World Soccer - UK (2020-12)

Appointments, sackings and loans

Federico and Gonzalo Higuain will play together again for the first time since

2007 after the pair were signed by MLS new boys Inter Miami.

Federico has been an MLS star for eight years, primarily with Columbus

Crew but most recently with DC United, while Gonzalo departedJuventus in

September after scoring 66 goals in149 games.

Having joinedJuve for a then-Italian record fee of€90m in 2016, his

departure is the biggest loss any club has ever made on a single player.

“You deserved a send-off matching who you are – one of the most

important players in the club’s history...Not to get thrown out like

you have been. But the truth is at this point nothing surprises me”

Lionel Messi takes another swipe at the Barcelona board in his farewell message to Luis Suarez

Brothers in Miami

EUROPE

New Sevilla midfielderIVAN RAKITIC

announced his international retirement.

West Ham United released midfielder

JACK WILSHEREwith a year remaining

on his contact after just18 appearances

in two years, whileDANNY WELBECK

was also let go by Watford.

Romanian side FC U Craiova sacked

their head coachNICOLO NAPOLI

for the seventh time.

SOUTH AMERICA

JULIO COMESANAleft Colombian

sideJunior for an astonishing ninth time

just days after winning the league title.

CONCACAF

DC United announced that coach

BEN OLSENhad departed the club.

LA Galaxy II sacked defender

OMAR ONTIVEROSafter the player

was found to have used a racial slur.

AFRICA

Eight-time Zambian champions

ZESCO United parted ways with long-

serving coachGEORGE LWANDAMINA,

while Tanzanian giants Young Africans

sacked Serbian coachZLATKO

KRMPOTICafterjust37days.

ASIA

THORSTEN FINKleft as coach

ofJapanese side Vissel Kobe.

StrikerADAM LE FONDREjoined

Mumbai City on loan from Sydney FC.

Paris Saint-Germain for Bayern Munich.

Internazionale signedANDREA
PINAMONTIfrom Genoa for £7.2m,
as well asARTURO VIDALfrom
Barcelona andMATTEO DARMIAN
on loan from Parma. Meanwhile, city
rivals Milan signed promising Norway
wingerJENS PETTER HAUGEfrom
Bodo/Glimt for £4.5m.

ASIA

Al Taawoun appointedPATRICE
CARTERONas their new head coach.

Former West Ham United midfielder
RICHARD GARCIAwasnamedas
Perth Glory’s head coach.

AFRICA

Libya appointedALI EL MARGINIas
head coach, while Equatorial Guinea
hiredJORGE COSTAbefore later

reversing the decision and hiring

RODOLFO BODIPO DIAZinstead.

Ethiopia opted forWUBETU ABATE.

JAIME PACHECObegan his second

spell as coach of five-time African

champions Zamalek.

CONCACAF

New York Red Bulls announced

GERHARD STRUBERas their new

head coach after paying an

undisclosed fee to Barnsley.

GLOBAL FOOTBALL INTELLIGENCE

Reunion...

Federico

and Gonzalo

Higuain

Retiring from

Croatia duty...

Ivan Rakitic

Appointed...Richard Garcia

Fall from

grace...

Wilshere and

Welbeck