People on the move
EUROPE
Barcelona signed striker MARTIN BRAITHWAITE from Leganes for €18m under a rule in La Liga that allows clubs to make new signings if a player is out injured for more than five months.
WALTER ZENGA replaced Rolando Maran as coach of Serie A side Cagliari.
Roma paid €11m to make Barcelona winger CARLES PEREZ’s loan move permanent, while also confirming the signing of Atalanta’s GIANLUCA
MANCINI and JORDAN VERETOUT from Fiorentina.
Borussia Dortmund activated a purchase option to sign EMRE CAN from Juventus for €25m.
Bundesliga strugglers Augsburg appointed HEIKO HERRLICH to replace Martin Schmidt.
Ajax signed ANTONY from Sao Paulo for €15.5m, with the Brazilian winger joining the Dutch club in July.
Manchester City signed 17-year-old right-back YAN COUTO from Coritiba for an initial €6m plus a further €6m in instalments, which is a record deal for the Brazilian club.
Former Sevilla and Athletic Bilbao boss JOAQUIN CAPARROS was appointed coach of Armenia.
Liverpool’s under-23s coach NEIL CRITCHLEY, who took charge of games against Aston Villa and Shrewsbury Town this season, was appointed manager of third-tier side Blackpool.
Former Croatia defender ZVONIMIR
SOLDO was appointed head coach of Austrian Bundesliga side Admira Wacker, having most recently worked as righthand man to Felix Magath in China with Shandong Luneng.
Former Denmark international JON DAHL TOMASSON took charge of
Sweden’s Malmo.
SOUTH AMERICA
JORGE SAMPAOLI, who led Argentina at the 2018 World Cup, was named coach of Brazil’s Atletico Mineiro, replacing Rafael Dudamel who was sacked after just two months in charge.
CONCACAF
Ex-Valencia forward MISTA was named coach of Canadian Premier League debutants Atletico Ottawa, who are owned by Atletico Madrid.
AFRICA
Frenchman PATRICE BEAUMELLE replaced Ibrahim Kamara as Ivory Coast coach, while Algerian BOUALEM MANKOUR took charge of Mauritius.
Moroccan champions Wydad appointed JUAN CARLOS GARRIDO as coach, with the Spaniard replaced at Tunisian side Etoile du Sahel by KAIS ZOUAGHI.
Ex-Tunisia coach NABIL MAALOUL took charge of Syria’s national side.
Chinese side Wuhan Zall signed Sevilla defender DANIEL CARRICO.
Al Ahli Saudi replaced Christian Gross with VLADAN MILOJEVIC.
ABDUL-GHANI SHAHAD was named coach of Iraqi champions Al Shorta.
MANIZEH ZAINLI became the first female general-secretary of the Pakistan Football Federation.
EUROPE
Former Barcelona midfielder GABRI was dismissed as coach of FC Andorra, the Spanish Segunda B side owned by former team-mate Gerard Pique.
DANIEL STURRIDGE had his contract with Turkish side Trabzonspor terminated and was banned for four months for breaching betting rules.
Sparta Prague forward VACLAV KADLEC announced his retirement as a player at the age of 27. He scored four goals in 15 games for his country and was a league winner twice.
CONCACAF
RON JANS resigned as coach of MLS side Cincinnati after he was alleged to have used a racial slur in front of players.