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There has been more than a fair share of breaking news throughout the day so if there's anything you've missed or you simply want to catch up on some of the top stories - head to the summary points in the top left of the page.

If you haven't had enough of us, we'll have live text coverage of the Uefa Women's Champions League match between Real Madrid and Chelsea this evening, which you can find here.

Otherwise, we'll be back bright and early tomorrow morning as we build up to Wednesday evening's EFL Cup quarter-final ties.

See you then!

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We've been running a poll at the top of this page all day - asking for your verdict on the significance of winning the EFL Cup, before this week's quarter-finals.

How big a deal is it? Thanks for getting in touch. 50,000 of you had your say:

• 68% think 'a trophy's a trophy - nice to win it'
• 15% say it's 'huge - it's a major trophy!'
• 11% reckon it's quickly forgotten - a stat-pad trophy!
• And just 6% say they'd rather be knocked out...!

The four quarter-finals take place across Wednesday and Thursday. Wonder if those perspectives change after this week's action?

Here is a reminder of Mykhailo Mudryk's response to the news.

"I can confirm that I have been notified that a sample I provided to The FA contained a banned substance," he wrote on Instagram.

"This has come as a complete shock as I have never knowingly used any banned substances or broken any rules, and am working closely with my team to investigate how this could have happened.

"I know that I have not done anything wrong and remain hopeful that I will be back on the pitch soon. I cannot say any more now due to the confidentiality of the process, but I will as soon as I can."

Sports barrister Yasin Patel at Church Court Chambers has given his expert view on Mykhailo Mudryk's failed drug test, which came to light last night.

Patel said: "Mudryk’s failed drugs test should not be automatically accepted as proof of someone who has knowingly taken drugs. There have been many instances where a second test has proven that the first test has been wrong, or erroneous.

"This could include the conditions where the sample has been stored or transported to the laboratory. There could have also been an error in the testing, and the sample having been tampered with knowingly - or unknowingly.

"In addition, there have been instances where samples have been altered due to the conditions in which they have been taken not being sterile.

"As Mudryk has stated, he did not knowingly take anything he should not have, and so it remains to be seen what the further tests and investigations can reveal."

Nizaar Kinsella
BBC Sport football news reporter

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Mykhailo Mudryk was already struggling at Chelsea before the results of his failed drugs test came to light.

It remains unclear what the outcome will be as the Football Association (FA) go through their process after an "adverse finding from a urine test".

But this threatens any progress the Ukraine international is attempting to make under manager Enzo Maresca.

Mudryk has struggled since his move rising up to £89m from Shakhtar in January 2023.

It took him 24 games to score his first goal for the club and - until his goal against Armenian minnows FC Noah in November - Mudryk had gone on another five month goal drought.

He has struggled to adapt to the physicality, culture and level of the Premier League and, despite playing in a host of cup matches this season, has only started one Premier League match - away at Wolves in August - when he got substituted at half time.

Right, let's return to that story on Chelsea winger Mykhailo Mudryk, who, it was revealed today, is in "complete shock" after testing positive for a banned substance...

Bayern Munich

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England and Bayern Munich midfielder Georgia Stanway on the Euro 2025 draw: "We are England, we are always going to get the hardest group, that is how it has worked out the past few draws.

"It’s a Euros, you don’t know what is going to happen, you don’t know what teams are capable of. We just have to keep working on ourselves. That is what we have been doing for the last 12 months.

"We have had some good results, some bad results, we have had some good learning opportunities. The last camp was really influential to us. It gave us a good feeling off the back of it. It’s about moving forward now.

"The draw is the draw, we have the Champions League to play, we have a season to play and we will deal with the Euros when it comes to that in the summer."

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Bayern Munich midfielder Georgia Stanway on the propsect of playing against England team-mates in Wednesday's Women's Champions League game against Arsenal: "It's a little bit weird for me because I have not done it so many times in the past two-and-a-half years. It’s a little bit weird but I kind of like it. It’s really nice to see them after the game. We know what happens in the game won’t affect who we are or the friendships we have got. It’s just about going out, doing our best, enjoying it, enjoying the game and afterwards we can have a good conversation."

On Arsenal's form under interim boss Renee Slegers: "When a new manager comes in you always get a new lease of life. You get energised, you have a point to prove and the Arsenal girls have done that. It’s really good to see from the outside.

