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A reminder of the four quarter-final ties that are taking place this weekend and where you can watch them live on your tele boxes!

• Fulham v Crystal Palace (Sat, 12:15 GMT, ITV1)
• Brighton v Nottingham Forest (Sat, 17:15 GMT, BBC One)
• Preston v Aston Villa (Sun, 13:30 BST, BBC One)
• Bournemouth v Man City (Sun, 16:30 BST, ITV1)

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They may be the only team remaining in the competition that aren't in the Premier League but Preston still had players away from camp during the latest international break.

• Who was on duty? Robbie Brady, Stefan Thordarson, Ryan Porteous, and Jayden Meghoma were the players away from the club over the two weeks.
• Did any return injured? No Preston players picked up any injuries during their time with their respective national teams.
• Notable performances - Robbie Brady was one of the stars of the show for Republic of Ireland as they turned a 2-1 first leg deficit to a 4-2 win on aggregate against Bulgaria.

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Aston Villa are gearing up to take on Championship outfit Preston North End in the quarter-finals of the FA Cup. The club is alive in two cup competitions and will want to book their place for the semi-finals at Wembley.

• Who was on duty? Morgan Rogers, Ezri Konsa, Marcus Rashford, John McGinn, Lucas Digne, Emi Martinez, Youri Tielemans, Donyell Malen, Matty Cash, Robin Olsen, Leon Bailey, Ian Maatsen, Lamara Bogarde and Andres Garcia.
• Did any return injured? No Aston Villa players returned injured from international duty.
• Notable performances - Ian Maatsen scored a goal for Netherlands in the second leg of their UEFA Nations League Group A tie against Spain. Konsa started both of England's games and recorded two clean sheets.

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With what has been a poor season for Pep Guardiola and his players, the FA Cup remains Man City's only hope for silverware. And with what has been an injury-hit season so far for his side, he'll have had his fingers and toes crossed for an injury-free break.

• Who was on duty? Kevin De Bruyne, Jeremy Doku, Ederson, Savinho, Omar Marmoush, Josko Gvardiol, Mateo Kovacic, Phil Foden, Rico Lewis, James McAtee, Stefan Ortega Moreno, Erling Haaland, Ruben Dias, Bernardo Silva, and Abdukodir Khusanov.
• Did any return injured? Fortunately for Guardiola, despite having 15 players go away to represent their countries, he will have all of them injury free.
• Notable performances - Haaland scored two goals in as many games for Norway. De Bruyne had two assists for Belgium across the two-legged tie against Ukraine as Doku chipped in with an assist as well in the second leg.

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Bournemouth are set to take on Manchester City in the quarter-finals of the FA Cup this weekend. With 11 players from the first team appearing for their respective national teams, let's have a look at how they did over the two weeks.

• Who was on duty? Dean Huijsen, Justin Kluivert, Milos Kerkez, Illia Zabarnyi, Ryan Christie, David Brooks, Alex Scott, Dango Ouattara, Antoine Semenyo, Tyler Adams and Daniel Jebbison.
• Did any return injured? Andoni Iraola's side have nearly a clean bill of health but Luis Sinisterra is the only doubt as the winger pulled out of national team duty with Colombia due to a hamstring issue.
• Notable performances - Huijsen played 120 minutes against Netherlands and had an assist to show for as well as Spain progressed on penalties. Kluivert had an assist in the first leg against Spain. Semenyo scored in a 5-0 win for Ghana over Chad. Ouattara had two assists in as many games for Burkina Faso.

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Like Nottingham Forest, Brighton had a lot of players representing their national teams during the international break. With a FA Cup semi-final spot up for grabs, let's have a look at how these players did for their respective national teams.

• Who was on duty? Brighton had 13 players on international duty. These included the likes of Mats Wieffer, Bart Verbruggen, Jan Paul van Hecke, Brajan Gruda, Simon Adingra, Carlos Baleba, Yankuba Minteh, Joao Pedro, Pervis Estupinan, Diego Gomez, Kaoru Mitoma, Yasin Ayari and Jack Hinshelwood.
• Did any return injured? Fortunately for Brighton, no players picked up injuries during their international outings.
• Notable performances - Baleba had an assist in Cameroon's 3-1 win over Libya. Minteh had a goal for Gambia in a 3-3 draw with Kenya, and Adingra assisted the only goal in Ivory Coast's win over Gambia.

