But this freezing torture is an increasingly popular recovery tool used by top players. Because his Three Lions appearances were in friendlies, he was still free to switch allegiance to the country of his birth. He has played 26 league appearances for the club this season and Chelsea remain excited at the thought of him partnering N’Golo Kante in the middle of the park. Reuters5Aston Villa want to make Sam Johnstone’s move from Manchester United a permanent dealJohnstone has impressed since arriving at the Championship side in January. tings in Europe this term – including against Tottenham Hotspur in the Champions League group stages. However, Villa are keen to push through a deal before the end of the season and Bruce is attempting to convince Jose Mourinho to offload the stopper. Rakitic, 28, has fallen out of favour at the Nou Camp in recent weeks and the club will not stop him if he wants to leave. Getty Images7Barcelona’s Under-19 squad won their league at a canter due to talented trioThe winger already has a release clause of £4. -final win over Poland and kept clean sheets against Croatia, Wales and France in the latter stages. 9; £35m fee with Monaco for midfield star Tiemoue Bakayoko on lucrative five-year dealinter and outInter Milan may be worst team ever for selling players before they reached their prime This is not the first a match between the two nations has finished early, after an African Nations Cup play-off fixture was abandoned in 2012.