Football News: Review Of The Day 24th July 2019

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Review of the Day

Contracts

Erico De Souza has signed a 1 year contract extension with Accrington Stanley.

Jake Mulraney has signed a 3 year deal with Hearts.

Motherwell midfielder Allan Campbell has signed a 2 year deal.

Transfers

Scottish midfielder Chris Cadden has joined Oxford United on loan from MLS team Columbus Crew.

Tottenham Hotspur have sold Dutch flop Vincent Janssen to Mexican Liga MX side Monterrey for over £5m.

Espanyol winger Hernan Perez has moved to Qatari Stars League side Al Ahli.

Newcastle United have paid a club record fee of nearly £40m for Brazilian striker Joelinton from TSG 1899 Hoffenheim.

Monaco midfielder Samuel Grandsir has joined Stade Brest 29 on loan.

Brighton & Hove Albion goalkeeper Christian Walton has joined Blackburn Rovers on loan.

SCO Angers have paid just over £3m to sign Sada Thiub from Nimes Olympique.

West Bromwich Albion have signed Darnell Furlong for just over £1.5m from Queens Park Rangers.

Atletico Madrid's former Chelsea left-back Filipe Luis has been allowed to move back to Brazil on a free transfer to Flamengo.

Monaco have sold French keeper Paul nardi to FC Lorient for less than £1.5m.

Sevilla have signed Serbian midfielder Nemanja Gudelj from Guangzhou Evergrande on a free transfer.

Saudi Arabian team Al-Hilal Riyadh have paid over £8m to sign Peruvian winger Andre Carrillo from Benfica. The winger had spent time on loan with Watford in the past.

Belgian midfielder Stephane Omeonga has joined Cercle Brugge on loan from Genoa.

Real Betis have paid less than £18m for former Liverpool target Nabil Fekir from Olympique Lyon.

Angers' Ivory Coast winger Thomas Toure has joined Sochaux on loan.

Malaga have sold Jony to Lazio for under £2m.

Real Betis midfielder Darko Brasanac has joined Osasuna for a fee of under £1m.

Byron Moore has followed a well-travelled route, joining Plymouth Argyle on a free transfer from Bury, becoming the 5th player this summer to make the same move. Financially-stricken Bury are finding that their former boss Ryan Lowe has spent the summer cherry-picking their players after taking charge of the south coast side.

Oldham Athletic have signed Desire Segbe Azankpo from FK Zenica of Slovakia.

Former Sunderland midfielder Martin Smith has signed for Salford City following his release from Swindon Town.

After impressing on trial in recent friendlies Accrington Stanley have signed Wilson Carvalho.

Blackpool have taken Rangers goalkeeper Jak Alnwick on loan from Rangers for the season.

Australian midfielder Ryan Edwards has signed for Burton Albion from Heart of Midlothian.

Wycombe Wanderers have signed left-back Jamie Mascoll after he was released by Charlton Athletic.

Midfielder Jayson Molumby has joined Millwall on a season long loan deal from Brighton & Hove Albion.

Ross County have made a double signing in the shape of former Motherwell, Kilmarnock and Tractor Sazi striker Lee Erwin and former Wolverhampton Wanderers goalkeeper Jack Ruddy. The duo were both free agents.

Fernandes Wants England Move

Sporting Clube de Portugal midfielder Bruno Fernandes has confirmed a desire to move to England. Speaking ahead of a pre-season friendly with Liverpool Fernandes spoke to reportes and said: "Will this be the last match for Sporting? I don't know, it's the coach who decides. I told I'd like to play in England, but I don't care about it right now." The club president, Frederico Varandas has already told RTP that they want more than 60million euros for him: "I don't know if there are many or if there are few interested clubs. What I know, a lot has been spoken of values, coming to the press, €55 million, €62 million... for that he doesn't leave, for sure."

Guardiola Denies Chinese Reports

Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola has dismissed reports from Chinese state news agency Xinhua that City had not engaged with local fans on their tour of China. The Mancunians had been accused of disrespecting local fans and showing discrimination towards local media, though the club has denied there is any truth in those reports. Guardiola said: "I should say I don't agree and also that it's false. I can't understand what people are saying - maybe one journalist is a bit upset, I don't know why. But it's far away from the reality. We had an incredible time in Shanghai. We were committed to the co-operation you have to do here in China. The people from the hotel, all the people asking us to do things, we were ready to do that. For us it's a new experience every season, it will help on the pitch, and off the pitch we are showing what an amazing club we are and how we are trying to be better every season. I'm so proud of what we've done - all the marketing departments, all the people who've organised this tour."

Man Utd Drop In Value List

Forbes annual list of the world's most valuable sports teams has seen Manchester United drop 4 places to 6th in the list.
Forbes' most valuable teams
1. Dallas Cowboys (NFL) $5bn (£4bn)
2. New York Yankees (MLB) $4.6bn
3. Real Madrid (Football) $4.24bn
4. Barcelona (Football) $4.02bn
5. New York Knicks (NBA) $4bn
6. Manchester United (football) $3.81bn
7. New England Patriots (NFL) $3.8bn
8. Los Angeles Lakers (NBA) $3.7bn
9. Golden State Warriors (NBA) $3.5bn
10. New York Giants (NFL) $3.3bn
10. Los Angeles Dodgers (MLB) $3.3bn
25. Manchester City (football) $2.69bn
32. Chelsea (football) $2.58bn
42. Arsenal (football) $2.27bn
45. Liverpool (football) $2.18bn

Zidane Denies Bale Disrespect

Zinedine Zidane has claimed that Gareth Bale refused to come on as a substitute against Bayern Munich on Sunday, as well as denying that he showed the Welshman disrespect by saying that he is close to leaving the club. Zidane said: "I haven't shown a lack of respect towards anyone. What I said the other day is that the club was working on Bale's exit. I've always said the same thing: the players are the most important ones in all of this. Whenever there's a player involved, I'll always back them." He then continued: "Gareth didn't come on [against Bayern Munich] because he didn't want to, and he said it was because the club was working on his exit. The club is doing what it has to and that's all there is to it. Bale is currently part of the squad and I respect that. That's the most important thing for me."

Written by Tris Burke July 24 2019 06:59:34