Football rumours: Sam Allardyce to return to management in MLS? Read moreSadly, and predictably, there are slim pickings and 48 hours remaining before the first World Cup qualifier even begins. Forget the fact that Batshuayi was signed because a long-standing problem was the shortage of a genuine Plan B for the Spain striker. All the while one of their loan players Tammy Abraham continues to set the Championship alight. (In a nice piece of symmetry, he replaced the club’s youngest ever scorer, 16-year-old Jack Aitchison.)

Source: The Guardian October 04, 2016 07:18 UTC