Новости за 20.01.2016

Women's Super League champions Chelsea Ladies have signed forward Bethany England from Doncaster Belles, reports BBC Sport.

The England Under-23 international scored 14 goals last season as Doncaster finished second in WSL 2 and were promoted back to the top flight.

Former Chelsea midfielder Gabriele Ambrosetti has joined Swansea's coaching team.

The 42-year-old played under newly-appointed Swans head coach Francesco Guidolin during Vicenza's 1997 Italian Cup success. Ambrosetti will work under Guidolin and Alan Curtis.

Aston Villa defender Jose Angel Crespo has joined Rayo Vallecano on loan until the end of the season, the Midlanders have announced.

The 28 year old has endured an unsuccessful six months at Villa Park since signing from Cordoba in the summer, making just one league appearance in the 1-0 home defeat to Stoke in October, and the Spaniard has now returned to his homeland.

Tottenham boss Mauricio Pochettino appears to be cooling his pursuit of West Brom striker Saido Berahino by revealing he will not sign players who disrupt dressing room harmony.

Berahino has been a controversial character with the Baggies with some wayward behaviour.

Swansea boss Francesco Guidolin has revealed that he had coveted the Watford job even whilst the club were in the Championship, reports the London Evening Standard.

Guidolin enjoyed his greatest success at Udinese, owned along with Watford and Spanish side Granada by the Pozzo family.

Leicester boss Claudio Ranieri admits his side have taken advantage of the top clubs failure to dominate this season's Premier League

The Foxes are currently level on points with leaders Arsenal, after winning 12 of their 22 matches.

Watford are back in for Spain international Mario Suarez over a loan move from Fiorentina, according to Sky Sports.

It was just over two weeks ago that the Hornets were in advanced discussions with the 28-year-old after agreeing an initial loan deal with his current club.

Liverpool Ladies have signed Netherlands captain Mandy van den Berg from Norwegian side Lillestrom SK.

The 25-year-old defender captained the Dutch team at the 2015 Women's World Cup in Canada, where they reached the last 16 stage of the competition.

Championship Blackburn Rovers have signed striker Danny Graham on loan from Premier League side Sunderland until the end of the season.

"I'm looking forward to the first game against Charlton and hopefully we can get off to a flying start," the 30 year old said.

West Ham have signed full-back Sam Byram from Championship Leeds United for an undisclosed fee, reports BBC Sport.

The 22-year-old had attracted interest from Everton, but has instead signed a four-and-a-half-year contract with the Hammers.

Chelsea legend Ashley Cole is joining LA Galaxy.

Cole has agreed terms with Major League Soccer side LA Galaxy after leaving Roma.

Newcastle United are joining the battle for QPR midfielder Matty Phillips.

The Daily Mail says Newcastle have entered the bidding for Phillips after Jimmy Floyd-Hasselbaink told the winger he can leave Loftus Road for £7m.

Liverpool hero Didi Hamann says he was aware of Daniel Sturridge's injury problems when they were together at Manchester City.

Hamann was a team-mate of Sturridge at Manchester City and was in their side when the striker made his senior debut.

Wilfried Bony has rubbished exit rumours at Manchester City.

The 27-year-old questioned manager Manuel Pellegrini's decision to drop him in December and has since been linked with a return to Swansea.

Aston Villa boss Remi Garde was unhappy with Jack Grealish's performance in their FA Cup win over Wycombe Wanderers.

Garde started the Cup tie with Grealish.

Aston Villa defender Joleon Lescott is a target for clubs abroad.

The Daily Mail says Lescott is wanted by Chinese sides Beijing Guoan and Jiangsu Suning.

Watford are weighing up a loan move once they sign Liverpool striker Jerome Sinclair.

The Daily Mail says Liverpool are resigned to losing Sinclair who is out of contract in the summer.

Swansea City are interested in Feyenoord midfielder Tonny Vilhena.

The Daily Mail says Swans are keen on long-time Southampton target Vilhena.

Lewis Cook wants to stay with Leeds United.

The midfielder has been linked with Everton, Bournemouth and Liverpool.

Former PSG defender Alain Roche admits Edinson Cavani's frustrations can become a problem for the club.

Cavani is upset being forced to play on a flank to accommodate Zlatan Ibrahimovic and has made his feelings clear to management.

Remi Garde was in a much more buoyant mood as Aston Villa defeated Wycombe Wanderers 2-0 in the FA Cup on Tuesday night.

Villa made it four games unbeaten with a victory in the third round replay thanks to second-half goals from Ciaran Clark and Idrissa Gueye, prompting words of positivity from the Frenchman.

Aston Villa manager Remi Garde was more relieved than anything after seeing his team progress to the fourth round of the FA Cup on Tuesday night.

Villa defeated Wycombe Wanderers 2-0 at Villa Park in the third round replay and the Frenchman was happy to see his players overcome a tardy start to pick up their second win in three outings.

West Bromwich Albion manager Tony Pulis says the club wants to keep Saido Berahino.

The 22-year-old striker is a January target for Newcastle United who are believed to be preparing an offer of around £18million.

Salomon Rondon will be a quality player for West Bromwich Albion when he fully settles in England.

That is the sentiment of Baggies boss Tony Pulis who was delighted to see the £12million club record summer signing score the winner in Tuesday night's 1-0 victory over Bristol City in the third round replay of the FA Cup.

A stubborn Shakhtar Donetsk are preventing Chelsea from securing a £30million-rated Brazilian midfielder Alex Teixeira, according to Express Sport.

Negotiations between the clubs have been ongoing for weeks with no agreement as of yet over the transfer fee. Teixeira has agreed personal terms with the London club and is desperate to make the move from Ukraine.