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With Manchester City and Arsenal also out of Europe this week, all three of the title contenders will now focus firmly on the league without European distractions.

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Here, Liverpool.com takes a scan around the Premier League and across the continent to see what's going on at Liverpool's rivals, including Manchester United being linked to a French defender and a former Real Madrid manager being linked to Bayern Munich.

Manchester United wants Jean-Clair Todibo

Manchester United is being linked with a summer move for Nice defender Jean-Clair Todibo.

The Mirror reports that United want to sign the Frenchman this summer, and given their links to Nice via new minority owner Sir Jim Ratcliffe, who also owns the club, a deal is very much possible

The report claims that Nice would demand in the region of $49m (£40m/€46m) for the 24-year-old.

Liverpool.com says: Due to his performances for Nice, Todibo is going to be a defender in demand this summer

With plenty of years left in his career, he should be a player for Liverpool to take a keen interest in, even more so with Joël Matip likely to leave this summer.

Zinedine Zidane prefers Manchester United to Bayern Munich

French legend Zinedine Zidane has been linked with taking over from Thomas Tuchel in recent days, and a report broke that Zidane was close to becoming the new Bayern boss ahead of next season (via Mundo Deportivo).

However, French newspaper L'Equipe states that in fact this isn't the truth, and that Zidane prefers a move to England and Manchester United than a move to Bayern

The French outlet states that while Zidane has respect for Bayern as a club, he has question marks over his ability to adapt to the Bavarian lifestyle and the German language

While the former Juventus and Real Madrid icon doesn't speak English, it's believed that he has a better grasp of English than German, and this is the reason why he's preferring a move to England than Germany.

Erik ten Hag could be given his marching orders at the end of the season after what has been a disappointing campaign for United.

Liverpool.com says: It would be interesting to see how Zidane would perform in the Premier League, especially considering his only success has been at Real Madrid where he inherited a team full of world class players
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