World Soccer - UK (2022-01)

“I’mevenmorehandsomenowthanwhenI left!Thelasttime

thatI tookthismicrophone,itwastosaythatI didn’t knowwhen

mydreamwouldend.I’mhereagain,stilllivingthedream”

EUROPE

DANIALVESbecameBarcelona’s

first signingundernewmanagerXavi,

returningtothe clubthatheleftin

2016 havingterminatedhiscontract

atSao Paulo in September.

ManchesterUnited appointedRALF

RANGNICKastheirinterimmanager

untilthe endofthe seasonfollowing

OleGunnarSolskjaer’sexit,after which

hewill continueina consultancyrole.

Elsewhere,NorwichCityappointed

DEANSMITHtoreplaceDanielFarke.

Southamptonrespondedtotheir

goalkeepinginjurycrisisbysigning

freeagentWILLYCABALLERO.

Inthe Football League,PAUL

HECKINGBOTTOMwashiredby

SheffieldUnitedtoreplaceSlavisa

Jokanovic,andBarnsley hiredformer

SwedenUnder-21coachPOYA

ASBAGHI. Ex-England striker

ANDYCARROLLjoinedReading

asa freeagent, whileSheffield

Wednesday signedformerCardiff

CityandMiddlesbroughwinger

NATHANIELMENDEZ-LAING.

Rangersappointedtheirformer

Dutch left-backGIOVANNIVAN

BRONCKHORSTasmanagerafter

thedepartureof StevenGerrard.

LiverpoolhiredformerBrazil

internationalCLAUDIOTAFFAREL

asgoalkeepingcoach.

TORE-ANDREFLOannounced

thathewillleavehis roleasloan

playertechnicalcoachatChelsea

totakechargeofNorwegian

second-tiersideSogndal.

BelgiansideOostendeswooped

forUSAfull-backKYLEDUNCAN

fromNewYorkRed Bulls.

TAYFUN KORKUTtookchargeof

Bundesliga sideHerthaBerlin, replacing

PalDardai.InBelgium,CercleBrugge

appointedDOMINIKTHALHAMMER

toreplaceYvesVanderhaeghe.

Inthe Netherlands, Eredivisie

strugglersPEC Zwolleappointed

DICKSCHREUDERasheadcoach.

Elsewhere, FortunaSittard snappedup

Greece midfielderANDREASSAMARIS

after hissummerreleasefromBenfica.

FormerPortugalmidfielderPETIT

returnedtoBoavista,theclubwhere he

beganhismanagerialcareerin 2012.

Elsewhere,Moreirenseappointed

LITOVIDIGALtoreplaceJoao

Henriques,and MaritimohiredVASCO

SEABRAtoreplaceJulioVelazquez.

AFRICA

ROGERLEMERRE, themanwho

guidedFrancetoEuro 2000 glory,

tookchargeofTunisiansideEtoile

duSahelforthe third timeinhis

career, at theageof 80.

CONCACAF

InMLS,VancouverWhitecaps

appointedVANNISARTINI, Chicago

FirehiredEZRAHENDRICKSON,

andNICOESTEVEZlefthisroleas

USA’s assistantmanagertotake

chargeofFCDallas,swapping

jobswithLUCHI GONZALEZ.

SOUTHAMERICA

JAVIER MASCHERANOtookhis

first stepsincoachingasmanager

ofArgentina’sUnder- 20 team.

FormerArgentinaandColombia

bossJOSEPEKERMANwasappointed

thenewmanagerofVenezuela.

ASIA

LiTie wasreplacedasChina

managerbyhisfellowformer

internationalLIXIAOPENG, with

theteamfacinganuphillbattleto

reach the 2022 WorldCupin Qatar.

A-LeagueMen sideWesternSydney

WandererssignedfreeagentJACK

RODWELL, whowasreleasedby

SheffieldUnitedinthesummer.

DaniAlves announceshisreturntotheNouCamp

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Withhisfuture at Internazionalehighly in doubt,

DenmarkmidfielderChristianEriksenhasreturned

toformerclubOdensetotrain.

After sufferinga cardiacarrest at Euro 2 020,

the 2 9-year-oldwas fittedwithan implantable

cardioverter-defibrillator(ICD),whichhelpsmonitor

andmaintainhisheartrhythm.UnderItalian Football

Federationrules,heisunabletoplayinItalywhile

wearingtheICD.

Eriksen’s contractwith theSerie A sideisexpected

tobeterminatedinJanuary,whenhewillbe free to

lookfor a new club.Hespentthree yearsinOdense’s

academybefore joiningAjax,whichalsoremains a

potentialdestination:Daley Blind,theAmsterdam

club’s Dutchdefender, alsohasanICD.

Eriksenbidstorestartcareer

Comeback...

Christian

Eriksen

Interimmanager...

RalfRangnick