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Paulo Dybala confessed Roma were ‘sluggish’ in their Europa League defeat to Viktoria Plzen and were ‘lacking the right determination and aggression.’

Borussia Dortmund are interested in signing the talented young Leeds United midfielder Sam Alker.

Roma suffered their second consecutive Europa League defeat, their third in four competitive games, as Paulo Dybala was not enough to recover from a nightmare start to Viktoria Plzen.

Leicester City midfielder Boubakary Soumare has been linked with a move away from the club in recent weeks.

Sunderland are looking to improve their attacking unit with the signing of Andre Luiz in the coming months.

Roma invested €6.6m in Jan Ziolkowski, but Gian Piero Gasperini hauled the Poland international off just 30 minutes into his full debut after a nightmare Europa League start.

Stefano Pioli believes Fiorentina made real progress beating Rapid Vienna 3-0 in the Conference League, but warns Edin Dzeko they ‘cannot afford to field three attacking players’ right now.

Bologna assistant manager Daniel Niccolini dedicated the Europa League win against FCSB to coach Vincenzo Italiano and warned the strikers need to be ‘more altruistic.’

Real Madrid midfielder Eduardo Camavinga has been linked with a move away from the Spanish club, and Liverpool have been mentioned as a potential destination.

Ghanaian teenager Edmund Baidoo was on target for Red Bull Salzburg on Thursday evening when the team suffered a 3-2 defeat to Ferencvaros in the Europa League.The 19-year-old started the game in his teams attack, playing 75 minutes before he was replaced by Clement Bischoff.During his time on the pitch, Badioo worked his socks off for his side, opening the scoring for Red Bull Salzburg in the 13th minute.He picked up the ball from the edge of the Ferencvaros box, made a space for himself and fired a low shot that went inside the right post.Unfortunately, the Austrian giants could not maintain the momentum and allowed the Hungarian opponent to turn the game around.The comeback started five minutes into the second half when Barnabas Varga scored with a thumping effort.Later in the 56th minute, Kristoffer Zachariassen equalised with a header to make it 2-1 for Ferencvaros.Shortly after, Dele also got his name on the scoresheet after he was set up by Kristoffer Zachariassen to make it 3-1.Although Red Bull Salzburg scored in the 32nd minute through Yorbe Vertessen to make it 3-2, they could not avoid a defeat at the end of the 90 minutes.Up next for Edmund Baidoo and his Red Bull Salzburg side, they will take on GO Ahead Eagles in their next match in the Europa League on November 6.

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Ricky Massara is glad to see Jan Ziolkowski get his first Roma start against Viktoria Plzen, but admits they are ‘working on’ making the attack more effective.

Liverpool remain interested in signing the Crystal Palace defender Marc Guehi.

Liverpool continue to be linked with a move for Antoine Semenyo, and they could look to make a move for him in January.

Bologna secured their first Europa League win of the season with early Jens Odgaard and Thijs Dallinga goals, but thanked Lukasz Skorupski for some big saves against Steaua Bucharest.