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By Paul Fletcher BBC Sport Online

BBC Sport Online brings you up to date with all the domestic transfers and sackings that happened during the World Cup.

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Premiership | Division One | Division Two | Division Three

Premiership

David O'Leary was sacked last week as manager of

Leeds United.

The Irishman was in charge of the Yorkshire clubs for four years but, despite spending almost �100m, failed to win a trophy.

Marc-Vivien Foe has joined Kevin Keegan's Manchester City
World Cup star Foe joined Manchester City
Several high-profile names are on the shortlist for the job, including Martin O'Neill, Mick McCarthy and Terry Venables.

Manchester United

surprisingly named former Portugal and South Africa coach Carlos Queiroz as assistant manager to Sir Alex Ferguson at Manchester United.

And

Sunderland

said that Niall Quinn is taking up a player-coach role at the north-east club.

On the transfer front

Liverpool

signed Senegal's brilliant World Cup striker El Hadji Diouf and midfielder Salif Diao.

French striker Nicolas Anelka - who Liverpool opted against signing on a permanent basis - joined Premiership new boys

Manchester City

from Paris St Germain.

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Cameroon international Marc-Vivien Foe also joined Kevin Keegan's team as the former England coach bolsters his squad for next season.

Newcastle

- strongly linked with Rivaldo at one point - paid �8.5m for highly-rated Portuguese midfielder Hugo Viana.

And

Southampton

boss Gordon Strachan boosted his squad by signing Sweden's World Cup midfielder Michael Svensson from Troyes for �2m.

And

Bolton

manager Sam Allardyce strengthened his squad with the acquisition of Nigeria's World Cup skipper Jay Jay Okocha.

Blackburn

signed German defender Marc Sebastian Pelzer from Kaiserslautern.

Division One

With the World Cup dominating the back pages,

Watford

quietly announced that they had parted company with manager Gianluca Vialli.

His departure was quickly followed by that of defender Ramon Vega, who was released from the remainder of his three-year contract.

Troubled

Wimbledon

finally named their new manager, naming Stuart Murdoch as their new first-team coach.

Former Watford manager Gianluca Luca
Watford sacked Vialli during the World Cup
The Dons also secured permission to relocate to Milton Keynes, a decision that angered large sections of the club's support.

Portsmouth

manager Harry Redknapp said that former Derby boss Jim Smith has joined him as his assistant at Fratton Park.

Alan Cork also landed an assistant manager's role, joining Micky Adams at

Leicester.

Division Two

Several managerial changes occurred in Division Two.

Huddersfield

sacked Lou Macari following the Terriers' failure to secure promotion last season.

The Yorkshire club have replaced him with Mick Wadsworth, who was dismissed by Oldham in May.

Huddersfield sacked Macari
Macari was sacked by Huddersfield
Huddersfield were knocked out of last year's play-offs by Brentford.

But

Brentford

lost the play-off final and soon parted company with manager Steve Coppell and last week named Wally Downes as their news boss.

Downes - a former member of Wimbledon's crazy gang - had previously been Coppell's number two.

Off-the-field problems dominated at

Notts County,

with the club being placed in administration.

Division Three

There was good news for financially-troubled

Lincoln,

who managed to secure their future for at least another two years following a meeting with their creditors.

Boston boss Steve Evans faced an FA probe
Boston boss Evans was charged by the FA
While on the eve of the World Cup

Rochdale

named Paul Simpson as their new boss following John Hollins' exit.

Boston United

were the subject of a Football Association probe into "suspected irregularities" at the club who were promoted to the Football League in April.

Boston were charged with financial irregularities over the wages of six of their players, but fears that the Lincolnshire club could be thrown out of the League proved unfounded.


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