Football News: Review Of The Day 29th July 2022

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Review of the Day

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Contracts

Heart of Midlothian manager Robbie Neilson has signed a new 3-year deal with the club.

Lewis Freestone has extended his contract with Cheltenham Town until the end of 2025.

Transfers

Everton have signed Dwight McNeil from Burnley for £21.5m.

Barcelona have agreed a deal to sign Jules Kounde from Sevilla for £45m.

Veteran former Liverpool youngster Lee Peltier has signed for Rotherham United on a free transfer after leaving Middlesbrough.

Brentford have received an undisclosed fee of £3.24m for striker Marcus Forss from Middlesbrough.

New Burnley head coach Vincent Kompany has used his knowledge of Belgian football by signing Vitinho from Cercle Bruges for an undisclosed fee of £900,000.

Hollywood club Wrexham have splashed their cash from backers Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney by paying an undisclosed fee to Oxford United for winger Anthony Forde.

Accrington Stanley have signed Enock Lusiama from non-league football.

Tottenham Hotspur striker Dane Scarlett has signed for Portsmouth on a season-long loan deal.

Andy Smith has returned to Grimsby Town on loan from Hull City. Smith spent the second half of last season there on loan.

Sunderland winger Ellis Taylor has signed for Hartlepool United on loan for the season.

Doncaster Rovers have signed Jack Degruchy on a free transfer from York City.

Blackburn Rovers have been paid an undisclosed fee by Northampton Town for Tyler Magloire.

Joel Mumbongo has signed for Tranmere Rovers on a free transfer from Burnley.

Rochdale have signed teenage Leicester City defender Ben Nelson on loan for the season.

Rob Hunt has signed for Leyton Orient on a free transfer from Swindon Town.

Osasuna have paid £1.62m for Moi Gomez from Villareal.

Celta de Vigo forward Julen Lobete has joined RKC Waalwijk on loan.

Young Wolverhampton Wanderers forward Theo Corbeanu has signed on loan for Blackpool.

Stade Reims have sent Fraser Hornby to KV Oostende on loan.

Serie A new boys Monza have signed Warren Bondo on a free transfer from Nancy.

The twin brother of former Manchester United target Jurrien Timber, Quinten, has joined Feyenoord for a feee of £7.65m from Utrecht.

Villareal have paid £882,000 for experienced right-back Kiko Femenia from Watford.

Valencia have signed Brazilian winger Samuel Lino from Atletico Madrid on loan.

French defender Maxime Leverbe has joined Serie A's Sampdoria on loan from Serie B side Pisa.

Villareal have released Mario Gaspar.

Cremonese have signed Nigerian striker David Okereke from Club Brugge.

Red Star FC have signed Fode Doucoure from Stade Reims.

Juventus forward Alejandro Marques has signed for Estoril Praia on loan.

Paderborn have signed Marvin Pieringer from Schalke 04 on loan.

Marco Sala has joined Palermo on loan from Sassuolo.

Ernesto Torregrossa has joined Pisa on loan from Sampdoria.

Experienced winger Jony has signed for Sporting Gijon on loan from Lazio.

Raith Rovers have signed Ryan Nolan on a free transfer from Northampton Town.

Derry City have signed Mark Connolly on a permanent deal from Dundee United.

Getafe sporting director Ruben Reyes has confirmed that his club want to bring Borja Mayoral back to the club: "Mayoral did a great job here and we all liked it. We are working on it so let's see."

Sassuolo director Giovanny Carnevali has confirmed that Napoli are interested in signing Giacomo Raspadori: "Raspadori has a request from Napoli, we'll see what happens over the next few days. In any case, our desire is to continue improving our squad."

Injury Round Up

Hibernian's new signing Aidan McGeady has suffered a recurrence of his medial ligament injury which kept him out of most of last season. He is expected to be missing for at least two months.

Bristol Rovers defender Nick Anderton has been diagnosed with a form of bone cancer. The 26-year-old has osteosarcoma and will have an operation to remove part of the bone in his thigh in an attempt to cure the problem. Rovers CEO Tom Gorringe said: "Everyone at Bristol Rovers shares our sympathies for Nick at this difficult time and we will do everything possible to help support Nick and his family during his recovery. I am sure everyone will want to show their support for Nick, which will help him immensely as he recovers. I would also ask that everyone shows respect for his and his family's privacy during this time."



Job Changes

Reigning Welsh champions The New Saints have sacked their manager Anthony Limbrick after they once again flopped in European competition.

Dunfermline Athletic have appointed Greg Shields as the new head of the football side of their academy. Bill Hendry has taken over as the head of operations of the academy.

Bayern Munich have appointed Markus Pilawa as their new chief scout. Pilawa left his role as Head of Scouting and Analysis at Borussia Dortmund just a few days ago.

Disciplinary Charges

Fenerbahce fans are facing a backlash after thousands of them chanted in support of Russian leader Vladimir Putin following Ukrainian team Dynamo Kyiv scoring against them in a Champions League clash played in Poland due to the invasion of Ukraine. UEFA have opened an investigation. Fenerbahce stated that the chants in no way represented the club or its "corporate stance in any way".

