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一 |     CONCORD, N.H. -- The New Hampshire presidential primary filing period starts Wednesday, a ritual unruffled by either a changing of the guard or changes to the nominating calendar elsewhere.For the first time in more than four decades, candidates will file paperwork with a new secretary of state thanks to the retirement last year of longtime elections chief Bill Gardner. But his successor, David Scanlan, is carrying on the tradition of ensuring New Hampshire remains first, waiting for the dust to settle in other states before scheduling the 2024 contest.“I’m really in no hurry,” he said in an interview Tuesday.In contrast, the candidates themselves — particularly the longshots — often are in a race to sign up first in hopes that a bit of media attention will boost their campaigns. In 1991, a writer from New York drove 11 hours in a snowstorm only to find another perennial candidate waiting at the door. In 2007, a Minnesota fugitive living in Italy sent a package by courier that arrived just before an ex-convict embarked on a 90-minute rant that included five costume changes.Current candidates have until Oct. 27 to sign up, and dozens are expected to do in part because it’s relatively cheap and easy. They need only meet the basic requirements to be president, fill out a one-page form and pay a $1,000 filing fee.In 2020, 33 Democrats and 17 Republicans signed up. The all-time high was 1992, when 61 people got on the ballot. But this cycle could be notable instead for whose name isn’t on the ballot.New Hampshire, with its state law requiring its primaries to be held first, is defying the Democratic National Committee’s new primary calendar which calls for South Carolina to kick off voting on Feb. 3, followed by New Hampshire and Nevada. The shakeup came at the request of President Joe Biden in a bid to empower Black and other minority voters crucial to the party’s base.Biden’s campaign won’t comment on whether he will be on the ballot in New Hampshire. But he wouldn’t be the first reelection-seeking incumbent missing from the primary ballot: President Lyndon Johnson won the 1968 Democratic primary as a write-in, though a shockingly strong-second place showing by Sen. Eugene McCarthy helped push him out of the race.Scanlan, who served as deputy secretary of state for 20 years, said he was excited to welcome candidates starting Wednesday. Like his predecessor, he plans to greet them with a few encouraging words, but don’t expect the obscure trivia Gardner often added.“I don’t have any history lessons planned,” Scanlan said. “That was Bill’s style, and he was really, really good at it.”。    

曼联再次与荷兰前锋哈维·西蒙斯（Xavi Simons）联系在一起，西班牙「Fichajes转会网」报道称，红魔欲以1.35亿欧元向其效力的德甲莱比锡红牛求购，这一数字将远远超过俱乐部队史1亿欧元的最高引援纪录。

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如果莱比锡接受曼联的报价，他们将获得5500万欧元的利润。本赛季，他们用5000万欧元从巴黎圣日耳曼买断了西蒙斯，加上浮动条款最高可达8000万欧元。

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当然，此事目前还纯属传闻，曼联确实需要西蒙斯这样的球员，荷兰国脚本赛季参与了16个进球（10球6助攻），能够胜任多个进攻位置，阿莫林想要这样充满活力的全面前锋。

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21岁的西蒙斯也可能愿意踢英超，但他的最大梦想还是重返巴萨。

五 | 「我还是个年轻球员，我有很多梦想，俱乐部也知道。」西蒙斯说，「但现在对我来说，最重要的是在接下来的比赛中打好比赛。然后我们还要参加国际比赛，之后的问题我们再观望一下。

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据西班牙《世界体育报》报道，西蒙斯的内心似乎仍然眷恋着青训时期效力的巴萨。

七 | 他在2010年至2019年期间，曾在著名的拉玛西亚青训学院效力近10年，他从未掩饰过自己对巴萨的热爱。

不过，巴萨没钱，意大利转会专家法布里齐奥·罗马诺表示，西蒙斯转会英超联赛的可能性更大，因为那里对他感兴趣的球队不只是曼联。这名球员也与利物浦联系在一起，阿森纳和切尔西本赛季也对其进行了考察。

只不过，1.35亿欧元的报价传闻完全令人无法相信。

八 | 这一说法恐怕就像上周奥斯梅恩同意64万欧元周薪加盟曼联一样，更像是球员经纪人的「抬价」手段。

利物浦更可能得到西蒙斯，如果他们真正采取行动的话。红牛全球足球主管恰是前利物浦主帅克洛普，后者希望削减莱比锡1700万英镑的工资预算。

九 | 罗马诺认为，6400万英镑足以签下他。

罗马诺解释道：「正如几周前报道的那样，哈维·西蒙斯计划在夏季转会。英超俱乐部被告知，他们是西蒙斯最有可能的目的地，大约7500万欧元的转会费足以说服莱比锡。西蒙斯梦想有一天能为巴萨效力，但这个夏天不太可能。」

曼联夏窗确实想要引进一名中锋和一名10号位的球员，除了西蒙斯，还有许多球员也是阿莫林的潜在引进目标，例如狼队10号库尼亚和南安普顿边锋泰勒·迪布林（Tyler Dibling）。其中，19岁的迪布林传闻被标价1亿英镑！

对于这一传闻，迪布林周末1-1战平西汉姆联后公开进行了回应：「兰博（拉姆斯代尔）很喜欢这些传闻，每次我在训练中射门没打正，他都会高喊：『9000万英镑！8000万英镑！』他把我的身价一千万一千万调低，这很有趣。还有人给我起了一些绰号，都是开玩笑而已，没人当真。这只是传闻中的数字，看着玩就好。

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提及转会曼联的传闻，迪布林表示：「我不会去想这些，只是每天努力训练，努力付出，尽我所能。总而言之，我爱南安普顿，我从8岁起就在这里。这是一支非常棒的球队，我正在努力和他们一起卷土重来。没有人想成为联赛历史上最差的球队，我不想，队里也没人想，所以我们现在的目标就是拿一分是一分，再多拿几分，这样我们就不会被冠以最差英超球队的头衔。