Football News: Review Of The Day 28th August 2021

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Review of the Day

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Contracts

Ipswich Town have given Corrie Ndaba a new 2-year deal.

Aleksandar Mitrovic has signed a 5-year deal with Fulham.

Transfers

Wrexham have signed Ben Tozer from Cheltenham Town for an undisclosed fee.

Callum Johnson has signed for Fleetwood Town on loan for the season from Portsmouth.

Preston North End midfielder Tom Bayliss has signed for Wigan Athletic on a season-long loan deal.

Reading have signed Alen Halilovic on a free transfer from Birmingham City and Baba Rahman on loan from Chelsea.

Taylor Moore has joined Heart of Midlothian on loan from Bristol City.

Celtic have signed Liam Scales from Shamrock Rovers.

Aberdeen have agreed a fee with Hamburg for Scottish centre-back David Bates and signed Matthew Longstaff on loan from Newcastle United.

Mjondalen have revealed that they have agreed a deal to sell Sondre Solholm Johansen to Motherwell.

Tottenham Hotspur have signed teenage midfielder Pape Matar Sarr from Metz for £15.22m and then loaned him straight back to the Ligue 1 club.

Watford have paid £5.22m to sign Moussa Sissoko from Spurs.

Manchester United have reached an agreement to pay £12.8m for the return of Cristiano Ronaldo from Juventus.

Kurt Zouma has had a medical at West Ham United ahead of a move from Chelsea.

Ajax have paid £10.8m to sign teenage winger Mohamed Daramy from FC Copenhagen.

Stade Reims have signed Mitchell van Bergen from Heerenveen.

Bristol City's Hungarian midfielder Adam Nagy has signed for Serie B side Pisa.

Wolverhampton Wanderers have loaned Luke Matheson to Hamilton Academicals.

Hertha Berlin have spent £2.7m to sign Jurgen Ekkelenkamp from Ajax.

Brighton & Hove Albion have loaned Jayson Molumby to West Bromwich Albion.

Juventus youngster Alejandro Marques has joined Mirandes on loan.

Leicester City have sold Ghanaian youngster Kamal Sowah to Club Brugge for £8.1m.

Kerala Blasters of the Indian Super League have taken Jorge Pereyra Diaz on loan from Platense.

Soufiane Chakla has moved to OH Leuven on a free transfer from Villareal.

Venezia winger Francesco Di Mariano has moved to Lecce.

Monaco have sent Antonio Barreca to Lecce on loan.

Nottingham Forest have signed former Derby County left-back Max Lowe on loan from Sheffield United.

Juventus have signed Martin Palumbo on loan from Udinese.

Crotone have signed Nehuen Paz from Bologna.

Osasuna have taken Javi Onteros on loan from Villareal;.

Tom Trybull has signed for Hannover 96 on a free transfer from Norwich City.

Tommaso Pobega has joined Torino on loan from AC Milan.

FC Lugano have signed Zan Celar from AS Roma.

Sampdoria defender Lorenzo Tonelli has moved to Empoli.

Godfred Donsah has joined Crotone from Bologna.

Australian A-League side Perth Glory have signed Adrian Sardinero from OFI Crete.

Stade Rennais have paid £3.15m to sign teenage goalkeeper Dogan Alemdar from Kayserispor.

Yannick Bolasie has left Everton on a free transfer to sign for Caykur Rizespor.

Injury Round-Up

Leicester City defender Jonny Evans has been ruled out of the Northern Ireland squad due to injury.

Managerial Changes

Disciplinary Charges

Manchester City defender Benjamin Mendy has been remanded in custody.

Nigeria Squad

Nigeria have announced an expanded 30-man squad due to the pandemic:
Nigeria's 30-man squad in full
Goalkeepers: Francis Uzoho (APOEL Nicosia, Cyprus); Daniel Akpeyi (Kaizer Chiefs, South Africa); Maduka Okoye (Sparta Rotterdam, The Netherlands)
Defenders: Chidozie Awaziem (Boavista, Portugal); Kenneth Omeruo (Leganes, Spain); Leon Balogun (Rangers, Scotland); William Ekong (Watford, England); Olaoluwa Aina (Torino, Italy); Jamilu Collins (Padeborn, Germany); Abdullahi Shehu (AC Omonia, Cyprus); Zaidu Sanusi (Porto, Portugal); Kevin Akpoguma (Hoffenheim, Germany)
Midfielders: Oghenekaro Etebo (Watford, England); Wilfred Ndidi (Leicester City, England); Frank Onyeka (Brentford, England); Joseph Ayodele-Aribo (Rangers, Scotland)
Forwards: Ahmed Musa (Fatih Karagumruk, Turkey); Alex Iwobi (Everton, England); Samuel Kalu (Bordeaux, France); Victor Osimhen (Napoli, Italy); Kelechi Iheanacho (Leicester City, England); Moses Simon (Nantes, France); Paul Onuachu (Genk, Belgium)
Seven standby for UK-based players: Terem Moffi (Lorient, France); Henry Onyekuru Olympiacos, Greece); Chidera Ejuke (CSKA Moscow, Russia); Innocent Bonke (Malmo FF, Sweden); Valentine Ozornwafor (Charleroi, Belgium); Tyronne Ebuehi (Venezia, Italy); Kingsley Michael (Bologna, Italy)

Europa League Draw

Europa League draw in full
Group A: Lyon, Rangers, Sparta Prague, Brondby
Group B: Monaco, PSV Eindhoven, Real Sociedad, Sturm Graz
Group C: Napoli, Leicester, Spartak Moscow, Legia Warsaw
Group D: Olympiakos, Eintracht Frankfurt, Fenerbahce, Royal Antwerp
Group E: Lazio, Lokomotiv Moscow, Marseille, Galatasaray
Group F: Braga, Red Star Belgrade, Ludogorets, Midtjylland
Group G: Bayer Leverkusen, Celtic, Real Betis, Ferencvaros
Group H: Dinamo Zagreb, Genk, West Ham, Rapid Vienna

Europa Conference League Draw

Europa Conference League draw in full
Group A: LASK, Maccabi Tel-Aviv, Alashkert, HJK Helsinki
Group B: Gent, Partizan, Flora Tallinn, Anorthosis Famagusta
Group C: Roma, Zorya Luhansk, CSKA Sofia, Bodo/Glimt
Group D: AZ Alkmaar, CFR Cluj, Jablonec, Randers
Group E: Slavia Prague, Feyenoord, Union Berlin, Maccabi Haifa
Group F: FC Copenhagen, PAOK, Slovan Bratislava, Lincoln Red Imps
Group G: Tottenham, Rennes, Vitesse, NS Mura
Group H: Basel, Qarabag, Kairat Almaty, Omonoia

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Written by Tris Burke August 28 2021 05:31:52