Football News: Review Of The Day 13th January 2022

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Review of the Day

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Contracts

Celta Vigo midfielder Fran Beltran has extended his contract until 2026.

AS Monaco teenager Eliot Matazo has a new deal which will expire in 2026.

Heart of Midlothian have given left-back Stephen Kingsley a contract until 2025.

Cagliari winger Jacopo Desogus is now contracted until 2026.

Bayern Munich's French winger Kingsley Coman has extended until 2027.

Nabil Fekir has a new deal with Real Betis which runs until 2026.

Brazilian winger Paulo Vitor has a new deal until 2025 with Valladolid.

Celta de Vigo's Carlos Dominguez has extended his contract until 2026.

Scottish defender Craig Halkett has a new deal which will end in 2024.

Barcelona centre-back Samuel Umtiti has signed up with the Catalans until 2026.

Veteran winger Justin Meram has a new 1-year deal with Real Salt Lake.

Motherwell manager Graham Alexander has extended his contract until 2025.

Transfers

Bruno Nazario has moved to Vasco da Gama from TSG 1899 Hoffenheim.

AS Roma have loaned Spanish duo Borja Mayoral and Gonzalo Villar to Getafe.

Standard Liege have paid £180,000 for Belgian forward Renaud Emond from Nantes.

Swansea City have taken Cyrus Christie on loan from Fulham.

Aston Villa have paid £27m for French left-back Lucas Digne from fellow English Premier League club Everton.

Newcastle United have also paid £27m to sign New Zealand centre-forward Chris Wood from Burnley.

Philipp Klement has joined Paderborn on loan from VfB Stuttgart.

Real Salt Lake have signed free agent midfielder Scott Caldwell.

Leicester City have released Filip Benkovic and the centre-back has signed for Udinese on a free.

Flamengo have paid LOSC Lille £3.6m to sign Thiago Maia.

RCD Mallorca have loaned Joan Sastre to PAOK Salonika.

AS Roma have paid a £900,000 loan fee to sign Sergio Oliveira from Porto on loan.

Abdu Conte has joined Troyes from Moreirense for a fee of £2.43m.

Veteran defender Diego Godin has joined Atletico Mineiro on a free transfer from Cagliari. Replacing him in central defence is Edoardo Goldaniga for £360,000 from Sassuolo.

Los Angeles FC have signed Ilie Sanchez on a free transfer from fellow Major League Soccer team Sporting Kansas City.

Leeds United have sent Cody Drameh on loan to Cardiff City.

Alaves have taken Nahuel Tenaglia on loan from CA Talleres.

Romelu Lukaku's brother Jordan has moved to Vicenza on loan from Lazio.

Brentford midfielder Jan Zamburek has joined Viborg.

RFC Seraing have signed Molla Wague on a free transfer from Nantes.

Sevilla have released Ibrahim Amadou.

Young Arsenal forward Folarin Balogun has signed for Middlesbrough on loan.

A loan fee of £180,000 has been paid by Trabzonspor to take Tymoteusz Puchacz on loan from Union Berlin.

Moises Caicedo has returned to Brighton & Hove Albion at the end of his loan to Beerschot.

Rangers have recalled Swiss striker Cedric Itten from his loan with Greuther Furth.

Stoke City have signed Manchester City teenager Taylor Harwood-Bellis on loan just a couple of days after he returned to City from a loan spell with RSC Anderlecht.

Union Berlin have sold Marvin Friedrich to Borussia Moenchengladbach for £4.95m.

Sheffield United's Dutch keeper Michael Verrips has moved to Fortuna Sittard on loan.

Vitesse Arnhem have signed Adrian Grbic on loan from Lorient.

Teenage midfielder Aaron Ramsey has joined Cheltenham Town on loan from Aston Villa.

Getafe have loaned Chema to Eibar.

Leganes have taken Roger Ibanez on loan from Osasuna.

Stade Reims midfielder Mathieu Cafaro has moved to Standard Liege. Fode Doucoure has also moved away from Reims, signing for Red Star on loan. Joining Reims is Jens Cajuste from Midtjylland for a fee of £9m.

Norwich City have loaned Rocky Bushiri to Hibernian.

River Plate have taken Leandro Gonzalez Pirez on loan from Inter Miami of the MLS. Also leaving Miami is Christian Makoun, who has joined Charlotte FC.

Dallas have signed Dom Dwyer for £41,000 from Toronto.

Andrea Conti has signed for Sampdoria from AC Milan.

Austin have loaned Tomas Pochettino to River Plate.

Dallas have signed Nanu from Porto on loan.

Greuther Furth have signed Swedish goalkeeper Andreas Linde on a free transfer from Molde.

Lecce have taken Paolo Farago on loan from Cagliari.

The world's oldest professional footballer, the 54-year-old Kazuyoshi Miura, has joined Suzuka Point Getters on loan.

