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ANTONIO CONTE will check on Cesc Fabregas’s fitness today after the midfielder, 30, was struck down with a sickness bug.

RANGERS have sacked Pedro Caixinha after just seven months as manager. EVERTON target Sean Dyche has refused to commit his future to Burnley. The 46-year-old, who has been manager at Turf Moor since 2012, said: ‘I am ambitious enough to wonder what is out there.’

SHINJI KAGAWA has joined Juan Mata’s Common Goal project. The former Manchester United star has donated one per cent of his salary.

SPURS are probing claims one of their fans threw a cup of urine in this week’s loss to West Ham.