Football News: Review Of The Day 19th June 2019

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Review of the Day

Contracts

Hannover 96 have given goalkeeper Leo Weinkauf a 4 year deal.

Cameron McGeehan has signed a new 2 year deal with Barnsley.

Teenage defender Paul Kalambayi has signed a new contract with AFC Wimbledon.

Juan Mata has agreed a new deal with Manchester United.

Transfers

Celtic have released Costa Rican full-back Jason Gamboa.

Augsburg have paid less than £2m for Nigerian winger Noah Sarenren Bazee from Hannover 96. Augsburg have also signed Ruben Vargas from FC Luzern of the Swiss Super League for a fee of over £2m.

Portu has joined Real Sociedad from Girona for a fee of less than £10m.

Olympiakos have made a double signing in the shape of Brazilian winger Bruno from LASK in Austria and Nottingham Forest's Algerian midfielder El Arbi Hillel Soudani.

Rangers have signed Liverpool winger Sheyi Ojo on loan.

Italian left-back Bruno Martella has cost Brescia less than £1m from Crotone.

Espanyol have released Alvaro Vazquez.

Alaves have signed Cameroon midfielder Jeando Fuchs from FC Sochaux.

Guinea-Bissau winger Jorginho has joined Ludogorets Razgrad from Saint-Etienne on a free transfer.

Bayern Munich have loaned young midfielder Adrian Fein to Hamburg.

Former Barcelona and Stoke City midfielder has returned to Netherlands to sign for PSV Eindhoven. Afellay was a free agent.

Bradford City have stepped in to sign Paudie O'Connor from Leeds United. O'Connor spent the second half of last season on loan with Bradford.

French defender Yoann Barbet has signed for QPR after being released by Brentford.

League Two's Grimsby Town have signed striker James Hanson on a free transfer following his release by AFC Wimbledon.

Forest Green Rovers have sealed a double deal. Ebou Adams has signed from Ebbsfleet United for an undisclosed fee. Aaron Collins has made a free transfer from Morecambe.

Danny Collinge has joined League Two side Colchester United following his release from Stuttgart.

Mathieu Baudry has joined Swindon Town. The 31 year old defender was released by MK Dons.

Wednesday Challenge Trademark

After finding out that Paul Jennings had registered 'WAWAW' as a trademark last year Sheffield Wednesday have appealed to the government's Intellectual Property Office (IPO) in an attempt to overturn the trademark. WAWAW is used by Wednesday fans regularly on social media and stands for 'We're All Wednesday Aren't We' but they could face legal action by Jennings for using it without his permission in a ridiculous misuse of trademarks. A Wendesday statement said: "We can confirm we have challenged Mr Jennings' trademark as 'WAWAW' has, without question, grown organically from within the Sheffield Wednesday family for many years. We are confident the decision of the Intellectual Property Office will take this overwhelming factor into consideration and result in our challenge being successful."

Bluebirds Agree Vaulks Fee

Rotherham United's Welsh midfielder Will Waulks is close to a move to Cardiff City after the two clubs agreed a fee for the 25 year old. Previous club Falkirk have a sell-on fee as part of the deal that saw him move back down south from the Scottish club.

Forest Get Lease Extension

With plans in the pipeline to expand the City Ground, Nottingham Forest have extended their lease on the ground from Nottingham City Council to 250-years from the previous 50-year lease. The area of ground leased has also been increased in size which will enable the club to put its plans for a 38,000 seat stadium in action.

Addicks Extend Bowyer Contract

Just one day after revealing they could not agree a new contract with manager Lee Bowyer, Charlton Athletic have confirmed that a 1-year contract extension has been agreed at the terms they said it would have been crazy to agree to. Bowyer has trebled his salary with the new contract. No wonder they are losing money under the (hated by fans) owner Roland Duchatelet! Bowyer said: "I'd literally spoken to the owner (Roland Duchatelet) just before I'd spoken to my wife and had a normal conversation with him. It was civilised and we were negotiating. It was only when I came off the phone that I'd heard there was a statement that had gone out. Two or three hours after we'd originally spoken, he called me to say he'd like to agree what we'd spoken about earlier and let's move things forward, which was great to hear. All I wanted to do is stay at the club. I love the club."

Brum Sack Monk

After a fall out over the sale of Jota to city rivals Aston Villa, Garry Monk has been dismissed by Birmingham City after 15 months in charge. His assistant Pep Clotet has been named caretaker coach. A board statement read: "The board of directors believe this [Monk's sacking] to be in the long-term interests of the club. It is vitally important for everybody at the club to be sharing the same vision and commitment to the plans and processes."

Boyd Retires

Kilmarnock's former Rangers, Middlesbrough and Nottingham Forest striker Kris Boyd has retired with a record for Scottish Premier League goals of 167 in total. The 35 year old had 3 spells with his first club Killie and helped them qualify for Europe for next season.

Motherwell Accept Another Turnbull Bid

Norwich City have also agreed a fee with Motherwell for teenage midfielder David Turnbull, matching the offer Celtic made recently. Celtic had agree a deal believed to be for around £3.25m for Turnbull, who scored 15 goals from midfield last season, but were unable to agree personal terms.

Rafa Gets China Offer

With just a couple of weeks left on his contract with Newcastle United, Rafael Benitez has received a mega money offer from Chinese Super League side Dalian Yifang to become their manager. Benitez has a new deal on the table from Newcastle but has so far been unable to agree a deal with the Toon.

Platini Faces Anti-Corruption Investigators

French anti-corruption investigators have questioned former UEFA president Michel Platini over the awarding of the 2022 World Cup to Qatar. Platini was banned from football in 2015 for ethics breaches which he denies.

Written by Tris Burke June 19 2019 06:03:37