Football News: Review Of The Day 30th June 2021

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Review of the Day

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Contracts

Rochdale midfielder Jimmy Keohane has signed a 2-year contract.

Stevenage have given full-back Luther James-Wildin and veteran midfielder Chris Lines new deals.

Josh Lundstram has signed a 2 year contract with Crewe Alexandra.

Kieran Tierney has signed a 5-year deal with Arsenal.

Fernandinho has signed a new 1-year contract with Manchester City.

Transfers

Harrogate Town have paid an undisclosed fee for Salford City's Luke Armstrong.

Newport County have made a triple signing of free transfers. Courtney Baker-Richardson has signed from Swansea City, Jermaine Hylton from Ross County and James Clarke was captain at Walsall.

Nottingham Forest's teenage goalkeer George Shelvey has signed for Mansfield Town on a season-long loan deal.

Port Vale have signed Aidan Stone from Mansfield Town on a free transfer.

Another free transfer has taken forward Paul Smyth to Leyton Orient from Queen's Park Rangers.

Bristol Rovers have signed Harvey Saunders from Fleetwood Town and Aaron Collins from Forest Green Rovers, both on free transfers.

Harrogate Town have signed Danilo Orsi from Maidenhead United.

Former Manchester United youngster Ryan Tunnicliffe has signed for Portsmouth on a free transfer from Luton Town. Also joining Pompey on a free is veteran midfielder Shaun Williams from Millwall.

QPR have loaned Macauley Bonne to Ipswich Town for the season. Ipswich have also paid an undisclosed fee for West Bromwich Albion midfielder Rekeem Harper.

Amadou Bakayoko has signed for Bolton Wanderers on a free transfer from Coventry City.

Cambridge United have paid an undisclosed fee for Jack Lankester from Ipswich and picked up George Williams on a free transfer from Bristol Rovers.

Jordan Houghton has joined Plymouth Argyle on a free transfer from MK Dons.

Barrow goalkeeper Joel Dixon has signed for Bolton Wanderers on a free transfer.

An undisclosed fee has been paid by Luton Town for the signature of Morecambe forward Carlos Mendes Gomes. Also joining the Hatters is Amari'i Bell on a free transfer from Blackburn Rovers.

Former Arsenal youngster Chuks Aneke has signed for Birmingham City on a free transfer from Charlton Athletic.

Chelsea goalkeeper Nathan Baxter has joined Hull City on loan for the season.

Another player leaving Chelsea on loan for the season is teenage defender Levi Colwill, who is joining Huddersfield Town.

Blackpool have spent an undisclosed fee on young midfielder Sonny Carey from King's Lynn Town.

Celtic defender Jack Hendry has turned his loan move to KV Oostende into a permanent move.

Major League Soccer side San Jose Quakes have signed Brazilian defender Nathan from FC Zurich.

Also in MLS Houston Dynamo have paid £1.35m for Teenage Hadebe from Yeni Malatyaspor.

Juventus have loaned Marco Olivieri to Lecce.

FC Schalke 04 have signed Marius Bulter from Union Berlin for £720,000.

Benfica have paid £1.35m for Gil Dias from AS Monaco.

Bayern Munich have loaned Fiete Arp to Holstein Kiel.

Montpellier have released veteran defender Dnaiel Congre.

Arminia Bielefeld have paid £900,000 to sign Japanese midfielder Masaya Okugawa from RB Salzburg.

Inter Milan have signed veteran goalkeeper Alex Cordaz from Crotone.

Irish striker Aaron Drinan has signed for Leyton Orient after they paid Ipswich Town an undisclosed fee for his services.

Bradford City have picked up Alex Gilliead on a free transfer following his released from Scunthorpe United.

Exeter City have made a double free transfer signing in the shape of Callum Rowe from Aston Villa and George Ray from Tranmere Rovers.

Port Vale have also signed two free transfers, Tom Pett from Stevenage and Mal Benning from Mansfield Town.

Tranmere Rovers have signed Emmanuel Dieseruvwe on a free transfer from Salford City.

Yet another free transfer is Ryan Johnson who has signed for Port Vale from Hartlepool United.

Ipswich Town have paid an undisclosed fee for Salford City goalkeeper Vaclav Hradky.

Former Arsenal youngster Xavier Amaechi has signed for Bolton Wanderers on 6-months loan from Hamburg.

Stoke City have added goalkeeper Jack Bonham on a free transfer from Gillingham.

Craig MacGillivray is signing for Charlton Athletic on a free transfer from Portsmouth.

Another goalkeeper moving on a free is Ben Amos, who has signed for Wigan Athletic from Charlton Athletic.

And another as David Cornell joins Peterborough United after his contract with Ipswich Town was cancelled by mutual consent.

Aberdeen have signed USA international forward Christian Ramirez from MLS side Houston Dynamo for a fee of £205,000.

Alex Cochrane has joined Heart of Midlothian on a season-long loan from Brighton & Hove Albion.

Leeds United have paid an undisclosed fee for winger Amari Miller from Birmingham City.

Defensive midfielder Damien Le Tallec, the brother of former Liverpool player Anthony Le Tallec, has been released by Montpellier.

Veteran striker Roberto Soldado has joined Levante on a free transfer from Granada.

Manchester City have loaned Issa Kabore to Troyes.

OGC Nice have paid £7.65m for Barcelona's young defender Jean-Clair Todibo.

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Managerial Changes

With League Two side Swindon Town stuck in the middle of a battle with the FA over its owner Lee Power, and the funding of the side, new manager John McGreal, his assistant Rene Gilmartin and chief executive Steve Anderson have all quit the club. McGreal had been there a month and never even took charge of a match and Gilmartin joined him about a week after he took charge. A statement from McGreal and Gilmartin read: "This is a decision we both have made, as we feel we are not able to carry out our duties as manager and assistant manager. Our intention from day one was to build a football team to compete in this league, but unfortunately due to the current circumstances the club is facing, we do not feel we are able to do that. We have signings ready to be announced. However, the legal proceedings involving the ownership has not allowed us to do so, making our positions at the club untenable." Swindon are facing troubles after Gareth Barry's agent Michael Standing claimed to have bought 50% of the club's holding company, despite agents being banned from owning clubs under FA regulations. There have also been accusations levelled at Gareth Barry for being involved in Standings buy-in.

David Gray has joined the coaching staff at Hibernian following the 33 year old announcing his retirement from playing.

Scott Parker has left Fulham and taken charge at Bournemouth instead. Caretaker boss Jonathan Woodgate has left the Cherries as Parker brings in the staff from Fulham.

Frank de Boer has quit as manager of the Netherlands national team after their defeat to Czech Republic in the last-16 of Euro 2020.

Disciplinary Charges

Police Investigate Rafa Banner

Merseyside police are investigating after a threatening banner was left near Rafael Benitez's home. The Spaniard is set to take over Everton, having been Liverpool manager and referring to Everton once as a small club, which has left many Everton fans against the appointment. There has already been an abusive banner placed on the walls of Goodison Park, but now they have turned to what can only be considered a threat by putting a banner up in Caldy which read: "We know where you live. Don't sign." A police statement said: "We can confirm police are investigating reports of a threatening banner at a location in Caldy today, Monday 28 June. At around 7am, it was reported that a banner made from bed sheets had been placed over a wall and bushes on a residential driveway, with wording which is thought to target football manager Rafa Benitez."

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Written by Tris Burke June 30 2021 05:21:49