The unnamed Premier League player who was arrested on suspicion of three counts of rape is no longer under investigation for one of the allegations. His bail has been extended until October.

The assault charge against Sheffield United striker Rhian Brewster following a pitch invasion in their Championship play-off defeat to Nottingham Forest has been dropped. The former Chelsea and Liverpool youngster was accused of assaulting a Forest fan in the midst of a invasion by Forest fans, which also saw his teammate Billy Sharp headbutted and another teammate, Oli McBurnie, also charged with assault. McBurnie's assault charge is being reviewed as well.

Former Crawley Town manager John Yems has been charged with racial discrimination towards his players by the Football Association. Yems is accused of making 16 comments that had a reference to either ethnic origin, race, nationality, religion, gender or colour between 2019 and 2022. He is also alleged to have discriminated against Crawley players during the same period. Yems was suspended and then sacked by Crawley following the "serious and credible accusations" against him and replaced by former Arsenal youth team coach Kevin Betsy. The Professional Footballers' Association (PFA) is also conducting an inquiry, as well as supporting players who have reported claims of racism to them. A PFA statement read: "In any walk of life it takes courage for an employee to come forward with concerns about discrimination in their workplace. It's a decision that will involve understandable anxieties regarding potential career impacts and longer term employability. That's why it's crucial that the PFA is here to advocate for players and act as an independent source of support and advice on important matters such as this. Our message to any players who may have similar concerns, or who may be experiencing issues with discriminatory behaviour, is to speak to your union, either through your club's PFA delegate or directly with the PFA team." It was claimed Yems split the players along racial lines and that the training ground was segregated along those lines.

Inter Milan and their new shirtsponsors DigitalBits are having issues after DigitalBits have repeatedly missed payments. Inter have removed the Digitalbits branding from their website and electronic advertising hoardings.

Pointless List Of The Day

Today's list is the UEFA co-efficient rankings:
1. England - 88.855 points
2. Spain - 78.712 points
3. Germany - 67.856 points
4. Italy - 61.854 points
5. France - 49.914 points
6. Netherlands - 47.4 points
7. Portugal - 45.216 points
8. Scotland - 33.7 points
9. Austria - 30 points
10. Belgium - 28.9 points
11. Serbia - 27.375 points
12. Russia - 26.215 points
13. Ukraine - 24.9 points
14. Norway - 24.125 points
15. Switzerland - 23.675 points
16. Greece - 23.475 points
17. Czech Republic - 22.925 points
18. Croatia - 22.4 points
19. Denmark - 22.325 points
20. Turkey - 20.7 points
21. Cyprus - 19.775 points
22. Israel - 19.5 points
23. Sweden - 18.125 points
24. Bulgaria - 16.75 points
25. Slovakia - 15.75 points
26. Hungary - 15.625 points
27. Romania - 15.125 points
28. Poland - 14.75 points
29. Azerbaijan - 13.125 points
30. Kazakhstan - 11.875 points
30. Slovenia - 11.875 points
32. Moldova - 10 points
33. Belarus - 9.75 points
34. Kosovo - 9.291 points
35. Latvia - 9.125 points
36. Bosnia-Herzegovina - 8.875 points
36. Finland - 8.875 points
38. Luxembourg - 8.75 points
39. Lithuania - 8.5 points
40. Armenia - 8.25 points
41. Northern Ireland - 8.208 points
42. Faroe Islands - 8.125 points
43. Ireland - 8 points
44. Georgia - 7.875 points
45. Estonia - 7.249 points
46. Malta - 7.125 points
47. Iceland - 6.75 points
48. Albania - 6.25 points
49. Wales - 6 points
50. Gibraltar - 5.791 points
51. Liechtenstein - 5.5 points
52. North Macedonia - 5 points
53. Andorra - 4.999 points
54. Montenegro - 4.5 points
55. San Marino - 1.832 points

Bees Sell Naming Rights

Brentford's new stadium is set to have a new name after they agreed a 10-year stadium naming rights sponsorship agreement with Grey Technology Limited (Gtech). They only moved to what was known as the Brentford Community Stadium in September 2020 after over 100 years at Griffin Park, but it will be known as the Gtech Community Stadium for the next ten years. The club have said that the deal is the largest sponsorship deal in the Bees' history.

Latics In New Hands

Oldham Athletic fans are rejoicing after the controversial and extremely unpopular reign of Abdallah Lemsagam is over. Local businessman Frank Rothwell, who rowed across the Atlantic at the age of 70 as well as around the world, has completed a £12m takeover of the former Premier League club, who recently became the first club to have played in the Premier League to drop out of the English Football League. Under Lemsagem the club was a mess, managers coming and going in quick succession, 12 in 4 years, wages paid late and numerous pitch invasions by unhappy fans. It is believed that the Latics were just days away from entering liquidation before Rothwell stepped in to save the club after the son of Oldham (and Everton) legend Joe Royle, Darren, stepped in to set up the rescue deal. In return Darren Royle is to become the club's chief executive and both he and his dad will have a seat on the board. Rothwell is a colourful character, the holder of two world records and also appeared on a Bear Grylls' reality TV show, and should at least prove more popular than the previous owner.

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Written by Tris Burke July 29 2022 08:26:36