Note:
The
purpose of this section is to summarize the week in question, it is not meant
to give a full statistical analysis of the matches.
We
live in a viral age and all that information can be accessed.
I
welcome all contributions from anyone, even for the Leagues that I did not
cover.
I. England
Diary:
Tuesday,
June 5, 2018:
-In
an interview with France Football Magazine, Manchtester City’s Yaya Toure
accused Josip Guardiola of “having problems with African players”. (Source BBC
Football Online via France Football)
-Arsenal
have signed Stephan Lichsteiner from Juventus. (Source BBC Football Online)
-Crystal
Palace’s Wilfried Zaha expressed that he had no regrets in choosing to
represent Ivory Coast Internationally instead of England, because he had been
“rejected” from the England side. (Source Sky Sports Online)
-Stoke
City are nterested in Woleverhampton Wanderers’ Benik Afobe and WBA’s James
McClean. (Source Sky Sports Online)
-Manchester
United have officially signed Fred from Shakhtar Donestk. (Source France Football
Online)
-Leicester
want to include striker Patrick Roberts as part of Manchester City’s bid for
Ryad Mahrez. (Source Daily Mail Online)
-West
Ham United have signed Ryan Fredericks from Fulham. (Source vi.nl online)
-England
are the only squad in the World Cup to have all their players to play in the
domestic League.
(Source AS.com online)
Wednesday,
June 6, 2018:
-Manchester
City have denied making a second bid for Napoli’s Jorginho. (Source Sky Sports
Online)
-Kyle
Walker, the English teammate of Germany’s Leroy Sane at Manchester City, stated
that after the season that he has had Sane deserved to be at the World Cup.
(Source L’Equipe Online)
-Kevin
De Bruyne, the Belgian teammate of Germany’s Leroy Sane at Manchester City, has
also expressed disbelief in Sane’s exclusion. (Source As.com Online)
-Bayern
Munich players, Jerome Boateng and Joshua Kimich, have come out in support of
Manchester City Manager Guardiola, accused of racism by Yaya Toure. (Source
L’Equipe Online)
-Kevin
De Bruyne has also come out in defense of Guardiola against Yaya Toure’s
accusations. (Source Walfoot.be Online)
-Manchester
United have officially confirmed the signing of Portuguese defender Diogo Dalot
from Porto. (Source Calciomercato Online)
-Juventus
have turned down a double bid from Manchester City for Miralem Pjanic and
Douglas Costa. (Source Calciomercato Online via Tuttosport)
-Leicester
are on the verge of signing Jonny Evans from WBA. (Source Daily Telegraph
Online)
-England’s
Danny Rose has asked his family to stay from Russia during the World Cup due to
fears of racism. (Source AS.com Online)
-Pascal
Gross has extended his contract with Brighton until 2022. (Source Sport Bild
Online)
-Yaya
Toure’s agent Dimitri Seluk stated that Toure is willing to sign for one of the
top six Premier League sides for symbolic salary of 1 pound per week. He aims
to prove that he is not a finished player. (Source Corriere dello Sport Online)
Thursday,
June 7, 2018:
-England’s
Danny Rose revealed that he has suffered from depression in the past, caused by
injury and family tragedy. He had not even told his parents yet. (Source BBC
Football Online)
-Arsenal
unveiled their new away kits. (Source Sky Sports Online)
-Dutch
goalkeeper Michel Vorm has extended his contract with Tottenham until 2019 .
(Source France Football Online)
-Prince
William visited the English camp and presented Trent Alexander-Arnold with his
match jersey. (Source Daily Telegraph Online)
-Stoke’s
Xherdan Shaqiri has been linked to Liverpool.
(Source Kicker.de Online)
-Liverpool’s
Roberto Firmino responded to Sergio Ramo’s recent commenst. He said, “I think
he has a view because he was the champion but I thought he was an idiot for
what he said but that’s okay.”. (Source Sky Sports Online)
Friday,
June 8, 2018:
-West
Ham United’s Argentina striker Manuel Lanzini will miss the World Cup after an
injury in training. (Source BBC Football Online)
-Former
England goalkeeper Peter Shilton has stated that Jordan Pickford should be
England’s starting goalkeeper at the World Cup. (Source Reuters UK Online)
-Former
Liverpool Legend Kenny Dalglish was knighted and is now ‘Sir Kenny’. (Source
BBC Football Online)
-The
English Premier League will have a winter break in the month of February
starting 2019/20 season. (Source BBC Football Online)
-
Leicester City have signed Jonny Evans from WBA. (Source BBC Football Online)
-
Crystal Palace have signed Spanish goalkeeper Vicente Guaita from Getafe.
