Ole Gunnar Solskjaer has been stepping up his pursuit of Erling Haaland in recent weeks, and it appears he may not be the only young talent on Manchester United's radar.

Manchester United are monitoring Birmingham City starlet Jude Bellingham as assistant manager has been sent to Mike Phelan cast his eye over the talented 16-year-old.

ROSS HEPPENSTALL AT ST ANDREW'S: Marcelo Bielsa was asked afterwards how his heart had coped with such an extraordinarily thrilling encounter.

The magic of the FA Cup continues on Saturday through to Monday when the third-round ties take place. Sportsmail takes a look at the youngsters who could possibly catch the eye.

Sunjic would soon trudge back down the tunnel after tussling with Blackburn frontman Sam Gallagher inside the box, leaving referee Oliver Langford no choice but to hand him his marching orders.

The 16-year-old starlet has already attracted interest from a horde of suitors after breaking into the Championship club's first-team, according to The Mirror.

The 16-year-old midfielder has looked right at home in the Blues first team this season and has made regular appearances in the Championship. Several leading clubs are in the race to sign him.

Birmingham will be the away team at their own stadium when they face Coventry in the FA Cup fourth round after the Sky Blues' third round replay win against Bristol Rovers.

Birmingham and Coventry plan to split the gate receipts down the middle for their FA Cup tie at St Andrew's - when Blues will be the away team at their own ground.

The youngster has made 24 appearances in all competitions for the Championship outfit so far this season, and is believed to have caught the eye of the Old Trafford hierarchy.

There will be few grounds in the country this weekend where you will spot home and away fans drinking together ahead of the game, but then there are no stadiums facing a situation like St Andrew's.

KIERAN GILL AT ST ANDREW'S: Neither side could find the breakthrough on a worn turf, meaning that Birmingham will be able to call themselves the home team in the replay.

Whenever 16-year-old Jude Bellingham was bulldozed off the ball by a man in a Coventry shirt, a certain tragicomedy involving Michael Owen and Neville Southall came to mind.

Manchester United's pursuit for Birmingham City's Jude Bellingham has failed with the latter 'rejecting a £20million offer' for the highly-rated midfielder.

ADAM SHERGOLD AT ASHTON GATE: Andreas Weimann spent eight years with Aston Villa so it would have stung to help gift bitter rivals Birmingham City three points in this manner.

Chelsea are willing to pull out all the stops to sign the teenager and will table a mammoth bid of £35m plus £15m in add-ons to secure his services, according to The Sun.

TOM COLLOMOSSE AT THE KING POWER STADIUM: Pereira produced a finish Jamie Vardy would have been proud of to keep alive Leicester's chance of winning a major trophy.

The Sky Bet Championship club were deducted nine points last season and had a business plan imposed on them by the EFL.

Birmingham City manager Pep Clotet has urged Jude Bellingham to remain focused despite transfer interest from Manchester United. He was driven into Carrington by his parents on Monday.

Blues asked their top earners to consider the move for a period of four months - with the outstanding money to be paid back at a later date - to help ease the financial strain caused by Covid-19.

Jude Bellingham's former youth coach believes Manchester United would be a good fit for the Birmingham teenager who looks set for a big-money move this summer.

Robbie Savage has revealed he hid from Arsenal's kit man when Thierry Henry asked for the shirt he'd scored his 100th Gunners goal in back.

The Bundesliga club were competing with Manchester United to sign Bellingham, who does not turn 17 until June 29, at the end of the season, and were confident of winning the race.

North Korea said leader Kim Jong Un supervised test-firings of an unspecified new weapons system today, seen as an attempt to build leverage ahead of negotiations with the United States.

The Coast Guard says the short-range projectiles did not reach Japanese waters or the  Exclusive Economic Zone.

The North Korean leader is reported to have personally overseen the test of the ballistic missiles. North Korea's Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) released photos of the test, Sunday.

FSB security service detained more than 160 North Korean fishermen at gunpoint and accused them of illegal fishing in Russian waters. After a gun battle four Russian guards were wounded.

The US President sacked his hawkish foreign policy adviser last week, revealing deep divisions on major foreign policy issues including nuclear talks with Pyongyang.

A world first in 1988. the Four Seasons Barrier Reef, was decked out with 200 rooms, a nightclub, bars, a tennis court and was anchored around 40 miles off the coast of Australia.

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un visited the women's company under Unit 5492 of the Korean People's Army stationed at the country's southwestern coast.

Kim Jong Un has been seen in public for the first time since the death of Qassem Soleimani, following rumours he had gone into hiding after the US drone strike.

Donald Trump asked South Korea's national security adviser to relay a happy birthday message to Kim Jong-un, who is thought to have turned 36 this week, during a meeting in Washington.

On Sunday, state media showed Kim Kyong Hui (right) sitting near Kim Jong-Un at a performance celebrating the Lunar New Year in Pyongyang.

North Korea has not yet confirmed any cases of the coronavirus, formally known COVID-19, but has closed the land border with China, where 254 people died yesterday from the outbreak.

Kim Jong-un visited Pyongyang's Palace of the Sun on Saturday as he commemorated father Kim Jong-il's birthday, the first time the dictator has been seen in public since January 25.

The projectiles were fired near the coastal town of Wonsan and flew around 149 miles, according to Seoul's Joint Chiefs of Staff.

A source in South Korea has claimed the Supreme Leader fled Pyongyang for Wonsan on the nation's east coast amid growing fears over the virus.

Multiple photographs depicting North Korea's response to the threat of COVID-19 were sent to Stuart Gibson, a senior lecturer in forensic science at the University of Kent, for expert analysis.

North Korea maintains it has no confirmed cases of COVID-19, despite tens of thousands of cases in neighbouring China and South Korea.

A Hwasong-12 intermediate range missile is launched in Pyongyang, North Korea on April 14, in the latest of a number of weapon launches from the country. The image was shared by North Korea.

Kim Jong-un set an ambitious 200-day deadline for the completion of the new Pyongyang General Hospital after work began suddenly just under a month ago.

President Trump said there is no confirmation that North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un is gravely ill during Tuesday's White House press briefing.

The despot cut the ribbon (pictured) at the opening of a fertiliser factory in Sunchon, state media reported, and released pictures supposedly showing the event.

Gunfire broke out between the two nations early Sunday when North Korea fired multiple shots towards South Korea at 7:41 am local time, South Korea's Joint Chiefs of Staffs said in a statement.

Speculation about North Korean leader Kim Jong-un's health mounded around the world after the head of the Hermit Kingdom had not been seen in public for nearly three weeks.

'Handful of shots came across from the north, we think those were accidental,' he told ABC's 'This Week.' 'South Koreans did return fire. There was no loss of life on either side,' he added.

North Korean state media broadcast images of Kim at a ribbon-cutting ceremony at a fertiliser plant on the outskirts of Pyongyang on Friday, his first appearance since April 11.

MI6 consultant Gordon Corera described how he collaborated with the creators of the drama Killing Eve to give fans a glimpse of the world of espionage.

The planned sit-down is to discuss a response to congressional requests. Trump is expected to bring up his demand, however, that DOJ examine whether his campaign was 'infiltrated or surveilled'.

The Republican Party has paid half a million dollars to the law firm representing Hope Hicks, the former Trump aide who admitted she sometimes lied to help her then-boss Donald Trump.