City, Liverpool deny Arsenal Champions League slot on final day

But having banked £148m in prize money and television payments this season – and with a minimum of £40million expected from the Champions League providing they get through a play-off in August – there will be significant funds available.

Manager Jurgen Klopp has already made it clear Liverpool will invest in quality but Milner wants any potential recruits to move to Anfield for the right reasons.

In three months time, I wouldn’t be surprised to see a Liverpool side that looks like they could properly challenge for the league and, dare I say it, the Champions League?

To compound matters, Laurent Koscielny’s red card will now mean that the French defedner has to miss the FA Cup final against Chelsea at Wembley.

“You have always gone there and it is hard to play, but they didn’t have the same level of conviction that they seem to have over the course of my career”. On his ambitions for the close-season transfer window, Koeman said: “First of all we need more numbers in to be prepared for a long, tough season with different competitions”.

He added: “We will be really strong and we will really fight for it because we want to be there and it’s all good”.

Arsenal hold all the cards when it comes to Alexis Sanchez’s future, according to manager Arsene Wenger.

Despite the constant reports surrounding Sanchez, Wenger believes that the ball is in Arsenal’s court.

Midfielder Adam Lallana also expects Liverpool to be ready to compete for silverware next season.

City secured a top-four finish for the sixth consecutive season with a 5-0 win over Watford on Sunday but Guardiola failed to win a trophy for the first time since 2009, after enjoying widespread success at Barcelona and Bayern Munich.

“When you lose games where you make too many mistakes and drop points unnecessarily, that was a mistake, particularly the games at the end of February and March when we slipped behind and we had to chase”.

He can play as both a winger and a No. 9, and still managed to net 24 goals and provide 10 assists in the 2016-17 Premier League-a career-best return for a league season-despite the Gunners enduring a tough campaign.