Football News: Review Of The Day 29th October 2019

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Review of the Day

Contracts

Cheltenham Town full-back Chris Hussey has signed a contract extension to take him up to 2021.

Injury Round-Up

Brentford have lost striker Nikos Karelis for a "significant" time after the 27 year old Greece international suffered a serious knee injury.

Manchester United midfielder Paul Pogba has been ruled out until December.

Bentley To Drive Fylde

The longest serving manager in the English league Jim Bentley has quit his job as manager of Morecambe and take the reins at AFC Fylde of the National League. Bentley took charge at Morecambe back in 2011, after spending 9 years with them as a player. Bentley has made the decision to drop down a division and take over from Dave Challinor, who was sacked earlier this month. Bentley said: "It's been an emotional couple of days, but it's for the right reasons - I'm coming to a new venture now which I'm really excited about. I'm very proud of the job I've done there, but I want a CV that shows promotions as much as the survival. It's totally geared to go up here, it's a club going in the right direction, and hopefully I can carry on the good work that David Challinor did here."

Kenwright Gift Blocked By Premier League Rules

Everton chairman Bill Kenwright's offer of £1m to help keep Bury alive has been blocked due to Premier League rules regarding conflict of interest. Despite the intended donation being from his personal fortune and unconnected to Everton EFL chief executive Debbie Jevans said it was impossible for it to be accepted. Jevans said: "He was great. [Everton] do a huge amount of work in the community. The Premier League clubs do a huge amount through solidarity payments and parachute payments, but a football club owner cannot have interests in more than one club. If there was an opportunity for help through the community work that happens at Everton, and they do a huge amount, then there is a conversation to be potentially had, but that is very different to Premier League clubs having an involvement in a second club." Other offers were accepted, such as Manchester City allowing Bury to use their training complex rent-free for the next 5 years.

Forest Give Food Parcels After Postponed Game

After Nottingham Forest's game on Saturday against Reading was postponed due to a waterlogged pitch, the food brought in to sell to the fans was instead donated to a homeless charity called Framework, which is based in Nottingham. This is the second time Forest have donated food that would otherwise go to waste.

Championship Clubs Charged

Bristol City and Charlton Athletic have both been charged by the Football Association after there was a fracas involving 15 players in their match at Ashton Gate on the 23rd of October. It started after Bristol striker Famara Diedhiou was sent off in the 86th minute for kicking out at Jason Pearce.

Egypt Recall Salah

Egypt Squad:
Goalkeepers: Mohamed El Shenawy (Al Ahly), Mohamed Awad (Zamalek), Mohamed Bassam (Al Gaish).
Defenders: Ahmed Fathi (Al Ahly), Ragab Bakar (Pyramids), Mohamed Hani (Al Ahly), Mohamed Hamdi (Pyramids), Mahmoud Alaa (Zamalek), Rami Rabia (Al Ahly), Ahmed Hegazi (West Bromwich Albion, England) ,Baher Elmohamed (Al Ismaily), Ayman Asharf (Al Ahly), Abdullah Gomaa (Zamalek), Mahmoud Wahed (Al Ahly)
Midfielders: Tarek Hamed (Zamalek), Amr Solyia (Al Ahly), Hamdi Fathi (Al Ahly), Omar Gaber (Pyramids), Mohamed El Neny (Beskitas, Turkey), Abdullah Al Saied (Pyramids), Mohamed Magdi Afsha (Pyramids), Hussien Al Shahat (Al Ahly), Ahmed 'Zizo) Sayed Zezo (Zamalek), Mohamed Farouk (Pyramids), Islam Issa (Pyramids),
Forwards: Hossam Hassan (Smouha), Marwan Hamdi (Wadi Degla), Ahmed Gomaa (Al Masry), Ahmed Hassan Kouka (SC. Braga, Portugal). Mahmoud Hassan Trezeguet (Aston Villa, England), Mahmoud Abdel Monem Kahraba (Aves, Portugal), Mohamed Salah (Liverpool, England)

Saints Give Wages To Charity

Southampton's 9-0 thrashing at the hands of Leicester City has led to the players and coaching staff donating a day's wages to charity. A club statement read: "The group has decided that they wish to donate their wages from the day of the Leicester game to Saints Foundation, in order to help the vital work that is conducted by the charity."

Ribery Banned

Fiorentina winger Franck Ribery has been banned for 3 games and fined 20,000 euros for pushing an assistant referee following their defeat at the hands of Lazio. Ribery had beeen taken off in the 74th minute but had to be restrained by teammates due to his remonstrations with officials at the end of the game. The 36 year old was shown a red card at the time.

Stam Quits

Former Reading manager Jaap Stam has quit as Feyenoord coach after just 3 wins in 11 games. Stam had only been in charge for 7 months but left after Ajax beat them 4-0. Feyenoord are currently 12th in the table.

Written by Tris Burke October 28 2019 20:36:16