FOOTBALL: ON THE MOVE

Saturday 28 August 1999 23:02 BST
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THIS WEEK'S FOOTBALL TRANSFERS

Free transfers or undisclosed fee unless stated

Luis Boa Morte (forward) Arsenal to Southampton (pounds 1.8m); Esteban Fuertes (forward) Argentina FA to Derby County (temporary international clearance until 19 September); Gary Charles (defender) Benfica (Por) to West Ham (pounds 1m); Michael Panopoulos (midfielder) Aris (Gr) to Portsmouth (pounds 750,000); Igor Stimac (defender) Derby County to West Ham (pounds 600,000); Efan Ekoku (forward) Wimbledon to Grasshoppers (Switz) (pounds 500,000); Steve Harkness (defender) Benfica (Por) to Blackburn Rovers (pounds 400,000); Greg Shields (defender) Dunfermline (Sp) to Charlton Athletic (pounds 580,000); Mirsad Bubalovic Souchaux (Fr) to Doncaster Rovers (Bosman ruling); Eric Roy (midfielder) Marseille (Fr) to Sunderland; David Lilley (defender) Queen of the South to Aberdeen; Stuart Storer (midfielder) Brighton and Hove Albion to Atherstone United; Thomas Solberg (defender) FC Viking Stavanger (Nor) to Aberdeen.

LOANS

Steve Barbe (midfielder) RWD Mollenbeek (Bel) to Charlton Athletic; Jody Craddock (defender) Sunderland to Sheffield United; Ian Wright (forward) West Ham to Nottingham Forest; Tommy Wright (goalkeeper) Manchester City to Newcastle United; Tommy Black (midfielder) Arsenal to Carlisle Utd; Grant McCann (midfielder) West Ham United to Livingston.

TRIALS

Dean Gorre (midfielder) Ajax (Hol) to Huddersfield Town; Stephane Sassin (midfielder) Anderlecht (Bel) to Aberdeen.

MANAGERIAL MOVES

Newcastle United: Out: Ruud Gullit.

In: Steve Clarke (caretaker, from assistant manager).

Chester: Out: Kevin Ratcliffe.

In: Five-man coaching team consisting of Terry Smith (existing chairman), David Fogg, Gary Shelton, Shaun Reid and Scott Cooper.

Colchester United: Out: Mick Wadsworth.

In: Steve Whitton (from assistant manager).

RETIRED

Millwall: Jimmy Carter (winger).

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