GARETH SOUTHGATE turned down the prospect to look at Manchester United vs Arsenal to fly to Italy for Roma’s journey to Udinese.
The England gaffer was within the stands to look at Tammy Abraham in motion for Jose Mourinho’s facet.
Though the 24-year-old fired a clean as Mourinho and Co have been thrashed 4-0.
Abraham’s as soon as likelihood within the match got here within the first-half, however the former Chelsea man lashed over when the ball dropped to him within the field.
There was some concern for him after the break when he went down holding his shoulder after slipping within the field on 70 minutes.
He performed on after being patched up by the Roma docs, however was then changed with 13 minutes left of the sport.
Southgate could have additionally had an eye fixed on ex-Manchester United man Chris Smalling, who performed 90 minutes for the guests.
It was an evening to neglect for Abraham and Roma although because the Three Lions gaffer noticed them dismantled by Udinese on the Stadio Friuli.
Future Udogie, who’s joined Tottenham this summer time in an £18million deal earlier than being loaned again to Udinese, opened the scoring for the hosts.
Rui Patricio had an evening to neglect between the sticks for Roma, with the previous Wolves stopper letting Lazar Samardzic’s long-range strike go proper by him for the second purpose.
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Ex-Watford man Roberto Pereyra then added a 3rd, earlier than Sandi Lovric accomplished the rout within the 82nd minute.
Abraham has scored simply as soon as in 5 video games for Roma this season.
He has struggled to hit the bottom operating in his second season for the membership after bagging 27 instances in all competitions final season.
Southgate has simply two video games left earlier than England kick off their World Cup marketing campaign in November.
He’s presently making ready for the Nations League clashes towards Italy and Germany on the finish of this month.
And Abraham has Brentford striker Ivan Toney behind him knocking on the door for a call-up after his hat-trick in Saturday’s 5-2 win over Leeds.