Football News: Review Of The Day 23rd August 2018

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Review of the Day

Transfers

Former Ajax winger Anwar El Ghazi has moved to Aston Villa on a season-long loan deal from Lille.

Tranmere Rovers have taken striker Franklyn Akammadu on loan from Italian side US Alessandria for the season.

Free agent midfielder Stephen Quinn has signed a short-term deal with Burton Albion. The 32 year old, who was released by Reading in the summer, has signed until 22nd January.

Ivory Coast international full-back Brice Dja Djedje has had his contract terminated by Watford, allowing him to join Ankaragucu on a permanent deal.

Manchester City have recalled young goalkeeper Aro Muric from his loan spell with NAC Breda.

Rangers have re-signed Northern Ireland international forward Kyle Lafferty from Hearts.

Club Brugge have spent £4.5m to sign Iranian striker Kaveh Rezaei from RSC Charleroi.

Ghana Recall Asamoah

While captain and record goal scorer Asamoah Gyan and the Ayew brothers missed out, new Inter Milan signing Kwadwo Asamoah has earned a recall.
Ghana Squad:
Goalkeepers: Lawrence Ati (Sochaux, France), Richard Ofori (Martizburg,South Africa)
Defenders: Harrison Afful (Columbus, USA) Daniel Opare (Antwerp,Belgium) Kassim Nuhu (1899 Hoffenheim, Germany) John Boye (FC Metz, France) Daniel Amartey (Leicester City, England) Andy Yiadom (Reading Football Club, England) Nicholas Opoku (Udinese, Italy)
Midfielders: Afriyie Acquah (Empoli, Italy) Isaac Sackey (Alanyaspor, Turkey) Ebenezer Ofori (New York City FC, USA) Christian Atsu (Newcastle, England) Edwin Gyasi (CSKA Sofia, Bulgaria) Kwadwo Asamoah (Inter Milan, Italy) Frank Acheampong (Tianjin Teda, China) Nana Ampomah (Waasland-Beveren, Belgium)
Forward: Raphael Dwamena (Levante UD, Spain) Thomas Partey (Atlético Madrid, Spain) Majeed Waris (FC Nantes, France) William Owusu (Antwerp, Belgium)

Serbia Drop Milivojevic

Crystal Palace captain Luka Milivojevic has been dropped by Serbia for the first UEFA Nations League games, after his criticism of head coach Mladen Krstajic "bad choice" in the World Cup. After the loss to Brazil Milivojevic said: "Our manager had his opinion, something he wanted to try, and in the end we lost. We tried to take risks where, in my opinion, we did not have to. I think we should have been more experienced and played for a result in the last 15 minutes."
Serbia squad:
Dmitrovic (Eibar), Jovanovic (AGF), Rajkovic (Maccabi Tel-Aviv); Kolarov (Roma), Milenkovic (Fiorentina), Rodic (Red Star Belgrade), Rukavina (Astana), Spajic (Krasnodar), Veljkovic (Werder Bremen), Vukovic (Olympiacos); Gacinovic (Eintracht Frankfurt), Kostic (Eintracht Frankfurt), Krsticic (Red Star Belgrade), Ljajic (Torino), Lukic (Torino), Matic (Manchester United), Maksimovic (Getafe), Milinkovic-Savic (Lazio), Radonjic (Red Star Belgrade), Tadic (Ajax), Zivkovic (Benfica); Mitrovic (Fulham), Prijovic (PAOK)

Celtic Give Up On McKenna

Manager Brendan Rodgers has said that Celtic have ended their interest in Aberdeen defender Scott McKenna after the Dons rejected their £3.5m bid. Rodgers said: "He is a young player that I like, but it was made clear Scott won't be for sale in this window so that would end that."

Viral Carpet Video Leads To New Kit

FC Rostov have released a fourth kit designed to look like the 'lucky' carpet that viral social media footage showed a fan waving in the crowd during a game. With the kind of superstitious thinking that used to see me go miles out of my way to walk to home games from the city centre after we won a game when I had walked from there once, one fan of Rostov took a carpet to a home match after his team lost their previous home game. They won 4-0 and footage of the rug being waved about in the stands went viral. Rostov have been quick to cash in by releasing a kit with the carpet's design emblazoned on it.

Kashia Becomes First To Win UEFA #EqualGame Award

UEFA have announced the first recipient of their new #EqualGame award is to be Georgia captain Guram Kashia. The award is for players who have "acted as a role model promoting diversity, inclusion and accessibility in European football". Kashia has been chosen after he wore a rainbow armband while playing for Eredivisie side Vitesse Arnhem last season, which led to riots, smoke bombs, flares and a rainbow flag being burned in his homeland, while the player himself was threatened and abused. UEFA president Aleksander Ceferin said: "Guram has taken an important stand to support the LGBT community and equality overall and deserves to win this award. Even though his actions sparked threats and abuse from many groups, he preached tolerance and acceptance, and helped change perceptions of this minority group in his native country of Georgia." Kashia now plays for San Jose Earthquakes in MLS.

La Liga Players Threaten Strike Action

Spanish league plans to play a top-flight league match in the USA have been threatened by the players' union who are not ruling out strike action if La Liga does not listen to their concerns. President of the union (AFE) David Aganzo said: "The problem is the lack of common sense, a schedule where only the export of soccer benefits - nobody counts on the fans. We need to fix it with the bosses. The captains are outraged, they're against it, they are unanimous. It does not make sense. We are talking about an agreement that has a validity of 15 years without consulting the players."

FIFA Corruption Sweep Sees First Jail Term Handed Out

The first of the seven FIFA officials to be arrested in Zurich back in 2015 has been convicted and jailed. Jose Maria Marin is a former head of the Brazilian FA and he was convicted of accepting bribes from sports marketing companies for contract to broadcast tournaments. Marin was jailed for four years for corruption as well as being fined $1.2m and ordered to forfeit a further £3.34m.

Written by Tris Burke August 23 2018 12:00:12