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The performance of Raheem Sterling, on his debut at this level, was eye-catching. The Liverpool winger, with feet as sensitive as pick-pockets' hands, produced a bewildering repertoire of faints and swerves, sudden stops and demoralising spurts, turning and tormenting the Serbia defence time and again.

Liverpool have inquired about the availability of France international Loic Remy as they prepare to strengthen their forward line in the January window.

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Though Liverpool have again been offered unsettled Newcastle United centre forward Demba Ba, club sources say they are unlikely to pursue the Senegal international.

The 27 year old has a £7 million (Dh41.3m) release clause in his Newcastle contract and is unhappy with a lack of recent playing time, but Liverpool declined to take Ba in the summer and remain unconvinced he is an appropriate acquisition now.

“There won’t be a naming rights deal for Anfield,” Ayre said. “It was only something we looked at when we were assessing the option of a new stadium.

“Naming rights was a difficult process but we weren’t without our suitors. We have had and still have interest around it.

“A new stadium would never have happened without it but that was only one part of it.

Der FC Schalke 04 und Stürmer Klaas-Jan Huntelaar haben die Verhandlungen über einen neuen Vertrag vorerst auf Eis gelegt. Das bestätigte Schalke-Manager Horst Heldt am Sonntagmorgen im "Doppelpass" auf "Sport1".

"Wir haben entschieden, dass wir vor Dezember keine Gespräche mehr führen und die Entwicklung abwarten. Das ist ein Wunsch des Spielers, den ich nachvollziehen kann"

Israeli media Reporting Liverpool are interested in Mallorca's striker Tomer Hemed . #LFC
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Sean Cummins agreed to hold talks with Chang, who was appointed in May as a successor to the long-standing Ian Cotton, as the Anfield director believed he had sources within the club leaking information on transfer targets which the Reds fan divulged under a Twitter alias.

The 35-year-old created a parody character on the micro blogging site named Duncan Jenkins to portray an aspiring football journalist prone to making a series of error-strewn tweets.

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Ian Ayre, Liverpool's managing director, met with Cummins earlier today and offered a letter of apology on behalf of the club for the incident but refused to reveal whether further action would be taken against Chang, whose position remains under scrutiny following the incident.

Top recording artists including Robbie Williams, Mel C, Paloma Faith and Beverley Knight will sing on the charity version of He Ain't Heavy, He's My Brother.

Liverpudlian musicians such as Rebecca Ferguson, Peter Hooton, Pete Wylie, John Power, Dave McCabe and Gerry Marsden, who gave the You’ll Never Walk Alone anthem world renown, have also pledged to take part.

Other artists lined up to take part include Pogues singer Shane MacGowan, Mick Jones from The Clash, Richard Hawley, Ren Harvieu, Paul Heaton of the Housemartins and Beautiful South and Jon McClure from Reverend & The Makers.

The Finnish striker Joel Pohjanpalo is regarded as one of the most talented strikers in Finland and Nordic countries.
Pohjanpalo is set to join Liverpool in January as Liverpool look to create a new identity with young players who could perform for the reds in the next 10 years, Pohjanpalo would join the talented youngsters like Suso, Sterling, Wisdom, Yesil, Shelvey, Sinclair and Robinson.

Liverpool. Der Trainer des FC Liverpool, Brendan Rodgers, möchte den englischen Nationalspieler Theo Walcott vom FC Arsenal im Januar an die Anfield Road holen. Er bietet dem Stürmer der „Gunners“ 125.000 Euro Gehalt pro Woche, so meldet es die Sun.

Raheem Sterling and Jonjo Shelvey have been named in the England squad for the Three Lions' friendly against Sweden in Stockholm next Wednesday.