Footballing icon Zinedine Zidane has hailed the impact Jude Bellingham has made at Real Madrid, admitting that he is a “big fan” of the England international.

West Ham United technical director Tim Steidten has discussed Liverpool’s interest in appointing him as their new sporting director.

Everything Liverpool fans learned from Xabi Alonso’s Bayer Leverkusen thumping Bayern Munich on Saturday.

Manchester United will make a formal approach to Newcastle United regarding sporting director Dan Ashworth in the near future, according to several reports.

All the latest Major League Soccer transfer news.

Wednesday’s transfer rumours include Kylian Mbappe’s talks with Liverpool and Arsenal, Man Utd and Tottenham’s interest in Jarrad Branthwaite, Ivan Toney, Amadou Onana, Kai Havertz, Mykhailo Mudryk and more.

Liverpool intend to appoint a new sporting director before finalising a successor to manager Jurgen Klopp, 90min understands. West Ham’s Tim Steidten and Newcastle’s Dan Ashworth are among those admired at Anfield.

Liverpool have drawn up a shortlist of seven managers in their search for a successor to Jurgen Klopp, though are only just beginning the formal hiring process. Xabi Alonso, Roberto De Zerbi, Ange Postecoglou and Julian Nagelsmann are among their targets.

Real Madrid’s best and worst players from their Champions League victory over RB Leipzig.

The best and worst Manchester City players from their last 16 Champions League tie with Copenhagen.

The Porto players that Arsenal need to watch out for in their Champions League round of 16 tie.

The key takeaways from Manchester United’s 2-1 Premier League victory over Aston Villa.