Antonio Conte will have been making the most of the time he has been gifted during this latest interminable international break, with most of his squad not having been involved in action for their respective countries…
Steven Bergwijn and Harry Kane both scored, and the England captain certainly blew the cobwebs off his recent poor form with a veritable avalanche of goals, and Joe Rodon and Ben Davies featured for Wales.
Cuti Romero managed to injure himself by picking up a hamstring whilst playing for Argentina, and the Premier League injury table has the centre back down as currently being assessed but ruled out with no return date.
Bryan Gil is equally indisposed with a similar ailment, and the last update from the club was on October the 29th, ‘”Let’s see, let’s assess him. He didn’t train, he has something there, but let’s wait and see. It’s not very positive for him.” Which is now beginning to sound increasingly ominous.
Ryan Sessegnon is still marked down as no return date.
Pierre-Emile Hojbjerg will hopefully be back in action, although there appears to have been a curious period of revisionism on the Dane, amongst some fans, so hopefully, rest will have done Pierre some good.