Football News: Review Of The Day 23rd October 2022

Review of the Day

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Contracts

Arsenal defender Gabriel Magalhaes has signed a new contract which will run until 2027.

Lovro Majer has signed a 5 year deal with Stade Rennais.

Real Betis have given Juan Cruz a new 3 year contract.

New York Red Bulls Irish goalkeeper Ryan Meara has signed a 2-year deal with an option for a further year.

Transfers

Crystal Palace boss Patrick Vieira has revealed he wants to keep Wilfried Zaha at the club, but admits the club needs to match the player's ambitions. Zaha will be out of contract in the summer and Vieira said: "I don't have any doubt about him wanting to stay in our football club, but at the same time we have to show him how ambitious we are. There's speculation on all good players who are at the end of their contract. We can only show him the love that we have for him and the way he has been playing, he's sending back the love as well. There's no losing energy in that situation. We know how important he is for us and I think he knows he's a big player for this football club, we expect a lot from him and Wilfried loves to have that kind of pressure on his shoulders. We will see what will happen, but we will do everything to keep him."

Grant Ward has re-signed for Blackpool on a short-term contract until January. The 27-year-old former Tottenham Hotspur midfielder had been released in the summer and has not played since rupturing his Achilles tendon in September 2021.

Free agent French defender Timothee Kolodziejczak has signed for Schalke 04.

Injury Round Up

Former Bayern Munich and France winger Franck Ribery has retired from playing. The 39-year-old suffered a knee injury after joining Salernitana in the summer and it has forced him into hanging up his boots.

Tottenham Hotspur winger Dejan Kulusevski is the latest player that is likely to be missing until after the World Cup. The 22-year-old injured his hamstring on international duty and has suffered a setback in his recovery.

Watford midfielder Imran Louza has a broken leg which will keep him out "for a few months", meaning the Moroccan midfielder will miss the World Cup. The 23-year-old has a fractured fibula and ligament damage.

Former Liverpool and Tottenham Hotspur youngster Kevin Stewart has been ruled out until the New Year. Stewart is on the books of Blackpool and his injury led to the signing of Grant Ward (see above).

Job Changes

Northern Ireland have sacked their head coach Ian Baraclough. Baraclough was formerly the head coach of the Under-21s before taking charge of the full men's team for the last 28 months.

Aston Villa sacked their manager Steven Gerrard following a 3-0 defeat to Fulham on Thursday. Villa have just 2 wins this season and are only above the drop zone on goals scored. Aaron Danks has been given temporary charge of the team while they search for a new head coach as Gary McAllister, Neil Critchley, Tom Culshaw, Jordan Milsom and Scott Mason all left along with Gerrard.

Wolverhampton Wanderers will continue under the control of Steve Davis into the New Year according to club chairman Jeff Shi, after Queens Park Rangers boss Michael Beale rejected the chance to take over from Bruno Lage.

Cambridge United midfielder Adam May's season has ended early after the 24-year-old ruptured his anterior cruciate ligament. He is expected to be out for 9 months.

Newport County have appointed Graham Coughlan as their new manager. The 47-year-old replaces James Rowberry, who was sacked last week.

Danny Schofield has taken charge at Doncaster Rovers on a one-year rolling contract. Schofield's last job was in charge of Huddersfield Town, where he lasted 9 months before being sacked with the Terriers in 23rd in the table.

Former Charlton Athletic Head Physio Danny Murphy has been appointed as the new Head Physio at Newcastle United. Newcastle have also appointed Nathan Ring as their new Senior Physio. Ring is moving from England U21s, where is the physio, and Hibernian, where he is Head of Performance Services. Shwan Jilal has joined the Toon as first-team goalkeeper coach from Stockport County where he was Head of Goalkeeping.

Tommy Lee has been appointed as the new Lead Academy Goalkeeper Coach by Manchester United. Lee was working at Sheffield United after a spell coaching at city rivals Wednesday.

After rejecting an opportunity to join Nottingham Forest, Simon Murphy has been promoted to Lead Performance Physio by Arsenal. Murphy had initially agreed to join Forest as Head Physio, handing in his notice at the Gooners and had attended meetings at Forest. Arsenal convinced him to stay by promoting him from Senior Physio to Lead Performance Physio.

