A police officer has died after clashes between police and football fans before a Europa League match in Bilbao, Spanish police said.

A few big-money Premier League transfers are expected to go through before deadline day.

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.

The January transfer window has not yet opened and already a huge deal has been agreed, with Virgil van Dijk heading from Southampton to Liverpool for what is understood to be £75million, the highest price ever paid for a defender.

A first ever Merseyside derby goal for Wayne Rooney earned a grizzly Everton side a dogged draw, but Liverpool fans were left wondering what might have been had Jurgen Klopp stuck with the ‘Fab Four’.

Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp made some big calls for the 229th Merseyside derby at home to Everton by leaving out playmaker Philippe Coutinho and Roberto Firmino.

Liverpool midfielder Georginio Wijnaldum believes team-mate Sadio Mane is starting to show he is one of the best in the world.

With Christmas still to come, it’s way too early to be talking about a golden era for the Premier League but you would have to say that the signs are certainly more encouraging than they have been in a long time.

Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp launched a passionate defence of captain Jordan Henderson by insisting the midfielder has the hardest job in football following in the footsteps of Steven Gerrard.

There was a time when owning three high-priced forwards seemed like the only the way to go in Fantasy Premier League.

A scintillating display of football from Liverpool’s ‘Fab Four’ saw Jurgen Klopp’s side blaze their way into the Champions League knockout phase with a 7-0 victory over Spartak Moscow.

Liverpool, Manchester City and Tottenham all won on a historic Champions League night for English football.

A scintillating display of football from Liverpool's 'Fab Four' saw Jurgen Klopp's side blaze their way into the Champions League knockout phase with a 7-0 victory over Spartak Moscow.

It is the second time this season Liverpool have been forced to act against the Russian club.

Sadio Mane is confident Liverpool will continue to cause problems for defenders in the latter stages of the Champions League — although first they have to get into the knockout stages.

Liverpool showed their two faces again last night, throwing threw away a three-goal lead as Sevilla fought back to earn a dramatic 3-3 draw deep into stoppage time.

Spartak Moscow have been hit with a partial stadium closure by UEFA for 'racist behaviour' towards Liverpool striker Bobby Adekanye during last month's Youth League match.

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.

Spartak Moscow have been charged with racist behaviour by UEFA after Liverpool striker Bobby Adekanye was targeted during last week's Youth League match.

Anderlecht 0 Celtic 3: Celtic got their Champions League campaign up and running with an outstanding 3-0 win over Anderlecht in Brussels last night.

Celtic got their Champions League campaign up and running with an outstanding win over Anderlecht in Brussels.

Spartak Moscow's fans are in trouble with UEFA again after European football's governing body opened proceedings against the club for incidents during yesterday's 1-1 Champions League draw with Liverpool.

Liverpool goalkeeper Loris Karius insists that his team's defence should not be the sole focus for why they concede goals - pointing out taking risks usually pays dividends.

Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp arrived in Russia looking forward to his first visit to Moscow - but his first evening in the capital left him agitated and frustrated.

Tottenham’s Harry Kane is relishing the prospect of facing Real Madrid following a Champions League draw which also saw Chelsea handed a showdown with Diego Costa’s former club Atletico Madrid.

Liverpool 4 Hoffenheim 2 (Liverpool win 6-3 on agg): Liverpool overpowered Hoffenheim 4-2 at Anfield to ease into the Champions League group stages with a 6-3 aggregate play-off victory last night.

After Dundalk had taken a giant step towards a third successive league title by beating Longford Town 3-0 on Monday night, Stephen Kenny surveyed a dressing room which resembled a field hospital more than a party zone, with players stretched out on benches nursing injuries or simply laid low by sheer fatigue, as a fourth game in 10 days took its toll.

With the post-Robbie Keane era now fully under way, much attention will be paid to the strikers in Martin O’Neill’s latest squad announcement today and, in particular, whether he sees fit to include Brentford’s Scott Hogan who is currently joint-top scorer in the Championship with six goals this season.

Damien Duff wants Aiden McGeady to shrug off a disappointing season at club level and light up the European Championships.

The odd eye-catching European result aside, the march of Russian football has been stopped in its tracks. Paul Little investigates the reasons.

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Seamus Coleman is confident Aiden McGeady can be a regular match-winner for the Republic of Ireland after watching him do just that in Georgia.

Former Manchester United captain Nemanja Vidic is looking forward to a new challenge in Serie A.

Republic of Ireland boss Martin O'Neill is convinced Aiden McGeady can become a major asset on the international stage.

Republic of Ireland winger Aiden McGeady is targeting an assault on the Barclays Premier League’s top four next season after a near miss.

Arsenal coasted to a 1-0 win over West Brom in their final Barclays Premier League home match of the season at the Emirates Stadium.

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Arsenal will be without club record signing Mesut Ozil for “a minimum of three and a maximum of six weeks” with a hamstring injury, manager Arsene Wenger has announced.