England fans - excited about Marcus Rashford making his debut tonight?  

Here's what Roy Hodgson makes of the 18-year-old Manchester United striker.

"It is a big game for him because I, my coaching staff, the rest of the players, he himself, the whole of the English football world will be looking to say 'we all think this lad's got something special... can he show it to us once again?" Hodgson said.

"We'll be giving him every chance to do so and he'll get so much help, so much support and so much encouragement from the rest of the team."

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Seamus in Warsaw: Mourinho successfully steamrollered all other sports news for the week - so expect news conference to announce appointment at 19:45 BST?

Dearie me, we hope not. There's only so much Jose build-up two men can do...

The most impressive eyebrow in football? Try the whole of showbusiness.  

Carlo Ancelotti is going to be on Star Trek. It totally passed us by this week but apparently it is actually happening...

Here he is explaining it to Sky., external Brilliant reaction as Ancelotti tells the reporter. 

"Really? Why?" 

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Tafadzwa Alifasi: If I was Jose, I would eat an ice cream cone at my first press conference.

Chris: If I was Jose I'd be delighted to be signing for the best team in the world.

Christopher Buckley: I'd view my job at Utd as my last in club management. I want to build a legacy at a club. I'm not a short term, 3-4 year and man

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Now here's an intriguing one...

The Evening Telegraph is reporting, external that negotiations for Dundee to host a Scottish Premiership match against Celtic in the United States next season are 85% complete.

Apparently the 69,000 capacity Lincoln Financial Field in Philadelphia "has been booked, a date set, travel plans put in place, tax implications ironed out and contracts drawn up".

Right, time to get creative. We want you to complete the following sentence...

"If I was Jose..."

We're open to serious or stupid ones but they're not going in unless they're suitable for a family audience, so keep them clean.

Let us know using #ifiwasjose or on the Match of the Day Facebook page, external

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Paris in the springtime. Courts are ready, are you? Andy Murray v Ivo Karlovic from approximately 11:30 BST. Just seen Murraycoming into the grounds at Roland Garros followed by all the ball kids. #piedpiper

You can follow the match live with BBC Sport. Details to follow nearer the time...

Andy Murray faces Croat Ivo Karlovic in the French Open third round on Friday after surviving two five-set scares in his first two matches in Paris.

Second seed Murray has spent seven hours and 14 minutes on court against Radek Stepanek and Mathias Bourgue.

The Scot's meeting with big-serving veteran Karlovic is the second match on Court Suzanne Lenglen on Friday at approximately 11:00 BST.

Are we in store for another epic?

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How about we all forget about all this Jose Mourinho stuff - ignore the incremental slide of reality - and dream about Jaap Stam being appointed the next Manchester United boss instead?

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No? What about Stam as the next Reading boss instead then?

According to this report, it's on the cards..., external

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You may have seen this terrific tale on Thursday...

Well, Inverness Caledonian Thistle have replied to Ewan, informing him that his application has been unsuccessful. However, their response, published on the club website,, external does not rule out perhaps appointing him one day in the future.

Despite only being seven, Ewan knows that the word 'club' does not take a capital 'C'. Inverness, clearly, are not so well informed...

BBC Radio 5 Live

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Always plenty of good radio chat to catch up on at this time of day. Like BBC Radio 5 live's Football Daily podcast...

Will Perry is joined by John Murray and Henry Winter to discuss Jose Mourinho, Zlatan Ibrahimovic, and much more.

Listen here.

In 2015, Fifa was plunged into crisis after a wave of arrests of football officials in Zurich - including two Fifa vice-presidents - on bribery, fraud and money laundering charges following an FBI investigation. 

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And Northern Ireland boss Michael O'Neill has a final chance to look at his Euro 2016 squad options in Friday's friendly against Belarus at Windsor Park.

Wigan striker Will Grigg, 24, and Ross County forward Liam Boyce, 25, may be battling for one attacker spot in the squad along with outsider Billy McKay.

Full-backs Michael Smith, Lee Hodson and Daniel Lafferty also look to be in competition for one squad slot.

Friday's starting side will be familiar before O'Neill makes substitutions.

Only slightly mind you - Republic of Ireland boss Martin O'Neill says Friday's game with the Netherlands will be the last chance for most of his squad to stake their Euro 2016 claims.

That's even though O'Neill won't be announcing his squad until after Tuesday's friendly against Belarus.

"I will have told quite a number of players that they will be going to France this weekend," O'Neill said.

Midfielders Harry Arter, Eunan O'Kane and Darron Gibson are among those who may be handed starts against the Dutch - with O'Neill likely to select a mixture of regulars and fringe players.

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The other big news in football world this morning? Friday's international friendlies and the build-up to Euro 2016. 

First off, Fabian Delph is unlikely to make England's final 23-man squad because of a groin strain.

The Manchester City midfielder did not travel with the squad to the North East for Friday's friendly against Australia and has been placed on the standby list.

"Delph is not with us," manager Roy Hodgson said at Thursday's news conference. "He's stayed in Manchester. That means he probably won't be in the 23."

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What with all the wrangles dragging this out, the rumour mill's been turning so hard and for so long that it's gone into overdrive.

Some say Mourinno's set to earn £10m a year, others say £15m a year, there's links with players from Sporting Lisbon, Atletico Madrid, Real Madrid (guess who?)... 

For a microscopic examination of who Mourinho's going to sign, for how much and how Chelsea fans feel about it, head over to this morning's bumper gossip column.

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Jose Mourinho is expected to be officially confirmed as Manchester United's new manager on Friday.

The former Chelsea, Inter Milan and Real Madrid boss replaces Louis van Gaal, who was sacked on Monday, two days after United won the FA Cup.

Discussions, which started on Tuesday and were delayed by negotiations over Mourinho's image rights, finally finished on Thursday.

The 53-year-old Portuguese is expected to sign a three-year contract.

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That's right. Former Chelsea manager Mourinho's move to Manchester United is the big story for the sixth straight day now.

With negotiations over image rights safely navigated, surely it'll be announced today. Surely... 

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And welcome. 

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Plenty of live sport coming your way too today - England's second Test with Sri Lanka, Andy Murray's in action at the French Open, and this evening England, Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland are all playing friendlies.

What's that? Jose Mourinho still not signed?