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Tottenham have emerged as the frontrunners to land Philippe Coutinho after Barcelona offered out the playmaker, according to Sky Sports reporter Kaveh Solhekol.

L’Equipe journalist Bilel Ghazi yesterday claimed that Arsenal will take Coutinho on loan, ending a nightmare 18 months for the Brazil attacker since his £142million to Barcelona from Liverpool.

Gunners boss Unai Emery said recently that Coutinho was never part of their transfer plans and now it looks like Tottenham could sign the Brazil international.

“Why do Barcelona want to sell Coutinho, a player they spent so much money on from Liverpool, I think it was £142m?,” Solhekol said on Sky Sports.

“Barcelona have signed Antoine Griezmann this summer and they also want to raise funds to try and sign Neymar back from PSG, so one of the players they have looked at letting go is Philippe Coutinho.

“He has been offered to lots of clubs, some of the biggest in Europe, and one of those clubs is Spurs.

“Our information this evening is that Spurs are very interested in signing him, to the extent they are now the favourites to sign him.”

 

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The vast majority of them – no. Clubs must register new signings with the FA by 12noon on the day before a match to be eligible to play in that match.

So it the clock ticks past noon on deadline day and your club still hasn’t announced their signing, you’re likely going to have to wait until August 17 to see them play.

What about players signed after the transfer deadline passes?

Anyone to have seen a transfer deadline day knows full well that a huge amount of deals get done after the window ‘slams shut’.

That is because something called the ‘deal sheet’ exists, which allows for more time to complete a deal that has passed a certain point in the process. The Premier League explains:

“Clubs sometimes conclude deals at the last minute and it is not always easy for them to get everything completed and sent over by the deadline.

“The deal sheet allows a club to confirm that a deal has been reached in order to allow for additional time to submit the remaining documentation.

“For a deadline of 17:00 BST, the deal sheet cannot be used before 15:00 and needs to arrive fully completed before the transfer window closes.

“Once the sheet arrives, clubs have got until 19:00 in which to submit the full paperwork.”

One point of note here is that international transfers working under ‘deal sheet’ principles have until midnight to complete.

Can we expect many deals on transfer deadline day?

Probably not as many as in years gone by, in truth. It’s fair to say that the top clubs have figured out transfer windows much better in recent years and generally avoid the last-minute frenzy now.

Last summer, spending dropped by £100m on deadline day to £110m.

Indeed, should a deadline day frenzy not materialise, we will probably be looking at a record low number of total Premier League summer deals since the transfer window was introduced in 2002.

Can we expect the big clubs to be active on transfer deadline day?

It’s probably unlikely. The bigger the club the more transfer-savvy they seem to be this year and they get deals done earlier and on their terms.

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They have all splashed the cash already, with Manchester United spending £130million on Harry Maguire and Aaron Wan-Bissaka, Manchester City paying Atletico Madrid £62.8million for Rodri, and Tottenham capturing Tanguy Ndombele from Lyon for £55million.

Man Utd may still be in the market for more and Liverpool may have a little look, but I’d not expect too many signings for the bigger clubs. Traditionally, they have focused more on offloading unwanted contracts on deadline day.

Chelsea certainly won’t be signing anyone, as they are currently under a transfer ban.

 

Wayne Rooney will join Derby as a player-coach from January, the Championship side have announced.

The 33-year-old former England international has signed an 18-month contract and will switch to the Pride Park side after he sees out the remainder of the 2019 Major League Soccer season with DC United.

Derby boss Phillip Cocu told the club’s official website: “Wayne Rooney is an extremely talented and top-class footballer.

“It is an exciting prospect for him to be joining Derby County and he can bring so much to this squad, both on and off the pitch.

“He has enjoyed a wonderful career, both in club football and for England, and he still has so much to give as well.”

Rooney is excited by his new dual role, but remains focused on DC United’s play-off push before his return to England.

“I am very excited about the opportunity that Derby County have provided me with,” Rooney said.

“I am looking forward to joining Phillip Cocu, his coaching staff and the first-team squad from the start of January. I am sure I can make a big contribution and can’t wait to meet everyone, especially the supporters.

“I am equally excited to begin my coaching career at Derby County working with both the first team and academy.

