Virgil van Dijk wants to see Liverpool push on from their Champions League success by challenging for more trophies next season.
Liverpool secured their first trophy since 2012 by beating Tottenham 2-0 in the Champions League final in Madrid on Saturday.
The Reds were close to a drought-breaking Premier League title, but fell just short to Manchester City despite securing 97 points.
Van Dijk, the PFA Players Player of the Year, hopes the win in Europe can lead to even further success for Liverpool.
It s not like we re going away, the star centre-back told UK newspapers.
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Romelu Lukaku hopes Inter are learning as they continue to struggle to perform consistently over 90 minutes despite sitting second in Serie A and reaching the quarter-finals of the Coppa Italia.
Lukaku headed an extra-time winner to see off Fiorentina 2-1 in the Coppa on Wednesday, his 119th-minute goal settling a tie in which Inter had led at half-time through Arturo Vidal s penalty.
A dominant first 45 minutes had seen the Nerazzurri attempt eight shots to Fiorentina s one, while having 56.6 per cent of the possession.
But Christian Kouame equalised after 57 minutes, prior to Lukaku s introduction as a substitute, as the Viola outshot their visitors nine to six in the second period.
For Inter, it was a second successive match in which they lost the in…
Lionel Messi bowed out of the World Cup with his head hung low after Argentina were beaten 4-3 by France, denying the five-time Ballon d Or winner what may have been his last chance of lifting football s most famous trophy.
The 31-year-old provided two assists as Argentina went down fighting but he was outshone by France s Kylian Mbappe, the young winger who might just dethrone Messi at the pinnacle of world football if his rise to stardom continues.
It was the fourth and final game of Messi s fourth – and possibly final – World Cup, and at full-time he stood forlorn on the field, his dream of captaining Argentina to glory in tatters after a thoroughly disappointing tournament.
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New Southampton manager Claude Puel continued his busy start to life at St. Mary s after the Premier League club confirmed his latest signing, French full-back Jeremy Pied.
Ex-Nice defender Pied arrives in England after making over 200 Ligue 1 appearances and links up with Puel for the second time in his career, having worked with him at his former club.
Pied started his career at Lyon, his first senior appearances came on loan at Metz during the 2009-10 campaign, before returning to his boyhood club to make 35 appearances before Puel signed him for Nice.
Now, 27-year-old Pied is excited for a new chapter in his career at Southampton.
I am very happy to be able to join this new team. I m very proud. The English league is a very attractive one and it was …
Bayern Munich star Robert Lewandowski revelled in scoring his 200th competitive goal for the Bundesliga champions.
Lewandowski celebrated a milestone as Bayern opened their Champions League campaign with a 3-0 victory over Red Star Belgrade in Munich on Wednesday.
The 31-year-old striker, who moved onto 199 competitive goals for Bayern in their draw at Bundesliga rivals RB Leipzig last week, poked home the team s second goal with 10 minutes remaining against Red Star.
We always had the game under control and played well, we upped the pace and created a lot of chances, Lewandowski said as he reflected on the Group B clash.
But we didn t score enough goals. We always tried to get forward. Sometimes we might have made wrong decisions, but these are little …
Marcus Rashford believes Manchester United did not have this togetherness two years ago as praised the team s performance in their Europa League opener.
United kicked off their Group L campaign with a stuttering 1-0 victory thanks to teenage sensation Mason Greenwood at home to Astana on Thursday.
Greenwood, 17, scored his first senior goal to lead Ole Gunnar Solskjaer s United past the Kazakh visitors in Manchester.
United were far from their best as Solskjaer named a youthful XI, but Rashford was happy with what he saw at Old Trafford.
Important win to get us up and running. Refocus now for the weekend
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Grêmio Foot-Ball Porto Alegrense and Clube Atlético Mineiro will lock horns with each other in Campeonato Brasileiro Série A this coming weekend. The match between Tricolor dos Pampas and Galo will be held at Arena do Grêmio and is scheduled to kick off at 1am UK time on Sunday.
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Grêmio Foot-Ball Porto Alegrense are one of the biggest and most well-known clubs in Brazil. Gremio finished second in 2022 Campeonato Brasileiro Série B table and won promotion to the top flight of Brazilian football for the 2023 campaign. Tricolor dos Pampas also won the 2022 Campeonato Gaúcho.
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Controversial Newcastle United owner Mike Ashley has conceded naivety proved costly in the early stages of his reign at St James Park.
The billionaire businessmen purchased Newcastle in 2007 and has frequently been criticised for his handling of the club, a theme that has continued with manager Rafael Benitez frustrated by their inability to land certain transfer targets.
Ashley has overseen two relegations from the Premier League during his tenure and confessed removing Sam Allardyce as manager in 2008 showed a degree of ignorance.
When asked his thoughts on his 10 years as owner, Ashley told Sky Sports: Very naive in the beginning. In the middle I thought I was just about beginning to get my arms around it a little bit, we had a manager on an eight-year contrac…
Dwight McNeil’s second-half goal clinched Everton a 1-0 win at Nottingham Forest and lifted them off the foot of the Premier League table.
Everton had slipped to the bottom before the late kick-off at the City Ground after Burnley’s win against relegation rivals Sheffield United.
But McNeil lashed home the only goal to clinch Everton a morale-boosting victory one day after the club lodged their appeal against their 10-point deduction for breaching the Premier League’s financial rules.
Everton, who have not lost at the City Ground since 1995, notched their third win in five league matches to climb to within two points of safety while Forest slipped to a third straight defeat and back-to-back home losses.
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Liverpool forward Sadio Mane has been encouraged to sign for Bayern Munich by his Senegal coach Aliou Cisse.
Mane has been strongly linked with a move to the Bundesliga champions, with just 12 months left to run on his current contract at Anfield.
The Premier League club are said to have turned down two advances from Bayern for the 30-year-old, who has lifted six major trophies in as many seasons with the Reds.
The Senegal international hinted at wanting a move away when on international duty and Cisse believes Bayern represent the best option for Mane s career if he is to leave Liverpool.
I tell my boys to try to work out the contract issues so that when their respective championships resume, they will have already found a base, Cisse told reporters.…