The Scot, who has been given a two-year deal, will lead the team in the 2020 ASEAN Football Federation championship, and will be aiming to qualify for the 2023 Asian Cup.
* Everton said on Thursday that their proposed new stadium will be "future-proofed" to enable "safe-standing" areas should regulations change. The Merseyside outfit, who have played at Goodison Park since 1892, last year formally agreed a 200-year land lease at the proposed Bramley Moore Dock site. On Thursday the Premier League club announced that it was proposing a capacity of 52,000 for the new stadium, rising to 62,000 in the future with two stands designed to house safe-standing areas.
* Burnley winger Aaron Lennon faces a spell on the sidelines after having knee surgery to repair damaged cartilage, the Premier League side's manager Sean Dyche said on Thursday. Lennon has played in all but one of Burnley's 17 league games this season and picked up the injury in Saturday's 1-0 defeat at his former club Tottenham Hotspur.
* Liverpool midfielder James Milner is back in training and will be available for Friday's Premier League trip to Wolverhampton Wanderers after shaking off a hamstring issue. Milner picked up the injury towards the end of Liverpool's 1-0 Champions League win over Italian side Napoli last week and the 32-year-old sat out of last Sunday's 3-1 victory over Manchester United at Anfield as a precaution.
* Arsenal and Tottenham Hotspur have been fined a total of 95,000 pounds for failing to control their players during this month's Premier League derby, the English Football Association said on Thursday. Spurs midfielder Eric Dier's goal celebration in his side's 4-2 defeat on December 2 sparked angry scenes on the touchline, with Arsenal's substitutes unhappy with the England player.
* West Ham striker Marko Arnautovic is closing in on a return to full training following a hamstring injury earlier this month, manager Manuel Pellegrini said on Thursday. The Austria international pulled a hamstring in West Ham's 3-1 Premier League win over Cardiff City on Dec. 4 and missed their subsequent victories over Crystal Palace and Fulham.
* Bournemouth manager Eddie Howe has played down the prospect of in-form striker Callum Wilson leaving the club during the January transfer window, amid reported interest from several Premier League sides, including Chelsea. The 26-year-old, who has scored eight goals in 16 league appearances this season and made his England debut last month, played in Bournemouth's 1-0 defeat to Chelsea in the League Cup quarter-finals on Wednesday.
* Liverpool defender Dejan Lovren hopes his team can match Arsenal's 2003/04 "Invincibles" by going the whole season unbeaten and lifting the Premier League title. Liverpool lead Manchester City by a point, with Sunday's 3-1 victory over Manchester United extending their unbeaten league run to 17 matches this season.
* Ligue 1 club Paris Saint-Germain announced on Thursday that France international goalkeeper Alphonse Areola has signed a four-year contract extension, tying him to the club until June 2023. Born in Paris, Areola arrived at the club's academy in 2006 before rising through the ranks of PSG's youth system. He signed his first professional contract in July 2009.
* Australian men's national team looks to defend title at 2019 AFC Asian Cup as the head coach Graham Arnold has announced the 23 players to play at the 17th edition of the tournament on Thursday.
* Clubs will be lining up to speak to "serial winner" Jose Mourinho after his sacking at Manchester United, his former assistant Steve Clarke has said. United sacked Mourinho on Tuesday after suffering their worst start to a season for 28 years and replaced him with former striker Ole Gunnar Solskjaer until the end of the current Premier League campaign.
