seven minutes, with a stunning Nikola Krstovic curler from 20 yards.
It was Lecce’s first goal in 367 minutes, having failed to find the back of the net in its previous four matches.
Milan had more celebrations cut short in the 15th minute when Matteo Gabbia volleyed home Theo Hernández’s free kick but it was again ruled out for offside.
Both teams also hit the woodwork before Krstovic doubled his and Lecce’s tally in the 59th, sweeping a low cross into the bottom left corner.
However, Milan turned things round in the space of five minutes.
João Félix’s effort was probably going wide but went in off Lecce defender Antonino Gallo for an own-goal and then Pulisic leveled in the 73rd with a powerful spot kick down the middle after being tripped by Federico Baschirotto.
The turn-around was complete nine minutes from time. Rafael Leão floated in a free kick from the left for Pulisic to volley in at the back post.
Heartbreak for Monza Monza had lost six of its last seven matches and hadn't scored a goal in nearly a month.
But Samuele Birindelli shocked Inter by firing Monza in front in the 32nd minute and San Siro was further stunned when Keita Balde Diao doubled Monza's lead on the stroke of halftime, with a magnificent curling shot into the top right corner — and on his 30th birthday.
However, Marko Arnautović reduced the deficit in first-half stoppage time with a header and Hakan Çalhanoğlu equalized in the 64th.
Monza thought Stefano Turati had made a fantastic save to keep out Lautaro Martinez's diving header and the goalkeeper was being congratulated by his teammates when goalline technology proved the ball had gone over. It went down as an own-goal from Giorgos Kyriakopoulos.
Monza remained 10 points from safety.
Fight against relegation A last-gasp penalty saw Venezia snatch a third successive draw, holding Cesc Fabregas’ Como 1-1.
Venezia remained 19th in the 20-team league, five points from safety.
Parma inched two points above the relegation zone after two Mateo Pellegrino goals saw it twice fight back to draw 2-2 against Torino.