Liverpool have bought back their former Melwood training ground for their women’s team to use.

The men’s first team vacated the site in West Derby in the city in November 2020 for a new build at their existing academy base in Kirkby.

Amid local protests, proposals were in place for the land to be turned into a modern, multi-generational housing complex by affordable housing group Torus but after the Robbie Fowler-Jamie Carragher academy moved in plans started to change, which has ultimately resulted in the club re-purchasing their former home.

As part of the move, the crest of the LFC Women’s team, which has previously trained at Tranmere’s base on the Wirral, will move to the official club crest to closer align the two operations.

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Joint-top goalscorer at Euro 2000 alongside Patrick Kluivert as the former republic of Yugoslavia reached the quarter-finals, it is Milosevic s first foray into management, however the ex-Aston Villa and Parma striker feels ready.

It s not new for me, he added.  I was partially doing that job in the past six, seven years working in the FA of Serbia. Then I started to work with UEFA s technical observer group, analysing the European high-level football. I was preparing myself for this.

I completed my UEFA license recently, which is one important part of education. When you put my experience as a player, it s not too complicated for me.

Of course, there s things I have to learn and learn quick. That s what I m trying to do now. But it was important that I start…

Arsenal are interested in signing Alexander Isak from Premier League rivals Newcastle United in the January transfer window, according to . The report has claimed that the Gunners are expressing a desire to secure the services of the Sweden international. Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta and Sporting Director Edu are huge admirers of the 24-year-old.

Isak has been on the books of Newcastle since the summer of 2022 when he joined from Real Sociedad. The Sweden international striker has had injury problems during his time at the Magpies, but when fit and available, he has been influential. Isak has scored 19 goals and given one assist in 37 appearances in the Premier League so far in his career.

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Ireland will be looking to bounce back quickly after their disappointing performance against England when they host Greece at the Aviva Stadium in their second UEFA Nations League fixture.

Heimir Hallgrimsson s tenure as head coach began on a tough note, with Ireland being comprehensively beaten by their rivals, leaving them at the bottom of Group B2.

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Ireland started their Nations League campaign in a truly disappointing fashion, losing to their neighbours across the sea in what was their first competitive clash in over 30 years. They lost 0-2, and to make matters worse, two England players who are extremely unpopular in Dublin scored the goals; Declan Rice, who played for Ireland in friendly matches before switching al…

Tottenham have no intention of selling Harry Kane this summer, the PA news agency understands.

The club’s record goal-scorer is approaching the final 12 months of his contract and reports on Tuesday indicated Bayern Munich had bid 70million euros plus add-ons for the England captain.

PA understands Spurs have not received an official offer from the Bundesliga champions and any bid would be immediately rejected.

Tottenham’s stance on Kane remains consistent with the last few transfer windows despite continued interest in the 29-year-old, who was heavily linked with a move to Manchester City in 2021.

Kane subsequently stayed with his boyhood team and broke the club’s all-time scoring record in February with the winner against Pep Guardiola’s side.

Callum Hudson-Odoi s goal gave Nottingham Forest their first league victory at Anfield in 55 years and ended Liverpool s perfect start to life under Arne Slot on Saturday.

Substitute Hudson-Odoi scored the only goal of the game after 72 minutes, capping a lightning Forest counterattack with a curling strike that deflected in off Ibrahima Konate.

Liverpool had earlier gone close through Luis Diaz as he struck the base of the post in the first half, but they struggled to pose Nuno Espirito Santo s men too many problems in a flat display.

The defeat, which comes after impressive shutout victories over Ipswich Town, Brentford and Manchester United, means Liverpool have lost early ground on Manchester City, who now boast a three-point lead at the top of the Premier Le…

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Galatasaray will kick off their Champions League qualification campaign with an away fixture against FK Zalgiris in the second round of qualifiers at Vilniaus LFF stadionas on Tuesday.

Meanwhile, Zalgiris managed to progress to this stage by defeating Struga in the first qualifying round. After a draw in their home leg, they secured a 1-2 away victory in the second leg to advance further in the competition.

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The narrow victory over Struga required late heroics to secure their progress. Despite dominating both legs, their wastefulness in front of goal almost proved costly, and they had to rely on a late own-goal to avoid a penalty shootout.

In the A Lyga, Zalgiris had a successful season last year, winning their …

Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola believes the Premier League giants were the best club of the last decade.

City enjoyed a period of great success in the 2010-19 decade, winning four Premier League titles, four EFL Cups, three Community Shields and two FA Cups.

While Real Madrid won four Champions Leagues and Barcelona claimed two to go with seven LaLiga crowns, Guardiola believes City were the decade s best.

I think this club, in the last decade, was the best team. In terms of points, in terms goals, of titles and everything, he said.

So I congratulate Manchester City for that. So when we analyse every single day here, what happens day by day, we analyse that.

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Former Juventus and Arsenal defender Stephan Lichtsteiner has retired from football.

The 36-year-old had planned to play for Switzerland at the Euro 2020 finals before calling time on his career, but with the coronavirus pandemic forcing the tournament to be postponed to 2021, he has chosen not to continue playing for another year.

Lichtsteiner had spent the 2019-20 season with Augsburg, making 20 appearances in the Bundesliga as Heiko Herrlich s side finished 15th.

The plan would have been to retire after the European Championship in 2020, Lichtsteiner, who was Switzerland captain, said in an interview published by the Swiss Football Association.

After UEFA s decision to postpone the European Championship to 2021, it became clear to me that the time ha…

An unlikely quadruple remains very much on for Liverpool after a 3-2 victory against Manchester City in the FA Cup semi-final at Wembley.

The national stadium was bathed in sunshine, resplendent, eagerly anticipating round two of arguably the biggest heavyweight clash in world football right now.

Fair enough, technically round three if you include the Anfield game earlier this season, but it felt like a second leg after last week s exhilarating 2-2 draw at the Etihad Stadium that left City one point ahead of the Reds in the race for the Premier League title.

A relatively innocent declaration from former Liverpool defender Jamie Carragher recently that this is now the biggest rivalry in English football caused uproar from those who remember the days of Manchester …