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Bournemouth manager Gary O’Neil is relishing a new era for the club following the takeover by American businessman Bill Foley.

Black Knight Football Club, of which Foley is the managing general partner, purchased a controlling share in the club after previous owner Maxim Demin opted to sell his 100% stake. Foley, who also owns NHL side the Vegas Golden Knights, will assume the role of chairman.

“It’s exciting for everybody, a really exciting time for the club,” said O’Neil. "Bill is committed and ambitious, wants to push the club forward on and off the pitch. There’s lots of work to be done of course, it doesn’t happen overnight, but a real good time to be around Bournemouth, for the staff, players and fans.

“It’s my first experience as a permanent manager so I’m sure there will be questions around your future constantly, but I’ve just come off the back of a spell where I was working week to week and there was absolutely no certainty, so it’s a slightly different situation.

“But the pressure won’t change. I feel big pressure to put results on the board and make sure we push towards our goal, which is to stay in the league and give a real good chance for all the off-field stuff and the development to happen smoothly while we’re a Premier League club.”

Don Hutchison
Ex-Liverpool midfielder on BBC Radio 5 Live

I'm excited [to see what Lopetegui can bring]. It's the pulling-power of the Premier League. When you can get top guys from La Liga into the bottom three it just shows you the power the teams have got and the draw of the league.

I wouldn't go as far as saying this is a free hit. I look at this Wolves team and keep thinking 'how are they in this position?'.

There must be a lot of teams in the top six who must fancy the Wolves players.

Julen Lopetegui is relishing the start of his competitive career at Molineux as Wolves prepare to face League Two strugglers Gillingham in the Carabao Cup.

Lopetegui replaced the sacked Bruno Lage in November and tonight will see him take charge of his first competitive match at Wolves.

And, in his first news conference, said: “I think they are working very hard, focused, concentrating, trying to understand what we want to do.

"They are understanding more about us, and in the same way us about them. We have to improve more in the next matches and this is the first important test because it’s the first official match.

“I know Gillingham eliminated Brentford and they are going to be a very dangerous team.

“In the cup, all things can happen because it’s only one match. We have to be ready, we are alert."

Don Hutchison
Ex-Liverpool midfielder on BBC Radio 5 Live

Winning trophies is where Newcastle fans want to get to now. Forever it seemed like Mike Ashley said we weren't interested in a cup run and it put a real doom and gloom on every competition.

Now, with the squad that Eddie Howe's building, I think it's now a time for Newcastle to go deep into this competition and deep in the FA Cup.

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Southampton manager Nathan Jones hopes to see his early work rewarded in the Carabao Cup as he makes a belated bow at St Mary’s.

Jones was unveiled as Ralph Hasenhuttl’s successor just before the World Cup break, with the Welshman’s only game in charge to date being a 3-1 Premier League defeat at Liverpool on November 12.

The 49-year-old former Luton boss finally gets the chance to meet home supporters with Southampton taking on Lincoln, of League One, for a place in the last eight.

“It’s a group that wants to get better and that’s the best thing a manager can have,” Jones said of a squad that he has got to know in unusual mid-season circumstances.

“There are certain things we need to improve on from the first half of the season, and in the time we’ve worked with them.

“I wanted to take little steps quickly, and hopefully we’ve done that over the four weeks we’ve had to work with them. Hopefully we’ll see some sort of seeds of that (against Lincoln).

“I’m a winner, I want to win games and for us to have that mentality. By hook or by crook we want to win this cup game and I’d love it to be an entertaining performance."

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BBC Sport

Wolves are closing in on the loan signing of Atletico Madrid’s Brazilian forward Matheus Cunha.

The Premier League club have been talking to the 23-year-old for a number of weeks, with new manager Julen Lopetegui particularly keen to get the deal over the line.

It is understood a verbal agreement has been reached, with Cunha now expected to have a medical. Atletico were open to letting Cunha leave after they were eliminated from the Champions League at the group stage.

Wolves have faced competition for the player but are now confident of completing a deal, which will include an obligation to buy in the summer.