(Source BBC Football Online)
-Harry
Kane has signed a new contract with Tottenham running through 2024. (Source
Daily Telegraph Online)
-Aston
Villa midfielder Jack Grealish has been linked with Tottenham. (Source vi.nl
Online)
-Huddersfield
have signed Terence Kongolo on permanent basis from Monaco. (Source Sky Sports
Online)
-Swansea
have rejected West Ham’s bids for Alfie Mawson and Lukasz Fabianski. (Source
Sky Sports Online)
Saturday,
June 9, 2018:
-Liverpool
and Egypt’s Mohamed Salah said that he hopes to play in Egypt’s first match in
the World Cup vs. Uruguay. He also discussed Sergio Ramos’ foul, by saying “Did
Sergio Ramos call me? Yes he sent me a message, but I never told him it was
okay…..My response id=s that it’s good when someone who made you cry then makes
you laugh… Maybe he could also tell me if I’m going to be ready for the World
Cup?”. (Source Cakciomercato Online)
-Chelsea
owner Roman Abramovich has rejected the approach from Jim Ratcliffe, Owner of
Petrochemicals Ineos, to purchase the club. (Source Daily Mail Online)
-Benfica’s
Mexican striker Raul Jimenez will be loaned to Wiolverhmapton Wanderers for one
season. (Source L’Equipe Online)
Sunday,
June 10, 2018:
-The
proposed transfer of Lyon’s Nabil Fekir to Liverpool has fallen through and
Fekir will remain at Lyon. (Source BBC Football online)
-Pep
Guardiola discussed Yaya Toure’s racism claims, he said, “It’s a lie and he
knows it”. (Source Marca Online)
-Lazio’s
Felipe Anderson has been linked to West Ham United. (Source vi.nl Online)
-Arsenal
have signed 15-year-old defender Joel Lopez from Barcelona. (Source L’Equipe
Online)
-Watford
have signed Gerard Deulofeu on permanent basis from Barcelona. (Source L’Equipe
Online)
-Former
England International Stan Anderson passed away aged 85. (Source Sky Sports
Online)
Monday,
June 11, 2018:
-Blackpool
have signed Joe Dodoo from Rangers Glasgow on a season long loan. (Source Sky
Sports Online)
-Chelsea’s
Eden Hazard has stated that he wants answers on the club’s coaching situation
before making a decision on his future. (Source Daily Telegraph Online)
-Former
England International Stan Collymore attacked another former International Ian
Wright by insulting him and calling him an ‘Uncle Tom’. (Source Daily Mail
Online)
-Manchester City Manager Pep Guardiola has
said that he is unlikely to coach Barcelona again as ‘They don’t look at me the
same way’. (Source Daily Mail Online)
-Watford
have signed Italian Joe Adam Masina from Bologna. (Source Sky Sports Online)
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Photo
From: France Football, Issue 3760, June 5, 2018
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(Yaya
Toure)
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Photo
From: L’Equipe, June 8, 2018
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(Marcus
Rashford, June 7, 2018, England 2-Costa Rica 0)
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II. Italy
Diary:
Tuesday,
June 5, 2018:
-Gianluigi
Buffon has banned for three European matches following his comments about
English Referee Michael Oliver. (Source BBC Football Online)
-Roma
have been fined 50,000 Euros by UEFA due to crowd disturbances from their first
leg CL semifinal vs. Liverpool. (Source BBC Football Online)
-Alessio
Romagnoli has extended his contract with AC Milan. (Source Calciomercato
Online)
-Giuseppe
Iachini has been sacked as Sassuolo Manager. Roberto De Zerbi will be the
likely replacement. (Source Calciomercato Online)
-Atalanta
have signed Arkadiusz Reca from Wisla Plock. (Source Calciomercato Online)
-Genoa
goalkeeper Mattia Perin is on the verge of joining Juventus. (Source L’Equipe
Online)
-Bordeaux’s
Brazilian striker Malcolm has been linked to Inter. He has apparently refused offers
from Dortmund, Liverpool and PSG. (Source Calciomercato Online via La Gazzetta
dello Sport)
-Bologna’s
Simone Verdi will likely join Napoli . (Source RTBF.be Online)
-Juventus
have rejected a bid for Miralem Pjanic from Manchester City. (Source Calciomercato
Online via Tuttosport)
-Inter
have signed 17-year-old Belgian defender Tibo Persyn from Club Brugge. (Source Footnews.be Online)
-Genoa
have signed goalkeeper Federico Marchetti from Lazio. (Source France Football
online)
-Lyon’s
Memphis Depay has been linked with AC Milan. (Source Daily Mail Online)
-Juventus
Manager Masimilano Allegri (linked as a possible replacement for Zidane at Real
Madrid) has decided to stay with Juventus. (Source Marca.com Online)
Wednesday,
June 6, 2018:
-
Chieveo Verona have signed striker Fillip Djordjevic from Nantes. (Source
L’Equipe online)
-Stoke’s
Peter Crouch has been linked with Parma. (Source Calciomercato Online)
-Roma
have signed midfielder Bryan Cristante from Atalanta. (Source France Football
Online)
-Manchester
City’s Olekandr Zinchenko has been linked to Napoli. (Source vi.nl Online)
Thursday,
June 7, 2018:
-Former
Honduras International David Suazo has been named as Manager of Brescia.
(Source L’Equipe Online)
-Rolando
Maran has been named as Manager of Cagliari. (Source L’Equipe Online)
-Pier
Silvio Berlusconi, son of Silvio, has denied rumors that his father will take
over at AC Milan. (Source Calciomercato Online)
-Juventus’
Marko Pajaca has been linkd to Fiorentina. (Source Calciomercato Online)
-Marek
Hamsik has notified Napoli that he would like to leave. (Source Calciomercato
Online)
-Real
Madrid’s Dani Ceballos has been linked to AC Milan. (Source Calciomercato
Online)
Friday,
June 8, 2018:
-Juventus
have signed Douglas Costa on permanent basis from Bayern Munich. (Source BBC
Football Online)
-Julio
Velazquez has been named as the new manager of Udinese. (Source
Calciomercato.com online)
-Inter
are set sign Argentinean striker Nicolas Gonzalez from Argentinos Juniors.
(Source Calciomercato.com online)
-Goalkeeper
Mattia Perin (formerly of Genoa) underwent his physical proor to signing for
Juventus. (Source Calciomercato.com online)
-Atalanta
have signed goalkeeper Pierluigi Gollini on permanent basis from Aston Villa.
(Source Calciomercato.com online)
-An
autopsy report showed that Davide Astori died due to an abnormally high heart
rate. (Source Sport Bild online via Corriere della Sera)
Saturday,
June 9, 2018:
-The
Italian Federation has opened up an investigation on the newly promoted side
Parma. There are suspicions of match fixing. (Source L’Equipe Online)
-Genoa
have agreed to sign Lorenzo Callegari from PSG. (Source Calciomercato Online)
-AC
Milan are rumored to be near signing Monaco’s Radamel Falcao on a one season loan.
