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Polish Rakuv, whose colours are defended by Ukrainian striker Vladyslav Kochergin, today officially announced that from the new season the head coach of the team will be a local specialist Marek Papshun. He has signed a contract for two years.

At the moment Rakuv is coached by David Schwarga, but earlier it was reported that the co-operation with him will be terminated immediately after the end of the current season.

The 49-year-old Papshun, in fact, returned to Raków: last season the team under his leadership became the Polish champions for the first time in history.

According to media reports, last autumn, Dynamo Kyiv and Shakhtar Donetsk were interested in Papszun.

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"Aston Villa have completed a deal to sign Luton midfielder Ross Barkley, The Guardian reports.

According to a source, Aston Villa signed a very skilled player for a low price, which reduces the risks of this transfer failing.

The club wants to strengthen its squad to participate in the Champions League, where the team has not been since the 1982/83 season. Unai Emery has given the task of signing two midfielders, one defender and one midfielder.

Karl-Heinz Schnellinger, a former footballer of AC Milan and the German national team, a two-time FIFA World Cup winner, has died at the age of 86, the Daily Mail reports.

According to the source, Schnellinger died after a long illness in a hospital in Milan. In Germany, Karl-Heinz played for such teams as Cologne and Tennis-Borussia, while in Italy he represented AC Milan, Mantova and Roma. Together with the Rossoneri, Schnellinger won three Italian Cups and became the country's champion.

The official account of the England national team on the social network X has published an extended application for the team for the 2024 European Championships.

Goalkeepers: Dean Henderson (Crystal Palace), Jordan Pickford (Everton), Aaron Ramsdale (Arsenal), James Trafford (Burnley).

Defenders: Jarred Brentwhite (Everton), Lewis Dunk (Brighton), Joe Gomez (Liverpool), Mark Gehee (Crystal Palace), Ezri Konsa (Aston Villa), Harry Maguire (Manchester United), Jarell Kwansah (Liverpool), Luke Shaw (Manchester United), John Stones (Manchester City), Kieran Trippier (Newcastle United), Kyle Walker (Manchester City).

Midfielders: Trent Alexander-Arnold (Liverpool), Jude Bellingham (Real Madrid), Conor Gallagher (Chelsea), Curtis Jones (Liverpool), Kobi Maina (Manchester United), Declan Rice (Arsenal), Adam Wharton (Crystal Palace).

Forwards: Jarrod Bowen (West Ham United), Eberechi Eze (Crystal Palace), Phil Foden (Manchester City), Anthony Gordon (Newcastle United), Jack Grealish (Manchester City), Harry Kane (Bayern Munich), James Maddison (Tottenham Hotspur), Cole Palmer (Chelsea), Bukayo Saka (Arsenal), Ivan Toni (Brentford), Ollie Watkins (Aston Villa).

Former Brighton head coach Roberto De Zerbi may take over at Juventus, The Independent reports.

According to the source, the Turin management is considering inviting the 44-year-old coach after the dismissal of Massimiliano Alegri. The Italian took over Brighton in 2022. Prior to that, he coached Foggia, Palermo, Benevento, Sassuolo and Shakhtar.

It will be recalled that on 18 May, the Italian and his club Brighton decided to terminate the contract by mutual agreement.

Chelsea's head coach Mauricio Pochettino has been dismissed from his post as head coach of the London club, the club's official website reports.

According to the source, today, 21 May, Pochettino met with the club's sporting directors Paul Winstanley and Lawrence Stewart, as well as co-owner Behdad Egbali, and it was decided that the Argentine specialist would leave the Chelsea head coaching position.

"I would like to thank the Chelsea ownership group and the sporting director for the opportunity to be part of the history of this football club. The club is now well positioned to continue to move forward in the Premier League and Europe in the years to come," Mauricio Pochettino said.

It is noted that Pochettino and Chelsea ended their employment relationship in a great relationship. The London club will now begin the search for a new head coach for the team, which scored 63 points and finished sixth in the English Premier League this season.

