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Sunderland manager Paolo Di Canio may have cancelled his players' holiday plans - but he has taken his coaching staff to the beach.

It's a tough process of re-education after years of over-spending - and a school of hard knocks for a young manager who will make mistakes People tend to forget he is still only 40, extremely young in management terms and despite his obvious talents, one who quite patently had to discover the hard way exactly what it means to take charge of such an ... (more)

Norwich City goalkeeper Declan Rudd has been named in England's Under-21s squad for next month's UEFA European Championship in Israel.

MIDDLESBROUGH goalkeeper Jason Steele and Sunderland striker Connor Wickham have been named in the England Under-21 squad for this summer's European Championships in Israel.

An increase of six points from the haul achieved last season with one more match to go at home to the team at the bottom of the Premier League provides tangible evidence that Liverpool have made an improvement this season.

Wigan's Callum McManaman has been named in the 23-man England Under-21 squad for next month's European Championships in Israel, although Raheem Sterling misses out through injury.

Liverpool started its penultimate game of the Premier League season against Fulham by switching from the usual tactical formation, with Brendan Rodgers choosing to line up with a three-man defence.

Liverpool's Daniel Sturridge celebrates the second goal of his Premier League hat-trick at Fulham.

Mersey beat: Marouane Fellaini, seen here battling Liverpool's midfielder duo Jordan Henderson, right, and Lucas Leiva, left, says he is happy with life at Everton Marouane Fellaini has hinted that following David Moyes to Manchester United may not be too distant a possibility after admitting a desire to test himself against Europe's best in the ... (more)

Jordan Henderson, 22, and Jonjo Shelvey, 21, are the leading candidates to line up alongside Lucas Leiva in the holding midfielder role.

Stewart Downing appears happy to stay at Liverpool beyond the summer as he feels he is finally finding his feet at Anfield this season.

In the first half of the season the England international could hardly get a game and when he did it was sometimes at left-back. Rodgers told him in November he could find another club when the January transfer window opened, but injuries provided an opening in the team and the 28-year-old seized his chance.

The Reds ' skipper is, however, expected to be fit for pre-season training ahead of the beginning of next term.

Everton manager David Moyes and Manchester United's soon-to-retire boss Alex Ferguson are pictured during the FA Cup semifinal match between their two teams at Wembley Stadium in April 2009.

Liverpool 's penultimate Premier League game of the season sees the Reds go to Craven Cottage to face a Fulham side who surprisingly aren't clear of relegation trouble just yet.

With Liverpool 's season drawing to a close, all eyes are on the club making an impact in the transfer market this summer; unlike the last.

Dominant teams of the 1980s produce flashes of highest quality which suggest gap to Manchester and London leaders can close Liverpool's Jamie Carragher, second right, shakes hands with Everton's Sylvain Distin and Phil Jagielka after his final derby.

London, May 5 : Eleven top Liverpool players had seemingly put the Luis Suarez biting incident behind them as they had flown out to Madrid to party for ten hours, five days before their derby with Everton, which takes place tonight.

Liverpool and Everton shared the spoils in a forgettable 220th Merseyside derby bereft of incident which ended in a goalless draw at Anfield.

Liverpool and Everton shared the spoils in a forgettable 220th Merseyside derby bereft of incident which ended in a goalless draw at Anfield.