(Source Calciomercato Online)
Sunday,
June 10, 2018:
-Serbian
midfielder Filip Duricic has been linked with Sassuolo. (Source Calciomercato
Online)
-AC
Milan defender Leonardo Bonucci stated that he intends to remain with the club
despite all the rumors. (Source Calciomercato Online)
-Torino
have denied the reports of Juventus’ Claudio Marchisio being linked to them.
(Source Calciomercato Online)
-Sampdoria
have signed defender Omar Colley from Genk.
(Source Walfoot.be Online)
-Sasuolo
have denied the reports of Berardi being linked to Roma. (Source Calciomercato
Online)
Monday,
June 11, 2018:
-Simone
Verdi (former Bologna) has passed the first part of the Physical with Napoli.
(Source vi.nl Online)
III. Spain
Diary:
Tuesday,
June 5, 2018:
-Santi
Carzola will train in the pre-season with Villareal to regain fitness. (Source
Sky Sports Online)
-Zinedine
Zidane may have left Real Madrid after disagreements concerning the transfer
policy. Zidane had wanted Eden Hazard but Real President Florentino Perez had
resfused this request. In addition, Perez wanted to recruit goalkeeper David De
Gea while Zidane wanted to hold onto Keylor Navas. (Source Footnew.be com)
-Liverpool’s
Sadio Mane has been linked with Real Madrid. In fact, Real had contacted him
before the CL Final. However, Zidane’s departure may stall the deal. (Source
France Football and Marca Online)
-It
was revealed in the Television program ‘El Chringuito’ that in Real Madrid’s
last match of the season vs. Villareal, Real Madrid substitute goalkeeper Kiko
Casilla nearly came to blows with Zidane, who had decided to start with his son
Luca as goalkeeper. The reason for Casilla’s anger was that he would have
gained 600,000 Euros in bonuses. The Management have promised regardless to pay
him the bonus. The player’s representatives have denied this version of the
events. (Source Walfoot.be Online)
-Yesterday,
it was revealed that Liverpool goalkeeper Loris Karius may have suffered a
concussion after being struck by Sergio Ramos.
Sergio
Ramos sarcastically retorted that next “Firmino wil say that he got a cold
because a bead of my sweat landed on him.”
(Source Daily Mail Online)
-Boca
Juniors’ Cristian Pavon has been linked with Barcelona following a
recommendation by Lionel Messi. (Source AS.com Online)
-Valencia
will not exercise their option to sign Luciano Vietto. He will return to
Atletico Madrid. (Source AS.com Online)
-Juan
Brandariz ‘Chumi’ from Barcelona’s B-Team has signed a two year contract with
the club. (Source vi.nl Online)
Wednesday,
June 6, 2018:
-Spain
has added two extra players (for the time being) on its World Cup squad: Rodri
(Atletico Madrid) and Vallejo (Real Madrid). They are available for the
friendly vs. Tunisia on June 9th.
Many believe they are alternatives in case Dani Carvajal will be injured
and unfit by the time of the Finals. (Source RBF.be Online)
-Toni
Kroos, the German teammate of Sergio Ramos at Real Madrid, has come out in his
defense, saying that he is not a dirty player. (Source AS.com Online)
-Real
Madrid have signed 15-year-old Fernando Rodriguez Rufo from Real Betis. (Source AS.com online)
-Spain
goalkeepr David De Gea was visibly seen not clapping upon the visit of Spanish
Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez. Some two years before the PM had criticized De
Gea when he was implicated in a sex assault case.. (Source Daily Mail Online)
-Jose
Antonio Reyes has joined Chinese club Xinjiang Tianshan from Cordoba (Second
Division). (Source Walfoot.be Online)
Thursday, June 7, 2018:
-Argentina
player Guido Pizarro has returned to Tigres of Monterrey as his loan at Sevilla
has ended. (Source L’Equipe Online)
-Eric
Abidal has been named as Sporting Diretor at Barcelona. (Source L’Equipe
Online)
-
Villareal have signed Karl Toko Ekambi from Angers. (Source France Football
online)
-It
appears more likely that Cristiano Ronaldo will leave Real Madrid as his
contract demands do not appear to be met. (Source Marca.com online)
-Antonio
Conte has been linked as a possible successor to Zinedine Zidane at Real
Madrid. (Source Marca.com online)
-Real
Madrid have agreed to sign Brazilian winger Rodrygo from Santos. (Source
Marca.com online)
-Murcia
President Victo Galvez explained that he had not offered the club’s coaching
post to Guti, since he is likely to be the next Real Madrid Manager. (Source
AS.com online)
Friday,
June 8, 2018:
-Real
Madrid have apparently offered Cristiano Ronaldo a new contract that would
increase his contract. The deal would include 25 Million Euros plus 7.5 Million
in incentives. (Source AS.com online)
-Ramy
Abbas, Issa, the agent of Mohamed Salah, denied reports linking the player to
Barcelona. (Source Calciomercato online)
-Rafael
van der Vaart’s contract with Real Betis has ended. He was on loan at FC
Midtjylland. (Source AS.com online)
-Eusebio
Sacristian has been named as the new Manager of Girona. (Source AS.com online)
-Real
Madrid’s Brazilian defender Marcelo believed that Neymar will one day play for
Real Madrid, also adding that “Cristiano isn’t the boss of Real Madrid.”.
