Five League Cup fourth-round ties with Chelsea and Liverpool both in action
Chelsea trio Hazard, Costa and Courtois on Ballon d'Or list
Trott named in England Lions squad to tour South Africa
Nasri set to return for Manchester City
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First though, let's have a look at what is making today's back pages, with QPR moving off the Premier League bottom spot, a Chelsea injury crisis and Wayne Rooney's derby fitness battle all making headlines.
Good morning. We will have plenty of chat on the list of contenders for Fifa's Ballon d'Or this morning but that is just the tip of the iceberg in terms of what there is to look forward to.
Sportsday will also bring you all the build-up to tonight's and tomorrow's fourth round League Cup ties, the breaking Premier League news plus any more on the managerial merry-go-round.
Stick with us also for all the latest elsewhere in the world of sport and the debate about pay inequality in sport. You will hear it all here.
Image source, Getty ImagesThe last time someone other than Cristiano Ronaldo or Lionel Messi won Fifa's World Player of the Year award was in 2007 when Brazil's Kaka walked away with the prize.
Will the duo's domination of the Ballon d'Or be broken this year? It would take a brave man to bet on that happening after both were unsurprisingly named on this year's shortlist.
The list includes the usual suspects - with the exception of Barcelona's Luis Suarez, who looks to have paid the price for his World Cup bite.