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Liverpool goalkeeper Alisson Becker thinks Saturday’s match with Chelsea is an early showdown between two of the leading contenders for the Premier League title.
The two clubs are among the five who have won both of their first two Premier League games this season – but someone will have to drop points on Saturday when the
Real Madrid have made a £137m (€160m) bid to sign Kylian Mbappe from Paris Saint-Germain.
The La Liga club made the offer on Sunday and Paris Saint-Germain are yet to respond to their proposal.
Mbappe is out of contract at the Parc des
Aston Villa ensured there was to be no Carabao Cup fairy tale for Barrow as Cameron Archer hit a hat-trick in a 6-0 win.
The League Two outfit were playing Premier League opposition for the first time in their history but Villa were ruthless at Holker Street.
Arsenal boss Mikel Arteta is excited by the prospect of having Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang and Alexandre Lacazette back in the fold.
Aubameyang has only featured as a substitute once in the Gunners’ opening two games of the season – coming on in the second half of the 2-0 defeat to Chelsea – while
Chelsea are in talks with defender Antonio Rudiger’s representatives over a new contract.
The Germany international has entered the final year of his current deal but told Chelsea head coach Thomas Tuchel he remains fully committed to the Premier League club.
Chelsea are among the clubs to have been offered the chance to sign Atletico Madrid midfielder Saul Niguez on loan.
Saul was part of Diego Simeone’s title-winning side last season but will be allowed to leave the club this summer.
Tottenham are interested in signing Lyon attacking midfielder Houssem Aouar.
Sky Sports News has learned informal talks have been held with Aouar’s representatives.
Aouar has two years left on his Lyon contract and wants
Liverpool forward Xherdan Shaqiri has completed a permanent move to Ligue 1 side Lyon.
Shaqiri will cost Lyon a fee of around £9.5m, marking a loss on the fee Liverpool paid Stoke for him in 2018, when they activated a £13.5m release clause in his contract.
Although the Switzerland international was able to claim
Sean Dyche has criticised Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp for singling out individual players when complaining about Burnley’s challenges after Saturday’s 2-0 win over the Clarets.
Klopp mentioned Ashley Barnes and Chris Wood as he expressed his unhappiness at some of the challenges made in the match and revealed his concerns at the idea of referees letting games flow more.
Burnley have submitted a £15m offer to Lyon for Ivory Coast left-back Maxwel Cornet.
Burnley’s offer represents a potential club record-equalling transfer, £15m also being the price they paid Middlesbrough for centre-back Ben Gibson in 2018.