Football News: Review Of The Day 19th July 2021
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Review of the Day
Contracts
Former Rangers youngster Andy Dallas has signed a new contract with Cambridge United.
Veteran defender George Friend has extended his Birmingham City contract by a year.
Sam Clucas has signed a new 2-year contract with Stoke City.
Joel Ward has signed a 2-year deal with Crystal Palace.
Transfers
Scunthorpe United have signed Lewis Thompson after his release from Blackburn Rovers.
Stoke City's young goalkeeper Blondy Nna Noukeu has signed for Crawley Town on a season-long loan deal.
Harrogate Town have snapped up a pair of defenders. Former West Ham United youngster Lewis Page arrives on a free from Exeter City, while Nathan Sheron joins after a 2-week trial following his release by Fleetwood Town.
Hartlepool United have paid an undisclosed fee to Halifax Town for Neill Byrne and picked up Martin Smith on a free transfer from Chesterfield.
Rollin Menayese has signed for Walsall on loan for the season from Mansfield Town.
Manchester City teenager Callum Doyle has signed for Sunderland on loan for the season.
AFC Wimbledon have signed Brentford striker Aaron Pressley on a season-long loan deal.
Veteran winger Anthony Pilkington has signed for Fleetwood Town on a free transfer from Indian Super League side East Bengal.
Free agent defender Richard Keogh, who was sacked by Derby County after a drunken car crash, has signed for Blackpool.
Celtic have paid an undisclosed fee of just under £5m for Japanese forward Kyogo Furuhashi from Vissel Kobe.
Free agent former Liverpool youngster Mich'el Parker has signed for Motherwell.
Ajax goalkeeper Kjell Scherpen has signed for Brighton & Hove Albion for an undisclosed fee.
VfL Wolfsburg have signed Lukas Nmecha from Manchester City for £7.2m.
Felipe Anderson has returned to Lazio from West Ham United for an undisclosed fee of less than £3m.
Olivier Giroud has completed a move to AC Milan for an undisclosed fee of about £900,000 from Chelsea.
Wolverhampton Wanderers have loaned young right-back Bendeguz Bolla to Grasshoppers, straight after singing him from Fehervar for £1.8m.
Iranian winger Alireza Jahanbakhsh has joined Feyenoord from Brighton.
Former Manchester United full-back Guillermo Varela has moved to Dynamo Moscow from FC Copenhagen for a fee of £1.26m.
Atletico Madrid have loaned Juan Manuel Sanabria to San Luis of the Mexican Liga MX.
Monchu has made a free transfer move to Granada from Barcelona.
Stade Rennais have paid £13.5m to signed Kamaldeen Sulemana from Nordsjaelland.
Jean-Eudes Aholou has joined Racing Strasbourg on loan from Monaco.
Clermont Foot have signed Elbasan Rashani on a free transfer from Buyuksehir Belediye Erzurumspor.
OGC Nice paid £2.7m to sign Melvin Bard from Olympique Lyonnais.
Emmanuel Gyabuaa has signed for Perugia on loan from Atalanta.
Perugia have signed Cristian Dell'Orco from Sassuolo.
Athletic Bilbao have released Ibai Gomez.
VfL Wolfsburg have paid £12.15m to sign Belgian defender Sebastiaan Bornauw from 1.FC Koln.
Ajax have paid £4.95m for Steven Berghuis from Feyenoord.
Tondela have signed Manu Hernando from Real Madrid.
Wolves forward Leonardo Campana has joined Grasshoppers on loan.
Brandon Thomas has signed for Malaga on a free transfer from Osasuna.
Hibernian midfielder Stevie Mallan has signed for Yeni Maltyaspor.
Crystal Palace have signed Marc Guehi from Chelsea for £21m.
Racing Strasbourg have signed veteran striker Kevin Gameiro on a free transfer from Valencia.
Injury Round-Up
Charlton Athletic manager Nigel Adkins has gone into isolation due to testing CV positive. A number of players and staff are also having to isolate due to being classed as close contacts.
Birmingham City's Philippines international goalkeeper Neil Etheridge has been released from hospital after treatment for CV. The 31 year old will now recover at home.
New Rangers signing Nnamdi Ofoborh will see a specialist after a scan discovered "a heart issue".
Managerial Changes
Kristian Wilson has joined Patrick Vieira's backroom staff at Crystal Palace as a first-team coach.
Major League Soccer side Atlanta United have sacked Gabriel Heinze. The Argentine former Manchester United defender had been in charge of Atlanta for just 13 games, winning only two.
Disciplinary Charges
Italian Serie A side Spezia have been given a 2-year transfer ban by FIFA for breaching rules concerning the international transfer of minors. They illegally brought in 13 players from Nigeria between 2013-17, including former Rangers loanee Umar Sadiq. All of the players were under the age of 18, a direct contravention of FIFA regulations. A FIFA statement explained the Spezia breached "Fifa Regulations on the Status and Transfer of Players (RSTP) by bringing several Nigerian minors into Italy using a scheme aimed at circumventing the aforesaid RSTP article as well as national immigration law. The Fifa Disciplinary Committee took into account that Spezia Calcio accepted responsibility for its serious regulatory violations, and imposed a registration ban ... for four registration periods and a fine of 500,000 Swiss (US$544,000)." Spezia have already stated their intention to appeal against the punishment. Two amateur clubs in Italy, USD Lavagnese and Valdivara 5, were also given 2-year transfer bans and a fine of $4,300. Italian police are now investigating as national immigration rules were also broken.
After defender Jordan Torunarigha was allegedly racially abused, Germany's Olympic football team walked off the field and refused to complete the final 5 minutes of their friendly against Honduras. A tweet from the official Germany national team in English account said: "The game has ended 5 minutes early with the score at 1-1. The Germany players left the pitch after Jordan Torunarigha was racially abused." Honduras's official account called the incident "a misunderstanding".
Written by Tris Burke July 19 2021 06:29:50
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