(Source AS.com online)
-Former
Spain Manager Vicente del Bosque has been named as a Consultant in Sports
Affairs for the new Spanish Culture and Sport Minister Maxim Huerta. (Source
Sport Bild online)
Sunday,
June 10, 2018:
-Atletico
Madrid’s Antoine Griezmann (linked to Barcelona) stated that he will announce
his future in the coming days. (Source AS.com Online)
-Brazil
Manager Tite denied the rumors linking him with the Real Madrid Mangement
position. (Source AS.com Online)
Monday,
June 11, 2018:
-Spain
goalkeeper David De Gea has asked that the chief of Spanish Government Pedro
Sanchez to make public excuses for statements from 2016 about a sexual scandal
that De Gea was eventually vindicated. De Gea said that he has politely accepted
the excuses but would like the excuses to be in public as the attacks were made
in public. (Source L’Equipe Online)
-Gerard Pique had to leave Spain’s training session after
suffering a knee injury. He was later seen training alone. (Source Calciomercato
Online)
-Flamengo’s
Vinicius was in tears in front of the fans after their match prior to joining
Real Madrid. (Source Daily Mail Online)
-Portuguese Manager Andre Villa-Boas has been linked with
Real Madrid. (Source AS.com Online)
IV. Germany
Diary:
Tuesday, June 5, 2018:
-SV
Hamburg have extended the contract of 17-year-old Josha Vagnoman. (Source Sport
Bild online)
-Real
Madrid’s Mateo Kovacic has been linked with Schalke. (Source vi.nl Online via
Marca)
Wednesday,
June 6, 2018:
-Eintracht
Frankfurt fans are planning a demonstration in protest of Alex Meier leaving
the club. (Source Sport Bild Online)
-Augusburg
have signed Felix Goetz (brother of Mario) from Bayern Munich. (Source Sport
Bild online)
Thursday,
June 7, 2018:
-
Former Germany International Miroslav Klose stated that Leroy Sane needs to
reproduce his Manchester City form for the National Team. (Source Sky Sports
Online)
-Dortmund
have signed Danish International Thomas Delaney from Werder Bremen. (Source
L’Equipe online)
-Freiburg
have signed midfielder Jerome Gondorf from Werder Bremen. (Source L’Equipe
online)
-Former
Germany International Michael Ballack is the latest to question Leroy Sane’s
exclusion from the World Cup squad. (Source Reuters UK online)
-Mesut
Ozil will be rested in Germany’s friendly’s vs. Saudi Arabia as he is
recovering from a slight knee bruise. (Source Sport Bild online)
-SV
Hamburg have offered a professional contract to Morten Behrens. (Source
Kicker.de online)
-Despite
Benfica’s request for a loan, Bayern Munich will hold onto Renato Sanches for
the upcoming season. (Source Kicker.de online)
Friday,
June 8, 2018:
-Ilkay
Gundogan was booed during Germany’s friendly with Saudi Arabia. This was due to
his controversial photo with Turkish President Recep Erdogan from last
month. (Source BBC Football online)
-Schalke
have been fined 87,000 Euros for the unsportsmanlike behavior of their fans in
a DfB Pokal match on February 7th vs. Wolfsburg, as well as a
Bundesliga match vs. Mainz on March 9th.
(Source Sport Bild online)
-Werder
Bremen have extended thec contract of Serbian defender Milos Veljkovic. (Source
Sport Bild online)
-SV
Hamburg have extended thec contract of Tom Mickel. (Source Kicker.de online)
-Mario
Goetze has criticized Pep Guardiola. He said that “He is very focused on the
game and doesn’t think about players outside of his plan. He didn’t have much
empathy and empathy is part of being a world class coach. (Source Kicker.de
online)
Sunday,
June 10, 2018:
- Stuttgart have extended the contract of Manager Tayfun
Korkut until 2020. (Source L’Equipe online)
Monday,
June 11, 2018:
-Moenchengladbach
have signed striker Torben Musel from Kaiserslautern. (Source L’Equipe Online)
-
Mainz have extended the contract of midfielder Bote Baku until 2022. (Source
L’Equipe online)
-Bayern
Munich President Uli Hoeness has stated that Robert Lewandowski will not leave
the club. (Source Marca.com Online)
-Stuttgart
have been fined 60,000 Euros for the unsportsmanlike behavior of their fans in
a Bundesliga match on February 24th vs. Eintracht Franffurt. (Source Sport Bild online)
-Hertha
Berlin have signed Pascal Kopke from Erzgebirge Aue. (Source Kicker.de Online)
-Werder
Bremen striker Justin Eilers has left the club to join Greek side Apollon
Smyrnis. (Source Kicker.de online)
-Moenchengladbach’s
Raul Bobadilla has left the club and returned home to join Argentinos Juniors.
(Source Kicker.de online)
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Photo
From: L’Equipe, June 9, 2018
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(Gundogan,
June , 2018, Germany 2-Saudi Arabia 1)
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V. France
Diary:
Tuesday,
June 5, 2018:
-Strasbourg
have signed Serbian defender Stefan Mitrovic from Gent. (Source L’Equipe online)
-In
an interview with France Football Magazine, Paul Pogba stated that he is judged
differently from others. He said that “I am not normal. I am not judged like
everyone else…”. (Source France Football online)
-Former
France Manager Raymond Domenech discussed the episode with Nicolas Anelka from
the 2010 World Cup. He said Anelka never called him ‘son of a ?/#@&&’.
After hearing criticism, Anelka had thrown his shoes down and said “you will
just have to make, your sh%$ of a team”. (Source Footnews.be online)
-Monaco
are on the verge of signing Brazilian defender on loan from Inter. (Source
France Football online)
Wednesday,
June 6, 2018:
-Marc-Aurele
Caillard has extended his contract with Guingamp. (Source L’Equipe online)
-OM
have unveiled their new home jerseys for the new season (new Puma kits).