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Nottingham Forest have been flying high this season and with a potential trip to Wembley on the line, let's have a look at how they fare coming back from the international break.

• Who was on duty? Forest had the likes of Chris Wood, Morgan Gibbs-White, Anthony Elanga, Murillo, Ramon Sosa, Ola Aina, Willy Boly, Ibrahim Sangare, Neco Williams, Matz Sels, Nikola Milenkovic, Elliot Anderson, Zach Abbott, and Eric da Silva Moreira.
• Did any return injured? Chris Wood is the only player that picked up an injury. The forward hurt his hip in the win against New Caledonia and manager Nuno Espirito Santo confirmed that the forward will miss Saturday's FA Cup tie.
• Notable performances - Wood scored a hat-trick against Fiji as he helped his side win 7-0 on the night. Elanga scored a goal against Northern Ireland as a substitute. Milenkovic produced a masterful display as he helped Serbia overcome Austria 3-1 on aggregate.

That's all from chief football writer Phil McNulty for today.

Thanks as always for all your great questions throughout this afternoon.

We've got just about enough time to go through the remainder of this weekend's FA Cup quarter-final ties before we knock today on the head.

Anything pressing you want to get off your chest and onto the live before 4pm, do so now!

Phil McNulty
BBC Sport chief football writer

Lyle Stevik on X: Phil, do you think Nottingham Forest might rest a few against Brighton as they did in the last round against Ipswich? They'll never get a better chance of top four than this season surely.

Afternoon, Lyle. There must be a temptation with a game against Manchester United at The City Ground on Tuesday night, but the FA Cup also presents a huge opportunity to win a trophy as the competition has opened up so much.

I suspect Nuno Espirito Santo will rest some, but I would be amazed if he sent out a scratch side.

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Crystal Palace, unlike Fulham, had a lot more players selected for their respective national teams. Palace have won four consecutive game coming into this fixture against Fulham. Let's have a look at how their players did over the international break.

• Who was on duty? Eberechi Eze, Marc Guehi, Dean Henderson, Adam Wharton, Romain Esse, Chris Richards, Matt Turner, Daichi Kamada, Caleb Kporha, Daniel Munoz, Jefferson Lerma and Ismaila Sarr.
• Did any return injured? Palace will be glad to hear that none of their international players returned to the club injured.
• Notable performances - Eze came off the bench and scored for England. Kamada scored for Japan in their 2-0 win over Bahrain. Turner earned his 50th cap for USA.

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Fulham are gearing up to host Crystal Palace in the quarter-finals of the FA Cup and with seven players having reported for international duty, let's have a look at how they did.

• Who was on duty? Joachim Andersen, Calvin Bassey, Sander Berge, Timothy Castagne, Alex Iwobi, Raul Jimenez, and Sasa Lukic.
• Did any return injured? Marco Silva will be happy that he will have a clean bill of health from the players that returning from national team duty.
• Notable performances - Jimenez was the standout performer as he had an incredible international outing having scored four goals in two games for Mexico.

Phil McNulty
BBC Sport chief football writer

Dave from Derby: Hi Phil, with it looking very likely that all the three promoted teams are going to get relegated for the second season running and the gap between Premier league and EFL growing wider and wider, do you think it is damaging the entertainment value of the Premier league? Thanks

Hello, Dave. I fear what you are saying is right thanks to the increased financial firepower of those in the Premier League. I really hope this won’t become the norm, but I do agree it does spoil the entertainment value when a team, such as Southampton, is cut adrift and demoralised.

Premier League football is meant to be the promised land, but what pleasure have Southampton fans got out of it this season? And they are not the first to suffer this fate.

Marco Silva is set to be in charge for the 500th time against Crystal Palace in the FA Cup quarterfinals. The Portuguese manager currently has the club eighth in the Premier League and is one win away from booking to berth to Wembley.