"I’m so happy that Leah [Williamson] is coming into good form, I’m so happy that Alessia [Russo] is scoring goals. As a Lioness those are things that I want to happen. I’m happy Arsenal have got their way of playing and I do think they are a really good side and tomorrow is going to be a tough game."

We heard from Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta earlier about the Gunners' EFL Cup tie against Crystal Palace.

The club also has a huge tie in the Women's Champions League on Wednesday at home to Bayern Munich.

England's Georgia Stanway, who plays for Bayern, has been speaking with the media. Let's see what she had to say...

Southampton

A final word from Southampton's interim manager Simon Rusk on whether he will take charge of Sunday's game at Fulham: "I have not been told anything about that. I'm solely focusing on Liverpool. Communication has been very clear and I'm sure we'll know after Liverpool."

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More from Simon Rusk onwhether he would like to be in the mix for the permanent managerial position at Southampton: "I am a believer in staying present and the present for me at the moment is preparing the team to play against Liverpool. The communication has been ongoing and excellent. The best thing I can do is prepare the team the best I can.

"I've been through change before and my only focus is supporting the players the best I can and seeing what comes from that. I came here to work with the under-21s - there has been exciting talent to come out of that group and my role will always be to bring them through to influence the first team. That will remain my focus until told otherwise."

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Southampton interim manager Simon Rusk on how much he can impact the squad in such a short period of time: "I think the nature of the turnaround in game time presents it's challenges. I think my job is to assess what the next game is, assess the group and come up with a game plan that is most suitable and what you believe in. That's my job and I’ve done it for a long time. I'm looking forward to it and I'm sure we'll have a good go."

On whether he believes he can tighten up the defence: "For myself, it's using my experience and the staff. I work at a club that has an excellent infrastructure. I have some great senior players within that group.

"I have been reflecting on and watching the games. I have my own idea on what I think is best, but I will work with the players on that.

"Communication is key. I am going to be looking at the strengths of the team and working with them on what we think can be better. I will hopefully put us in the best possible position to perform."

Southampton's interim manager Simon Rusk spent the majority of his playing career as a midfielder with Boston United, York City and Crawley Town before taking up a coaching role with Brighton's under-23s.

He has spent time with England Under-19s and joined the Saints in the summer to work with their under-21s side.

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Southampton interim manager Simon Rusk on what he was told following Russell Martin's departure after the game on Sunday: "Following the game the club made the decision and they asked if I would take care of the upcoming game against Liverpool and prepare as best I could.

"There is plenty going on but the communication was nice and clear and I was told what was expected and that has been really helpful.

"I think it's clear to see it's a tough run of games, another tough but exciting game coming up so the role for me was to organise the staff and players to perform as well as we can."

On how much contact he has had with the players: "The players have had a day off, which is fairly typical, and they've stuck to their schedule so I haven’t had a lot of communication with the players. But I've been here since the summer and they are really good guys and professionals. I am comfortable that they are a good bunch and will get around the job in front of them."

Southampton

Southampton's interim manager Simon Rusk said that he was only focusing on Wednesday night's EFL Cup quarter-final and added that planning for Sunday's Premier League match at Fulham "would become clearer" after the Liverpool tie.

More to follow.

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Right, Simon Rusk is now speaking about Southampton's tough run of games and his opportunity to help prepare the players to face Liverpool in the EFL Cup.

The interim manager says he is comfortable that the players are a "really good bunch of professionals" who will get behind him and do their jobs following the sacking of Russell Martin as manager.

As for himself, Rusk says he feels confident in his own ability to prepare the team and has "great support" around him.

More to follow.

There will be plenty of football agents working hard behind the scenes for their clients at both Wolves and Southampton right now.

While others will be gearing up for another busy January transfer window.

Some of those will be newly qualified after taking Fifa's agent exam in November.

The exam was introduced last year to oversee the industry and ensure intermediaries are licenced, raising the professional standards.

So who is taking the exam? Why? How hard is it? What do they have to do once qualified?

BBC Sport's senior football news reporter Nick Mashiter took the exam at Wembley last month to find out.

There is plenty more coverage of the managerial comings-and-goings at both Southampton and Wolves in the latest episode of The Football News Show.

• Click here to watch the full episode.