Jurgen Klopp admits Real Madrid are favourites for the Champions League final, but says a club of Liverpool s stature should not be viewed as underdogs.

The two teams will enter Saturday s much-anticipated decider in Kiev at vastly different stages of their development.

Zinedine Zidane s star-studded Los Blancos are aiming to be crowned European champions for the fourth time in five seasons, while the Reds have surpassed expectations to reach the final in just their second Champions League campaign in eight seasons.

Yet Klopp, a beaten finalist with Borussia Dortmund in 2013, is far from overawed by the size of the task, drawing inspiration from his club s famous 2005 triumph.

Yes [Madrid] are favourites, they know everything, they can write their own sc…

Chelsea midfielder Tiemoue Bakayoko is on the verge of a move to AC Milan in the summer transfer window, according to . The well-known and well-respected Italian journalist has claimed that Bakayoko is set to return to Serie A outfit Milan on a season-long loan deal.

Bakayoko spent the 2018-19 season on loan at Milan from Chelsea. The 27-year-old scored one goal and gave one assist in 26 Serie A starts for the Rossoneri . The midfielder also played six times in the Europa League during his loan spell at Milan.

Milan finished in the top four of Serie A last season and will play in the Champions League this campaign. The former Italian and European champions will be keen on challenging for the Scudetto this campaign, and the addition of France international midfielder Bak…

Dwight Yorke has questioned whether Manchester United interim manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer has the personality to handle high-profile players.

Solskjaer was appointed as United s temporary boss on Wednesday, a day after the club had sacked Jose Mourinho.

First up for Solskjaer is a trip to his former side Cardiff City, whom he managed in 2014, and Yorke – who spent four years alongside the Norwegian at Old Trafford – doubts that his old team-mate has the ability to deal with United s big players, an area in which Mourinho reportedly struggled.

I think he can t believe his luck that he s got this wonderful opportunity to come back to the club, I think he d be the first to admit that, Yorke told beIN Sports.

He s said he s a changed man, he s grown…

Oliver Kahn believes motivation could be an issue for the goalkeepers living in Manuel Neuer s shadow in the Germany squad.

Neuer has been his country s first choice between the posts since the 2010 World Cup, racking up 74 caps in the process and limiting the opportunities afforded to the likes of Marc-Andre ter Stegen, Kevin Trapp and Bernd Leno.

Former Germany stopper Kahn says consistency is the key to Neuer s stranglehold on the number-one jersey but believes it could be detrimental to those looking to unseat him.

Manuel Neuer is extremely dominant. He always proves it in important matches, Kahn told Omnisport.

I don t recall a match where he struggled. Maybe in Madrid [a 4-2 Champions League quarter-final second-leg defeat that would prove to be N…

Hertha Berlin have announced head coach Pal Dardai will leave the club at the end of the season.

The 43-year-old, who is the club s record appearance maker, took over the reins in February 2015 on an interim basis and his appointment was made permanent three months later.

He guided the club to seventh- and sixth-place finishes during his first two full Bundesliga seasons in charge but could only steer them to 10th last term.

A run of five straight defeats this campaign has left them languishing in 11th, 12 points adrift of the European qualification places.

My years in charge of Hertha Berlin have been very intense and eventful. I m thankful for this chance and I m proud of what we ve achieved during this time, Dardai said in a statement on the club s…

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The 2018 FIFA World Cup is officially in the books, and while domestic football is back in our lives, the first international break of the season is upon us as the UEFA Nations League begins as we start looking ahead to UEFA Euro 2020. Two teams who will be looking to make a statement are Switzerland and Iceland, both of whom will look at their World Cup campaigns this past summer and think that they probably could ve done more. Hindsight is a funny thing in that way, and instead of looking behind them, it s time to look forward to the future.

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The Swiss were always expected to be the team that qualifies alongside Brazil from their World Cup group, and while they did manage to achieve that, it wasn t e…

Romelu Lukaku made his debut as Manchester United cruised to a 5-2 friendly win over LA Galaxy on Saturday.

Lukaku, who joined United for a reported £75million from Everton earlier this month, played the second half at StubHub Center in California.

The Belgium international missed a great chance shortly after being introduced, but had an otherwise quiet 45 minutes.

Victor Lindelof also made his debut, but it was already 3-0 when the duo were introduced, with Marcus Rashford having stolen the show in the first half.

Rashford scored a brace and should have had a third to go with Marouane Fellaini s first-half goal, while Henrikh Mkhitaryan and Anthony Martial struck after the break to go with a Giovani dos Santos brace for Galaxy.

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