Football News: Review Of The Day 19th December 2019

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Review of the Day

Contracts

RB Salzburg have given a trio of players new deals running until 2024. Patson Daka, Enock Mwepu and Sekou Koita are the three.

Defensive midfielder Samuel Piette has signed a 3 year deal with Montreal Impact.

Valencia midfielder Carlos Soler is set to be with the club until 2023 after the 22 year old agreed a contract extension.

David Kasumu has signed a new contract with MK Dons.

Transfers

Seth Sinovic has moved to New England Revolution from Sporting Kansas City.

Macc Get Another Reprieve

The winding-up petition issued against Macclesfield Town has been adjourned by the High Court once again. This is the 9th time the petition has been adjourned, this time though it could be for the final time as the club say the payment has been made. They will be back in court on 15th January 2020, which will allow time for the payment to clear.

Former Prem Striker Sentenced

The former Nottingham Forest, Crystal Palace, Chelsea and Southampton striker Neil Shipperley has been sentenced to a 12 month community order, required to complete 20 days of rehabilitation, 120 hours' community service, ordered to pay a £90 victim surcharge, £85 in costs and £200 in compensation after being found guilty of public masturbation in front of a mother and her 16 year old daughter. Shipperley, who admitted intentionally exposing his genitals intending that someone would be caused alarm or distress, had "expressed anguish, embarrassment, shame, but above all remorse," the court heard.

Potters Reveal Losses

Stoke City have revealed that their first season after relegation from the Premier League saw them make a pre-tax loss of £15.4m. That is almost half their losses in the previous year, when they lost £30m. Debts owed to their parent company Stoke City Holdings have increased from £122.7m to £141.3m, while turnover reduced to £70.5m from £127m the previous year. Media revenue also went down by almost 50%, from £101m to £51.2m. Wages did reduce, despite the Potters spending £67.4m on transfers.

PSV Choose Faber

PSV Eindhoven have sacked head coach Marc van Bommel and replaced him with Ernest Faber. Adil Ramzi, the former Morocco international, has been promoted from a coaching role with the youth team to work with the first team. Technical manager John de Jong said: "Even with interim technical staff you try to make a good combination with coaches with different profiles. With his background, Adil adds specific knowledge and expertise that we can use well. We are happy that he wants to help us."

FAI Ask For Govt Bailout

The Football Association of Ireland has a 29m euro debt on the Aviva Stadium and have approached the government of the country requesting an 18m euro bailout. Irish Sports Minister Shane Ross revealed the approach, which he described as "shocking" and that it had been made "absolutely clear" that the FAI would not get the money. Ross also suggested the League of Ireland could fold too, saying: "My guess is if the FAI goes, the League of Ireland goes the same way. I think that is absolutely inevitable."

MLS Choose 30th Franchise

Major League Soccer have chosen Charlotte as the home of their 30th franchise, joining the league in 2021. The Bank of America Stadium, where NFL team Carolina Panthers play their home games, is to be renovated to also be their stadium. Charlotte's owner David Tepper also owns the Carolina Panthers. MLS commissioner Don Garber said: "We are thrilled to welcome Charlotte as Major League Soccer's 30th club. During the last two decades, Charlotte has experienced enormous energy and growth, which matches soccer's explosive rise in popularity in the United States. We are pleased to add David Tepper to our ownership group and look forward to working with him and his entire organization to launch Major League Soccer in the Carolinas in 2021."

Hakimi Sets Speed Record

On-loan Borussia Dortmund starlet Achraf Hakimi has set a new speed record in the Bundesliga. The 22 year old is on a 2-year loan from Real Madrid and is the third player to set a new speed record this season.
The top 10 fastest Bundesliga players of all time
1) Achraf Hakimi (22.49 mph / 36.20 km/h)
2) Kingsley Ehizibue (22.3 mph / 35.85 km/h)
3) Kingsley Coman (22.16 mph / 35.66 km/h)
4) Jeremiah St. Juste (22.12 mph / 35.60 km/h)
5) Fabian Johnson (22.05 mph / 35.50 hm/h)
6) Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang (22.02 mph / 35.44 km/h)
7) Sheraldo Becker (22.01 mph / 35.43 km/h)
8) Lukas Klünter (21.99 mph / 35.40 km/h)
=9) Artjoms Rudnevs (21.98 mph / 35.39 km/h)
=9) Jan Rosenthal (21.98 mph / 35.39 km/h)

Cologne Scrap China Deal

Bundesliga side Cologne have pulled out of a deal to run a football academy in China because they should not support "such a totalitarian and brutal dictatorship". The deal would have been worth nearly 2m euros to the club but board member Stefan Muller-Romer said: "I understand that Germany can't completely get by without China and that there is an exchange between the two countries but we don't need China in sport and I stand by that. In China human rights are being massively disregarded. A complete surveillance state is being built, one worse than even George Orwell could have imagined. I have followed developments in China for more than 20 years and I have been there several times. I know what I am talking about. That is why I am of the opinion that 1 FC Cologne should not be active there. Making money at any cost is not an option for me. Apart from the fact that it is questionable whether it is possible to make money there, there are more important things than money. And as a non-profit organisation, that is socially active, we cannot support such a brutal and totalitarian dictatorship."

Written by Tris Burke December 18 2019 23:23:58