You can see it from his hair alone.” Sam Allardyce was back in wisecracking mode after his side’s impressive away win at West Bromwich Albion on Saturday. The subject of his affectionate mockery was the strapping 6ft defender with a lemon squiggle on his head, Mamadou Sakho. On loan from Liverpool until the end of the season, Sakho had in Allardyce’s words been “frozen out” of Anfield. The defender was forced to train with the under-23s and did not feature for the senior side all season. As for Sakho he hasn’t turned up late or not turned up anywhere up to now …”Two performances do not make a comeback.

Source: The Guardian March 05, 2017 22:18 UTC