Liverpool defender Trent Alexander-Arnold has signed a new long-term contract at the club, with reports suggesting the deal will keep him at Anfield until 2024.
The 20-year-old said he was ecstatic and really proud after committing his future to Liverpool in the same week that fellow full-back Andrew Robertson penned a new deal.
Alexander-Arnold made his senior Liverpool debut in October 2016 and has since become an integral part of Jurgen Klopp s team, featuring in 17 of the Reds 22 Premier League games this season.
He told the club s official website: I feel privileged to have the support and the trust the club has in me to offer me a new deal.
When it comes to playing football, there is only one club for me. After 14 years at I am so happy to sign a …
The Republic of Ireland Under-21s’ friendly against Kuwait Under-22s was one of two international matches abandoned on Monday due to allegations of racist abuse.
The Football Association of Ireland announced that their match in Bad Radkersburg, Austria, was brought to premature conclusion in the second half with Jim Crawford’s men leading 3-0.
Meanwhile, New Zealand’s match against Qatar, coincidentally also in Austria, was abandoned at half-time when New Zealand refused to take to the field after no action was taken over an alleged racist remark.
The FAI regrets to announce that today’s U21 international against Kuwait has been abandoned after a racist remark was made by a Kuwaiti player towards one of our substitutes.
— Ireland Football (@Irel…
Bayern Munich have been drawn against Mainz in the last 16 of the DFB-Pokal, while Borussia Dortmund face a derby showdown with Bochum.
Record 20-time winners Bayern saw off Viktoria Koln and Augsburg to reach the third round for the first time in three seasons.
Julian Nagelsmann s side now face a tricky trip to Mainz, who are sixth in the Bundesliga and have defeated Bayern in their past two meetings on home soil.
Dortmund have also been drawn against top-flight opposition, with a trip to local rivals Bochum awaiting them when the ties are played at the end of January.
Defending champions RB Leipzig will host Hoffenheim, meanwhile, and surprise Bundesliga leaders Union Berlin are at home to Wolfsburg.
Elsewhere, Sandhausen have been drawn against…
Former Barcelona player Luis Figo believes Saturday s Champions League final will be a fantastic game .
Figo s old side meet Manchester United at Wembley in a match that pits the winners of the La Liga and the English Premier League, arguably the two biggest leagues in European football.
Both sides have impressed en route to the final and Figo is just one of many football fans eagerly anticipating the match.
I think it is going to be a fantastic game, Figo said.
Well I think it is a great final with two fantastic teams that deserve to be in the final because they have come a long way to achieving it.
Well the best team is the team that is going to win tonight because they are going to get the Champions League title. It s true that Barcelona p…
England captain Harry Kane was among a number of players to train indoors away from the main group at St George’s Park on Wednesday.
Kane, England’s all-time leading goalscorer, suffered an ankle injury in Bayern Munich’s 5-2 Bundesliga win over Darmstadt on Sunday but joined up with Gareth Southgate’s squad as planned.
The PA news agency understands Kane was working on an individualised programme along with Jordan Henderson, Cole Palmer and Bukayo Saka.
This morning s training session is under way , , and Cole Palmer are working indoors.
— England (@England)
Manchester United defender Luke Shaw, who is currently sidelined with a hamstring injury, linked up with his international colleagues to continue his rehabilitation at St George…