Crystal Palace have had an £18.5m bid for Blackburn midfielder Adam Wharton rejected.

The 19-year-old, who was born in Blackburn, made his debut for the Championship club in August 2022 and has made 44 appearances.

In December he extended his deal until the end of the 2027-28 season.

Palace have been watching him this season, and Newcastle, Everton and Tottenham are also known to have been interested in the youngster.

The under-20 England international plays alongside his older brother Scott at Blackburn.

Crystal Palace have won just one of their past 12 matches in all competitions and are 15th in the Premier League.

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Wrexham may have an exciting future under film star owners Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney, but their FA Cup past has a bit of Hollywood about it too.

The north Wales club will hope to make Monday's fourth-round tie at Blackburn Rovers the latest addition to a list of the upsets and cup crackers they have been involved in.

No-one should need reminding of the night against Arsenal 32 years ago, when Wrexham produced arguably the greatest cup shock of all.

But there have been other runs and remarkable scorelines in Wrexham's FA Cup story, including reaching the quarter-finals three times as a lower-division side.

And as Phil Parkinson's side travel to Championship opposition looking to reach the last 16, former winners Blackburn may be wary of what's gone before.

BBC Sport Wales recalls Wrexham's most memorable cup days.

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Blackburn Rovers will be without defenders Hayden Carter and Harry Pickering through hamstring injuries for an extended period, boss Jon Dahl Tomasson has confirmed.

Carter, 24, has one goal in 79 first-team games since his July 2020 debut, and will miss 10-11 weeks.

Pickering, 25, has four goals in 107 matches since his move from Crewe in February 2021, and faces six weeks out.

Tomasson described the injuries as a "massive blow" during his media call.

"They're two players who've played a lot, and done well for Blackburn Rovers," Tomasson told BBC Radio Lancashire.

"Hayden doesn't need surgery but 11 weeks before he will be fit, it could be the end of the season but of course he needs to be back fit.

"Over the last one and a half years he's developed a lot and played a lot."

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Wrexham boss Phil Parkinson is sticking with the majority of the side beaten 1-0 at Welsh rivals Newport County last time out.

Will Boyle, who was sent off against Newport, misses out through suspension, with Eoghan O'Connell replacing him.

James Jones is the other starter at Rodney Parade to come out of the XI, with Andy Cannon coming back into the side.

Wrexham: Okonkwo; O'Connell, Tozer, Cleworth; Barnett, McClean, Cannon, Evans, Lee; Mullin, Dalby

Subs: McNicholas, Tunnicliffe, Hayden, McFadzean, Mendy, Jones, Davies, Bickerstaff, Palmer

Blackburn boss Jon Dahl Tomasson has named a strong team showing five changes from the 1-1 draw with Huddersfield in the Championship nine days ago.

Joe Rankin-Costello, Tyrhys Dolan, Scott Wharton, Andrew Moran and Arnor Sigurdsson all start.

Harry Pickering, Hayden Carter and Callum Brittain are injured, Harry Leonard misses out with illness, while Adam Warton is on the bench after Blackburn rejected a bid worth £18.5m from Crystal Palace for the midfielder.

Blackburn: Pears; Rankin-Costello, Hyam, S. Wharton, Garrett; Tronstad, Moran; Smodicz, Sigurdsson, Dolan; Gallagher.

Subs: Wahlstedt, Gamble, Atcheson, Chrisene, A. Wharton, Ayari, Markanday, Ennis, Telalovic.

Good evening,

Welcome to Ewood Park for the final tie of the FA Cup fourth round, where Blackburn Rovers of the Championship host League Two side Wrexham.

The game tonight is live on BBC One Wales and the small matter of Newcastle United at home awaits for tonight's winners.

Blackburn, with their inconsistent home form this season might be fearing an upset against the Hollywood-owned Welsh side, but Wrexham are still 31 places behind Rovers in the Football League pyramid.

It should be an entertaining game and we will have you covered with every kick.

But first things first eh? Let's have a look at those teams.

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