🚨 Liverpool star to LEAVE? Plus latest on Rashford future, Chelsea eyeing 22-year-old, & Arsenal injury update ahead of Madrid 2nd leg

Today's headlines, featuring mixed news at Liverpool, a new target for Chelsea, and much more...

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Today’s top stories:

• Latest injury news ahead of Real Madrid vs Arsenal

• Could this Liverpool star be heading out of the club?

• Plus more from Man United, Chelsea and Barcelona

Arsenal

• Mikel Arteta on the Real Madrid game: “Let’s talk on the pitch, that’s all that matters.”

• Arteta’s injury update: “Thomas Partey and Ben White will be available tomorrow. Jorginho unfortunately is not here. He hasn’t recovered.”

• Jude Bellingham: “Declan Rice’s free-kicks were surprising! I’ve not seen him do that before [laughs]. So fair play to him.”

Aston Villa

• What a finish by Ezri Konsa after a quality assist by Marcus Rashford - this gave Aston Villa hope but it ultimately wasn’t enough! FT Aston Villa 3-2 PSG (4-5 on aggregate) [Pictures from Prime Video Sport]

• Unai Emery on signing Rashford permanently: “It is difficult to plan it now. He’s feeling comfortable and feeling better. Today, he played a fantastic match. We are very happy. The most important thing is if he’s happy, we’re happy. Then, of course, it depends on the circumstances and what happens in the next weeks, and [what we have] in the next year as well.”

Atalanta

• Former Manchester United football director John Murtough is back in football after being appointed Atalanta’s new Director of Global Development.