OUR hugely popular daily Striker cartoon continues. Reuters5Aston Villa boss Steve Bruce is ready to splash out £3m to sign the goalkeeperReuters5The 24. Bruce said: “Everyone agrees that Sam needed to go and play football. Manager Southgate tried to convince the winger, 24, not to feature for Ivory Coast in Januarys African Nations Cup. us fixtures, results and live match commentaryThe 24-year-old has been nursing an injury ever since he limped off the field as Jose Mourinho’s side went through to the next round of the Europa League against Rostov. Keep up to date with ALL the Everton?news, gossip, transfers and goals on our club page plus fixtures, results and live match commentary. Keep up to date with ALL the Barcelona news, gossip and transfers on our club pageAnd Mundo Deportivo report Barcelona are keen to tie the trio down to improved contracts. And he is convinced he is finally going to get a fair crack of the whip from Southgate, after being overlooked by previous England boss Roy Hodgson. ral defender picked up the knock whilst training with Gareth Southgate side after he injured his club team-mate Phil Jones with a challenge. Getty Images4Wojciech Szczesny has been in tremendous form during his two-year loan at Roma and retu.