Irish Sunday Mirror

Milly stars in cancer aid match

- BY JOHN RICHARDSON

JAMES MILNER is gladly forfeiting a rare weekend off to join forces with former team-mate Stiliyan Petrov in Glasgow to help raise funds towards tackling cancer.

He has even enlisted the help of Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp, who will go head-to-head with his Anfield predecesso­r Brendan Rodgers as Celtic Park stages A Match For Cancer on Saturday.

Milner’s side will include famous names from the past such as John Arne Riise, Jamie Redknapp and Emile Heskey.

And Petrov – diagnosed with leukaemia in 2012 – has called up a galaxy of former Hoops stars, including Henrik Larsson, John Hartson and Robbie

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HELPING: James Milner

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