James Milner has stressed the importance of Liverpool achieving a successful end to the Premier League campaign, as Jurgen Klopp s side prepare to visit AFC Bournemouth.

Liverpool completed a heroic turnaround against Borussia Dortmund in the Europa League on Thursday, scoring three goals in the final 25 minutes on a raucous night at Anfield to secure a 5-4 aggregate victory and a place in the semi-finals.

But now their attentions turn back to the Premier League, and they head into the clash at Vitality Stadium in eighth, on the back of just one defeat in their last seven league outings.

We ll try and win every game, Milner told the Liverpool Echo. It is important to try and finish strongly in the league.

The performance was good at the weekend against …

Leroy Sane says that he rejected the chance to join Jurgen Klopp at Liverpool before signing for Manchester City.

The pacey winger has been in spectacular form for City this season, scoring six goals and supplying nine assists for the runaway Premier League leaders.

City bought the Germany international from Schalke in a reported £37million deal in August 2016, after attracting several suitors following his impressive performances in the Bundesliga.

Compatriot Klopp was among those keen to bring in Sane, but the Reds boss was unable to convince him to choose Merseyside over Manchester.

Yes, I was also talking with them, Sane told The Guardian. Jurgen was calling me too, talking to me. That was before I joined City.

He did a good job at [Borussi…

Spanish newspaper that Real Betis are preparing a January bid for Anderlecht midfielder Roland Vargas.

Los Verdiblancos coach Pepe Mel has requested a new right-sided midfielder from sporting director Vlada Stosic, with the club official already working on adding a quality player to the squad.

While Stosic has opened talks over two unnamed players, Anderlecht midfielder Rolando Vargas has emerged as the number one target for the La Liga side.

Vargas, 26, is essentially an attacking midfielder, but can also play on the right hand side and he could be signed on the cheap.

The Venezuelan was predicted a great career when he left Club Brugge to join arch rivals Anderlecht in the summer of 2011, but his progress at Constant Vanden Stock was halted by numerou…

Dirk Kuyt has joined Turkish powerhouses Fenerbahce from Liverpool on a three-year deal.

The versatile attacker has signed with the Istanbul club on a transfer for an undisclosed fee.

The Netherlands international had long been linked with a move away from Anfield, and has now opted to continue his career at Fenerbahce after previously turning down Feyenoord.

Fenerbahce are a great club to continue my career. They only just missed out on the league title this season. They did qualify for the Champions League qualifiers, though, Kuyt told the official Sport-Promotion website.

I needed a new challenge after six years with Liverpool. This has nothing to do with the club and the fans. They will forever have a place in my heart.

The 31-year-old Kuy…

Didier Deschamps said agents can say what they want  after Paul Pogba s representative claimed the France international wants to leave Manchester United perhaps as soon as January. 

Mino Raiola gave an interview to Tuttosport, which will be published in full on Tuesday, stating United should let the 27-year-old leave when the transfer window opens as he has no intention of extending his contract past 2022.

Pogba – who has scored two goals in 13 appearances this season – has been regularly linked with moves to Real Madrid, Paris Saint-Germain and former club Juventus.

Italian media outlet Tuttosport released a teaser of the interview on Monday, in which Raiola spoke of Pogba s unhappiness at Old Trafford. 

It is useless to go around it, he said. …

Ole Gunnar Solskjaer has challenged his Manchester United players to raise their game against the Premier League s lesser teams .

United picked up back-to-back wins over Tottenham and bitter rivals Manchester City in the space of four days to revive their domestic campaign.

The Red Devils also beat Chelsea 4-0 on the opening day of the season and are the only side to have taken a point off leaders Liverpool this term.

However, they have lost to two teams in the bottom six and drawn against two more struggling sides in Southampton and Aston Villa.

With games against bottom-half teams Everton, Watford and Burnley to come in three of their next four league outings, Solskjaer admitted a change of mentality may be required.

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West Ham United have completed the signing of Cheikho Kouyate from Anderlecht for a fee of around £7m, .

Premier League heavyweights Manchester City, Arsenal and Liverpool had also been linked with a move for the 24 year old, though the Hammers have won the race to secure his services.

In thirty-eight appearances for the Belgian champions last season, Kouyate scored three goals while he also boasts a host of European experience, turning out nineteen times in the Champions League over the past four seasons.

Internationally, he has won four full caps for Senegal and also featured for them at the 2012 London Olympics.

He becomes the second new arrival at the Boleyn Ground this summer following Argentine striker Mauro Zarate’s transfer from Velez Sar…

While Neymar s switch to Barcelona has provoked much controversy, the Brazilian feels he and Lionel Messi are making strides on the pitch.

Neymar believes a better understanding with Barcelona team-mate Lionel Messi is the primary reason for their free-scoring form so far this season.

The Brazil international joined Barca from Santos in June 2013 in a move that has been the subject of much controversy in Spain.

Barca have recently hit back at calls for the club to stand trial over alleged tax fraud surrounding the transfer, however, on the pitch the move is paying dividends.

After scoring 15 times last season, Neymar has netted 22 goals in 26 appearances this term, with Argentina superstar Messi on target on 32 occasions.

And Neymar is delighted …

Coach Raymond Domenech has recalled both Patrick Vieira and Franck Ribery to the French squad for the World Cup qualifier against Romania in Bucharest on October 11.

Both players missed France s opening two qualifiers a 1-3 loss to Austria in Vienna and a 2-1 win over Serbia in Paris which resulted in growing calls for Domenech to be axed.

Former skipper Vieira was in the French squad that contested the Euro 2008 finals in Austria and Switzerland during the summer but a thigh strain kept him on the sidelines. He returned to action with Inter Milan on September 13.

Ribery sustained an ankle injury in the 0-2 Euro loss to Italy and only just made his comeback with Bayern Munich last week.

Also called back up was striker Florent Sinama-Pongolle, who has…

Hasan Salihamidzic blasted Bayern Munich as inferior in all areas in their loss to Bayer Leverkusen, as the champions slipped up in the Bundesliga title race.

A 2-1 defeat in the final game before the international break saw Julian Nagelsmann s side fail to reclaim top spot a day after losing it to Borussia Dortmund.

With the two sides set to meet in their first game back on April 1, Bayern will enter the crunch clash knowing a second reverse in a row could spell the end of their title defence.

Sporting director Salihamidzic was left fuming by what he perceived as a poor mentality throughout, and felt the visitors deserved nothing at BayArena.

That s not what Bayern means, he told SPORT1 in discussing the performance. We missed everything [that we] deman…