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Real Betis have signed Leeds United defender Diego Llorente for an undisclosed fee, understood to be in excess 3m euros (£2.5m).
The 30-year-old last featured for Leeds in January 2023 when the Whites were still a Premier League club, with the Spain international spending the rest of that campaign and the entire 2023-24 season on loan with Italian club Roma.
Llorente made 59 appearances for the Yorkshire side in total
Real Betis have signed Leeds United midfielder Marc Roca on a permanent deal for an undisclosed fee after a successful loan spell.
The 27-year-old former Spain Under-21s player spent last season with the La Liga club and scored twice in 26 top-flight appearances.
He joined Leeds from Bayern Munich in June 2022 and played 36 times for the Whites.
Leeds, who lost to Southampton in last season’s Championship play-off final,
Watford have appointed Alberto Garrido, part of the backroom team at Real Madrid, as their new first-team coach.
The 48-year-old Spaniard will work alongside assistant head coach Damon Lathrope and first-team development coach Armand Kavaja on Hornets head coach Tom Cleverley’s backroom staff.
“We are trying to rebuild a winning culture around the club again and he comes from the most successful culture in world football,” said Cleverley.
“Alberto
Crystal Palace are working on a deal to sign Real Betis defender Chadi Riad worth over £10m plus add-ons.
The 20-year-old joined Betis from Barcelona last summer and made 30 appearances in 2023-24.
Riad has won two caps for Morocco, with the centre-back most recently featuring in a goalless draw against Mauritania in March.
Palace and England defender Marc Guehi is of interest to a number of teams and has
Profit and sustainability rules have “created chaos” and “damaged” the Premier League, says former Nottingham Forest chief executive Paul Faulkner.
An independent commission found Forest’s losses to 2022-23 breached the threshold of £61m by £34.5m.
Forest, who say they are “dismayed” by the ruling, are expected to appeal, with any decision needing to be finalised by 24 May,