Disciplinary Charges

Manchester United forward Cristiano Ronaldo is to face "consequences" after the club's head coach Erik ten Hag confirmed the veteran striker refused to come on a substitute against Tottenham Hotspur on Wednesday evening. Ronaldo left the bench and headed off down the tunnel, leaving the ground before the game finished, rather than come on as a sub. The 37-year-old is now training alone and has been dropped from the squad. A similar incident happened in pre-season, when Ronaldo was subbed off in a friendly with Rayo Vallecano and left Old Trafford early, resulting in a warning from ten Hag. Ten Hag said: "I am the manager, I am responsible for the culture here. I have to set standards and values and have to control them. We are in a team. After Rayo Vallecano, I said it was unacceptable, but it wasn't just him. The second time there has to be consequences. That is what has happened. We miss him tomorrow, that is a miss for us and the squad, but I think it is important for the attitude and mentality of the group and now we have to focus on Chelsea - that is the most important."

Aston Villa midfielder Douglas Luiz is available for his club after the straight red card he received against Fulham was rescinded by the Football Association. VAT adjuged Luiz to have head-butted Aleksandar Mitrovic off the ball but was a case of wrongful dismissal was upheld by the an independent Regulatory Commission.

UEFA have fined Anderlecht £43,900 (50,000 euros) and banned them from selling tickets to their travelling support for two European matches due to crowd trouble at West Ham United last week. Anderlecht have also been ordered to pay for damage to 86 seats and the stadium toilets in the away section of the London Stadium.

The FA are investigating after a smoke grenade hit and injured an elderly fan in the away end of the Bournemouth versus Southampton.

A charge for an alleged spitting levied against Watford's Imran Louza has been dropped after it was ruled "not proven". The midfielder would have faced a six-match ban if found guilty of spitting at a Swansea City player.

Kilmarnock's former Rangers forward Kyle Lafferty has received a 10-game ban for a sectarian comment he made to a fan after being asked to pose for a picture in a nightclub.

Sheffield United and Blackpool have been charged with failing to control their players at the end of their Championship match on Saturday. A brawl between both sets of players led to Sheff Utd's goalkeeper Wes Foderingham and Blackpool's forward Shayne Lavery being sent off.

West Bromwich Albion fan Harry Bishop has been banned indefinitely from attending games at the Hawthorns due to racist comments he made at a match against Huddersfield Town.

AFC Wimbledon and coach Rob Tuvey has been charged by the Football Association. The club is charged over the players' complaints to the officials following Sutton United's goal in the 30th-minute, while the coach was charged over an incident with the official after the game ended.

Pointless List Of The Day

After Gavi of Barcelona was named Golden Boy for 2022, beating Jude Bellingham of Borussia, Jamal Musiala of Bayern Munich and Eduardo Camavinga of Real Madrid, today's pointless list is the winners of the Golden Boy award since 2003.
2003 - Rafael van der Vaart - Ajax & Netherlands
2004 - Wayne Rooney - Manchester United/Everton & England
2005 - Lionel Messi - Barcelona & Argentina
2006 - Cesc Fabregas - Arsenal & Spain
2007 - Sergio Aguero - Atletico Madrid & Argentina
2008 - Anderson - Manchester United & Brazil
2009 - Alexandre Pato - AC Milan & Brazil
2010 - Mario Balotelli - Inter Milan/Manchester City & Italy
2011 - Mario Goetze - Borussia Dortmund & Germany
2012 - Isco - Malaga & Spain
2013 - Paul Pogba - Juventus & France
2014 - Raheem Sterling - Liverpool & England
2015 - Anthony Martial - Manchester United & France
2016 - Renato Sanches - Benfica/Bayern Munich & Portugal
2017 - Kylian Mbappe - AS Monaco/Paris Saint-Germain & France
2018 - Matthijs de Ligt - Ajax & Netherlands
2019 - Joao Felix - Atletico Madrid/Benfica & Portugal
2020 - Erling Haaland - Borussia Dortmund & Norway
2021 - Pedri - Barcelona & Spain
2022 - Gavi - Barcelona & Spain

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Written by Tris Burke October 23 2022 03:03:09