Asian Football

Kim's first training session with Napoli.

Napoli have signed Kim Min-jae from Fenerbahce on a three-year contract, with an option of another two. €19.5m fee.

South Korea entered the game with two wins, and needed only a draw at Toyota Stadium to secure their fourth straight championship, but Japan finished with two wins and a draw.

Yuki Soma broke the ice early in the second half with a superb goal as Japan beat South Korea 3-0 Wednesday to win their second East Asian Football Federation E-1 Championship and their first in four tournaments.

Modelled after some of the world’s top clubs, such as Borussia Dortmund and Atletico Madrid, the training centre will serve as the new home of the Sailors first team who play in the Singapore Premier League, the club’s Under-21 side, academy trainees and their women’s team.

It features physiotherapy rooms, a gym, an analysis room as well as study facilities for academy trainees alongside five football fields – two 11-a-side pitches and three seven-a-side ones.

With an almighty smash of a champagne bottle, the Lion City Sailors officially declared their $10 million training facility open on Thursday (July 28) evening.

Asnawi Mangkualam has scored his first goal for Ansan Greeners in K-League 2.

Napoli president de Laurentiis: “We hope to complete Kim Min Jae deal soon. We wanted to get it done 24h ago but we’re still discussing on taxes and more - I’d love to sign a South Korean player”.

Olympiacos are close to signing Hwang In-beom, also on Augsburg and Lorient list - Greek club now getting closer after further talks during the weekend. Hwang suspended his contract with Rubin Kazan few weeks ago, per @FabrizioRomano

Andriy Yarmolenko has signed for UAE side Al Ain FC on a one-year contract after leaving West Ham.

Saudi side Al Shabab FC are working to get Mauro Icardi from PSG: first contacts with his entourage already started. Ever Banega, his compatriot, is in talks with Mauro to persuade him to accept the proposal, per @RudyGaletti.

Colombian goalkeeper David Ospina joins Al Nassr from Napoli on a free deal and signs until 2024.

🏟 Rajamangala National Stadium, the place where Manchester United will clash with Liverpool on Tuesday. 📷 @SNE_Sports

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Liverpool’s 37-man squad for the pre-season tour of Thailand and Singapore. #LFCPreSeason

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Erik ten Hag has named his 31-man squad to travel to Thailand and Australia for Man Utd's pre-season fixtures. #MUTOUR2022

Pre-seasin training. 🇰🇷 #SpursInSeoul