Liverpool have finalized the sale of academy graduate Neco Williams to Premier League new boys Nottingham Forest, the clubs confirmed on July 10. The full-back spent the latter half of the 2021/22 season on loan at fellow Championship side Fulham. Nottingham have paid 17.5 million pounds for the player while purchasing 15 per cent future sell-on percentage, making him their fifth signing of the season. Williams, who has made 21 appearances for Wales and scored twice, has penned a four-year contract, keeping him at the City Ground until the end of the 2025/26 campaign. He spent the latter half of the previous…
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Last season’s Indian Super League shield winners Jamshedpur FC have announced Englishman Aidy Boothroyd as their new head coach ahead of the upcoming 2022-23 season of the league. The Red Miners are no strangers to appointing Englishmen as their managers. Steve Coppell had led the side from the dugout in their maiden ISL campaign in 2017-18, and since then, they have gone from strength to strength and finally seem to be on the course of fulfilling their potential, as was quite evident last season. In his first interview with his new club, Boothroyd has clarified that he will be focusing on continuing…
Reigning Indian Super League champions Hyderabad FC announced on Monday that versatile Australian attacker Joel Chianese has signed a new deal with the club to extend his stay into the third season. View this post on Instagram Допис, поширений Joel Chianese (@joel.chianese) “I am very excited to be a part of the HFC family for another season. We’ve tasted success and now it’s an exciting challenge to see if we can reproduce that again,”said the 32-year-old after signing a contract extension till the end of the 2022-23 season. The right winger was introduced to the Indian top-flight division by the…
Juventus has signed Paul Pogba on a long-term contract, the club announced on Monday morning. The midfielder returns to Turin on a four-year deal after exiting Manchester United and will wear the number 10 shirt – previously adorned by Paulo Dybala, who left the club this summer – for his second stint. Yet again, the Bianconeri haven’t paid their English counterparts a transfer fee. They have signed Pogba on a free transfer for the second time in his professional career. Pogba, who joined United signed six years ago in a world-record transfer (€105m), left the club earlier this summer in…
New Manchester United manager Erik ten Hag, speaking to the media for the first time in Bangkok, has confirmed that the Red Devils do not intend to sell Cristiano Ronaldo. He has also confirmed that Harry Maguire will stay on as the captain of the senior team. “Harry Maguire is the captain,” ten Hag confirmed. “Of course, I have to get to know all the players and it takes time. But he is an established captain for a few years and he has achieved a lot of success, so I don’t doubt about this issue.” Furthermore, the Dutchman confirmed the…
Wayne Rooney, who left Derby County in June following the Rams’ relegation to League One, has crossed the Atlantic to become the next manager of Major League Soccer side DC United, The Athletic claims. The former Manchester United striker, who represented DC as a player between 2018 and 2019, will take the reins from interim manager Chad Ashton. The American has been in his place since the club decided to part ways with Hernan Losada earlier this year. He was initially installed in place of Losada to help the team until the end of the current MLS season. DC United will be Rooney’s second managerial…
Indian Super League side Mumbai City FC have completed the signing of centre-back Rostyn Griffiths on a year-contract, as was announced by the two clubs. The 34-year-old will be joining the Islanders soon and he has put pen to paper on a contract that will last a year until the end of the Indian Super League 2022/23 season. The Australian joins from sister club Melbourne City. Both the club are owned by the same parent – City Football Group – who are also the owners of Premier League champions Manchester City. “Personally, this is a new challenge in my life and…
Nottingham are strengthening their squad ahead of their maiden Premier League campaign since 1999. The Tricky Trees have completed and officially announced the signing of left-back Omar Richards from Bayern Munich. The Englishman has agreed to a four-year contract, and the deal is expected to be in the range of 8.5 million pounds. Richards had joined Bayern in July 2021 after leaving his boyhood club Reading. The 24-year-old spent a season with the Bavarians in 2021/22 and made 17 appearances for them across all competitions, which included 12 Bundesliga matches. He was largely relegated to a role on the bench for the…
Odisha FC announced the signing of former RoundGlass Punjab FC goalkeeper Lalthuammawia Ralte on a two-year contract ahead of the Indian Super League on July 10. The Mizoram-born custodian started his career at Shillong Lajong FC by signing a contract with the newly-promoted club to play in the I-League in the summer of 2011. He then helped the club reach the Federation Cup semi-finals against Salgaocar. Ralte went on to appear in over 40 games for the Meghalaya-based club. Ralte joined Bengaluru FC in 2014 when the club was still competing in the I-League. He made 20 appearances for the Blues in…
According to The Telegraph, Chelsea and Manchester City have agreed a fee of 47.5 million pounds in principle for attacker Raheem Sterling. The 27-year-old is expected to have a medical in the coming days, with Chelsea hoping to complete the deal in time for the England international to join the club’s pre-season tour in the United States. Despite being heavily linked with Leeds forward Raphinha and fellow Brazilian Richarlison this summer, the Blues have made Sterling their top target this summer. The player has reportedly agreed to personal terms on a five-year contract with a one-year extension option. Sterling joined City from Liverpool in July 2015…