FORMER Arsenal star Sylvinho has swapped corners for crooning … by belting out a Frank Sinatra classic before a packed audience. The Brazil-born defender spent two seasons with the Gunners,

Albania were by all accounts unlucky to lose 2-1 to Germany at the weekend. At home, they will be a tough proposition for an England team who beat a far from world-class Finland by the same scoreline.

Thomas Tuchel has held talks with a number of his new England players after he started calling around the squad in an attempt to speed up his introductions. Tuchel must wait until March to formally meet his squad face-to-face for the first time for the World Cup qualifiers against Albania and Latvia at Wembley.