LAST CALL FOR THE SILLY BINGO SHIRTS

CREDIT to the Premier League for rejecting Swansea’s request to give Renato Sanches the No 85 shirt following his arrival from Bayern Munich. These listings are becoming increasingly ridiculous. At CSKA Moscow, after recording 11 numbers between one and 17, they jump to 24, then 35, 42, 43, 63, 66, 72, 75, 89 and 99. It’s a football team, not a bingo card. It is little different at Spartak Moscow — 19 numbers up to 30 and then random, ending with 69, 71, 98 and 99. The Premier League made it plain that numbers should be consecutive or close to the current highest. Sanches will wear 35, although what was wrong with 3, 9, 19, 23, 24, 28-32 or 34 — all currently unused at Swansea — heaven knows.