“It is to do with family matters, but I’d rather not go into detail. At
this point in time, I wanted to spend time with my family. I did not go
with the Russian team [but that was] not because of political aspects”
EUROPE
Following the departure of Marcelo
Bielsa, Leeds United appointedJESSE
MARSCHas their new head coach.Dutch giants PSV announced that
RUUD VAN NISTELROOYwill replace
Roger Schmidt as coach this summer- his first senior managerial role.
Relegation-threatened Hertha Berlin
appointed former Stuttgart, Bayern
Munich, Wolfsburg and Fulham boss
FELIX MAGATHas coach until the end
of the season, replacing Tayfun Korkut.Cypriot side Omonia Nicosia
appointed former Celtic bossNEIL
LENNONas their new manager.Belgian club Antwerp appointed
MARC OVERMARSas their new
technical director – just weeks after
he was dismissed by Ajax for sending
inappropriate messages to female
colleagues. Elsewhere, Charleroi
signed former Belgium Under-
forwardISAAC MBENZAfollowing
his release by Qatar SC.NUNO CAMPOSreplaced Rafa
Benitez’s former assistant Pako
Ayestaran as coach of Portuguese
Primeira Liga side Tondela.Former Atletico Madrid manager
JAVIER AGUIRREtook charge of
Mallorca, replacing Luis Garcia.Besiktas appointed former Barnsley
and West Bromwich Albion manager
VALERIEN ISMAELas their new head
coach. Elsewhere in Turkey, Goztepe
hiredSTJEPAN TOMASto replace
the sacked Nestor El Maestro.Young Rangers midfielderCHARLIE
McCANNswitched his international
eligibility to Northern Ireland after playing
for Republic of Ireland’s youth teams.Republic of Ireland midfielder
HARRY ARTERjoined Notts County
on loan from Nottingham Forest.ASIA
Barcelona nativeLLUIS
PLANAGUMAtook charge of Vissel
Kobe, linking up with Andres Iniesta,
replacing the sacked Atsuhiro Miura.
TheJ.League side also signedKENTO
HASHIMOTOon loan from Rostov.Chinese Super League side Wuhan
Three Towns signed Romania winger
NICOLAE STANCIUfrom Slavia Prague.CONCACAF
MLS Cup champions New York City
FC signed 20-year-old Brazilian forward
GABRIEL PEREIRAfrom Corinthians.SOUTH AMERICA
Former Santos, Flamengo and
Athletico Paranaense coachDORIVAL
JUNIORtookchargeof Ceara.Ecuador internationalJHOJAN
JULIOjoined Santos on loan from
LDU Quito, and former Real Betis
defenderSIDNEIjoined top-flight
side Goias from second-tier Cruzeiro.Botafogo embarked on a recruitment
spree, signing former Chelsea youngster
LUCAS PIAZONon loan from Braga and
wingerJOAO VICTORfrom AlJazira,
while also paying Palmeiras £5 million
for midfielderPATRICK DE PAULA. EUROPEFormer Arsenal and France defender
LAURENT KOSCIELNYannounced his
retirement from football having been
phased out of Bordeaux’s first team.Roma attacking midfielderHENRIKH
MKHITARYANended his international
career at the age of 33 after scoring a
record 32 goals in 95 appearances forZenit Saint Petersburg striker Artem Dzyuba after declining an international call-up by RussiaPEOPLE ON THE MOVE
THEWORLD THIS MONTH
Back in the
Bundesliga...
Felix MagathA number of players and coaches
departed the Russian Premier
League in the wake of Russia’s
invasion of Ukraine.
Former Norwich City boss Daniel
Farke stepped down from his new
role at Krasnodar without taking
charge of a game, while former
Newcastle United forward Remy
Cabella and Sweden winger Viktor
Claesson also walked away from
the club, with Poland international
Grzegorz Krychowiak and Brazilian
Wanderson joining AEK Athens and
Internacional, respectively, on loan
until the end of the season.
Elsewhere, Ukraine centre-back
Yaroslav Rakitskyi quit Zenit Saint
Petersburg, Royal Antwerp striker
Didier Lamkel Ze cancelled his loan
at Khimki, Pontus Almqvist joined
Utrecht from Rostov until the end
of the season and Georgia forward
Khvicha Kvaratskhelia left Rubin
Kazan for Dinamo Batumi on loan.Russian exodus
Quick departure...Daniel FarkeCopa
Libertadores
winner...
Patrick
De PaulaNew job...
Overmars