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JAAP STAM has insisted he will be Reading boss next season, even if they lose Monday’s Championship play-off final against Huddersfield. ‘The result won’t have an impact,’ he said. ‘I enjoy working here.’

DANIEL FARKE has signed a two-year deal to become the new manager of Norwich. The 40-year-old German had been in charge of Borussia Dortmund’s second team.

CELTIC have cancelled a planned bus parade to honour of the Lisbon Lions in the wake of the Manchester terror attack. But a charity match to mark 50 years since the European Cup triumph will take place at Celtic Park on Sunday.