Football News: Review Of The Day 21st August 2021

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Review of the Day

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Contracts

Real Madrid club captain Karim Benzema has signed a one-year contract extension, taking him up to 2023.

Transfers

Rochdale have taken defender Jeriel Dorsett on loan for the season from Reading.

Queens Park Rangers have loaned Faysal Bettache to Oldham Athletic for the season.

Bournemouth striker Jake Scrimshaw has joined Scunthorpe United on loan for the season. Also heading out on a season-long loan from the Cherries is defender Sam Sherring, who has moved to Accrington Stanley. Joining Bournemouth is veteran centre-back Gary Cahill, who was a free agent after being released by Crystal Palace.

Exeter City have signed Owura Edwards on loan from Bristol City.

Charlton Athletic have signed Corey Blackett-Taylor on a free transfer from Tranmere Rovers.

Leeds United full-back Niall Huggins has signed for Sunderland on a free transfer but with a sell-on clause in the deal.

Fulham have signed Rodrigo Muniz from Flamengo for an undisclosed fee of £7.2m.

Romaine Sawyers has joined Stoke City on a season-long loan from West Bromwich Albion.

Toyosi Olusanya has signed for Middlesbrough from Billericay Town.

Hibernian have signed James Scott from Hull City on loan for the season.

Dylan Levitt has signed for Dundee United on loan from Manchester United. Also signing for the Scottish club is Ilmari Niskanen from Ingolstadt 04.

Veteran former Liverpool goalkeeper Andy Lonergan has signed for Everton.

Wolverhampton Wanderers striker Rafa Mir has signed for Sevilla for £14.4m.

Arsenal have made a double signing, with Martin Odegaard signing from Real Madrid for £31.5m and Aaron Ramsdale arriving from Sheffield United for a fee of £25.2m.

AO Xanthi have signed experienced Spanish midfielder Vicente Gomez from Indian Super League side Kerala Blasters on a free transfer.

Alaves have paid a fee of £900,000 to sign Mamadou Sylla from Girona.

Fiorentina have sent Gabriele Ferrarini to Perugia on loan.

Cosenza have signed Sanasi Sy on loan from Salernitana.

Getafe have paid £5.4m to sign Jakub Jankto from Sampdoria.

Chelsea defender Matt Miazga has signed for Alaves on loan.

Club Brugge have paid £3.6m to Wolverhampton Wanderers for young midfielder Owen Otasowie.

Former Liverpool defender Tiago Ilori has joined Boavista on loan from Sporting Clube de Portugal.

Deportivo La Coruna have released Keko Gontan and Fede Cartabia.

Injury Round-Up

St Mirren manager Jim Goodwin is in isolation after testing CV-positive.

Qarabag's pitch has been termed a "disgrace" by Aberdeen manager Stephen Glass after Dons' defender Andy Considine suffered a knee injury during the two teams' play-off match in Europa Conference League qualifying. Glass said: "Before the game I didn't want to use the pitch as an excuse. But we've seen the reality of it there, it was a disgrace, and it probably resulted in Andy getting injured which is a terrible thing to see happen at this level. The game shouldn't be played on a pitch like that, both teams deserve better."

Chelsea winger Christian Pulisic will be missing this weekend from the squad as the American international has tested positive for CV.

Managerial Changes

Disciplinary Charges

Kit Confuses Player

The new Fenerbahce third kit, which is just like the Manchester City third kit but in a different colour, has caught out Muhammed Gumuskaya. Gumuskaya ran over to the fans and tried to kiss the badge, only to find, after a search, that there was no crest to kiss. Instead the kits feature the team name written across the front of them, in possibly the worst design feature of any football kit ever produced. It was Gumuskaya's first European goal for the club after graduating from their academy.

Chelsea Forward Shows Charitable Side Again

Chelsea's young German forward Kai Havertz, who already owns a donkey sanctuary in his home country, has once again stepped forward to do his bit for charity. After floods have devastated the region he is from, with the German Red Cross still serving 10,000 hot meals a day to people without electricity or water, Havertz has donated 200,000 euros. On top of that, he has had 100 pairs of specially-designed boots made, which will be auctioned to raise more funds. He will be wearing a pair against Arsenal on Sunday.

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Written by Tris Burke August 21 2021 05:26:23