Borussia sign teen sensation Haaland
Berlin:borussia Dortmund have signed teenage goal-scoring sensation Erling Braut Haaland from RB Salzburg, the German Bundesliga outfit announced on Sunday.
In a statement, Dortmund revealed that the 19-year-old, who scored eight times in the group stage of this season’s Champions League, had signed a contract until 2024 but did not mention a fee.
Haaland has caught the eye of clubs around Europe after scoring 28 goals in 22 games in all competitions so far this campaign, with RB Leipzig coach Julian Nagelsmann admitting earlier this month that they were trying for the Norway striker’s signature.
“From the beginning I had the feeling I definitely wanted to switch to this club, to walk this path,” Haaland said.
Earlier in December, the forward had been spotted by local media landing in the west German city to meet with club representatives. Haaland became the third youngest player to score a Champions League hat-trick when he netted three times in a 6-2 victory over Genk in September. Only Wayne Rooney and Raul managed the feat at a younger age.
MORENO REPLACES JARDIM AT MONACO
MONACO: Former Spain coach Robert Moreno was named as AS Monaco manager on Saturday after Leonardo Jardim was sacked by the Ligue 1 team for the second time, offering him first shot at club management.
Moreno has spent the bulk of his career as an assistant to Luis Enrique but became Spain coach in June after the Barcelona great stepped down from the role after his daughter Xana was diagnosed with cancer. She tragically passed away in August.
Moreno led Spain to Euro 2020 qualification as runaway Group F winners, earning four victories and two draws as head coach as well as three wins while in temporary charge of the team while Luis Enrique was on leave.
The 42-year-old was expected to remain in charge of Spain until the end of next year’s tournament until Luis Enrique decided to return to the role in November and declared he no longer wanted to work with Moreno.
GENOA SACK MOTTA, APPOINT NICOLA
MILAN: Serie A basement club Genoa have sacked coach Thiago Motta and appointed former player Davide Nicola in his place, the Serie A club announced on Friday.
Motta, a former Genoa player, took over two months ago, but was fired after the western port side lost 4-0 to Inter Milan in their last game before the winter break on December 21.
Motta won his first game after taking over from Aurelio Andreazzoli on October 22 but has failed to win in eight league games since then, recording five defeats and three draws.
Genoa are currently the bottom of table after 17 games, four points away from safety with their next game against Sassuolo at home on January 5.
Nicola started his footballing career at Stadio Luigi Ferraris where he made 166 appearance over nine seasons.