(Source L’Equipe online)
-Strasbourg
have signed striker Ludovic Ajorque from Clermont. They are also on the verge
of signing midfielder Ibrahima Sissoko from Brest. (Source L’Equipe online)
-
Monaco have signed midfielder Samuel Grandsir from Troyes. (France Football
Online)
Thursday,
June 7, 2018:
-Dijon’s
Argentinean striker Sebastian Ribas has signed for Lanus. (Source L’Equipe
Online)
-Former
Manager Francis Smerecki has passed away aged 68 after a long illness. (Source
L’Equipe Online)
-US
Orleans have signed PSG’s Fahd El Khoumisti. (Source L’Equipe Online)
Friday,
June 8, 2018:
-Toifilou
Maoulida has retired at the age of 39. (Source L’Equipe Online)
-Fabien
Mercadal has been named as the new Manager of Caen. (Source L’Equipe Online)
Saturday,
June 9, 2018:
-Caen
have signed Enzo Crivelli on permanent basis from Angers. (Source L’Equipe
Online)
Sunday,
June 10, 2018:
-France
President Emmnauel Macron has come out in defense of Michel Platini, following
his vindication from a Swiss court related to his FIFA activities. (Source
L’Equipe online)
-
OGC Nice have signed Brazilian midfielder Danilo Barbosa from Braga. (Source
L’Euipe Online)
-France
Manager Didider Deschamps has asked players (most notably Griezmann and Lemar)
to resolve their future destinations prior to the Tournament. (Source vi.nl
online)
Monday,
June 11, 2018:
-Chelsea’s
N’Golo Kante has been linked to PSG (Source Sky Sports online)
-Metz
have signed goalkeeper Alexandre Oukidja from Strasbourg. (Source L’Equipe
Online)
-Midfielder
Anthony Goncalves has extended his contract with Strasbourg until 2020. (Source
L’Equipe Online)
-Portuguese
Manager Miguel Cardoso is likely to be the next Manager of Nantes. (Source
L’Equipe Online)
-Patrick
Vieira has been named as the new Manager of OGC Nice. (Source Daily Telegraph
Online)
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Photo
From: L’Equipe, June 10, 2018
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(Paul
Pogba, June 9, 2018, France 1-USA 1)
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Diary:
Tuesday,
June 5, 2018:
-Joshua
Brenet, recently joined Hoffenheim from PSV Eindhoven, stated that he is happy
he has left the club as he felt undervalued by the Management. (Source vi.nl
online)
Wednesday,
June 6, 2018:
-Feyenoord
have offered a professional contract to Noah Lewis. (Source vi.nl online)
-Hamid
Zarbaf is to leave Go Ahead Eagles. (Source vi.nl online)
-Dordrecht
have signed defender Dwayen Green from RKC Waalwijk. (Source vi.nl online)
-De
Graafschap have signed Furdjel Narsingh from SC Cambuur. (Source vi.nl online)
-Vitesse
have signed Oussama Darfalou from USM Alger. (Source vi.nl online)
-Telstar
have signed midfielder Danny vam Haaren from SC Cambuur. (Source vi.nl online)
-Utrecht
have signed midfielder Othmane Boussaid from Lierse. (Source vi.nl online)
-Go
Ahead Eagles have signed defender Roland Baas from Heracles Almelo. (Source
vi.nl online)
-Excelsior
have signed goalkeeper Maarten de Fockert from SC Heerenveen. (Source vi.nl
online)
Thursday,
June 7, 2018:
-Ajax
have offered a professional contract to 16-year-old Brian Brobbey. (Source
L’Equipe online)
-Ajax
have named the prize for the ‘Talent of the Future’ after Abdelhak Nouri. Ryan
Gravenberch is the first recipient. (Source vi.nl online)
-Ajax
have signed 16-year-old defender Anass Salah-Eddine from AZ. (Source vi.nl online)
-Jordy
Rondeel has extended his contract with De Graafschap by one year. (Source vi.nl
online)
-Rene
Eijer has been named as the new Manager of Fortuna Sittard. (Source vi.nl
online)
-PEC
Zwolle have signed defender Kenneth Paal from PSV Eindhoven. (Source vi.nl
online)
Friday,
June 8, 2018:
-Ragnar
Oratmangoen has extended his contarct with NEC for three years. (Source vi.nl
online)
-Jerold
Promes has extended his contarct with VVV Venlo until mid 2019. (Source vi.nl
online)
-Almere
City have signed Faris Hammouti from Feyenoord. (Source vi.nl online)
-SC
Cambuur have signed midfielder Andrejs Ciganiks from Schalke. (Source vi.nl
online)
-AZ
have signed defender Mauro Savastano from Ajax. (Source vi.nl online)
Saturday,
June 9, 2018:
-Former
Holland Manager Louis van Gaal has told Dutch Televsion (RTL) that he has a
very promising offer to manage again. (Source Calciomercato online)
Sunday,
June 10, 2018:
-ADO
Den Haag’s Aaron Meijers extended his contract by four more years. (Source
vi.nl online)
-Moroccan
striker Munir El-Hamdouni has left Twente Enschede and joined Moroccan side
Tanger. (Source L’Equipe Online)
VII. Scotland
Diary:
Tuesday,
June 5, 2018:
-Motherwell
have signed goalkeeper Mark Gillespie from Walsall. (Source BBC Football
Online)
Wednesday,
June 6, 2018:
-Aberdeen
have signed midfielder Chris Forrester from Peterborough United. (Source BBC
Football Online)
-Hearts
have signed midfielder Ryan Edwards from Patrick Thistle. (Source BBC Football
Online)
-Celtic’s
Turksih striker Nadir Ciftci will leave the club. (Source BBC Football Online)
-Patrick
Kluivert has been linked with the St. Mirren coaching post. (Source vi.nl
Online)
Thursday,
June 7, 2018:
-Rangers
have signed midfielder Ovie Ejaria from Liverpool. (Source BBC Football Online)
-Hamilton
Academical have signed defender Alex Penny from Peterborough United. (Source
BBC Football Online)
Friday,
June 8, 2018:
-Alan
Stubbs has been named as the new Manager of St. Mirren. (Source BBC Football
Online)
Saturday,
