Brentford’s Head of Coaching Justin Cochrane has joined Thomas Tuchel’s England backroom staff. Cochrane will take on the role part-time while still working with the west London club. He has been part of the national team’s coaching setup previously having worked with the under-16 and under-17 sides.

Archie Gray (Tottenham Hotspur Or Spurs) At the very opposite end of Tuchel’s potential centre-back solutions from the 30-something Dier, Tarkowski and Mings sits Tottenham teenager and one of the season’s real surprise packages Archie Gray.

England midfielder Adam Wharton is firing again after spending almost four months out with a groin injury but Crystal Palace are concerned by him being overloaded too quickly