Main news in English football from 8th October

The 30 man shortlist for the Ballon D'or has been announced and 14 of the list come from the so called Big Six in the Premier League. In other news, a fire has broken out at the Estadi Nacional ahead of England's game with Andorra, but the match is still expected to go ahead. Arsenal's Mikel Arteta has been given the Premier League manager of the month award for September while there is talk of Antonio Conte taking over as Newcastle manager. Finally, N'Golo Kante has returned to Chelsea training after getting over coronavirus.