Football News: Review Of The Day 13th February 2022

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Review of the Day

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Contracts

Sevilla have extended Marcos Asuna's deal until 2025.

AC Milan's French left-back Theo Hernandez has a new contract which will expire in 2026.

TSG 1899 Hoffenheim have given centre-back Benjamin Huber a new deal until 2023 with a club option for another year on top.

Veteran Portland Timbers midfielder Sebastian Blanco has extended his deal until the end of 2023.

Former Chelsea, Liverpool and West Ham winger Victor Moses has a new deal which will end in 2024.

Plymouth Argyle have taken up their club option to extend Guinea Bissau international midfielder Panutche Camra's contract for another season.

Bristol Rovers have given right-back Luca Hoole a 2-year contract extension.

Transfers

Uruguayan midfielder Christian Oliva has joined CA Talleres on a free transfer from Cagliari.

Free agent former Watford, QPR, West Ham United and Birmingham City forward Mauro Zarate has signed for Juventude.

Major League Soccer's Inter Miami have signed Robert Taylor from Brann Bergen.

Sydney FC of the Australian A-League have signed free agent Dutch winger Luciano Narsingh.

Tottenham Hotspur have sent Alfie Whiteman to Degerfors on loan.

Back in the MLS, Portland Timbers have released Peruvian winger Andy Polo.

FC Dallas have signed Marco Farfan from Los Angeles FC, while going the other way is Ryan Hollingshead.

Houston Dynamo have signed Zeca on a free transfer from Vasco da Gama.

Los Angeles FC have signed Douglas Costa on loan from Gremio, who have him on loan from Juventus.

Venezia have added free agent right-back Ales Mateju to their squad.

Chicago Fire have paid £6.55m for former Liverpool winger Xherdan Shaqiri from Olympique Lyonnais.

A £13.09m fee has seen Thiago Almada move to Atlanta United from Velez Sarsfield.

New York Red Bulls have signed Caden Clark on loan from RB Leipzig.

Arsenal will complete the signing of goalkeeper Matt Turner from New England Revolution in the summer.

Injury Round-Up

After being picked in the West Ham United starting line-up away to Leicester City, disgraced centre-back Kurt Zouma pulled out during the warm up, complaining that he felt unwell.

Bournemouth's new signing Kieffer Moore has been ruled out for 8 weeks with a broken foot, which will see the striker miss Wales' World Cup play-off match against Austria.

Manchester United winger Tahith Chong is back with loan club Birmingham City after spending the last few months back with his parent club doing rehab from a thigh injury.

An ankle injury is likely to have ended Cambridge United defender Jack Iredale's season.

Managerial Changes

Aberdeen have sacked manager Stephen Glass, just over 11 months after appointing him to replace Derek McInnes. The Dons are currently 9th in the SPFL, with 8 wins from 25 games. Glass was in charge for 41 games, during which time Aberdeen kept just 5 clean sheets.

Alex Neil has been named as Sunderland's new head coach.

Disciplinary Charges

Tottenham Hotspur have told their fans to stop using the Y-word as they acknowledged it is racist towards Jewish people.

Bournemouth midfielder Jefferson Lerma has been banned for 4 matches following his sending off against Birmingham City, despite the Cherries appealing against the red card.

Derby County and Middlesbrough have announced they have reached a "resolution" over the compensation claim brought by Boro against the Rams: "The basis of that accord will remain private but details have been shared with administrators," a statement explained.

West Bromwich Albion's appeal against a red card for their captain Jake Livermore has also been rejected. The midfielder will miss 4 games due to a previous sending off this season extending the standard 3 game ban by one.

14 Bolton Wanderers fans have been banned due to incidents of disorder and anti-social behaviour at three of their recent League One fixtures, raising the number the club have banned this season to 30. The Trotters have said they expect the number of bans to increase as they continue to investigate the recent incidents.

Former Sunderland boss Lee Johnson has been fined £3,000 and handed a 4-game touchline ban after his sending off in the Mackem's defeat to Lincoln City in January. Sunderland were also fined £5,000 and Lincoln £4,000 for failing to control their players in the same match.

Bhoys Announce Profit

Celtic's interim financial reports have recorded a pre-tax profit for the six months up until December 2021. The club sold Odsonne Edouard and Kristoffer Ajer, won the Scottish League Cup and participated in the Europa League during the period covered. The same period in 2020 saw the club announce a loss of nearly £6m, without fans in the ground.

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Written by Tris Burke February 13 2022 17:20:20