Football News: Review Of The Day 25th July 2019

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Review of the Day

Contracts

Wolverhampton Wanderers left wing-back Ruben Vinagre has signed a 5 year deal.

Jake Clarke-Salter has signed a new Chelsea contract.

Heart of Midlothian have given Jake Mulraney a 3 year deal.

Kazenga LuaLua has a new 1 year deal with Luton Town.

Freiburg defender Philipp Lienhart has signed a 3 year contract.

Iddrisu Baba has signed a 5 year deal with Mallorca.

Veteran Japanese goalkeeper Eiji Kawashima has a 2 year contract with Racing Strasbourg.

Blackburn Rovers right-back Lewis Travis has a new 4 year deal.

Leyton Orient have given James Dayton a 1 year contract.

Athletic Bilbao have given a 2 year deal to veteran midfielder Raul Garcia.

Torino defender Armando Izzo has a 5 year contract.

Transfers

Chelsea's US defender Matt Miazga has rejoined Reading on a year-long loan deal. Also leaving Chelsea on loan for the season is Lewis Baker who has joined Fortuna Dusseldorf. Chelsea have also sent Jake Clarke-Alter out on loan, this time to Birmingham City.

Leganes have signed Danish striker Martin Braithwaite from Middlesbrough.

Pedro Obiang has finally got his wish and returned to Serie A with Sassuolo from West Ham United.

Olympiacos have signed French goalkeeper Bobby Allain from Dijon on a free transfer.

Reading defender Marc McNulty has joined Sunderland on loan.

Leganes have paid just under £1m for Malaga's Venezuelan right-back Roberto Rosales.

Getafe have clinched the signing of West Bromwich Albion defender Allan Nyom.

Rangers have released Northern Ireland forward Kyle Lafferty.

Celtic have completed the signing of Israeli defender Hatem Abd Elhamed.

Young Slovenian forward Jan Mlakar has joined Queens Park Rangers on loan from Brighton & Hove Albion. Also heading out on loan from the Seagulls is Spanish keeper Robert Sanchez who has joined Rochdale.

Sassuolo defender Timo Letschert has moved to Hamburg.

Japanese winger Takashi Inui has been sold to Eibar for just under £2m from Real Betis.

Napoli have paid nearly £15m for young Macedonian midfielder Eijif Elmas from Fenerbahce.

Lazio have loaned midfielder Davide Di Gennaro to Juve Stabia.

Bologna have paid over £5m for teenage Danish winger Andreas Skov Olsen from Nordsjaelland.

Aston Villa have spent £9m on Egyptian winger Trezeguet from Kasimpasa.

Napoli have loaned Luca Palmiero to Pescara and Marko Rog to Cagliari. Cagliari have paid a £1.8m loan fee.

Nathan Thomas' loan deal to Gillingham was cancelled and the Sheffield United winger has returned to Carlisle United on loan.

Scottish midfielder Jamie Lindsay is set to live the dream after Rotherham United paid an undisclosed fee to sign him from Ross County.

Alex Bradley has joined Lincoln City on a free transfer from West Bromwich Albion.

Scunthorpe United defender Cameron Burgess has joined Salford City on loan for the season.

Injury Round Up

Ipswich Town midfielder Tristan Nydam is set to miss 6 months of the season after breaking his ankle in a pre-season friendly with Notts County.

Real Madrid starlet Asensio could miss the whole of the forthcoming season after he ruptured his anterior cruciate ligament and external meniscus in his left knee against Arsenal in a pre-season friendly. The 23 year old had scored the equaliser in the 59th minute before needing to be stretchered off five minutes later.

Another anterior cruciate ligament injury has ruled Liverpool right-back Nathaniel Clyne out for six months. The 28 year old suffered what is described as a 'clean tear' during last week's friendly against Borussia Dortmund.

PSG Agree Gueye Fee

Idrissa Gueye is finally set to make his move to Paris Saint-Germain after they agreed a fee with Everton for the French midfielder, who nearly joined in January. For some reason the French champions with delusions of greatness want an extremely average player whose sole skill is kicking everything that moves and are now set to pay just under £30m for the 29 year old.

