World Soccer

PEOPLE ON THE MOVE

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EUROPE

■ LEROY SANE joined Bayern Munich on a five-year deal from Manchester City for an initial € 45 million. Bayern also signed18-year-old defender TANGUY KOUASSI from Paris Saint-Germain.

■ 17-year-old midfielder JUDE BELLINGHAM joined Borussia Dortmund from Birmingham City for an initial £25 million.

■ Internazio­nale signed ACHRAF HAKIMI from Real Madrid for € 40 million plus € 5 million in add-ons, making the 21-year-old Morocco internatio­nal, who has been on loan at Borussia Dortmund for two seasons, the most expensive defender in Inter’s history.

■ Former West Ham and Manchester City boss MANUEL PELLEGRINI replaced Rubi as coach of La Liga side Real Betis.

■ Now back in the Premier League, Leeds United turned HELDER COSTA’s loan into a permanent move, paying Wolves £16 million for the 26-year-old Portugal winger.

■ RB Leipzig signed striker HWANG HEE-CHAN from Austrian champions Red Bull Salzburg, while defender BENJAMIN HENRICHS arrived on a one-year loan from Monaco.

■ Northern Ireland appointed IAN BARACLOUGH as manager, while GIANNI DE BIASI took charge of Azerbaijan.

■ Former Bayern Munich and Croatia coach NIKO KOVAC was named boss of Monaco, replacing Robert Moreno. JEROME ARPINON took over from Bernard Blaquart as coach of Ligue1 side Nimes.

■ Monaco’s Belgian satellite club Cercle Brugge appointed PAUL CLEMENT as coach.

■ France U21 striker AMINE GOUIRI joined Nice from Lyon for € 7 million, while Lille paid Ajax € 9 million for central defender SVEN BOTMAN.

■ RON JANS was handed a one-year deal as coach of Dutch side Twente, replacing Gonzalo Garcia.

■ Having guided Dundee United to promotion to the Scottish Premiershi­p, ROBBIE NEILSON stepped back down to the Championsh­ip to manage Hearts for a second time. CALLUM DAVIDSON took charge of St. Johnstone.

■ Norway winger MOHAMED ELYOUNOUSS­I returned to Celtic for another season on loan from Southampto­n.

ASIA

■ STUART BAXTER, who resigned as coach of South Africa’s national side in August last year, took charge of Indian Super League side Odisha.

■ Colombian coach JORGE LUIS PINTO, who led Costa Rica to the World Cup quarter-finals in 2014, took charge of the United Arab Emirates national team.

EUROPE

■ Valencia sacked coach ALBERT CELADES after just nine months in charge, while Espanyol dismissed ABELARDO FERNANDEZ.

■ Former Sheffield Wednesday manager JOS LUHUKAY parted company with German side St. Pauli by mutual consent.

■ Watford sacked manager NIGEL PEARSON, while former England defender SOL CAMPBELL parted company with Southend and Bristol City fired LEE JOHNSON.

ASIA

■ Former England and Liverpool striker ROBBIE FOWLER quit as coach of Australian side Brisbane Roar.

■ Croatia striker MARIO MANDZUKIC parted company with Qatari side Al Duhail.

■ LEE LIM-SAENG stood down as boss of South Korean side Suwon Bluewings.

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 ??  ?? Betis boss…Manuel Pellegrini
Betis boss…Manuel Pellegrini
 ??  ?? Wonderkid…Jude Bellingham
Wonderkid…Jude Bellingham
 ??  ?? Back to England… Robbie Fowler
Back to England… Robbie Fowler
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Sacked…Nigel Pearson lasted just seven months

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