Curtis Jones has been ruled out of Liverpool s opening Premier League game of the season at Norwich City through concussion.
The 20-year-old has featured in three of Liverpool s four pre-season friendlies and was pushing for inclusion for Saturday s trip to Carrow Road.
However, Jones was replaced during the first half of Monday s 3-1 win over Osasuna following a collision and will not be available this weekend as per concussion protocols.
He had a slight concussion so we just have to follow the protocol, Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp told the club s official website.
He is fine, he feels fine again, but that’s the protocol. He is available for training from Sunday on I think.
Liverpool will also be without influential left-back Andy Robertson …
Wayne Rooney has told former Manchester United team-mate Marcus Rashford to be more selfish and feels Anthony Martial could be one of the best players in the Premier League.
Rooney ended a 13-year association with United before the start of this season, departing as the club s record goalscorer for a return to boyhood club Everton.
The ability and potential of Martial and Rashford, 22 and 20 respectively, was part of the reason for Rooney seeking a fresh start for the final chapter of his career as his first-team opportunities dwindled.
The former England captain believes United s future is in good hands but encouraged Rashford, who has been used predominantly as a wide attacker by Jose Mourinho despite making his first-team breakthrough as a striker, to leave th…
Former Bayern Munich star Lothar Matthaus feels Philipp Lahm would be the perfect candidate for the position of sporting director at the Bundesliga champions at the end of his playing career.
The 32-year-old has stated on more than one occasion that he aims to retire when his current contract expires in 2018 and Matthaus believes he is the ideal long-term replacement for Matthias Sammer.
The latter served as sporting director at Bayern between 2012 and 2016, stepping down this summer due to health reasons.
Lahm has to remain at Bayern after his playing days, Matthaus wrote in his weekly column for Sport Bild.
He can be the link between the team, the board of directors and the club when he hangs up his boots. I think he would be better suited for this j…
Azerbaijan boss Berti Vogts has moved to deny rumours he has been approached to take over Poland.
Polish Football Association (PZPN) president Grzegorz Lato had implied they would be assessing the 65-year-old as a potential replacement for Franciszek Smuda, who left his post after his side s Euro 2012 group stage exit.
On June 27 the board of directors will meet, and we will discuss both candidates, Lato told Polish radio station RMF FC.
Then we will see which direction we are going whether it will be a Polish coach or a foreign one.
However, Vogts has now reacted with surprise to Lato s assertions, claiming he had no idea about the PZPN s interest in his services.
I am very surprised at these reports, the German told Sport-Informations-Diens…
Arsenal lifted the first silverware of the new season after beating treble winners Manchester City on penalties to take home the Community Shield.
Leandro Trossard’s deflected strike deep into stoppage time earned a 1-1 draw after Cole Palmer had put City in front.
Here, the PA news agency looks at what we learned from the Wembley clash on the eve of the new campaign.
The winner doesn’t take it all
While Arsenal will no doubt celebrate their success, the last three Community Shield winners have gone on to end the subsequent season empty-handed.
City have now lost this fixture for the past three years – beaten by Leicester and Liverpool before this loss to Arsenal.
However, Pep Guardiola’s men have gone on to win two Premier League titles,…
England s Glen Johnson has warned his team-mates not to underestimate the skill of Ukraine striker Andriy Shevchenko despite his ageing legs.
Johnson was still at Stamford Bridge himself when the Ukrainian legend arrived from AC Milan for just over 30 million pounds in May 2006.
However, the move did not go to plan as he only hit the back of the net nine times in 48 Premier League matches over three seasons (and 22 times in 77 appearances for the Blues in all competitions).
But now it is a different story altogether. After being loaned back to Milan for the 2008/09 season, he left Stamford Bridge and rejoined Dynamo Kiev in 2009. The 35-year-old has rediscovered his form and defied his critics to score both goals in his country s Euro 2012 win over Sweden.
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Spain coach Vicente Del Bosque is set to be presented with a coveted managerial award, normally reserved for his Italian counterparts.
After leading his country at Euro 2012, where they beat Italy 4-0 in the final, Del Bosque is set to pick up the Premio Nils Liedholm award, which is normally presented to recognise the best of Italian football .
In a break from tradition, Del Bosque will be the next recipient, dependent on the Spanish Football Federation giving it the go-ahead, with many Italian coaches believing the talented Spaniard deserves recognition.
A former Real Madrid player and coach, Del Bosque has led Spain to unparalleled success in recent years, winning the World Cup in 2010 and retaining the European title, which they won under Luis Aragones in 20…
Ecuador will be without Antonio Valencia for the upcoming Copa America after undergoing surgery to remove metal screws from his ankle.
The Ecuadorian Football Federation (FEF) made the announcement on Tuesday, with 75-cap veteran Valencia requiring at least two weeks of rehabilitation, meaning the Manchester United utility will miss June s showpiece event in Chile.
Coach Gustavo Quinteros and Ecuador s governing body were only made aware of Valencia s surgery, which was conducted on Monday, after United s final Premier League match of the season over the weekend.
The plates or screws [inserted following a serious ankle injury in 2010] were causing trouble. Therefore they decided on an operation [Valencia and doctors of Manchester United], Quinteros said.
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Sevilla head coach Michel is confident his side can beat his former club Getafe in their first La Liga outing of the season on Saturday.
Former Spain international Michel coached Getafe between 2009 and 2011, before taking over at Sevilla in February this year.
He guided the team to ninth last season, three points and two places better off than his old side.
They two teams go head-to-head at Sevilla s Estadio Ramon Sanchez Pizjuan on Saturday, and Michel is confident the hosts will come out on top.
I think I have a team with the resources to beat Getafe, with all due respect to them, he said.
I m sorry to say that but my team is good, motivated and has a lot of desire to play the first match of the season a new season in entirely.
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Barcelona defied the odds to pull off the greatest escape in Champions League history as they beat Paris Saint-Germain 6-1 at Camp Nou to become the first side to overturn a 4-0 first-leg deficit in Europe s top-tier competition.
Barca s hopes appeared to be dashed when Edinson Cavani scored for PSG in the 62nd minute to make it 3-1 on the night and ensure the hosts needed to score another three to progress.
But, as Luis Enrique suggested was possible on Tuesday, Barca incredibly hit that target and they did so in the most dramatic of circumstances, scoring three times after the 88th minute – Neymar getting two before Sergi Roberto sealed progression five minutes into stoppage time.
Highlighting the sheer significance of the match are Opta s key stats.
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