Scott Takes Over Recruitment

Former Brentford manager Andy Scott has been apointed by Swansea City as head of recruitment. Scott had most recently been Watford's sporting director before leaving them in April. The 46 year old initially joined the Hornets in a recruitment role after also performing a similar role at Brentford (so from the Bees to the Hornets), where he was instrumental in the signings of Neal Maupay and Ollie Watkins. Also joining the backroom team at the Swans is new head of performance analysis, Steve Rands.

3 Soton Fans Fined For Sala Taunts

Three Southampton fans are certainly no Saints and were fined by Southampton Magistrates' Court for taunting Cardiff City fans with aeroplane gestures just after new Cardiff signing Emiliano Sala had been killed in a plane crash. The 3 men, old enough to know better but clearly too stupid, were reported by both sets of fans during the match at Southampton's St Mary's Stadium on 9th February. 47 year old James Downey admitted making a forward diving motion and was fined £520 and given a 4 year football banning order. 49 year old Jake Carman was fined £635, while 53 year old Mark Ferrett was fined £427. Both Carman and Ferrett are contesting their banning orders.

FBF Choose Local Coach

Burkina Faso have turned to former international Kamou Malo to replace Portugese manager Paolo Duarte at the end of the month. Malo is currently in charge of USFA in the Burkina Faso Premier League, who he finished the season in 3rd place with.

Simone Joins Second Tier Side

Moroccan second division team Chabab Mohammedia have appointed former AC Milan striker Marco Simone as their new head coach. Mohammedia won the 3rd division last season to earn promotion to the second tier and are now looking to Simone to take them into the top flight.

Racial Abuse On Rise In English Football

Anti-discrimination charity Kick It out have claimed a link between Brexit and the rise of racial abuse at English football matches as reports of "go back to where you came from" chants re-appear in the game. Kick It Out's head Roisin Wood said: "I think you can't not link them together. We're seeing a lot of reports of 'go back to where you came from' which we haven't seen for a while which seems to be on the back of Brexit. If we're seeing a rise in hate crime, the Home Office is seeing a rise in hate crime and other bodies are seeing a rise in hate crime, it's linked because that's what is going on in society at the moment. If it's there, we'll see it in football. In some of the cases we have seen, there is a real hatred there which we haven't maybe seen as much of in the past where it's really violent and very targeted, particularly on social media. Some of the social media reports we've seen you wouldn't want anyone to see. We're talking to people all the time that feel, post-Brexit, that 'maybe this country isn't for me'. [Politicians] have to take that responsibility very seriously, they are the leaders of the country and they need to set the tone. Society is reflected in football." According to Kick It Out, reports of racism increased by 43% last season.

CAF Ex-Co Member Given 10 Year Ban

Musa Bility, a member of the Confederation of African Football's executive committee has been banned for 10 years and fined $500,000 after being found guilty of breaching FIFA's code of ethics. The former Liberian FA president was "guilty of having misappropriated Fifa funds, as well as having received benefits and found himself in situations of conflict of interest". A forensic audit of LFA accounts found him to have misappropriated funds from '11 against Ebola' and from FIFA's Financial Assistance Programme.

Mina Charged With Betting Offences

Everton defender Yerry Mina has been charged with misconduct by the FA for a breach of their betting regulations. The 24 year old centre-back signed from Barcelona is charged with "participating in an advertisement for betting activity which is prohibited from engaging in".

La Liga Steps Into Griezmann Row

La Liga president Javier Tebas, obviously feeling ignored after not having any ludicrous comments in the headlines for a while, has waded into the row between Atletico Madrid and Barcelona over the signing of Antoine Griezmann. Tebas has suggested La Liga might block the transfer due to Atletico's complaint against Barcelona. Tebas told Onda Cero: "It is possible to block a player's transfer. La Liga will have to decide what course of action to take. [Atletico] submitted a complaint and put in doubt whether we should pass Griezmann's licence to Barcelona. There's a process that has been put in motion and those overseeing it will have to come to resolve the case."

Written by Tris Burke July 25 2019 06:47:27