Former Liverpool and Chelsea striker Daniel Sturridge’s contract with Turkish club Trabzonspor has been terminated by mutual consent.

To paraphrase Brando, “Stick with us baby, we’re the fellas you came in with”.

Liverpool are through to the Champions League final after beating Barcelona 4-0 in the semi-final second leg at Anfield to win 4-3 on aggregate.

We’re almost there, although we still don’t know where “there” is yet. It’s been whittled down to heaven or hell, with nothing in between.

Red Star Belgrade 2 Liverpool 0

Mourinho will be fortunate to keep his job

Chelsea 1 Liverpool 1

We’ve bought four players, folks. Four, and one of them will usually be a sub.

Manchester United’s troubled International Champions Cup campaign suffered another blow, with a 4-1 defeat to Premier League rivals, Liverpool, in Michigan on Saturday night.

He may have lost Leroy Sane to injury and been priced out of his quest for Riyad Mahrez but if that represented a bad week for Pep Guardiola in his Manchester City wonderland, normal service was quickly resumed on the field last night.

The January transfer window is often a let-down. 

There are updates for Man City, United, Chelsea, Arsenal and Liverpool fans here.

Daniel Sturridge has joined West Brom on a loan deal until the end of the season.

West Brom appear to have won the race to sign Liverpool's Daniel Sturridge on loan after the striker turned down the chance to go to Newcastle.

Newcastle have made an enquiry about taking Liverpool striker Daniel Sturridge on loan as the transfer window draws to a close.

Liverpool’s record signing Virgil van Dijk and captain Jordan Henderson have both returned to full training ahead of Monday’s trip to Swansea.

Manchester United are looking to bolster their strike force in the January transfer window and are reported to have made inquiries about signing Jamie Vardy from Leicester City and Javier Hernandez from West Ham, according to the Telegraph.

Mohamed Salah returned to haunt former club Chelsea but Liverpool were denied a hugely significant victory as Willian conjured an equaliser out of nothing at Anfield.

Maribor 0 - Liverpool 7: Liverpool finally found their form in front of goal in a record-breaking 7-0 European away victory against hapless Maribor to finally kick-start their Champions League campaign.

England once again disappointed in victory as Gareth Southgate's men stuttered against Lithuania in the final competitive match before next summer's World Cup.

MAN CITY 5 -LIVERPOOL 0: Jurgen Klopp claims neither Manchester City nor Liverpool should read too much into the 5-0 battering his side took at the Etihad Stadium.

After an unconvincing victory over Crystal Palace, it’s clear that Liverpool need the future of Philippe Coutinho sorted out sooner rather than later.

Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp has put thoughts of want-away Philippe Coutinho out of his mind as he concentrates on the vitally-important Champions League play-off against Hoffenheim.

Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp has put thoughts of wantaway Philippe Coutinho out of his mind as he concentrates on the vitally-important Champions League play-off against Hoffenheim.

Ian Rush is the record goalscorer for Liverpool and Wales. These days, he’s an ambassador for Liverpool and Uefa. Rush spends some of his spare time in Cork with his partner Carol Anthony, from Togher. Rush has joined Liverpool on their summer tour with the final stop today (5.15pm) in Dublin as the Reds face Athletic Bilbao at the Aviva Stadium

Striker Daniel Sturridge will miss Liverpool's Audi Cup final against Atletico Madrid at the Allianz Arena after an injury scare.

Kerry should be putting the foot down against Cork at every opportunity, writes Colm Cooper.

Liverpool 3 Middlesbrough 0: When the two minutes of injury-time were up, Jurgen Klopp stood slowly, grinned, hugged every man on the Liverpool bench, and then went and casually but earnestly shook the hand of Steve Agnew, the Middlesbrough caretaker manager.

Our father, who art in heaven — any chance I could be wrong for once?

Philippe Coutinho kept Liverpool's Champions League challenge in their own hands by destroying West Ham at the London Stadium.

Liverpool vice-captain James Milner apologised to his team-mates after his penalty miss cost the side victory against Southampton.

So one week everything goes your way, the next week nothing does. C’est la vie, say the old folks.

Liverpool surrendered their advantage in the race for Champions League football once again after failing to score in a goalless draw against bogey side Southampton for the fourth time this season.

A moment of magic from Emre Can illuminated an otherwise poor quality game and fired Liverpool a huge stride closer to securing Champions League football next season.

Talking points from the weekend of Premier League football

Liverpool 2 Bournemouth 2: Divock Origi provided the proof that Liverpool can prosper in attack without Sadio Mane. The problem for manager Jurgen Klopp is that his team remain so vulnerable defensively.

Liverpool’s season is not running out of steam, according to manager Jurgen Klopp.

Liverpool central defender Joel Matip is struggling to be fit for the visit of Stoke after missing the last two matches with an ankle injury.

Titles aren’t won during the congested holiday programme but the period sets the tone for the second half of the season while the arrival of the January transfer window can prove a tipping point in determining the futures of individual managers and players. Here are five questions that could be answered during the next few days.

Sturridge still has vital role to play

Jurgen Klopp will monitor Daniel Sturridge over the next 48 hours to see if he can coax a cameo out of the England striker in Monday's Merseyside derby.

Slaven Bilic has spoken of his admiration for Daniel Sturridge and would be interested in taking the Liverpool striker to West Ham if he was made available in January.

Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp admits he does not know when striker Daniel Sturridge will be fit to return.