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As West Ham step up their interest in Jordan Rhodes after a £4 million bid was rejected, Sam Allardyce also has his eye on another striker, problem is, it is one of those instances where nobody quite knows who he is.

It was the most fruitful partnership since Sonny and Cher and now Brighton manager Gus Poyet wants to re-unite the pairing of Craig Mackail-Smith and Aaron Mclean to solve the goal-scoring crisis that has de-stabilised the early momentum of the seaside club.

Doing business with the American MLS seems to be very much in vogue.

Current Standings: 1^st  – Pts:48; GD: +40

Best XI (4-2-3-1): Joe Hart; Micah Richards, Joleon Lescott, Vincent Kompany, Aleksandar  Kolarov; Gareth Barry, Yaya Toure; James Milner, Sergio Aguero, David Silva; Mario Balotelli.

The media frenzy surrounding football race rows would give you the impression that racism in the game as spiralled out of control in recent months.

In continuing with my Mid-Season Reports, The Trequartista has decided to do a special report and interview, Emile: a life-long, die-hard Manchester United who’s watched every game of United for over 30 years now. I, dive in head first asking him his thoughts on how the season has panned out for United and what he expects to happen next year…