“I must also take this opportunity to thank DC United, their owners, executives and supporters who have been superb to work with. I want them to know that I will give my all in support of our push for the play-offs.”

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Derby boss Cocu added: “His credentials speak for themselves. But to have a player with his leadership, skill, experience, character and work ethic will be huge for us. He knows what it takes to succeed as a player and I have no doubt he will have a positive impact right across the club.

“The inspiration and motivation this can generate is massive for all of our players, from the first team right through to the youngsters in the academy. It is entirely in keeping with, and in support of, the club’s philosophy and approach.

“I am looking forward to working with Wayne from the start of next year and welcoming him to the club.”

Attracting a player of Rooney’s stature to the club will present off-field advantages and commercial opportunities and Derby executive chairman Mel Morris revealed that the Rams have already received a record-breaking shirt sponsorship deal.

“This is clearly an exciting signing for us, and Wayne’s presence will further enhance the club’s standing and its ability to perform both on and off the pitch,” he said.

“First and foremost, Wayne is joining us as a player but he will also have coaching responsibilities too, particularly around the development of our younger players progressing towards the first team from our academy, as he looks to gain his relevant qualifications for a future coaching and management career.

“Obviously, the commercial opportunities this creates are widespread and significant. On the back of Wayne joining the club, we have just been offered a record-breaking sponsorship deal with our principal shirt sponsor 32Red.”

Typhoon Francisco was expected to make landfall in Kyushu on Tuesday, the Meteorological Agency said.

The agency warned of potential flooding, mudslides and high waves in the region as the season’s eighth typhoon was expected to bring strong winds and torrential rain.

Shikoku was also expected to see rough weather.

A number of flights to and from airports in Kyushu were expected to be canceled throughout Tuesday.

As of 8 p.m. Monday, the typhoon was traveling some 170 kilometers south-southeast of Cape Ashizuri in Kochi Prefecture at a speed of 20 kilometers per hour with an atmospheric pressure of 975 hectopascals at its center and packing winds of up to 180 kph, the Meteorological Agency said.

Kyushu may see up to 300 millimeters of rainfall in the 24-hour period to 6 p.m. Tuesday while as much as 250 mm is expected in Shikoku, the agency said.

Through Tuesday, winds of up to 180 kph and waves as high as 9 meters are forecast for southern Kyushu, the agency said. Northern Kyushu and Shikoku could be hit with winds of up to 126 kph and 7-meter waves, it said.

Rain is likely to continue in western Japan regions on the Pacific side even after the typhoon passes as moist air is forecast to continue flowing into the areas.

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HIROSHIMA – Prime Minister Shinzo Abe urged South Korea on Tuesday to uphold a 1965 agreement to settle property claims stemming from wartime grievances. He said mutual trust is at stake at a time of high tensions.

Speaking at a news conference in Hiroshima, Abe said South Korea has “unilaterally” breached the accord that settled the issue of compensation for wartime laborers during Japan’s 1910-1945 colonial rule of the Korean Peninsula.

“When we think about the current Japan-South Korea relationship, the biggest issue we have is of trust, or whether promises made between states are kept,” Abe said.

South Korea has “violated the treaty that served as the basis for us to normalize ties,” the prime minister said as he called on Seoul to abide by the agreement “first and foremost.”

Ties between Tokyo and Seoul have deteriorated sharply since a series of South Korean court rulings late last year that ordered Japanese firms to compensate victims of wartime labor.

Based on the bilateral accord, Japan maintains that issues related to financial compensation were settled “finally and completely.” Under the pact, Tokyo provided Seoul with a $500 million lump sum in financial aid.

South Korea has not accepted Japan’s requests to solve the latest dispute via bilateral consultations or an arbitration panel involving a third country.

Tensions between the Asian neighbors have shown no signs of easing following Tokyo’s tightening last month of export controls on some South Korea-bound exports due to security reasons.

Last Friday, Japan decided to take South Korea off its list of nations given preferential status as a trading partner with simplified export procedures.

The step drew a sharp response from South Korean President Moon Jae-in, who called the decision “very reckless.”

