Football News: Review Of The Day 14th December 2019

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Review of the Day

Contracts

The youngest keeper in Champions League history, Maarten Vandevoort has signed a new deal with Genk which will keep him at the club until 2023.

Real Salt Lake right-back Aaron Herrera has signed a 3 year deal.

Scottish teenager Dean Campbell has signed with Aberdeen until 2023.

Rangers duo Allan McGregor and Steven Davis have both signed one year contract extensions to see them through until 2021.

Injury Round-Up

Norwich City striker Teemu Pukki has suffered a broken toe, playing through the second half of the draw with Leicester City with the injury.

Arsenal left-back Kieran Tierney has been ruled out for 3 months with a dislocated shoulder.

Lingard Reveals Ole Chat

Jesse Lingard has put down his poor form this season to off-field issues with his family. The Manchester United midfielder had to take on responsibility for his younger brother and sister after his mother fell ill. Lingard explained that he went to see Ole Gunnar Solksjaer: "I felt it was best to get everything off my chest. I am normally quite bubbly and want to put smiles on people's faces, but people have seen the change in my ways. I have been down and glum, just worrying. I felt like everybody just passed all the stuff to me and it weighed on my shoulders. It was like, 'Here you go Jesse, you deal with this on your own'. I wasn't performing and he [Solskjaer] was on me all the time. He wanted more from me. He has just told me that everything will be OK. Maybe I just needed someone to say that. He said he just wanted the old Jesse back and maybe I can give him that now. Sometimes when your worries are so deep you can't function properly. Now it's about getting back to my best and I feel I can do that."

Inter Cancel Press Conference Over Letter

Inter Milan cancelled their pre-match press conference on Saturday, claiming that a letter printed in Corriere dello Sport was "offensive". A club statement explained: "Yesterday, the Corriere dello Sport published an offensive letter towards our Coach, justifying its aggression in the comment. In order to send out a message to all media outlets that they must "guarantee respect for people", there won't be a press conference today." The letter had read that: "I contest the beatification of Conte, who in his career, despite the victories, has never shown good football."

Another Of Those Pointless Lists

Twitter have released a list of the 10 most tweeted about male athletes in 2019.
1. Neymar
2. Lionel Messi
3. Cristiano Ronaldo
4. LeBron James
5. Kawhi Leonard
6. Kobe Bryant
7. Tom Brady
8. Kylian Mbappe
9. Keisuke Honda
10. Antonio Brown

Jovetic Rejected Real Madrid And Juventus

Monaco's former Manchester City striker Stevan Jovetic has claimed that he rejected big clubs to join Man City in 2013, when he left Fiorentina. Jovetic said: "My time in Florence was unique, it's a splendid city with passionate people. I went to Manchester City in 2013, out of ambition. I wanted to join Juventus but I could never betray my [Fiorentina] fans. At the same time, however, I wanted to win the Premier League, the most difficult championship of all, and I also won the League Cup - unforgettable memories. The mistake was to reject Real Madrid in 2009, I wasn't ready. If could go back..."

Hertha Team Walk Out Over Racial Abuse

Hertha Berlin's Under-16 team walked off in the 68th minute of a match at VfB Auerbach 1906 due to racial abuse of the players. A Hertha statement read: "We condemn racism and discrimination in all forms. In such a situation, values ​​and a clear attitude are more important to us than victory or a defeat on the pitch. Earlier today, our U16s were forced to abandon a game in Auerbach due to multiple incidences of racism aimed at our players. There are times when football doesn't come first. Racism has no place in our society." Hertha board member Paul Keuter said: "There are situations in which football also becomes secondary for us. We have a responsibility to ourselves, to our players and also to society. We take this responsibility very seriously and that is why it was the only right decision not to continue this game, maybe this measure is a wake-up call that we all together - players, clubs, associations and fans - will finally master this problem."

And One More List To End On

The list of the 6 fastest players in the Premier League has been released:
1. Caglar Soyuncu - Leicester City - 23.3mph
2. Shane Long - Southampton - 23.2mph
3. Phil Foden - Manchester City - 23.1mph
4= Kyle Walker - Manchester City - 22.9mph
4= Bjorn Engels - Aston Villa - 22.9mph
6. Allan Saint-Maximin - Newcastle United - 22.8mph

Written by Tris Burke December 14 2019 22:43:24