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Football News: Review Of The Day 10th July 2019

Review Of The Day 10th July 2019
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Review of the Day

 


Contracts

Norwich City's German centre-back Christoph Zimmermann has signed a new 4 year deal with the Canaries.

Manchester City goalkeeper Arijanet Muric has signed a 1 year contract.

George Byers has signed for 3 more years with Swansea City.

Veteran former Liverpool and Aston Villa striker Milan Baros has agreed a 1 year deal with Banik Ostrava.

Sheffield Wednesday's 34 year old goalkeeper Kieren Westwood has signed a new 2 year contract.

Tom Barkhuizen has a new 3 year contract with Preston North End.

Sheffield United manager Chris Wilder has signed a 3 year contract with his boyhood club. Wilder was named LMA manager of the year last season after leading the Blades back to the Premier League.

 

Transfers

Young Manchester City goalkeeper Arijanet Muric has moved on loan to Nottingham Forest for the season. The 20 year old is FOrest's 5th signing of the summer. Another goalkeeper to head out on loan from Man City is Zack Steffen, the former Columbus Crew keeper. Steffen only signed for City earlier this month and will spend the season in Germany with SC Freiburg.

Huddersfield Town have completed the permanent signing of Isaac Mbenza from Montpellier.. The 23 year old spent last season on loan with the Terriers and has signed a permanent deal despite their relegation from the Premier League.

England striker Jay Rodriguez has returned to Burnley after they paid around £5m for him from West Bromwich Albion. Rodriguez originally left Burnley, after coming through their academy system, to join Southampton in 2012.

Parma have paid a loan fee of just under £1m for Brazilian midfielder Hernani from Zenit St-Petersburg.

Connor Mahoney has signed for Millwall from Bournemouth.

Zinedine Zidane's son Luca has joined Racing Santander on loan from Real Madrid.

Udinese defender Mauro Coppolaro has signed for Virtus Entella.

Major League Soccer side Toronto FC have signed Venezuelan winger Erickson Gallardo from Venezuelan league team Zamora.

Lazio striker Simone Palombi has joined Cremonese on loan.

Sampdoria have taken Tommaso Augello on loan from Spezia.

Bologna have paid just over £6m for Japanese defender Takehiro Tomiyasu from Belgian side Sint-Truiden.

Club Brugge have spent over £7m on Nigerian striker David Okereke from Spezia.

Over £8m was needed to pry Flavien Tait from SCO Angers. Stade Rennes have paid the fee for the French left winger from their rival Ligue 1 side.

Denis Bouanga has moved to Saint-Etienne from Nimes for just over £4m.

Winger Alex Gilliead has joined Scunthorpe United from Shrewsbury Town for an undisclosed fee.

Exeter City fans' 1931 Fund has paid for a new signing in the shape of Noah Smerdon from non-league Gloucester City. The fund is made up of over 50 Grecian supporters who pay a subscription each month and it has been used in the past to pay the wages of new signings.

Dion Donohue has joined Mansfield Town on a free transfer following his release by Portsmouth.

Dundee defender Nathan Ralph has signed for Southend United after he triggered a relegation release clause in his contract.

Wycombe Wanderers used a similar method to Exeter to sign Alex Pattison. The 21 year old midfielder was a free agent after being released by Middlesbrough and has joined the Chairboys thanks to money raised through the club's '500 Club' scheme.

Luke Leahy has found a new club after being released by Walsall. The left-back will be lining up for Bristol Rovers this season.

Dutch midfielder Mohamed El Makrini has signed for Kilmarnock. He was released by Roda JC in the summer.

Gateshead midfielder Tom White has joined Blackburn Rovers.

Alberto Moreno, who left Liverpool in the summer, has signed on a free transfer for Villareal.

 

Bury Creditors Ask For More Time

The rescue deal put forward by Bury's owner Steve Dale, which has taken the form of a Company Voluntary Arrangement (CVA), has not yet been agreed by the club's creditors. The creditors have asked for more time to consider the CVA and will meet again in just over a week to discuss the arrangement. The club is due back in the High Court later in the month over a winding-up petition brought by one of the creditors, HMRC.

 

Alonso Returns To Sociedad

Former Liverpool, Real Madrid and Bayern Munich great Xabi Alonso has returned to his first club Real Sociedad to take charge of their B team. The 37 year old made over 100 appearances for Sociedad before a move to Liverpool and has now returned, after the small matter of 114 caps and a World Cup win for Spain, to make the next step in his coaching career. Alonso was in charge of Real Madrid's under-13s last season, who he led to a league title.

 

Arsenal Appoint First Technical Director

Part of the Arsenal 'Invincibles' team of 2003-4 has returned to the club to take up the role of technical director. Edu will oversee the work of first-team coaches, the academy and player scouting and recruitment according to the club's statement. Arsenal's head of football, Raul Sanllehi said: "He has great experience and technical football knowledge and most importantly is a true Arsenal man. He understands the club and what we stand for to our millions of fans around the world. His arrival is the final and very important part of the jigsaw in our development of a new football infrastructure to take us forward."

 

Mino Raiola Starts His Stand Up Comedy Tour

The first step on 'super' agent (super in terms of the huge amounts of money he makes not in terms of how good he is for the game, because he certainly is not good for the game) Mino Raiola's comedy tour was radio station Talksport yesterday. There he came out with some cracking gags, such as when talking about Manchester United midfielder Paul Pogba: "The player has done nothing wrong. He has been respectful and professional. The club has known his feeling for a long time. It is a shame other people only like to criticise without the right information, and I am also sorry that the club does not take any position against this." Respectful AND professional! How does he come up with this stuff? It is pure hilarity!

Written by Tris Burke July 10 2019 07:05:51

 

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