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• Trossard to bring 'best form ever' to Belgium's Nations League matches

  Leandro Trossard will be trying to bring his Arsenal form into the international break after coming back into the Belgium squad this month.

  The 29-year-old has scored two goals in seven Premier League appearances for the Gunners and is enjoying a positive start to the season.

  He has the joint second-best conversion rate (20%) of any Arsenal player to have featured in every league game, with his goals having come from 10 shots.

  He also ranks third in the squad for expected goals (xG) generated (1.46) and has averaged 0.15 xG per shot.

  When asked about how he has performed so far for his club, Trossard was pleased with how things were going.

  "I feel good, yes," he said. "Is this my best form ever? I dare not say, but I think I'm performing quite consistently at Arsenal."

  Trossard has played a variety of positions for the club this season, following an injury to captain Martin Odegaard. While his preferred position is on the left, he has also worked well with Kai Havertz as a second attacker.

  With Jeremy Doku likely to take the left-hand side for his national team, Trossard could be used centrally to cover for the absence of the injured Kevin De Bruyne.

  "That hasn't been discussed with the coach yet, but that will become clear today or tomorrow," Trossard said.

  "I don't know yet what position I will play, but it's always nice to be played in your best position. At the European Championship, for example, I had to fill many roles."

  Trossard's inclusion in the Belgium squad came after manager Domenico Tedesco surprisingly left him out in September.

  They face Italy and France in the Nations League Group A2 over the course of the international break, while the Arsenal man explained he was relaxed about not featuring last month.

  "[Tedesco] said he knew my qualities, wanted to try out new guys and give them some experience,” he said.

  “The Nations League offers the opportunity for that. I agreed to that. It was a good agreement."

• Jack Grealish believes he should have been in England's Euro 2024 squad

  Jack Grealish thinks that he should have been part of England's Euro 2024 squad.

  Grealish was initially called up for the Three Lions' 33-man training squad, but was one of seven players who did not make the final squad for Germany.

  England reached the final, losing 2-1 to Spain.

  The 29-year-old has been back in the fold under interim manager Lee Carsley, and impressed in September's Nations League matches against the Republic of Ireland and Finland.

  "I will be honest with you, I didn’t really agree with it," Grealish told BBC Radio 5 Live of Gareth Southgate's decision not to include him among the final 26 players.

  "You need a bit of a balance in every position on the pitch and I class myself [as] quite an experienced player now.

  "I have won a lot of stuff now so, you asked me should I have gone, yes, I still think I should have, but obviously it wasn't meant to be."

  Grealish started just 10 league matches for Manchester City in the 2023-24 season, scoring three goals and providing one assist.

  While he admitted that he "didn’t have the best season" domestically, he was left "devastated" by his omission and said that missing out on Euro 2024 was "probably the most difficult period of my life".

  Grealish scored in England's 2-0 victory over Ireland in Dublin last month, and will be hoping for more of the same against Greece and Finland in the coming week. 

  Asked if he felt he had a point to prove, Grealish made it clear that he wanted to show people what England were missing at Euro 2024.

  "Of course, I wanted to come here and train well and play well," he said.

  "I thank Lee Carsley for giving me that chance and having that trust in me.

  "It obviously really meant a lot. I think throughout my career when I have played under managers who have shown trust in me and communicated with me the way he has the last two camps, it really helps me.

  "It makes me feel that the manager really does rate me and I can't speak highly enough of him since I have been here."

• Palmer named England's Men's Player of the Year

  Cole Palmer has been named England's Men's Player of the Year for 2023-24.

  Chelsea star Palmer came off the bench to score in the Euro 2024 final, although England ultimately lost 2-1 to Spain in Berlin.

  Palmer has only nine caps to his name, and just two starts for the Three Lions, but he finished ahead of Jude Bellingham and Bukayo Saka in the public vote.

  The 22-year-old made his debut in a 2-0 win over Malta in November of last year, and has scored two international goals, including that strike against Spain in July.

  Palmer is the first Chelsea player to scoop the award since Ashley Cole in 2010.

  Since he joined Chelsea from Manchester City last season, Palmer has directly contributed to 44 league goals (28 goals, 16 assists).

  Of players to feature in Europe's top five leagues, his England team-mate Harry Kane has provided more goal contributions (53 - 41 goals, 12 assists) in that time.

  Earlier this season, Palmer became the first player to score four goals in the first half of a Premier League match when he scored all of Chelsea's goals in a 4-2 win over Brighton.

  Palmer is expected to feature when England take on Greece in the Nations League on Thursday.