June 9, 2018:
-Kenny
Miller has stated that he is determined to defend himself against the club
(Rangers Glasgow) for the defamation of his character. He along with Lee
Wallace are disputing Rangers’ fine and suspension. (Source BBC Football
Online)
-Gregor
Buchanan has rejected Livingston to stay with Greenock Morton. (Source BBC
Football Online)
-Livingston
have signed goalkeeper Liam Kelly from Rangers. (Source BBC Football Online)
-Livingston
have signed defender Ricki Lamie from Greemock Morton. (Source BBC Football
Online)
Monday,
June 11, 2018:
-Patrick
Thistle have signed goalkeeper Cammy Bell from Hibernian. (Source BBC Football
Online)
VIII. Portugal
Diary:
Tuesday,
June 5, 2018:
-Porto
have signed defender Joao Pedro from Palmeiras. (Source L’Equipe Online)
-Benfica
have signed Chilean striker Nicolas Castilloa from UNAM Pumas. (Source L’Equipe
Online)
-Portuguese
Manager Ricardo Sa Pinto has been linked with Sporting CP. (Source Frootnews.be
Online)
-Sporting
CP Manager Jorge Jesus has left to manage Saudi club Al-Hilal. (Source L’Equipe
Online)
-Porto goalkeeper Raul Gudino has signed for
Chivas Guadalajara. (Source
Maisfutebol online)
Wednesday,
June 6, 2018:
-Benfica
has been implicated in a new money laundering fraud case. (Source Maisfutebol online)
Thursday,
June 7, 2018:
-Sporting
CP have signed defender Bruno Gaspar from Fiorentina. (Source L’Equipe Online)
-Brazilan
defender Joao Pedro (Palmeiras) will be officially presented as a Porto
player. (Source Maisfutebol online)
-Rio
Ave have signed Spanish goalkeeper Carlos Abad from Tenerife. (Source
Maisfutebol online)
Friday,
June 8, 2018:
-Brazilian
Manager Luiz Felipe Scolari has turned down an offer to manage Sporting
CP. (Source Maisfutebol online)
Sunday,
June 10, 2018:
-Sporting
CP have taken on loan Koln’s Joao Queiros. (Source L’Equipe online)
-Sporting
CP have signed Paraguayan defender Fabian Balbuena from Corinthians. (Source
L’Equipe Online)
IX. Belgium
Diary:
Tuesday,
June 5, 2018:
-Anderlecht
President Marc Coucke has been elected the President of the Pro League with 81%
of the votes. (Source Walfoot.be online)
Wednesday,
June 6, 2018:
-Goalkeper
Brian Vandenbussche has extended his contract by one year with Cercle Brugge.
(Source RTBF.be Online)
-Charleroi
have signed Iranian midfielder Omid Noorafkan from Esteghlal. (Source
Walfoot.be Online)
-Laurent
Guyot has been named as the new Manager of Cercle Brugge (Source Walfoot.be
Online)
Thursday,
June 7, 2018:
-RTL
journalist Stephane Pauwels has criticized Roberto Martinez’s exclusion of
Nainggolan. He said the decision would be understandable ,”….unless he
(Nainggolan) had sniffed three lines of cocaine or struck a teammate” . As far
as Martinez’s explanation that he had cut him for tactical reasons, Pauwels
said he’s taking, “10 million Belgians for fools”. (Source Footnews.be Online)
-Club
Brugge have signed Arnaut Groeneveld from NEC. (Source vi.nl online)
Friday,
June 8, 2018:
-Club
Brugge have signed striker Siebe Schrijvers from Genk. (Source RTBF.be Online)
-Yannick
Ferrara has been named as the new Manager of Waasland-Beveren. (Source RTBF.be
Online)
-Dante
Brogno will remain as FC Liege Manager for the next season. (Source RTBF.be
Online)
-Defender
Alexis Saelemaekers has extended his contarct with Anderlecht. (Source
Footnews.be Online)
-The
new name of Lierse will be K.Lyra-Lierse.(Source Walfoot.be Online)
Saturday,
June 2, 2018:
-Danish
midfielder Anders Christiansen is to leave Gent to return to Malmo. (Source
RTBF.be Online)
Sunday,
June 10, 2018:
-Gent
have signed defender Franck Josiah Bahi from Gangan FC (Guinea). (Source Walfoot.be Online)
-Eric
Gerets has opned a lawsuit against Gilbert Bodart for death threats. Gerets is
enganed to Virginie (former girlfriend of Gilbert Bodart). She claims that
Bodart has threatened her and Gerets’s life on numerous occasions. (Source Footnews.be Online)
Monday,
June 11, 2018:
-
Ostend have signed Francois Marquet from Waasland-Beveren. (Source RTBF.be online)
-
Genk have signed Ghanaian winger Joseph Paintsil from Ferencvaros. (Source Walfoot.be online)
Diary
(extra):
Tuesday,
June 5, 2018:
-CSKA
Moscow have signed Iceland defender Hordur Magnusson from Bristol. (Source L’Equipe online)
-Poland
Federation President Zbigniew Boniek has expressed doubt on Kamil Glik’s
particpation in the World Cup due to his injury. (Source Walfoot.be online)
-Switzerland’s
Valon Behrami is about to become the first Swiss player to appear in four World
Cups. (Source
Reuters UK online)
-Sweden
and Senegal are the only squads in the World Cup to have none of their players to play in the domestic
League. (Source
AS.com online)
-After
negative publicity, Mastercard has decide to scrap the controversial ‘food for
goals’ campaign featuring Messi and Neymar. The plan was for each to donate
10,000 meals to starving children in Latin America and the Caribbean for each
of their goals until March 2020 including at the World Cup. Brazilian Manager Tite had been a critic for placing too high of a
pressure on individual players. (Source
Sport Bild online)
-
According to TV magazine Notas, eight Mexican players following their friendly
win over Scotland, spent time with as much as 30 prostitutes. (Source
Tuttosport online)
-Romanian
goalkeeper Bogdan Lobont who had announced his retirement just days before
appeared in the last few minutes of Romanis’s win over Finland (2-0).
