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Mohamed Salah is ready to light up the Premier League again after committing his long-term future to Liverpool, claims Jurgen Klopp.

Last season s Golden Boot joint-winner, who shared the prize with Tottenham s Son Heung-min, signed a three-year contract last month to calm fears he could quit Anfield.

Salah s previous deal was due to expire at the end of the 2022-23 season, when he would have been able to walk away as a free agent.

Now that Liverpool have him tied down to fresh terms, the player and club can focus on chasing more trophies, having lifted the FA Cup and EFL Cup last term.

Knowing where he will be for the next important years of his career – I wouldn t say for the rest of his career because he can play much longer – that gave all of …

Fulham s social media admins were able to have some fun at Jurgen Klopp s expense on Sunday, as they took a cheeky swipe at the Liverpool manager s post-match comments.

Klopp lamented Liverpool s display in their Premier League opener at Craven Cottage, with the early kick-off on Saturday finishing 2-2.

He told BT Sport:  The best thing about the game is the result, that we got a point from a really bad game for my side. Now the question is how can that happen.

However, Klopp – who has a previous track record of using pitch or weather conditions to excuse a slightly below-par display – couldn t help but mention that the pitch was dry .

A throwaway comment it may have been, and in the wider context it was clear Klopp was far more frustrated with hi…

Hull City manager Steve Bruce says he is looking to sign Hal Robson-Kanu as the club prepare for life back in the Premier League. 

A 1-0 win over Sheffield Wednesday in the Championship play-off in May saw Hull promoted back to the top-tier of English football after just a one-year absence.

Bruce has now set his sights on Robson-Kanu, who is a free agent after leaving Reading the club he joined as a 15-year-old at the end of the 2015-16 season. 

Robson-Kanu starred for Wales at Euro 2016 as the side reached the semi-final stage, where they went out to eventual champions Portugal, and has now set the target of finding a new club. 

We are booked in for talks with him and to see him in the next few days, Bruce told BBC.  Do we intend to offer him a d…

Leicester City captain Wes Morgan has urged star winger Riyad Mahrez to stick with the Premier League champions, despite mega transfer interest from elsewhere.

The PFA player of the year scored 17 goals and assisted another 11 as he helped Leicester to the most unlikely of Premier League triumphs in 2015-16, with the likes of Barcelona and Arsenal reportedly interested in his services.

However, following N Golo Kante s switch to Chelsea, Morgan is keen to limit the losses as Leicester look to defend their Premier League crown.

I know there’s a lot of talking going off but hopefully everybody can follow in my footsteps, said Morgan, who recently signed a new three-year deal with Leicester.

We want to maintain our key players and build on that with the …

Real Madrid coach Jose Mourinho has told the president of his son s football club Canillas that he is leaving Spain.

The Portuguese has been linked with a return to Chelsea at the end of the season, with Paris Saint-Germain also touted as another possible destination, and Manuel Alvarez s claims will now add weight to those rumours.

The Canillas chief has pleaded with Real president Florentino Perez to keep Mourinho beyond the end of the campaign and suggested that his departure would have a detrimental effect on La Liga.

Mourinho told us that next year he won t be able to come and give a talk to the coaches because he won t be here, the Canillas president told COPE Deportes. If Mou goes it will be a big loss to Spanish football. I hope Florentino sorts it out. …

Barcelona vice-president Javier Faus says his club are owed eight million euros by AC Milan for the 2011 transfer of Zlatan Ibrahimovic.

The club s end-of-year financial report was presented on Friday, and it was revealed that despite Ibrahimovic s recent move from Milan to Paris Saint-Germain, a portion of the transfer fee from the striker s permanent move from Camp Nou to San Siro last year is still outstanding.

The Sweden striker initially moved to Milan on loan in 2010, and sealed a permanent deal the following year after an unhappy stint in Catalonia.

Faus also revealed that the Catalans would not receive any money from the player s recent transfer to PSG.

He also made it clear that after exceeding last season s transfer budget, Barca cannot afford …

Real Madrid salvaged a 1-1 draw at Valencia on Sunday thanks to a late Karim Benzema equaliser that Zinedine Zidane believes is proof of the team s fighting spirit.

Valencia looked to be heading for a 1-0 win when Carlos Soler put the hosts in front with 12 minutes to go, then surviving a scare as Luka Jovic had a goal disallowed for offside.

But Madrid continued to plug away and eventually restored parity deep into stoppage time – Benzema slamming home after goalkeeper Thibaut Courtois was remarkably denied when his header was saved by Jaume Domenech.

As such, Madrid go into Wednesday s Clasico against Barcelona with something of a morale boost, with Zidane suggesting the late goal highlights his team s mentality.

This shows you what we are, we fight …

Arsenal goalkeeper Bernd Leno called for unity under embattled boss Mikel Arteta following Saturday s 2-1 defeat at Everton.

The Gunners winless run in the Premier League stretched to seven games thanks to Yerry Mina s header and a Rob Holding own goal, either side of Nicolas Pepe s penalty.

Arsenal s 14 points from their first 14 games of the season is their worst return since 1974-75, while they have not scored from open play in any of their past five away matches in the top flight.

With his side just four points above the relegation zone and 10 adrift of the top four, pressure is mounting on manager Arteta ahead of two huge matches next week: an EFL Cup quarter-final with Manchester City on Tuesday and a league game at home to Chelsea on December 26.

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Chelsea have seen a £100m double swoop for Gareth Bale and Raphael Varane knocked back by Real Madrid, .

The Blues had enquired about the midfielder and defender, but have been told by Real president Florentio Perez that the pair are not for sale.

Bale moved to the Bernabeu in the summer of 2013 for a world record transfer fee of £85m, and has since scored thirty-nine goals in eighty-seven appearances for the club though his contribution to the team this campaign has been questioned in some quarters.

Varane arrived at the La Liga club two years before Bale, and has played for them one hundred and ten times, scoring six goals but is not guaranteed a regular first team place, leading him to be linked with a move elsewhere.

Carlo Ancelotti’s side we…

Argentina great Diego Maradona has urged his compatriots to leave Lionel Messi alone in the wake of his decision to retire from international football. 

Messi called it quits on the international scene after Argentina lost a third final in three years, going down to Chile 4-2 in a penalty shoot-out for the Copa America Centenario last Sunday. 

It was the fourth time Messi has suffered a defeat the final of a major tournament, adding to the heartbreak of the 2007 and 2015 editions of the Copa, as well as the 2014 World Cup decider against Germany. 

The decision brought many in the South American nation to tears, with several high-profile figures including the country s president Mauricio Macri pleading with Messi to reconsider. 

However Maradona who w…