“We’re disappointedthatoursupport,loyaltyandhonestytowards
Robhasbeen repaidinthisway– withnegotiations taking place
behind ourbacks...thiskindofbehaviourgivesfootballa badname”
EUROPE
Aston Villacompletedthe permanent
signingofon-loanmidfielderPHILIPPE
COUTINHOfromBarcelona,whilethey
alsoagreeda £26mdealforSevilla
andBrazildefenderDIEGO CARLOS.
BayernMunichsignedMoroccan
right-backNOUSSAIRMAZRAOUI
ona freetransferfromAjax.
After winningLeagueTwowith
ForestGreenRovers,ROBEDWARDS
tookchargeofrelegatedWatford to
replacethe retiredRoyHodgson.
FormerCelticskipperSCOTT BROWN
beganhismanagerialcareerwithLeague
OnesideFleetwoodTown. Wimbledon
appointedJOHNNIE JACKSONshortly
after he wassackedbyCharlton,while
ReadingconfirmedthatPAULINCE
willremainas permanentmanager.
NorwaystrikerERLINGHAALANDwilljoinManchester City thissummerafter
agreeingtomovefromBorussiaDortmund.
ThePremierLeague championspaidtheGermancluba transferfeeof
£51.2 million,with Haaland’s five-yearcontractwortha reported £ 10 4mbased
onhis£400,000-a-weeksalary.Inaddition,Cityspent£34monagentfees
tosecurethedeal,whichwas splitbetweenHaaland’s agentandhisfather
Alf-Inge,himselfa formerCityplayer.
Bundesliga runners-upDortmundreactedto Haaland’sdepartureby signing
RedBullSalzburg’s Germanforward KarimAdeyemias hisreplacement.
FormerSunderlandandBristol City
managerLEEJOHNSONtookcharge
ofScottishPremiershipsideHibernian.
InGermany,Wolfsburghired
formerBayernMunichandMonaco
coachNIKOKOVAC,EDINTERZIC
tookchargeofBorussiaDortmund
again aftera spellas interimcoach
in 20 20-21,Hoffenheiminstalled
ANDREBREITENREITERashead
coach,andrelegatedGreutherFurth
appointedMARCSCHNEIDERas
theirnewmanager.
InSerieA,ALESSANDRO
AGOSTINIreplacedWalter
MazzarriasCagliariheadcoach.
Ajaxconfirmedthattheirformer
assistantcoachALFREDSCHREUDER
willjoinfromClubBruggetoreplace
Erikten Hag.Elsewhere,thereare
plentyofothermanagerialmoves
CitycompleteHaalandsigning
inthe Eredivisie:FRANKWORMUTH
willjoinGroningenfromHeracles,
wherehe will be replacedbyCARLOS
VICENS.RENEHAKEwillreplace
KEESVANWONDERENatGoAhead
Eagles,whowill join Heerenveen.
Braga appointedARTUR JORGE
ascoachtoreplaceCarlosCarvalhal.
STEVEMcCLARENwillreturnto
hisoldroleasManchesterUnited’s
assistantmanagerunder Erik tenHag.
AFRICA
NigeriaappointedPortuguese
JOSEPESEIROastheirnew coach.
CONCACAF
CHRISMUELLERreturnedtoMajor
LeagueSoccer, joining ChicagoFire
fromHibernianjusta fewmonthsafter
moving to ScotlandfromOrlandoCity.
Firealsosigned Mexicointernational
JAIRO TORRESfromAtlas.
Elsewhere in MLS,Vancouver
Whitecapsspent$3monParaguay
midfielderANDRESCUBASfrom
Nimes,RealSaltLakere-signed
formerwingerJEFFERSONSAVARINO
fromAtletico Mineiro,andOrlando
CitysignedGASTONGONZALEZ
fromArgentiniansideUnion.
SOUTHAMERICA
LUIZFELIPE SCOLARIreturned
tomanagement, takingchargeof
AthleticoParanaenseinthe
Braziliantopflight.
ForestGreenRoverslashoutatWatford in an officialstatementannouncingmanagerRobEdwards’departure
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THEWORLD THISMONTH
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