James Milner and Stiliyan Petrov ‘Match for Cancer’ to take place this weekend

James Milner is excited about this weekends ‘Match for Cancer’ against former Aston Villa teammate Stiliyan Petrov at Celtic Park.

Liverpool’s vice-captain will captain a team managed by Jürgen Klopp against Stiliyan Petrov, led by Brendan Rodgers.

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The charity match takes place at Celtic Park on Saturday, September 8.

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The James Milner Foundation, Celtic FC Foundation and the Stiliyan Petrov Foundation will share proceedings towards the tackling of cancer.

Speaking to liverpoolfc.com, he said: “I appreciate the boys turning out, it’s going to be great fun hopefully and obviously it’s for a great cause. I’m sure it’ll be fun, we’ve got some great players there.

“Stiliyan has had a charity game there before and there’s obviously some great names for the Celtic fans as well. Henrik Larsson is returning, among others.

“My team’s more of a Liverpool theme but there are some other names in there as well who I’ve played with from other clubs. So it should be a good game and hopefully good fun with plenty of quality players on show.

“It’s a great place to hold a game and the Celtic fans, we know how good they are and I’m sure they’ll turn out – most of them to see Stan in a Celtic shirt again.”

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