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Football News: Review Of The Day 21st January 2022

Review Of The Day 21st January 2022
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Review of the Day

 

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Contracts

TSG 1899 Hoffenheim have extended David Raum's contract until 2026.

Hugo Lloris has signed a new contract with Tottenham Hotspur which runs until 2024.

Aston Villa defender Kortney Hause has a new deal which will end in 2025.

Toronto FC forward Ayo Akinola has extended his contract until 2024.

Seattle Sounders full-back Alex Roldan has a new deal which runs until 2024.

Fabio Miretti has signed a new Juventus contract which ends in 2026.

Will Bruin has signed a contract with Seattle Sounders for next season with a club option for a further year.

Ben Gladwin has a new deal with Swindon Town.

Crawley Town have given veteran goalkeeper Glenn Morris a contract extension for a further season with an option for more.

Alfie May has extended his Cheltenham Town contract until 2024.

 


Transfers

Cadiz have taken Ruben Alcarez on loan from Real Vallodolid.

Borussia Dortmund have sent Ansgar Knauff on loan to Eintracht Frankfurt.

Swansea City have signed Hannes Wolf on loan from Borussia Moenchengladbach.

West Ham United youngster Goncalo Cardoso has joined Real Betis on loan.

Inter Miami of Major League Soccer have signed Leonardo Campana on loan from Wolverhampton Wanderers.

Real Sociedad have sent Jorge Aguirre on loan to Mirandes.

Arsenal have sent Spanish defender Pablo Mari to Udinese on loan.

Veteran Brazilian forward Vagner Love has joined Midtjylland on a free transfer from Kairat Almaty of the Kazakhstan Premier Liga.

Arminia Bielefeld have paid £450,000 for teenage Turkish midfielder Burak Ince from Altinordu of the Turkish second tier.

Tommy Doyle has returned to Manchester City at the end of his loan with Hamburg and joined Cardiff City on loan instead.

Liverpool have recalled young defender Rhys Williams from his loan with Swansea City.

MLS side Charlotte have signed Cristian Ortiz from Club Tijuana on loan.

Brighton & Hove Albion goalkeeper Christian Walton has signed for Ipswich Town.

Orlando City have loaned Alexander Alvarado to LDU Quito.

Free agent former Liverpool winger Nabil El Zhar has signed for Muaither SC in Qatar.

Inter Miami have spent £2.21m on Emerson Rodriguez from Millionarios.

Stade Rennais's teenage forward Matthis Abline has moved to Le Havre on loan.

Athletic Bilbao have loaned Peru Nolaskoain to Amorebieta.

Union Berlin have signed Andras Shafer from Dunajska Streda.

Colchester United have released Charlie Daniels.

Empoli have loaned Leonardo Mancuso to Monza.

Maxime Crepeau has moved between Major League Soccer sides, joining Los Angeles FC from Vancouver Whitecaps for a fee of £818,000.

Bolton Wanderers have signed Jon Dadi Bodvarsson from Millwall.

Oussama Idrissi has joined Cadiz on loan from Sevilla.

Fayenoord have taken Cole Bassett on loan from MLS side Colorado Rapids for 18-months with an option to buy for what has been said to be a record fee for the Rapids. Their current record transfer fee received is $2m for Sam Vines from Royal Antwerp.

Lanus have signed Portland Timbers captain Diego Valeri for £143,000.

Ipswich Town have signed Tyreeq Bakinson from Bristol City on loan.

Wolverhampton Wanderers midfielder Hayao Kawabe has joined Grasshoppers on loan.

OGC Nice have sent Brazilian defender Robson Bambu to Corinthians on loan.

Free agent former Manchester City centre-back Eliaquim Mangala has signed for Saint-Etienne.

Dutch goalkeeper Maarten Paes has joined FC Dallas from Utrecht on loan.

After Barcelona told Ousmane Dembele he has to leave in the January transfer window, the French forward has said that he will "not give in to blackmail". Dembele is out of contract in the summer, after going AWOL from Borussia Dortmund to force through a move to Barca in 2017.

Saudi Arabia's Al-Faisaly have paid £3m for Hibernian winger Martin Boyle.

Mansfield Town have signed Lucas Akins from Burton Albion.

Darlington have sold Luke Charman for an undisclosed fee to Rochdale.

Myles Kenlock has moved to Colchester United on loan from Ipswich Town.

Leyton Orient have signed Otis Khan on a free transfer from Walsall.

Celtic have signed Matt O'Riley from MK Dons.

Doncaster Rovers have signed Ollie Younger from Sunderland.

 


Injury Round-Up

Arsenal's Gabonese striker Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang says that his "heart is absolutely fine." The 32-year-old was sent back from the African Cup of Nations with what was claimed to be "heart lesions".

Leeds United's centre-forward Patrick Bamford has suffered a setback in his return from an ankle injury he suffered in September. Bamford returned as a substitute in December, only to tweak his hamstring celebrating the goal. He was once again close to a return before picking up a foot problem.

Craig Clay is set to miss the rest of the season for Leyton Orient after having surgery on his knee.

Plymouth Argyle's George Cooper is also out for the rest of the season following knee surgery.

 


Managerial Changes

Birmingham City brought back their former captain Martin O'Connor in a new role of loans manager.

Colchester United have sacked head coach Hayden Mullins and put Wayne Brown in interim charge.

 


Disciplinary Charges

Scunthorpe United's midfielder Hayden Hackney, on loan from Middlesbrough, has been banned for 6 matches for spitting at an opponent.

 


Pandemic Problems

Derby County, who have blamed their pandemic for their financial problems rather than their years of cheating the system, have claimed they will tell the EFL how the club is to be funded for the rest of the season "within days". The EFL stated that the club's administrators forecasted that it would run out of money this month.

Leyton Orient chairman Nigel Travis has proposed allowing clubs to sign players on short-term deals to avoid having to postpone games when hit by CV outbreaks. The NBA basketball league in the USA already operates the system, with teams allowed to sign someone for 10 days to cover for isolation periods, on a 1-for-1 basis.

 


Moshiri Increases Toffees' Stake

Everton's majority owner Farhad Moshiri has increased his stake in the club to 94.1% with a capital injection of a further £100m. Moshiri bought more shares which "represents the capitalisation of previous loans made by Mr Moshiri." The money is to be put towards the development of the new stadium and investment in the first-team squad.

Meanwhile Birmingham City's owners have reiterated their desire to hold onto the club. Director Edward Zheng told a gathering of selected fans that they intend to keep the club and apologised for the board's previous lack of communication. Fans are planning a protest march against the owners.

Hull City fans are cautiously optimistic after the end of the reign of the Allams. Assem and Ehab Allam have owned the club for 12 years, a period marred by constant battles with the fans, who constantly protested about the way it was run. Turkey-based Acun Medya Group have bought the club from the Allams. The Allams turned the fans against them by trying to change the club's name to Hull Tigers.

 


FIFA Plan Loans Limit

FIFA are to set a limit of 8 international loans in and 8 out per club from 1st July 2022. The number is to reduce by one each season for the next two seasons. FIFA have also ordered domestic football associations to implement a similar loan limiting system over the next 3 years to bring them in line with FIFA's limits.

 

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Written by Tris Burke January 21 2022 12:44:07

 

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