Lopetegui wanted striking reinforcements for a squad that has only scored eight times in the Premier League this season.

And here you can watch how Lionel Messi's World Cup winners were greeted by thousands of fans in Buenos Aires.

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The BBC's Katy Watson was surrounded by fans when reporting on Argentina's World Cup celebrations in Buenos Aires.

Expecting to see similar scenes tonight with those teams getting through to the EFL Cup quarter-finals.

Michael Brown
Former Manchester City midfielder on BBC Radio 5 Live

[Julen Lopetegui] has a job on his hands. He's had a lot of time and the little taster games to tinker with the back three, back four.

I still think the one thing is that he still doesn't know what formation, what type of set-up he's going to go with.

I think it's almost a free hit against a Gillingham side who are in disarray. It's an extremely strong side and he'll want to hit the ground running.

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Newcastle boss Eddie Howe names five returning World Cup players in his starting XI.

Goalkeeper Nick Pope, full-back Kieran Trippier and forward Callum Wilson were all part of England's 26-man squad in Qatar, while Switzerland defender Fabian Schar and Brazil midfielder Bruno Guimaraes also start.

Newcastle XI: Pope, Trippier, Schar, Botman, Burn, Longstaff, Bruno Guimaraes, Willock, Almiron, Wilson, Joelinton.

Subs: Lascelles, Shelvey, Saint-Maximin, Ritchie, Targett, Manquillo, Wood, Murphy, Darlow.

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Bournemouth boss Gary O'Neil has named a strong starting XI for the Cherries first competitive outing since 12 November when they beat Everton 3-0 in the Premier League.

Wales duo Kieffer Moore and Chris Mepham both start alongside the likes of Lewis Cook, Ryan Christie, Philip Billing and captain Adam Smith.

Bournemouth XI: Travers, Smith, Mepham, Senesi, Zemura, Christie, Cook, Billing, Anthony, Solanke, Moore.

Subs: Marcondes, Stacey, Lowe, Dembele, Hill, Greenwood, Plain, Sadi, Adu-Addei.

Southampton boss Nathan Jones has made three changes from the side that lost 3-1 at Liverpool in his first game in charge on 12 November.

The former Luton boss replaces Duje Caleta-Car, Romeo Lavia and Stuart Armstrong with Kyle Walker-Peters - who returns from injury - Lyanco and Ainsley Maitland-Niles.

There are seven changes from the side that beat Sheffield Wednesday on penalties in the last round.

Their two World Cup players - Germany's Armel Bella-Kotchap and Ghana's Mohammed Salisu - both start in defence.

The Saints are looking to reach the fifth round for the first time since finishing runners-up to Manchester United in the 2016-17 season.

Southampton XI: Bazunu, Walker-Peters, Lyanco, Bella-Kotchap, Salisu, Perraud, Ward-Prowse, Maitland-Niles, Elyounoussi, A Armstong, Adams.

Subs: McCarthy, Caleta-Car, Diallo, S Armstrong, Djenepo, Edozie, Aribo, Walcott, Mara.

Lincoln City make two changes from their last game, a 0-0 draw at Wycombe on 10 December.

They have played in the Papa Johns Trophy since, but their League One game at Cheltenham on Saturday was postponed because of a frozen pitch.

Defender Sean Roughan and attacking midfielder Daniel Mandroiu come into the side for Jamie Robson and Jack Diamond.

They are looking to reach the fifth round for the first time, and are playing in the fourth round for only the second time (last in 1967-68).

Lincoln XI: Rushworth, Poole, O'Connor, Jackson, Roughan, Walsh, Virtue, Sanders, Mandroiu, Vernam, House.

Subs: Wright, Oakley-Boothe, Hopper, Bishop, Garrick, Robson, Sorensen, Eyoma.

Wolves manager Julen Lopetegui has made three changes from the club's final pre-World Cup match - a 2-0 Premier League defeat at home to Arsenal on 12 November - for his first game in charge.

