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Juventus face being kicked out of Serie A if the club do not withdraw from the European Super League, Italian football federation (FIGC) president Gabriele Gravina has said.

AC Milan and Inter Milan have backed out of the breakaway competition, leaving Juventus as the sole Italian club persisting with the plans.

Watford have put Mbaye Diagne on their list of potential striker targets this summer following their promotion to the Premier League.

The Galatasaray forward joined West Brom on loan in January and has impressed despite the Baggies being relegated by defeat to Arsenal on Sunday.

Thiago scored his first goal for Liverpool as they kept their top-four hopes alive with a 2-0 win over Southampton at Anfield.

Both sides had clear chances in an open first half, but Liverpool got the opener as Sadio Mane rose above Kyle Walker-Peters to convert Mohamed Salah’s cross from six yards (31), the first time the duo had combined for a Premier League goal this season.

„As I have said before,“ he said, „this result will not change the final.“ His next comment, though, showed it is not without significance. „We will arrive with the knowledge we are capable of beating City. This is what we have now, and this will not change until Istanbul.“

Jurgen Klopp believes four wins out of four will secure his Liverpool side a Champions League qualifying position.

The Reds showed glimpses of returning to form on Saturday evening as they overcame Southampton 2-0 at Anfield and that victory – coupled with Leicester’s shock Friday night defeat to Newcastle – moved Liverpool to within six points of the fourth-placed Foxes, with a game in hand.

Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta says his squad „needs changing“ after a dismal season and insists the Kroenkes will back him in the transfer window.

The Gunners crashed out of the Europa League on Thursday after losing to former boss Unai Emery’s Villarreal over two legs in the semi-final and are languishing in

Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp insists they will not react to failing to secure Champions League football like „kids not getting candy“.

With fourth-placed Chelsea high on confidence after adding a Champions League final to next weekend’s FA Cup final, the chances of catching them look remote as they hold a seven-point advantage, having played one match more.

Chelsea head coach Thomas Tuchel says he is the happiest he has been in a professional sense since taking over at Stamford Bridge.

Tuchel continued his excellent start to life in England by guiding Chelsea past Real Madrid and into the Champions League final against Manchester City earlier this week.

Jones Knows thinks Manchester City vs Chelsea could turn into a cagey one and wants to back a low scoring and card-less encounter.

How did we get on last weekend?
A weekend of social media boycott also became a weekend of boycott on the winners front. It wasn’t a protest, though. Safe to say, Jones did not know.

Scott Parker claims he is not „mad or deluded in any way“ for insisting his belief in Fulham’s ability to remain in the top flight has not waned.

Fulham are nine points from safety with only 12 points available from the remaining four matches of the season.