Pirlo fuels talk of job at Bridge
have won all four of their matches in all competitions against Lithuania, scoring 10 and conceding none.
have lost three home games in a row for the first time since August 2001.
have only lost one of their last 32 away games on a Sunday (W20 D11) – a 1-0 defeat by Mexico in June 1985 under Sir Bobby Robson.
Kane has scored 15 goals in his last 10 matches in all competitions for club and country. has scored 43 goals in 37 appearances in 2017 for Spurs and England. of England’s last 11 goals have been scored by Tottenham players. named their youngest starting line-up in this World Cup 2018 qualification campaign (average age 24 years 91 days). ANDREA PIRLO has announced his retirement – and refused to rule out joining Chelsea boss Antonio Conte’s coaching staff at Stamford Bridge.
The 38-year-old former Italy midfielder will play his final game for New York City at the end of the MLS season.
Pirlo said: “You realise by yourself when the moment has come.
“Every day you have physical problems, you are no longer able to train as you would like because you always have some problem.
“At my age you have to say enough.
“It is not as if you can keep going till you are 50. I will do something else.
“My future, I don’t know yet. I will return to Italy in December. An assistant to Conte? People are saying that. I have my ideas but I need time to decide.”
The 2006 World Cup winner worked with Conte at Juventus and with Italy.
“One of his 20-minute video sessions is worth three days of training,” Pirlo said.
Chelsea are worried by a hamstring injury that forced midfield dynamo N’Golo Kante off after 34 minutes of France’s 1-0 win over Bulgaria in Sofia.