With that said, let's have a look at his career timeline:

• 2011-2016 - Starting his career in Portugal - Silva establishes himself as a manager in Portugal; working at Estoril before taking charge of Sporting where he wins the Portuguese cup. He's sacked, reportedly for not wearing the club's 'official suit' in a cup match, and signs with Greek giants Olympiakos.
• 2017-2021 - Making his name in England - Silva joins Hull City for a short spell in 2017, then moves to Watford, then Everton in 2018. At Everton, he records the club's largest victory over Man Utd but is sacked the season after with the club 18th in the Premier League.

• 2021-now - Four years at Fulham - Silva is named Fulham manager and helps secure Premier League promotion. They finish the following season 10th in the Premier League before leading the club to their first-ever Carabao Cup semi-finals after beating his former side Everton on penalties.

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Former Chelsea, Manchester United and Tottenham Hotspur manager Jose Mourinho congratulated Fulham manager Marco Silva as he takes charge of a club side for the 500th time.

Mourinho, speaking to Portuguese newspaper A Bola, external, said: "500? A beautiful number, which with more grey hairs will reach 600... 700...

"Congratulations Marco, for a beautiful career, based on talent, work, seriousness, discretion. You climbed the stairs, where many had the elevator at their disposal. Congratulations for a career made of results and not perceptions. I admire and applaud you."

Silva has managed clubs like Sporting, Everton and others. Currently, as the manager of Fulham, the Portuguese has the London side eighth in the Premier League and in the quarterfinals of the FA Cup.

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Phil McNulty
BBC Sport chief football writer

Rob: Is it fair to say all neutrals will be supporting Bournemouth on Sunday? At least that would guarantee a new, or long time, waiting name on the cup.

Hi, Rob. You may have a point because everyone loves an underdog and Bournemouth will be underdogs here. I do agree it is refreshing to see the FA Cup so open this season but it is Manchester City’s single trophy hope and they won’t care about the romanticism a Bournemouth win might bring.

I’m at The Vitality Stadium on Sunday and really looking forward to it.

Phil McNulty
BBC Sport chief football writer

Reggie, Croydon: For Phil: do you think the way Nottingham Forest play, when compared to how England dominate possession, makes it harder for Callum Hudson-Odoi or Morgan Gibbs-White to get in the England team?

Hi, Reggie. I’d hope that wouldn’t be the case. Hudson-Odoi is well known to Thomas Tuchel from his time at Chelsea, so he will know what he can do, while he did call Morgan Gibbs-White into his squad after injuries. I think Gibbs-White, in particular, was very unlucky not to be called up at the first time of asking, not just as a late replacement. He is such a talented player having a great season.

While we've got you here, what are your thoughts on semi-automated offside technology?

Personally think it's been a great addition to the Champions League and speeds up the whole process.

Simon Stone
BBC Sport's chief football news reporter

Semi-automated offside technology could be introduced to the Premier League by the middle of next month.

It had been hoped the system would be in place during the October or November international windows this season but that was delayed due to issues that arose with the system.

A trial was introduced for the fifth round of this season's FA Cup and will continue in the three games hosted by Premier League clubs this weekend.

The results will be assessed early next week and providing there are no issues, the green light will be given to a full roll out in the Premier League.

Sources have said it would not be in place for the midweek round of matches that immediately follow the FA Cup and in all likelihood, it would be too soon for the matches scheduled for the 5/6 April weekend.

But beyond that, the system could be in place.

Phil McNulty
BBC Sport chief football writer

Andy Jones on X: Hi Phil. Do you think the transport links will be improved for the fans to travel to Bramley Moore? I have seen reports that Sandhills Railway Station may be unsuitable for the amount of fans travelling to the stadium especially when there's a capacity of 52k+.

Hi Andy. I’ve been observing this from afar rather than in person but I have many friends who have contacted me to say it has been unsatisfactory. Hopefully this is what “test events” are for. To test – and improvements will be made to the infrastructure before the stadium is open at full capacity.