Ryan Shawcross has hung up his boots at the age of 34.

Olympique Marseille have signed Cedric Bakambu on a free transfer from Beijing Guoan.

Barcelona have been able to complete the signing of Ferran Torres from Manchester City after Samuel Umtiti took a pay cut in his new contract.

Veteran forward Jermain Defoe has left Rangers.

Canadian international Jay Chapman has signed for Dundee on a free transfer from Inter Miami.

Livingston have signed Caleb Chukwuemeka from Aston Villa.

Coventry City's Declan Drysdale has signed for Ross County on loan.

Derby County are set to release Sam Baldock.

Crewe Alexandra forward Owen Dale has signed for Blackpool for an undisclosed fee. Blackpool have also signed Rochdale forward Jake Beesley for an undisclosed fee.

Peterborough United have signed Callum Morton on loan from West Bromwich Albion.

Huddersfield Town defender Romoney Crichlow has signed for Plymouth Argyle on loan.

David Marshall has joined Queens Park Rangers from Derby County on a free transfer.

Coventry City defender Josh Pask has joined Newport County on loan.

Exeter City have signed Offrande Zanzala on loan from Barrow.

Rangers midfielder Stephen Kelly has joined Salford City on loan.

Jacob Wakeling has joined Barrow from Leicester City on loan.

Southampton youngster Caleb Watts has joined Crawley Town on loan.

Welsh club Penybont have sold midfielder James Waite to Newport County.

Heart of Midlothian winger Jamie Walker has signed for Bradford City on loan.

Port Vale and Harrogate Town have made a rare swap deal. Connor Hall has joined Vale, while Leon Legge moved the other way.

Hartlepool United have signed Jake Hull on loan from Rotherham United and Marcus Carver from Southport for an undisclosed fee.

Chelsea goalkeeper Jamie Cumming has joined Milton Keynes Dons on loan.

Tranmere Rovers have paid an undisclosed fee to Burton Albion for Kane Hemmings.

Free agent forward Kieran Agard has signed for Doncaster Rovers.

Burton Albion have signed William Kokolo from Middlesbrough.

Rochdale midfielder Aaron Morley has joined Bolton Wanderers for an undisclosed fee.

Free agent left-back Reece Hutchinson has signed for Cheltenham Town.

MK Dons keeper Andrew Fisher has joined Swansea City for an undisclosed fee.

Bournemouth defender Sam Sherring has moved to Cambridge United on loan.

Port Vale have paid an undisclosed fee to sign Chris Hussey from Cheltenham Town.

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Managerial Changes

Gillingham have appointed Steve Lovell on a "short-term basis" following the sacking of Steve Evans.

Disciplinary Charges

The Tunisian Football Federation have written to the Confederation of African Football to complain about their match with Mali, which ended 13seconds before the end of normal time, without playing any injury time. Tunisia were trailing 1-0 when Zambian referee Janny Sikazwe, who had already attempted to end the game after 85minutes only to notice his error and continue after initially blowing for full-time. It is claimed that Sikazwe had sunstroke and had to go to hospital, leaving the 4th official to attempt to restart the match, 20minutes after the game had ended. However some of the Tunisian players were taking ice baths and so the game failed to restart, even though the Malian coach was interrupted in the middle of his 'post-game' press conference to get the game started again. Sikazwe has previously been suspended on suspicion of corruption.

Oldham Athletic's owner Abdallah Lemsagam has said that he has been sent threats and bullets in the mail. Lemsagam's reign at Oldham has been troubled and the club currently sits bottom of the League Two table, four points adrift of the rest.

The Football Association has charged Bristol City manager Nigel Pearson for comments he made after his team were defeated by QPR.

Shrewsbury Town have been fined £3,750 and Accrington Stanley £3,375 for a scuffle between the two sets of players.

Pandemic Problems

Burkina Faso captain Bertrand Traore has been ruled out of action for the next Afcon game against Cape Verde after the 26-year-old Aston Villa forward tested CV positive. Cape Verde were missing 11 of their squad for their previous game. Senegal are missing Fodo Ballo-Toure and Idrissa Gana Gueye for their game against Guinea.

The SPFL have increased the number of substitutions allowed to five in order to help teams cope with the disruption caused by the pandemic.

Barnsley v Blackpool was postponed due to an outbreak at Barnsley. Oldham against Leyton Orient has also been called off.

Sheffield United manager Paul Heckingbottom has tested positive for CV and will miss the game at the weekend against Derby County. Stoke City manager Michael O'Neill is also set to miss the weekend game against Hull City due to a positive test.

Oxford Plan New Stadium

Oxford United have submitted a proposal to build a new stadium. The club currently plays at the Kassam Stadium, which they do not own and their lease expires in 2026. The plans are for a brand-new build 18,000 capacity stadium and associated facilities at Stratfield Brake.

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Written by Tris Burke January 13 2022 17:40:43