Football News: Review Of The Day 26th October 2022

Review of the Day

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Contracts

Blackburn Rovers have given young forward Jack Vale a new deal to keep him at the club until 2025.

Alexis Mac Allister has signed a 3-year contract with a club option for a further year with Brighton & Hove Albion.

Empoli duo Filippo Bandinelli and Tommaso Baldanzi have signed new deals. Baldinelli is now locked down until 2025, while Baldanzi is signed until 2027.

Livingston midfielder Scott Pittman signed a 4-year contract.

Wigan Athletic manager Leam Richardson has been given a new 3-year deal.

Seattle Sounders have given new 1-year deals to Jordan Morris, Danny Leyva, Josh Atencio, Abdoulaye Cissoko, Jackson Ragen and Dylan Teves. Centre-back Ragen has a club option for one more year and midfielder Teves has a two year club option.

Transfers

Free agent former Southampton midfielder Gaston Ramirez has signed for Virtus Entella in Italy's Serie C - B.

Former Tottenham Hotspur youngster Keanan Bennetts has signed for Darmstadt 98.

Job Changes

Aston Villa have turned to Unai Emery as their new head coach to replace Steven Gerrard. Emery has previously managed in the Premier League with Arsenal but it currently in charge of Spanish La Liga side Villareal. He will officially take over on 1st November after Villa paid £5.2m to buyout his contract from Villareal. A Villa statement read: "Aston Villa is delighted to announce the appointment of Unai Emery as the club's new head coach. A highly experienced top level coach who has managed over 900 games, Unai has also previously managed in the Premier League during a spell with Arsenal, leading the Gunners to a Europa League final. He has also enjoyed notable success at Sevilla and at Paris St-Germain. In Seville, he won three successive Europa League titles between 2013 and 2016 before going on to lift a Ligue 1 championship in France as well as two French Cups, two French League Cups and two Trophees des Champions."

Middlesbrough have also appointed a new head coach in the shape of former Manchester United and England midfielder Michael Carrick, who originally hails from the North East. The 41-year-old's only experience as a head coach is when he was temporarily in charge of Manchester United last season, for three matches, after Ole Gunnar Solskjaer was sacked. Former Boro manager and player Jonathan Woodgate will be returning to the club as his assistant. Leo Percovich, who was acting as interim head coach, will now be the club's head of player pathway and development.

Former Dundee United manager Tam Courts has left Budapest Honved by "mutual consent" (ie was sacked) after 14 games in charge of the Hungarians.

Richard Gould has left Bristol City to take up a job as chief executive of the England and Wales Cricket Board.

Exeter City have appointed Gary Caldwell as their new manager. Caldwell's most recent role was as assistant manager of Hibernian.

Former Real Madrid, Paris Saint-Germain and Manchester United defender Gabriel Heinze has been appointed as the new manager of Newell's Old Boys, the club he started and ended his playing career with. Heinze replaces interim boss Adrian Coria, who has been in place since Javier Sanguinetti quit in August.

Referee Bobby Madley is back in the Premier League after he was sacked in 2018 for sending a video in which he mocked a disabled person to a friend. Madley returned to English football in February 2020, taking charge of matches in League One and Two, after a spell in the lower leagues in Norway. This season he has already officiated in 10 games in the Championship.

West Bromwich Albion have turned to former Huddersfield Town manager Carlos Corberan as their new head coach to succeed Steve Bruce. Corberan's last job was 49 days in charge of Olympiakos this season, where he was sacked.

Huddersfield Town's Chief Executive Dean Hoyle has stood down after receiving medical advice. Hoyle previously owned the club for 11 years before selling up in 2019 due to suffering from an acute form of pancreatitis. Former English Football League chief executive Dave Baldwin has been appointed as managing director in his place. Hoyle wrote on the club's official website: "I genuinely thought, after a break of two years after my illness, I could return with the same energy and enthusiasm as when I first became chairman in 2008. It has become clear to me over the last 12 months that this is not the case. I've tried my best to front it up to both staff at the club and supporters, but now the time has arrived where I must listen to medical advice and take a total step back; my health comes first and foremost. I have asked Dave Baldwin to run the football club and take up the position of managing director. He has been tasked to look at all options to pass the baton of our club to someone who can genuinely take it forward."

AS Monaco's Technical Director Laurence Stewart has left the role to take the same position at Chelsea. Stewart has a background in recruitment and analysis, working on those aspects at Monaco.

Disciplinary Charges

Burnley have apologised for the actions of their fans during the game at Sunderland. The match was halted in the first half after missiles were thrown from the upper tier of the stand where Clarets fans were seated, into Sunderland fans. An 8-year-old was injured during what Burnley termed as "unacceptable behaviour" of their fans.

Cristiano Ronaldo is now back in training with the first team at Manchester United after being ordered to train alone last week following his refusal to come on as a substitute against Tottenham Hotspur.

Ghana's Premier League is to resume after the case against the Ghanaian FA by Ashanti Gold was dismissed by Accra's Human Rights Court. Ashanti Gold had filed an injunction after being demoted to the third tier for match-fixing. Ashanti were ordered to pay costs of 20,000 Ghanaian cedis, around £1,000.

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Written by Tris Burke October 26 2022 11:01:26