Brazil fired Dunga as coach yesterday, the national football confederation said, two days after his side failed to get past the group stages of the Centenary Copa America.
The Brazilians drew 0-0 with Ecuador and beat Haiti 7-1 but were beaten 1-0 by Peru to exit the competition at the group stages for the first time since 1987.
Dunga, who was in his second spell as Brazil coach, was fired after a meeting at the CBF in Rio.
“The Brazilian Football Confederation decided this Tuesday to dissolve the technical commission of the Brazilian national team,” the CBF said.
“National teams coordinator Gilmar Rinaldi, coach Dunga and their entire team will leave their posts.”
’Pool set for £240,000 compensation
Liverpool will receive just £240,000 compensation for Joao Carlos Teixeira after the 23-year-old joined Porto, reports said.
The Portuguese club revealed on Monday Teixeira had agreed a four-year contract to return to his homeland and the Reds have now confirmed the player will leave when his contract expires at the end of the month.
Teixeira originally moved to Merseyside from Sporting Lisbon in January 2012. He made seven senior appearances last season.
Wasilewski pens Leicester extension
Leicester City defender Marcin Wasilewski has signed a new one-year contract with the English Premier League champions.
The powerful Polish centre-half has put pen to paper on a deal to keep him at the King Power Stadium for the forthcoming 2016-17 season, when Leicester will play in the group stages of the Champions League for the first time.
Since joining Leicester City from Belgian club Anderlecht in September 2013, the 36-year-old Wasilewski has made 72 appearances for the Foxes – including nine in all competitions last season as Claudio Ranieri’s team lifted the league title.
Samoura set to start on Monday
Fatma Samba Diouf Samoura has successfully passed an eligibility check and will begin her role as FIFA secretary general next Monday.
FIFA has confirmed its independent review committee has cleared Samoura to replace Jerome Valcke, who was banned from football-related activity for 12 years in February.
Samoura spent 21 years working for the United Nations and becomes the governing body’s first female secretary general.
The 54-year-old from Senegal will work alongside president Gianni Infantino in a new-look organisation previously dogged by corruption allegations under Valcke and previous president Sepp Blatter.
Koeman named as Everton manager
Dutchman Ronald Koeman was named as Everton’s new manager yesterday after South-ampton reluctantly accepted his resignation.
Everton had targeted former Ajax coach Koeman since parting company with Roberto Martinez last month.
“We are really pleased to have secured the man who was our number one target from the moment we set out to appoint a new manager,” chairman Bill Kenwright said.
Koeman, a European Cup winner as a player with Barcelona, joined Southampton from Feyenoord in 2014, guiding them to seventh place in his first season and sixth last term, earning a Europa League spot.
Gasperini appointed new Atalanta coach
Gian Piero Gasperini has been appointed as Atalanta coach following the departure of Edoardo Reja, the Serie A club said.
The former midfielder, who started his coaching career with Juve’s youth team, joined Atalanta after ending a second spell in charge of rivals Genoa.
The 58-year-old Gasperini, who has also had coaching spells with Inter and Palermo, guided Genoa to 11th place in Serie A while his new club finished two spots lower.
Reja left Atalanta on Monday and has been strongly linked with the Slovenia national team coaching position.
Barcelona agree to pay €5.5m fine
Barcelona have agreed to pay a fine of €5.5 million to the Spanish authorities to settle a tax fraud case over the transfer of Brazil international Neymar in 2013.
Barcelona had been accused of concealing part of Neymar’s transfer fee when he moved to Spain from Santos, with several investigations carried out in Spain and Brazil.
The club confirmed in a statement yesterday that its board had approved the agreement at a meeting the previous day.
The vote by Barca’s board approves a pact to absolve both current president Josep Bartomeu and former president Sandro Rosell of wrongdoing with regard to the transfer.