Football News: Review Of The Day 19th October 2022

Review of the Day

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Contracts

Celtic legend Shunsuke Nakamura has announced his retirement from playing at the end of the season. The 44-year-old had played 747 games in his professional career, which will come to an end with the former Japanese international at Yokohama FC.

Valencia left-back Jose Gaya has extended his deal to run until 2027.

Transfers

Paris Saint-Germain forward Kylian Mbappe has denied asking for a move away despite numerous reports that he was looking for a move away in January.

Free agent former Celtic and Chelsea winger Scott Sinclair has signed a short term deal with his first club Bristol Rovers. He will be with them until January.

Injury Round Up

Chelsea's French midfielder N'Golo Kante is the latest to be ruled out of the Qatari World Cup after the 31-year-old had an operation to fix a hamstring problem. Kante has been struggling with the injury since August and is expected to miss four more months due to the surgery.

Portugal will also be missing a key player, as Liverpool forward Diogo Jota has been ruled out of the tournament with a calf injury he suffered against Manchester City.

Scotland are another country to lose a player as Aaron Hickey, who joined Brentford from Bologna in the summer, is out injured until after the World Cup. His Swedish centre-back teammate Pontus Jansson is also out until after the tournament.

Job Changes

Former Celtic manager Neil Lennon has been sacked by Cypriot side Omonia Nicosia after 7 months in charge. They are currently seventh in the table after a 1-0 home defeat to Nea Salamis.

DR Congolese club TP Mazembe have sacked head coach Franck Dumas and his entire coaching staff following the team being knocked out of the African Champions League before the group stage. Mazembe have been continental champions 5 times in the past. Pamphile Mihayo, who preceded Dumas as head coach, has been brought back for his third spell as the club's head coach.

Colchester United have appointed Richard Thomas as their new assistant coach. Thomas was working as the assistant coach at the Welsh Women's national side.

Gary McSheffrey has been dismissed by Doncaster Rovers. McSheffrey was in charge as Rovers were relegated last season and has been on a poor run of just 7 points in the last 8 games.

Burnley have appointed Charlie Adam as their new Loans Manager and Professional Development Phase Coach. The former Liverpool and Rangers midfielder had been working as PDP coach all season, but has now added the responsibility for loans to his responsibilities.

Franck Kramer managed just four months in charge of Schalke 04 before he was sacked with the team sat in the Bundesliga relegation zone. They were knocked out of the German Cup on Tuesday with a 5-1 loss to TSG 1899 Hoffenheim. He is the 5th coach to be fired in the German top flight this season already.

Disciplinary Charges

Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp has been charged by the Football Association after being sent off against Manchester City. Klopp apologised for his actions, where he berated a referee's assistant after he failed to see a clear foul on Mohamed Salah, in the post-match press conference.

Paris Saint-Germain forward Neymar has claimed in court that he "did not participate in negotiations" over his transfer to Barcelona from Santos in 2013, simply signing what his father told him to. Neymar is one of 9 on trial accused of fraud and corruption over the move, which investment firm DIS, who owned 40% of the rights to Neymar, claims severely undervalued the true cost of the transfer. The other defendants are Neymar's parents, Barcelona, Santos, former Barca president's Josep Maria Bartomeu and Sandro Rosell and former Santos president Odilio Rodrigues.

Manchester United have been charged with failing "to ensure its players conducted themselves in an orderly fashion" after their players reacted angrily to a disallowed goal against Newcastle United. Red Devil players surrounded referee Craig Pawson to protest the decision.

A panel of experts has found UEFA's organisation of the Champions League final in May to be "an abject failure". Organisers tried to put the blame onto fake tickets and the supporters themselves but the BBC's Panorama investigated and found that it was thanks to the fans, of both Real Madrid and Liverpool, staying calm that the disastrous organisation of the event did not lead to fatalities. Fans were left in a bottleneck for hours outside the stadium before the game, with turnstiles inoperable and were attacked by police who fired tear gas into groups with children, the elderly and disabled people amongst them. Paris police have since said they regretted the use of tear gas on the vulnerable and well-behaved. Leaving the stadium fans of both teams were set upon by local gangs, who attacked and robbed them while police did nothing to prevent the problems.

Both Sheffield United goalkeeper Wes Foderingham and Blackpool forward Shayne Lavery have failed to have their red cards, received in Saturday's draw between their sides, overturnedf. The duo will now serve three-game bans.

Rochdale have been handed a six-point deduction, suspended for two years, by the English Football League. Dale were found guilty of failing to comply with the league's regulations over an attempted takeover following an investigation into Morton House MGT's attempt to buy the club. The club pleaded guilty and former CEO David Bottomley was given a 2-year ban from operating as a relevant person for a football club. Bottomley was voted off the board in June 2021 and has been working as chief operating officer at AFC Fylde since then. Andrew Curran and Darrell Rose have also received two-year bans, while Faical Safouane was given an 18-month ban for their role in the breaches.

Pointless List Of The Day

Real Madrid striker Karim Benzema has become the first French player since 1998 to win the Ballon d'Or. He beat Bayern Munich's former Liverpool winger Sadio Mane and Manchester City's Kevin de Bruyne into second and third place respectively.
Ballon d'Or results
1. Karim Benzema (Real Madrid, France)
2. Sadio Mane (Bayern Munich, Senegal)
3. Kevin de Bruyne (Manchester City, Belgium)
4. Robert Lewandowski (Barcelona, Poland)
5. Mohamed Salah (Liverpool, Egypt)
6. Kylian Mbappe (Paris St-Germain, France)
7. Thibaut Courtois (Real Madrid, Belgium)
8. Vinicius Junior (Real Madrid, Brazil)
9. Luka Modric (Real Madrid, Croatia)
10. Erling Haaland (Manchester City, Norway)
11. Son Heung-min (Tottenham Hotspur, South Korea)
12. Riyad Mahrez (Manchester City, Algeria)
13. Sebastien Haller (Borussia Dortmund, Ivory Coast)
14. Fabinho (Liverpool, Brazil) tied with Rafael Leao (AC Milan, Portugal)
16. Virgil van Dijk (Liverpool, Netherlands)
17. Luis Diaz (Liverpool, Colombia) tied with Dusan Vlahovic (Juventus, Serbia) and Casemiro (Manchester United, Brazil)
20. Cristiano Ronaldo (Manchester United, Portugal)
21. Harry Kane (Tottenham Hotspur, England)
22. Trent Alexander-Arnold (Liverpool, England) tied with Phil Foden (Manchester City, England) and Bernardo Silva (Manchester City, Portugal)
25. Joao Cancelo (Manchester City, Portugal) tied with Joshua Kimmich (Bayern Munich, Germany), Mike Maignan (AC Milan, France), Antonio Rudiger (Real Madrid, Germany), Darwin Nunez (Liverpool, Uruguay) and Christopher Nkunku (RB Leipzig, France)

Manchester City were chosen as Club of the Year and Real Madrid goalkeeper Thibaut Courtois was Goalkeeper of the Year.

Norwich Loss

Norwich City have announced a pre-tax loss of £23.6m for the 2021-22 season. The losses were down to transfer business, with the club making a £3m operating profit without transfers taken into account. With the club promoted back to the Premier League for that season, turnover more than double from £57.2m the previous season, up to £133.9m. Wages were reduced from a percentage of turnover of 116% the previous season, down to 88% while in the Premier League.

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Written by Tris Burke October 19 2022 12:22:38