Southgate's Alves Conundrum

The Brazilian striker completed his move to the Riverside earlier this week but has barely trained with his new team-mates and may have to do with a place on the bench against Fulham at The Riverside on Saturday.

"Afonso has not played for five weeks or so, but he is a decent athlete," Southgate has said.

"It is going to take him a little bit of time to get up to full speed, but I need to talk to him and see how he feels because there has been a hell of a lot going on in the last week or so.

"I need to see how he is mentally as well as physically."