Initially, Eric Bailly and Daley Blind were the established duo, before Chris Smalling came into contention and eventually replaced the Dutch utility man. mitri Payet also starred for France in hosts’ march to final at Euro 2016Last season, he developed a knack of scoring sensational goals — and his stunning performances rightly earned him a nomination for the PFA Players Player of the Year award. rts daily LIVE blogReuters4Marcos Rojo and Phil Jones have been solid at back for Manchester UnitedAP:Associated Press4Jose Mourinho wants solid centre-back partnership like Ferdinand and VidicFrom Steve Bruce and Gary Pallister to Jaap Stam and Ronny Johnsen to Rio Ferdinand and Nemanja Vidic. Arsenal 1-0 West Brom : Oliver Giroud snatches a last gasp winnerThe Sun. big-money swoopAnd the deal, which has been kept under wraps until now, would become one of the biggest in world football. EVERTON have been thwarted in the attempts to bring Steven N’Zonzi back to the Premier League, but Manchester City and Juventus are still in the hunt. But he got it against Southampton and his second-half? performance gave us momentum. “The leadership at Juventus have always behaved like gentlemen with me and I can only be grateful to them. AS the?Premier League becomes richer and richer, younger players are now more inclined to make the move to England, rather than staying at their parent club. s telepathic partnership with Harry Kane in a 4-1 win over Watford at Vicarage Road.