ARSENAL stars Cesc Fabregas and Samir Nasri are expected to return to pre-season training at London Colney this week despite the possibility that neither will be at the club by the time the Premier League season starts next month.

Carlos Tevez has been left out of Argentina’s squad for the friendly with Portugal on February 9 in Switzerland but national team boss Sergio Batista does not want the Manchester City striker to be worried by his omission.

STEVEN GERRARD has been told he is “the future leader of the club” after his last-ditch winner on Monday kept Liverpool’s Champions League dreams alive.