The Dutch newspaper Algemeen Dagblad reported that first-year LA Galaxy midfielder Nigel deJong midfielder arrived in Istanbul on Monday night as talks continued for his transfer from MLS to Galatasaray, where he’d be reunited with former Ajax and Netherlands teammate WesleySneijder.
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Fenerbahce picks Advocaat as its new head coach
Dutchman Dick Advocaat quit as assistant to Netherlands national team coach Danny Blind on Monday, just three months after taking the role, to become the new head coach of Turkish giantFenerbahce. He replaces Vitor Pereira after Fenerbahce said the Portuguese coach had violated the terms of his contract. Advocaat, who played in the old NASL, […]
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U.S. Abroad: Zendejas makes Chivas debut in Liga MX
Texan teenager Alejandro Zendejas, recently sold by FC Dallas to Guadalajara, made his Liga MX debut for Chivas in 0-0 tie against Queretaro. Zendejas, who represented the USA at the2015 Under-17 World Cup, won’t play for USA while he is at Chivas, which has a policy of only employing Mexican citizens. Also: Rubio Rubin, who […]
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Robben out for six weeks
Bayern Munich winger Arjen Robben will miss six weeks with an adductor muscle injury suffered in the German champion’s preseason opener against a fifth division team. The 32-year-old Dutchmanmissed the last two months of 2015-16 season, finishing with just 15 Bundesliga appearances.
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PSG names Kluivert its director of football
Former Dutch star Patrick Kluivert was named Paris St. Germain’s director of football. Kluivert, who was an assistant coach on the Netherlands’ 2014 World Cup team and head coach for Curacaoduring its 2018 World Cup qualifying campaign, arrives as PSG along with Spaniard Unai Emery, the new head coach who replaced Laurent Blanc last month.
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China's Shenzhen hires Seedorf as head coach
Chinese second division club Shenzhen FC has named Clarence Seedorf as its new head coach. “We believe that Mr. Seedorf’s rich international experience and advanced ideas about the game canpush Shenzhen FC to achieve new milestones,” it said in a statement and added the move would “bring more global attention to China and Shenzhen.” Seedorf […]
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Koeman set to talk with Everton about managerial job
Everton regards Dutchman Ronald Koeman as the leading candidate to replace Roberto Martinez as its manager after his current employer, Southampton, received a formal offer for Koeman. Hewas negotiating a new contract with the Saints but expressed unhappiness about the sale of its stars. Now he is free to talk with Everton and the plans […]
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UEFA: Van Praag throws hat in ring to replace Platini
Dutch soccer federation president Michael van Praag will run for UEFA president to replace Michel Platini, who was banned from soccer for six years. Van Praag said he wanted touse “my experience, knowledge and networks to make UEFA a cohesive unit again,” warning that UEFA had drifted into an impasse since Platini was suspended and […]
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MLS Moves: Fire will add de Leeuw in July
The Chicago Fire announced Tuesday that the club has signed 29-year-old Dutch forward Michael de Leeuwfrom Dutch Eredivisie club FC Groningen, using Targeted Allocation Money. De Leeuw, wholed Groningen in scoring the last two seasons, signed a three-year deal with a club option for 2019 and will be added to the Fire roster when the […]
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U.S. Abroad: Howard bids farewell to Everton
Tim Howard bowed out after 13 seasons in the English Premier League — the first three at Manchester United and then 10 at Everton — as he started in the Toffees’ 3-0 win over NorwichCity. Embed from Getty Images Howard, who received a standing ovation and departed to chants of “U-S-A! U-S-A!” from the Goodison […]