Ukrainian defender of London Arsenal Oleksandr Zinchenko summarised the results of the season-2023/24 both for his team and for himself.

"I'm proud of the team and I'm glad to be one of you, "canoniers"!
The club season is already over, and unfortunately we didn't get what we wanted (in the English championship Arsenal finished second losing to Manchester City only two points - ed.), but I'm sure that this club is on the right path to achieve everything.

Personally, I am well aware that this has not been my best season and I promise first and foremost to all the fans and doubters that I will come back much stronger. Thank you very much for your great support and see you soon!", - wrote Zinchenko on his page in the social network Instagram.

We would like to add that in the season-2023/24 the Ukrainian played 35 matches for Arsenal in all tournaments (24 times appearing in the starting line-up) and he has one goal and two assists.

Liverpool bosses were considering Luciano Spalletti for the position of the team's head coach, The Athletic reports.

According to the source, Liverpool bosses were impressed by Luciano Spalletti's way of working, but the 65-year-old specialist only took over the Italian national team last year. Of course, after this appointment, Liverpool's interest remained only an interest.

It should be added that Arne Slot will become Liverpool's new coach. The club has already officially announced this.

The Portuguese national team has published its final bid for the 2024 European Championships. This will be the 13th major tournament for star striker Cristiano Ronaldo.

Goalkeepers: Diogo Costa (Porto), Jose Sa (Wolverhampton), Rui Patricio (Roma);

Defenders: António Silva (Benfica), Danilo Pereira (PSG), Diogo Dalot (Manchester United), Gonçalo Inácio (Sporting), João Cancelo (Barcelona), Nelson Semedo (Wolverhampton), Nuno Mendes (PSG), Pepe (Porto), Ruben Dias (Manchester City).

Midfielders: Bruno Fernandes (Manchester United), João Neves (Benfica), João Palinha (Fulham), Otavio (Al Nasr), Ruben Neves (Al Hilal), Vitinha (PSG).

Forwards: Bernardo Silva (Manchester City), Cristiano Ronaldo (Al-Nasr), Diogo Jota (Liverpool), Francisco Conceição (Porto), Gonçalo Ramos (PSG), João Felix (Barcelona), Pedro Neto (Wolverhampton) and Rafael Leão (AC Milan).

The UAF Committee of Referees has appointed a referee team for the match of the final, 30th round of the Ukrainian championship between Lviv Ruh and Kyiv Dynamo, which will be held next Saturday, 25 May, in Lviv at the stadium "Arena Lviv" (kick-off at 15:30).

The on-field referee is Dmytro Panchyshyn from Kharkiv. This season this referee has already worked twice at the matches involving Dynamo. In the 8th round of the UPL Panchyshyn recorded Dynamo's away victory over Cherkasy LNZ (4:2), and in the 20th round of the championship this referee officiated another away game of Kyiv - against Veres from Rivne (1:1).

Yaroslav Trekhlib (Dnipro) and Igor Rybchenko (Zaporizhzhya) will be the line judges for the match Rukh vs Dynamo. The fourth referee is Oleksandr Afanasiev from Kharkiv.

Also at the upcoming match there will be VAR video assistant refereeing system under the direction of Viktor Kopievskyi from Kropivnitskyi

We would like to remind you that the match of the 30th round of the Ukrainian championship Rukh vs Dynamo will take place this Saturday, 25 May, in Lviv at the Arena Lviv stadium (kick-off at 15:30).

Dynamo Kyiv's 19-year-old midfielder Anton Tsarenko may go on loan next season, according to Sport-express.

This season, the Dynamo midfielder played seven matches (142 minutes) for the first team, in which he did not score. In total, he has played 20 games and scored a goal in the first team;

Tsarenko's agreement with the White and Blues is valid until 31 December 2024, and the authoritative portal Transfermarkt estimates his value at 300 thousand euros