Phil Babb has paid Virgil van Dijk a high compliment by comparing him favourably to Paul McGrath.

Almost 25,000 tickets have been sold for tomorrow's benefit game in support of Sean Cox at the Aviva Stadium.

STEVEN GERRARD has finally signed a new contract at Liverpool which will keep him at Anfield until the summer of 2007.

JAMIE CARRAGHER knows the day is approaching when he will to go head to head with Steve Finnan — and the Liverpool defender is threatening to ‘send the boys round’ if he loses his place to the Irishman!