FOOTBALL DIGEST

LIVERPOOL manager Jurgen Klopp insists Emre Can is under no pressure to sign a new deal. The Germany international has seven months left on his contract and Klopp said: ‘I could say it’s a big problem, but it isn’t.’ GARETH BALE, who has been injured for more than a month, looked set to miss out on Wales’s friendlies against France and Panama but has now received permission to play from his club Real Madrid. SOUTHAMPTON manager Mauricio Pellegrino has praised Burnley boss Sean Dyche ahead of this weekend’s meeting between the clubs. Pellegrino said: ‘I don’t know him personally but his job is outstanding.’ SWANSEA boss Paul Clement believes there are 12 clubs in a relegation battle this season. He said: ‘I’d say it (relegation battle) starts from eighth. The margins are so tight.’