Wednesday,
June 6, 2018:
-Zdravko
Mamic, former President of Dinamo Zagreb, has been sentenced to six and hald
years in prison for Financial Fraud . (Source L’Equipe Online)
-Iran
are the first nation to have arrived in Russia for the World Cup. (Source
L’Equipe online)
-As
expected, Kamil Glik has been replaced in the Poland squad by Marcon Kaminski
(Stuttgart). (Source RTBF.be online)
-Egypt Manager Hector Cuper has hit back on
Sergio Ramos’ recent comments mocking Liverpool claims of injury (Karius’
concussion, Salah injury) during the CL Final. Cuper said, “I’m not a doctor, I
don’t know if Ramos is a doctor, but it’s a player who is playing a final and
has an injury.” (Source Calciomercato online)
-Israel will file a complaint with FIFA against the
Palestinian Federation after the forced cancellation of Israel’s friendly vs.
Argentina for political reasons. The Israelis are demanding FIFA to investigate
the threats against Argentinean players including threats to burn Messi
jerseys. (Source France Football online)
-Brazilian defender Dani Alves has been operated on his
right knee. (Source Sport Bild online)
Thursday,
June 7, 2018:
-Christian Eriksen has rejoined the Danish squad
following the birth of his child.
(Source L’Equipe Online)
-Ricardo Avila has replaced the injured Alberto Quintero
in Panama’s squad. Alberto Quintero has injured in Panama’s friendly vs. Norway
yeaterday. (Source L’Equipe Online)
-Brazil’s
Renato Augusto has restarted collective training with the squad. (Source France Football Online)
-Besiktas
have been fined 34,000 Euros after fans let a cat to enter the field delaying
the CL match between Besiktas and Bayern Munich in February. (Source Walfoot.be Online)
-Pele
has expressed concern that Brazil is not playing as a unit. He believes
individually the players are “very good, but we are not a team”. He also added that Neymar will not win on
his own, “it’s the team that wins a World Cup”. He also expressed he has confidence in Tite’s abilities. (Source
Sport Bild Online)
-During
their visit at Norway, for their friendly, Panama’s hotel rooms was broken in and
around 53,000 Euros were stolen. (Source Sport Bild Online)
-Earnie
Stewart has been named as the first General Manager of the USA team. (Source
vi.nl Online)
Friday,
June 8, 2018:
-Zlatan
Ibrahimovic has blamed the Swedish media for his exclusion from the Sweden’s
World Cup squad. (Source Sky Sports Online)
-Australia
Manager, the Dutchman Bart van Marwijk, has been paying himself for his support
staff. (Source AS.com Online)
-Mexico
Manager Juan Carlos Osorio has played down the latest scandal involving players
and prostitutes, by saying the players had earned “time for themselves”. (Source L’Equipe Online)
-The Ghanaian Government has dissolved the Nation’s
Football Federation after reports of corruption between clubs and
referees. (Source L’Equipe Online)
-FIFA has provisionally suspended Ghana Association
President Kwesi Nyantaki for 90 days due to the bribe scandal in Ghana. (Source Sport Bild Online)
-Chinese side Guangzhou Evergrande have signed Anderson
Talisca from Benfica. (Source Sky
Sports Online)
Saturday,
June 9, 2018:
-Welsh
Manager John Toshack has been appointed as Manager of Iranian side Tractor
Sazi. (Source BBC Football online)
-Colombian defender Frank Fabra will miss the World Cup
after a knee injury. He is likely to be
replaced with Farid Diaz (Olimpia). (Source L’Equipe Online)
-Enzo Perez (River Plate) will replace the injured Manuel
Lanzini in Argentina’s World Cup squad. (Source L’Equipe Online)
-Kosovo Federation President and former Yugoslavia
International Fadil Vokri has passed away aged 57. (Source L’Equipe Online)
-Oualid El Hajjam has been placed on stand-by on
Morocco’s World Cup squad as Nabil Dirara is still struggling with
injuries. (Source Reuters UK Online)
Sunday,
June 10, 2018:
-The
Egyptian National Team has arrived in Russia by landing at Grozny. (Source
L’Equipe Online)
-As expected Farid Diaz (Olimpia) has replaced injured
defender Frank Fabra in Colombia’s World Cup squad. (Source RTBF.be Online)
-The
Argentina National Team has arrived in Russia by landing at Moscow. (Source
Corriere dello Sport Online)
-Former
Wales Manager Chris Coleman has bene appointed as the new Manager of Chinese
side Hebei Chian Fortune. (Source BBC Football Online)
-The
Peruvian National Team has arrived in Russia by landing at Moscow. (Source
L’Equipe Online)
-The
Uruguay National Team has arrived in Russia by landing at Nizhni Novgorod.
