Liverpool goalkeeper Mignolet signs contract extension

Liverpool goalkeeper Simon Mignolet has been handed a contract extension in a strong vote of confidence by the Premier League club that media reports said would keep the Belgian international at Anfield until 2021. "I am very pleased that I can be at Anfield and a part of Liverpool for a long future," the 27-year-old, who arrived in 2013, told the club website (www.liverpoolfc.com) after signing the deal on Monday. No details were given but the BBC and Sky Sports said it was a five-year deal.