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Simon Francis is backing Callum Wilson is return to his best when the Bournemouth striker returns from a serious knee injury for the second time in as many seasons.

Lacazette arrived at Arsenal from Lyon this summer and admits the presence of Alexis Sanchez played a role in his decision to join the north London club.

Barcelona international adviser Ariedo Braida travelled to Germany to watch the Bundesliga encounter between Schalke 04 and Bayer Leverkusen on Friday night (29 September).

England will qualify for the World Cup if they can secure a point against either Slovenia or Lithuania.

Crystal Palace manager Hodgson says the responsibility of captaining the England side and leading the attack could weight heavy on Kane's shoulders.

Prolific Spaniard appears hopeful of being ready for next top-flight fixture despite fears he could miss up to two months with a grade two myofascial injury.

Gerard Pique is facing the prospect of retirement from international duty with Spain after making clear his feelings over Catalan independence.

Virgil va Dijk has broken silence and hinted that he could reassess his options in the New Year amid sustained interest from Jurgen Klopp.

Tottenham striker Harry Kane will find it hard to turn down a move to Manchester United next summer according to ex-Crystal Palace chairman Simon Jordan.

Injury-plagued 26-year-old could play against Moldova and Wales despite having yet to feature at club level in 2017-18 as he recovers from a knee issue.

Former Real Madrid star Alvaro Morata only needed three weeks to recover from a similar two grade hamstring injury last season.

City and United have so far won six of their seven matches in the Premier League this season.

Sissoko had been expected to leave Spurs this summer but talks with his manager convinced him to remain in north London.

Atletico Madrid boss Diego Simeone never feared that striker Antoine Griezmann would leave the club during the summer transfer window amid interest from Manchester United.

The BBC said software had confused the word 'comma', said by a subtitler, for the word 'scum' to produce the surprising subtitles.

Federer and Nadal have played each other on 37 occasions while Borg and McEnroe faced each other 14 times.

Everton have lost four of their last five Premier League games and Koeman admitted his future was not in his hands.

Lacazette has scored four goals in seven appearances for Arsenal.

28-year-old will miss the final two meetings with Georgia and the Republic of Ireland after undergoing a scan on his lingering calf injury.

Dyche has led Burnley to the sixth spot in the table.

According to a CIES study, Lukaku's value has soared to £140.52 following his summer move from Everton to United, having scored 11 goals in 10 games.

Steve Bruce will enquire over signing the former England youth international in January.

German midfielder is out of contract at the end of the season and looks unlikely to sign a new deal at the Emirates.

Rashford and Martial have been competing with each other for a starting berth in the United XI.

Many Spanish fans urged Pique to quit during Monday's training session held in Madrid.

Mercedes have an 118-point lead over Ferrari in the Constructors' championship and Hamilton leads Vettel by 34 points in the Drivers' title battle.

The German international has started only once in all competitions since Arsenal's defeat to Liverpool in August.

"Most amazing honour being called into the England senior squad proudest moment of my career," Winks wrote via his official Twitter account.

Bartomeu says Barcelona could compete in a foreign league if Catalonia gains independence from Spain.