Diego Costa, Daniel Podence and Joe Hodge come in for Toti Gomes, Boubacar Traore and Adama Traore drop out.

Jose Sa and Ruben Neves start after returning from World Cup duty with Portugal, while Raul Jimenez and Hwang Hee-chan are on the bench after featuring for Mexico and South Korea in Qatar.

Wolves XI: Sa; Semedo, Collins, Kilman, Bueno; Hodge, Neves, Moutinho; Guedes, Costa, Podence

Subs: Sarkic, Ait-Nouri, Jimenez, Hwang, Toti, Ronan, Nunes, A. Traore, Lembikisa

Gillingham manager Neil Harris makes three changes from their last game, a 3-2 FA Cup second round replay victory over Dagenham and Redbridge on 8 December.

Former Premier League midfielder Stuart O'Keefe comes in as captain, with Cheye Alexander and Mikael Mandron also starting.

This is Gills' first match in 12 days after successive League Two fixtures - at home to Bradford then away to Stockport - were postponed due to frozen pitches.

Gillingham XI: Turner; Alexander, Wright, Ehmer, Baggott, Tutonda; Williams, Jefferies, O'Keefe; Adelakun, Mandron

Subs: Holtam, MacDonald, Lee, Reeves, Kashket

Bradley Johnson makes two changes from the MK Dons side who beat Portsmouth 2-0 at the weekend.

He's a change himself in the dugout with the 35-year-old midfielder replacing caretaker boss Dean Lewington who is absent tonight while he undergoes surgery for a hamstring injury.

Will Grigg and Dawson Devoy replace Nathan Holland and Johnson.

MK Dons XI: Cumming; Watson, Tucker, O'Hora, Harvie; Jules, Grant, McEachran, Devoy; Grigg, Eisa

Subs: Ravizzoli, Smith, Robson, Holland, Oyegoke, Kemp, Barry, Lawrence, Dennis

Brendan Rodgers names his first Leicester side for a competitive game for 38 days, with Jamie Vardy leading the attacking line.

Of the seven Foxes players who went to the World Cup, five start: Danny Ward, Wout Faes, Timothy Castagne, Youri Tielemans and Daniel Amartey.

England midfielder James Maddison is absent.

Leicester XI: Castagne, Amartey, Faes, Thomas; Praet, Tielemans, Soumare; Ayoze Perez, Vardy, Barnes

Subs: Iversen, Vestergaard, Albrighton, Mendy, Ndidi, McAteer, Alves, Iheanacho, Daka

With this being the first game for the Premier League teams in more than a month, there's no excuse for not going with their strongest teams tonight.

So let's have a look at the team news...

Don Hutchison
Ex-Liverpool midfielder on BBC Radio 5 Live

Leicester are one of the form sides in the Premier League. Five clean sheets out of six games, the only one they lost was against Manchester City. They couldn't buy a clean sheet at the start of the season.

This could be a really good story for MK Dons. I expect them to go strong after their win against Portsmouth. They're not really in great form so they've got to make sure that they put the league form behind them tonight.

Premier League Leicester will be among those looking to avoid being on the end of a cup upset and you can listen to live commentary of their match against League One strugglers MK Dons on BBC Radio 5 Live from 19:00 GMT.

All fourth-round matches are taking place this week, with four of them tonight, three on Wednesday and one on Thursday.

Ten of the 16 teams left play in the Premier League, two in the Championship, three in League One, while Gillingham are the only League Two side still in.

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Hello and welcome along to BBC Sport's coverage of the fourth round of the EFL Cup.

There are four games tonight and you can listen to 5 Live's commentary of MK Dons v Leicester in this page and we'll have updates of all the rest of the action.

We had penalties on Sunday in Qatar and we could well have penalties tonight too. If the scores are level after 90 minutes then there's no extra time and it's straight to spot kicks.

It was only two days ago when Argentina edged past France in a penalty shoot out to win a memorable World Cup final...

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...but football never stops.

And it is back to business for five Premier League teams tonight as they play their first competitive matches in over a month.