efensive crop of Phil Jones, Marcus Rojo, Chris Smalling and Eric Bailly into an even tighter unit. The sensational £75million-signing of Higuain was only possible because the Bianoconeri sold Paul Pogba to Manchester United for a world record fee. the timings of contract renewals so that he has the funds in place to make the contracts work with the clubs cashflow. The influential midfielder featured 11 times for the Gunners before his injury, as he picked up the knock in their 6-0 win over Ludogorets. Gestede?is expected to watch Middlesbrough’s clash with Leicester from the stands and could ma. Chelsea 4 Stoke 2: Willian scores twice as strong Blues make it 13 wins in a rowKeep up to date with. ored by the Arsenal faithfulGetty Images6Alexis Sanchez has been in fine form this season for ArsenalHowever Juventus have always shown an interest in Sanchez even when he was playing for Udinese in Serie A but Barcelona beat a host of top European clubs to his signature. Injury-plagued Carroll missed three months this season with a knee injury. United are reportedly not keen to shell out ?£42million on an unproven defender, after Phil Jones an. Rodriguez was born in Switzerland but has a Spanish father and Chilean mother - and also has two brothers playing professional football in Switzerland.