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17 hours ago
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Sevilla announce new manager on three-year deal
Several weeks after the exit of interim coach Joaquin Caparros, Sevilla have announced that Argentine Matias Almeyda will take over as their new manager. The 51-year-old will take over on a three-year deal, and he becomes their seventh manager in the past two years. Los Nervionenses were heavily linked with former Real Sociedad manager Imanol Alguacil, but after new Sporting Director Antonio Cordon was installed talks collapsed at the last-minute. Shortly after, Almeyda began conversations with Sevilla, and is supposedly backed by Cordon as his preferred option. Almeyda's experience Almeyda, who had a long playing career spanning nearly two decades, spent time at Sevilla as a player. Moving from River Plate, the playmaking midfielder signed in Andalusia in 1996 for €7.5m before moving onto Lazio the following summer for €6.5m. Image via Marca Advertisement He began his coaching career at River too, in 2011. He would spend just over a year there, before roles at Banfield, Chivas Guadalajara, San Jose Earthquakes and most recently AEK Athens. His last three spells have all last three years, a stability Sevilla would be delighted with. During his 14-year coaching career he has won nine trophies, including a Greek League, the Greek Cup, the Concacaf Champions League, a Mexican Clausura and two leagues in Argentina. Alguacil heading to Saudi Arabia? Meanwhile Alguacil appears to be on his way to the Middle East. Matteo Moretto reports that he is set to accept a lucrative two-year contract with Al-Shabab in Saudi Arabia. The two sides have an agreement in principle on a deal. Tough job ahead at Sevilla Sevilla finished just one point above the relegation zone this year, the latest step in their downward trajectory since the exit of Jose Luis Mendilibar. They are also set to field offers for the likes of Dodi Lukebakio and Loic Bade, but Sevillistas will be grateful that they now have both sporting director and manager installed, albeit not before time.
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5 days ago
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Who is 'wonderkid' Kostoulas?
BBC Sport's Ask Me Anything team have been answering transfer related questions and have received one about incoming Brighton forward Charalampos Kostoulas. Steve in Brighton asked: I understand Brighton are signing a £34m 'wonderkid'. Any truth and who is he? Advertisement We answered: Brighton are indeed set to sign Olympiakos striker Charalampos Kostoulas for about £29.7m (35m euros) on a five-year deal. The deal represents by far the highest fee ever received by a Greek club, beating the £16.6m Wolves paid to sign Daniel Podence from Olympiakos in 2020. Coming up through Olympiakos' academy, Kostoulas won the Uefa Youth League in 2024 and has impressed in the first team. He became the youngest goalscorer in the Greek Super League at 17 years, five months and 11 days. The 18-year-old Greece Under-21 international completed his first season with seven goals in 35 appearances, as well as two trophies - the league title and the Greek Cup. Advertisement Kostoulas also has European football experience, featuring in eight of Olympiakos' Europa League matches. He is the son of former Olympiakos and Greece defender Athanasios Kostoulas, while his brother, Konstantinos, is on loan to Rio Ave from Olympiakos. What is Ask Me Anything? Ask Me Anything is a service dedicated to answering your questions. We want to reward your time by telling you things you do not know and reminding you of things you do. The team will find out everything you need to know and be able to call upon a network of contacts including our experts and pundits. We will be answering your questions from the heart of the BBC Sport newsroom, and going behind the scenes at some of the world's biggest sporting events. Our coverage will span the BBC Sport website, app, social media and YouTube accounts, plus BBC TV and radio. Send in your question to BBC Sport's Ask Me Anything team here
BBC News
28-02-2025
- Sport
- BBC News
Celtic & Rangers near away ticket agreement
Away ticket allocation for Old Firm games nears agreement, Edinburgh derby build-up and Kilmarnock duo back in training. Celtic and Rangers are close to agreeing the return of away ticket allocations for meetings of the two sides this season, with the next derby on 16 March at Celtic Park. (Sun), externalSteven Naismith never saw his former Rangers team-mate moving into goalkeeping coaching, with McGregor back at Ibrox as part of interim head coach Barry Ferguson's backroom team. (Sun), externalOn-loan Celtic winger Luis Palma, 25, scored and provided an assist in Olympiacos' 6-0 cup win in the Greek Cup semi-final first leg. (Sun), externalFormer Hearts attacker Ryan Stevenson believes Sunday's Edinburgh derby at Hibernian is the biggest game in the UK this weekend. (Record), externalHibernian forward Mykola Kuharevich is desperate to score in the Edinburgh derby. (Record), externalHearts defender Jamie McCart says the aerial challenge by St Mirren's Killian Phillips "felt like a red card", with Phillips initially sent off then staying on after a VAR downgraded the offence to a yellow card. (Record), external(Record), external
