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Mohamed Salah will bring the curtain down on a glorious nine-year spell at Liverpool this summer in which he has cemented his name in Anfield folklore.

There are some people at Real Madrid, within the club, some really important people, who believe losing Luka Modric on a free transfer last summer was a mistake. A really big problem in terms of leadership.

Vincent Kompany was at Tegernsee [last summer], he drove out there with Christoph Freund, and said: 'Uli, we need Xavi Simons'. I had put an apple pie on the table for the meeting and replied: 'Vincent, you can have another piece of the apple pie, but you're not getting Xavi. We want you to play the young players'.

Sven Mijnans has 16 goals and 8 assists to his name this season, and he is at the peak of his career. This is the right time for him to take on a new challenge.

Barcelona are said to be one of several clubs interested in Ajax winger Mika Godts who has caught the eye this season with the Eredivisie giants. Reports in Belgium say that Barcelona, Arsenal, Napoli, and Roma are all keen on the youngster ahead of the summer transfer window. Godts is believed to be valued at around €15 million, although Ajax would only really consider a sale for a higher price, and seem to be braced for offers this summer.

Speaking to Neville on The Overlap, Van der Sar was asked to name the best manager he played under and chose his former Ajax boss Louis van Gaal. Neville was left stunned by the selection and suggested Ferguson instead, but Van der Sar simply stuck to his pick. Van der Sar played under Van Gaal for eight seasons at Ajax and was part of the squad that lifted the Champions League title in 1994-95.

Image source, Getty Images "Football obsessive." Ask people who know Steve Holland well how they would describe the former Chelsea and England coach and the same phrase is repeated. "Football is his life," a source told BBC Sport. "Whether it's Champions League, thoughts on players or something else, he has a hell of a brain when it comes to football detail."

At 18, he was already an unmistakable star. The Brazilian was scoring at an astonishing rate down the road in Eindhoven, a heady mix of swashbuckling stepovers and dazzling dribbles complemented by the coldest of finishes for PSV earning him world-record moves to Barcelona and then Inter before he hit 21.

When you lose, you're never in a good mood. But we're all experienced enough and know how to deal with defeats. You experience defeats not only in football, but also off the pitch, and you learn from them. We're fully focused and motivated for the game tomorrow,

Nico Schlotterbeck (26), is a starter for Borussia Dortmund and the German national team. Take note of that name, as Real Madrid's sporting director has done, for the possibility of strengthening the center of defense for the coming seasons. Scouting has intensified in recent weeks and his play is becoming more and more convincing in Valdebebas.