Father buys son, who has never played football, a place on Czech team for $22k
The father of law student Martin Podhajsky has paid 500,000 Czech koruna (around $22,000, £17,500) to secure his son a place in the senior squad of FK Usti nad Labem.
England have handed first call-ups to Chelsea’s Cole Palmer, Manchester City’s Rico Lewis and Aston Villa’s Ezri Konsa for this month’s European Championship qualifiers against Malta and North Macedonia, the Football Association (FA) said on Monday.
Mohamed Salah could miss the remainder of the Africa Cup of Nations and Liverpool’s Premier League clash with Brentford on Feb. 17 after the Egypt forward’s agent said he faces “21-28 days” out of action with a hamstring injury.