sport">WEDNESDAY 14 JULY
AC Milan director Maldini hints at Giroud’s arrival
sport">11:32 pm: Paolo Maldini, the director of AC Milan, has hinted at the arrival of Olivier Giroud. The 34-year-old French striker would sign a contract with the number 2 of last season this week.
sport">“Olivier should arrive in Milan on Thursday. He is a champion not only in the French national team. He has done well at Chelsea, where he has won the Champions League. He is a reliable player and that is what we are looking for. We have a young squad and we need players with experience.”
sport">Giroud will have to deal with Zlatan Ibrahimovic, five years older, in Milan, who underwent knee surgery in June. It is uncertain when Zlatan will return.
sport">Before his stint at Chelsea, Giroud played at Arsenal, who snatched him from Montpellier nearly a decade ago.
PSV attacker Bruma well on his way to Besiktas
sport">10:13 PM: PSV player Bruma (26) is well on his way to Besiktas. The Portuguese attacker is almost in agreement with the Turkish club. No offer has yet been made in Eindhoven, but it is expected that it will not be long in coming.
sport">PSV was too strong for PAOK Saloniki in an exhibition game on Wednesday with 1-0. Bruma did not participate. Trainer Roger Schmidt is not taking any risks with the winger in view of the upcoming transfer, who was taken over from RB Leipzig in 2019 for about twelve million euros.
sport">Bruma was leased by PSV to Olympiakos last season. He previously played for Sporting CP and Galatsaray.
FC Emmen signs Jasin-Amin Assehnoun
sport">6.40 pm: Jasin-Amin Assehnoun has signed a contract with FC Emmen. The Finnish-Moroccan winger comes over from the Finnish FC Lahti and signs a contract until the summer of 2022 with an option for an extra season.
sport">The 22-year-old Assehnoun played for FC Lahti since 2018, for which he scored 24 times in 87 matches. On May 29, 2021, he made his debut for the Finland national team.
RKC Waalwijk captures goalkeeper El Maach
sport">3:56 pm: RKC Waalwijk has captured the 21-year-old goalkeeper Issam El Maach. After a training period of several weeks at the Brabant Eredivisie club, he signed a contract for one year.
sport">In recent years, El Maach went through the youth training programs of successively VVV/Helmond Sport, Vitesse and Ajax. On behalf of the team from Amsterdam, he played several matches in the UEFA Youth League and made his professional debut for Jong Ajax in 2019.
sport">“Over the past period, Issam has convinced both the technical staff and club management of his qualities and talent in training,” says general manager Frank van Mosselveld. “As a young goalkeeper, he gets the chance to develop himself further here. We are happy with the arrival of Issam, which means we have the goalkeeper trio complete for next season.”
Bacca moves to Granada
sport">11.55 am: Attacker Carlos Bacca will play for Granada next season. He comes transfer-free from Europa League winner Villarreal, where his contract, which still ran for one season, was dissolved last week.
sport">The 34-year-old Colombian played four seasons for Villarreal and came to 43 goals and 15 assists in 144 official matches. His period with the bij Yellow Submarine he concluded at the end of May with a win in the Europa League. He was substituted after an hour in the final against Manchester United. Bacca had already won the second European Cup with Sevilla in 2014 and 2015.
sport">Granada finished ninth in La Liga last season. In the Europa League, the team surprisingly reached the quarter-finals.
De Graaf new head coach NAC Breda
sport">11.18 am: NAC Breda has given Edwin de Graaf the confidence to lead the club in the right direction for the coming season. It is for the former midfielder his first job as head coach.
sport">“Personally, I am very happy with the confidence of the club to make me head coach,” De Graaf said on the club’s website. “Of course I know NAC very well. Not only from my time as a player, but also from last year as an assistant. I am really looking forward to my first job as head coach.”
sport">De Graaf, who recently obtained his UEFA Pro diploma, was already a temporary trainer for the group during the preparation. Now he can hold that position for the entire season.
Vitesse strengthens itself with Danish striker Frederiksen
sport">10.58 am: Vitesse has contracted striker Nikolai Baden Frederiksen. The 21-year-old Dane comes over from Juventus and signs a contract with the Arnhem team for three seasons with an option for another year.
sport">At Juventus, Frederiksen played football in the team of players up to 23 years. The Italians rented him out to Fortuna Sittard and WSG Tirol in the interim.
sport">“Jacob Rasmussen has told me a lot of positive things about Vitesse,” said Frederiksen about his compatriot and new teammate. “That confirmed my feeling that this is a wonderful club, where I can develop further.”
sport">Frederiksen is the fifth newcomer at Vitesse after Romaric Yapi, Daan Reiziger, Julian Von Moos and Toni Domgjoni.
sport">TUESDAY 13 JULY
AS Roma captures Portuguese goalkeeper Rui Patricio
sport">11:32 pm: The Portuguese goalkeeper Rui Patricio exchanges the English Wolverhampton Wanderers for AS Roma. According to British media, the Romans pay about 12 million euros for the 33-year-old goalkeeper of the Portuguese national team. It is the first purchase of new coach Jose Mourinho.
sport">Wolverhampton will present another Portuguese goalkeeper on Wednesday, according to British media; José Sá comes over from the Greek Olympiakos Piraeus, for a transfer fee of 9 million euros. The Greeks in turn captured the Czech goalkeeper Tomas Vaclik on Tuesday. The national goalkeeper of the Czechs, who kept the zero against the Netherlands at the last European Championship, comes over from Sevilla.
Willem II hires Greek defender from AC Milan
sport">8.15 pm: Willem II has rented Greek defender Nikos Michelis from AC Milan for next season. The club has negotiated an option to permanently sign the central defender next summer. The 20-year-old Michelis mainly played his matches for the youth teams of AC Milan. He also played seven youth international matches for his home country.
sport">Last season, the 1.92 meter long defender played almost all matches for the promise team of AC Milan. He was voted best left central defender of the season in the Italian U23 league.
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