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 They have got plenty of matches coming up for him to stake a claim. In November I had the chance to look a little bit further — but I was pleased with the squad. Defoe admitted: It broke my heart when I was left out of the squad for the Euros last year because I felt Id done enough to be involved. Hes now more comfortable in the role – and hes got that from playing. I had three days to pick a squad in October, so I was always going to pick players I knew. The 26-year-old will command a far greater fee this summer with a reported £73million release clause in his contract to ward off potential suitors. The knock has meant he has not been able to join up with France on international duty. And Italian giants Roma and AC Milan are prepared to offer him an escape route if the Frenchman does decide to leave. He also scored a superb solo goal in a friendly against Russia on Friday. ROMA and AC Milan are both interested in signing Hatem Ben Arfa following the winger’s latest come-get-me plea.