An official of South Korea’s presidential office on Friday indicated that Seoul may reconsider continuing the General Security of Military Information Agreement, a military intelligence-sharing pact with Tokyo, in an apparent attempt to pressure Japan into softening its stance on the trade disputes.

Meanwhile, Foreign Ministry officials on Monday said Japan has protested to South Korea after local media reported the country’s military is considering conducting a defense drill later this month near and on a pair of islets disputed by the two nations.

The two nations are at odds over the South Korea-controlled islets in the Sea of Japan, called Takeshima in Japan and Dokdo in South Korea.

South Korea conducts the drill twice a year, deploying destroyers and patrol planes. This year’s exercise had been postponed from June to avoid worsening bilateral ties, Yonhap news agency reported Sunday.

Fifty-seven people died due to heat-related medical issues in Japan over the week starting July 29, the government said Tuesday, with the number of those taken to hospitals more than tripling to 18,347 from the previous week’s 5,664.

The weekly figure for hospitalizations due to high temperatures was the second highest since tallies began in 2008, according to the Fire and Disaster Management Agency.

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Of the 18,347 people, 729 had severe symptoms that will require more than three weeks of treatment as an inpatient, while 6,548 had less serious issues, requiring shorter stays. Those age 65 and older accounted for 54.3 percent of the total.

Tokyo had the most people taken to hospitals at 1,857, followed by 1,342 in Aichi Prefecture and 1,307 in Saitama Prefecture. Deaths were reported across 24 prefectures, with Hokkaido seeing the most at seven, followed by five each in Ibaraki and Saitama.

A high pressure system over the Japanese archipelago preserved extreme heat, said the agency. It is advising people to constantly stay hydrated and rest in cooler areas.

In a break from the usual rhetoric, Yukio Edano, leader of the largest opposition party in the Diet, is calling on smaller parties to join forces and form a larger joint parliamentary group within the Lower House to counter the overwhelming majority of the ruling bloc.

The move, announced Monday, is a departure from the usual dynamic that dominates relations between the opposition parties, with the two largest opposition parties often taking each other on and leaving the opposition fragmented.

It also comes on the heels of an election that left lawmakers in favor of constitutional revision just four seats shy of clinching the all-important two-thirds majority of the Upper House.

“This is the time to join hands in creating a political force strong enough to counter the current ruling bloc — which has constantly relied on the strength of having a majority rather than real dialogue” to push bills through the Diet, Edano said at a news conference.

Parliamentary groups do not need to have a unified political platform, and therefore can be formed regardless of party boundaries or political differences.

However, question times in the Diet and committee meetings are allocated according to the number of members in each parliamentary group.

Edano confirmed that the Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan, of which he is leader, has reached out to the second-largest, the Democratic Party for the People, as well as independent lawmakers to join the CDP’s joint bloc.

So far, the DPP has refrained from giving a clear answer on whether it will be joining the CDP’s parliamentary group.

“We are really grateful for the offer,” DPP leader Yuichiro Tamaki said Monday. “But we will have to discuss this internally within our party before coming to any conclusion as to whether we will merge our parliamentary groups or not.”

The CDP is asking for a reply by mid-August.

So far, attempts at cooperation between the two parties have been far from smooth sailing, as they struggle to bridge their differing political stances on fundamental issues such as constitutional revision, nuclear energy and allowing dual surnames.

Both Edano and Tamaki deflected questions on whether the unification of their joint parliamentary groups would eventually mean that the two parties would merge, saying that the question of whether to link up parliamentary groups was their foremost priority for now.

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HIROSHIMA – Prime Minister Shinzo Abe urged South Korea on Tuesday to uphold a 1965 agreement to settle property claims stemming from wartime grievances. He said mutual trust is at stake at a time of high tensions.

Speaking at a news conference in Hiroshima, Abe said South Korea has “unilaterally” breached the accord that settled the issue of compensation for wartime laborers during Japan’s 1910-1945 colonial rule of the Korean Peninsula.

“When we think about the current Japan-South Korea relationship, the biggest issue we have is of trust, or whether promises made between states are kept,” Abe said.

South Korea has “violated the treaty that served as the basis for us to normalize ties,” the prime minister said as he called on Seoul to abide by the agreement “first and foremost.”

