Jurgen Klopp insists Liverpool's summer plans won't be impacted if they miss out on the Champions League next season.

Liverpool are four points out of the top-4.

"The Champions League is massive, especially financially for the club," Klopp told a news conference. "If we cannot make that, that is not good. Definitely not.

"But I don't think it will change anything. The situation was difficult before and it is difficult after. It is always difficult."

Manchester United are increasingly confident they will sign Edinson Cavani to an extension for another season.

Cavani rediscovered his best form recently and is now leaning towards United after thinking he would leave the club with Boca Juniors interested. 

"He was out for a long time before he came here," Ole Gunnar Solskjaer said. "He's had injuries, worked hard and showed his quality. He knows I'd love to have him for another year. I understand it's been very difficult for him.

"I've promised him Old Trafford and Manchester is a different place with fans in and I must try to get that feeling that Manchester is a good place to live. I'm doing my best.

"We don't have to sell it to him; it's about how he feels coming in every day, the team we are creating, he's part of it."

Barcelona has pulled out of a pursuit for David Alaba as they believe he is committed to joining Real Madrid. 

Alaba can leave Bayern Munich on a free transfer this summer and he has told the club he intends to move on.

The signing of Alaba may raise further doubts about the futures of Zinedine Zidane's centre-back pairing, Sergio Ramos and Raphael Varane.

Chelsea will attempt to sell Tammy Abraham this summer with West Ham, Aston Villa and Newcastle among the clubs interested.

Abraham has scored 12 goals in all competitions this season but last started a game on Feb. 20.

Abraham will have two years left on his contract at the end of the campaign.

Tottenham Hotspur have interest in hiring Erik ten Hag as manager and plan to meet with him once Ajax wraps up the Eredivisie title.

Although nothing is agreed as yet and Spurs have other candidates, including Ralf Rangnick, Ten Hag is understood to be open to listening to their proposal.

Spurs had wanted Julian Nagelsmann to become the permanent successor to José Mourinho, who they sacked last week, only for Bayern to secure him as the successor to Hansi Flick.

Ten Hag is committed to front-foot football and has brought through many young players.

Jesse Marsch has been hired as manager of RB Leipzig effective next season.

Marsch will replace Julian Nagelsmann, who left Leipzig for Bayern Munich. 

Marsch was an assistant coach at Leipzig in 2018-19 and will join from sister club Red Bull Salzburg, where he won the Austrian league and Cup double last season.

“Jesse has done outstanding work everywhere he has worked so far,” said Leipzig’s head of football, Oliver Mintzlaff. “He has kept developing and it is obviously an advantage that he has worked at RB Leipzig for a year in the past. Jesse knows the club, the city, but most of all the philosophy of the team and the playing style.”

Bayern Munich have appointed Julian Nagelsmann as their next manager and have paid a significant compensation to RB Leipzig, which will break the previous record of €15 million paid by Chelsea to Porto for Andre Villas-Boas.

Nagelsmann is set to replace Hansi Flick, who asked Bayern to release him from his contract two years before its expiry date earlier in the month following a rift with sporting executive Hasan Salihamidzic over the Bundesliga champions' transfer strategy and philosophy.

"FC Bayern have appointed Julian Nagelsmann as their new head coach," a Bayern statement read. "The Bavarian-born 33-year-old will move to Munich from RB Leipzig on July 1, 2021 ahead of the new season, signing a five-year-contract with the German record champions until June 30, 2026."

Nagelsmann joined Leipzig from TSG Hoffenheim in 2019 and led them to the Champions League semifinal in his first year in charge.

Manchester United has signed Eric Bailly to a four-year contract extension.

"I'm very happy," Bailly said. "This decision is something I didn't have to think about, I love this club and I love playing for Manchester United. I'm happy and so are my family, everything is good. Now the moment with my injury has passed and I'm fit and feel good, and that's it. A new contract is like a new challenge and I'm ready for this.

"I hope I can be ready and I don't get any injuries and to be strong and finish the season well. I hope to win the Europa League this season. We will have more challenges next season -- hopefully the Champions League -- and, for me, my dream is to win the Premier League, that's my big dream."

Bailly, a £30 million signing from Villarreal in 2016, was due to enter the final year of his contract this summer.

A group led by Spotify owner Daniel Ek and including three former Arsenal players is planning to bid on buying the club from Kroenke Sports Enterprises. 

Thierry Henry, Dennis Bergkamp and Patrick Vieira are in solved in the move.

a formal offer tabled within the next two weeks although it is unclear at this stage what valuation they are placing on Arsenal.

In a message posted on Twitter, Ek said: "As a kid growing up, I've cheered for @Arsenal as long as I can remember. If KSE would like to sell Arsenal I'd be happy to throw my hat in the ring."

Forbes estimates the Gunners are worth just over £2 billion. Ek is worth an estimated £3.4bn and would have little problem raising the funds necessary to buy the club.

RB Leipzig have told Bayern Munich that they want a $36 million fee for Julian Nagelsmann, sources told Bild.

Bayern reportedly made contact with Nagelsmann, whose contract runs through the 2023 season.

Current Bayern manager Hansi Flick announced that he will leave the club at the end of this season.

The 33-year-old manager has previously called Bayern his dream job.