Football News: Review Of The Day 5th June 2018

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Review of the Day

Transfers

Peterborough United have moved to sign Stevenage striker Matt Goodden for an undisclosed fee described as being a six-figure fee.

Craig MacGillivray has joined Portsmouth on a free transfer from fellow League One side Shrewsbury Town. The Shrews offered MacGillivray a new contract but he rejected it.

Byron Moore has moved to Bury following his release from Bristol Rovers.

Manchester City academy graduate Will Patching has left the Premier League champions to move to Notts County.

Louis Robles has returned to English football to join League Two side Grimsby Town after a spell with San Roque de Lepe.

Hull City have released Abel Hernandez and David Meyler.

Spartak Moscow have paid a fee in excess of £7m to buy French centre half Samuel Gigot from KAA Gent.

Romanian defender Florin Gardos has returned to his home country following his release from Southampton. The 29 year old has signed for Universitatea Craiova.

Genoa have released Italian full back Davide Brivio.

Brazilian midfielder Lucas Evangelista has been released by Udinese.

Poland Include Glik Who Gets Injured Almost Immediately

Poland announced their 23 man squad and Monaco defender Kamil Glik celebrated his inclusion by attempting a bicycle kick in training later that day and injured his shoulder in the attempt. They are now awaiting the results of a scan to see if the 30 year old needs to be replaced.
Poland squad:
Goalkeepers: Bartosz Bialkowski (Ipswich), Lukasz Fabianski (Swansea City), Wojciech Szczesny (Juventus).
Defenders: Jan Bednarek (Southampton), Bartosz Bereszynski (Sampdoria), Thiago Cionek (SPAL), Kamil Glik (Monaco), Artur Jedrzejczyk (Legia Warsaw), Michal Pazdan (Legia Warsaw), Lukasz Piszczek (Borussia Dortmund).
Midfielders: Jakub Blaszczykowski (Wolfsburg), Jacek Goralski (Ludogorets Razgrad), Kamil Grosicki (Hull City), Grzegorz Krychowiak (Paris St-Germain), Rafal Kurzawa (Gornik Zabrze), Karol Linetty (Sampdoria), Slawomir Peszko (Lechnia Gdansk), Maciej Rybus (Lokomotiv Moscow), Piotr Zielinski (Napoli).
Forwards: Dawid Kownacki (Sampdoria), Robert Lewandowski (Bayern Munich), Arkadiusz Milik (Napoli), Lukasz Teodorczyk (Anderlecht).

Salah Included In Egypt Squad

Despite being injured, Egypt have included Mohamed Salah in their World Cup squad, in the hope that their national hero can make a recovery in time.
Egypt squad
Goalkeepers: Essam El Hadary (Al Taawoun), Mohamed El-Shennawy (Al Ahly), Sherif Ekramy (Al Ahly).
Defenders: Ahmed Fathi, Saad Samir, Ayman Ashraf (all Al Ahly), Mahmoud Hamdy (Zamalek), Mohamed Abdel-Shafy (Al Fateh), Ahmed Hegazi (West Brom), Ali Gabr (Zamalek), Ahmed Elmohamady (Aston Villa), Omar Gaber (Los Angeles FC).
Midfielders: Tarek Hamed, (Zamalek), Shikabala (Zamalek), Abdallah Said (Al Ahli), Sam Morsy (Wigan Athletic), Mohamed Elneny (Arsenal), Mahmoud Kahraba (Al Ittihad), Ramadan Sobhi (Stoke City), Mahmoud Hassan (Kasimpasa), Amr Warda (Atromitos Athens).
Forwards: Marwan Mohsen (Al Ahly), Mohamed Salah (Liverpool).

Silva Leaves Decision To Rooney

New Everton head coach Marco Silva has said the door is open to Wayne Rooney to stay at the club, despite the 32 year old having agreed a deal in principle to join DC United of MLS. Silva said: "Rooney is a club legend and we need to understand everything. The door is open every time for him."

Pickford Gets Number One Shirt

Everton goalkeeper Jordan Pickford has been given a big hint that he will be England's keeper for the World Cup, after he was handed the number one shirt for the tournament.
England squad numbers in full
1 Jordan Pickford (Everton)
2 Kyle Walker (Manchester City)
3 Danny Rose (Tottenham)
4 Eric Dier (Tottenham)
5 John Stones (Manchester City)
6 Harry Maguire (Leicester)
7 Jesse Lingard (Manchester United)
8 Jordan Henderson (Liverpool)
9 Harry Kane (captain, Tottenham)
10 Raheem Sterling (Manchester City)
11 Jamie Vardy (Leicester)
12 Kieran Trippier (Tottenham)
13 Jack Butland (Stoke)
14 Danny Welbeck (Arsenal)
15 Gary Cahill (Chelsea)
16 Phil Jones (Manchester United)
17 Fabian Delph (Manchester City)
18 Ashley Young (Manchester United)
19 Marcus Rashford (Manchester United)
20 Dele Alli (Tottenham)
21 Ruben Loftus-Cheek (Chelsea)
22 Trent Alexander-Arnold (Liverpool)
23 Nick Pope (Burnley)

UEFA Announce Fines And Bans

UEFA have announced the punishments for Manchester City and Liverpool resulting from their Champions League quarter-final matches. Pep Guardiola was suspended for two games following his half-time sending off, one game of the suspension will only be applied if he receives further punishment during next season. Liverpool were fined 20,000 euros for crowd disturbances, acts of damage, the throwing of fireworks and setting off fireworks in the first leg plus a further 6,000 euros for fans setting off fireworks and throwing objects during the second leg. There was also a further 3,000 euro fine for use of fireworks during the semi-final second leg at Roma.

Sane Surprisingly Omitted By Germany

The big surprise from Germany's final 23 man squad for the World Cup finals was the ommission of Man City winger Leroy Sane. Germany coach Joachim Low decided to pick Leverkusen man Julian Brandt instead.
Germany squad:
Goalkeepers: Manuel Neuer (Bayern Munich), Marc-Andre ter Stegen (Barcelona), Kevin Trapp (Paris St-Germain)
Defenders: Jerome Boateng (Bayern Munich), Matthias Ginter (Borussia Monchengladbach), Jonas Hector (Cologne), Mats Hummels (Bayern Munich), Joshua Kimmich (Bayern Munich), Marvin Plattenhardt (Hertha Berlin), Antonio Rudiger (Chelsea), Niklas Sule (Bayern Munich)
Midfielders: Julian Brandt (Bayer Leverkusen), Julian Draxler (Paris St-Germain), Leon Goretska (Schalke), Ilkay Gundogan (Manchester City), Sami Khedira (Juventus), Toni Kroos (Real Madrid), Mesut Ozil (Arsenal), Sebastian Rudy (Bayern Munich)
Strikers: Mario Gomez (Stuttgart), Thomas Muller (Bayern Munich), Marco Reus (Borussia Dortmund), Timo Werner (RB Leipzig)

Toure Lashes Out At Pep

Yaya Toure has spoken scathingly about Man City manager Pep Guardiola in an interview for France Football. Toure said of Pep: "I do not know why but I have the impression that he was jealous, he took me for a rival. As if I made him a little shade. He was cruel to me. I came to wonder if it was not because of my colour. I am not the first to talk about these differences in treatment. In Barca, some have also asked the question. When we realise he often has problems with Africans wherever he goes, I ask myself questions. I want to be the one who breaks the myth of Guardiola."

Written by Tris Burke June 05 2018 07:46:23