(Source L’Equipe Online)
-Iceland
Manager Heimir Hallgrimson misplaced his luggage in the wrong bus at the
Keflavik airport. This error caused a delay of more than half an hour before it
was resolved. His assistant Helgi
Kolvidsson stated that the luggage contained his laptop that included twenty
years of work. The Police had to be called in to stop the bus. (Source L’Equipe
Online)
-Boca
Juniors have signed Colombian striker Sebastian Villa from Tolima. (Source
L’Equipe Online)
Monday,
June 11, 2018:
-
The Brazilian National Team has arrived in Russia by landing at Sochi. (Source
L’Equipe Online)
Date
Unknown:
-Finland
squad for friendly vs. Romania on June 5th
Full
squad:
goalkeepers:
Lukáš Hrádecký (Eintracht Frankfurt), Anssi Jaakkola (Reading), Walter Viitala
(Viborg)
Defenders:
Joona Toivio (Bruk-Bet Termalica Nieciecza), Jukka Raitala (Montreal Impact),
Markus Halsti (Midtjylland), Jere Uronen (Racing Genk), Sauli Väisänen (SPAL),
Juha Pirinen (HJK), Albin Granlund (Örebro), Henri Toivomäki (KuPS)
Midfielders:
Tim Sparv (Midtjylland), Rasmus Schüller (Minnesota United), Robin Lod
(Panathinaikos), Thomas Lam (Twente), Pyry Soiri (Shakhtyor Soligorsk), Simon
Skrabb (IFK Norrköping), Moshtagh Yaghoubi (HJK), Glen Kamara (Dundee), Robert
Taylor (Tromsø)
Strikers:
Tim Väyrynen (Hansa Rostock), Rasmus Karjalainen (KuPS), Berat Sadik (fără
echipă)
International
friendlies:
Tuesday,
June 5, 2018:
Kazakhstan
3-Azerbaijan 0
(Roman Murtazayev 12, Serikzhan Muzhikov 14, B. Zaynutdinov 90)
Chinese
Taiperi 0-New Zealand 1 (Myer Bevan 36 pen)
Russia
1-Turkey 1
(Aleksandr Samedov 36 / Yunus Malli 60)
(Baltic
Cup 2018) Lithuania 1-Latvia 1 (Karolis Laukzemis 86 / Kaspars Dubra 46)
Romania
2-Finland 0
(Cristian Manea 37, Ciprian Ioan Deac 61)
Luxembourg
1-Georgia 0
(Aurelien Joachim 69)
Wednesday,
June 6, 2018:
Czech
Republic 1-Nigeria 0 (Thomas Kalas 25)
Belarus
1-Hungary 1
(Anton Saroka 26 / Roland Varga 29)
Norway
1-Panama 0
(Joshua King 4)
Belgium
3-Egypt 0
(Romelu Lukaku 27, Eden Hazard 38, Marouane Fellaini 90)
Thursday,
June 7, 2018:
South
Korea 0-Bolivia 0
India
1-New Zealand 2 (?????)
England
2-Costa Rica 0
(Marcus Rashford 13, Danny Wellbeck 76)
Portugal
3-Algeria 0
(Goncalo Guedes 17, 55, Bruno Fernnades 37)
Iceland
2-Ghana 2
(Kari Arnasson 6, Alfred Finnbogasson 40 / Kasim Nuhu 66, Thomas Partey 87)
Uruguay
3-Uzebikstan 0
(G. De Arrascaeta 32, Luis Suarez 54 pen, Jose Gimenez 73)
Friday,
June 8, 2018:
Lithuania
0-Iran 1 (Karim Ansarifard 88)
Croatia
2-Senegal 1
(Ivan Perisic 63, Andrej
Kramaric 78 / Ismaila Sarr 48)
Switzerland
2-Japan 0 (Rictrado Rodriguez 42 pen, Haris Seferovic 82)
Germany
2-Saudi Arabia 1 (Timo Werner 8, Omar Hawsawi
(own goal) 43 / Taisir Al-Jassim 84)
Poland
2-Chile 2 (Robert Lewandowski 30, Piotr Zielinski 34 / Diego Valdes 38, Miiko
Albornoz 56)
Saturday,
June 9, 2018:
Latvia
1-Azerbaijan 3
(Roberts Uldrikis 90 / Maksim
Medvedev 20, Javid Imamverdiyev 57, Emin Makhmudov 63)
Hungary
1-Australia 2
(Trent Sainsbury (own goal)
88 / Daniel Arzani 74, Tamas Kadar (own goal) 90)
Estonia
1-Morocco 3
(Ats Purje 76 / Younes
Belhanda 11, Hakim Ziyech 38 pen, Youssef En-Nesyri 72)
Finland
2-Belarus 0
(Jere Uronen 8, Mostagh
Yaghoubi 75)
Serbia
5-Bolivia 1
(Aleksandar Mitrovic 4, 23,
68, Adem Ljajic 19, Branislav Ivanovic 42 / Jhasmany Campos 48)
Sweden
0-Peru 0
Denmark
2-Mexico 0 (Yussuf Poulsen 71, Christian Eriksen 74)
Tunisia
0-Spain 1 (Iago Aspas 85)
France
1-USA 1 (Kylian Mbappe 78 / Julian Green 44)
Sunday,
June 10, 2018:
Austria
0-Brazil 3 (Gabriel Jesus 36, Neymar 63, Phillipe Coutinho 69)
Monday,
June 11, 2018:
South
Korea 0-Senegal 2 (Kim Young-Gwon (own goal)
67, Moussa Konate 90)
Belgium
4-Costa Rica 1
(Dries Mertens 31, Romelu
Lukaku 42, 50, Michy Batshuayi 64 / Bryan Ruiz 24)
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