Mohamed Salah said Liverpool "will fight like hell” to win trophies next season as the Egyptian hinted he will at least see out the final year of his contract at Anfield.Salah has just 12 months remaining on his deal and has been linked with a move to the Saudi Pro League. The Reds reportedly rejected a £150mn offer from Al Ittihad for the 31-year-old last September. "We know that trophies are what count and we will do everything possible to make that happen next season,” Salah posted on social media. "Our fans deserve it and we will fight like hell.”Liverpool won the League Cup in Jurgen Klopp’s final season in charge but missed out on the Premier League, FA Cup and Europa League. Klopp’s departure after over eight years in charge of Liverpool has raised doubts over the futures of a number of star players, who rose to prominence under the German’s reign.Virgil van Dijk and Trent Alexander-Arnold are also entering the final year of their contracts. Former Feyenoord boss Arne Slot was confirmed as Klopp’s successor by Liverpool on Monday.Austria captain Alaba misses out on Euro 2024Austria’s captain David Alaba was the big name missing from the Euro 2024 squad announced on Tuesday by coach Ralf Rangnick. The Real Madrid centre-back has failed to recover in time from the ACL left knee injury he suffered with Real Madrid in December.Rangnick must reduce his provisional squad of 29 players to 26 by June 7. Austria open their Euro Group D campaign against France on June 17 in Dusseldorf.SquadGoalkeepers: Niklas Hedl (Rapid Vienna/AUT), Tobias Lawal (Linz), Heinz Lindner (Union Saint-Gilloise/BEL), Patrick Pentz (Brondby/DEN)Defenders: Flavius Daniliuc (Red Bull Salzburg/AUT), Kevin Danso (Lens/FRA), Stefan Lainer (Borussia Moenchengladbach/GER), Philipp Lienhart (Freiburg/GER), Phillipp Mwene (Mainz/GER), Stefan Posch (Bologne/ITA), Leopold Querfeld (Rapid Vienna/AUT), Gernot Trauner (Feyenoord/NED), Maximilian Wober (Borussia Moenchengladbach/GER)Midfielders: Thierno Ballo (Wolfsberg/AUT), Christoph Baumgartner (RB Leipzig/GER), Florian Grillitsch (Hoffenheim/GER), Marco Grull (Rapid Vienna), Florian Kainz (Cologne/GER), Konrad Laimer (Bayern Munich/GER), Alexander Prass (Sturm Graz), Marcel Sabitzer (Borussia Dortmund/GER), Romano Schmid (Werder Bremen/GER), Matthias Seidl (Rapid Vienna), Nicolas Seiwald (RB Leipzig/GER), Patrick Wimmer (Wolfsburg/GER)Forwards: Marko Arnautovic (Inter Milan/ITA), Maximilian Entrup (Hartberg), Michael Gregoritsch (Freiburg/GER), Andreas Weimann (West Bromwich Albion/ENG)Ilicic included in Slovenia’s provisional Euro 2024 squadSlovenia forward Josip Ilicic was a surprise inclusion when Matjaz Kek named his provisional Euro 2024 squad on Tuesday, with the 36-year-old returning to international duty for the first time in more than two years. Ilicic, who has scored 16 goals in 79 appearances for Slovenia, last played for his country in November 2021 and since then has left Serie A side Atalanta to return to Slovenian club Maribor, having suffered with mental health issues.His performances this season, scoring eight league goals in helping Maribor finish second in the standings, have earned him a chance to finally play at a major tournament.SquadGoalkeepers: Jan Oblak, Vid Belec, Igor Vekic, Matevz VidovsekDefenders: Jure Balkovec, Jaka Bijol, Miha Blazic, David Brekalo, Vanja Drkusic, Erik Janza, Zan Karnicnik, Petar Stojanovic, Zan ZaletelMidfielders: Timi Maks Elsnik, Adam Gnezda-Cerin, Jon Gorenc Stankovic, Tomi Horvat, Jasmin Kurtic, Sandi Lovric, Benjamin Verbic, Miha Zajc, Adrian Zeljkovic, Nino ZugeljForwards: Zan Celar, Josip Ilicic, Jan Mlakar, Benjamin Sesko, Andraz Sporar, Zan Vipotnik, Luka ZahovicWest Germany World Cup finalist Schnellinger dead at 85Karl-Heinz Schnellinger, a World Cup finalist with West Germany at the 1966 World Cup, died on Tuesday at the age of 85, his daughter confirmed.Schnellinger, a defender, played in four World Cups with West Germany from 1958-1970 and was on the losing side when England lifted the trophy at Wembley in 1966. He played 47 times for West Germany. His one goal in national colours came in the 1970 World Cup semi-final against Italy, where he scored the equaliser which sent the match to extra time before Italy triumphed. At club level, Schnellinger won the German top-flight title with Cologne in 1962 and was named German Footballer of the Year before becoming one of the first players to move abroad, spending the majority of his career in Italy.
May 22, 2024 | 12:33 AM