Is Sam Allardyce really going to quit as England boss? Plenty of journalists on Twitter appear to believe things are entering the end game.

Alan Green
BBC Radio 5 live at Stade de France

"Leicester has a difficult first game to negotiate, but they won convincingly away to Bruges. Porto being held by Copenhagen on that same matchday means that Leicester have a huge opportunity to take control of this group.

"This could be the competition that holds the special nights for Leicester this season. If they get through this group - and they have had a good start - and get a kind draw in the knockout stages, who knows?"

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The scene is set for a cracking night of Champions League football at Leicester tonight. Look at that sky!

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Gary Westlake: Mane against Liverpool, luckily we signed him!!

Keiron Heyes: Les Ferdinand and Ian Wright against Everton!

Chris Goodwin: Tim Cahill against Man City was always a given.

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Leicester are loving life in the Champions League so far, not least because they get to hear its famous anthem for real, rather than on the TV.

“In Bruges it was a surreal feeling — you walk out on a Champions League carpet, through a Champions League arch,” says winger Marc Albrighton, who scored the opener against Club Brugge.

“It is something we are usually watching on TV and we are stood there all of a sudden and listening to that tune and going out to play in a Champions League game.

“It is surreal, but it makes you want more. It gives you that taste of it. We know it will be a fantastic occasion and if we can get off to a good start here at this stadium and build on that, we will put ourselves in a great position to go further in this competition.”

Alan Green
BBC Radio 5 live at Stade de France

"There are a host of footballing reasons why Sam Allardyce should not have got anywhere near the England job. But this is a moral question – why didn’t he get up and leave the meeting? Why does he even need to go to this meeting? Why didn’t he ask his agent what it was about? 

"I think it is disgraceful that he undermined his own employers. I will be very surprised if he got through the evening."

It is looking increasingly likely there will be an announcement about Sam Allardyce's future tonight, with the Times' chief sports writer Martyn Ziegler tweeting that the England boss has quit.

Stay tuned...

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There's pretty much a full programme of Football League action tonight, with Derby County starting life after Nigel Pearson against Cardiff City tonight. Pearson was suspended by the club earlier today.

Reaction to his departure, and build-up to tonight's games, is live here.

Also in the Championship, leaders Norwich are not in action so second-placed Huddersfield can go top with victory over second-bottom Rotherham. Brighton and Reading will be looking to maintain their impressive starts when they travel to Ipswich and Brentford respectively.

In League One, top side Scunthorpe will look to continue their good form at Walsall, while Bury - in second - go to MK Dons. At the other end, Southend,Oldham and Shrewsbury will all be looking to climb out of the relegation zone.

And in League Two, pace-setters Plymouth can stay top if they beat managerless Leyton Orient, as chasers Portsmouth travel to Blackpool.Luton are at Hartlepool and Cambridge - rooted to the bottom - host Yeovil.

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Here's something you don't see often, Cristiano Ronaldo walking off the pitch BEFORE a game is done.

The Portuguese forward played every minute of every game for Real Madrid last season but, in just the fourth game of the season, he was substituted after 72 minutes of Saturday's 2-2 draw with Las Palmas. He didn't look happy about it either. 

Will he channel his anger into producing a stellar performance in the Champions League tonight? Real Madrid will certainly hope so because they are at Borussia Dortmund tonight.

Here's the rest of tonight's Champions League fixtures (all 19:45 BST):

Monaco v Bayer Leverkusen 

Sporting v Legia Warsaw

FC Copenhagen v Club Brugge

Dinamo Zagreb v Juventus

Sevilla v Lyon

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Mark: Chicharito and Henry against Chelsea

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Tottenham make two changes from the team that beat Middlesbrough. Winger Erik Lamela returns in place of Moussa Sissoko while Kieran Trippier starts at right-back in place of Kyle Walker. Vincent Janssen continues up front in place of Harry Kane.

On the bench are young players Cameron Carter-Vickers, Harry Winks, Joshua Onomah and Georges-Kevin N'Koudou.

Tottenham: Lloris, Trippier, Alderweireld, Vertonghen, Davies, Wanyama, Dele, Lamela, Eriksen, Son, Janssen.

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Tottenham are also in action tonight as they look to pick up their first Champions League points of the season at Russian side CSKA Moscow. 

The game comes just three months after clashes between some Russian and English fans at Euro 2016, and Spurs have warned their fans not to display club colours or carry flags until inside the ground.

Tottenham were at 'home' for their Champions League opener this season, but played the game at Wembley as White Hart Lane is being redeveloped. It didn't go well, though, as they lost 2-1 to Monaco.

Kasper Schmeichel returns in goal for Leicester after recovering from injury while Islam Slimani starts against the side he scored six goals in six games against while playing for Sporting Lisbon.

Leicester XI: Schmeichel, Hernandez, Huth, Morgan (c), Fuchs, Mahrez, Drinkwater, Amartey, Albrighton, Slimani, Vardy  

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Sam Allardyce has dominated the headlines today following allegations in the Daily Telegraph that the England boss used his role to negotiate a £400,000 deal and also offered advice on how to "get around" rules on player transfers.

Allardyce is yet to respond to the allegations and was due to meet with Football Association chairman Greg Clarke and chief executive Martin Glenn earlier today.

As and when there is a further update on the situation, we'll bring it to you right here. 

Matt Elliott
Former Leicester City captain

"There is atmosphere around the town already and it is something Leicester fans thought would not happen and it has become a reality.   

"Claudio Ranieri plays every game down and rightly so but while Porto do have experience in the Champions League, they are not the side they once were. Leicester can go into it pretty confident, they are the Premier League champions after all  and they need to remember that.

"They need to cherish this moment, rather than be fazed by it."

BBC Radio 5 live

Full match commentary on Leicester v Porto is on BBC Radio 5 live tonight, with Alan Green joined by Chris Waddle. All the discussion at the moment surrounds the future of one Mr Sam Allardyce.

Build up to tonight's Champions League action will follow on BBC Radio 5 live, while you can also watch a 5 live Final Score midweek special via this page.

There's always a player that seems to score against your side, isn't there? For Porto fans it's Slimani, for my team Huddersfield it was Steve Claridge. Every. Single. Time.

Who always seems to bags against your side? Or did score until they mercifully hung up their boots?

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Leicester City may be an unknown quantity to Porto, but they will be very familiar with Foxes striker Islam Slimani.

The Algeria international scored six goals in six appearances against Porto for his former club Sporting Lisbon, with five of those coming this year alone.

His goalscoring exploits against Porto, nicknamed 'The Dragons', earned him the title 'Dragon Slayer' among Lisbon fans.

“Slimani has scored so many times against Porto and I’m sure he will be a threat to them," says Leicester boss Claudio Ranieri. “I didn’t know about his nickname but of course I have spoken with him about Porto."