Football News: Review Of The Day 20th June 2018

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Review of the Day

Transfers

Chris Dagnall, a free agent following his release from Crewe Alexandra, has signed for Bury. Bury manager Ryan Lowe knows veteran forward Dagnall well, having played alongside him at Crewe.

Falkirk have taken young Chelsea midfielder Ruben Sammut on loan for the season. The 22 year old was the captain of Chelsea's U-23 side last season. Lithuanian international Deimantas Petravicius has also agreed a deal with Falkirk.

Ryan Allsop has agreed a 3 year deal with Wycombe Wanderers. The goalkeeper was a free agent after being released by Bournemouth and chose Wycombe having had a loan spell with them in 2016.

Falkirk's midfield has continued to be reshaped as Cameron Blues leaves by 'mutual consent' and signed for Livingston. The 20 year old had been out on loan last season.

Aberdeen have signed Irish midfielder Stephen Gleeson following his release from Ipswich Town.

Sheffield United have sold 20 year old midfielder Louis Reed to Peterborough United for an undisclosed fee.

Veteran defender Craig Morgan has signed for Fleetwood Town on a 2 year deal from Wigan Athletic.

Jordan Moore-Taylor has activated a release clause in his contract to leave Exeter City on a free transfer and follow former boss Paul Tisdale to MK Dons.

Goalkeeper Chris Dunn has a new club following his release from Wrexham. The 30 year old has signed for Walsall.

West Ham United have spent a club record fee, in excess of £20m, to sign defender Issa Diop from Toulouse. The 21 year old is the Hammers second signing of the summer.

Leeds United have sold keeper Felix Wiedwald to one of his former sides for an undisclosed fee. Wiedwald will return to Eintracht Frankfurt, after losing his place in the Leeds team to young keeper Bailey Peacock-Farrell.

Arsenal have agreed a deal to sign German keeper Bernd Leno from Bayer Leverkusen for a fee of nearly £20m. The 26 year old missed out on a place in the German World Cup squad this summer.

Monaco have spent 20m euros to sign a 16 year old forward. France under-17 striker Willem Geubbels is the latest off the Lyon production line.

SPAL have signed defender Bartosz Salamon from Cagliari for under £2m.

Sampdoria have spent nearly £7m to sign Gambian centre half Omar Colley from KRC Genk. Samp have also paid a minor fee to buy goalkeeper Vid Belec from Serie B side Benevento.

Wilshere To Leave Arsenal

Jack Wilshere, more likely to be spotted in the smokers booth at his local hospital than on the football pitch, has decided to leave Arsenal. The 26 year old, who somehow managed to blag his way into the England team in the past, had been upset about being unable to hold down a first team place and being asked to take a pay cut. After no one else was willing to even come close to offering the terms Arsenal would, he did accept that he would have to take a pay cut, but refused to accept that his inability to stay fit would mean new manager Unai Emery would not consider basing the team around his 'talents'. Wilshere said on social media: "I felt that I was ultimately left with little choice but to make the decision that I have due to purely footballing reasons. Such was my desire to stay that I had in fact recently agreed to sign a financially reduced contract in order to commit my future to the club. My intention throughout these discussions has always been to remain an Arsenal player. I have been on the books at Arsenal for 17 years and have always felt part of the fabric of the club. Following my meeting with the new manager I was made aware that although the reduced contract offer remained, it was made clear to me that my playing time would be significantly reduced should I decide to stay. I am sure everyone can understand that at this point in my life and career I need to be playing first-team football and following my meeting with Mr Emery I came away feeling that it would be very difficult for me to do so at Arsenal. Given this, I feel I have no option but to pursue other opportunities in order to progress my career on the pitch."

Brazil Have Fresh Neymar Injury Worries

Neymar Jr has hobbled out of Brazil's training just a couple of days ahead of a group game against Costa Rica. The injury is not believed to be related to the broken metatarsal that saw him miss a large chunk of the end of the season and is not expected to force him to miss the next World Cup game.

Hungary Appoint New Manager

Following the removal of Belgian coach Georges Leekens, the Hungarian FA have appointed Italian Marco Rossi as new national head coach. Rossi has managed in Hungarian football before, when he led Budapest Honved to the league title.

Written by Tris Burke June 20 2018 06:24:05