' Special ' Van de Ven is thought to be their top target, and they are thought to be willing to offer up to £78million for the defender, who has established himself as one of the most reliable centre-backs in the Premier League in recent seasons.

This is the partnership to expand football-based youth development programmes across Japan. The British Embassy Tokyo is pleased to announce that its

Transfer rumours regarding a move to Liverpool for Adam Wharton have been dismissed by club sources, while a young attacker has had his loan cut short. Liverpool have long been tenuously linked with Wharton whom the Reds “would be keen on,” according to the Mail ‘s Lewis Steele.