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Manchester United attacker Jesse Lingard hopes he and his team-mates can emulate the famous class of 1992 by winning multiple trophies.

Lingard, Marcus Rashford and Paul Pogba have come through United s youth system, just as the likes of David Beckham, Paul Scholes and Ryan Giggs did before winning a treble in 1998-99.

The 25-year-old Lingard would like to match the heroics of that group with Rashford and Pogba, the latter having returned to United in 2016 after a spell at Juventus.

It is all about making new history but you see the team with Paul Scholes, David Beckham, Gary Neville etc and you see what they achieved and it is only right that the likes of me, Marcus and Paul try and emulate that and win trophies, he told the BBC.

They came through the …

With Danny Ings set to depart Burnley when his contract runs out at the end of the season, team-mate Scott Arfield concedes the forward will be sorely missed .

England Under-21 international Ings netted 20 league goals as Burnley won promotion from the Championship in 2013-14 and has scored 10 in the top flight this season.

He was the match-winner in Saturday s 1-0 triumph over Hull City, but it was not enough to keep Burnley in the Premier League.

Now expected to move away from Turf Moor with Liverpool widely reported to be first in line to secure his services Arfield knows the striker will be a big loss.

I think Danny is a fantastic player and he s out of contract this summer so I don t think he is going to be with us next season, he told Sky Sports…

Brendan Rodgers is 150 per cent sure he will keep his job as Liverpool manager, despite the Merseyside club s disappointing season.

Speculation has mounted in recent weeks that Rodgers position is under threat as Liverpool have failed to qualify for the UEFA Champions League after finishing second in 2013-14.

However, the Northern Irishman insists he retains the support of the club s owners Fenway Sports Group ahead of their end-of-season review next week.

I m 150 per cent sure I ll be here next season, Rodgers said.

There is probably a lot more made of the review than what it actually is. I m constantly reviewing with the owners.

People want to write about a review there have been a number of reviews, and throughout the season I ve had great c…

Benfica closed their 2008-09 Portuguese league campaign with a 3-1 victory over local rivals Belenenses, for whom the defeat means that they will spend next season at a lower level.

The match started well for Belenenses, who needed just three minutes for Silas to hand them a 0-1 lead. But Oscar Cardozo levelled in minute 21 and Benfica went ahead through Felipe Bastos in the 63rd minute.

The third and final goal came from Pedro Mantorras near full time.

Belenenses are relegated along with last-placed Trofense, who lost their final match 1-0 to Pacos de Ferreira. The only goal came from William in the 75th minute.

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PSV sporting director Marcel Brands has insisted the club will not allow midfielder Kevin Strootman to leave in the off-season.

The highly rated Dutchman, who made 42 appearances for PSV in all competitions last term, has been strongly linked with Premier League champions Manchester United in recent months.

However, with the Eindhoven club having already lost Dries Mertens, Erik Pieters and Jeremain Lens ahead of next season, Brands has underlined his desire to retain Strootman.

We do not want to lose Strootman this summer. He knows that he will stay at PSV for another season, he told De Telegraaf.

Strootman scored seven goals for PSV last season, as they finished seven points short of Eredivisie champions Ajax in second.

The 23-year-old has earned 18 senio…

Christian Eriksen will return to Manchester United s matchday squad for Saturday s clash with Everton after over two months out.

The Denmark international suffered an ankle injury in an FA Cup win over Reading on January 28 after being on the receiving end of a crude challenge by Andy Carroll.

Manager Erik ten Hag was not shy in voicing his displeasure with Carroll s tackle over the following days, with it then emerging Eriksen was facing up to three months out.

That was a major disappointment for United given how quickly the Dane had established himself as a key player at Old Trafford.

But Eriksen s rehabilitation has gone well and he is in contention to play a part against visitors Everton on Saturday, meaning he will have missed a little over two month…

Seven times Ligue 1 Champions Lyon have have finalised, for a club-record transfer, the signing of Argentine international striker Lisandro Lopez from Portuguese side Porto, for an initial fee of €24 million.

The 26-year-old marksman, who was the top scorer in Portugal in 2008, has signed a five-year contract at the Stade Gerland and could ultimately cost the seven-time French champions €28m, based on appearances and other performance-related factors.

Lyon s capture of the Argentine striker, who has been capped six times by his country, follows the sale of French international striker Karim Benzema to Spanish giants Real Madrid for €35m.

Lisandro Lopez today signed a professional contract with Lyon for a duration of fiv…

Jose Mourinho praised his players for standing firm against what he described as monsters in the air after Tottenham produced a second-half turnaround to see off Brighton and Hove Albion.

After losing 2-0 last time out to London rivals Chelsea, Spurs appeared in danger of suffering a second successive home defeat when they fell behind on Boxing Day, Adam Webster heading in a free-kick in the 37th minute.

However, Harry Kane who had earlier seen a goal ruled out for offside drew the hosts level before Dele Alli struck what turned out to be the winner with a wonderful 72nd-minute finish, much to the delight of the Spurs boss.

Mourinho felt his side had not played that badly before the break, but just needed to change bits to launch a comeback against a team …

The situation surrounding the future of Tottenham Hotspur striker Harry Kane is extremely tense at the moment. Manchester City remain firmly interested in his services, but as City boss , it s all down to Spurs now.

The striker was supposedly due back in training on Monday, but he did not appear until Saturday, after releasing a statement saying he never meant to refuse to train, nor to anger the Spurs fans.

Sky Sports journalist Kaveh Solhekol gave his view of this statement of Kane s and pointed out the significance of its timing, while Dharmesh Sheth compared the situation with that of Jack Grealish, who made his Man City debut in the 1-0 Community Shield to Leicester City on Saturday following a £100m transfer from Aston Villa.

Why was this not clarified e…

Barcelona defender Joao Cancelo faces a spell on the sidelines after suffering knee ligament damage.

Cancelo was forced off after 11 minutes of Barcelona’s 2-1 LaLiga victory at Las Palmas on Thursday.

“Tests carried out on Friday show that first-team player Joao Cancelo has a strained medial collateral ligament in his left knee,” read a Barcelona statement.

MEDICAL NEWS | Tests carried out this morning have revealed that first team player João Cancelo has a left MCL strain. He is out and his recovery will determine his availability.

— FC Barcelona (@FCBarcelona)

“He is unavailable for selection and his recovery will dictate his return.”

Barcelona are in action again on Sunday, against Barbastro in the Copa del Rey, with the…