Chelsea remain
without injured striker Alvaro Morata against the struggling Baggies, while midfielder Tiemoue Bakayoko serves a one - game ban following his dismissal at Vicarage Road.
Roy Hodgson has called up Manchester United forward Jesse Lingard as a replacement
for injured striker Jamie Vardy, who may soon be joining the new boy at Old Trafford.
Former Chelsea striker and free agent Samuel Eto'o has been offered to West Ham as they look for cover for
injured striker Andy Carroll, but the 33 - year - old is understood to want # 100,000 a week.
That was Orlando City's second match without the suspended Sacha Kljestan and
injured striker Dom Dwyer.
Without
injured striker Wilfried Bony, and with Yaya Toure still on a sabbatical from international duty, Ivory Coast were made to work but won 1 - 0 at Liberia, the only goal coming when Gohi Bi Cyriac was played in on goal just before half - time and finished from 10 yards.
Tornio was totally unable to maintain any kind of possession and looked adrift without
injured striker Andrea Belotti as a reference point.
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With more than half of the pre-season games played, virtually everyone in the squad has had a touch of the ball (though we are still waiting for the return of our captain, Ron Vlaar, and
the injured strikers Libor Kozak and Christian Benteke have not featured).
Still without
the injured striker Robin van Persie and with Angel Di Maria serving his ban for grabbing the ref's shirt in the last match, Louis van Gaal chose a first team consisting of De Gea, Valencia, Jones, Smalling, Blind, Carrick, Herrera, Mata, Fellaini, Young and Rooney.
Although Kaka's return has not started the renaissance at Milan as was expected, he is without a shadow of a doubt, one of the key players in the current line - up and going by his present form, probably the best player in the Milan side, which is clearly bereft of any real attacking talents in the absence of
the injured strikers and a misfiring and temperamental Balotelli.