Casillas included in Porto squad for new season

Porto goalkeeper Iker Casillas, who suffered a heart attack in May, has been registered by the club to play in this season’s Portuguese league. The 38-year-old former Spain and Real Madrid goalkeeper features in the Porto squad list which has been published on the league’s official website ahead of their opening game away to Gil Vicente today.Casillas, who captained Spain to their only World Cup triumph in 2010 and played 725 games for Real Madrid before joining Porto in 2015, suffered a heart attack in a training session on May 1 and spent five days in hospital.Two weeks later, Portuguese sports newspaper O Jogo suggested that Casillas would shortly announce his retirement. However, in July, Porto said that Casillas had been given a role on the team’s technical staff “while he recovers from his health problem.”Porto last month signed Argentine goalkeeper Agustin Marchesin from Mexico City club America and the 31-year-old made his debut on Wednesday in the 1-0 win away to Krasnodar in a Champions League qualifying match.Kagawa makes shock switch to Real ZaragozaFormer Manchester United midfielder Shinji Kagawa completed a surprise move from Borussia Dortmund to Spanish second-tier side Real Zaragoza yesterday. The 30-year-old has signed a two-year contract with Zaragoza who finished 15th in the Segunda Division last season and have not played in the top flight since 2013.Kagawa has won two Bundesliga titles, one Premier League title, two German Cups and an Asian Cup with Japan, for whom he has played at two World Cups and made 97 appearances. He joined Dortmund nine years ago as a 20-year-old and his electric performances under coach Jurgen Klopp earned him a switch to United and the Premier League in 2012. The Japanese midfielder returned to Dortmund two years later but after a difficult spell in England, he struggled to rediscover his best form and joined Besiktas in January on a six-month loan deal. Kagawa will be presented next week at La Romareda and could make his debut when Zaragoza begin their season at home to Tenerife on August 17.A Zaragoza statement read: “Real Zaragoza and Borussia Dortmund have reached an agreement for the transfer of footballer Shinji Kagawa, who joins the Zaragoza team with a contract for the next two seasons.” Dortmund wrote on Twitter: “After 7 amazing seasons in Dortmund, we say goodbye. Forever a Black and Yellow legend.” No passport, no travel for Wolves forward TraoreWolverhampton Wanderers winger Adama Traore missed Thursday’s Europa League qualifier in Armenia because he left his passport at home, according to team manager Nuno Espirito Santo. The Premier League side managed fine without the Spaniard, beating Pyunik 4-0 in their qualifying round third leg match in the capital Yerevan.The Wolverhampton Express and Star reported that Traore, 23, had turned up at the airport with an identity card as his only travel document. “He had a problem with his passport...he didn’t know. It’s impossible to travel with an ID card so he couldn’t travel with us. He’ll join us for the next game,” the manager told reporters. Traore should have less trouble with that one, the return leg being at Molineux on Aug 15.Bournemouth’s Howe urges patience with new signingsFive close season signings have left Bournemouth fans brimming with optimism ahead of the new Premier League season but the new recruits must not be judged until January, manager Eddie Howe said. Bournemouth, who finished 14th last season, signed defenders Lloyd Kelly and Jack Stacey, midfielder Philip Billing and winger Arnaut Danjuma on permanent deals while winger Harry Wilson was signed on a season-long loan from Liverpool.“Let’s wait and see, let’s reserve judgement. I’m always a little bit worried when people say ‘what a great window’ just after it’s closed,” Howe said of today’s opener at home against promoted Sheffield United.“I’d prefer people to say the same in January, or next season. It doesn’t mean anything as we sit here now, it’s got to be proved in the games we have to come throughout the season. The players that we’ve signed, we hope (they) do really well for us. The players we let go, we wish them all the best in their future careers. I’m certainly looking forward to working with the new players and really getting to know them better.”