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Liverpool have to defend in packs against Lionel Messi, says Andrew Robertson, who rates the Argentine as the best player in the world. Jurgen Klopp’s “Robertson reveals how Liverpool plan to deal with Messi”

Napoli president Aurelio De Laurentiis has called for the Champions League and Europa League to be abolished, suggesting a major shake-up is needed to satisfy “Napoli chief De Laurentiis calls for Champions League to be abolished”

Antonio Rudiger is set to be out for Chelsea’s remaining four or five games after suffering a meniscus tear in his left knee and is “Chelsea's Rudiger to miss Champions League qualification fight and Europa League semi-finals”

Jurgen Klopp believes Liverpool’s season has been “very, very successful”, even if they finish an incredible campaign without a trophy. The Premier League title race “Liverpool season will be a success even without a trophy – Klopp”

Chelsea should be following Liverpool’s lead when it comes to dealing with their “best player”, says John Barnes, with it time to “get away from “‘Get away from Hazard to be become better’ – Liverpool legend tells Chelsea to follow Coutinho lead”

Jack Wilshere has no plans to rest this summer and will instead work hard on getting back to full fitness after an injury-disrupted first season “'I'm confident I can play more next season' – Wilshere to work on fitness through summer”

Julian Draxler has experienced a “beautiful mess” at Paris Saint-Germain, says Andreas Brehme, with the German forward urged to consider a summer move to the “Draxler told to make Premier League or Serie A switch after 'beautiful mess' at PSG”

Overcoming Pep Guardiola’s Manchester City in the Champions League quarter-final was more than a simple matter of tactics, according to Tottenham manager Mauricio Pochettino. Tottenham “Beating Guardiola takes more than just tactics – Pochettino​”

Diego Maradona twice got his team to the brink but Dorados de Sinaloa were twice rebuffed by Atletico San Luis. The second leg of the Clausura final “Diego Maradona's Dorados fall short of promotion as Atletico San Luis wins Ascenso MX”

At the end of Willem II’s Eredivisie loss to Ajax earlier this month, Pol Llonch asked Matthijs de Ligt if the defender would be joining “Messi, De Jong & De Ligt all together: Barcelona will be scary next season”