Ties between Tokyo and Seoul have deteriorated sharply since a series of South Korean court rulings late last year that ordered Japanese firms to compensate victims of wartime labor.

Based on the bilateral accord, Japan maintains that issues related to financial compensation were settled “finally and completely.” Under the pact, Tokyo provided Seoul with a $500 million lump sum in financial aid.

South Korea has not accepted Japan’s requests to solve the latest dispute via bilateral consultations or an arbitration panel involving a third country.

Tensions between the Asian neighbors have shown no signs of easing following Tokyo’s tightening last month of export controls on some South Korea-bound exports due to security reasons.

Last Friday, Japan decided to take South Korea off its list of nations given preferential status as a trading partner with simplified export procedures.

The step drew a sharp response from South Korean President Moon Jae-in, who called the decision “very reckless.”

An official of South Korea’s presidential office on Friday indicated that Seoul may reconsider continuing the General Security of Military Information Agreement, a military intelligence-sharing pact with Tokyo, in an apparent attempt to pressure Japan into softening its stance on the trade disputes.

Meanwhile, Foreign Ministry officials on Monday said Japan has protested to South Korea after local media reported the country’s military is considering conducting a defense drill later this month near and on a pair of islets disputed by the two nations.

The two nations are at odds over the South Korea-controlled islets in the Sea of Japan, called Takeshima in Japan and Dokdo in South Korea.

South Korea conducts the drill twice a year, deploying destroyers and patrol planes. This year’s exercise had been postponed from June to avoid worsening bilateral ties, Yonhap news agency reported Sunday.

Fifty-seven people died due to heat-related medical issues in Japan over the week starting July 29, the government said Tuesday, with the number of those taken to hospitals more than tripling to 18,347 from the previous week’s 5,664.

The weekly figure for hospitalizations due to high temperatures was the second highest since tallies began in 2008, according to the Fire and Disaster Management Agency.

Of the 18,347 people, 729 had severe symptoms that will require more than three weeks of treatment as an inpatient, while 6,548 had less serious issues, requiring shorter stays. Those age 65 and older accounted for 54.3 percent of the total.

Tokyo had the most people taken to hospitals at 1,857, followed by 1,342 in Aichi Prefecture and 1,307 in Saitama Prefecture. Deaths were reported across 24 prefectures, with Hokkaido seeing the most at seven, followed by five each in Ibaraki and Saitama.

A high pressure system over the Japanese archipelago preserved extreme heat, said the agency. It is advising people to constantly stay hydrated and rest in cooler areas.

The proportion of children with allergies or dental problems is more than 10 times higher in families on welfare than in those not receiving benefits, a recent university study showed.

Stress, house dust and a lack of supervision with no one around to guide children were seen as contributory factors according to the study conducted by Naoki Kondo, associate professor of social epidemiology at the University of Tokyo, and his team.

The study covered 573 boys and girls under the age of 15 in households receiving welfare benefits in 2016 in two municipalities in Japan. For comparison, the team looked at overall data on children around the same age compiled in a health ministry survey.

Among children in households on welfare benefits, 31 percent of boys aged 5 to 9 suffered from asthma, the highest percentage by age group and gender, and more than 10 times higher than among children in households not receiving benefits.

Similar results were found for allergic rhinitis and dental problems such as cavities and gum inflammation, with the level more than 10 times higher than among children as a whole. For children with eczema, the difference was around fivefold.

Notable differences were also seen among households on benefits, with the proportion of children in single-parent households suffering from eczema and dental problems four times and two times higher, respectively, than households with two parents.

Financial difficulties and the challenges of single parenting are believed to have affected the outcome. “Instead of pointing a finger at single parents, we can improve children’s health by providing additional child care support,” Kondo said.

With the central and local governments starting a health management support program from 2021 for people on welfare, focusing mainly on chronic adult diseases such as diabetes, the survey suggests the need to provide effective assistance for children.

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Some municipalities and civic groups have launched initiatives to address the issue, such as study support and after-school activities as well as the provision of meals to children in single-parent households and free or low-cost food in cafeterias.

“It has become clear over time that there needs to be more than just economic support to close the health gap,” said Katsunori Kondo, professor of social preventive medicine at Chiba University, who has studied such health issues.