Liverpool target Inaki Williams is set to sign a new deal with Athletic Bilbao.

Williams has been linked with a move to Anfield for some time and has a release clause of €50m.

But Bilbao are determined to keep hold of him and are ready to increase his wages and his release clause.

That's according to Calcio Mercato , who report a new deal is on the cards.

A blow for Jurgen Klopp.

Mane called up for Senegal

Mane is currently sidelined (
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Sadio Mane has been called up for Senegal with international boss Aliou Cisse revealing he expects the winger to return to Liverpool training next week.

Flier Mane had been expected to miss around six weeks of action with a hamstring problem, ruling him out of crucial Reds fixtures as well as Senegal's World Cup playoff against South Africa.

But he has been named as part of Senegal's 25-man squad for the two-legged tie in Polokwane on November 10 and in Dakar on November 14.

Cisse said: "Sadio Mane has resumed individual training and will probably resume full training next week."

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Ox on fighting for his place

Oxlade-Chamberlain celebrates after scoring (
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If Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain thought the walk through the Anfield door would lead straight towards a guaranteed first team place, then he has had that idea painfully swept aside.

Not only has he been given just one start since his arrival at Liverpool in August as a big money, high profile signing, but he has also been told by his new manager Jurgen Klopp to forget the idea of being a central midfielder for now.

Yet the former Arsenal man accepts it must be that way, if he is to finally take the step towards the top class level so many have predicted for him from virtually the first day he kicked a football.

His eyes have certainly been opened under Klopp.

At previous club Arsenal, and even with England, he has never really feared for his place when fit, his natural pace and athleticism always earning him a start.

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